35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Safe, great value, always on time
Going Green is professional, they kept us safe, and they were on time the entire way. The Mikumi safari was amazing, as we were able to make multiple rare views of lionesses, hippos (though they were underwater the whole time), giraffes, elephants, baboons, water buffalo, zebras, and many impalas. The lodging was decent and we slept great. The dinner and breakfast they set up for us was excellent!
IL
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic - Professional and well organized tour.
The tour was very well planned, with a nice balance of activities, and was orchestrated without any hitches.
Accommodation that was organized, and beyond expectations.
Our guide was Longie, who was very professional, and knew how to find the best, and utilize the time well. We were able to see lots of interesting things, including the Great Migration - viewing a spectacular massive Gnu crossing of the Mara River. Besides his sense in finding the "action", he was very knowledgeable about the wildlife, and gave a lot of interesting information about life in Tanzania.
Would very highly recommend this agency.
GR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An amazing experience like nothing else.
We chose Maasai Mara Train and Mr. Wilson because of the first impression he gave us. Very charming and nice to speak to him. So we booked our Safari to Maasai Mara two months before. All this time we have small chats with Mr. Wilson, he gave us tips for the Safari and also we did a video call with him.
The day before the safari he picked us up from the airport with his friend David and he helped us to find a SIM card for our phone. Then we went to the Giraffe center.
On the first day of the Safari we went downtown and met with our driver Steven. Steven was an AMAZING guy. A great driver, great animal spotter and storyteller. We had a joined Safari, so we had company some really cool guys from Nepal.
The Safari was an amazing and extraordinary experience. We saw a lot different animals and three from the big five thanks to our driver Steven. The infinite feeling of the savanna it's something that you can't forget.
On our full Safari day, we had a problem with the car, they took us on a luxury lodge inside the park to take a brake and after a couple of time, they brought us a Jeep and took us to the Mara River to see the migration. So they encountered the problem fast and find the best solution for us to continue our Safari. We found a spot to have picnic lunch near the Mara River with hippos in front of us, crocodiles and the migration on the move on the other side of the river. What more to ask for?
On the last day we asked for a small change, we wanted to go to lake Naivasha. Our driver Steve arranged things fast and in the morning we were in the lake with boats for Boat Safari. We saw hippos, giraffes and huge eagles near the lake shore.
Mr. Wilson and Maasai Mara Train helped us to have our first Safari encounter and it was amazing. Hope to do more in the future. Hope to see you again Mr. Wilson! :)
IN
Helpful and efficient
This was a family reunion that was delayed by 2 years due to Covid. In spite of repeated postponements of this trip, Ute was very helpful in making all the bookings and provided great travel tips to us. The trip was a smooth, wonderful experience and we truly enjoyed every moment of it! Thank you!
ES
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A BLAST!
WE HAD A BLAST! Amazing 4 days tour. EVERYTHING fantastic, our guide Vincent and Vendura our Stomach enginer (chef haha) were amazing.
Compared with the other companies we were all always getting closer to the animals, and was the whole time trying to catch all the big fives (for sure we have seen them all!!) Amd the food.. OMG.. pancakes for brakfast, fruit, coffee , peanut butter, bread, jam.. the lunches and dinners.. all made for him the same day, even the bread!!! When you camp the pop up all the kitchen and its such an amazi g experiences. The campsites, amazing sunrises and sunsets...
No more words, definetely the best company BY FAR. Thank you all for these amazing days❤️❤️
(We are 2 and shared the Jeep with a family of 4, so we were 6 in total + guide + chef)
65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Across the Wild Safaris and Fina are wonderful!
We did a second safari with Across the Wild in August 2022 on our first post-COVID trip to Kenya. We had an absolutely marvelous time. Fina was absolutely wonderful in attending to every detail in planning our safari experience and assuring that it was perfect. We stayed at Serena lodges, which were ideal. Our guide, Dedan, was superb, and all in all, we had one of our best safari experiences that we have ever had. We explored different parts of the Masai Mara than we had previously and had wonderful observations of all of the animals, including a river crossing by wildebeests and zebras (patience and keen observation by Dedan really paid off!) We are already planning our next safari adventure with Across the Wild when we hope to return next year.
