CH
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful authentic Ugandan experience - Best trip ever!
I am beyond grateful for the experiences we had with Mambo Gorilla Safaris. They gave us the most authentic experience of Uganda! It was without a doubt the best trip of our lives yet! The safari experience and gorilla tracking were a dream. We saw elephants, lions, water buffalos, zebras, giraffes, hippos… and many more animals. The experience of walking in the jungle tracking gorillas was epic! I never thought I could feel so comfortable next to huge gorillas. These animals are so peaceful and passive. But theses experiences were small in comparison to getting to know the children at Loving Hearts School. That was for sure a major highlight of our trip. It is inspiring to see people like Didan making the difference in these children’s lives. He is the owner of the resort and also the Loving Hearts School. It makes me happy to know that part of what we payed for our trip, a really fair price by the way, went to those children at that school.
The resort views right in front of Lake Bunyonyi are incredible! And the service there is really great too. We really enjoyed getting to know Sam and the other employees. They all try to make you feel very special and comfortable.
What made the trip even better was to have a guide like Paul Turyagumanawe. His knowledge, positive attitude towards life and hard work made us want to be a better person. If you come to Uganda, you need to make sure you choose Paul as your guide! He went out of his way just to show us the most beautiful views or to get us to try tasty and safe street food! His driving skills are impressive in those, sometimes, dusty and bumpy roads. We felt safe all the time with him. We had such an amazing and fun time and we are grateful to know that we have a long-life friend in Uganda now.
If you want an authentic, unique and unforgettable experience in Uganda, Mambo Gorilla Safaris did an amazing job doing that!
JO
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great experience and a great customer service!
We did a 2-day tour to Amboseli National Park and the experience was very satisfactory. First, we had some schedule constraints and the tour was customized 100% as per our request. We booked everything online before arrival and I really appreciate the great service and follow up they have provided, and also how they stick to the initial plan they had offered. Our driver, Henry, was excellent and very kind to us.
I have done safaris elsewhere but this one exceeded my expectations. I definitely recommend this company if you are planning for a customized safari in Kenya!
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Our amazing Central African trip
What an incredible trip you organised for us Rose. We flew to Rwanda to see the Gorillas, what an unforgettable experience. Loved Rwanda, beautiful mountains, lush countryside and no litter to be seen. We then did a short hop to Rubondo island on lake Victoria to go chimpanzee trekking. Chimpanzees were harder to find, we did see and hear them though. Staying on the waters edge was so relaxing listening to the waves. Loved the boat trips, sun downers and the staff were delightful, felt like our own little private island, with our own family of hippos grazing round the lodge. There are also over 150 species of birds.
Then 5 hops to Zanzibar to the stunning Mnemba island for some barefoot beach luxury, which it really was!
All in all the holiday travels worked seamlessly and at every place we stayed the staff really couldn’t do enough for you and were so delightful. We miss it and are planning our return trip to Africa.
Huge thanks to The Luxury Safari Company, it’s been our best holiday to date.
SE
65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
First class, extremely knowledgable and helpful.
Over the years we have been on Safari in Kenya, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Namibia, in large and small lodges. Our experience told us that we wanted a small safari lodge, close to water, a rustic lodge with modern conveniences. Michelle recommended Mapula Lodge. In fact Mapula Lodge exceeded our expectations! It had everything we wanted, and more. Excellent game drives with a very experienced and knowledgeable guide (Chaba), a fascinating mokoro trip with an expert guide, first class food and accommodation, and very friendly, interesting and helpful hosts, particularly Nono and BK who lunched and dined with us every day and taught us a lot about Botswana, all in a beautiful, rustic setting. Can we say more?
ES
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent people, excellent safari
I went to Tanzania with no prebooked safari and I had only two days to spend in Arusha so I booked my safari in a hurry and Tomodachi was just the right choice. The safari was amazing, the price/quality ratio unbeatable and Tomodachi staff excellent and ever so helpful. Also my accommodation was quite a while from Arusha and they arranged my transfer fast and easy. Thanks Joseph for all your help and kindness. I hope to see you all again.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Incredible! Everything either met or exceeded our expectations
Communication was amazing. Make sure you have WhatsApp because it makes it a lot easier. The safari could not have been better we got to see all the animals we wanted! Evans, our tour guide was the real “King” not the lion. He was informative and an incredible driver. Make sure you get the Jeep 4x4 because the mud can get dicey.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
It was excellent service from Safari360
Upon our arrival in Tanzania we were met by Petro who transferred us to the hotel we had been booked in Moshi. Later in the evening we met with Musa the lead mountain guide for a detailed briefing on the trek and trekking equipment checklist.
The actual Rongai trek was very scenic, traversing different habitats and enjoying beautiful views Kenya’s side, Musa told us that the beautiful views down below were Amboseli National Park and Maasai savannah.
Our crew was professional and helpful all through the trek, guides taking care of us and porters hauling camp equipment and supplies. James the cook also prepared nice delicacies everyday that kept us asking for more.
Reaching the summit was the climax of our trip. We enjoyed every minute of it even the tough stretch leading to the summit.
It was excellent service from Safari360
CN
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Exceeded my expectations and most memorable exprience！
Communications were very prompt. My expectations were exceeded totally! The hotel services were so good and quality service. Driver was like our uncle, took good care of us the whole journey. I would without any hesitation recommend them for any travel.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unforgetable trip and wonderful experience with Sino Africa Safari
We would like to appreciate Sino Africa Safari that our safari was very well organized and we had great hotel accommodations with excellent service. We had a wonderful journey and thank you again for giving us the trip of a lifetime!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Horrible
We booked a day trip to Wasini island, to the Kisite Marine Park. They charged us 60$. Since the beginning nothing went as they told us. When we arrive to the harbour, our taxi driver rushed us to get into a boat(if we can call it like that), it doesn't matter which one. Once there they said we will snorkel for 45mins and in the office they told us it could be as much as we want. Then, once that we are in the middle of the sea, our capitain dropped the engine to the sea!! So then that was not longer working. And the storm that we could see started to rain on us very heavily while we were trapped, soaked wet and cold for more than an hour. Communication with staff was very poor and they seemed to struggle to what to do. This was a safety issue, specially when they started to give life jackets randomly to people, and there were not enough to everyone. This is very serious!!! But what is more annoying is that after the staff got a small boat to help us, they wanted us to carry on with the activity as if nothing had happened!!! There were kids and people were scared. I guess they tried to push us so we wouldn't ask for our money back. The worst thing is we managed to go back to thr mainland and to the office to tell what happened and they didn't want to give us the money back. And we have to deal with the boss over the phone, being rude to us. Not acceptable!!!