NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A tailored safari trip that exceeds all expectations
We had a wonderful three-day tailored trip arranged by Devid. He was clear and helpful in exploring the options with us.
Our tour guide Festo was outstanding! Energetic, kind, and truly the best. He did everything possible to ensure we saw the Big Five in a short time. We started from Kilimanjaro Airport and visited Arusha National Park, Tarangire National Park, and the Ngorongoro Crater.
We highly recommend this trip and strongly suggest requesting Festo as your guide.
JP
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Raheem Mwema
Thank you for an amazing trip! We had such a wonderful time. I’d love to come back again someday!
NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Festo was the most wonderful tour operator. He showed us every animal and drove very safely!
We have booked a tour with Full Package Adventures. The trip was fully personalized and we enjoyed every bit of it. All the lodges were great and the food was good! Also the safari tour guide Festo was amazing. He showed us every possible animal and also told us a lot about Tanzania and the culture. Very patients and made us feel safe the whole trip and drove very responsible. Greatly recommended tour guide!
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Highly recommended Josero tours and safaris!!!
We had an amazing experience with Josero Tours and Safaris. The company was exceptionally accommodating throughout the entire process, seamlessly customizing our itinerary and adding extra attractions whenever we requested.
A special thank you to David, who went above and beyond to ensure our comfort throughout the journey. His ability to make real-time adjustments to our itinerary truly maximized our experience.
The only area for minor improvement would be pre-trip communication. Being a bit more proactive right before the tour specifically by sharing the pickup driver’s name and exact timing in advance would help ease guest anxiety prior to departure.
Overall, it was a fantastic safari, and we highly recommend their services!
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Reliable and highly customizable safari experience
Henry was the primary point of contact for our family of four. He was very polite and addressed all our expectations and concerns as he drafted our safari itinerary. There were over 45 emails back and forth to make sure we received the ideal itinerary and accommodations during our safari. I found the safari itself to be highly customizable, both during the planning stage and during our safari. They made sure we got everything we wanted for our ideal safari: sunrises, sunsets, hot air balloon rides, bush breakfasts, Maasai village visits, custom game drives, and, of course, a plethora of wildlife that was the stuff of dreams.
The only glitch was during the planning period, when we lost our accommodation due to a double-booking error on Mara Serena Safari Camp’s part. We had reserved our accommodation back in December of last year but ended up staying at PrideInn Mara Camp instead. Both are 5-star accommodations, but the incident caused a lot of anxiety for the group, which Henry handled promptly. We ended up falling in love with PrideInn Mara. The service and quality of the lodging were excellent. Choose a Deluxe King Suite with a view of the Talek River so you can enjoy watching wildlife from your room. We saw a water buffalo and a family of warthogs, along with plenty of monkeys, right outside our door!
David, our driver and on-the-ground guide, went above and beyond to make sure my elderly parents were very comfortable every single day, while never compromising the exhilarating quality of our game drives. He was incredibly patient and knowledgeable. He made sure everyone got to see even rare animals such as black and white rhinos, serval cats, black-backed jackals, and plenty more. We also lost track of how many species of birds we saw!
Julius, who stepped in for a day to take us back to our accommodation after our hot air balloon ride and bush breakfast, was the “Lion Man”! We witnessed incredible hunts involving lions, cheetahs, hyenas, elephants, and zebras galore. We easily saw more than 30 lions during our 5-day safari. We had a few near-misses with leopards, but they are the most elusive, after all.
Both David and Julius would go out of their way to make sure we got the right angles for our photography, and, man, did it pay off! I would highly recommend doing the one-hour hot air balloon ride if you truly want to understand life in the Mara all at once. This is a trip that calls for a DSLR!
A huge shoutout to David again for changing our itinerary to include Lake Naivasha—take it when he offers! Seeing the hippos up close while boating so close to them, and walking among the giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, and other animals, are totally worth the excursion. He also modified our individual morning and evening game drives on some days into full-day game drives so we wouldn’t miss the action. BTW, he says July is the best season to see the Great Migration.
