AE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very friendly and a nice guy
Best of the best! Very friendly people and service was great!
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Unbelievable value for the price— already planning our next trip back!
My husband and I chose to spend our honeymoon bouncing around East Africa for a few weeks. When we first came across Spirit of Kenya's 'Off The Beaten Path' itinerary and saw the price tag, it seemed too good to be true. Now that we're back and we know it was, in fact, real, it STILL feels too good to be true! We cannot recommend this company highly enough, but I'll try.
We reached out for more info and almost immediately received a personal response from Vanessa who walked us through everything from start to finish. We LOVED Vanessa! She was so responsive every time we reached out with questions and made sure all resorts we chose were aware of our dietary needs (vegan). She answered questions about different African visas, walked us through wiring our deposits, advised on packing lists, and just overall made all our planning flow smoothly.
Spirit of Kenya made it so easy to customize our trip by offering different resort tiers at each of the parks— budget, mid-grade, and luxury. All resorts regardless of the level were phenomenal and the 'budget' options actually ended up being some of our favorite stops! We'll be dreaming about the curries and soups at each of these places for years to come.
Our guide, George, was an absolute joy to spend 7 days with and seamlessly coordinated our many game drives, resort transfers, and hot air balloon excursion. He made sure we saw all the must-sees at each park (including driving around relentlessly to find us ostriches!) and gave us as much time riding around with the top popped up as humanly possible, knowing that was our favorite thing. We felt ridiculously well taken care of from start to finish.
We're already planning another return trip with our families and, when asked which parts of our trip we'd skip or change if we were to return with them again, we could not think of a single thing! Such a testament to Spirit of Kenya's expertly-crafted itinerary. We're forever grateful to the entire team who made our Kenya safari dreams come true and truly cannot wait to return and work with them again soon.
US
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Effecient, quick to respond and good pricing. it was a trip well spent.
We took a vacation this winter and I took some friends along to see my beautiful country. Trip worked out as planned and we enjoyed all the tours and seeing all the amazing and extensive wildlife of Uganda. Cannot wait to bring my next group of friends to my country of origin.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing trip to Maasai Mara!
James was an amazing guide during our trip to Maasai Mara. We got to see the Big 5 in one day thanks to him!! He is very knowledgeable of all the animals who live in the park, we learned a lot about their behavior and about the great migration.
I would highly recommend James if you are planning on going on safari, he is very professional, a great driver and such a nice and funny person!
MA
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Very serious. Reliable. I highly recommend to deal with them
It was my first safari in Tanzanie. And what an amazing experience !
After several researches and contacting few companies, I decided to deal with this one as they have been super friendly from day one and listening carefully to all my requests.
We managed to optimize the trip the way I wanted, regarding accomodations, fooding and activities such as hot air ballon experience.
I have been picked up In Kilimanjaro airport. A guy was waiting for me and made me feel super welcomed, explaining me a lot of things on the way to Arusha hotel.
Then the safari started in the next morning. The car was comfortable and the driver gentle, polite and knowing a lot about wildlife.
For three days he provided a lot of informations about animals and knew best locations to spot them. Because of his experience m I have seen the big five !! and obviously many more over wonderful wild animals !!
I can’t stop saying good things about his company. They really made my trip super smooth and super nice.
Whoever read that review, do yourself a favor and book with them.
You will absolutely not regret it ! 100% sure !!
To the next safari tracker: enjoy, you will have a lifetime experience !
And to Serengeti luxury safari, best of luck and success for you guys. You deserve the best.
We will meet again sooner or later !
Such a caring responsible operator
Ameera Africa Safaris is so far the best safari I've ever booked
They have the best services starting with the accomodations , the rooms are self contained with everything , They make u really see the value of your money and they are reliable, if I were every tourist I'd book Ameera Africa Safaris for the best services
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Didn't have to worry about a thing— Nziza goes above and beyond in taking care of their clients!
Where to even begin?! My husband and I have Nziza to thank for the most incredible, stress-free, and luxurious 5 day adventure through Uganda we could have ever imagined. From the start, their customer service was unparalleled— Bernard puts his heart and soul into this work and his responsiveness to our texts and calls reflected that. He listened to our wants and helped craft an itinerary that ended up containing two of our most unexpectedly beloved memories of the trip (chimp trekking and an evening boat safari). Even more impressive, when we realized we had our arrival and departure days wrong, Bernard immediately sprang to action and worked MAGIC behind the scenes to completely rework our entire itinerary to ensure we could still keep our highly-coveted gorilla trekking park pass and still hit everything we wanted to see. He even coordinated our flights out of Masai Mara before our time with Nziza and into Cape Town after our time with Nziza, which he could have easily said was beyond the scope of his responsibility. I can only imagine the amount of creativity and work that went into this, but Bernard never let us shoulder any of the stress.
Even before we arrived at our final airstrip to meet our driver, Nziza's above-and-beyond customer service wowed us. Our inbound flights were delayed throughout a long morning of travel, meaning we had to speed through the Entebbe airport to go through customs and connect to our final flight. Imagine our surprise when we get back on our final, tiny plane and find these beautiful vegan meals waiting for us on our seats!! UNREAL. This kind of empathy and attention to detail followed us throughout our trip, including a bottle of wine waiting for us in our hotel room (because Bernard remembered we were on our honeymoon) and samosas on our private boat safari. When my husband and I expressed that we hoped for a long gorilla trek to the furthest family (an unusual request, we were told!), our guide went into private investigator mode asking the rangers for inside intel and, in the end, got us into the group with the furthest trek. Those jungle hikes were unlike anything we had ever experienced and we continue to be so grateful to our guide for helping to make that dream come true.
For anyone thinking of visiting Uganda (or another country they offer) and who wants to ensure their tourism money is going to support a phenomenal local-owned business, I cannot recommend Nziza highly enough. We will be singing their praises for years to come and already look forward to our next adventure with them.
All to say, I will be singing Nziza's praises for years to come and am already dreaming of our next chance to travel with them again.
CZ
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Materuni waterwalls, coffee tour and Chemka hot springs
I really recommend to go for this one day trip. You will see amazing waterfalls and on the way back you will stop in small village where you will have coffee tour with the explanation of whole process and also local lunch. It was really great. Then you move to Chemka hot springs where you can relax in water. If you will have luck as we had you will also see Kilimanjaro mountain.
SE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Serious and generous
We took the trip to Lake Manyara. We saw a lot of animals, including elephants, lions and water buffalos. The guide was very friendly and knew a lot about the animals and the surroundings. Ever since planning this trip back home I’ve had nothing but good experiences with Suricata Safaris. They are serious, friendly and generous. They take good care of you. And you get a lot for the money.
Martin from Sweden
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Good safari, great service and fast communication
Me and my husband had planned for a long camping safari but unfortunately we got sick so we had to stay at the hotel Surikata booked for us. But they we’re so helpful in making sure we could stay at Gateway Lodge a few more nights and when we felt better they arranged a shorter safari for us where we saw lots of animals. It was a great day.
Everything has worked out very well with Surikata, from the airport pickup to the safari and all the small details. The contact with Hilary at WhatsApp has been fast and he has done everything to make us comfortable. I would recommend Surikata!