US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Danny Boy was the BEST!
Out of all the Safari companies to choose from we literally hit the JACKPOT with African Chitah! Trust me, BOOK IT! And while you’re at it, ask for Danny Boy! He made this a trip of a lifetime for us! They made everything about this experience so easy that all we had to do was enjoy ourselves!
BR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best experience in my life!
Excellent tour company!!! Vanessa who did all the tour’s organization was impeccable; We were looking on this trip for approximately 1 year and I had to postpone it due to the pandemic, I sent around 200 emails to Vanessa and she always answered all my doubts, with great education and resolution. My expectations were very high, as the recommendations were excellent, and even so, they managed to surpass them.
The guides are very kind, respectful and do everything to find the animals we want to see, even if we have to walk thousands of kilometers. They are also extremely punctual and well educated.
The hotel directions were magnificent, with unique service.
At first it seems expensive to pay per day and per person for the safari, since my currency is devalued, but when we got there, we saw that it is very fair for everything that it includes and for the work of everyone involved in the organization.
I recommend the company with my eyes closed, and for sure our experience in Kenya and Tanzania was the best, because we went with Spirit of Kenya.
Just perfect!!!
UA
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent safari
When we were planning a trip to Tanzania we decided that we can’t lose the opportunity to visit worldwide known safaris. So after reviewing a dozen of options we decided to choose Kiliholidays tour ‘3-Day Taste of Wildlife Lodge Safari in Tanzania’. The main reasons for such a choice were: private tour, reasonable price, and attractive lodges.
On our arrival, we got a hospitable service and on the safari itself, we were accompanied by a skilful guide - Tom. He was an expert on local flora and fauna, easily answered all our questions, and told interesting stories about the everyday life and traditions of the locals.
Thanks to Tom’s knowledge and a little to our luck we saw a lot of animals including small simbas, crowds of zebras and buffalos, hippos, giraffes, elephants and way more others.
We definitely enjoyed the tour and we would surely recommend Kiliholidays!
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
You could not wish for more from a Safari company!
Where do I begin?
I was recommended to use Lomo when I was planning my first safari trip for my family of four and my father too.
We had specific requirements, due to the varying ages of the group from 5 up to 72 so we really needed someone who would understand the importance of everyone's comfort, time requirements, relaxing places to stay and to manage the expectations of such a diverse group.... Not an easy task.
Dealing with Erasto from the beginning I felt completely at ease, like speaking to a friend who took the time to ask the right questions and determine what was needed to provide the best possible itinerary for the group.
Several options for itinerary were offered, with plenty of discussion and "tweaking" to get all factors right. Erasto was always polite, gracious and able to offer solutions to any details that needed to be altered.
We took a six night trip, slowly taking in three national parks ; Arusha NP, Tarangire NP and Ngorongoro Crater.
Accommodation was carefully chosen and we stayed at the best possible accommodation that more than met our expectations.
We were met at the airport by Rahim who was our guide for the entire trip, with almost 20 years of experience we were in very safe hands. Not only his impressive knowledge and ability to spot a species from an incredible distance (none other than a trained eye could know) but his careful driving and consideration for his passengers and his incredible warm personality made him instantly become part of "the family".
We were also blessed to be accompanied by Abisae, Lomo's very own professional photographer. Very skilled and professional, he made a welcome addition to the team. By the end of our week together, we felt we had made lifelong friends.
Having spotted more species than we could have expected, all expectations of what we would feel from our first safari trip were completely exceeded.
Also we felt like royalty when we arrived at the "perfect backdrop" picnic sites, alongside many others tourist eating packed lunches as we dined on freshly made hot foods off plates and cutlery, fresh fruits and salads, wine, beer, juice, fresh coffee, tea and hot chocolate and biscuits!!
It's easy for anyone to put together standard itinerary for basic requirements, but with Lomo you are truly experiencing the difference between "off the peg" and "tailor made".
The relationships between the Erasto and his staff, along with the partnerships with the hotels and lodge owners are also commendable, like a family working together to provide a five star service for a mid range budget.
Can you get your safari for cheaper?... Sure you can! But you risk compromising on what should be most memorable experience in your life as was the case for us.
Please let me advise you that I know how difficult it is when planning to make the perfect trip, you can't see into the future to know if you have made the right choice and decision when investing your time and money... But I wholeheartedly recommend that in this company you can trust.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Would recommend highly to anyone looking for a safari with a little extra
It was our second time on safari but first time with Lomo, who was recommended via a friend. We looked at half a dozen options and decided to go with this one for the communication, flexibility, spec of accommodation and price. We were with a family of three and two extra adults.
We were collected from the airport, with lovely little surprise gestures to make us feel more welcome.
They helped us plan our itinerary on arrival, made the rooms available for early check ins where possible (prob only poss due to low season), arranged extra requests for grandma’s bday and was always available to every need we had.
We decided to have some shorter days out on safari as we left earlier in the mornings and saw so much action that we had some hours to enjoy the amazing hotels chosen for us before the sun went down. Manyara Secrets was especially amazing, but all the places we stayed were beautiful, authentic, food was great as was the staff.
Have to make a special mention to Philip our driver. It was a joy to have him with us for the week. He always checked in with us to make sure we were enjoying everything. Nothing was too much hassle, our 6 year old bonded with him so much he missed not seeing him the following days.
