BR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing!
I went to a 4 days safari with Widlife Oasis Tour in Tarangire Park, Seregeti Park and Ngorogoro Crater. All the places we have been were amazing, we saw a lot of animals and the big five! The landscape was so beautiful! The game drivers, tents, campings, food and guide were great! The hotel for the overnite was also great with good breakfast. Transfer on time from/to airport, five star safari tour! Humphrey was very helpful in all e-mails answering all my questions and Ally was a great host when I arrived in Arusha. I highly recommend the Wildlife Oasis Tour!
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Congratulations! You have found the BEST tour company in Uganda!
I came to Uganda to film endangered African Grey parrots living in the wild. I am not a traveller and was nervous about leaving home, but after touring Uganda with Team Johnnie and Agnes I cannot wait to come back! Johnnie Uganda Safaris is a family-friendly, conservation-focused, reliable, and trustworthy tour company. From parrots to chimps to elephants and even gorillas- Johnnie and Agnes will safely pull you out of your comfort zone to experience the world of animals as God intended them to live- FREE. Please support knowledgeble, eco-friendly companies like this one and let’s ALL do our part to educate ourselves and show our children gratitude and reverence for the natural world.
CO
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Life changing experience.
For me everything worked nice and smooth, since the first day that I arrived in Nairobi, Allan was attentive and answered all my questions and doubts. The Safari itself was amazing, we managed to see a lot of animals including 4 of "the big five" and the incredible wildebeest and cebra migration. The drivers (I had two) were very friendly and gave explanations about animal behavior and other data. The camp also very good, the staff there also an amazing group of people. It definitely met my expectations.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Awesome safari
Communication was perfect.They were updating us all the time.The lodge was perfect food was delicious special thanks to our driver guide George very knowledgeable we got to see the big five,it was my first safari and I would love to do more with Afriqueen.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Easy to use. Our tour guide Emanuel was amazing!
Easy to communicate. Spoke with them through email and whatsapp. They responded quickly and worked with our schedule.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Booked a group camping 5 day safari, and all expectations were exceeded!
Pre-booking experience: They responded to all emails in a day and would answer all personal questions with specific information - not just copy & paste answers that they send to all people.
Airport pickup/drop off: They picked us up from the Arusha airport and dropped us off at the Kilimanjaro airport - all included in the price! The cars were clean and the drivers were friendly.
Hotel before/after the safari: They booked us a room in the Ambassador Hotel for the night before the safari and a night after the safari - all included in the price. The Ambassador Hotel was clean and comfortable enough.
Safari Car: The pop-up roof car was the perfect safari experience! You could tell that our car was a bit used (some broken arm rests and one window that was jammed and couldn't open), but after being in it for 5 days and seeing the road conditions in the parks, I'm not surprised that it had a few little problems.
Staff: Our tour guide+driver (Hozza) and cook (Kelvin) were phenomenal and truly made the safari top-notch! The guide could talk for hours and hours about any and every animal and plant. He was really experienced, professional, funny, and kind. He would explain facts and habits of different animals when we would see them on the safari and then he would go really in-depth on one specific animal every night at dinner. He was also an aggressive driver when he needed to be - making sure other cars didn't block our view for certain popular animals.
Food: For a budget camping safari, the food (quality and quantity) far exceeded expectations! We had a cook who traveled with us every day and would make 3 meals. You will NOT go hungry!! Breakfast always included fresh fruit, omelettes, pancakes, toast, juice, and coffee/tea. Lunch was boxed (you would eat it at the national parks) and included a sandwich, chicken, banana, crackers, chocolate, and juice. Dinner was also a huge spread, and varied every night - homemade soup, fresh salad, pasta/rice, meat...
Drinks: We had unlimited water bottles in a cooler in the car (cool water!) and juice at every meal. We also were served wine and gin and tonics every evening at dinner. The alcohol was included!
