KR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Trustworthy travel agency, perfect satisfaction
I compared and quoted many travel agencies on safaribookings.com. Kilimanjaro Adventure club was very prompt, accurate and kindly supported my travel plan. I trusted makoninde to deposit the advance payment. The guide denis, was an expert and explained everything from small animals to big cats in detail, and did her best to observe them from a good location. His driving was perfect. They were delicate and experienced. They had a great vehicle and enjoyed the rough terrain without obstacles. I recommend this travel agency without hesitation.
QA
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Above & Beyond expectation Safari.
Greatest experience ever, this is must on your travel list.
Budget tour with great guide and driver Isaac who drove us from sunset till sundown to make sure all our expectations were exceeded.
Highly recommended during the week when not overcrowded, you can enjoy the natural world with all animals around you. Perfect moments, we saw Big 5.
We stayed in Rhino Safari Lodge ,simple clean accommodation in tents.Perfect for nature lovers.
Great food made by Lodge Chefs, traditional dishes, fruits and cakes.
Masai Mara - is just amazing, there is no words to describe beauty of the Park.
Jocky Tours & Safaris thank you very much for unforgettable time, best time and amazing memories.
I will be back for sure.
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Friendly and always helpful tour operator
Great experience and adventure. The guides try everything to make sure that you'll have a great time with many animals and information.
Amazing highlight: camping in Serengeti with special guests at night. "That's nature".
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Safari Online’s Incredible Botswana adventure
Our trip was to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary, however having made the best laid plans with Safari Online, Covid struck! Luckily Walter@SafariOnline maintained great communications throughout, initial delayed by a year, then due the omicron variant another. Walter rearranged all the lodges & internal flights / transfers calmly & efficiently. Two years of build up certainly heightened the excitement & expectations……we were not disappointed!
We commenced our trip at Maun, with a short flight up to the Okavango Delta , to Xugana Island Lodge. What a way to start…on the boat transfer to the actual Xugana Island Lodge we saw Crocs, Birds & Hippos, my wife’s favourite animal & the only requirement I asked Walter to guarantee!
We received a lovely welcome to Xugana, our room was wonderful, overlooking the lake with Birds & Hippos aplenty. Safaris here consistent of small boat , traditional canoes or walking. Walking through the bush with our fantastic guide ‘Wise’ was an awesome experience, learning to not only lookout for, but to listen out ( for bird alarm calls etc.) & even smell the environment around us.
We were lucky enough to see Elephants, Hippos, Baboons, Warthogs & Impala up close. Our two nights at Xugana Lodge were very comfortable with great company from both the staff & small number of other guests.After a morning walking Safari we caught the 20 min flight to Savuti.
We were staying at Ghoha Hills (for a couple of nights) which was set up one of the few hills in the more savanna style area of Savuti. Despite being a bit further away from the airfield & reserve (about 30 mins drive) we did get to see Hyenas feasting on a dead elephant carcass! Our luxury tent was amazing & the staff at the lodge were lovely. We felt a little self conscious as we were the only guests, but it did mean we had our own guide ‘ Kennedy’ all to ourselves, he was very knowledgeable & chatted about what he was looking for when tracking various animals. In Savuti we saw lots of different Antelopes, Giraffes, Zebra, Wilder-beasts, Elephants, Birds, but the highlights were the Lions & Cheetahs. We spent a wonderful hour or so tracking then finding “Scorty” a male lion, so named as born with a short tail! Kennedy said ‘ these look like fresh lion tracks’, a which point my wife pointed to the Lion 20 feet in front of the Jeep!…very fresh!
Our transfer again by small plane, was slightly delayed……due Elephants on the runway!
Flight took about 30 mins to Camp Moremi, which was a slightly bigger lodge but had the most wonderful tented rooms & the staff had made some great towel art of Bats , Crocodiles & Elephants. We had excellent company each evening around the camp fire, with stories of the local tribes & descriptions of the huge southern sky. We had game drives around the lagoons & waterways again seeing everything from Hippos to Lions….plus the added bonus of seeing a couple of illusive Leopards. One evening we were given a private dinning experience to help us celebrate our anniversary, which was wonderful. On retiring to bed we could hear & occasionally see the Hippos, Warthogs & Water Buffaloes wondering around the lodge grounds.
From Camp Moremi we took the slightly longer transfer ( about 50 min flight) to Kasane Airport & onto Chobe Game Lodge.
We had a slight shock on arrival….Walter@safarionline on the phone! Unfortunately Comair had just cancelled our flight back to Jo’berg at the end of our trip! Luckily Walter had calmly & professionally checked out our options & managed to secure two seats on a suitable alternate flight, he was just sorting the road transfers & would let us know when all done…..at least 3 others at hotel were due to be on same flight & didn’t even know it was cancelled! Walter’s quick & calm sorting of this problem ment we suffered no stress & were able to continue enjoying our incredible adventure.
