US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing
The scenery and wildlife was truly astonishing. South Africa has such a varied, lush, dramatic landscape that even just driving around is a pleasure. The animals were so beautiful and surreal to see in their natural habitat. The weather was good overall. Some rain but mostly sunshine and warmth and we didnt even get a single bug bite! In addition to the things intrinsic to South Africa, the people were so friendly and helpful everywhere we went. It was truly a trip of a lifetime.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Unforgettable trip, highly recommended!
We went on a budget (camping) 7-day safari tour to Lake Manyara, Lake Natron, Serengeti, Ngorongoro, and Lake Eyasi.
It was a really unforgettable trip, with a great mixture of incredible landscapes, awe-inspiring animal sightings, and even a touch of culture shock with the Hadzebe bushmen around Lake Eyasi.
Mr Jalala is a trustworthy and meticulous organiser, he was very responsive and available to help, even to arrange extra transport and logistics that did not bring any money to him personally. He negotiated with us a very reasonable price and assigned us a nice team of driver (Peter) and cook (Mike). Both were fun, knowledgeable, and went out of their way to make our trip really enjoyable.
The accommodation was in basic but clean camps with helpful staff. The highlight was the camp at Lake Natron, I'll never forget the incredible view over the lake and the expanse plain at sunrise.
Highly recommended!
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
My fourth in 20 years and just as good
Wildlife - good, scenery - fantastic, weather - mixed, but mostly good, accommodation - good to excellent (mostly the latter), food - fantastic (even if portions were a bit on the large size!), transportation - always good, guides - all excellent and informative. We had 3 holidays in one, first safari in the Kruger, then to Port Elizabeth, hire car and drive down the Garden Route and finally 6 days in Cape Town. All those running the guest houses etc we stayed at were very friendly and helpful. All accommodation was clean and generally well maintained. Most importantly we never felt anything but safe and felt comfortable wherever we went. No doubt there is crime (as anywhere) but it never raised its ugly head. In fact we were impressed by the honesty of all we met.
TH
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
when I recalled the tour, I recognized this is a dangerous country.
the capital Nairobi is a city full of gang of robbers. be careful! better skip the capital or other big city.
NL
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
3 days in Tanzania Safari Tour
The 3-days Tour was provided by Kilimanjaroi Vikings. A little scary in the beginning the voyage turned to be very nice on its way further. Upon arrival to Kilimanjaro Airport we started from visit to Kilimanjaro view place. That was good and quality hotel. Personnel was friendly and responsive. That's where we met with manager, reciedved instuctions about upcoming days and paid all cash in advance. Untill morning I was fighting a thought of being played. In the morning next day a driver and the manager showed up and all my worries disappeared. Vehicle was good (Land Cruiser) and a driver looked professional. In his credit he'd already prepared water and mealboxes. So, within next 3 days we visited Taranguire NP, Ngorongoro Crater and Lake Manyara NP. We stayed in good hotels with friendly personnel. Especially good was Ngorongoro Farm House. That place was mindblowing just must-see one. The driver was just as good in giving the tour information, organizing meals. Despite the drive was quite long we totally forgot about any inconveniance.
Bottomline: I totally recommed Kilimnanjaro Vikings for Safari Tours.
CA
65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Thank you Matoke Tours!
Our 9 day Matoke tour safari travelling from Entebbe to Kigali was fantastic. We can say without reservation that from our initial contact by email with tour consultant Pleunie van Uden to our arrival at our final destination in Kigali everything went very well. We in particular wish to emphasize how much we appreciated our guide Vincent. Vincent was outstanding. He was extremely knowledgeable about all the areas we visited and all the animals, plants and birds. He was so professional and kind and an excellent driver. He seemed to know everyone at all the parks and camps we visited and everyone seem to know and respect him. The accommodations were all first rate. Our hands down favourite was Kasenyi Safari Camp located on Lake Bunyampaka right on the border of Queen Elizabeth Park. Our host Mr. Phillip Kiboneka was welcoming and knowledgeable and the staff made us feel so at home. The views from the luxurious tents and the lovely open air main lodge are panoramic. We will treasure forever our time with the gorillas in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and the wonderful porters that made it possible. Thank you Matoke Tours!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Trip of a lifetime! Exceeded expectations.
This was the first safari trip we had done - first trip to Uganda and encounter helped us experience the beautify of the country in a responsible way. The pre-travel communications with Patrick were always detailed and contained a useful packing list / guides to the country and etiquette - and also noted that their guides could help us find responsible charitable organisations if we wanted to bring over books / children's clothes etc. Once landing in Uganda, our guide Ambrose immediately made sure our journey was exceptional - whether that was accounting for our poor timekeeping to keep us on time or going out of his way to help us learn more about local communities / other topics we expressed an interest in. I would definitely recommend Ambrose as a guide, we missed him once we left!
Other things: all of the lodges were excellent with great views. We were asked about our dietary requirements in advance and it was easy to choose vegetarian options. The van was clean and spacious and had a full conversion to safari roof what we could both stand up in - which is more than we could say for some other cars we saw in the parks
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Travelling with safari bookings
Awesome deals and great safaris, friendly workforce. Their website is very informative. Safari bookings is my tour and travel companion.
IT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very good tour with the big five!
Mwajabu is very kind, professional and available to solve all the issues that you may have.
The safara was amazing despite the driver wasn't always as professional as the agency
We saw the big 5 and it's the only important thing :)
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful experience
We had a great time with Wild Planet safari. The guides and their helpers were just awesome. We highly recommend them and looking forward to meet them again on our next adventure.