NL
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
One of the best safari trips in Tanzania
Ngorongoro Crater.
We drove up to the crater and coulndt see anything because of all the fog, I was thinking there goes a great day...
I couldn't be more wrong!
When we drove in we saw the complete crater and al of his beauty.
In there the landscape mainly excist out of grasland we saw Buffalow's, wilderbeast, zebra's, lion's, antilope's, hogwarts, some Elephants, a huge group of flamingos and a Giraffe on the edge.
Al of the craters edges are filled with bushes and trees, great for pictures.
After a great tour we went back up the edge and had the most beautifull view of the entire crater, I loved it!
I certainly recommend going there!
Best Regards,
Jeroen
US
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
our 8 days in etosha were fantastic!
ONGAIPE
we are donna and larry kaplan, adventure travelers since the late 60s, who are reaping what we sowed by living very simply for many years. we now have the cash to book these pricey tours.
safaribookings.com was a great site to find. we wanted a week in etosha and nothing more. wild wind safaris was the only one doing a week in etosha so i reached out to them. david at wild wind handled our correspondence and booking and monitored our tour the entire week. you could not ask for a better person to do that for you. he was efficient, knowledgeable, professional and prompt with his responses. he tweaked wild wind's tour to provide us with our week in etosha. david delivered in everything he promised including providing a 40 gallon water tank to refill our reusable liters.
come on people. stop using single use plastic water bottles. it is immoral.
a tour organizer is crucial but the guide/driver is the main part of the tour. a great guide means a tour could be great. a so-so guide can really dim the luster. i hope namibians continue to pursue the guiding profession. i hope tour organizers compensate them well.
our guide was abel kuyonisa and we could not have asked for more. all the adjectives i used for david apply to abel. he was efficient, knowledgeable, and professional. abel was always early and always courteous to all we encountered. abel truly cares about his clients. he is personable and a good story teller. we highly recommend abel to guide you anywhere in namibia and beyond.
sincerely,
larry kaplan
Being immersed in Nature: a surreal experience defying expectations
Stunning scenery, access to all wild nature and an enthusiastic knowledgeable driver / guide made the whole experience unforgettable.
Highlights such as “fights” between teenage elephants, lionesses surveying migrating zebras and crocs submerged in the water lurking for their moment to strike were vintage as was the hospitality offered while glamp-ing in the wild.
Masai villages, probably unchanged in the last 20,000 years were a point of serious reflection as the realisation that Serengeti was once part of the Lake Victoria before it dried up.
CA
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Botswana provided an authentic safari experience.
Botswana was a wonderful experience both for Safari and visiting the country. We had 2 nights in the Okavango delta, comfort camping. It was exceptional for wildlife, scenery, accommodations, food, transportation and our guide. We really enjoyed the bush walks. The next part of our trip involved travelling into Moremi and Savute parks. All was good until our guide destroyed two vehicles. The vehicles were old to begin with but he got one stuck in the mud. There was no radio, no shovel and no tow rope. We got saved by another guide but the vehicle didn’t work well after that. A second vehicle was brought in and it had issues but would have been ok if our guide hadn’t run out of petrol. After that it lost power and backfired regularly, never exceeding 20 km/hr. Everything went off the rails after that. My advise is make sure your tour operator has decent vehicles. We still loved Botswana and would go back. Compared to Kruger, Kruger seemed like a amusement park with too many self drives and too many people without respect for animals.
IE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Once in a lifetime experience. If you are thinking about it, stop thinking and just do it!
Nicky was our tour guide. I can not praise her enough. She worked tirelessly to ensure our safari was memorable. Nicky was brimming with knowledge and enthusiasm. We were so glad we chose Wild Wings Safari.
FR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing and unforgettable
I highly recommend Bateleur Eagle Safaris ! I t was an amazing experience.
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing holiday and Safari
Selous Explorer is an very friendly and good organized company. They do the best for their guests and make you experiences unique. The guides shows you the beauty of Tanzania and especially mikumi and ruaha NP. The lodges were exactlly what we warnt to get! And the importants of all the amazing number of animals we‘ve seen!
Thanks for a great time!
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Sofari so good
I write as a non photographer on a photographic safari and it was one of the best holidays I have had. Happy husband taking thousands of photos. Happy wife able to look through binoculars at animals I have longed to see, at very close quarters, with excellent guides who knew the terrain, so much about the birds and animals - their lives and their habitats. So many birds, so many animals. Macro and micro. We learned about ants and elephants and everything in between. Ubuntu in the shape of Cuan was a terrific communicator with an eye for detail which made the holiday very special. Our first stop at Victoria Falls Hotel was a gentle taste of things to come. We were glad to see Baboons and Warthogs on the lawns. Then 3 days on the River Chobe on a house boat viewing Crocs, Hippos, Elephants and Otters. After that 3 days in a Reserve in the Okavenga Delta where we saw a Leopard languidly eyeing the world around her on a branch on our first outing. And so it went on. The last three days in Linyanti - Cheetahs, Lions, Giraffes, (stop the car for a Warthog?) everything except a Pangolin -which we are saving for next time. Which there certainly will be, we hope.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Honeymoon of a lifetime!
We booked our honeymoon safari through Viola Tours and it surpassed all of our expectations! We visited Lake Manyara, Serengetti NP and Ngorongoro Crater staying in 3 beautiful lodges. Our flight times weren't great but Luca and Yusuf arranged additional accommodation at the beginning and end of our safari as well as picking us up and dropping us off at the airport. They also checked in throughout the trip to make sure we were happy and were really committed to making sure we had the best time possible. Our driver Elias was friendly and full of information about all the animals, as well as having an amazing eye for spotting them! All round it was an amazing, once in a life time experience that we will never forget.
Thank you to all at Viola! (and thank you for our beautiful bracelets)
Mike & Liz
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great safari—five stars
I highly recommend Face of Africa Adventures. The Safari they organized for my group in July 2019 was fantastic. The accommodations were great, everything went super smoothly, and the guides were professional, friendly and they spotted tons of animals and birds. The team is very responsive, and you will have a trip of a lifetime. Five stars.