VN
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
3 Day Short Exciting Tanzania Safari
3 Day Short Exciting Tanzania Safari
What a lovely trip in the bush of Africa’s most authentic National Parks!
We had a great time with Msago, our tour guide and Hashim our driver. He knew where we can spot each animal and was very humble and e accepted whatever we asked in terms of directions and animals to look for. He was very flexible and knowledgeable of every route in the park. I Loved where we stayed, the lodge is clean and spacious but affordable also, and the food and drinks were good and the people charming. Thank you Connect African Safaris. Thank you Sheikha for planning this trip with us and thank you for coming to the airport and constantly checking on us over the phone every evening.
Stephanie
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Memorable and hussle free, Bravo Fahari Uganda Safaris!!!
Expectations were met and the service was excellent.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
3 Days Masai Mara safari
Our safari to Mara will be one to remember we had a great time.
We were booked at Mara malaika camp for 3 days 2 nights,our driver jonathan was able to show us the big five..we definitely recommend this great company thanks Rachel for organizing such a tour.
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A perfect trip!
Traveling with Mufasa was completely a good experience!
The procedure with Lewis before the safari starts has been very easily and professional.
My guide Sam was a perfect one! Always keep smiling and also professional in his job as well. I’ve been in Kenya for photography and Sam still knows how to handle the car to get some good shots from the top roof.
RU
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great team for organise your holiday
It was our first trip in Africa, and we were absolutely satisfied and happy.We found Twinkle star tours on safaribookings.com, their offer according to mine opinion had reasonable price for nice lodge and the best park. We chosen 12 days safari in Kenya and Tanzania and it was right choosing we enjoyed every day.
Our trip began at the Kenya - Jomo Kenyatta International Airport when taxi picked us up to the hotel and after one night in a capital our safari starts. Our trip began with Willy - Kenya's best guide and just very positive and experienced gay. On Kenya side we visited lake Nakuru and Naivasha and then Masai Mara. In this park we already saw BIG 5 and many other animals. Especially we liked our Sopa lodge in Naivasha when animals are walking around your house and you can observe them from the balcony. Also we visited Masai village, but we didn t like it, because we felt that is not their real life just some tourist attraction for money, I think in Tanzania it is more natural.
After 5 days in Kenya we went to Tanzania, it was quite long trip, which took us all day, on border we change car and guide. In Tanzania we visited Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Manyara lake. In Serengeti we celebrated New year in very nice lodge Serena it was very cool home party on the open air. The most picturesque place in Tanzania was Ngorongoro crater and Ngorongoro wildlife lodge with the crazy view on crater.
Then we went back to Kenya to see park Amboseli and of course the highest mountain in Africa – Kilimanjaro. During first day was cloudy, but next day very early morning we had a breakfast with view on Kilimanjaro - perfect.
We want to say James (owner of twinkle star safari) and Willy grand merci absolutely for everything. We like organization and our lodges. We saw a lot of animals and BIG 5. We felt care and safety. I recommend Twinkle star tours, because they have reasonable price and good service.
Thanks James!
NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Honeymoon safari
First of all, we had a great time. We have been picked up at the airport by Edward. Beforehand we were warned that the roads aren’t that good at Afrika and we would get an African massage. Nothing was lied about that. After arriving at the lodge we had a resting day. We already had our briefing in the Netherlands where we met up with Magda and Adam. So the only thing we got was our tickets to ZANZIBAR. Our guide Franky was amazing. He picked us up at 8am and off we went to our bike tour and find the wild animals. Already on the first day we saw a lot and he explained everything nicely and made sure we got to make a lot of pictures. After a few days we said what we would like to see. And because it was very wet everywhere there was a chance that we could get stuck, but we got everywhere to see those amazing animals. And yes we got stuck but that’s part of the adventure when you go to Africa and a risk that we were willing to take. Franky has made sure that we have seen the big five and more amazing animals. We are very lucky that we have seen so many animals during this season as the grass was very high. Take you so much for taking care of us. He is a great driver as he was always careful. We had an amazing adventure!
