IT
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
CRIMINALS
This tour operator doesn't exist, it is a fraud for receiving deposit for fake safari.
They pretend to receive all the money many weeks before departures: fortunately I've sent just half of the price.
Their presentation by mail looks good and professional: don't believe it!
The day before starting safari nobody called or wrote me: I tried many times to contact them but nobody answers to the phone, the mobile is a fake number and their address doesn't exist.
Only two hours before departure they send an email saying sorry but safari was canclled because of the weather: I was yet in Tanzania and the weather was good, indeed I did safari with another tour operator.
Now they don't want to give me back my money.
Please pay attention.
NE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great trip with Matoke
We've just come back from an 8 day mid-range Uganda tour booked with Matoke Tours. Our trip was organised and arranged very speedy and efficiently via email, the communication with Matoke's Travel Consultant Pascqua Lorna extremly professional, prompt and friendly. The itinerary of the tour was well and accurately planned, including great activities and 4 lodges well chosen and super nice lodges. With Confidence Matsiko, we had an excellent guide on our side during our whole trip. He is an excellent safe driver, always friendly, polite and in good mood. Also he's an expert about his country's nature and animals and made sure we spotted as many beasts and birds as possible during our safaris. We really enjoyed our time with Confidence, he was not only very helpful and well organised, making sure we had a great holiday, but also super nice and interested in his clients, happy to chat, share ideas or answer questions and thus making the sometimes long journeys very enjoyable. Confidence Matsiko is truly a gem, a very experienced, knowledgeable, reliable and pleasant guide - we strongly recommend him to anyone planning a trip to Uganda. Same applies to Matoke Tours: contact Pascqua Lorna and she'll make sure you'll have a great experience in Uganda. A big thank you to Lorna and Confidence for a truly unforgettable trip!
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Our safari with friendship adventure exceeded our expectations by far -- we had an amazing time.
Donald planned an amazing seven day safari for us, organizing five different National Park drives in the Northern Circuit. Our guide, Michael went out of his way to pick us up from our hotel in Moshi and we had the best time with him. He is extremely knowledgeable and we learned a tremendous amount about all of the wildlife, the parks as well as life in Tanzania from him. Michael always got us the best views of the animals getting us up close to lions, elephants, cheetahs and many many more. We even saw the rare black rhinoceros at the Ngorongoro Crater! We were in constant awe of his expert driving skills and how he managed to navigate the parks roads. All of the lodges which Donald had booked for us were incredible with beautiful views, surrounding wildlife as well as great food and atmosphere. We highly recommend Friendship Adventure and Guide Michael.
AT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A trip of a lifetime!
They planned everything as we spoke and lived to their expectations. Had a great trip with my family and I who didn't want it to end. Will recommend them to anyone who wants to visit Tanzania outbacks.
JP
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best experience in my life.
I want to say that you should definitely participate mattaw safaris!! I had an experience beyond imagination.The guides is very friendly. They are the best!And I was impressed by the wonderful scenery at safari.
There is such a place where you want to go again and again.
I’ll be sure to come back here. Thank you so much.Asante sana.
SG
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Pilanesberg Game Reserve by Wee Pin and Afasah
Great wildlife!
SG
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic experience at Pilanesberg park sunrise safari
Afasah and I had the best sunrise safari experience at Pilanesberg Park with the experienced and knowledgeable wildlife guide Norman Lok from Mmilo Tours.
It's a private tour and we sat in a comfortable SUV, our first sighting was a jackal which was running on the road before us. Next a rare brown hyena in the bush which came so close to us giving us so many opportunities to capture its beauty!
Norman has been a wonderful guide with wealth of knowledge about wildlife, Afasah and I were enlightened by the wildlife lesson as we spotted many wonderful wildlife- giraffes, zebras, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, elephants, wildebeest, springbok, lioness, western osprey, leopard tortoise, even secretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) which is a rare find!
