US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A trip of a lifetime!
Words can’t describe the experiences we had on our South African vacation. Heidi, our tour consultant, was responsive and extremely helpful from the first point of contact. We emailed back and forth for months to ensure our itinerary was exactly the way we wanted it. Heidi also provided many itinerary options, made suggestions and took the time to get to know the kind of vacation we were expecting. She selected premium hotels, safari camps, tour guides and drivers. Careful attention was given to inter country flights, timing of activities and drivers between airports, hotels and longer drives within Kruger. The safari portion of the trip (six nights at two camps) was perfect! We saw the big five along with too many other amazing animals and birds to name. The camps were small and very comfortable with absolutely delicious food in an environment surrounded by watering holes and animal viewing via binoculars right in the middle of the bush. In summary, everything was absolutely perfect! We were amazed at Heidi’s attention to detail and selection of tours, hotels, drivers, guides and flights! You can’t go wrong with Pembury!
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic trip organised by Encompass Africa
Encompass Africa planned and booked a fantastic trip for us to Africa including Mozambique, Victoria Falls, Kruger National Park and Okavango Delta. Gen had great knowledge and personal experience of Africa and we immediately felt relieved to be booking our holiday with someone who could advise us on the best places to stay and the easiest and safest ways to travel within Africa. Our research and ideas were combined with advice from Encompass resulting in an amazing trip. Our itinerary was very informative and detailed and we were given all contact numbers that we may need in Africa. Gen and Katie answered any questions that we had before we left. On our trip everything that was planned went very smoothly and we were impressed with all our accommodation and transfers. Encompass Africa are a great travel agent with specialised knowledge of Africa which made for an unforgettable trip. I would definitely recommend Encompass Africa.
DK
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
More than I ever expected
Such a nice trip! It was above my expectations. We booked the tour via e-mail. There was a little communication problems sometimes because of the english level of the guy who emailed us, but it all worked out in the end.
Tents and food was really good and the safari tour was amazing. We went to Serengeti, The Ngorongoro Crater, Tarangire National Park and Manyara National Park. Manyara was on our last Day (out of 5), and to be honest it wasn’t so good. But the other 4 days in the other national parks was amazing! We saw everything so close, and we even managed to see The Big 5! In Serengeti we saw two lions hunting down a wilderbeast in the middle of the day! So cool!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Awesome Safari Tours with Migration Venture Africa Ltd
Migration Venture Africa Ltd is one of the expertise travel and tour operators of Tanzania. I'm so glad that I booked my safari tours from Migration venture Africa Ltd. The team and the volunteers are really amazing, provided systematic service at very reasonable cost. The local community was so fascinating and lovable. That was a very special trip for me because it was my first holiday trip with my wife.
NO
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A well organized safari with many highlights
After an earlier safari trip I wanted to show my daughters (19 and 21) the wild animals of Africa.
Amazing Memories Safaris was an excellent choice for the tour! We have 8 days and 7 nights and Anne put together a good itinerary with advise on parks and lodges. Due to heavy traffic on the roads the transport between parks took longer than expected and was a bit exhausting. But that was soon forgotten when we had a lot of wildlife including all Big 5 close up to our car. We had chosen to have a private Landcruiser to ourselves and that was a well spent luxury.
Favorite park: Amboseli National Park.
Favorite lodge: Naivasha Sopa Lodge.
UA
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing, incredible, marvelous Uganda…
We visited Uganda with the 11-day tour organized by Kajie Safaris in July 2018.
When we chose Kajie Safaris, the criteria were: price, reliability, positive feedback and lack of negative impressions among tourists, as well as quick answers to E-mail inquiries, flexibility in discussing the program.
Ronald Muvunyi worked with us. He met us at the airport and then accompanied him along the entire route both as a guide, as a driver, as an translator, and as a friend. He is a man with remarkable organizational skills, friendly, cheerful, with a fine sense of humor. We were very easy and interesting with him. We enjoyed our trip!
During the tour, we wanted to change the program a little. Ronald graciously helped to correct the route, rescheduled the hotels.
When traveling is organized by people who love and know their business - they are sure to succeed!
We were just fascinated by Uganda. The next visit to Africa will be planned only with Kajie Safaris!
We wish you all a pleasant journey and a vivid impressions,
Sergii and Lana.
IT
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent value for money and delicious food
We made a three days trip in Selous and we were really happy of our choice in terms of location and tour operator
The tour operator met all our requests in terms of timing.
The communication was easy and precise.
Our guide Seloum was really professional and tried to comply with all of our requests.
The camp was very nice and well mantained and the food was absolutely delicious: good quality and variety and well prepared.
The overall price very good if compared with other proposals.
I will recommend!
NO
Very good driver/guide
Very good service and communications before and during the trip.
Better then expected
AE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Awesome Trip with John
Everything was perfect from making the reservation, to day 1 and to the last day with Axis. Lennox met with our group in our hotel and welcomed us on the first day together with our designated guide, John. We were a group of 7 friends and we fit perfectly in one vehicle. John knows Masai Mara very well. He is an expert in driving all sorts of terrains. Every turn was a surprise with John. We saw 4 of the big 5, we missed the Rhinos. Overall, experience was great. Service was perfect. Guide was very knowledgeable and accommodating. We had so much fun. Thanks Axis Africa Safari!
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Experienced Tour Operator
We very much enjoyed Namibia especially the landscape and wildlife. Thinus was on another tour so he engaged Marcus as driver and guide for our tour. Marcus was a very good driver and at all times we felt safe with his driving. Over the 16 days we covered over 4300 kilometres without an issue despite many kilometres on gravel roads and I feel we would have been very tired without a driver, so I’m glad we engaged Criss Cross for an escorted tour.
Thinus, was very patient in putting the final itinerary together (after four iterations). The quality and hospitality of the lodges we chose was exceptional. We did depart from Thinus' accommodation recommendations for most nights as we were looking for luxury accommodation which is not usually the places Thinus stays in. We also like walking / hiking and had to push for these changes to the itinerary to accommodate this, but once Thinus was on board with our requirements he was very responsive. Best experiences – 2 day hike in the Fish River Canyon, walking in the Naukluft area, hiking big daddy in Sossuvlei, Swakopmund and the cheetah foundation. Least Favourite – The “staged” tribe experiences in the Kalahari & Himba. Organ pipes was also a waste of time. However, the absolute worst was the Lake Oshikoto stop – poor signage, unkept trails around what is really just a quarry. We chose not to do the Damara Living museum and ran out of time to do the Quiver tree forest & Giants Playground as well as Hardap Dam on the way down to Fish River Lodge but I’m not sure we missed much going by the trip advisor reviews. All of our least favourite activities and those we chose not to do require an entrance fee - which is fairly substantial, we would have excluded these if we knew more about them before we travelled.