MA
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing safari experience
It was a good experience with agency and staff, good experience as safari tours with guide tours who didn't hesitate to show and explain us all the things on safari style
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best Honeymoon/Vacation of My Life
My wife and I scheduled our honeymoon through Discover Africa just by finding them through a simple Google search. A client of theirs called us right away and then over the next several weeks helped us figure out what package of travel we wanted. We ended up going on a safari in Tanzania for 10 days while the wildebeest were migrating and then 5 days on Zanzibar to relax. We scheduled all of this in 2019, and when the pandemic hit Discover Africa was kind enough to allow us to simply reschedule to 2021. Once we finally did get to go on our safari we were with a guide almost the entire first 5 days of the trip, which was AWESOME. A guide was there to immediately meet us after getting of the final airplane's stairs to walk us through the Tanzania customs and Covid protocols. A guide was then there to drive us to the first hotel and was super informative and great to talk to after a long plane ride. We then met with our actual safari tour guide that night to walk us through what would be happening starting the next morning since we were getting up early to check out OH, and The African Tulip hotel was amazing and they treated us to a surprise, private honeymoon dinner by the pool as with our own little fire pit.
The next morning we went to Lake Manyara with our guide and were blown away right away with all the animals we saw. 5- 10 minutes in we saw a group of giraffes followed up almost immediately by 2 elephants crossing the road only a car's length behind us. Absolutely surreal. The rest of the day was full of different types of gazelle, babboon, huge baobab trees, water buffalo, dik-diks, and others I'm forgetting. We saw several elephants very close to the car which was awesome. We ate a prepared lunch for us on the top of the overlook of the Lake. Nothing fantastic about the food but they were all designed to be "safe" food choices for everyone's diet and sensitivities. The safari took up the entire day and we were exhausted and happy as the tour guide took us to our next hotel where we had our own little condominum room. This next place as well put flowers on the bed and treated us special for our honeymoon.
The next morning we had the same tour guide (who had 17 years experience by the way) and went to Ngorongoro Conservation. He drove us up the jungly, misty, crater outer mountain and stopped to look over the massive bowl. Then we descended into the crater and immediately saw zebra, tons of wildebeest, and a RHINO (from a distance). Again a day full of tons of HERDS of gazelle, ostrich, zebra, wildebeest and LIONS laying on the very side of the road, without a care in the world about us getting up close. We ate lunch by this body of water and even it had a herd of hippos popping their heads up out of the water looking at us eat our sandwiches! Again another exhausting, exciting day with elephants as well. Our tour guide took us back to the same hotel that night.
The next morning our tour guide took us to the airport and walked us through the little bit of security that they had to get on a small plane to head to the Serengeti. The plane was small but never felt unsafe. Once we arrived in the Serengeti we were given some tea and were immediately whisked off onto our next safari. There were a heard of hippos basically AT THE AIRPORT. Then we drove off and had lunch with a group of 20+ elephants and baby elephants drinking in the Mara river. Then we were abruptly told to hold onto our lunches to go see the RIVER CROSSING of wildebeest going nuts on the Mara and dodging crocodiles. The day was full of eagles, wildebeest, zebra, giraffe, a duo of MALE LIONS, and much more. The night was at a beautiful, huge tent with our own tent with a shower and double vanity mirror and huge bed. We fell asleep to the sound of wildebeest "moos" and hyena yelps.
The next morning we woke up at 4AM for a morning HOT AIR BALLOON ride. It was around $300 a person but so worth it. The safari car ride can be very bumpy so it was nice to see the Serengeti from a higher vantage point with a smooth voyage. We got the balloon up just as high basically to be above the trees and look down on the herds of animals from above. We also got maybe 15 feet from the center of the Mara river as we hovered directly down the center of it. We even got to see a LEOPARD from above! We landed smoothly and had mimosas to celebrate and were taken off to a hot breakfast in a place surrounded by trees. We got to meet other people safariing from all over the world and the staff everywhere was always so nice.
We then went off to Zanzibar for the last 5 days which was such a different pace than constantly safariing that it was a little hard to pump the adrenaline. The beach was nice but hard to relax with a pretty steady flow of people trying to sell you things or get you to go on excursions with them. We did go diving with DOLPHINS which was probably $120 and was absolutely worth it. We also went scuba diving briefly. Zanzibar was mostly for relaxing, which we definitely did, but looking back on it we wished we had spent more time safarring and maybe only two days on the beach.
All in all, everything with Discover Africa was fantastic. We would highly recommend to anyone willing to travel there.
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
It was totally amazing ! I will defiantly be going back to them for my next trip
Alex, was so easy to deal with and quoting you, very fast in getting back you with an E-mail also
Very Nice !!!
Jeff was our guide for the week, and he does an excellent job and getting you to the spot to see the animals I cant say enough about these gentleman
simply awesome above and beyond
RU
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
The best company in Kenya.
We were given a three-day safari at the Masai Mara, which was the best we had in Kenya. Robert quickly contacted us, answered all our questions, made us a good price and agreed to get money from us for the safari after arriving in Nairobi. We were greeted by our guide Anthony, who did everything to make these days rich for us with new meetings and great impressions. We are very grateful to him for a good time together. We have seen a huge number of animals and observed the migration of zebras and wildebeest in the Masai Mara. Anthony is a very kind, cheerful and most importantly professional guide. Many thanks to Robert and Anthony for making our visit to Masai Mara unforgettable. We recommend to everyone this, in all respects, excellent company in Kenya.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Once in a life time trip made easy by Ozzie and Lion King Adventures
From start to finish, Lion King Adventures exceeded our expectations. Pendo was incredible and so responsive as she helped to build us a truly perfect itinerary. Once we arrived in Tanzania, Ozzie - our AMAZING guide - was the person who really made this a trip of a lifetime. Everywhere we stopped people told us how lucky we were to have him, and they were right!! Ozzie was incredible in answering our questions, sharing animal facts, and finding rare animal sightings throughout each park. He was incredible beyond words and so knowledgeable! Lion King was head and shoulders above the rest in every regard. I can not recommend them (and Ozzie!!!) enough!! My husband and I will definitely be back to Tanzania with Lion King and Ozzie hopefully very soon!