This is our first safari trip in Johannesburg and we are truly delighted to have joined the best safari tour-Mmilo Tours with excellent wildlife guide and comfortable private tour! We highly recommend Mmilo Tours, thanks to best wildlife guide Norman for a memorable safari experience in Pilanesberg!
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
unbelievable
the wildlife was beyond belief; was very scenic. Accommodations with respect to the tent could be a little better; also, the food at the site could be improved. Also, luckily our drive, Aron, was not only a very friendly but answered all our questions and went beyond the call of duty to accommodate everybody in the van. We were so blessed to have him around. We have referred his to all our friends visiting Kenya Safari in the next couple of years.
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great Safari experience, lots of animals, great accomodations, good food
My experience with Kenyasafariarcade was first class. I chose the fly in safari with two nights as the Entim Maasai Mara Bush Camp. The driver picked me up from my hotel in the AM and took me to Wilson airport, the flight is about 45 min to an hour depending on what stop you are (they do 3-4 stops). The Entim camp was great, its is right along the river where zebras and wildebeest cross. Hippos come up and forage at night and you can here them grunting at night. We also has lions near the camp as well, very cool. The camp have Maasai guards to keep watch at night, so everyone is safe. Our driver John was awesome, he is very knowledgeable and knows where to find the animals. We saw everything we wanted to see except for Rhino which are very scarce in the Masa Mara anyway. But we saw lots of lions, cheetah, elephants, zebra, giraffe, hyena, serval, etc. We saw 4 cheetahs on the hunt up close and watched them take down a new born fawn. Hard to watch, but its life in the wild. We had front row seats on the hunt and the kill. John said we got to see something that most don't get to see. Very cool. The Entim tents are very nice, more like a hotel. They do shut off the power from 11 to 5 am to save power, but wasn't a problem since we were all asleep anyway. Wine, beer and well drinks were included which was nice to unwind with a beer or glass of wine at night. The food was delicious and gourmet like. I am really not a person that sits down for gourmet meals, but they do that at Entim, it would be great for couples and families that like to have sit down meals. As a solo traveler, I really wasn't looking for that, just quick meals, but the food was delicious nonetheless. The safari vehicles where 4wd land cruisers which I definitely recommend. It was very wet and a 4wd van would not have been a good choice. In fact, I would definitely recommend getting a package where the guides are local to the camps and not from Nairobi. The local guides know the areas much better and the local camps use the land cruisers. I also did the visit to the Maasai village, it was okay, but I probably wouldn't do it again. It cost $30 and at the end they take you to their trinket stands to buy stuff. Its optional, but I felt sort of obligated to buy something. Make sure you haggle, the starting prices are way too high. You should get it for at least half of what they start at. After my safari, I had a half day in Nairobi so I paid $70 extra to be driven to the Giraffe Center and Blixon house. The Giraffe center was fun, but its a quick trip. You can feed the giraffes up close and take pictures, its fun. I found the Karen Blixon house interesting since I am a fan of the movie Out of Africa, but if you aren't a fan, you might find it a little boring, but I really liked the tour. Overall, it was a great trip. I was going to do the driving tour from Nairobi, to Masa Mara for 2 nights, and then 1 night at Lake Nakura, but I changed to the 2 night fly in trip to Masa Mara at the last minute. One recommendation I would make is to bring small denominations of US dollars on the trip. I was able to use the ATM in Kenya but they only give you 100 bills. Its hard to find change in country, so plan ahead and bring a lot of 1, 5 and 10 with you. Much easier for tipping and haggling at the markets, etc. By the way, the only reason I gave birding a 4 is that we really weren't looking for birds, we saw a lot, but its not really what I was looking for.
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very professional and knowledgeable.
Loved almost everything about it. The food at Zebra Camp was about a 7 out of 10, They tried too hard to serve American type food in my opinion. The lodge and staff were top flight. One could not put a coffee cup down for a minute without it getting whisked away.