CN
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great driver. Great safari.
My girlfriend and I went to the Serengeti, Ngorogoro crater, and Tarangire. Ngororo crater was our favorite, Serengeit was great, and Tarangire was our least favorite. It was the last day so were were exhausted, and there were a lot of trees that prevented us from seeing more animals. But overall a great experience. We saw so many animals, and I got some lovely pictures. Our driver (Haleefa) was fun to talk to, and knowledgeable about the area / local people / animals. We learned a lot from him.
I have two small complaints that definitely did not ruin the experience, but I hope it can be addressed in future safaris.
Our vehicle broke down and we were stuck for about two hours. This wasn't a catastrophe, because we were near a rest stop, and got help / spare parts easily. But it definitely made us nervous about if it would break down again. I don't know if this was something that could have been avoided or not, so I can't really blame anyone. I just want to make sure the safari people are using the best equipment on the truck that they can.
Our cook on the safari made great food, and always made the same thing for breakfast- omelettes, with toast, fruit, and pancakes. The omelettes were WONDERFUL. The pancakes.... not so much. In the future I hope the cook can make more eggs and fewer bland pancakes.
Aside from that, I really can't think of anything I would change. The game drive was so much fun, and Haleefa did such a good job of getting us close to the animals.
Here are some of the animals we saw on the safari: lions, hyenas, a cheetah, serval cats, a python, hippos, zebras, elephants, wildebeasts, antelope, gazelle, buffalo, lots of birds, monkeys, giraffes, lizards, and a few others I forgot.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Perfect Masai Mara and Lake Nakuru trip with John
We booked a 4-day safari trip to Masai Mara and Lake Nakuru. The trip was beyond my expectations; we saw every animal I could imagine (plus more!), learnt so much about birds, stayed in nice places and had good food. Our driver John was an excellent driver, never got stuck in the mud, was very patient and knowledgeable. I'd happily do this again with the same company.
SK
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Rashid is the best
We visited Safari Tsavo East. Our guide was Rashid. We had great experiences with him. We saw the best in our lives. Rashid was great, fun, human. Big smile. Next time with with Rashid!
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Another extremely enjoyable visit to Africa-Kenya worth every penny
We had previous experience of Africa safaris but this was one of the most amazing and well-arranged trip. Everyone we dealt with was so welcoming and efficient. This was very good indeed and, for the friends we went with it was such a wonderful experience to visit Kenya. We visited the Mara and it was really the Mara ..!!! Animals all over ..the experience will take your breath away literary.....This was easily one of the best trips we've ever had thanks to Daniel and The very friendly Guides of African Sermon Safaris. Thank you Again.
IT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great and unforgettable experience
We had a great time. The trip to/ from Selous Game Reserve was quite long but it gave us the opportunity to experience the real Africa, so it's worth it! The accomodation, Africa Safari Camp, was really nice, as well as the staff, even the food was good. We chose the 3 day package. During the safari boat we reached a beach where we saw a wonderful sunset. The jeep safari was great… we saw almost all the animals, lions and elephants included. The walking safari was the only pain point since it wasn't a real safari, but just a walk in a forest, even though we saw an elephant. A big thank to our driver and guide Roger that was amazing. He helped us a lot, he was really patient, a really good driver and he made us happy since he succeed at finding lions and elephants. Roger for sure contributes to our great experience
UA
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
6 days safari masai Mara, Nakuru, Amboseli
It was awsome! All service, transfer from\to airport. Driver Gibsom superman) We was first car in Masai Mara lions hunt and saw how they feed gnu. Really WOW)) And when was raining he changed our tour plan little bit for our more comfortable rest. I want recomend this tour company and driver for everyone. thanks Robert, thanks Daniel, thanks Gibson
PH
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
had hesitations at first but super glad booked our safari adventure with them
Found out about Discover Africa while browsing the internet, at first was hesitant to go with them as their office is based in CapeTown and we are from the Philippines, we were thinking of the advantage of going with a local agency in terms of customer support and coordination. but a few exchanges of emails with Matthys who was assigned to us proved that communication was not a problem at all. Matthys was very patient with all our questions and designed a very good itenirary for us. We also had a problem with an Embassy for our E-Visas and despite this being not part of their deliverables to us, Discover Africa's team of Matthys, Megan and especially Alice took it upon themselves to really help us by contacting them on our behalf. The trip went smoothly and everything in the itenirary was delivered as described. Excellent customer service! Truly living up to their name, the way to discover Africa is thru Discover Africa!
SG
Efficient and very friendly
Well before we came to Ugadan we already had a safari tour in Kenya and Tanzania , so the attractive part of Ugadan should be the chimpanzee and gorilla bwindi mountain tracking, we enjoyed our days here but the lunch box prepared by the lodge was terrible and not even fresh some food was overnight leftover , so please feedback to them because the client will have stomach upset after having those food , staffs are very helpful and polite all the accommodation arrangement was acceptable and the service of our tour guide was excellent .he was a great guide and experienced but only thing that wakes up too early for us every day and at 5.30 am and too tired after three weeks traveling the rest were perfect thanks
AR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Everything esa perfect and we can not Say thanks enough for all they do yo make our stay the best!
The comunication with the personal was great. Tom was the best de can ever had. He was incredibly helpfull and our safari guide Michel the same. We Saw the big 5 so we can not be happier. Everything was perfect and beyond our expactation. Higly recomended.
Nacho and Sofi
NL
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
We expirienced nature as nature should be: from sunset to moonlight we saw en heard animals.
Makasa made a program that fits us perfectly with a very good guide who spoke very well english. We learnt to appriciate nature, but had also enough time to relax in perfect places alomg the jungle and in Zanzibar. It was a lifetime expericience.