PL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The best tour operator
I highly recommend Porcupine Expeditions. We were on safari for 4 days 3 nights (Tarangire, Serngetti, Ngonkoro - budget option (in tents and a car shared with other tourists). The safari was amazing and we saw all the animals we wanted to see.
But most of all I would like to thank Mrs. Anna, who is amazing woman. Very caring and helped us with everything. Mrs. Anna picked us up from the airport and took us to the hotel from which we were leaving for safari the next morning. In the meantime, Mrs. Anna prepared a hearty meal for us in her restaurant. We also wanted to take advantage of the fact that we have a few hours in Arusha and visit the immediate area. Mrs. Anna's daughter showed us around the city and told us a lot of interesting stories. Only during the tour we found out that Abigale is a guide and that's why she has such amazing knowledge. Thank you, Abi!!!. Additionally, Mrs. Anna arranged and activated a local SIM card for us, ordered bus tickets for us while we were on safari and provided us with great care. We returned from the safari around 5 p.m. and the bus was at 8 p.m. Mrs. Ania arranged for us to take a bath after the safari in the hotel next door, prepared a meal for us again and then took us to the bus.
I will also add that Porcupine Expeditions offered us the best price of all and I compared the offers of 20 agencies. I highly recommend it again. You won't find a better company
NL
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing experience in Tsavo East and Tahita Hills.
Thank you Mercy and Francis for making this experience just great! Communications with Africa Marvel Tours was perfect, after checking many other we definitely trusted Mercy and team for her availability and fast reactions.
First hours in Tsavo our driver Francis brought us to a spot where lions could be and we were so lucky to see a lioness right in front of us!!!
We slept at Sentrim camp on a beautiful open view builded tent, food was amazing and the private environment really resonated with the experience.
That day we also spotted very close by hyenas, buffalos, zebras, giraffes, elephants.
Second day we begin seeing 3 sleeping lions and many others before going to Tahita Hills where we really enjoyed the more green areas and variety of landscape. But the best part was on our last day where another lioness crossed our path and was so close to our jeep.
Highly reccommed to upgrade on a open roof Land Cruiser and to have a private safari experience,
CA
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing Tour company - Andrew was 🤩
Great company who coordinates an itinerary specific to your needs and the time of year you’re there. Our guide Andrew was amazing - he’s very experienced and keen to please - we saw 10 lions per day and saw all of the big 5! He was enthusiastic, knowledgeable and funny! He also troubleshot issues as they arose and advocated for us to ensure we had the best experience on safari and with our lodging. Amazing experience overall! Delicious food!
SG
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
absolutely fantastic attentive efficient and super helpful and experienced
We did an amazingly well curated safari that took us first from Materuni where we did a short but lovely hike to a beautiful waterfall followed by a visit to a coffee plantation and authentic local lunch with delicious food. This was a nice start before gng to the parks
Visited Tarangire first then Ndutu and then Southern Serengeti and then Ngorongoro conservation area and finally the coolest spot which is the Ngorongoro crater.
From the very beginning of planning the trip at this particular time etc. Serengeti wakanda were very attentive and helpful and advised us extremely well on what places to visit and routes and accommodation.
We saw awesome things every single day and had honestly the best experience ever mostly because of our AMAZING guide Andrew.
From the beginning Andrew was wonderful. Friendly very attentive welcoming and very funny. He took amazing care of us wherever we went, making sure we were comfortable and made each game drive so fun and worked really hard to make sure we spotted as many animals as possible. Your guide makes ur trip and our trip would not have been half as good if not for him. He's smart very capable and has loads of experience having done this for almost 10 years and dad being a ranger for 25 years he's grown up with so much experience .
Highly recommend Serengeti Wakanda and more than that Andrew as the guide. I can't recommend him more highly. If we could do a safari again it would only be with him as our guide. He is really the best. Thank you S. Wakanda and thank you Andrew! :)
We wanted a special holiday and Dan definitely made that happen tks Transtrek for a perfect service
Tony well what amazing guide your 29 years experience shine through there mate like everyone says he knows everything and gets you that perfect picture and memories the accommodation sopa lodge and basecamp 5⭐️ all day long really look after you and staff have a great sense of humour we saw so much wildlife
A big thankyou to Tony for making our 4 days the best tks mate
And Tony (Strauss) 😂
We will definitely be coming back
Wayne & Natalia 🏴🇺🇦
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Perfect holiday, immaculate planning, highly recommend to anyone
I had been doing my own investigations for taking the family on Safari for my wife's 50th birthday for some 18 months before talking to Clyde through a mutual acquaintance. I wish i had met him 18 months prior as it would have saved me a lot of time researching and changing my mind about where and what to go and do.
