NL
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Perfectly organised, great driver and guide
I was very happy with chosen expeditions. Everything went according to plan and the trip to Murchison was great.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Knowledge, humorous, driven, professional, you can use all these words to describe Dexter as a guide
Clare as our tour coordinator has been very patient in answering all our questions. Dexter as our guide has been the reason to a successful, fun-filled safari. He always had his ears and eyes on the seeking of wildlife, very committed in providing the best experience to everyone onboard throughout the trip, a great photographer, and he’s always on top of the itinerary while accommodating for our needs. The tour itself was amazing. Together with the second half of the trip in Tanzania led by our other amazing guide Moses, the trip was filled with surprising moments such as seeing the lions mating, giraffes necking, and numerous hunting scenes. Also got to see black rhinos in the wild! While all of these highlights depend on your luck, a good guide would significantly increase your chance of spotting them.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Kiboko and its tour guides are professional and thoughtful and responsible!
We love our trip with Kiboko and our tour guides. I did many online research and narrowed my selection to 7 travel agencies. After several rounds of email conversations, I chose Kiboko because 1) it offered me the best value in price (eg, the same hotel packages, their price is lower than other big-name agencies), 2) Clare is very patient to answer all of my questions and change the itinerary for several times based on our request. 3) Even though Kiboko is a small agency, which only has ~40 reviews online, all the reviews look good and positive. Based on those reasons, we signed our contract with Kiboko.
During the trip, we had Dexter in Kenya and Moses in Tanzania as our tour guides. Both of them worked as tour guides for 16-18 years and are very knowledgeable about those animals. They know where and when to find those animals. We saw lions hunting, elephants fighting, animal mating, baby feeding, and many other animal activities all you can imagine. At first, I was concerned if I really need 8 days safari since I saw all of those animals on Day 1. However, every day of our trip was different and exciting! The hotels are great in both environment and service. The food options (most of the meals are buffet) are much better than our expectations. The hotel staffs are also friendly and thoughtful. They helped us to celebrate our friend's birthday surprisedly. They tried their best to meet all of our requests, such as playing Disney Lion King as a movie night.
Thanks to Kiboko, Clare, Dexter, and Moses, for giving us the best safari experience! We highly recommend booking with them!
IL
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Outstanding guide (Mananjara Enock), organized a once in a lifetime tour foe us
We (2 couples i) had the luck to find Mr. Mananjara Enock (via the Internet after reading former positive reviews) .
At the planning phase, he helped up "fine-tune" our special (18 days!) tour in Madagascar per our specific preferences, while keeping the cost attractive.
Since he met us at the airport, till dropping us there 18 days later Enock took care of ALL our needs (replacing hotels, assistance with food, demonstrating various Chameleons and lemors) and even helping me downhill after I've fainted (not his fault..).
Enock also arranged a professional driver who drove us safely during all these long days.
As said, thus has been once in lifetime tour for us.
With great pleasure I (on behalf of my wife too) HIGHLY RECOMMEND Mr. Mananjara Enock and his company - Soul Of Madagascar.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great experience, everything was well organized from the initial communications to the trip itself.
Our experience with Senait tours was great - it was 5 of us, 3 adults and 2 kids. We reached out to the Managing Director, Taddese, who was very responsive from the initial request to use the company for our trip from Addis to Gondar and answered all of our follow up questions quickly. We let him know what hotel we wanted to stay at, as well as the places we wanted to visit - Senait took care of the hotel booking and provided a thorough itinerary for our trip. The only thing we had to book was our flights in and out of Gondar. It was very helpful to not have to worry about any of the coordinating of the trip itself, and all fees for the Gondar itinerary aside from tips and eating out were covered in the price of the trip we paid to Senait.
We were greeted at the airport by our driver Kidus, who was very friendly and a very good/safe driver. He drove us in a very nice, clean van for every part of the trip and was very knowledgeable about the area. The two main visits on our trip were to the Simien Mountain which was a day trip, and then another day we toured Faciles castle as well as a few other churches/destination points within Gondar.
We were very pleased with our experience with Senait tours, and would definitely recommend using them for any tours within Ethiopia.
DE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Friendly staff and affordable safari
We did a 6 day safari to olpejeta Nakuru and maasai mara with unscripted safaris, our drive guide Alex was so fun and friendly and went out of his way to ensure we spotted all the big 5. We couldn't have imagined a better safari that was well coordinate and quite budget friendly.
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful most efficient 5 days on Safari in Kruger
These have been some of the best 5 days in my life. The African Welcome Safari has put together a most amazing week for us, including canyon visits, Rhino lodge safari and, most special, a walking Safari out of the Rhino camp. Unforgettable 5 days... Thanks to everybody who helped organizing and treated us with such a wam welcome. Highly recommended. I would always go back to Alex from African Welcome Safari!
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Exceeded expectations! Highly recommended Tour Guides
In a word - Awesome! The support team went above and beyond to make our trip a success and enjoyable. My friends and I enjoyed it more than we could have ever imagined. At times it was challenging, but with acclimation hikes, vital signs monitoring twice a day, ensuring we were eating and drinking properly, we knew we were in good hands. The guides Michael and Emmanuel and the rest of the team were attentive to all our needs before we even asked. And having Chef Tuesday running the kitchen was as a special treat, always making sure to make great dishes and other snacks, tea, coffee and more. They even made a birthday cake for my friend Salva's birthday :) The team provided knowledge, wisdom, caring, dedication, entertainment, and love. We left Tanzania feeling like we left behind family. A five star rating isn't enough to rate the great experience we had between March 7-14, 2023. Thanks to the entire team who did a great job! Highly recommended for your next Kilimanjaro trek
NL
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
awesome
Osman is a very experienced man who, even with a nice band in the middle of nowhere, knows how to give you a wonderful holiday feeling. It was a wonderful treasure hunt looking for anything and everything and we were able to see beautiful things. Osman makes your holiday an experience! It's also great that he knows the animal names in many translations!
I have beautiful pictures of whole herds of elephants crossing the lot, beautiful zebras posing for us, giraffes and baby elephants that came to take a look and hippos that completely ignored us, all different kingfishers, monkeys etc etc... it was wonderful.
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US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great Service + Knowledgeable Guide = Amazing Experience
From the moment we were picked up from our hotel in Zanzibar, we were impressed. Our driver Nordin was absolutely incredible. He was prompt and patient. He escorted us to the airport where we boarded our flight to Selous. Once we arrived Erik was there to pick us up and our 2 day 1 night adventure began. The breakfast and lunch were amazing and both our walking tour and boat tour were educational. We then went out for a late day drive which turned out to be incredible. On day 1 we had already seen 2 of the big 5. (not to mention all the giraffes, zebras, impalas, wild dogs, baboons and pumbas. Our driver was an experienced pro behind the wheel. His maneuvering skills were very impressive. The next day was also incredible. From the packed breakfast on the reserve to our AMAZING lunch at Impala Selous, we were pampered at every turn. This was truly a 5 star experience and we will tell all of our friends about our experience! Don't hesitate to book with this organization.