Africa Untamed Wilderness Adventures
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Email Charles Melot | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
A class act all the way. Perfection down to the minute details. Could not have been better!
We booked our 14 day Africa itinerary with Africa Untamed through Pam Blair in California on a friends recommendation. We live in Florida so this was a long distance internet relationship. All of our many questions plus tweaking of the itinerary worked out by Pam and AU were answered and attended to quickly and painlessly. We chose to arrive in Africa via Johannesburg to access Victoria Falls and Botswana wildlife. The arrangements for this portion of the trip was coordinated by AU and their contacts with Victoria Falls Anytime. We were met at the airport by Jean our quide, who treated us like royalty! The choice of accommodations and activities was excellent. Jean our guide was wonderful, knowledgeable, entertaining and outgoing. WE learned a lot about Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana from her.We are experienced travelers but could not begin to have done this on our own. On arrival at Nairobi we were spotted in baggage claim by an agent for AU and whisked thru customs to meet Elphas Ongong'o owner of AU who delivered us to our lovely hotel the Fairmont Norfolk. Again more royalty treatment as Elphas took us to a fine restaurant for dinner and came in the morning with Simon Muriuki who was to be our guide and host for the next 4 days. Elphas told us Simon Muriuki is probably the best guide in Kenya and we could not agree more! His vast knowledge of his country and it's animals was amazing! As a result of his commentary, we knew more about the animals, than some of our other quides!. We set off for the 5 hour ride to the Samburu Simba lodge seeing a great cross section of Kenyan countryside. Two days there followed by a day at Sweetwaters Tented camp with Simon as our personal guide and spotter provided us with amazing photographs of a variety of animals, including the big 5, close up. Thanks to him, we have some very amazing photographs! Flying an hour plus and two intermediate stops from Nanyuki to Masai Mara Game preserve gave us a birds eye view of the various levels of agriculture and wilderness. Our "home for 4 days was the luxury tented camp Il Moran. We got to finish the tour seeing and photographing the big 5 plus all the other animals, again capped by a balloon ride and gourmet breakfast where the balloon landed in the plains within the park. Our flight back to Nairobi again encompassed two intermediate stops' Once again we were met by Elphas who delivered us back to the Fairmont for a rest and repack and our final ride back to the airport to start our 48 hour journey home. AU, Elphas, Simon, Africa as well as all the accommodations and activities met and often exceeded our expectations. We were sad to see the end but very glad we did it!
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Email Gail, Ruidoso, NM | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Just Go
We spent over 2 weeks in Kenya and Tanzania with Africa Untamed last month. I contacted Evans by e-mail through their website to request a quote. Their quote was much better than several others, with only the best lodges included. This was a private tour for 2. I asked Evans dozens of questions, each was carefully answered very quickly. We planned this trip together, with his input being very important because he knows the area and is an experienced guide. Everything was perfect. The guides in Kenya and Tanzania were so knowledgable, they could answer any question. We had Bernard in Kenya, and Peter in Tanzania. We were spoiled by our guides, who were so kind and fun. We also stayed 3 nights at Enkewa Tented Camp in the Maasai Mara, where we had Maasai guides. They were fun, and very interested in helping us learn about their world. We experienced a personal safari, focused on the way we wanted to vacation. We worked hard, and were rewarded with so many animal sightings, including migration crossings at the Mara River. This company is first class and reliable. It was wonderful.
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Email Brooke | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Our guides were amazing! They were knowledgeable, flexible, had great English skills and personable.
This was a trip of a lifetime! I went on a Safari with a group of 10 of us, and I can honestly say this group was the best. Each safari driver was knowledgeable about the animals, the terrain, and keen on the specific things our group wanted to see (we had some birders in our group and others interested in seeing the big cats, and they went out of their way to find it). It was worth every dollar, I can’t recommend this group enough.these people at the end of my trip were true “rafikis”. Asante sana! Long live África and all of its beauty!!
