DK
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fantastic!
Would highly recommend Honcho DMC. Easy to book at short notice at a time to suit our arrival time, also able to add an extra person with even shorter notice. Omar was our driver/guide in Serengeti, he was friendly, knowledgeable and extremely flexible. Enjoyed it thoroughly!
CH
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing safari!
Everything was simply perfect and wonderful! From the first contact with Rajab, who has sent us the offer immdiately (we didn‘t even wait 24 hours). He was as well our guide for Arusha what we absolutely recommend to do. As this city has so many intersting things to discover and it simply suits perfect in a safari programm. Then Vicent, our guide. He is absolutely amazing and made all our wishes and dreams come true. He is so lovely and knows evereything about the animals and the Maasay people that we also visited, also to recommend. He was very good in finding all kind of animal and showing them to us. We really appreciate him and couldn‘t imagine a better guide than Vicent! We have to say as well that all the accomodations perfectly fitted. Our safari honeymoon trip was simply unforgettable and amazing! Thanks a lot again! We would recommend it to everyone and one of our friends even booked already!
NO
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The best Safaritrip ever!!
We were a group in Kenya, Nairobi, who where lucky to be on Safari two times. One of them with John. He was an excellent guide, he was calm, he showed a lot of respect towards the animals, he gave us good information about the animals, he was polite and flexible. He was great. We had also another dafarotrip with another company that just confirmed our thapught about how good John was. Cause this other safaritrip couldnt compare to the trip John gave us. John was the best! I will give him my warmest recommendation
ES
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best trip of our lives
We did our safari with Nisha and we fully recomend it. It was an amazing experience and they were very profesionals resolving little problems that you can find when you are away. The safari was planeed in detail Taranguire, Ngorongoroand Serengueti,and also they were very flexible with our demands; trekking arounn Kilimanjaro mountain, bikecicling tour and masai village. Gabriel Masawe was our guide and he was exceptional, reliable, good driver, a lot of knoledge about animals,plants and birds and very helpfull with the hole experience.
We finish with some days in Zanzibar were we found people more selfish than in Tanzania were people are very lovely.
We truly recomend this tour operator becouse its value for money.
DE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Simply excellent
We wanted to combine a 7-day safari from Maun to Kasane with a trip to Victoria Falls. And we had to arrange all this while already on the road elsewhere in Africa with limited access to Email and Internet. Despite that rather restricted prior communication, Moonstroll got it all arranged. They found a very good balance between prearrangements based on their experience and flexibility to adapt to our wishes.
Especially the choice of the camp sites was brilliant. Watching wild dogs chasing a waterbuck while sitting at the breakfast table at early light certain is a lot of good fate, but the prerequiste simply is, to set up the camp at such special locations.
And they gave us this team: The guide, the cook, the helping hand. We had the luck to have Elicious as our guide - always trying to give us the perfect experience. And Didi as "chef de cuisine" - we certainly did not lose weight in those days...
We wanted to see wild dogs - Elicious found a pack with puppies on our first day.
Seeing a leopard roosting up in a tree, was fascinating for us. He kept on searching until he found that one leopard in Savuti stalking a steenbock - and managed to follow it, so we were really close all the way. Since it´s not always that spectacular, it was a real bonus, that Elicious certainly is also one of the best bird experts in the region. With all those birds around, even the noon breaks turned out to be a really exciting wildlife experience.
Exploring Kruger, Etoscha and other parks in self-drive safaris really was a great experience for us.
This Moremi/Chobe tour clearly showed us, how much more you can find, if you are doing with a really dedicated and experienced guide.
So big big thanks to the team for giving us that perfect wildlife experience.
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
All expectations met or even exceeded - 6 stars out of 5 deserved
My girlfriend and I booked a 6-day Safari with Meektrails. We have first been picked up at the airport (at 4am in the morning) and directly began a program which was designed to perfectly fit our demands and interests. Our driver James was structured, well-prepared, punctual, a safe driver, a competent safari guide and overall a just very nice guy, who we got along with very well (despite him being a Manchester United supporter). We were able to see all members of the Big 5 multiple times and James showed us countless animals or beautiful spots within the country. Our accomodations have been very clean and sometimes even offered unexpected luxury. In general our expectations were constantly exceeded in terms of the outstanding organization, the cleanliness, the variety of the program, the friendliness of the people, the communication with Meektrails.
