35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing Getaway Experience!
This was an incredible experience! From Day 1 my friend and I felt welcome in a warm, friendly environment! Our guide George was incredible and amazing! For anyone that would book this trip make sure to ask for George!
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35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
New culture experience!
My family made second trip to Maasai Mara National Reserve. Having been in Kenya for short duration on some business duties so I had to tag my family a long for amazing holiday tour before going back to my country. I approached Mr Abongo and under Silver Spark Africa they agreed to do my family trip. Our guide was such a cheerful driver and has a great understanding of wild animals.
It was fun doing evening game drive in Maasai Mara in search of hiding animals like the Antelope. We were able to spot all the big five animals, plus many other animals. We also visited the Maasai village where we learnt more about the Maasai people and their culture. We really thank our guide of for giving us the best safari It was a great tour that covered a lot of Africa culture . Giving us the best experienced both culture and nature and really enjoyed the camping part of the tour.
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Martin was knowledgeable about where to find the animals in the park and patient with our group.
Our coordinator John was timely and responsive in communication.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very responsive and reliable
My expectations were met,it was a great experience for the dec hoildays tour
IN
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
The best planning team
We opted javiva adventures for our two trips till now. To kabini and Ranthambore. Wonderful experience. continuous followups From planning to reaching home. Perfect coordination. Understanding the needs and giving the best. We will definitely choose javiva for future trips as well. Strongly recommend for planning any trips anywhere within India and Africa.
FR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Absolutely amazing!
The communication from day 1 day was easy and efficient. Me and my friend enjoyed this tour very much! George (driver and guide) is absolutely amazing! His knowledge and company was a pleasure!
I highly recommend this tour!!!!
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Trip of a Lifetime!
We are an adventurous, well-travelled family that goes to great lengths to make sure our trips are well-planned and ultimately "epic" in nature.
We could not be happier with the job Inge and Moody did in fulfilling that goal.
From day 1 in the planning process, Inge (and Shadows of Africa) stood out above every other safari company. Inge was detailed, kind, honest and answered EVERY question we had in a timely manner... ultimately building the perfect trip for our family. She bookended a well-balanced blend of national parks with eye-opening cultural experiences that became some of our favorite moments of the entire vacation.
Getting paired up with our driver (and now "friend") Moody was the icing on the cake...and really moved the whole experience from epic to "magical". Moody was kind, knowledgeable, protective, sensitive and delivered a one-of-a-kind experience that we'll be talking about for the rest of our lives. Moody is obviously well-respected and loved in his field by his peers. I can not tell you how many times he was greeted lovingly by other safari guides, park staff and even people on the street. He has a passion for both the animals and the humans in his sphere. Consider yourself blessed if you are paired with this friend!
NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fantastic experience
We did a 5 day camping safari and it was really fantastic. We loved our guide Ben, he showed us the best places to spot the animals. Sleeping in the parks was so adventurous. I thought it would be a bit scary bus i loved it. Highly recommended!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
EXCELLENT TOUR COMPANY
I went on safari in Uganda with Bright Safaris Uganda but it was really excellent and Owesome, i and my boyfriend wanted to have a simple vacation and we decided to visit Uganda and my boyfriends friend recommended bright safaris because for him had Used this company before, and it worked for us as expected after booking 10 days tour in Uganda.
I really send my special thanks to Kawesa who organized this amazing safari for us
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Everything taken care of from beginning to end!
We actually booked our tour in June of 2019 for the August of 2020. As the global pandemic took hold, we rescheduled for Christmas/New Years of 2020, but then that became doubtful. Matoke helped us reschedule around multiple flight cancellations and Covid Testing requirements and were prompt and flawless in their response. Matoke went out of their way to make sure that everything was safely set-up for us from the moment we got to the airport to the moment we departed back to the USA. Every lodge used Covid safety measures far beyond our expectations and we never felt at risk. Our Tour Guide, Musa, also enforced precautions as we went between activities and on Game Drives and Treks. Not only were our expectations met, under difficult situations, they were exceeded.
All of our scheduled activities, which were planned 18 months earlier, were carried out, and a couple of unscheduled ones were added (FLAMINGOS!!). The lodges which were chosen for us were uniformly of high standard while each being unique and special. Matoke's staff was always cheerful in our emails, which, due to the circumstances, were numerous. We can't speak highly enough about our experience!