20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Trip of a lifetime! Exceeded expectations.
This was the first safari trip we had done - first trip to Uganda and encounter helped us experience the beautify of the country in a responsible way. The pre-travel communications with Patrick were always detailed and contained a useful packing list / guides to the country and etiquette - and also noted that their guides could help us find responsible charitable organisations if we wanted to bring over books / children's clothes etc. Once landing in Uganda, our guide Ambrose immediately made sure our journey was exceptional - whether that was accounting for our poor timekeeping to keep us on time or going out of his way to help us learn more about local communities / other topics we expressed an interest in. I would definitely recommend Ambrose as a guide, we missed him once we left!
Other things: all of the lodges were excellent with great views. We were asked about our dietary requirements in advance and it was easy to choose vegetarian options. The van was clean and spacious and had a full conversion to safari roof what we could both stand up in - which is more than we could say for some other cars we saw in the parks
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Travelling with safari bookings
Awesome deals and great safaris, friendly workforce. Their website is very informative. Safari bookings is my tour and travel companion.
IT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very good tour with the big five!
Mwajabu is very kind, professional and available to solve all the issues that you may have.
The safara was amazing despite the driver wasn't always as professional as the agency
We saw the big 5 and it's the only important thing :)
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful experience
We had a great time with Wild Planet safari. The guides and their helpers were just awesome. We highly recommend them and looking forward to meet them again on our next adventure.
CH
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great experiences with lots of memories.
We had plenty of questions before we even started with this safari tour and got a lot of help in advance as it was our first safari. The itinerary was extremely well organised by Wild Planet Safari. They followed closely the described schedule. We did not miss anything and were very satisfied with all the different kind of animals we spotted. We had comfortable resorts and enjoyed the self prepared cooking and even got the "ordered" red wine for dinner. As well we had very interesting conversations with our guide, not only about wild animals but also about South Africa, their people and politics, etc..
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best Honeymoon Experience Ever!
Everything about this company is 5 star! Ben helped us to craft the perfect itinerary that included everything we wanted to see and experience on our honeymoon. He was patient and answered all of our questions in a timely manner. From the moment we arrived in the airport, everything was taken care of with unbelievable service and the best accommodations we've ever had while traveling. We saw everything we wanted to and more thanks to our safari driver, David, who is a VERY experienced driver within the parks. David took the time to point out things we never would have spotted and provided a great deal of information to us.
The second half of our honeymoon was in Zanzibar and was just as special as the safari. E-Trip Africa really went above and beyond for us and we will be booking with them again on any future trips! Best tour company we have ever used!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Masai Mara
The team were great and very helpful. The guide Maxwell was great. We also met a local en route to Masai Mara called Samson, an ex park ranger who had some amazing stories to share. All in all I would definitely recommend Okoa!
EE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Everything was perfectly organized.
Twiga Travel is a great place to stay to explore the region. The room was fully equipped (coffee maker, kettle, TV). The hosts Jurgens and Elize organized everything for us, including Safaris, Panorama tour and even restaurant reservations and transfers, so we get the maximum out of our 48 hours there.
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fabulous Trip!
We absolutely loved our trip with Okoa Africa Tours! Our tour guide was great, the camp was nicer than we expected, and the Maasai Village was a really nice touch to finish off the trip.
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fair price for the full experience!
Probably the most amazing week of my life!
About safari in Botswana: it is a bit more expensive than e.g. Kenya but therefor you are not one of a billion vehicles surrounding the animals. I really appreciated the sustainable way they are dealing with the animals and the tourism.
Animals: we saw maybe a hundred giraffes, up to 200 elephants, 25 lions, ... all of them with babies, never would have dreamed of seeing so many! Note: we were in rainy season, you can google the differences.
About Tony / our guide:
Besides Tony there is another guide in the company called Vincent who was responsible for us. He was able to tell a lot about animal behavior, made us feel safe and it was always a laugh. Really cool guy, I really liked him!
Price:
Compared to staying in lodges (excluding those with privates reserves which are way in a different price league) you will see the same animals as everyone is doing their game drives in the same area of the park. The reason his offers are much cheaper is (as far as I can guess) due to being camping instead of staying at a fancy lodge. I didn’t mind it in any way as it made the trip so much more intense.
Staying in the bush:
For the camping we did go for the ‘luxury version’ which allows you to go toilet at night and gives you more time to relax. The latter was appreciated by all of us due to having to take in all the impressions.
The food was basic but well prepared. So there is nothing wrong with some good Spaghetti Bolognese, most food was actually really good.
The car was in a very good condition. I think up to 5-6 persons per car is comfortable, though Vincent said they usually don’t take more than 5 anyway.