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Wildebeest Safaris
- Located In:
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China
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 1997)
- Member Of:
- ETT & TRA
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $100 to $450 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email The Robert Family | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Two Countries, Two Safari Guides, Thousands of Animals!
The selection process started about 10 months before our trip. After the initial quote from Noah, we had to adjust it a few times to match our flights and the overall schedule. The process was fairly easy and Noah, at Wildebeest Safaris, was very accommodating.
In Kenya, our guide Dennis was very experienced at finding animals, and getting us as close as possible to the various game we found while on safari. While in Tanzania, Hamza took over as our guide and was extremely knowledgeable when it came to the different kinds of birds and game we saw. Both guides made an effort to find the animals that we wanted to see, and make the game drive - whether it be an early/late game drive, or a whole day adventure - as pleasant as possible for everyone. Again, both guides were GREAT!
Throughout our safari, we stayed in many different kinds of accommodations. In Masaai Mara, we stayed in an up-scale tented camp, with our own personal bungalows and a main lodge where we had our meals. In the Serengeti we stayed in a typical bush camp, with true tents for our room that did not lack modern amenities such as running water and electricity. In both the Ngorongoro Crater and Amboseli National Park, we stayed at a Serena Lodge, the most luxurious accommodations of the trip. All of our lodging had very friendly and accommodating staff, with good food and lots of amenities for guests.
My only complaint would be the safari Land Cruiser in Tanzania, which was not the extended model and gave us barely enough room for all the luggage for our family of four. The extended version was in Kenya was much more spacious.
Our family had an exceptional trip thanks to Wildebeest and our two guides, Dennis and Hamza.
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Email Siddhartha Venkatappa | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
we went on a 6 day 5 night safari in Tanzania ( 3 national parks) all arranged through Wildebeest
We had an excellent experience with Mr. Noah Kuti and Wildebeest Safari. The communication was very good prior to the safari. The guide Mr. Hamza was very knowledgeable about the wildlife and was also a very good driver. I paid up in full in advance and was a little worried as I had never dealt with this company before. We visited Ngorongor Crater, Serengeti national park and Manyara National park over 6 days. However I was very pleased with the entire trip. Accommodations at the Serena Lodges in each of the national parks was excellent. Food was very good. We were able to customize each day to our liking. We traveled about 1500 kilometers off road over 6 days !! We got to see amazing wildlife up close. I would recommend this company without hesitation. If there is one thing that I could ask for, then I would ask for a newer safari jeep with better shock absorbers !! The entire safari was reasonably priced and well worth every penny we spent !
We are a family of 4 living in the US. We are in our 40's and our two kids are teenagers.
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Email Mark | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
We had a wonderful time on the 5-day Serengeti trip that Wildebeest Safaris organized for us.
In planning the trip, Noah from Wildebeest was very responsive to my requests for information about safari options, providing helpful responses within a day or two. Once booked, all of the logistics for our 5-day safari were well taken care of, including meeting and dropping off my wife and me at different airports (Kilimanjaro and Arusha). Noah offered several options for accommodations and we finally selected the Serena option, staying at Serena lodges at Lake Manyara, Serengeti, and Ngorongoro. All of these were great, with excellent accommodations, good meals and service, and spectacular views, so we were very pleased to have made this choice. Perhaps most important of all, we had a wonderful guide, Julius. He was very experienced, pleasant to be with, knew where to go to see the animals, and accommodating to our wishes. Since you spend a lot of time with your guide, we felt lucky to be with such a good guy. I would highly recommend Julius and Wildebeest Safaris to other Tanzania-bound travelers. We had a great time and came home with some remarkable memories and photographs.
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Email Ken | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fabulous from beginning to end.
They were very responsive to all of our questions and tailored the trip to the places we wanted to visit. Our guide, David, was great. He was knowledgeable and worked hard to ensure we had a good experience.
The one thing i would have liked was having the option to pay by credit card.
Would highly recommend Wildebeest.
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Email Ben Leibert | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Good Organization
Overall, Wildebeest Safaris did their job. An informed consumer should recognize, though, the limited role such “operators” play. The tour guides tend to be independent or third-party contractors who work with a variety of such operators. Similarly, the lodging is owned and run by some other organization. The operators merely serve as middlemen. They coordinate your adventure and thereby certainly add value. The quality of your experience, however, will ultimately be in the hands of the independent guides and lodges
Our guide’s vehicle broke down toward the end of our tour, which somewhat stifled it. The way in which this was handled, I think, was mediocre at best.
