IE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fun, adventure, organised, safe
Myself and my husband went on a private tour of Kenya to three Safari destinations with James Magi. He was brilliant! He made us have a safe, fun and exciting trip. We loved Amboseli for the food and views of Kilimanjaro and of course the animals which were wandering around in ther natural habitat. Then James drove us to Lake Nivasha/Nakuru to see the flamingos and White Rhinos especially. We had to look very hard to find the rhinos but James never fails! After there, we drove to Masai Mara which really was exciting to see the vastness and the rest of the big 5. Cats!!! It was such an adventure!! James did his very best to make our trip so memorable and flawless! We had a great last evening in Nairobi, visiting the giraffe sanctuary where we fed the giraffes and later we went for amazing food in Carnivore restaurant. Really! This was an amazing Safari trip! We thank you so much!
IT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Professional and smooth
I went with this operator to Samburu and stayed at the Sarova Shaba lodge.
Thanks to them it has been a wonderful experience for my first safari ever.
Ibtruly appreciated the sympathy of our guide James and the possibility to run the booking through whatssap.
They allowed my to pay a bit less but considering the service and the experience I should have payed more.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
I would highly recommend Friendship Adventure to anyone looking to have an unforgettable trip!
I have just finished amazing 10 days of safari in Claws of Africa .This was my first safari experience in Africa! Everything was wonderful, much better than what I expected! The tour was very well organized Claws of Africa. Thanks it was even a better experience. My driver and guide was brilliant, this man is a legend, has a lot of knowledge, excellent English, very friendly and took care of everything what I needed! At first I would like to say thank him for his personal qualities: responsibility, courtesy, extraordinary intelligence and readiness ,secondly for his high qualifications such as preparedness, extensive knowledge and rich experience. Best experience and the best tour guide! I would highly recommend Claws of Africa to anyone looking to have an unforgettable trip!
Fahamu safaris did the best!
We booked the safari 2 days before the trip and even in a short notice, they did amazing job. They were so organized. We received all the necessary information before we started the trip and we had the best experience in our lives during this trip. Our guide Frank was more than a guide, he was a company and a friend during the safari. He had such a great knowledge about the habitat and all the animals and an amazing sight. We chased for adventures :) the hotel was really clean and comfortable, within the savannah and we were exactly within the nature. Everything was above our expectation! Thanks again
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Super Company for Hiking Mount Meru and Kili
General
We booked with Edward 2 hiking trips to Mount Meru and Mount Kilimanjaro in July 2021. We are a young couple (30 and 32) and do regularly sports and hiking. To prepare for the hikes we started to go running (6-10km) more regularly.
After we arrived at Arusha International, we have been taken to Edwards’s brother in laws hotel BetterInn and stayed there for the first night.
In the morning Edward and our hiking crew came and we started with our hike to Mount Meru. Edward and his employees are super friendly and openminded. We were lucky to have the same crew on both hikes consisting of 10 people (2 guides 1 cook, 1 waiter and 6 porters). Especially our guide William was very friendly, caring and professional company on both hiking trips.
About Mount Meru
First Day of Mount Meru is very beautiful, because you hike in a National Park and can see wild animals directly in the Nature. We saw giraffes, monkeys and wild buffalos next to us. On this trip you will sleep in huts with 2 or 4 beds per room. The beds in the huts are very comfortable and you will have good sleep if your sleeping bag is warm enough.
During the first days we realized that we are much faster than the average groups and the estimated hiking times. Therefore, we decided to start later as normal to summit to Mount Meru. However, we were still too fast and had to wait on the top for 45 minutes in the dark to see the sunrise. Our guides William and Agostino were very caring and supported us with nice Tanzanian Songs and warm Ginger tea. On the way back we used rescue car to go faster down to prepare for the Kilimanjaro summit.
About Mount Kilimanjaro
After 1 day of rest, we started our hike to Kilimanjaro with our guide William and the rest of our crew from Meru. We chose to hike Machame route in 6 days, however after day 2 we arrived already in the next camp at 11.30am and decided to hike day 3 tour also on this day. For the summit we decided to start at 3am and not 12am, because we are much faster than the average hiking groups. We have been very lucky, because we arrived on the peak at 8am and were alone for more than 10 minutes. This was a very special moment for us, and we are happy thanks to our crew and particular our guide William.
Summary
We had an amazing experience in Tanzania thanks to Edward, William and the whole team. We highly recommend booking your hiking tour with Edwards company
US
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Truly lovely caring and professional employees!
What a wonderful experience of a lifetime! Ker & Downey OUTDID themselves. I ALWAYS felt safe and in great hands by being in touch with a professional caring group of people. The lodgings at each camp were welcoming with loving, joyful staff and ALL of our needs (if any) were attended to in haste. We lived in luxury!!!! A hot water bottle at our feet every night!!! Food was excellent! As I am a picky eater ALL of the chefs were sooo accommodating I just loved them! As for our guides and seeing beautiful Kenya landscape and wildlife.....couldn't have asked for more. We saw ALL the animals we could ever have hoped for....each guide said HOW LUCKY WE WERE and I totally agree! I would go back in a heartbeat and HIGHLY recommend Ker & Downey Africa to anyone!
PL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great experience for any travellers, great service and unforgettable moments!
4 days trip is just about right if you don’t want to stay too long in a car but you also want to see as much as possible. We Visited Serengeti, Ngoro Ngoro and Tarengeri, all parks highly recommend and all are totally different so you won’t get bored at all! We counted more than 40 species we saw and thanks to our guide Lucas we got to know a lot about them. He was very professionally prepared and knew everything about the animals.
The food was great, the best was the hot meal during the safari, when other had lunch boxes. If you like to eat well - recommended!
If you like to get African experience choose tents - the they are cheaper but don’t expect hot water and other amenities. Take some additional snacks / drinks as you rather won’t buy them on the camping side or on the way.
Comfy cars with good view for everyone, very experienced and good driver so generally highly recommended!!!
CZ
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Unforgettable and overall amazing experience
Ute from Roho Ya Chui has fully organized already two trips to South Africa for our family and they both could not have been more perfect and seamlessly organized. Both trips were truly an unforgettable experience, thanks to Ute and her thorough and first-hand knowledge of several game reserves, her attention to detail and respect for our preferences. She crafted a truly amazing and personalized experience for us each time. She answered all our questions and almost daily emails from us preceding each trip and kept us perfectly updated on any news (we especially valued this, as our second trip was during the COVID pandemic). Each time we truly enjoyed ourselves and had amazing sightings, seeing the Big 5 multiple times, and we felt very safe and taken care of throughout both the planning stages of the trip and during the trip itself. We truly cannot wait to visit Africa with the help of Ute and Roho Ya Chui again!
FR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An amazing experience with friendly guide !
Wah ! Il was just an amazing experience. Before we never did a safari so we didn't know if we will really see lot of animals. But we were not disappointed !! We saw many and many animals. The big five of course ! Thank you Iddy for the organisation. And most of all, thank you Benjamin to be our guide during this safari. You know many things, you have the smile and you are really friendly. Thank you very much for this experience, we will never forgot !
Océane and Rachid
FR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unforgettable trip
Our 3 days safari was amazing ! The team of Travel Africa was so kind and helpful they did there best to make our Safari an awesome experience, a wonderful journey ! Thank you so much for your kindness and professionalism