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Review about Lake Manyara National Park by Matthijs
Relatively small but beautiful park that is packed with wildlife. If you're lucky, you may see the famous tree lions of Lake Manyara! Be sure to spend the night in a wild camp, for a true bush experience.
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Great to visit for a day
The Ngorongoro Crater is a beautiful, Garden of Eden-like park where lots of wildlife lives together in the relatively small crater. It is the place to spot a rhino. Be sure to be there early in the morning when the gate opens to beat the crowds.
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Review about Lake Manyara National Park by Kate
Lake Manyara is a great place to start with safaris. The park is small enough so that most of it can be seen in a day or two, and the wildlife is plentiful. There is amazing birding available here as well.
BR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
I saw the amazing mountain gorillas in the jungle.
I really enjoyed my three day experience with Sparkle Safaris. I was very limited for time, and I didn't have a permit to see the gorillas, but they managed to organise for me to get to see the mountain gorillas in the jungle at really short notice. They drove me all the way from Kampala to the jungle, organised a nice cottage for me to stay at for two nights, and then drove me back to Kampala. It was a fantastic three days that I will never forget, and they took very good care of me.
Ladies on Adventure
We arrived in the still of the night one warm September evening, the welcome was warm and the stay at the lodge was very pleasant. Learning first hand about the cultures, tastes and life style of the beautiful Masai people is a lesson I will treasure all my life. Enjoyed spending the day with wildlife and the migration of the wildebeest was an amazing experience!!
HU
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
good service, reliable organizers, good price
I am content with the service, the organizers communicated well, they were punctual, and helpful. The car was convenient accomodation was very good, I got what I expected for my money. I highly recommend them.
NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
6 days - mikumi and ruaha
Before we booked our safari we gained a lot of advice from Chabo. We didn't know exactly where to go.
Their advice helped us a lot and we were able to arrange a suitable safari straight from the Airport.
Modest is a very nice guy, with lots of jokes. Very good to have on your safari. He spotted a lot of animals with his so called 'eagle eye'. The accomodations where we staid were good.
I would recomment Chabo to everyone who wants a safari fit to their needs.
NO
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Good service, well on time and quick response despite poor internet coverage.
Good service, well on time and quick response despite poor internet coverage. Good views of a number of animals, especially lions, leopards, elephants and rhino but fewer bird species than expected. According to the tour operator this could have been due to different reasons. The accommodation and other facilities are of a high standard too. Thank you Above & Beyond Photographic Tours we are already planning to go back to Arusha this year.
CH
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Great remote desert views and scenery
The Namib naukluft national park is a great spot to see and experience a rugged red rock sand and desert landscape. It is however rather poor for wildlife viewing, except a few Orzx Antelopes.
CZ
As wild as possible
When I was thinking about visiting Tanzania, it was primary because of marine reservation park in Mafia Island and whale sharks. But when you travel half the world you want to see as much as possible right? So visiting one of the inland national parks was obvious. And the I saw a BBC documentary about Ruaha, and it was clear as a sky where to go.
Ruaha was my second Africa national park (Kruger was the first one) and I have to say I was blown away by the nature and the wildness. Right the day when we get to accommodation we saw two lioness close to the watering hole and we where there alone. Just me and my wife, sitting silently in the car listening to the birds and the breathing of the two lioness. And then herd of elephants come to the same watering hole and drove the lions away. I guess that is what watching the wild means. During the whole week we saw around only 8 other cars cruising the park, rest of the time it was just us and plain nature. The best way how to enjoy the park is to pack some supplies, drove early morning to some place where the animals gather (watering holes, fords, pools, river) sit and watch the animals coming and going and you will be rewarded for sure. Of course you need your own car.
I have been there during dry season - November - and the temperature was enormous - 50C during the day and 35 during the night. So be aware of this while there is no air conditioning in the accommodation and zircon in the car is useless while you drive so slowly through the park that it is not working well. The accommodation is basic. We stayed in the cottages (run directly by the NP). Two rooms, toilet + shower. Price 50USD pp/pn. Yes, I know it is quite a price for basic accommodation. The cheaper type, bandas, 30USD pp/pn, don’t have toilet and shower and basically it is just a metal hut with bed. And metal hut in 50C degrees during the day quickly change in to an oven. So the accommodation and the services absolutely do not match the price, but you have to accept that you pay a lot because there is no other way. In the whole Ruaha there is no proper shop, just two dinning places, where you get mostly chicken and rice or potatoes. So if you can, bring a lot of your own supplies. The only thinks you can buy there is bier, water, coke, rum and gin. Hope they restock the rum and gin while they had only one bottles, which we bought out. And of course in the cottages there is no fridge, I never drunk so much warm bier as in Ruaha.
The great think about staying few nights in Ruaha is, that the accommodation is not fenced. So you sit a front of the cottage enjoying the view and suddenly there is a herd of kudus just five meters a front of you, or hyena. Regular guest every evening, looking for some leftovers.
You wanna stay in the wild and under proper roof at the same time? You have enough money to spent? You have your own car (our 4x4 Toyota Rav 4 was OK)? Than Ruaha is perfect place to spent few days and watch and listen.