50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Knowledgeable, easy to work with, understood how we wanted to travel, available (Matthys)
Service. Interaction, communication was excellent. All flights, transfers and places we stayed were in time and beautiful.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Extremely helpful, friendly and professional enabled us to fell the HEART of Africa
We traveled in June/July 23 for a 23 day Safari to Tarangire, Ngorongoro and The Serengeti. Charles was always available to discuss any aspects of the trip. from before we left right through to our last day in Africa, with an extremely friendly and acoomodating attitude. The complete service offered by Kiwoita was out of this world. We had more close encounters with a vast amount of different species of animals than we ever dreamed possible. Lions, Cheetahs,
Leopards, Zebras, Elephants, Wilderbeest, Hippo's, Giraffes, Jackals, Hyenas... this list was just the start. Each accommodation was Top Level with fantastic locations, hospitality and catering. Our Guide, Joseph Madema, did everything he could to accommodate us and became a good friend instantly. Would highly recommend these guys to anyone wishing to go on Safari, especially the private tours. It was just my wife and I in our vehicle and the personalized service was second to none.
FANTASTIC
Rufus Ngata, the owner of Cspan Safari is my one and only trusted source for safaris in east Africa.
I have know Rufus (the owner of Cspan) for the over ten years that I have been traveling in Africa. He and his team are our only source for not only safari travel but also general transport around all of east Africa. I had preveously used another guide who was good but after using Cspan once I now understand how a great safari outfit should be run.
Why?
1. Rufus and his team always put safety first. I even trust him enough that I have let my teen kids on his safaris without me.
2. Trust...it is nerve-wracking sending a large deposit halfway across the world for travel. Cspan will always be honorable in their dealings. Rufus knows that he has to take care of his reputation and that means dealing with people in an honest and fair way. Rufus spends much time with Europeans, North Americans, and Asians and understands the expectations that different cultures have in their business dealings.
3. Quality...the drivers are experts and know the parks like they know their own homes. No safari company will guarantee specific sightings but with Cspan you will have the very best chance to see the most wildlife. Rufus knows that he goes to the parks all the time but you may only get one shot and he wants you to get your best trip. With Cspan I have seen the "big 5" along with dozens of other amazing species.
4. Options...Cspan works with the best camps and lodgings in the game (best does not always mean the most expensive!) They can offer great budget options as well as amazing top shelf luxury camps for the most sophisticated traveler. Either way you will get the best value for your dollar/euro/pound/yen/etc.
Cspan is my only choice for tours in Africa
DK
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing experience
The gorilla trekking trip went very smooth. Our tour guide Ronald came on time for pick up and the accommodation were very good. We enjoyed our tour with Frena adventures and would highly recommend them.
CY
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Ways of Africa under the management of Paul and Janet did a fantastic job planning our trip!
With Ways of Africa Travel, we had the most amazing family vacation ever. Not only was everything wonderful, but we also had the impression that our guides genuinely cared about us and wanted to make this trip special. This adventure has unquestionably turned into the most eye-opening, thrilling, and breathtaking experience of our lives. We will most definitely return!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Perfect coordination, awesome staff.
The Morningstar team was very engaging even from day 1 with the quote, communication throughout the process was very good. Dennis helped us taylor our perfect itinerary and it has been beyond awesome. Drivers and guides Willy and Jackson took us to amazing places and teach us about the animals and cultures everywhere we go. After agreeing on itinerary, we didnt have to worry about absolutely anything. They coordinate everything for you. 10/10 would recommend 100%
CN
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing 8 Days Safari Trip
Walter has been a quick responder since day 1 not only through email but also iMessage helping editing the trip and answering questions. It was our first time visiting Tanzania and we went toTarangire, Ngorogoro and Serengeti. We loved the accommodations Galloping picked for us-especially Sanctuary Swala and &Beyond north Serengeti. Not many safari companies I checked offer stays at the Sanctuary but it was amazing.
We read some negative reviews on Galloping Safari and had some incidents during the trip. That being said we managed to work things out with Walter while still enjoyed trip. In addition we run into problems with the local banking system ourselves at Arusha last day, which made us realize that dealing with banks and doing business in Tanzania are not as easy as we thought. We appreciate Walter's efforts to ensure a wonderful trip for us as planned. Walter also came to show us an amazing souvenir shop and explained the cause of incidents to us before our flight when he didn't have to so we did feel the mutual trust, which was really important in picking a travel agency in a country we were visiting for the first time.
We appreciate everything Galloping Safaris did so we could really enjoy our first visit to Tanzania. Hope we can come back soon!
DE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing tour, experience and adventure
We went on a 5-day Safari with Suricata and in summary it was simply amazing. Our tour guide was Damian. On our first day, he picked us up at the hotel and we felt comfortable from the first moment. Our first day we had in the Tarangire national park. After we entered the park I really understood why it is called a game drive. We were happy to see 4 of the big five on the first day. At the end this was a team effort and for me perhaps makes a group tour even better than a private safari. There was always a good mood and fun in the car with the others and Damian. The 4 other days brought us to Manyara, Serengeti, Ngorongoro national park. When you have the first lunch you might be surprised in a positive way. Other companies only have a simple lunch box. What is also good, that in the cars you can recharge your phones or batteries for the camera. For the Serengeti and the Ngorongoro we teamed up with an other Suricata car. This made the game even more fun and the guides Damian and Rocky worked really well together to make the best out of our drives. They know really a lot about the wildlife out there and can answer every question.
We choose as accommodations the variant with lodges. This makes your overnights quite comfortable. You have everything within your lodge or tented lodge, you need. One highlight here was the new Suricata Boma Lodge. Which offers a super nice few at lake Manyara from the bungalows and the pool. But also the ones who choose the tenting variant were super happy about their experience.
Summarizing I would again book the same itinerary and again go with Damian or Rocky. 5 days is not to short and not to long.
Thanks a lot to Damian, Rocky, the chef and the whole Suricate team for this nice experience.
PL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great quality and good option for your first safari
Our driver John was a professional who really knows the national parks, especially Masai Mara. He know a lot about the animals and he is able to quickly spot them. We saw a lot of animals, we spend really nice 5 days with him. The overall organization was good. Accomodations were also okay, better then we expected for budget safari.
PL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
John was excellent safari operator. He knew all the best spots.
John is very open and has great sense of humour. He has fantastic communication skills. Thanks to him I have a seen a lot of animals and amazing views. If I ever visit again I will definitely ask for him.