I cannot think of any better organization to plan your safari with and would highly recommend to do it with Meektrails. And just to add a personal note, I think the price should be much higher for what has been delivered.
DE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Budget Safari that can surprise you.
John from Fig Tree Tours can organize anything for you. I chose a 4 day budget Safari but opted for a lodge. You have to know that the budget safaris mix people from several agencies to fill the car. So I ended up in a car with people doing camping Safari, I was the only one who stayed at lodges. They had to reshuffle the accommodations to allow this so I wasn't actually sleeping in the noted lodges but got one that was more luxurious than I expected (Luxury heritage tented lodge). The Rhino lodge is also very nice (a bit older fashion but fabulous food). So I absolutely recommend the lodge Safari, you pay a little bit more but the level of comfort is tremendously higher (the Simba camp e.g. didn't have water when our group arrived in the evening). From the tented lodge in Serengeti you can hear the animals walking and roaring around your big tent without feeling any discomfort. I would go crazy in a little camping tent.
The only thing I didn't like was that you loose time with bringing and picking up the people from the camp when you sleep in lodge at different location. But in overall you are in Africa so time means nothing.
Fig Tree Tours are not operator themselves, they contract a driver to do the tour for them about 2 days before the start of the tour and not all the drivers have the same level of enthusiasm. We had Benson and he was an excellent tracker, we saw all the big five and even some more (lions, leopard, cheetah, jackal, hippos, rhino and even a turtle
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wild Planet Safari guide was Ryan, who was the most informative, knowledgeable, friendly person.
This was our first safari, and we went with no expectations. But if we had any, then they surely would have been exceeded ! Four of us booked the 11 day safari from north to south Kruger. We stayed at different camps during our trip. Ryan and Josh were the best ! Cooking our meals and clearing up afterwards ! They both worked so hard to make our safari one of the best things we have ever done ! Ryan’s knowledge of the animals and birds, and also the different areas that we travelled through, was amazing ! The four of us learnt so much and it is no exaggeration to say that we saw just about every animal species possible during our 11 days, from a roaring male lion (right next to the safari vehicle !), to a baby giraffe, just a few hours old and struggling to stand ! If we were to ever return to do another safari, then Wild Planet would be our first choice. We had the best time, and really cannot put into words how beyond amazing the whole experience was ! Thank you Ryan, for a truly perfect experience ! We are still watching our videos and looking at some wonderful photos, which I don’t think we will ever tire from looking at ! With regard to the cost of the safari, we think it was exceptional value for money. It was just us four, and included just about all of our meals, all the camps, and we also included a night drive, overnight in a hide, and a bush walk. And the personal touch was great, from collecting us at Johannesburg airport, to taking us back there at the end of our safari. All included in the price. Thank you Wild Planet !
NL
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Tanzania has definitely stolen my heart. For sure I will return!
My daughter and I booked a safari through Kasaka Tours to Mikumi Park, starting from Dar. It was a great experience! The drive to the park is long and with very busy traffic but our driver Peter took so good care of us and was an excellent driver. We felt safe. The experience in the park was so incredible fantastic! It almost seemed as we were the only jeep on the stretched plains. Peter knew exactly where to go to see all these beautiful animals as the lion, elephant, hippo, giraffe, zebra, buffalos, monkeys and many impalas and so many more. The drinking pools were outstanding where all animals gathered at sunset. Our stay in Camp Bastian was like a fairytale. Beautiful. We also did the hike in Unzwanga National Park to Tanzania’s highest waterfall. A lovely hike up hill, but really good to do in the shadow of the immense trees. Nice guides who carried our lunch
VI
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
This was a perfect up-close-and-personal visit with african wildlife!
We traveled Ngorogoro and Serengeti by Land Cruiser, and had a marvelous time viewing the wildlife. Great guide. Stunning land, amazing spirit of these animals. We felt safe and lucky to be where we were, at all times.