50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Halima was very friendly, willing to answer all my questions, just a joy to work with on the details
Connect African Safaris reached out to us immediately. Halima, our tour operator, was wonderful. Very helpful in answering our questions before and during our safari. Our driver, Mr Moody, was very nice, funny, and full of interesting facts about the animals. Accommodations at Camp Bastian were very nice, and we were treated well by the staff. Food provided was good. Great experience for the price. Saw lots of animals - unfortunately we did not get to see a pride of lions, although on the first day we did see four sleeping female lions.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing Tour
We did the 5 day safari tour with Lenchada Safaris and were blow away by the amount of animals we saw and the variety of the tour! Our drivers were excellent throughout and the accommodation and food provided were great! Would highly reccomend
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing, beautiful country, such diversity of wildlife with fantastic food, drink & service.
We stayed in three different places so experienced a variety of environments. Walker Bay was beautiful, we visited caves and the beach, went shark cage diving, horse riding and stayed in a beautiful private nature reserve in exquisite lodges amogst milk wood trees. The second part of our trip was in Cape Town, we booked fast track tickets to Table Mountain which was thoroughly worthwhile! The scenery is stunning. We then booked a driver to take us to Stellenbosh wine tasting. Again stunningly beautiful with great food & wine! We walked a long way from Fresnae to The Waterfront and took a rather worrying shortcut so wish we had stayed on the front where it felt safe. Best to get taxis! The third part was in the Kruger National Park, in a small safari lodge which was amazing. We saw so many animals, the big 5, the ugly 5 and so much more. Incredible experiences. Throughout the whole experience the people were friendly helpful and we were looked after beautifully by Kim from Safari online and the hotel staff at Grootbos private nature reserve, The Clarendon Fresnae and Baobab Ridge Safari Lodges. I can't recommend it more highly!
BR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Spectacular!
I had the opportunity to visit three different parks: Tarangire, Ngorongoro Crater and Serengeti. All of them are amazing and support an incredible abundance and diversity of wildlife.
The weather was nice (I was there in November); It was raining just in Arusha, not in the parks. In general Tanzania seems to be a safe country. Arusha is full of tourists, so I think the local people are very used to foreigners.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Perfect safari
We were picked up from Nairobi airport and taken on our three night safari to Maasai Mara. The safari was perfect and just as we had asked for with two nights staying in a lodge and one night with a local Maasai family. We even walked with the Fairmont Rhinos. Denis our safari guide was very knowledgeable, professional and friendly. I would recommend Laxatrails to anyone looking for an amazing safari.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Best Tour, Best Choice
Magwar Escapades helped us plan as well as execute our family trip.
Right from the onset they were very proactive in communication and in planning which helped us customize our itinerary exactly how we wanted it.
Upon arrival in Nairobi, we were met at the arrivals by our guide Joe who accompanied us throughout and helped us navigate through the itinerary with patience, knowledge and humour.
We spotted the Big 5 multiple times across Masai Maara, Amboseli as well as a sea of Flamingos in Nakuru.
The Camps/Lodges recommended for stay by Magwar Escapades were very luxurious and well equipped to handle any request. Overall a very satisfying trip.
Thank you Joe and Ephie
Thank you Team Magwar
DK
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent hosts
Excellent stay with nice cabins, good food and very good 2 day's safari with 4 out if the big 5 - whats not to like
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Group tours include many changing itineraries and the require flexibility
Karibu Safaris was responsive in the lead up to my tour and picked me up on time.
One thing I wish I knew beforehand is that a "group tour" includes people from different travel agencies with different itineraries. I thought it would be a group of people with the same itinerary, sharing the same experience. However, we would sometimes have to drive people out of the way so they could meet their next driver, or wait around so we could pick-up new people. I wouldn't have minded this if I had known ahead of time. Also, every time we asked our driver/tour guide questions about the itinerary he would get very annoyed. It wasn't until the last day I realized he didn't know the answers either! I wish he had just told us what was going on - it's not his fault the agenda kept changing.
The very best
I went on a Africa safari last year my tour guide Jartan was the best my adventure took me to Kenya and Tanzania for 23 days
He arranged everything from start to finish
He is very knowledgeable and took time to explain details and answered all our questions
The lodgings were first class and the meals were delicious if you have a desire to visit Africa request Jartan as your guide and you will experience the best African Safari experience ever .
CA
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best Tour Guide We Ever Had
William was so thoughtful, he provided us all the essentials (like hiking stick, water bottle, lunch/snack, etc), he also carried all stuff by himself, leaving us climbing with ease. He always waited for the last of our group before any branching route or difficult sections. We also like his knowledge on all the birds and plants/trees on the route, we learned so much from him.