TMA were quite fantastic at planning, preparing and handholding us through our Safari experience and checked in with us through the trip had we needed them, though we didn't. We had a couple of zooms and a in person meeting before our trip where Clyde told us everything we needed to know and think about and left us very excited about our Safari. We had a 7 day safari in Tanzania followed by 5 days in a beach resort in Zanzibar over Xmas 2023.
The execution of the safari itself was perfect and nothing was left to chance. Our guide, was knowledgeable, passionate about Tanzania, wildlife and left a lasting impression on us, i got the feeling that that wouldn't be uncommon with any of the established guides out there. it's difficult to see how the safari could be improved on, we literally saw everything, counting 62 different animals in total which was mind-blowing as the animals felt very content and very much in the wild. We kept on the move through the National parks, Ngorongoro crater, serengeti and Marshlands so nothing ever felt repetitive and every day felt like a fresh experience. Going at Xmas we were in the middle of the wildebeast migration which made for a truly evocative experience, all of the staff whether lodges, or camps were very friendly, welcoming and we felt entirely safe and at ease through the whole trip.
Zanzibar was the perfect rest bite after long days in the safari truck and our resort, T'he pongwe beach hotel' was quite perfect for us, unpretentious with staggeringly friendly staff and immaculately maintained and not like some of the flashier more sterile resorts that were on offer. Zanzibar itself i felt has been sadly hit hard by tourism and would liken it to the more populus areas or Bali or Thailand but that didn't matter in the confines of our resort so if you accept that for what it is then all fine (though a crying shame)
Other things to note, tipping is a big thing, be prepared for that but TMA will give you guidance on that, if your not into Tanzanite set your stall out early with the guide, we dropped in on an orphange bringing some gifts of footballs and school stationary and cash donations which was really memorable and offset some of our western tourist guilt.
All in all it was everything i had hoped for and more and Tailor made Africa and Clyde were a huge part of that coming together. Look no further if planning a trip.
NG
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
They are absolutely professional and an amazing tour guide who understand your needs for comfort
Paws and Claws Safaris immediately understood my objective to have a fascinating travel and tour experience in view of what I was looking forward too.
They had a perfect and beautiful tour plan and a comfort that amazed me, considering the cost paid against the premium service delivered.
Even when I made ad hoc request to move around, I got the most cost-effective charges and pro bono services offered through the sacrifices of Paws and Claws.
They are indeed an amazing Team to have.
LT
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great service, suited safari for our needs and wonderful guide
I've started communicating with Winfrida several months before safari. Everything went smooth, received fair price and got adjustments for our stays. She kept in touch until last minute we've met our guide.
Our guide Eliya was great, sadly we clicked only in the end of our trip but nevertheless he was great. Stopped everywhere we needed, tried to get best spots near animals and speed up to our lodges. Highly recommended guide.
Safari was 4 days - 3 nights, right amount of time to enjoy safari and we saw big 5.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
perfect and he had chosen magnificent places to visit. The information he gave was reliable to me.
I took a 7day tour and it was fantastic. They have a polite way of communicating with the tourist in which i was impressed with. The cost of the tour was not overpriced according to the places we visited. The service was excellently done and i have no complains to that. The tour was fantastic and magnificent, i could not believe my eyes. I loved the nature. The information they gave of every place we visited was reliable and it was not difficult for me to identify everything as per the itinerary indicated.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unforgettable experience
We are so happy that we chose Golden Trips Tanzania to arrange our 16 days tour with visit to a lot of wonderful places. From the beginning Joel was very understandable of how we wanted our trip to be, and with a lot of patience, he arranged it to perfection.
We have had Ombeni as our tour guide, and he met our expectations much more than we could ever dream of. Ombeni knows everything about plants and animals, and he was very good at sharing his incredible knowledge with us – he also told us a lot of things related to society and culture.
Ombeni is a careful driver, kind to everybody we met on our way, always smiling, and he has a very good feeling and understanding of where and when to find the best views.
We could not have got a better guide – Ombeni is really a nice person.