DE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Reliable, well organized and taking our wishes into account
We (family with two adult children) made a private camping safari with AAA Express Adventure. It was our first time in africa and our first safari: It was a great experience!
The communication with Jalala, the owner of the company, was very good and he considered all our wishes (not only game drives, also walking and canoing; also some cultural insights). We made a 7-day safari, starting with the Arusha NP including a walking safari with an armed ranger and also a canoing tour at the momella lake. We stayed inside the Arusha NP at the public campsite, in the middle of the jungle, all alone, no other campers were here! An incomparable feeling! At the third day we visited Lake Manyara NP, the next day Norongoro Crater and afterwards we made a walk at the crater rim with an ranger. After this we drove to Lake Eyasi and visited the Hadzabe tribe (we went hunting with them ) and also a traditional blacksmith, also very impressive. The next day we visited Tarangire NP and stayed the night at the public campsite inside the park and after a last game drive we went back to Arusha.
Our driver, Peter, was very pleasant and showed us a lot of animals. Sanga cooked delicious meals. Everything was very good.
Overall it was no problem to start the tour not in Arusha, because we spent the nights before in a camp about 1,5 h outside Arusha, also they brought us after the safari to the next station we've booked (a little bit outside of Arusha). And Jalala organized the bus tickets for us to travel to Tanga.
The price was absolutely reasonable.
Thanks a lot to Jalala, Peter and Sanga!
NO
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent service and amazing locations in Tanzania
Thanx to Covid19 our trip was delayed by a couple of years, but it was well worth the wait. First of all, the service we got when we started planning our trip was so good. We had a home visit from Tanzania Explorer (Sondre) that was so positive and informative. Et was an easy choice to pick them as our safari organizer. The places they picked out for us to visit were all amazing. Hondo Hondo at Udzungwa forrest was great, with baboons running around the camp site. The walk up to the waterfall, with swimming, was very interresting and hot. Bring a fresh t-shirt for the trip back down :-) The highpoint of the trip was without a doubt Ruaha and the Ruaha River Lodge. We had hippos, crocodiles and lions just outside our cabin/tent. Out in the park we saw giraffes, zebra, lions, crocodiles, buffalo, leopard and more. We had a fantastic driver/guide that made sure we got to see all the animals on our bucketlist. We will never forget our days on safari.
After the safari we spent a week at Zanzibar. Tanzania Explorer helped us arrange deep sea fishing one very early morning. We got a very nice White Snapper and we got to see whales, dolfins and a beautiful ocean sunrise. Our last days in Zanzibar was spent in Stone Town, at the coolest hotel ever! Emerson Spice. It is impossible to describe the hotel, so just google it. The architecture, colors, service… just perfect.
We highly recommend Tanzania Explorer. They made our vacation a trip to remember for ever. Thank you.
IT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing 7 days safari trip
We spent 7 days and 6 nights visiting Tarangire, Serengeti, Ngorongoro e Lake Maniara. We can say just one world: AMAZING. Our guide was Andrew. He is a very experienced guide and a good driver, he is very polite and super nice: We think he is the best guide you can find! Finding animals can depend on weather, period of the year, moment of the day and luck, of course, but if an animal is around, for sure he will find it! Our chef was Sule: he is a really good chef, ready to satisfy our needs and preferences. And maybe you won't believe it, but he even bakes fresh bread every day! Also Bartho, the owner of the company, was really honest and serious and everything gone as by agreeements. We had read many 5/5 reviews for Serengeti Wakanda before our tour began and we can't do anything different now that we lived this wonderful experience. We really recommend this company and this special trip! Thank you very much!
Sara & the Bestyteam
FR
Awesome!
The safari was excellent, really really good, everything, game drives, hotels, food, chef, driver and guide awesome