20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Team of scammers
Not at all professional. Reservation not respected, calls not answered by the agency. The agency forced us to stay in an unwanted place and refused any changes on the grounds that the lodge does not want to refund the cost of the room. A whole day lost and no valid compensation given from the agency. In short, I do not recommend at all! They are thieves and liars.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great Customer service, communication & following ups to ensure we had the best.
Superb communication, the service was great beyond our expectations and I will be able to use the agency more often and even refer to other people.
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
It was a relaxed trip to a nice spot. (kikuletwa hotsprings)
We went on the trip to visit the kikuletwa hotsprings and arrived in the evening. That was nice because we saw the sunset on our way to the final destination for the night. When we arrived we didn't have to worry about anything. The tent was built quickly, it was possible to order food for dinner and even a bonfire was lighted. So perfect conditions to spend a relaxing evening. Furthermore the stars are amazing there! We slept well and the next day was also nice. Kikuletwa hotsprings are just a beautiful place to spend some time! In general everything was organized perfectly without any stress for us as clients.
ES
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Overwhelmed by the service!
Lifetime safari! Simply perfect. To me, this was all about animals and culture and I was overwhelmed by how much I was able to see - more than what I expected. Thanks go to our guide who was so quick to locate and spot animals - even the most elusive ones. I think it wasn't just luck but we were in the company of the best guide and agency.
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Words Can’t Describe Our Safari!
Jambo!! My Husband and I celebrated 27 years of marriage in March 2021. To celebrate our milestone, we booked our HWS Safari and looked forward to this great lifetime experience! Our 10 day HWS Safari was Mar 2nd 2021 to Mar 12th 2021. We arrived in Kilimanjaro Airport where we were met at the airport by Joseph and our wonderful Safari Guide, Sammy. We spent two nights at the Mount Meru Hotel for a much needed rest and city tour of Arusha before venturing out into the Serengeti on our Safari!
We flew out on a bush plane the morning of Mar 4th to Central Serengeti where Sammy met us at the air strip and from there we embarked on our wonderful Safari! Upon leaving the air strip, very few jeeps on the park we immediately saw elephants and within the first hour Sammy spotted a leopard lounging in a large Acacia tree. We observed that there were two leopards in the tree, a female and a cub. We watched and photographed these beautiful animals! What a great start to our Safari and each day thereafter only got better!
We toured a new area every day on our Safari and overnighted in three different locations. The first two locations were tent camps in Kubu Kubu and Lake Masek where we spent three nights at each camp. Our final two nights were at the Ngorongoro Serena Lodge located on the rim of the beautiful Ngorongoro Crater!
We found all of our accommodations to be very nice and comfortable and the staff at each location were superb hosts! Within hours at each camp we felt like we were part of the staff’s family and enjoyed our time getting to know each of them! Sitting on the deck overlooking Lake Masek while enjoying dinner and a drink was a most wonderful experience!
In the first two days of our Safari we had already seen four of the “Big Five” (Cape Buffalo, Elephant, Leopard and Lion) and countless other animals and birds! Sammy, our HWS Guide, is a human encyclopedia that has a vast knowledge of all the animals, birds, plant life and the Maasai people and their language and culture. We were very impressed with Sammy’s ability to not only spot animals and birds, but to tell us their name and their characteristics without hesitation! We learned so much from Sammy in our short 10-days together.
Some of our memorable highlights were seeing cheetahs and leopards scouting for their next dinner, watching hundreds to thousands of wildebeests and zebras on the move together and then crossing a watering hole with a sense of urgency! We spotted many lions on our Safari, but seeing several young lion cubs was most memorable. Watching four cubs nurse and then play together and spotting our first male lions lounging on a rock outcrop were beyond belief!
Seeing and driving into the Ngorongoro Crater was absolutely beautiful! The crater has its own environment and eco system and an abundance of wildlife in this beautiful caldera. Of course this was our opportunity to see the Black Rhino and fulfill our goal of seeing all of the “Big Five”. We not only got to see the Black Rhino, but we spotted and photographed six Black Rhinos!
Our HWS Safari was a perfect vacation to celebrate our 27th wedding anniversary and to fulfill a lifetime dream! Asante-Sana to Sammy (our Guide) and Joseph for working diligently to make our Safari an adventure never to be forgotten and one which we may never top! Our Safari far exceeded our expectations and Asante to all the people at our tent camps and lodges for making our trip so very memorable!
Laura &Patrick
CR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing experiencie
We had a great time. The Staff of Big Time Safaris was really nice and helpful, Martha always took care of us and Edward did everything possible for us to see the big 5!! A one in a life time experience!
NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Good organized all-inclusive safari to the Maasai Mara!
We had contact by email and phone. Both worked quickly and were informative. We booked a budget private tour and were glad with our choice! The whole Toyota Land cruiser for ourselves was pretty nice and worth the additional money.
Jack was a great driver and good tour guide. Especially inside the park; he knew the animals, gave informative facts & background and he tried his upmost best to find the wildlife! We felt save on the slippery tracks and comfortable at times to look at the animals and taking pictures.
Due to COVID-19; Jack was wearing his mask correctly and consequently at all times and there were a lot of places where you could wash your hands.
The accomodation was fine, don't expect too much however, it's sober. Bed and bathroom were clean. Kitchen and security staff at Lenchata camp were friendly and supportive. The programm was in line with the proposed itinerary and lived for sure up to our expectations.
AT
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
With friends to friends - spectacular game drives, walking safaris combined with social projects
This was my third safari with Bushland.
Again we experienced spectacular game drives in Tarangire, Ngorongoro and Arusha National Park. An amazing part of this safari we spent in Serengeti among thousands of thousands of migrating Wildebeests.
Our additional program included the ascent of Mt Meru and Olmoti, a multi-day hike from Ngorongoro crater through the Embulbul Depression to the Embakai crater lake and a meeting with Anna Mollel - recipient of the World's Children Award 2012 - in the school she founded for in poverty living children.
Didimus, our guide, was attentive to every detail of oir safari. No one need worry about food or accomodation. Our group found all was perfect.
CH
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Selous Game Reserve
We spent, last February, a fantastic 3 days safari on the Selous game reserve. Our driver/guide, Gaston, was very nice and competent. Selice organised it perfectly and we can only recommend the services of the company
NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
We had an amazing experience
We'd booked this tailormade trip a year ahead and had to make some changes due to corona. Karin & Astrid were super helpful in both planning the perfect Honeymoon as well as making the needed changes like moving the dates without any problems. We completely trusted their expertise in the best locations to visit as well as the best accommodations to stay in, and they did not let us down.
We've seen amazing landscapes and animals, met lovely people and ate great food. We were often surprised by sweet messages written in flowers on our bed and were well taken care off by chauffeurs, guides and lodge staff. By the end of our trip it was hard to say goodbye, but we'll take home a lot of great memories.
I would highly recommend Green Hippo Travels, they made our Honeymoon worth every penny. They took care of us from beginning to end and although we did not have any problems they kept in touch the entire trip to make sure we had the best possible time. As they say in Tanzania, Asante sana!
