50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Enjoyable safari with friendly, thoughtful driver/guide!
From the first enquiry, Joseph was always very prompt to reply to email queries and kept us well informed. Nelson, our driver/guide, maintained his Toyota Hi-Ace 4WD pop-top safari vehicle in good order and proved to be a competent, safe driver, both on-road and off-road. Nelson was also very resourceful: due to an oversight, my wife and I had left our passports in Nairobi which might have meant being refused admission to the Masai Mara game park because we were unable to prove our identity. However, Nelson was able to provide the authorities with a plausible excuse for the absence of our passports and we were granted a 24 hour entry pass to the game park! We did a short game drive on the afternoon of our arrival and a full day's drive the following day. We were lucky with the weather which was warm and dry and we saw lots of wildlife, including lions and lionesses. The dirt tracks in the game reserve make for quite a rough, tiring ride, so we appreciated the luxury of the Sopa lodge at the end of each day. However, the approach road to the lodge was probably worse than any in the park and it took 15 - 20 minutes to cover the short distance between the entrance gate to the park and the lodge. On the return journey to Nairobi, a lorry with a broken axle rendered a bridge impassable so that the safari vehicles had to ford the river it crossed. One vehicle had failed to ford the river and had to be towed out, losing its front 'bull bars' in the process. Nelson had no trouble fording the river and, in the spirit of mutual assistance between safari drivers, we ended up taking the severed bull bars from the other vehicle to a meeting point on the road to Nairobi. Nelson got us safely back to Nairobi to round off an excellent 3 days in his company and he even taught us a few words of Swahili! We would recommend Mufasa travel for their attention to detail in the arrangements they made and for the excellent driver and vehicle they provided.
AR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Pefect recommendation for a tour…ever !!!!
Based on recommendations from friends who have already travelled with them and reading reviews we chose Kaara Adventures to organize our trip to Uganda for our family of 5 with three kids of age 13, 7, 5. Already prior to our trip Jose was very helpful in advising us on an itinerary that would best fit our interests and duration of stay. He was very professional with exceptional customer care. We stayed in the comfortable lodges during our safari. Arrangement of lodge and Gorillas were the safari highlight. We shall definitely recommend your services to everyone coming here.
US
65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Excellent First Class Safari from the day we contacted Wayfairer to the day we return home.
Wayfairer was easy to work with, pricing was good and the Safari experience was wonderful!
We have been to Africa many times but your Kenya (Saruni Samburu and Saruni Wild) adventure ranks among our favorite Africa experiences. Thank Cat von Bredon for recommending Saruni Lodges where we were treated like special guests from the time we landed in Narobi to the day we left Saruni Wild. The wildlife is varied and plentiful.
John and Carol Broderick
ES
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Safari with friends
My experience with Wildlife Oasis Tours was amazing! They take care of us from the beginning until the end. Specially Francis, our driver, how make everything to show us all the animals!! He is amazing ! I can see from km of distance! Not joking! The food was great ( also the vegetarian options) and the camp confortable. I wish I can no come back soon!
SE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great camping safari experience
As a family adventure, this was a perfect trip. The whole booking procedure and all the arrangements with first night hotel, transfers and the additional walking safari worked perfectly. Our adult daughters happily stepped up at half past five in the morning ready for morning safaris. We visited 4 national parks in 6 days and camped in public campsites. Ben, our guide knew a lot about the landscape animals and animals behavior. He was also great at finding the animals and also getting along even though it was very flooded in both Serengetti and Ngorongoro which was unusual for the time. Isaak our chef was also very good and attentive and so we got good food throughout the trip, breakfast, lunch and dinner. If you like campinglife then this is a perfect way to make a safari trip.
BE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
AVOID !!! .... you must pay a deposit and then he runs away with your money and no safari !!!
in the beginning (before payment deposit) , he answers very quickly .. everything looks okay, but 2 weeks before start, you can't reach him anymore..
we paid already a deposit of 2.000 € and never see it back...
nothing was booked (no car, no lodges) .. so bye bye safari
please don't book this touroperator ... he is a swindler
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Friendly, efficient and very helpful in all aspects of organising our safari in Botswana.
Right from the initial enquiry we were given useful advice on the type of trip to do in Botswana in February, the booking was handled efficiently, and all contact was of a friendly and courteous nature. We had some issues with our international flights, but our consultant (Judy Burrows) helped us to resolve these despite not having been involved in the booking process. The safari itself ran very smoothly, from being met off our flight and assisted through the airport in Maun by representatives of the charter flight company (Moremi), through all the transfers between camps, and a final meet and transfer to our hotel at the end of our trip. The camps were all of an excellent standard, and we had many memorable sightings of animals and birds. The guides were very knowledgeable and skilled at tracking predators in particular. The food was excellent, and rooms comfortable and clean. It was good to see that the safari company (Kwando) employed mainly local people at all levels including management, and the inclusion of a short session of singing and dancing by camp staff before dinner one night was a highlight of the holiday. I would definitely use Discover Africa again for future trips.
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Machame 7 day
Great experience. There were no surprises. Wilfred was a great guide. He prepared me well for the final push and in the end I felt satisfied. Communications prior to the tour were adequate and I got what I needed. The guide came to my hotel the night before and made a list of items I needed and the following morning I was given the items. The trek itself ran smoothly and my trust in the guide and his professionalism ensured my success.
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful day trip to Addo!
Very easy to book the excursion and communication about pick up and the trip details was excellent. Our guide Lonwabo was very nice and had very good knowledge of both the animals and the plants in the preserve. We saw a lot of different animals at very close range. An excellent day!
DE
20-35 years of age
Seen amazing things in a very short timeframe! Great company for sure!!!
This was a dream trip for our 4 people group, and we started planning almost a year ago. After I go through few Tanzania safari company's website reviews, I started contacted MANGIEMPIRE Safari Company. Immediately, I knew that this company listened to my questions, concerns and desires. Nova was our contact and she quickly responded to every question and gave expert suggestions and advice. He gave some suggestions routes and accommodation suits for our age group. The 4 x 4 vehicle are very clean and roomy, there are plenty room for 4 of us share. There is a fridge in car with plenty bottle water and soft drink free of charge. Our driver was very friendly, funny and helpful, their animal, birds, plants knowledge can answer all our questions. They seems know every inch land of Serengeti and where is certain animals living or hide from. They got inconceivable eyes can find long distance animals even hide in grass. We are luck to see all big five even saw a leopard took a springbok claim up to 10 metre tree. We saw many times of different lions, elephants, giraffe groups in deferent location. It is a wonderfull trip. I am highly recommending MangiEmpire Safari tour, it is a very reliable company..