AE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Best Kenya Wild Life Safari Experience with Mr. George
It is impossible to review George as there is only 5 *****
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent Safari Experience
Great Safari, very well overall planning, highly recommended to everyone!
We found twinkle Stars through SafariBookings.com and decided for them because of reasonable pricing and a fast reply. We were not disappointed. We were so satisfied with Twinkle Stars that we also planned other trips with them such as transfers, a visit to the Kisite Marine Park near Diana Beach, a Day-Hike up Mt Longonot and more. Everytime we got exactly what we wanted.
Some of the absolute benefits were:
- uncomplicated and highly flexible planning; even though we startet with a pre-planned 10 day trip, it was no problem to customize the trip according to our needs/wishes
- absolutely amazing guide; our guide was Albert and like most other reviews we can verify that the guides are one of the highlights; make sure you get along with your guide and he will provide you with a truck-load of knowledge, information and stories
-perfect nature/wildlife and accomodations; we saw everything we could have dreamt of and all accomodations were beautiful
Some tips:
-make sure you are in contact with the real Twinkle Star to avoid scams; during the planning stages you should only deal with James Collins Oketch; also cross-check Email adress and phone number with their website to make sure
-make sure to have a fixed agreement on everything including type of car, exact accomodations, activites etc. to avoid conflicts
Suggestions for improvement:
-make the payment process more transparent/accessible; payment is only possible through cash (who wants to travel with that amount?) or through a bank link (Credit Card); admittedly we did not feel well when we transferred a large sum of money towards an unknown Kenian bank account (no problems, but still scary); I am sure a payment method through PayPal or some official provider would reassure a number of customers
Thank you for an amazing time in Kenia
Julian & Leslie
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing
Our tour guide Solomon was amazing. So patient and shiwed us even more pleces than the tour mentioned. Very happy with the experience
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
very competent advice and uncomplicated communication
We did a three day tented safari in summer 21 and a three day lodge safari in October 22. Both were very well organized and the guides were very competent. We saw many animals and were very excited. We can highly recommend the safaris with MyTrip2Tanzania. In summer 22 we also did a five day road trip to Dar es Salaam. This is also highly recommended.
ES
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
AMAZING Oscar Africa Safari
We did a super complete 6-day safari! They adapted the itinerary to what we wanted, giving us different options. We include a hiking in Materuni, Safari in Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro and the last day we went by bike seeing life inside 2 tribes and visiting the Masai. OSCAR has been the best guide
NZ
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Disapponited with overall attitude of company
Booked to go on safari in MARCH 2020 for a 25 wedding anniversary. We had planned to travel but sadly our borders were closed one week before our travel date., sadly being in New Zealand our Borders were closed for a considerable amount of time. When trying to reschedule this safari the price increases were large, some aspects of safari such as internal flights could not be confirmed or prices increase confirmed, we were told a refund was not possible and because they had already paid the various hotels a refund would not be considered. Several times in order to get a response messages had to be left on the facebook page. An e mail was sent to Prime Uganda Safari several times stating the price increase was substantial per person and that we were doing our best to confirm rebooking. In all e mails it would be re iterated to us that it was our fault as we only postponed the safari one week before travel, the International orders were closed one week before our safari commenced so we had very little choice. An e mail was then received stating our safari had been cancelled by Prime Uganda Safari and could not be rebooked so the total cost of our safari has been lost and cannot be rebooked. Whilst the e mails from Cate were polite no consideration was given at all to this mile stone safari that has been booked or the fact that an extra $7000 could not be found immediately to pay the increased costs or indeed borders were closed one week prior to our safari so we had no choice but to postpone. I would not recommend booking with this company at all, sad fact is other people have had their safari's honoured with other companies with no price increases, not the case with this company. Our only way forward is to complain officially. I would recommend being cautious and book internally within your home country as this company have had little compassion or consideration to our covid situation as we are abroad.
ES
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Perfect organization for a trip in Tanzania
Very good company to do a safari without leaving you a lot of money. Very complete all the safari and excursions. Excellent food. Incredible Ozman driver. The guide, Oscar, the best! He has explained everything to us perfectly, solved all the questions, they have made alternative plans for us when there was plenty of time. Without a doubt, I highly recommend Oscar Safari to enjoy Africa!!
Oscar the guide speaks very good Spanish!
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Efficient and good value
We did the two day tour of Tsavo East. We saw elephants, lions, giraffes and lots more. Accommodation (Voi) was great for seeing animals and Jeep was very comfortable. Would recommend.
SG
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing trip, great adventure! Efficiently coordinated by Coop.
Logistics between flights, 4WD's, mini buses, and also finding and retrieving lost luggage was all managed well .
Loved the variety of accomodations within various different settings so close to wildlife and waterholes.
Best view from the loo on the Elephant Express. Train was fun for the kids too.
Lunching with the elephants at Camelthorn Lodge and going down into the hide was the closest encounter I've had with an elephant.
The staff had endless smiles every time we returned and welcomed us with warm face washers.
White Water Rafting was a breathtaking experience for my family.
Visiting the school was interesting. The children sure can sing and have great rythm.
Loved the cultural atmosphere around the fire at night.
Highly recommend Coop as your guide on an Awesome African Safari.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great Safari Experience
We had a two day overnight stay in Tarangire National Park with Snow Africa Adventures, based in Arusha Tanzania. We were accompanied by the company owner, Florent, and guide Godfrey. Highly recommended - both nice guys and both with good English! The recommendation to stay overnight was from Snow Africa - it allowed us to do a night drive in the park that night which was well worth while. On day 2, they also recommended that we drive deeper into the park which also paid off. Many more animals and a lot less people! Our guides, both locals, had a huge amount of knowledge of all the animals birds and vegetation and know what they're doing. Our 2 days with them passed very quickly. We talked, looked, laughed and learned for the entire time. Based on our experience, we highly recommend Snow Africa Adventures. Booking and communication from Australia was easy and prompt both on line and via email and the trip went without a hitch. Our truck was in great condition and our every need was readily catered for. They provide safari tours all around the area and climbs to Mt Kilimanjaro as well - we hope to return to Tanzania and when we do, will use them again for sure.
