DE
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Taking care , confident and even looking for details
Always in close contact with us. Helpful Service and super organisation.
I can recommend this company.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing
I was nervous at first because it was my first time to trust a company to cater for me and my family. I must say that if I had a thousand lifetime, I would choose to travel and safari with Uganda Family Tours & Travel and Dalson as my guide in each lifetime! What a great company with an amazing guide!
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
3-Day Lodge Safari to Serengeti + Ngorongoro
I planned my Safari from Germany so I was relying on reviews. I used Safaribookings.com to send requests to several companies. Since I didn’t know whether they would respond I sent out 5 requests. Turned out they were all very attentive, but Emanuel from Crater Explorer exceeded everything. He responded to the request via mail after less than an hour and sent me information via WhatsApp as well. He also provided a lot of pictures and called me several times to make sure all my questions got answered. He’s really interested and you’ll feel very well taken care off.
The payment process was a little confusing since they use Pesapal, which doesn’t work with all mobile providers in Germany (they block them and you get an error shown). After figuring out how to use it I made a down payment of 20% via Pesapal with my credit card and had to add additional money because of 5% fees. The same occurred when I paid the outstanding amount via credit card in Arusha (I did because I didn’t wanna take out that amount of money in cash). So the payment process and fee structure might be something that could be improved but in the end all the money went where it was supposed to, so no deduction here.
Since this was my first Trip to Africa, I didn’t know what to expect and was a little nervous about the upcoming experience. I flew into Arusha and a driver with a private car picked me up there and brought me to the arrival hotel (Venus Hotel) which was very nice and included within the overall price. I got a briefing with Emanuel himself this evening and my pick up scheduled for 6 am the next morning. During the briefing, Emanuel told me that we’ll be a mixed tour from different companies due to the COVID lack of customers
The safari started by collecting all the participants in Arusha and bringing us to a camp site, where we switched from Mini Van to Safari-Truck, meeting up the tour guide (Salim was simply an awesome guy with a lot of experience, which would prove very useful during the Game drives!) and the cook (Abou didn’t really speak English but tried his very best to accommodate all of us perfectly during our trip!) who would join us for the next days. We got a nice breakfast there and then went on our way to the parks.
The Safari itself was just one of the best experiences in my life and I would recommend everyone to do one if he or she gets the chance to do so. Absolutely Incredible!!!
We even had a mixed group regarding the level of comfort (2 including me were staying in tented lodge and lodge and 4 were staying in camp sites). Since you leave very early each morning, you don’t get to have breakfasts at the lodges, which I found a little inconvenient since I got annoyed by the breakfast boxes very quickly and the lodges had great dining. Besides this, the Serengeti Tented Lodge was quiet nice and the Ngorongoro Serena Lodge was simply an over the top exclusive hotel with a stunning view into the crater (and a shower up to European standards which was very nice after a long day of game drives). The drive in between the campsite and the lodge every night made it kind of hard to have nice sit togethers after the safari days but this is totally on COVID, since they usually put together homogenous groups regarding the places where the participants stay.
Again, the Safari experience was just absolutely amazing and I do 100% recommend a Safari in general and Crater Explorer as a Tour operator!
Since Emanuel wasn’t driving with us during the Safari, he decide to drive me to the airport on my departure day himself (together with his wife which, which I thought to be funny) to ask me everything about the safari and whether everything was up to my expectations. Guess that shows how interested he is in his customers well-being and that all things can be figured out with him!
Again, Emanuel, Salim, Abou ( and off course my super awesome Safari group from Sweden, China, and the Netherlands) thank you so much for making this once in a lifetime experience possible! And to come back to the Safari itself, we had a big game rate that was almost unreal (Big Five completed more than once with several sights even of the less common rhino and leopard)
100% recommended!
FR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unforgettable experience!
Hello everyone,
We had the pleasure of enjoying a safari from 8/01/2022 to 13/01/2022 with Chalema Safari.
We found Joël's contact on various forums with other guides and organizations but by cross-checking information, prices and services, and following very good contacts on Whatsapp (Joël answers our questions very quickly and precisely), we chose it for this safari.
In the midst of the COVID recovery period and faced with all the difficulties in traveling (flight cancellations, the essential Covid tests which are slow to reach us, and until the last moment, he listened and facilitated our procedures, really reassuring!!
