CA
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent tour with amazing sightings!
From start to finish, Lion King Adventures was spectacular! Nick and Pendo were so helpful and accommodating while we custom designed our experience. Pendo even went above and beyond to shop for a camera battery and charger in advance of our arrival because mine wasn’t working. Mwita was our guide/driver and he genuinely wanted us to enjoy our trip, he was always enthusiastic and knowledgeable about the animals and areas we travelled. We ended up seeing 70+ lions, 2 river crossings and many many more amazing animal sightings! The vehicle was clean and spacious and even included personalized wine bottles with the complimentary beers. Highly recommend this company!
Nicole and Kim
AE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Custom Tailored Safari Trip
We are a family with an infant and we were hesitating to travel to Kenya for a Safari Trip, especially during the pandemic.
However, since the first contact with Silas he was very helpful and always adapted my requests and changed the trip accordingly. He was so patient with all our questions so we decided to book for the trip. Since we booked our flight from Emirates from Dubai to Nairobi, he picked us up from the airport and drove us to the Hotel in Nairobi. Since we had still a half day, he drove us after a short break to the Giraffe Center. Second day onwards we were picked up by our driver Jackton from our Hotel and drove to Masai Mara, wehre we spent our following 3 days and nights. Jackton is a great guide, driver and now he became a good friend of mine as well. Usually I do not like to write long reviews, however with Apodiformes Adventures we enjoyed our Kenya trip so much, that we want to come back asap. Great value for money and amazing people (Silas and Jackton). Especially for people with infant, they plan the trip according to your expectations. Also for people from Dubai I guess it is one of the best options for a Safari trip out there. Asante Apodiformes Adventures for a great memory!!
IN
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Friendly, experienced and gave us excellent value for money
Very efficient tour operator who has extensive personal experience in travelling all over Africa.
For first timers like us on safari, couldn't have found a better travel agency to arrange our trip to Kenya and Tanzania. An exclusive safari jeep and top notch hotels/lodges were arranged for us. Travelling between hotels/lodges was absolutely trouble free, food was excellent and saw plenty of wild animals.
Cant stress strongly enough to appoint Oloi Shorua with your safari advisers and booking agents Shantanu and Sarah. We will be meeting them soon once again for our next safari trip.
DE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The most beautiful summit ever
Even if I had doubts in advance about traveling to Tanzania alone and in times of Corona: it was the best decision ever!
Not only the peaks of Mount Meru and Mount Kilimanjaro made the trip special, but also the warmth of the team and the perfect organization of geoDiscovery Tours.
At no point did I have the feeling of being alone, I was enthusiastic about the perfection of the tours and always felt very welcome and protected. The partially unreal lava landscape of Kilimanjaro, the unique and breathtaking summit - which we reached just in time for sunrise - and the lush green and the hike through the Arusha National Park - right through a herd of giraffes - will remain unforgettable.
And one thing is certain: it was not the last trip to Tanzania or with geoDiscovery Tours!
DE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
great impressions, great experiences, great adventure- thankful for the time
The tour operator, Ant, is a sympathic, reliable man, who inspires confidence and credibility. We trusted and him his companion Costa and we were not disappointed by this. His tour informations were good and adequate. However the actual challenges of the trip need some training in advance to be able to master all the problems of such a tour. We were fit at the end of the tour...
The equipment, given by the company was great and efficient. Sunbird Guesthouse- nice, lovely - good food and a good starting point.
The tour was a real, orginal and very interesting one, faraway from the modern world, a true wilderness experience with a lot of intact nature, great animals and challenging events.
Mana Pools, bordering the river Zambezi, the Camp Chitake are wonderful places, we won´ t forget. For the Matobo NP we wished to have more time. Hwange NP was great. We finished our trip in Victoria Falls- unforgettable.
Not forget the very important participation of Scott who played a key role in our successful trip. Thanks Ant, Costa, Scott and Zimbabwe-
we are coming back.
HU
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
It was an excellent safari with kindly guide
We spent three fantastic safari days with Isaya and his kindly staff. We were lucky and saw lot of animals (giraffe, monkey, zebra, impala, antelope, hyena, buffalo, lion, elephant, hippo, crocodile, many kind of birds… and so on). We highly recommend this team. Thank you again
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Nairobi National Park
I booked a tour to the park and it was amazing. Spotted 3 of the big 5 among others. Guide was very nice and knowledgeable. Will book again and again.