The best safari experience ever!!
After lots of research, my friend and I booked with Suricato safaris about 2 weeks before we left and we are so glad we did! The owner Hillary could not do enough to help make our trip as perfect as possible...adding extra nights to already scheduled trips, planning bespoke routes so we got to see all the best spots and allowing us to change our booking right up to the last minute when we had some confusion with flights.
Everything ran smoothly, from the moment we were collected from the airport to the moment we collected our luggage from storage and checked into the last hotel.
The safari blew our minds in terms of the animals we saw - lions with cubs, families of elephants, rhino, hippo, leopard, monkeys, wilderbeast, the list is endless! A cheetah actually jumped on the roof of our jeep to get a better vantage point from which to hunt!! We nearly passed out from fright!
Massive thanks to Lewis, who was an amazing driver and guide. He was so knowledgable, spoke great English and was very funny which is always nice when you’re in a jeep for 4 days with someone. Our cook Dioness provided amazing, prepared from scratch, meals three times a day...pretty tough in the middle of the Serengeti!! A top chef!
We took the option of a cheaper trip which was camping for 3 nights and lodge for one night. Hearing lions at night and buffalo grazing outside your tent at 1am is an amazing experience but camping is definitely not luxury, so be prepared!
If I could suggest one thing that could be improved is that we stayed at Ecobomo lodge on the last night and had a ton of mosquito bites due to the lake nearby and there was no fan in the room to keep the air flowing. We hadn’t had any bites the whole time, so was a bit of a shame. However that is not the fault of the safari team.
To sum up...if you want to have a truly amazing safari experience with local guides, great food and lovely people...at a good price...then choose Suricato Safari.
Thank you!
ES
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Unforgettable safari experience in Kenya & Tanzania!
Being an Argentinean family, we contacted our fellow countryman Justo Casal, from Merging Mundos in Kenya, who developed a customized 13-night safari and beach mixed itinerary in Kenya and Tanzania, based on our interests and expectations. That proved to be the best choice we could have made, as we had the vacations of our lifetime! And Classic Journeys played the fundamental role in that experience, being our hosts and companions from start to finish, with Elvis always reachable at any time to help with anything we might need. We started our trip in Nairobi, for visiting an Elephant Orphanage and a Giraffe Center, and then continued to Massai Mara to initiate our true safari experience. Based on our experience and the fact that it had been raining a lot the few previous days in Kenya, which was totally untypical in january/february, it was critical we were given very capable drivers/guides along with 4x4 Land Cruisers. Several roads inside the parks and even in-transit between parks, were absolutely challenging and quite impassable, with very deep mud, water and flooded bridges, and only thanks to Amir in Kenya and Mirage in Tanzania and their excelled driving capabilities, we were able to make it. For sure other 4x4 minivans that usually crowd the parks, would have been left stranded, as we actually witnessed some! After Massai Mara, we turned into Tanzania and visited the immense Serengeti and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area: a magnificent creation of nature! Then we headed back to Kenya, for visiting Amboseli, with its unique and stunning views of Mt Kilimanjaro, and Tsavo National Parks. During our safari tenure, we experienced a combination of jungle lodges and luxury tented camps, which provided my wife and three kids with a real taste of wildlife. And of course we needed to spend several hours each day as passengers either in the park on a game drive, or transiting between parks, for which you must get used to. Our program ended up with a largely deserved 3-day stay in Diani Beach, near Mombasa, for total relaxation in those white sandy beaches, while taking warm sea baths in the Indian Ocean, and enjoying nice African food in one of the many international resorts. Visiting Wasani Island for dolphins watching and snorkeling was the proper closing to our journey. Definitely East Africa has a lot to offer for a one-of-a-lifetime vacation, you should give it a try!
US
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Review about Kruger National Park by Nancy
January isn't the best month to look for animals, so I was a little disappointed not to see more, but overall, it was a very good experience.
BR
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Masai Mara National Reserve by Claudio Salzano Junior
Amazing park and beautiful nature !