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Makario Safaris
- Located In:
- Size:
- 1-5 employees (Founded in 2019)
- Member Of:
- RTTA, RDB & TRIPADVISER
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $150 to $1,200 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Valerie | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Awesome trip
Our Makario Safaris guide, Vincent, was lovely and very informative, and our whole experience was amazing. The trek to see the Gorillas was hard (even the "easy/medium" rated trek), but the time with the Gorillas was an awesome experience that ore than made up for that. Our tour also included a visit to the cultural village which was a lot of fun, and a visit to the Genocide Memorial which was sobering but rewarding and a trip to an art co-operative run by an orphan of the genocide. The whole tour was well organised - from the time we were first met at the airport customs area for our pcr test at the start, to being assisted at check-in for our flight when we left. Thank you!
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Email Kris Stolle | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Absolutely wonderful!
Our safari in Akagera was superb! We started our day early with being picked up at our hotel. Included in our trip was breakfast at Imaging which was about half way to the park. Once at the park we started with a boat ride and enjoyed seeing hippos and a variety of birds. The rest of the day was for driving through the park and we saw numerous zebra, varieties of antelopes, water buffalo, baboon, elephant, giraffe & lions. We also enjoyed a delicious lunch halfway through the drive.
Overall a wonderful experience!
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Email K L | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Overall we are happy enough to recommend Makario Safari
Mwaka from Makario Safari was in charge of our booking. She is responsive and helpful. The experience will have been a solid 5 rating hadn’t we felt pressured by time and the way the driver drove us back from the tour. It was traffic plus he sent us to collect our luggages from the airport (as they were delayed by 60 hours since we last saw our baggage), it was taking longer than expected and I can understand that he was bit agitated by the situation. To be fair, we also would like everything smooth and not wasting our time had it was a choice that we could make.
Email Florence Mognetti | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Makario is 5 stars!
Thanks to Makario I had an amazing day on my gorilla trek. I appreciated that there were a lot of interactions with the company from the time of booking, to keep me appraised of the formalities process and plenty of recommendations before the trek On the day, every thing ran very smoothly and I saw plenty of gorillas, and was able to get very close to them which was quite special. Special thanks to Mwaka for the flawless organisation and to Godfrey for being an excellent driver and travel companion!
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Email Christina | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great organization; nothing was difficult. Thank you!
Great experience both this time and last time Mwaka organized our family tour (Nov. 2022). Nothing was difficult (except maybe what is outside their control, like Gorilla permits), and service with a very positive spirit. I hope I will have another opportunity to visit and have Mwaka and Makario in charge of my destiny and destination! And kudos to the driver/guides as well. MURAKOZE!
Email Jack Keatings | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent Trip
Brilliant all round trip to Akagera National Park. Guides were knowledgeable, timely and friendly and clearly had good information on where animals had been spotted and how to find them as we reliably found the animals we were looking for. The vehicles were great for seeing animals through the roof hatch and the lunch stop was pretty good food in a very picturesque setting near a lake.
I hadn't really been aware of safari in Rwanda prior to this trip and was amazed by how much we saw having been in more well-known safari destinations previously - large groups of lions, Elephants, Hippos, Giraffes, Rhinos and Zebra to name just a few. Splitting the trip in to a boat safari and land safari was a nice touch too as added to the diversity of what we saw. Would highly recommend.
Fantastic - really well run, friendly and knowledgeable guides who knew the national park well
A fantastic safari - our guides knew the park well, and as such we saw a wide variety of animals in their natural habitat. Very well run!
Email George | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Efficient communicator and well organised.
A well organised trip provided by Makario, with Mwaka being very supportive over email. Transport was good and on time, our driver Vincent was very personable, taught us all about the park, its history and also a large part about Rwanda as we were picked up from Kigali which was about 2 hours from the Park itself. We had a stop off point for breakfast and also one for lunch. The food was also very good. Overall as someone that has never been on a safari before, I felt very well looked after and safe. We also saw pretty much every animal possible! Would definitely recommend.
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Email Natalie | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Godfrey worked very hard to show us as much as possible in Akagera within a very tight time frame.
I had exceptional service from the start which includes Mwaka Utanje who was very responsive and patient with a slow international wire transfer payment. Godfrey picked us up punctually at KCC at 5 am (he was there early) and was a great timekeeper the whole day, but did not have much of a chance to share his knowledge of the animals with us. We had stops for breakfast and lunch. Breakfast was delicious even if slightly slower than expected because we all wanted to enjoy a Rwandan coffee! Safari in Akagera was exceptional. We saw far more than I expected, but it felt a little rushed. We were covering so much territory in one day it was only when the pride of lions surrounded us (!) that we took time to sit and watch the animals for a good long time. Lake Ihema boat safari with Innocent was also very memorable. Car was in good condition and Godfrey drove very well on unexpectedly congested roads back into Kigali. I recommend Makario Safaris!
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Email KCT | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Reliable, professional and responsive.
Mwaka Utanje promptly responded to my initial query, and quickly provided very a clear and detailed plan for my Gorilla Trek. Everything was very well organized and worked out exactly as planned. I also appreciated Mwaka's input and answers to my many questions through the planning stages of my trip, including accommodating special requests. The drivers/guides were also really excellent. Both Moses and Hamadi were punctual, very professional, knowledgeable and extremely helpful. Altogether, good value, utterly dependable, professional and well organized to the last detail. I will call on Makario Safaris and Mwaka Utanje in particular again.