All that being said, I’d probably book another tour with Wildebeest. They’re reasonably communicate, I think they try to do a good job, and they paired us with a superbly good guide.
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Email Janine | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing trip, worth every penny
We went on a trip with Wildebeest Safari's end of February this year and it was wonderful. They were very helpful answering all our questions up front and they totally understood what we wanted to see and do. They were very flexible in changing accommodation to our wishes and were also able to help us book flights to Arusha. Our guide was a very skilled driver and he knew a lot about wildlife, he knew where to find the animals and where to look for them. He also understood our wishes and took enough time for us to take photographs and enjoy all the parks to get the full experience, but he also understood when we had seen enough of something and wanted to continue. The jeeps are good, enough space, not the newest but I think that's part of the experience too, would not feel good to drive into the newest jeeps with leather in them as I would feel guilty standing on a chair or spilling drinks.
I was a bit worried to transfer a large amount of money but they are very trustworthy and everything was absolutely perfect. I think the price was good as well, we wanted a little more luxury so we made our trip a but more expensive but I really took an effort in comparing prices and Wildebeest was very well priced.
I would definitely recommend Wildebeest and I hope to book our next trip with them as well.
Tip: listen to their advice, they absolutely know best and they have a lot of experience. If they tell you not to go to a certain area in a certain time of the year then don't. Their only concern is to give you the best trip possible!
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Email Chotirot | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A wonderful experience in hand of professional
It was a good arrangement by a tour operator. The tour guide ( Dennis ) is remarkable both guide and drive. He took us to see all the big five so the operation accomplished.
The better price compared with the others.
Noah picked the right camps both in Naguru and Massai Mara.
Flamingo Hill Camp is wonderful.
Staff at Zebra Plain Camp at Massai Mara are helpful and friendly. Wild animal are easily seen at the site.
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Email Sherrie | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great experience, helpful staff, amazing adventure - 11 nights Kenya, Tanzania
The contact person - Noah was very easy to communicate with, he responded right away and was very accommodating with our requests. Wildebeest booked us for 11 nights - 9 on the road and 2 in Nairobi on our arrival. Everything went as was stated on our itinerary. Lake Nakuru 1 night, Masai Mara 3 nights, into Tanzania and the Serengeti for 2 nights, Ngorongoro Crater for 1 night, Tarangire Park 1 night and the last night in Lake Amboseli back in Kenya. Andrew was our driver/guide in Kenya, we had booked for just the 2 of us with a guide, and was extremely knowledgeable, listened to what we wanted to see and made sure we were comfortable and safe. We saw so many animals, so many different types of animals, and birds. Andrew stayed at a sighting for as long as we wanted - especially the lion cubs playing in the tall grass, hard to see them but he was very patient and was able to explain to us so we could find them too. In Tanzania we had a different guide who was also very knowledgeable and made sure we saw what we were interested in. The driving can be quite long some days, and the roads bumpy but the seats were comfortable and the roof popped open so we had good views all around. We 'camped' and all the camps were very clean, had all of the amenities required - toilets, sinks, showers - although not all had hot water on demand - some had certain hours for hot water very understandable and one you merely asked and it was provided to your tent. The food was very good - we took boxed lunches on our drives every day and that worked out well for us instead of going back to the camps for lunch. Africa is so very beautiful, there was Wifi in the camps but other than to send photos back home it was easy to leave the rest of the world behind and just enjoy the scenery and people. Wildebeest also booked a trip to South Africa and Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe) for us through another company (Pembury tours) which went very well as. The falls are incredible and so is Cape Town for the end of our trip.
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Email Claudia | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Wonderful safari
We were travelling with our 3 children and wanted a tailor-made 4 night Safari in Tanzania's North. Noah answered very quick with a very good and professional offer. Therefore we booked neary a year in advance and were very much looking forward to it.
The guide (Hamza) was very kind and an experienced and safe driver. He had also a very good eye for the animals. The hotels were carefully selected. We very much liked the Ilkome Safari Lodge (great Serengeti-View & Wildbeest Migration next to the lodge / extremely kind Manager) and the Tloma Mountain Lodge (huge rooms; location & staff was excellent...)
The car was maybe a bit older, but comfortable. Over all it was a lifetime experience for us and our expectations were exceeded by far. Thanks Wildbeest Safaris!!!
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Email Luis Fernandez | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Awesome
Perfect service, everything fine, excelent.
Eusty is the best! Í recomend this company. Spend at least 3 days in Mara and 2 in Amboseli.
We saw most of the animals in diferent situations. Radio communication so that helps to find animals.
Very happy. We will repeat, I am sure.