US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best Honeymoon/Vacation of My Life
My wife and I scheduled our honeymoon through Discover Africa just by finding them through a simple Google search. A client of theirs called us right away and then over the next several weeks helped us figure out what package of travel we wanted. We ended up going on a safari in Tanzania for 10 days while the wildebeest were migrating and then 5 days on Zanzibar to relax. We scheduled all of this in 2019, and when the pandemic hit Discover Africa was kind enough to allow us to simply reschedule to 2021. Once we finally did get to go on our safari we were with a guide almost the entire first 5 days of the trip, which was AWESOME. A guide was there to immediately meet us after getting of the final airplane's stairs to walk us through the Tanzania customs and Covid protocols. A guide was then there to drive us to the first hotel and was super informative and great to talk to after a long plane ride. We then met with our actual safari tour guide that night to walk us through what would be happening starting the next morning since we were getting up early to check out OH, and The African Tulip hotel was amazing and they treated us to a surprise, private honeymoon dinner by the pool as with our own little fire pit.
The next morning we went to Lake Manyara with our guide and were blown away right away with all the animals we saw. 5- 10 minutes in we saw a group of giraffes followed up almost immediately by 2 elephants crossing the road only a car's length behind us. Absolutely surreal. The rest of the day was full of different types of gazelle, babboon, huge baobab trees, water buffalo, dik-diks, and others I'm forgetting. We saw several elephants very close to the car which was awesome. We ate a prepared lunch for us on the top of the overlook of the Lake. Nothing fantastic about the food but they were all designed to be "safe" food choices for everyone's diet and sensitivities. The safari took up the entire day and we were exhausted and happy as the tour guide took us to our next hotel where we had our own little condominum room. This next place as well put flowers on the bed and treated us special for our honeymoon.
The next morning we had the same tour guide (who had 17 years experience by the way) and went to Ngorongoro Conservation. He drove us up the jungly, misty, crater outer mountain and stopped to look over the massive bowl. Then we descended into the crater and immediately saw zebra, tons of wildebeest, and a RHINO (from a distance). Again a day full of tons of HERDS of gazelle, ostrich, zebra, wildebeest and LIONS laying on the very side of the road, without a care in the world about us getting up close. We ate lunch by this body of water and even it had a herd of hippos popping their heads up out of the water looking at us eat our sandwiches! Again another exhausting, exciting day with elephants as well. Our tour guide took us back to the same hotel that night.
The next morning our tour guide took us to the airport and walked us through the little bit of security that they had to get on a small plane to head to the Serengeti. The plane was small but never felt unsafe. Once we arrived in the Serengeti we were given some tea and were immediately whisked off onto our next safari. There were a heard of hippos basically AT THE AIRPORT. Then we drove off and had lunch with a group of 20+ elephants and baby elephants drinking in the Mara river. Then we were abruptly told to hold onto our lunches to go see the RIVER CROSSING of wildebeest going nuts on the Mara and dodging crocodiles. The day was full of eagles, wildebeest, zebra, giraffe, a duo of MALE LIONS, and much more. The night was at a beautiful, huge tent with our own tent with a shower and double vanity mirror and huge bed. We fell asleep to the sound of wildebeest "moos" and hyena yelps.
The next morning we woke up at 4AM for a morning HOT AIR BALLOON ride. It was around $300 a person but so worth it. The safari car ride can be very bumpy so it was nice to see the Serengeti from a higher vantage point with a smooth voyage. We got the balloon up just as high basically to be above the trees and look down on the herds of animals from above. We also got maybe 15 feet from the center of the Mara river as we hovered directly down the center of it. We even got to see a LEOPARD from above! We landed smoothly and had mimosas to celebrate and were taken off to a hot breakfast in a place surrounded by trees. We got to meet other people safariing from all over the world and the staff everywhere was always so nice.
We then went off to Zanzibar for the last 5 days which was such a different pace than constantly safariing that it was a little hard to pump the adrenaline. The beach was nice but hard to relax with a pretty steady flow of people trying to sell you things or get you to go on excursions with them. We did go diving with DOLPHINS which was probably $120 and was absolutely worth it. We also went scuba diving briefly. Zanzibar was mostly for relaxing, which we definitely did, but looking back on it we wished we had spent more time safarring and maybe only two days on the beach.
All in all, everything with Discover Africa was fantastic. We would highly recommend to anyone willing to travel there.
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
It was totally amazing ! I will defiantly be going back to them for my next trip
Alex, was so easy to deal with and quoting you, very fast in getting back you with an E-mail also
Very Nice !!!
