20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Professional and flexible team player
The trip to Zanzibar via Mombasa and dar es salaam was an adventure of a lifetime. My expectations in terms of communication, efficiency and the tour were exceeded.
IT
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
We experienced manapools.com as a very reliable, competent and flexible company.
We spent a great time in Zimbabwe, which we owe to a beautiful country, affectionate people and of course the excelent organisation from Ant and his team of Manapools.com. A few weeks before we started I could clarify quite some questions concerning the planning via phonecall(whatsapp) and Ant really tried his best to find good solutions for every request. Staying at Sunbird Guesthouse in Harare we enjoyed the time very much as everyone tried to let us feel like home. We then hired two 4x4 cars with rooftents that were ideal for our roundtrip to Matopos, Lake Kariba, Chizarira NP and Manapools. The campsites at Manapools and Chizarira were perfectly prebooked by Ant, as it was impossible to do so from abroad, and all worked out very well. Knowing to be able to contact the company at any time, if there were problems, we could really relax and enjoy the stay.
I can highly recommend Manapools.com to organize a trip to, despite some challenges, a beautiful country with great people. "Tatenda" to Ant and his team!
IT
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great availability and very attentive to customer needs
We chose Rams Safari for our excursions to Moremi Game Park and Mokoro after reading the reviews on the sites. We can confirm that both were unforgettable experiences. Elias, who accompanied us to Moremi, after countless sightings of elephants, zebras, giraffes, impalas, antelopes, finally managed to show us a lion that had just finished eating its prey. Gatlo, our canoe driver in Mokoro, never tired of revealing all the curiosities of animals and plants of his beloved land.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent
I and my colleagues booked a three day Entebbe Kampala trip with Beautiful safaris Uganda where we hard a magical experience with a very informative Guide. We visited the Uganda wildlife conservation education centre where we carried out the behind the scenes experience and keeper for day that was full of fun and information sharing about the wildlife captive management, we went for the Mabamba shoe bill excursion in Entebbe, the visit to Kampala city with in the kasubi tombs, The kabaka's lake and many other attractions within the city. Beautiful safaris Uganda did us well and we enjoyed to our expectations and I highly recommend there services.
One of the best days!
I have just got back from a 1day Safari tour to Pilanesberg today which was everything it was billed to be. The driver Sunny was so helpful and informative and friendly to be with. Pick up was fine and all the timings during the day worked ok. We saw so many animals including lions and elephants up close. The park guide was very informative. Well worth the price of the trip. Would recommend.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
They have an excellent team right from people who booked us in,We were engaged and I think they do
We absolutely loved doing this tour around Queen Elizabeth National Park Uganda and would recommend it to ANYONE who wants to do the same experience Our guide was brilliant - super friendly, helpful, considerate and extremely knowledgeable - educating us not only on the food element but about Nature.He took us around 3 different markets - a meat market, a fish market and a vegetable market. We had a perfect mix of picking / tasting different foods at the market stands and road sides but then also a few chances to sit down in the café areas and enjoy larger tasting dishes. The description says that you don't get "lunch", just snacks, which is true but you will definitely come away feeling VERY full from all the tasters. From seeing Lions,Pumbas and lots of buffalo's and Kobs Thank you again,we wouldn't have wanted anybody else to show us around
It was a fantastic weekend escape and definently beseech you to try out the same.
SG
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unforgettably superb experience from Suricata Safaris
I joined a 5-day group safari tour of four national parks (Serengeti, Ngorogoro, Lake Manyara, Tarangiri) with Suricata Safaris. The experience has been incredible. The guide Silas is highly experienced, and helped our group see all the major animal species each several times (including two rhino sightings!). Chef Tito cooked for us excellent Tanzanian lunches. The accommodations were superb, both at the tented 'Angata" lodges in Serengeti and Ngorogoro, and Suricata's own Boma Lodge at Lake Manyara. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the folks at Ngorogoro Angata Lodge had warmed up the bed with a hot water bottle while I was at dinner. Folks heard and saw hippos and buffalo going right up to their tents, but without danger (I missed these because I slept too soundly!). I highly recommend Suricata Safaris!
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Raymond was the best, found all the good spots quick and we saw amazing things, will only use him!!
Amazing experience. Safari was great. Couldn’t have asked for anything better. Will definitely be back with more friends. The driver was the best the camp site had awesome people, the Maisa village experience was awesome
US
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fantastic
This Safari to Botswana was our 3rd Safari with Kusini and Paul Tickner. He is absolutely the best there is! We have been with him to Southern Tanzania, Zimbabwe , and now Botswana. He has been incredibly knowledgeable about all three countries. He knows animals, birds, and lodges!!
Whether he privately guides you or just plans your safari, he gears it to your needs and wants. We would not go to Africa without him.
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Client focused listener!
I had a very limited amount of time and not a lot of heads up to make a custom birding tour happen. After exchanging texts, Nicholas put together a great weekend. Accommodations were top notch. Birding guides were experts in their locales. Transport was as comfortable as Uganda gets. It was how much he listened and tweaked things as we went that just pushed this weekend over the top. I had lamented that I didn’t get to do much cultural stuff this go round and he recommended and graciously added a museum tour that just wasn’t far out of the way, for example. I can’t eat pineapple at home, so I mentioned how I was taking advantage of the local pineapples and he made sure some were in the car for after a hike. Surprise! Also, it is obvious he loves Africa and all it offerings. I would definitely book with him again if I come back to Uganda.