GR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best
Best holiday ever.great food,service and facilities. Beautiful animals and farm ,welcoming and lovely staff
KW
Amazing Mara Safari
We had a once in a life time experience. Our guide Jonathan was very hospitable and knowledgeable. We managed to see all the big five as well as some cheetahs and zebras. We only wish we had more time to enjoy this beautiful nature!
CA
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great Organization and Superb Execution
This trip was planned almost 2 years ago however due to Covid was postponed giving us the bonus of time to fine tune our original itinerary to insure visiting the areas we had determined in the time frame desired. We did not want to be part of a "tour group" but rather wanted to have a personalized and tailor made a la carte adventure. African Welcome Safaris gave us all that and more as from our Cape Town arrival to the Vineland area to Kruger, Chobe and the Trans Frontier Parks we were able to experience all the Big 5 and many more animals in their varied natural habitats. The bonus was seeing a huge variety of eagles, hawks and birds in tropical to desert environments. Kathi Simon of African Welcome Safaris was terrific all through the 2 year process dealing with making, canceling reservations and adjusting to our desire to do the trip in 25 days. We got to know Kathi face to face via WhatsApp which gave us that personal attention and upon arrival we met her and felt we had a friend. We also knew that she would be following our agenda every day (24/7 as she would say) making sure nothing failed as far as pick up, guides and transportation were concerned. We actually hated to leave this South African adventure as we found the people to be very friendly, extremely helpful and so very welcoming to their respective beautiful countries. In the end we could not have been more satisfied and would highly recommend African Welcome Safaris and in particular Kathi Simon as a 5 star knowledgeable outfitter for seeing Southern Africa at its best.
US
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Ivory Lodge was absolutely wonderful!
Cultural Vibes was great to work with! Easy - Professional!
NL
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
This is an amazing experience.
We went on Safari for a week with Noel and his organization. It was truly magnificent; in addition to all the beautiful nature and wild animals, everything around it was also successful.
The hotels and lodges were beautiful and everyone on the staff was helpful and very nice.
Noël is really a great and helpful person and his knowledge of nature and the animals also stood out. We laughed a lot but at the right moments he was focused e.g. when we walked in Arusha national park,
we got close to the buffalo and all attention then turned to our safety.
Next time on safari I would immediately choose him again, we had a great time.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Great team. Excellent guide. Good communication from start to finish.
The BE team are very capable and professional. Our guide (Stephen) was excellent throughout - navigating some difficult terrain and always doing his best on game drives to find the animals we wanted to see. The guys are all good communicators (using WhatsApp makes things easy to manage if you can). We would recommend this company without hesitation.
DE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fantastic safari experience
I had booked a 3D/2N safari with Safari With Us which was a fantastic experience from the intial contact to my stay in Kruger NP. Andre was very responsive and helpful and patiently answered all my questions. The tour itself was very well organized, great accommodations and very fun and enthusiastic guides and staff. I can highly recommend booking via Safari With Us and hope to be back myself soon!
CH
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Perfectly organized luxury mobile safari in Okavango with the best people
Rose Hipwood did an excellent job organizing a true life experience in Okavango.
We enjoyed the services of James (from Barclay Stenner) who is a most knowledgable and passionnate guide. He made sure, together with his team, that we had an amazing time in the untouched wilderness, far away from any other human beings. 7 days of mobile safari is probably the best way to enjoy the savannah and the wild animals in an adventurous spirit. However, the camp, the food and other services were absolutey luxurious given the remoteness of our location.
The last 2 days in a top end lodge (Zarafa) concluded our wonderful trip with a touch of super-luxury, but still in a very remote place with beautiful nature all around.
All people showed up when they were supposed to and all of them were very good at what they were doing.
I can only recommend the services of Rose.
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
I would book again with E-Trip Africa
E-Trip Africa created our itinerary for 8-days of safari in Kenya and I believe it was perfect. After the trip I felt like one in a life time experience. I think everyone should do a safari at leas once. Our guide Simon was great. He was very knowledgeable, kind, and easy going. E-trip was very responsive while we were booking over the internet. They were able to answer all our questions before the booking, during, and after us booking the safari.
My friend and I are already thinking of another safari in other parts of Africa and we will definitely reach out to E-Trips.
DK
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Many National parks in few days, but a lot of transport time on the road. Remember snacks and water.
Bought a 6 day safari trip. Nice service to be picked up at our hotel before meeting up with the rest of the group. We were 5 in all. Even that we started early morning 0630 AM, we took almost a hole day to get to Maasai Mara park, due to heavy trafik and bad roads. 1 stop for lunch, and rest of the day driving. We had a short game drive just before sunset, and back to camp for dinner. Nice camp with good tents and service. Day 2: all day game drive where we saw all big 5, and a cheetah and a lot of other animals. Our guide, Stanley, could tell a lot about them all. Our car broke down. The starter didn't work, so we had to park down hill or relay om a push from others guides. Your are not allowed to leave the car outside camp areas in the park! Day 3, early morning game drive before going to Nakuru park. Half way 3 from the group went to Nairobi, and we,2, went on with Stanley as our private driver for the last 3 days. Day 3, was a long day on the road, with an ekstra stop at Lake Naivasha for a boat trip among Hippos and eagles. Arrived late at hotel for dinner and a sleep. Sadly somebody had a party, so not that much sleep that night. Next morning Stanley took us to Lake Nakuru, where we were lucky to see a black Rhino, and 3 wide Rhino up close. Then off to Lake Amboseli via Nairobi. Arrived late, because the last 30 km of road was under construction. Very nice camp with really good tents, good look to the mountain. Nice owner and staff. Lucky to be at the foot og Mount Kilimanjaro in full moon and with the biggest snow cap in years. Next day good fotos of Kilimanjaro and a hole day of game drive. A lot of animals, including the famous Amboseli elephants with tusks over 2 meters! Stanley was very good to spot animals and tell about the park. Last day, started early, and lucky because we found a mother Cheetah with 4 cups right close to the road. The cups ran under the car more times and the mother were calm about it. Then off for Nairobi, and home by plane.
In all a good trip, but you only get 1 bottle of water a day, so bring your own and some snacks for the road. Lunch isn't the best. Sadly we had to go the hole trip in a car with an defekt starter engine, and had to push it to start too. That is why the last star is missing.
Stanley is a good driver and guide, and know his way around all the parks we visited.
