BR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful experience
When contacting Malagasya Travel, I was surprised by their friendliness and agility. I entered the Safari Booking website, filled out a form and in less than 24 hours the Riantsoa travel agent contacted me to understand in detail what I wanted. We put together a wonderful personalized itinerary that fully met my expectations! On the day of my arrival, I was greeted by them with an invitation to have dinner to get to know each other. It was a pleasant surprise for me.
During the whole trip I was very well assisted by all the places I went! The trip was wonderful and everything went according to plan.
Without a doubt, I highly recommend the company and will certainly make new trips with them!
NL
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very friendly with a lot of knowledge about plants, landscapes and animals. Surprises !
We had booked a safari of 6 weeks with this local firm Benson Safaris. What a wonderfull week we had. Thanks to Benson and our guide Peter. Peter knows a lot of all the plants and animals in de national parks we visited: Tarangire, Serengeti, Ngorogoro crater, Lake Manyara and Arusha park. Peter is een safe driver and is very focused on the wishes of the costumer. The arrangements and hotels were wonderfull en really exiting. Our trips during the day well organised and a day after the last trip we already missed Peter and all the knowledge he learned jn the 3 years that he went to school to learn about the parks.
And we were really surprised bij Benson with a special room, champagne, wine and cake because Peter had heard that we will be married for fourty years in november. Het overheard that en Benson arrangend it all. Good coffee and other presents on the other days.. We can really recommend Benson as a company to arrange your safaritrip
DE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Perfect!!!
It was all wonderful: service, support, transportation, communication. When I'm coming next time to Uganda again I will make some tours with this operator again
NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The best
We did the 5 day safari with Hello Tanzania - 2 nights next to Nyerere and 2 nights at the beach. We booked last minute so we were expecting to have a bumpy trip but it was actually the best thing we did in Tanzania. Sylvia is an incredible professional. She organized everything in less than a day with great communication, and even managed to arrange some extra asks from our side. The guide - Iddi - was extremely nice and professional as well. All the places where we stayed and the activities planned were great. We’ve never felt more safe and well looked after that when we were on this trip. Strongly recommend.
DE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Excellent
It was another great trip through Uganda. Now for the 7th time with Ivan on the road in Uganda. Many Thanks. We look forward to the next tour.
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US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent company
We booked through Jumbari Family Safaris, which is a subpart of Ker & Downey. I actually planned the trip in early 2020 before COVID became a pandemic and Jenieen worked with me to plan which areas would be best to fit our needs in terms of lodges and the animals we wanted to see. After a couple postponements, Peter took over for Jenieen and answered MANY questions I asked from time to time while we waited to see if the trip would happen or not due to COVID. He was always gracious and fully answered me, which I appreciated. The trip went exactly as they said, in terms of representatives meeting us from planes, tour guides arriving to pick us up, border crossings - it all went smoothly. We saw every animal on our list and some more we didn't even think we would see. All the lodges that were arranged for us were wonderful and fit our needs perfectly. The staff at the lodges were great, the guides were great, the drivers were great. I really appreciate that every last detail was handled and when I had questions along the way on the trip, there was a WhatsApp chat ready for me to ask and I was always answered promptly. I picked this company based on other positive reviews and I'm glad I did. They won't disappoint.
US
under20 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very resourceful, helpful, respectful, and nice
My experience with Lion King Adventures was very good. It was very reliable and a great experience. It was very much worth the trip I took to get here. It’s something you’d never forget.
SI
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
We regret booking with this safari company
We are two backpackers who allways trying to see good things on our trips. We ordered safari trip (Tarangire, Ngorongoro) which included a flight from Znz to Arusha.
The only bright spot was unforgetable experience seeing those beautiful animals at the parks and our safari guide Molel because of his knowledge about wildlife.
The rest of the organization was a disaster. We were directed to the wrong flight at Znz airport. If we wouldn't figure it out last minutes before departure, the plane would leave without us. The guy working for company didn't even look at our tickets, he just send us to the wrong group. When we came to Arusha, nobody was there to pick us up. We spend 1 hour browsing on the web for their contacts with the local people. The whole thing looked like their company didn't even exist. That morning was extremely stressful for us. Thanks for the kind-hearted locals who helped us find a guide who was 1 hour late and airport employee who stopped the flight for us.
When we came to the safari we said: "Okay, let's forget about this, we solved this out." But at the end of the trip again there were problems with transportation back to Znz. Also the things that were written in the plan about the trip weren't real (both days the park ride was shorter than it was written, they wanted the money from us for the dinner which was included in the plan.)
We had a deal that we will fly back to Znz in the morning. We didn't recieved info about the flight till late evening and we were asking them for informations all the time. We got the flight tickets at the airport.
They were telling us there were so many mistakes because we ordered this trip "last minute" (3 days before). We did get an apollogy from a driver.
We could write more, but we believe you allready got an impression why we don't recommend this company.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
He’s a fun-loving, popular, and knowledgeable guy.
From start to finish, this experience was a pleasant one. The emailing was easy. The communication was clear and concise. Our guide, Kikitu, was everything you’d want from a guide. And we received an updating itinerary as we traveled so we received just enough information on what was coming up but were never overwhelmed.
There were a couple hotel issues with some people in our group with the quality not being up to snuff, but I can’t speak to that as my accommodation experience was a positive one.
I’ve wanted to go in a safari for 25 years, and my expectations were high, but this managed to live up to those expectations and exceed them. Thanks so much for a trip that I’ll be able to look back on fondly. Highly recommend the operator and the guide.
IN
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Perfect 4 days Serengeti Safari in Tanzania
They are enthusiastic and dedicated to making sure that they go an extra mile in bringing quality services to clients.
Our guide was Tom and his 25 years of experience as a Tanzania Wildlife Safari Guide is exceptional. Tom is a fantastic, brilliant and amazing guy. I went out of my tears on the day we said goodbye to him at the airport. Thank you Issa for all the arrangements and giving us Tom as our guide. Highly recommend this company.
