NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fantastic 10 days safari to Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Tarangire and Lake Manyara!
We have travelled to many countries but never to the African continent so after talking to travel agents here, lots of research online and emailing different tour companies in Tanzania we decided to make our booking directly with Luitours and Safaris.
I bombarded Ibrahim with questions constantly about the safari and he replied almost immediately and answered my questions and put my mind at rest. Our guide Freddy was incredible, so friendly and knowledgeable about the animals and where to find them and he took great care of us every moment of our 10 days on safari.
The idea to overnight in tents seemed a bit scaring for us in advance, but proved to be the best way of exploring the animal life in the parks. Also the standard in the tent camps were outstanding.
We spotted the big five and two cheetahs. Caught a group of lions by looking at one beta male, and understanding the roaring heard the previous night was a warning from the alpha male. I am still so impressed about how our guide was able to spot the animals from miles away! The vehicle we had was very clean and comfortable with water and soft drinks.
We had a perfect trip to Tanzania. We are really glad that we booked our trip with Luitours and Safaris and can highly recommend it. Ibrahim and his crew cared about us very well! Thank you for the great holiday
AE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Good safari with good team
The safari was fantastic. Good for value. Joseph was helpful and friendly to make sure our trip was a success. There was a miscommunication and miscoordination though between the operator and the drivers due to a rare, unrelated incident with another traveler, which resulted in me having to wait in a lobby for half a day. Other than that, everything was brilliant.
Experienced and Super Informed Operator
What an incredible safari experienced! The journey was energetic, exciting and full of visual and emotional reward from start to finish. Collins (our guide) was so accomodating and knew everything about the animals, regions, plants etc. He was kind and excitable which infected us all! With his expertise we were able to see the entire Big 5 on our 5 day journey. I can easily say this has been my best safari experience. Accomodations were what you can expect on a budget trip. Sometimes showers are cold. Sometimes toilets don't work. But none of that bothered me too much. I came for the animals, and I was not disappointed.
I do however deduct 1 star because while the guide's driving in the park was great, we had a driving incident (small accident involving a motorbike) on the 4th day between Masai Mara and Lake Nakuru. While this was not entirely the guide's fault, I do feel like his driving was a bit too wild on other sections too and one had to have a strong stomach to deal with it. I felt relieved when we got out of the car. In the end, safety must always come first.
Other than that, I definitely recommend Collins and Karibu Safari's in Kenya!
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
From giving us a good quote package to ensuring that we were comfortable, Mella was epic.
The communication was on what’s up between me and the travel advisor Mella. She made it clear, what was covered in the package and what I needed to do about extra services such as park entry fees and others as detailed. Once we were allocated our driver, he picked us from our house to the destination and back. The driver mr. Alex Mutua was quite amiable, respectful and ensured we were comfortable the whole time.
The rooms were fairly good. However, the children complained about the food. No variety to pick from. We had to do lunch elsewhere. I also observed that the pathway to my room was dark and being in the wilderness, I was a bit scared but I explained that to the hotel manager.
Overall, Bonfire made my Christmas holiday memorable. My regards to Mella and Alex mostly.
CL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Very well organized everything!
We had 1 day of safari with Colours Africa Tours and Safaris, and all the organization was very good. They picks us on time, the safari car was excellent and the food include in the safari was very good. I recommend you to go with this tour. The Ngorongoro park, for me is not the best safari to see animals. Next time I will prefer to go to Serengeti or Masai Mara, because on those park you see more animals. But the landscape of Ngorongoro was beautiful, because it is a crater and is very fun how you enter to the park with the safari car and you start to go down the crater.
SA
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Image Travel responded to my emails faster than expected.
Travel Image answered all of my questions, made "provisional" reservation for the accommodation, and finalized the invoice with a discounted rate within 2 days only. Then, the operator asked me to pay the invoice to confirm the accommodation reservations. Of course, I payed the invoice to close the deal. However, after 3 days, the operator informed me that I need to upgrade the accommodation for 1 night due to tent unavailability! Of course, I payed $550 for that upgrade because I had no other option.
