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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An unforgettable experience!
First of all a big THANK YOU to Norah and Gerald for planning this wonderful journey for us in perfect alignment with our schedule and wishes. Our intention was to have one week of deep dive into the beauty of Tanzania with an individual experience far off from any mass tourism and enabling us to see as much as possible of the Great Migration. We got even more...
Gerald picked us up from JRO airport and was our guide for a week of wonderful adventures creating everlasting memories and a new friendship. Starting our tour in Arusha we enjoyed a night in the Arusha Coffee Lodge to familiarize with the local atmosphere after our long-haul flight from Europe. Watch out for the cute monkeys playing around.
In the morning of the following day we started our tour as Gerald's private guests in his reliable Safari car to 3 different wildlife areas following the trek of millions of animals (zebras, wildebeasts, antelopes, etc). In the Ngorongoro Conservation Area as well as in the Serengeti National Park we spent our nights in the luxurious tents of the Tortilis Group with wonderful evenings at their firesites ("Bush TV"). Both crews made our stay a wonderful memory and took all fear of wild animals approaching our camp during nighttimes - even when hippos rubbed against our tent. Also our camp in the Ndutu area had a stunning view to a lake with thousands of flamingos, zebras crossing and giraffes by-passing our camp.
During our daily safari tours in different areas Gerald did not only prove being a highly knowledgeable guide but also a humble, goodhearted, amazing human being. His more than 20 years of experience pay out when he spots animals and forsees situations others do not expect as e.g. "lazy" lions all of a sudden starting a hunt or finding a hidden family of cheetahs with 2 little ones. You could even call it a "sixt sense". Gerald accomodated perfectly to all of our wishes. His stories about Tanzania and the tribe of the Massai as well as answering all of our questions made our experience even more unique.
We are now back home to work since more than a week and look back with joy to the wonderful memories of our Safari tour. We would strongly recommend to chose Gerald as your guide - not only due to his kindness and experience but also as we always felt safe and secure.
Many thanks again for this unforgettable time and a big ASANTE SANA to all the wonderful people we met along our journey!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing Kenyan safari
Our tour was great; we had such an amazing time with our guide Jeremy who was quite knowledgeable on the Kenyan culture and parks. Our Jeep was quite huge than expected and was always clean. Everything was very well coordinated from beginning to end. We visited Maasai Mara and Nakuru and our highlight was seeing the rhinos; we will sure be back with our kids once they are old enough
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Bad Experience
We compleleted Kilimanajro and Tanzania /Kenya Safari in Aug 2022 Paid Calvin Gibson of Safari Lift Africa the full amount . He failed to pay for some of the park fees, and the last 3 days of our hotel stay. He made a lot of excuses about failing to pay and asked us to pay ,with the promise he will return it later. We made mutilpe attempts to get back our money ..but have not receive it so far ..
CA
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent driver! Very knowledgeable of animals, birds and vegetation. Great service!
Excellent informative driver! Superb trip of the Maasai Mara reserve!
HU
Great! Good job! Thank you
It was so great. My opinion is that go with Hot Sun Safaris a great benefit fine fees and great service! High quality of the segment of the world in Africa where this type duty so rare. Thank you Ally!
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing scenery, beautiful weather & lovely people.
Although we didn’t see a lot of South Africa, what we did see was amazing. It was a very last minute decision to travel to SA to join our daughter & boyfriend on their last two weeks of travelling. It was so much better than we thought it could be. Fantastic scenery, friendly people & amazing wildlife. And coming from England, no jet lag & reasonably priced accommodation & food with very good vegan options in all the restaurants we visited. And they drive on the left! We did find the poverty difficult to deal with, and load shedding every day was sometimes inconvenient. But we are definitely hoping to come back in the whale watching season. So, all in all I would recommend a visit! Also, you must visit to the Panthera Big Cat Sanctuary who are doing such fantastic work with rescued cats & trying to educate people as to the atrocities that go on regarding canned hunting, lion breeding etc.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Good company very experienced
Was great to visit Tanzania Arusha , l highly recommended
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
IL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great Safari with flexible Planning, good communication and excellent Tour guide!!
We booked a 7 day 6 night private safari through Full Package Adventures and could not have asked for a better trip! Faraja was very helpful in organizing the trip. We started in Arusha, went to Tarangire, Ngorongoro, ndutu, and Serengeti. Mr. John was a fantastic guide! He went above and beyond to make sure we had an incredible experience. He’s a very laid-back, humble guy with a very good sense of humor. But he’s also incredible at spotting wildlife, 2 leopards, 4 cheetahs, pride of lions and also a full stalk/hunt/kill with lions. Rhinos, Elephants, Buffalo and so on. Big 5 was no problem. Ndutu for calving season of the wildebeest migration was for sure a highlight of the trip. We learned a ton of Swahili from Mr. John and got to use it often at our overnights/around Tanzania. Asante sana kaka!