Jeff was our guide for the week, and he does an excellent job and getting you to the spot to see the animals I cant say enough about these gentleman
simply awesome above and beyond
RU
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
The best company in Kenya.
We were given a three-day safari at the Masai Mara, which was the best we had in Kenya. Robert quickly contacted us, answered all our questions, made us a good price and agreed to get money from us for the safari after arriving in Nairobi. We were greeted by our guide Anthony, who did everything to make these days rich for us with new meetings and great impressions. We are very grateful to him for a good time together. We have seen a huge number of animals and observed the migration of zebras and wildebeest in the Masai Mara. Anthony is a very kind, cheerful and most importantly professional guide. Many thanks to Robert and Anthony for making our visit to Masai Mara unforgettable. We recommend to everyone this, in all respects, excellent company in Kenya.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Once in a life time trip made easy by Ozzie and Lion King Adventures
From start to finish, Lion King Adventures exceeded our expectations. Pendo was incredible and so responsive as she helped to build us a truly perfect itinerary. Once we arrived in Tanzania, Ozzie - our AMAZING guide - was the person who really made this a trip of a lifetime. Everywhere we stopped people told us how lucky we were to have him, and they were right!! Ozzie was incredible in answering our questions, sharing animal facts, and finding rare animal sightings throughout each park. He was incredible beyond words and so knowledgeable! Lion King was head and shoulders above the rest in every regard. I can not recommend them (and Ozzie!!!) enough!! My husband and I will definitely be back to Tanzania with Lion King and Ozzie hopefully very soon!
NL
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Personal and very well organized
We did a safari with Sunset Adventure Safari in October with departure from Arusha. They picked us up exactly on time and we had a well prepared good English speaking driverguide. We only had time for two parks, Tarangire N.P. and Lake Manyara N.P. , but they can offer a lot of different combinations. We also did a citytour in Arusha with them, it gives you an "easy landing" in town because they show you the most important spots! And we were lucky to see the tree-climbing lions, soo beautiful!
Communication with them was very quick and flexible. Next time we certainly would choose Sunset Adventure Safari again!
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent Guide
We booked a private Mara tour. We were allowed to tweak the itinerary a bit to work better for us which was great. Our guide was "Sammie" he was full of knowledge about the area and the different animals and even kept a reference nearby to show us the differences in some of the wildlife found in Kenya. We were at the end of migration season so it was a bit tough to see all of the Big 5 but he worked hard to find them. Would definitely request him again.
BE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent
I booked a safari for my family & they had the best experience ever. The company was super professional & the guide Jonathan was just amazing!!! We highly recommend them.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Johnstone is absolutely amazing - attentive, responsive and very punctual.
This is in fact the third time I've booked a tour with Bonfire and, while each time was great, this was the best experience.
My sister and I went to Diani for her birthday and I gotta say Bonfire, especially tour agent Johnstone came through for us. In terms of communications - I can tell Johnstone had plenty of other clients to attend to, but he always came through. In terms of reliability, Johnstone is top-notch. Finally, in terms of value for money - there are absolutely no complaints from our end.
Just wanted to say many thanks Bonfire - Johnstone in particular.
Best,
Mustafa
FR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent safari company and guide!!
We went as regards a 7 hours of daylight safari in the northern circuit (stayed mostly in public campsites) and had a astonishing era!
We were definitely glad by now Claws of Africa - sociable standards upon the Jeep, the tents and supplementary equipment. Our chef Antons cooking was tempting (we dont eat meat, but he offered a pleasurable variety of tasty vegetarian meals). We were especially happy subsequent to our with Frank, who was understandable, witty and totally gifted in finding the animals and brute at the right spot at the right mature. He taught us a lot not quite the animals and the surroundings, and in addition to very more or less Tanzanian culture in general. Frank was moreover certainly sprightly to our wishes, and adjusted the initiary according to our preferences.
Before the trip, we had email correspondence gone Fatuma, who was doing, professional and fast to response.
Overall, we absolutely inform Claws of Africa!
CH
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
SPIRIT OF KENYA - Trip of a Lifetime
Best experience EVER: amazing tour guide, amazing places to stay (Ilkeliani Tended Camp in Masai Mara: best quality - price "hotel" I stayed in my whole life, and I travel a lot) and the experience in the whole can be simply described as EXCELLENT. We would definitely recommend Spirit of Kenya to anyone. We hope to be back soon!!!!
