20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing!
Castro is a amazing guide! He arranged everything perfectly! We saw diversity of animals.
NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great adventure
Thank you again to Frank and its team who made our trip amazing! Everything was super well organized and we had a great time climbing Kilimanjdaro and 2 days safari.
UA
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Awesome safari, very attentive guides(drives) and tasty food. Best experience in Tanzania!
This safari was a highlight of our trip to Tanzania and surpassed our expectations.
Organization was top-notch, with a pick-up from our friends' place outside of Arusha and drop off at the same location included in the package and performed without any questions or problems.
Meals were large and plentiful and cook was very friendly.
Guide went out of his way to find all the animals and not just circled around listening to radio. Thanks to his competence we've seen all the animals very close within two days (with exception of rhino, that we had to witness from afar in Ngorongoro on the third day). The guide had the knowledge of all the animals and lots of plants and was ready to share it with the group.
We had lots of fun and experience of the lifetime.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Highly Recommend for a 4-day safari group trip!
I cannot recommend Karibu Safaris (specifically our guide Kim) enough - the experience was fantastic and far exceeded our expectations. In booking a safari, I was very overwhelmed by the variety of options, number of tour providers, and different price points. But after contacting 12 different companies, I chose Karibu because they were able to accommodate the various requests we had and offered what seemed to be a very fair rate at the time. Our group of 7 spent 2.5 days in Masai Mara and then 1.5 days in Lake Nakuru, and we stayed in absolutely wonderful lodges arranged by Karibu. Kim offered so many great facts about the animals we saw, and he had a great sense of humor. After finishing the safari, I feel this was an incredible value and I’ll remember this trip as one of my favorites I’ve ever been on.
DE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
amazing tour, great tour operator
We chose a private tour SunUp Adventures: 5 days, with 4WD, 3 persons. The tour was amazing and worth the price.
Chris (our contact at SunUp) planned the route according to our interests and even when we had to postpone our trip on a very short term, it was no problem. Our driver Surat is very recommendable: drives safe, friendly, helpful, speaks english fluently, and tried to make our wishes come true during the game drives (we finally saw a Leopard).
Our route started in Mombasa and ended in Nairobi.
Parks: Amboseli Park (beautiful, hundreds of Elephants up close) , Lake Naivishi (is ok, but no need to go), Maassai Mara (the best park on our route, breathtaking beautiful, many, many animals up close, an absolute must).
Highlights: the fully day game drive in Maassai Mara, the Hotel Lake Naivishi Country Club with the wild Giraffes, Zebras und Hippos running free in front the Bungalow, the spacious 4WD that gave us enough comfort for the long drives and allowed us to take any road in the park.
Lowlights: the distance between the parks and therefore a minimum 5 hours ride per day, the boat trip on Lake Naivishi was quite boring, the Camp Ekorok Mara (adventurous in big tens with own beds and private bath, BUT as it is not sealed in the night many insects enter the tent, bad food, bad service).
If you choose to do the same tour: There was an 1 hour drive on a „Bumpy Road“ between Mombasa and Amboseli Park passing by many farmer villages. The many kids on the streets are waving and you make the very happy by giving them sweets. So don't forget your xxl bag of lollipops, etc. ;)
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellence Service
We had an opportunity to go to safari with Bencia for 8 days , the safari was enjoyable and we are grateful and encourage him to maintain the same service even to others. We had an instant where we had to cancel our flight and come 5 days late and as promised Alfred mad all the arrangement that we don't missed our plan tour as per package. Also to note Ben was a god guide and was able to show us many places including the famous 'Nyama choma' venue where we enjoy the roasted meat with a brown 'ugali'. We are also grateful for Charles and the two ladies in the office who made our work and plan perfect. We can not fail to recommend this firm and for anybody who want to work with trusted company for Kenya safaris.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Magnificent
The entire event was spectacular, the services, transport, team building was really a day to remember, looking for to be a part of you again
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
1 day safari to Pilanesberg National Park
Booked a 1 day safari from Joburg to Pilanesberg National Park, an excellent experience. Driver who picked me up/dropped me off at my hotel was timely, a safe driver, and provided an interesting commentary during the ride. The safari itself was wonderful, saw lots of animals, the driver/guide was engaging and informative. I'd book again anytime!
US
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Many a time during our seven days on the road that I said “This is worth every cent!” Though not eve
Though not even a big animal fan, from beginning to end of our 7 days safari I was fascinated, excited, enthralled and said “This is the best money spent!” The Serengeti is a dream and having Gilbert as guide to show us the wonders, we’ll, how lucky we were. He is experienced, accomplished, competent—-you won’t be disappointed!
Alll things considered I highly recommend Earth Life. ^^^^^
PS — FYI, Google indicates a daily guide tip rates which the day before travel Earthlife will suggest as double!
Plan that and your cash accordingly
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Not the "walk in the park" that our itinerary had led us to believe!
The following is from my journal of our time in the Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park:-
Locals, with produce on tables, children playing and several dogs greeted us as we all got out of our vehicles at the meeting point for hikes in the Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park. Wandering around, I noticed that several people were wearing or putting on harnesses with carabiners, my first thought being they were generally younger than us so presumably they were rock climbing… Returning to our vehicle, our guide handed us ours much to my surprise! I was wondering how what had been on our itinerary as a “walking tour of Grand Tsingy” had become one that needed rock climbing equipment!!
It was very hot as we started our hike, first through forest where we spotted (Von der Decken's) sifakas high up in the trees. After a while, the scenery changed as we entered a massive limestone cave where we needed to hook our carabiners onto a metal cable as we edged along a very narrow ridge and then ascended a vertical metal ladder. So far, so good. But, as we continued to climb, often having to heave ourselves up using single foot ledges and becoming more and more aware of these spectacular but jagged limestone formations that we would fall onto if we slipped/our climbing equipment let us down, the fun for me stopped. Perhaps not helped by my heavy camera equipment/backpack, I wasn’t really enjoying the challenge despite the amazing vistas once we got up high.
The descent included crossing the very wobbly suspension bridge, hooked on via the carabiners, and squeezing through low-ceilinged caves.
It was a long walk back to the car but we were rewarded by seeing Giant Couas, large colourful birds, walking amongst the trees. We both felt challenged and exhausted after the climb so declined the chance to do the same in Little Tsingy even though we were assured it was less challenging!!
To put this into context, we had had no sleep the night before (an elder had died in the local village which was 'celebrated' by loud music playing from 9pm till 5am) - and I had caught a stomach bug and, although older, we are both regular sports players so consider ourselves quite fit! So, make of my review as you will but, whatever your circumstances, this is quite a challenging hike!