Chobe Game Lodge was a larger more hotel set up with a more formulaic style of early morning game drives & afternoon boat safaris in small groups of 8 people. Our guide was slightly less engaged & appeared to follow a fairly set route through the national park, although we spent some fantastic times watching the baby & larger Elephants play & saw some superb game from Hippos to Lions. Ilala was missing some of the little touches that made the earlier lodges so wonderful, such as hot water bottles for early game drives & boat trips (especially) as at 6am it was very cold on the water. The food at Chobe was excellent & we spent a couple of lovely evenings chatting with other like minded travellers. We were also given a lovely cake with a singing a compliment on our anniversary.To top it off, on our transfer out of the park we saw Lions plus Hippos out of the water.
Transferring over the boarder to Zimbabwe ( Victoria Falls) was as painless as possible the agents Wild Horizons were very helpful. We checked into Ilala Lodge Hotel which was wonderful, great location, 1000 steps to the falls, with helpful staff & a lovely atmosphere. We had a superb meal at there restaurant in the evening & really enjoyed the sunset cruise on the Zambezi , seeing more Hippos, Crocs ,Birds & Elephants. Our highlight here was on our last evening seeing three large Hippos in the gardens of the hotel ‘mowing’ the lawns!
Walter had done a great job rearranging our transfer back to Kasane & flights to Johannesburg for our return home, all went smoothly, can’t thank you enough.
This trip was a truly unforgettable experience, we feel very lucky to have seen everything we possibly could. Can’t recommend Safari Online highly enough for making it such a wonderful trip & for all your assistance not only over Covid but also with the last minute hiccups that Walter dealt with so quickly.
Regards
Clive & Louise
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic time with a reliable and friendly team
We were in Kenya for 2 weeks for a university field trip and I could not recommend White Plains Safaris enough- we were with Joseph for the full 2 weeks and had a fantastic time. The cars were very nice, the service was reliable and very friendly, and everyone involved was great and provided a fantastic service.
BE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
We went extra miles, enjoyed unique adventures, and felt indeed part of a family!
Preparation: Excellent! We were in regular contact with Flouzine and Judy, who were extremely helpful and professional, to finalize the safari plan, timings, hotel arrangements, etc. - all what was promised was delivered 100%.
Safari: Fred, the driver, is THE BEST guide we could have for game drives! Incredibly knowledgable about all what we saw, did his best to show us all big 5 animals, plus he drove us safely and with so much fun to all places. He really adds to the experience!
Accommodation: All hotels/lodges we stayed at were top! The amenities and facilities, the friendly and always-smiling staff there, the cuisine - everything contributed to offering us the best services and comfort. And all at great cost!
Other: Melissa, Ruth, and all the rest of the team spent also time with us and showed us what Kenyan hospitality means - we really felt we are members of a good-hearted African family.
IL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very friendly and nice, I really recommend them! Mama Anna is the best
Thanks to mama Anna and porcupine expeditions me and my friends had an amazing time in Arusha and in Tanzania.
HU
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great, reliable company!
Andrew Amos is a great travel planner - he was kind, quick to respond, and flexible with customizing the trip to our liking.
Sadly due to personal reasons we were not able to go on the trip, but even during the cancellation, he went above and beyond to support us with no hard feelings. I strongly recommend choosing Relish for your safari booking!
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
We are so happy that we have choosen African Big Cats Safaris.
It was the best adventure we ever had in life. We are speechles. We want to say thank you to the stuff of African Big Vats Safaris. They took care of all our needs and wishes! Thank you Emmanuel ( The Manager) and Ndeny (our guide)!!! We couldn imagine a better tour company! For us it was also important that we choose a 100% local company. We were on a private safari and we would recommend that to everyone. We could write hundred of more words but to keep it short: all of our friends want to go now on safari and we only allow them to go with african big cats safaris! THANK YOU!
65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
reliable, flexible and fun
We were a group of 30 University students and staff visiting the Aberdares, Ol Pejeta Conservancy and then Meru National Park for 6 days. we were rather different to a normal safari group in that we were carrying out conservation and animal behaviour projects and also working with local conservation workers. White Plains safaris did an excellent job looking after us, they were very reliable in terms of start times and pick ups and also very flexible in that they were taking groups to different places and we were sometimes making extra requests at short notice. The drivers were very safe and very knowledgeable and were much better at spotting animals than we were!. They were also very friendly and funny and kept us entertained very well with looking after a large group. A big thank you to Joseph and his team!