AT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Perfect operator for everything you need
We travelled through Zimbawe with a car we rented from Manapools 4x4 in Harare. Everything worked out just great. The car was amazing and Ant, the owner, was always there for us. He organized lots of things for us, but also told us where it is not necessary to plan in advance. All in all we had an unbelievable trip, that none of us will ever forget. I can highly recommend to plan your trip with Manapools Tourism Services.
NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The communication previous our Safari went very smoothly and Emma was really accomodating.
We went with 4 people on the Safari and honestly our expectations were really high but this experience really went above and beyond all our expectations. It was truely the most magical holiday ever. The lodges we slept in were beautiful and we could have a warm shower everyday! The food is very standard like rice,chicken/beef and vegetables every evening but tasted really good! The Masai Boma Lodge was our favorite as they do their traditional dance in the morning for their guests which we really enjoyed. But we must say our trip wouldn't been this good if this wasn't for Adson our Guide. He really spotted most of the things we were able to see and he gave his best to give us the best trip of our lives. We really couldn't thank him enough for what he did for us!
DE
In short: fantastic.
In short: fantastic. Saw everything we hoped for and more, while being provided excellent service.
Booked a 10-day safari with Shemeji during August 2021 after receiving offers from about 10 providers. What drew me to Shemeji was the larger scope and variety of the original offer compared to others. After some customization (many thanks for the colleagues for implementing all of the requests!) we decided on a 10 day trip of Arusha NP - Tarangire NP - Lake Manyara NP - Ngorongoro - Serengeti C - Ikoma - Serengeti N - lake Natron - Kilimanjaro. I liked the offered "Africa Safari" lodges on location, with some minor modifications here and there.
Within the first maybe 3-4 days we already saw all animals you can see on this route, and it just kept getting better. Leopards eating prey in the trees, hyenas and cheetahs on the hunt, multiple lion prides with many cubs at arms reach, lions feasting, elephants super close multiple times, thousands of wildebeest / zebra / buffalo, giraffes all around, 5-6 large Mara river crossings (WOW!), rhinos, hippos, crocodiles, monkeys, baboons, innumerable birds of all sorts, and so on. Difficult to list all of them. Check an "animals of East Africa" book, and you can likely check all species off the list.
Our guide Godliving has been top notch in every way. Delightful, professional, courteous, punctual, showed a great amount of enthusiasm and love for both nature and what he does, drove very well, took all around great care for us and has always been keenly attentive to all our wishes. After our long long days of adventures he'd still take the time to maintain and thoroughly clean the car each night and be up early and sharp nontheless. He always knew where to find the animals we were looking for and was an excellent spotter, all the while driving the *incredibly rough* terrains. He is a fantastic chap and we found a friend in him.
All accommodations were great, and there was quite a bit of variety. On some locations we were practically the only guests (fallout of corona I guess) which lead to the atmosphere as if we had owned the place with all the staff just looking out for our wishes, like a movie star. A.S. Lake Manyara is right next to the lake with hippos, zebras, wildebeest and monkeys all around. Rhino lodge has an unbeatable secluded atmosphere at the ridge of Ngorongoro. A.S. Serengeti is right on the plains where you can listen to hyenas and lions playing outside your tents. Serengeti is famous for a reason. A.S. Lake Natron has an unbeatable view. We were treated very well in all locations, everything was squeaky clean, and being able to take a warm shower after a day of dusty wilderness is a blessing, especially in the middle of nowhere. When it takes you days of driving to reach a spot, you appreciate the logistics of providing comfort for you there. I found the food to be excellent, delicious, no complaints, no stomach issues, no problems whatsoever. Water and sanitizer was provided all around. I saw virtually no mosquitos and only a few tsetse flies in Tarangire, who mostly died gruesome deaths under my palms.
It is difficult to list anything that was wrong. Yes maybe lunch boxes are a little repetitive after 2 weeks, but half the world is starving, and hey you are munching on chicken while watching lions eating a few meters away, so who cares what the food is. We had a punctured tire a number of times, but considering the exceeding amount of sharp rocks littered everywhere, this is not unexpected. The cars have double spares for a reason.
About the extra programs. The Maasai village was interesting but the locals can be a little pushy about trying to sell you stuff. Lake Natron waterfalls are great but you need some condition as the rocks are steep. Driving with a fully open safari car was definitely a different experience, which I highly recommend. We didn't do too many walking tours (harder to get close to animals safely) but the few we did were very interesting.
If you are going for the adventure, to be close to nature, to see wild animals at arms reach; while being well taken care of and in comfort, you will not regret booking with them. Hope to go back at a later time. highly recommended.