Lodges/Campsites: We booked a camping safari, but we ended up staying in a basic lodge for two nights and camping in tents two nights. The basic lodge was a pleasant surprise - hot water private showers, a real bed, and wifi. The tour company provided all of the camping supplies - large tents (each couple/individual got their own tent), sleeping bags, and pillows. We set up our own tents with the help of the guide and cook. We never slept very well while camping because you would hear animals outside of the tents, but totally worth it for the experience! We saw a hyena, warthog, and buffalo at one campsite and an elephant from the other! The campsites have flush toilets and cold water showers.
Safari Itself: The itinerary was different every day, but generally we woke up early and would stay in the park for 6-8 hours a day. Driving between parks takes a long time, but the car is comfortable. The guide is always radioing the guides from the other cars to find out the locations of different animals, but you can expect to see EVERYTHING! We saw so many lions (and lion cubs), cheetahs (and cheetah cubs), leopards (and leopard cubs), as well as elephants, giraffes, zebras, antelope, warthogs, hyenas... PHENOMENAL EXPERIENCE!!
Thoughts on a 5 day safari: By the end of the five days, we were definitely safari'd out. I would recommend to my friends to only do 4 days (Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Manyara/Tarangire) - no need to do both Manyara and Tarangire. The scenery is different in each park, but you get to the point of being tired of sitting in the car for the full day.
CO
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Unbelievable :)
My safari trip with Hekima Safaris East Africa was perfect and genuinely couldn't have been any better. The trip planning was easy and stress free thanks to the quick and detailed replies from reservation department at Hekima .Our tour guide on the safari, Juma and the high management was unbelievable very PROFESSIONAL . Ely listened to what we were interested in & made 100% effort to ensure that our tour was amazing in every way. I really wanted to see lions and Hippopotamus when we were there and guide pulled out all the stops to ensure that we seen lions. Hekima team I can say they are so knowledgeable and they are so much passion for what they does you can realized this from the first email :)
Our accommodation that we was arranged for us by Hekima was also perfect. I’d like to mention that the food for our lunches on safari was delicious & we loved that we got to try some proper Tanzania food. The bottle of wine was also a great touch! Thank you for a fantastic trip, we will remember our trip with Hekima Safaris always
FI
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Excellent and accurate preparations and execution of multi-country trip in Africa.
The dialogue when preparing our trip, the presentation of options and booking and payment process were clear, timely and accurate. On site, the arrangements related to transfers, hotels and lodges as well as following agreed itineraries was impeccable. The chosen destinations and accommodations, including the included safari program on site were able beat our (high) expectations.
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Touring Tanzania with the best
Amos the director of Migration Venture is one fine gentleman who made my family’s 6 day safari in Tanzania a great adventure. He was so helpful and patient with us as we created our itinerary. He was also very flexible allowing us to make changes to our itinerary a few weeks to our trip owing to flight changes.
We arrived in at night very tired after our long flight and we found a representative from Migration waiting for us at the airport. We were transferred us to our hotel and had a good night sleep.
Our guide Ninah was very experienced; he has been on so many trips such that he knows all the nice spots to view wildlife. By the end of our safari we had seen all the animals that were in our wish-list which are the big 5 and many more. We also got the opportunity to visit some local communities like the Maasai, Hadzabe and a cultural village in Moshi on the last day before our departure.
We had an amazing time in Tanzania thanks to Migration Venture Africa.
NL
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Chris was always very helpfull, he always gave a quick respond at our questions, very friendly.
Robin was our private chauffeur, he was very friendly, an excellent driver ( it was at some places really slippery because of the rains, we had the 4x4 bus and it got us everywhere in staid of some landrovers who got stuck). Thanks to Robin we saw the whole big 5 and it was amazing with all the wildebeasts! We stayed at the Ashnill Mara luxery tented camp snd it was exellent, nice staff, good food and the tents were luxery. It was really amazing, thank you Sunup for giving us that experience. We can really recommend Sunup!