IT
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great organization
I would say everything superlative - welcome - travel - organization - tour times - cute lodges idem Super comfortable tented camps - well cooked food in daytime lunches - seen practically all the animals even up close and special mention for Rocky our super friendly English speaking guide and French and good at animal spotting! To be redone tomorrow!
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US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Experience of a Lifetime
I don't even know where to begin! I can't possibly say enough good things about Mama Savana and our experience with them. From the very start, which was the planning stage, everything was so easy and smooth. Alex is extremely prompt with his responses and all communications during the planning process. He worked with us to truly customize our own personal safari experience that we wanted from which parks we wanted to visit to where we wanted to stay. Everything is fully customizable to what you want. Once we settled on our itinerary, we wired the money over and received confirmation back from Alex quickly. Upon arrival in Kenya, we started our safari the next day and were picked up by Sammy. Sammy is amazing! He's funny, kind, knowledgeable, and we all had so much fun together. Our first game drive was the best because of him. He found us almost all of the animals we wanted to see all on our first drive. It was incredible! Masai Mara is a place unlike any other. It was definitely our favorite park. When we made it to Tanzania, Harun took over as our guide and he was equally as amazing, funny, knowledgeable, and did everything he could to make our experience the best. Serengeti was amazing and we even got to see the Great Migration! Harun made sure we got to witness the wildebeest crossing the river. Ngorongoro was also amazing. All of the camps and lodges that we stayed at were perfect, too. When we stopped by the office at the end of the trip, Fortuna even gave us beautiful scarves. It was such a nice touch! I could go on and on about how amazing Mama Savana is, but just go ahead and book your safari with them and don't think twice about it! We truly made 3 new friendships (Alex, Sammy, and Harun) that will last a lifetime and we can't wait to return! Thank you, guys for making my dream come true!
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Bespoke, tailored and fabulous !!!
I booked with Kennedy in 2018 with a view to visiting in 2020. Of course, covid hit and i was able to travel till June 2022.
I wanted a completely bespoke experience and was happy to pay a premium for this. As a single traveller i wanted to feel accompanied and safe.
Was it worth the wait ?????
Oh my life - YES !!!!
Kennedy planned my entire visit - suggesting venues, in line with my wish list, that maximised my game drive time whilst providing exceptional lodges for rest and relaxation.
My Guide, and now lifelong friend, Dan is the most beautiful soul. He looked after me like no other … like i was the only person on the planet that mattered. We talked constantly (i talk alot and had a million questions) about everything from kids to tax.
Dan ensured that i got the positions, when seeing the wildlife, and always shared facts about the animals - most of which i would never have known without him.
I was sad to leave Dan for my onward trip to Tanzania and the Zanzibar (not as good as Kenya for wildlife or guides).
Please book and ENJOY !!!!
CH
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
It was an incredible and unique adventure.
We had a wonderful trip for 1.5 weeks with Oreteti Safari. I enjoyed every moment and we had a really great time together. We were shown the most beautiful places, like Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Tarangire Nationalparks.
I would definitely do all of it again. Safari is a special holiday, especially with Oreteti:). We also met up with very openhearted and openminded people. Joseph, Daniel and Malaki made us feel safe and welcoming. I won‘t forget anything of this great experience and I‘m really going to miss all of it. Thank you again for everything!
FR
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great safari thanks to a great guide: Nashiri Rashidi
We just spent 12 days across northern Tanzania national parks and had a great time thanks to a very good organization, but especially a great guide-driver. Being a photographer, the guide is critical. Leopard Tour's guide, Mr Nashiri Rashidi, made the difference. He is very polite, patient, respecting safety rules and park rules, and has a smooth way to drive. He knows the parks and the wild-life like no one, has the contacts so to know where the animals are and when, allowing us to experience incredible scenes. And as a photographer, he knows when and where to be for your most critical shoots (right place right time). We would definitely request Nashiri again next time (Leopard Tour has more than 300 guides ...) and warmly recommend him to you.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Safari
We have done a 5-days-safari in the Arusha National Park, Tarangire National Park, Lake Manyara, Ngorogoro Crater and highlands. We found Shiri Adventures via Facebook and that was an absolute lucky find! The communication with Linus was always pretty easy to handle via WhatsApp, he always answered really fast and answered every question we had, if we had any insecurities. But he surely gave us a sense of security, so we could have started our safari with a good gut feeling.
