US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
US
Wonderful experience with opportunities to experience the bush on foot.
I only visited for one day, but everything that I experienced was fantastic. I enjoyed the lower numbers of people around, so that the interaction with wildlife was more serene.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Truly a one of kind, amazing experience!
It’s winter in July so it’s a little cool in the early mornings. However, the wildlife is amazing. It’s very scenic and we have a great tour guide with Deep Forest Safaris. Samuel and his team provided a one of kind experience. We always felt comfortable, safe and in good company. Truly recommend Kenya for safari and DFS!! Thank you
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful experience!
My husband and I celebrated our tenth anniversary by taking a trip to Tanzania, and we used Duma Explorer to set up our trip. What a great decision that was! I contacted several other operators and I’m sure they’re fine, but we selected Duma because they asked a lot of questions about what we wanted, answered endless questions of mine, and really seemed to get what we were looking for.
I wanted to make sure that we had a combination of activities while we were there – not just being in a vehicle all the time – and Duma made sure that we had exactly that. We had several cultural activities and hikes through our two weeks in Tanzania, and the combination was just perfect.
We started our trip by spending a couple nights in Machame at a lodge that Duma recommended that had a great view of Kilimanjaro. One of the things we wanted to do was to see if we could do some charity work, and Duma recommended the website packforapurpose.org. Through that site we were able to find an orphanage in Moshi, and we spent an afternoon delivering toys and clothes that we’d brought over. It was a great way to start the trip!
The next day our guide picked us up, and we started our safari adventure – two nights in Tarangire, two nights in Lake Natron, three nights in northern Serengeti, two nights in central Serengeti, two nights at the Ngorongoro Crater and one night at Lake Eyasi.
I’ve heard that your guide can make or break your trip, and our guide, Isack Msuya, definitely made it! He was nothing short of phenomenal. It was clear from how other guides interacted with him that he is widely respected. He understands animal behavior so well – we were able to get some terrific pictures because he could predict what the animals were going to do. I have some terrific yawning lion pictures as a result, not to mention a rhino mating, and more! We saw everything that we hoped to see and so much more.
To give you an idea of how awesome Isack is, I’ll share my favourite Isack story. We were coming back to our lodge after hiking Empakai Crater, and stopped at the Ngorongoro Crater over look. There were a lot of vehicles there – probably about 20 – and all the people (and guides) were there taking pictures. Some of them had been in the Crater, and were saying that they hadn’t seen a rhinoceros that day. While we were taking pictures, Isack comes up with his binoculars and says, “Do you see the three rhinos down on the crater floor?”. Sure enough they were there – and no one else had spotted them! Needless to say, Isack made a lot of people happy that day.
A review of Duma isn’t complete without mentioning the Duma camps – Kichuguu, Kiota and Chaka. We stayed in all three, and all three are terrific. They all have their own charms, and there would be no question as to where we would stay when we return to Tanzania. A very nice thoughtful touch was one night when we were at Chaka Camp, the staff baked us a cake, and then came and sang to us since we were celebrating our anniversary.
It was a wonderful way to celebrate an anniversary, and Duma made it all easy and such as fun experience.
NZ
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Victoria Falls Tours
I found this company off their website, the package I choose was truly fantastic. Their guide went out of his way to make my travels exciting and made me feel very welcome.
Try every experience this company offers and if you are a true foodie, try the wonderful seven course meal at Victoria Falls hotel with the wines, well recommend it.
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The five star reviews are well deserved.
From the initial online contact, evening flight arrival to the tour that followed, every detail was looked after and Home To Africa provided the African experience I was hoping for. Derrick was my guide and he is an enthusiastic wildlife expert who is determined to show you as many creatures as possible and we covered a lot of ground and had a lot of laughs. Visited five national parks, the rhino sanctuary and the Entebbe botanical gardens on Lake Victoria. A few of the lodges were actually luxurious and the settings are tremendous. Endless vistas and rare animals abound.
NZ
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Tanzania a trip of a lifetime. APS the Company and the People that ensure this is true.
We began the search for our African Adventure by browsing the wonderful website of Safari Bookings.
Thanks Safari Bookings for such a great resource.
Our "once in a lifetime" safari holiday to Tanzania started the moment we contacted African Paradise Safaris (APS). John Peter gave exceptional help and advice as we put together our trip, with his help we were able to customize our holiday so that it was the right fit for our party of 4. After best part of a year in planning and numerous enjoyable emails back and forth with John Peter, it was a little disappointing to realise we would not meet this man who had put together a fantastic itinerary for us.
Thanks Heaps John Peter.
We were met a Kilimanjaro airport by our driver / guide David. A better guide we couldn't have hoped for. His passion, care & knowledge for the wildlife - his "eagle eye" for spotting animals hidden to our inexpert eye - his personality and sense of humour and his attention to all the little details of our trip meant we had a safari experience way beyond our expectations. A very special man.
Thanks Heaps David....
And last a MASSIVE thank you to the most amazing animals for just being you...
BR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best company
This company organized our trip to Safari and Kilimanjaro. Since the initial contact they were extremely professional! the safari was amazing, with great accomodations, great itinerary and with a very good guide / driver. For Kilimanjaro the person in charge is a guide who has made the summit 900 times !! Very safe, with excellent acclimatization strategy! They really do care to take you to Kilimanjaro and bring you back. I recommend 100% Kwesa tours!
FR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing safari experience in Mikumi
The organization was perfect, we had lot of questions before that were all answered really fast and everything was clear on the schedule.
We choose the 3 day Mikumi safari which is a really good choice. The cottages are a really good place to stay. The food during the safari is pleasant too.
You can also ask for additionals drive all around Dar Es Salaam & Zanzibar, we got a really nice price for doing lot of activites in Zanzibar in addition to the safari.
All drivers were speaking well english and were happy to explain us lot of things on animals, culture, food, etc.
The team is really nice, they even helped us with our lost luggage at the airport !
I recommend it :)