CL
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
awesome experience
exceed my expectations, was all really well coordinated.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The best experience on my holiday
The service is absolutely excellent . The staff are polite and are very knowledgeable .
PE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
As promised the tour was incredibly astonishing from the pick up untill the drop off..
We paid a fair price for a 3 days tour with a jeep! Wich was the best choice we ve ever made
Also the driver Amos is one badass and super friendly guide !
I fully recomMend this tour
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Lovely safari, very well organised!
Safari was great, there was a slight miscommunication regarding the last lunch, but a quick call to the manager (who is very responsive and helpful) solved everything. Our guide was amazing! Would highly recommend.
CI
35-50 years of age
The most attentive and thoughtful tour operator ever
We had one of the best experiences in travelling in Africa with the Compass Odyssey. Despite our queries and booking being very last minute, Darren from Compass Odyssey was always prompt, thoughtful and accurate in his correspondence. He was very flexible in considering our needs and wishes, and always suggested the best way of enjoying the whole experience (our trip was a mom and son only). The lodge he recommended and booked us to stay in Zimbabwe was superb – it has become one of the top three experiences we have had in the world (and we travel a lot across continents). The materials he sent us ahead was extremely helpful, from activities book, reading recommendations to, most importantly, paper requirements for a parent travelling alone with kid(s) to South Africa.
Our local guide in Zimbabwe Mortimer was also superb, very attentive, flexible, and funny! He knew everyone in town and always heeded our last-minute thoughts and requests. He was also very alert on conditions such as weather changes, heat and travelling with kids – he was always ahead of other tour groups in getting us there, and services were prioritized for us. Most remarkable was that we went from Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe to Chobe National Park in Botswana only in 1 hour, as he anticipated the traffic on the road of tour buses and trucks and prioritized our car for immigration procedures. He made us feel secure in often unpredictable border crossings.
I highly recommend the Compass Odyssey for anyone travelling to Southern Africa.
ES
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The best travel Safari Agency
Our trip really started in August since we had to take the best Safari. We search and search until I read opinions of this agency. The communication with Mohamed was simply great, he explained everything very clearly before we contract it. Once we were there, we were treated exquisitely, they picked us up at the airport and took us to the hotel. Our guide and driver Simba was incredibly kind during the five days of the safari, he was very attentive to all our needs. without a doubt we would repeat.
CA
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent
Pride of Africa is real. I was able to enjoy my safari after booking tour with them . At first I was not sure if they could deliver but the did beyond my expectation. I will recommend them to any traveler. I was able to be pick in good time and the transport and accommodation was ok. Thank Odero and Stephen
PT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Memorable Honeymoon - 4 day safari
I want to start by stating that Soul of Tanzania delivers a service with a very high standard which you don't usually see anywhere in the world.
Before reviewing my experience in itself, I would like to give information about a matter that you don't usually see in the reviews and I believe can help other people when planning a safari.
I was somewhat hesitant to transfer the down-payment as all the contacts I had established at the beginning of my planning were only by email and it was a significant amount of money. My advice - don't worry! Soul of Tanzania is extremely professional and your money is safe!
Also, during the planning phase, I have to give a special word to Sandy, the person we always had contact with. She was amazing, always replying fast and very patient to all our requests, which were changing constantly. I just hope we didn't give her too many complications!
Regarding the experience, it was AMAZING! I was so happy we decided to book a tour with Soul of Tanzania, it was the perfect choice for our honeymoon. We liked it so much that we already want to go on another safari! We visited Lake Manyara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater.
Talking about the tour in itself: our guide, Nickson, was very good! We felt very lucky to go on the tour with him. He was very experienced, he was always spotting animals where we couldn't see anything and he had a lot of knowledge, he answered all our questions very easily, besides being a very nice person.
During the tour, the lodges we stayed in were incredible. All of them had a very good service and each of them had different highlights, which we found really nice.
The vehicle was also excellent! It was very comfortable, it did not have any issue on the road and had a lot of space. It was so good that I even fell asleep in the car in one of the days when we had a larger trip from one place to another.
Another thing that I feel it must be pointed out was the food. It was unbelievably good! We ate so well during the whole tour, we loved the food! And it was really a great advantage to have full meals during the tour instead of the lunch boxes the majority of people had.
But above all, what we think was the best in our tour was the organisation as a whole. We never had any issue with the check ins during the safari, Nickson was always ready on time, the vehicle was perfectly equipped, etc. SoT provides a very good service, it is a very high standard which I feel most companies cannot reach.
The best example of this was when Sandy sent me an email (when the safari was already over and we were spending the night in Arusha) telling me that the flight to Zanzibar was moved to an earlier schedule and when we asked at the reception of the hotel we were staying in to have an earlier breakfast, they told SoT had already contacted them saying precisely that the flight was earlier in case we didn't see our email.
The only thing that didn't go so well was the airport pick up. And why do I feel it must be stated? Because it was so perfectly taken care of that it just shows again how well SoT works.
In fact, our flight had a delay and we also took much time to pass through immigration. When we finally exited the airport, our driver wasn't there, which was a bit overwhelming because it was the middle of the night and we were very tired. Nonetheless, I had the phone number (provided on the planning phase by Sandy in case anything went wrong) of the operations manager, Mr. Beatus, who solved the issue in 5 minutes. It is in fact a great organization.
To conclude, I want to ask Soul of Tanzania to keep up the good work. We will never forget our honeymoon and an important part of it is because of the amazing service you guys provide! Asante sana!
IT
So and so
Left middle afternoon to reach to campsite and stayed one night there.Supposed to leave for the Ngorongoro park early morning but just got in there around 1130 am!!!the lunch was terrible but wasn't the worst thing;didn't see elephants, giraffes and rhinos not just for a case but because we left too late!
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Enjoyed 3 days Masai Mara Flying Safaris
I was looking for a tour company in Kenya to help me plan my holiday. After browsing through different tour firm in Kenya, I settle for Bencia who did not disappoint me. I experience excellent communication timely respond to queries not forgetting warm welcome from the staff simply made our holiday in Kenya a Great experience. for the first time I was given a t-shirt with Big five and this is a memory of my visit to Kenya.
I will definitely come back. Thank you Alfred