In overall, the trip was so good except the extra payment that I payed for the upgrade.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
We had a good time in the jungle
We had great time in game watching some wild animals. The breakfast on the Zambezi was the perfect time for us
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Good trip
We had a nice mixed group with other guest. Our tour guide was very friendly. Our chef did a great job. The meals taste very delicious.
We enjoyed the 4 days, we saw the big 5s.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An incredible safari with the most helpful and personable people from Across the Wild
We did the 7 Day Top Luxury Tour. The Serena Hotel at Lake Elementaita was incredible. Beautiful location with a stunning bar / sitting area looking over the lake and the rooms furnished with colonial buffets. The service and food were excellent; I think we will return to Kenya to stay just at this hotel for a holiday. The following day we moved on to Naivasha Simba Lodge at Lake Naivasha - the hotel was a disappointment and the food was not good either. In retrospect, we should have (and I would suggest you do too) stay this night again at Lake Elementaita and Fina will arrange the safari drive at Hell's gate from here. Day 3 was a very long drive to Masai Mara but this is THE place for the safari to see all the animals, you will see everything here (except the flamingos) so if limited on time I would suggest travelling directly to Masai Mara. FINA was very personable and helpful, she arranged additional trips to the Giraffe sanctuary in Nairobi for us and booked other hotels for either end of our stay. She also had us picked up from the airport at 3.30am. She will be as flexible and helpful as possible, and we had her number so were able to call her directly throughout the safari. Our tour guide was DAVID - the nicest, friendliest gentleman and ever so knowledgeable. He was very conscientious in ensuring we had plenty of sightings of our favourite animals (hippos for me / lions for my husband) and he was fantastic with our 3 young sons. His knowledge of all the animals and birds is extensive, we learned so much from him and he kept it all very interesting.
The driving in Kenya can be erratic and dangerous, we were very thankful for David's considerate. smooth and safe driving throughout!
I would definitely recommend Across the Wild Tours and Safaris, mostly for the personal service you will receive from Fina that makes the trip hassle free and flexible. And if you're able to choose the guide, David was fantastic. He has 2 children whom haven't been on Safari with him, astounding given his experience and knowledge. If we had have known this we would have welcomed them on the safari with us, the company for our children would have been welcome also. Note that alcoholic drinks are not included in the price, nor bottled water at Masai Mara.
Anne was very responsive and attentive to our needs/wants during the safari
We were very pleased with the service we received from Mega Wild Safaris, Anne was very attentive to what we were wanting for our trip of a lifetime and was quick to respond to our emails/questions. We liked having someone local in Uganda because we think it made the price more reasonable and she had contacts in Uganda, our trip was booked for Uganda and Tanzania over the Christmas holidays.
Our driver in Uganda, Kassim, was the absolute best! Unfortunately, the airline lost our luggage for 6 days and finding medicine/necessities/clothing etc is not that easy but Kassim was very patient and we were able to get a few things so we could have the basics. Anne was instrumental in locating our luggage and was able to get it to the hotel where we were originally going to stay, because of the time and curfew it was a challenge getting it to us, but Kassim was able to get a couple of his friends to drive the 9 hours and we were able to have it before the Gorilla Trekking! We enjoyed the hotels in Uganda and Tanzania, in Uganda we stayed with the locals on holiday which was a wonderful experience and we met some of the nicest people we have ever encountered. We would definitely travel with Mega Wild Safaris again and would ask for Kassim as our guide/driver. Anne is very Professional, Calm and understanding to anything you may encounter along the journey which made us feel like we were always in good hands. Uganda is a beautiful place with beautiful people! Tanzania is better equipped for tourists and our guide in Tanzania was very good, Anwar, but it was definitely more of a professional feel as a opposed to a more personal experience we had in Uganda. Overall, it was an incredible experience and we look forward to returning!