Joël being already on a 12 day safari, it was Ayubu, a guide and friend of Joël who met us at the airport to settle us in our lodge for the night. An attentive guide, very good driver on difficult tracks, very professional and very nice who made us discover the parks of Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro crater. Extraordinary experience alone with animals, without tourists, closer to the big five!
The Lodges are immaculate and luxurious! with swimming pool for the end of the day but also the comfortable tents in the savannah are an incomparable experience!
I encourage you if this is your project, to get in touch with Joël, without pressure, at a very good price, and especially in the discovery of this incredible part of the country!!
Unforgettable!
Thanks Joel!!!
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Our tour guide Charles was informative, attentive and professional. In short he was amazing!
African Splendor: African Marvel Tours delivered on all their promises. Our amazing tour guide Charles delighted us with his knowledge about the game, birds and the landscape. He was resolute in ensuring we saw the big five. We had an amazing safari that didn't break the bank! Thank you African Marvel Tours.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Absolutely incredible service and safari
If you’re looking for a safari trip operator, we couldn’t recommend Saunterland highly enough. My husband and I are just back from a trip of a lifetime and there’s nothing we would have changed, absolutely perfect - and that’s a great part down to Saunterland’s dedicated help in organising and high level of service while with them.
Our trip, initially organised for the summer of 2020 was impacted by the COVID travel ban, but Saunterland were great with keeping in contact through out the 18 months, offering either a refund or rescheduled trip. Saunterland proved to be trustworthy and committed whatever our choice in the circumstances.
The attentive emails from our personal planner James, were always fast, thorough and responsive to our requests. He was able to advise if we had a question or needed local knowledge and was adaptable in our changing requirements.
Ken was our exclusive guide for our entire trip and we were so thankful for this - Ken studied tourism and Kenyan wildlife and carries now 15yrs of experience touring the national parks. His knowledge of the wildlife, where to find them - even the illusive animals and their behaviours were unparalleled. We found that Ken is well known for his expertise across the Masai Mara, our hotel manager and other guides advised he was particularly knowledgable and we were very fortunate to have him as our guide. We travelled far and wide across the plains and into the lesser-visited corners to watch every animal we could wish for. Ken is so familiar with every every twist and turn of the Mara, as well as the individual prides/herds/animals, you’re absolutely in safe hands. Moreover, Ken has a photographers eye, which means he will always set up in a position that gives you the best lighting, angle, view and background that he possibly can. His attention detail and ensuring our trip was nothing short of fabulous was from start to finish, from airport collection, driving Nairobi and the national park, at our camp site and on other excursions, plus Ken would always ensure any food we ate were free from my intolerances.
A truly 5 star trip, thank you Saunterland!!!!!
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Absolutely an epic experience!
Choose Almighty Kilimanjaro was definitely the best option to realize my dream! From the beginning of the service the team was always very helpful and patient with all my doubts and requests. I can only say that professionalism is the word that define the company. The adventure was amazing and the whole team is very prepared and focused on our success on the mountain! I was my birthday and I got surprised by a birthday celebration at the mountain! Magical!! So I recommend this company to everyone!!
IT
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Simply perfect.
Second time I organize safaris with Savannah Explorers I don't have to add anything else. Reliable, professional, attentive to your every need and what is very important a group of really very experienced guides.
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AT
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Unforgettable Safari and experience at its best
My friend and I did a 6 day Safari, starting in Tarangire NP, Serengeti central and South (Ndutu) with big Migration, Ngogoro crater and Lake Tanganika. All planing including our wishes and suggestions from Safari Club what is best for the time we were travalling were done with WhatsApp. The communication was very easy with very quick respond
So we had an excellent Safari with Kilimandscharo Safari Tours with nice, safe and quite large accommodations and tented camps, including good food.
I think our guide Adam will be the best guide you can find. He has a very good knowledge about animals and their behavior, wildlife and Tansanian culture. Besides he is helpful, friendly and a very good and save driver.
We have seen all Big 5 and a great number of other animals living there.
He even could find animals hidden under bushes or in trees in a great distance and getting closer we could watch them very, very nearby.
My brother with family did the Safari before us with Guide Kelly.and we all together have the same opinion that this Safari couldn't be topped.
It was my best Safari I've done until now and I couldn't imagine getting something better. So much wildlife!!!!
I would it recommend to 100%.
AE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Trusted safari agency
The agency took great care of me as a solo traveler. We a lot of cute animals :) saw all big fives. My stay at the lodge inside the national parks were also amazing. This is a trusted company.
