BR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing experience
Our guide (Emanuel John) was very good, we saw all the animals and we had a great time in Tanzania.
SE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing experience!
Communication was perfect and the service was great through out the experience. It was my first time going on safari and it was over my expectations. We even saw lions which were a very good luck!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
I felt it
I don't have good words to describe this company. It was awesome I booked 5 days safari with my friend from USA and we really enjoyed. I recommend this company and you will not regretting spending your money with them
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Tsavo Safari
African Skimmer Safaris provided me with excellent service and value for my safari vacation. Nick, the tour operator, was a skilled and knowledgable tracker and found multiple amazing sitings making for an unforgettable adventure. I was also very pleased with the quality of the hotels chosen as well as the clear communication making for a smooth and easy travel experience. I would highly recommend their services.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A seamless experience
Peter was our safari guide and he had incredible eyesight - he was able to spot animals from very far away and identify them. With the exception of the Leopard, we saw every major animal in Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru and Lake Naivasha. The planning and accommodations were taken care of very professionally.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing from start to end
Our trip with Safarihub was simply amazing. The consultant listened to our requirements keenly while maintaining our budget and created the dream Safari for us. I would highly recommend to anyone to use Safarihub!
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Long-time happy customers
Mike and the Malawian Style team have been our go-to for the last 6.5 years! They are quick to respond, always happy to help with whatever our needs are and always get our teams great rates. Their knowledge of the options in the area and input has been invaluable. I know we will always be taken care of!
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
best exprience ever
Fantastic communication, fast responses, top of the top in organization — everything what we wanted to see and do, was organized for us. We had the best guides ever, and we felt super welcome during the whole tip. We will recommend that place and use this company for our next African trip. :)
AR
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Uneven service, with great things mixed with defficient aspects
We bought a 3-week package thru Uhuru with my family of 5 (me, my wife, and 3 grown-up children (27-25-23), from December 28th to Jan 17th, 2020. It included 12 days in safaris, and 8 days in Zanzibar. We chose the mid-range option (other being budget & luxury).
Positive side:
1. First, Margaret, our contact person throughout the trip, was there for us 24/7, constantly attentive to our needs, and ready to solve any problem that could arise. It was great to have her reachable in Whatsapp at all times!
2. The organizational part was impeccable, everybody was waiting for us in the right places, at the right times, rooms ready in hotels, guides and drivers ready to take us where we were going.
3. All the lodges in the safari part of the trip, also great, meeting or exceeding our expectations!
4. Having a vehicle and a guide/driver exclusively for ourselves the entire trip was also great.
5. The guides: superb! Perfect I’d say for Charles in Kenya, and very good Godwin in Tanzania. They of top importance, you get to spend most of your day with them.
On the Negative side:
6. Major problem: the vehicles! Transport in safaris are 50% of the experience. In a trip like this, we spent 8-12 hours a day on the transport, either as a game drive or in between Parks (several of the game drives were planned to occur during our inter-park trips, with all our luggage inside the vehicle, and it cannot be done in any other way). And we were 5 adults with luggage for 3 weeks. The quality of what we got was absolutely terrible, not up to standards. And that after much complaining from our part, Uhuru refused to change the vehicle, is really incomprehensible. It ruined our experience. In every lodge, every park entrance, every stop to watch animals, where we saw other tour vehicles, ours was by far the oldest, most decrepit, and overcrowded of all! I happened to read on several Safari.com reviews that other passengers also complained in the past about the same issue with Uhuru, and also read in disbelief that management from Uhuru replied that Uhuru assigns the small Jeeps for up to 4 passengers, and the extended Jeep for up to 6, and we were 5 adults and Uhuru had us crammed in a small Jeep for 8 days (the Tanzania part)!!! So Uhuru did not even respected its own established standards. It is really lamentable, this was meant to be the trip of our life, but it gave us reasons to complain every day we had to endure such bad mini bus/Jeep. On top of that, since the conditions of the roads are so bad, the famous "African Massage" turned out to be torture for us due to the bad conditions of these very old vehicles. Advise to future travellers: find a way to know ahead what kind of vehicles you will be given during the safaris!
7. As compensation, Uhuru offered a free half-day tour in Zanzibar (we chose snorkeling in Nmemba Island). Although this was a nice gesture: 1) it was not nearly enough to compensate the problems we had during the safaris, and 2) the tour itself was bad, the service was mediocre, and the facilities at the point of departure of the boat were just terrible. I’d strongly suggest Uhuru to not use those guys anymore.
7. Airport hotel at arrival: 67 Airport Hotel at Nairobi was horrible, and in a terrible location! My daughters arrived at night and were so scared when they saw their airport transfer entering the streets where the hotel is, it is like a slum. And the arrival hotel is the first impression one has of the whole trip, the country, and the tour company. It is at least three levels below the quality of the safari lodges. It is clearly not “mid-range” level that we chose for the whole trip, and I’d say it does not even qualifies for “budget”.
8. Nungwi Nmanari Cottages in Zanzibar: the hotel is OK, I’d say more budget than mid range, but acceptable in terms of rooms, services and general facilities. But it is on the wrong side of the island!!! It has no beach!! We spent 6 nights on a tropical paradise island in a hotel with no beach. High tide: no beach, low tide: the sea retreats to 800 meters away, and impossible to get to because there are stones, coral, and see urchins. We could not believe it when we went to the other side (just a 10’ taxi ride away) where a lot of other hotels are, and saw such beautiful beaches, enjoyable in both low and high tide. My son and daughters, who love the beach, complained day and night, and I felt that I let them down organizing this trip in such a way that didn’t let them enjoy Zanzibar’s world famous beaches
FR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great 6 days Safari & Kilimanjaro Trek
After having checked many options, I booked my safari tour with Wildlife Oasis Tours and I am very happy about my decision. They offered affordable prices, with great guides, food and a personal support from the beginning till the end of my stay!
I've booked a 6 days Safari Tour and I did really enjoy it! You have to be prepared to spend many hours inside the Jeep, but this is a part of the experience, as you are not allowed to go out of the car, because you are visiting national parcs with wild animals.
That's why after the Safari, I've needed some action and decided to climb the Kilimanjaro! As for the Safari, Wildlife Oasis Tours organised the 6 days Kili climbing (Machame Route) and it was a hard, but a unique experience! During the hike be prepared for all kind of temperatures hot and cold, sun, wind, rain and snow! Bring a suncream with a high protection, and wet wipes ;) and be sure that your backpack is waterproof or just put your stuff within plastic bags!
As for the Safari, the food was excellent, each day we had a different meal (soup, fruits, vegetables, rice, potatos and pasta). The guides did also a great job by motivating us to keep going and all the 3 of us reached the summit and that's was an unforgettable feeling :)
Thank you again to Humphrey and Ally for their support and help!