Shiri Adventures could offered us a private safari for us two for a really good and affordable price (we are still students). Linus did everything to make it affordable for us. When we started Linus welcomed us to the start of the safari and even asked us what we would like to have as snacks and drinks for the next five days. It has been already a friendly start with him and our amazing guide Kili. We couldn't have been luckier with any other guide I guess! He took us to the best places during our safari, he knew everything about the animals, so we could have learned a lot during the days, and made the trip perfect from the start to the beginning. We always felt safe when he was driving and also when he brought us close to the animals. He made it possible for us that we have seen a lot of giraffes, zebras, Gnus, buffaloes, flamingos, hippos, monkeys, elephant, impalas, water bucks, Bush bucks, antilopes, some hyenas, lions(5 female and 2 male ones), jackals and even one leopard and one serval cat. And most of them we could have seen from a really close few, some of them right in front of our car! Kili really knew all the sweet spots to make this possible for us, we are so thankful for his good work and we really appreciate him! When we started the safari in the Arusha National Park we got a private walking tour where we have seen giraffes from pretty close (like 4 meters away) what was a special moment for us and the rangers (Damian and his trainee Patrik) took us to a beautiful waterfall. Also at the end of our safari in the Ngorogoro highlands Shiri Adventures took us to a walking tour and we have seen an elephant very close and it was just a breathtaking moment seeing those animals so close. We really recommend doing a walking safari as a part of the day trips. It's just a totally differentfeeling than seeing them while sitting in the car.
On our third day when before we went to the Lake Manyara we have got a T-Shirt from Shiri Adventures as a souvenir from the safari, that was such a nice extra!
Also the food was amazing during our trip, especially Freddy's food was soo delicious, he is by far the best stomache engeneer/cook who made the best tanzanian food! Furthermore Shiri Adventures offered really good and comfortable Campsites, especially staying in the heaven campsite let us feel comportable and heart warming.
At the very end of our safari Linus and two other colleagues of him visited us at our hostel to ask how our safari was, that was a really nice service, we felt really appreciated and comfortable with Shiri Adventures!
Thank you for this special experience and those amazing memories we made! We highly recommend to everyone to book the safari at Shiri Adventures!
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Extraordinary, professional yet supportive team
I was with my wife lucy and we enjoyed the whole experience. We were lucky to be guided by Emmanuel who is really a nice guy. He is patient and knowledgeable. Anyway we started by the trek to the waterfalls which was great then we enjoyed the “coffee show” given by the locals and eventually went to the hot spring where my wife and I enjoyed swimming in the hot spring water.
Overall, I’d recommend Afrimine Tours as it is well organised and we have had alot of fun
US
Joshua is a wonderful guide!
Joshua was an amazing guide, and we truly felt so lucky to have him leading our safari. He had an eagle eye, spotting things that we never would have seen. (He even found some tiny dik diks that camouflage so well!) He knew so much about the animals and was gracious enough to share all about Kenyan culture, which was very interesting. We would HIGHLY recommend Joshua as a guide.
PT
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great
We had great experience, from the beautiful hotels to the guide. I recommend Mazingira! Just perfect!
NO
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
He is the best
I was looking for the place where i could relax and my noughbor told me about the hold in kenya with safari. that is when i started to look and i good this offer from elimunsafari i took a chance and i promise you that i never regret because it was the wounder and relaxing safari i ever had. Her at home in Norgew i do work alot so i did needed this my children were happy and the driver was very sweet to all of os they know how to take care of peopel