We were very thankful for the pop-up Land Cruiser, which they used not just for the safari but also to transport us from the Mara to Lake Naivasha, Lake Nakuru, and Nairobi. This was incredible for uninterrupted wildlife viewing, while also helping to keep the dust at bay when necessary. Having said that, expect a lot of dust and bumps on your game drives—that is just typical of any game drive in the region.
Kenya overwhelms you from every angle: the people are incredibly beautiful and hospitable, the wildlife is stunning, and their craftsmanship is stellar.
IT
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Review about Tarangire National Park by Elena ********
the Baobabs and opportunity to do a walking safari and a night safari so we encountered animals difficult to see in the daylight like the civet and the genet and a sleepy lion as well, ultra suggested as it's not always available in many parks
IT
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Review about Serengeti National Park by Elena ********
the numbers of the migration, the opportunity to see leopards, cheetah, a huge pride of lions feeding on a buffalo, a lion was even sleeping on the prey probably he ate too much ;) we loved the vast infinite open horizons and grasslands the different landscapes and animals everywhere!
IT
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Review about Ngorongoro Crater by Elena ********
going down the scenic crater at dawn with morning mist and finding a black rhino at dawn pacing back and forth, sniffing and spray-marking on the shore of the lake, a couple of lions mating, a serval, many bird spotting like Kori's bustard, crowned crane, secretary bird and lastly two white rhinos under the shade of a tree
IT
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
An Unforgettable First Journey and a Thousand Reasons to Return
Returning from an unforgettable tour of the northern parks—a circuit I consider mandatory for a first trip to Tanzania—I wanted to share my impressions. While a scorching summer was raging in Europe at the end of August, to our pleasant surprise, the air in the Serengeti was crisp and fresh, so much so that we slept under a duvet. The accommodations in the tented camps were beyond our expectations. This wasn’t our first safari, so we weren’t actively hunting for the Big Five (though crossing paths with them again happened, and it’s always a pleasure!). Instead, we longed to witness the sheer scale of the wildlife, and we were more than satisfied: we saw entire valleys filled with buffaloes, as well as wildebeests and zebras in full migration. We also deeply appreciated the smaller residents—diurnal, nocturnal, and crepuscular—spotting the serval, the genet, and the civet, alongside countless bird species that filled every ecosystem.Beyond the safaris, however, I was deeply struck by the creative craftsmanship of the Tanzanian people, put so beautifully to use in art and local crafts. I saw so many hard-working people designing and making objects from wood, metal, fabric, and straw. With such vibrant businesses and trade everywhere, I have no doubt this country has a bright future ahead. In this landscape, women represent a massive driving force behind the country's industrious spirit, actively involved in countless fields, including many non-traditional roles.Tanzania does not rely on a single tourist hub; it offers countless distinct environments to explore. The landscapes are immense, with a continuous shift of ever-changing colors. Moreover, the local communities preserve unique customs and languages, and getting to know them touched and enriched us deeply, inspiring us to learn even more about the country.We will certainly return to explore the wide new array of natural parks and meet the people who inhabit them. I would love to see the blooms in Kitulo, search for the wild African violet and chameleons in the Usambara Mountains, and visit both the mainland coast and the islands. I want to look out over Lake Victoria and reach Rubondo Island to see monkeys and chimpanzees, or board the historic vessel on Lake Tanganyika to reach Gombe. And then there is the immense Nyerere National Park in the south, where I hope to find the Pel’s Fishing Owl among its numerous bird species, as well as I dream of trekking with the Maasai at Lake Natron or take a bike or motorbike tour somewhere, I don’t think one or two trips will ever be enough. Everywhere we went, we felt genuinely welcomed, and we are so glad to have spent a chapter of our lives in Tanzania.
BR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing Kenya 8 day Safari
I booked an 8 day safari with pavillion and i had an amazing time! It was a great safari experiencie! Dont let yourself lose some optional activities, they are 100% worth it (i loved the walking safari!). Easy communication, fast to reply in the case of doubts and very decent acommodation. Remember you are near a national reserve so dont expect too much of hotles, but they are decent with good, spacious and with healthy food. I cant wait to come back and to a Tanzania safari and when this happens, Pavillion will for sure be my choice. Special thanks for Tim and John, my drivers during the safari