AE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic Safari experience of life time.
Dealt with Ms. Sona Thakrar of Karibu, she is very helpful and a very nice person to deal with.
My Friend Neel had arranged our Safari thro Sona and it was a very wonderful experience for all of us for a life time to remember.
Your driver was a very nice person and friendly in nature with good quality. We were very much happy with his friendly manner and enjoyed his company throughout our journey from Nov-22nd till Nov-26th.
We will always cherish our Tanzania visit and I am sure it would not be possible without Karibu World amazing facilities and the excellent hotel accomodations at Manyara, Serengetti and Ngorongoro....
Thanks Karibu
SA
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
My new best friends
KWSS offered the complete package from problem-solving to completion. Their organization was prompt, courteous and efficient but most of all reliable. They will certainly be my “go-to” team for future safaris. Thank you for all your support and help over the time we spent with you; it truly is appreciated. Our vacation was exactly what we wanted and we got more than we expected.
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful experience
We found KombiNation Tours while searching for Budget-Safaris to Queen Elisabeth National Park. And we were glad we did find them. Everything was perfect: we booked pretty short term, but everything went of without a hitch. The accomodations were wonderful, we loved the activities, especially the boatlaunch was simply amazing.
Rachel and Steve (whom we met shortly) are very friendly and advised us very well. All in all it was a great experience and absolutly recommendable
IS
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
4 Parks in 6 Days - Once in a lifetime - Amazing trip
I guess I´m the first to review them here, but hey, sometimes always first, great review coming here!
Impeccable service from Wakawaka Adventures. Here are some details:
I got a recommendation from a family friend, that is how i chose them. First of all their answering and communicating through internet and phone with them was so professional, so speed, so good explaining of everything.
I was so surprised overall with the amount of animals and nature we were brought to. Every park was different than the other, every park with its own special something, quality. I must say the most memorable time was in Serengeti, with the view of the Cheetah mama and her babies, i was felt just paralyzed....of beauty.
Greg our chef! It was so surprising the amount of delicious food he could do for us on this single piece of gas thing where he cooked everything! Sometimes it got a little chilly in the evening and he just took all that away with his delicious vegetable - and other soups that he made for us.
Our guide, Samweli, what to say, his ability to find the animals was scary! Let me just say the other qualities simply:
Punctual
Entertaining
Funny, great sense of humor
Knowledgable
Comfortable
Friendly
I thank the Wakawaka team tremendously for arranging this once in a lifetime trip to Tanzania for us. Highly recommend anybody to go with these guys! Asante
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
We dealt with Pennina who was very efficient and responded to our many queries with patience
We had excellent experience. They suggested locations for our preferred holiday destination in Mombasa and made bookings with professionalism. Pennina was patient as we kept changing preferences and her invaluable knowledge of alternative ideas came handy for us. We highly recommend Oakland Tours and Safaris and look forward to using them again for future holiday plans.
Lantana Galu recommended by the Oakland Tours and Safaris was one of the best locations I have had the pleasure of visiting.
LU
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Perfect safari experience
The pick-up was at the hotel and in time, good driver/guide who brought us to Selous and Mikumi in a 4x4 Landcruiser. Food during the 4 nights was above expectations and we enjoyed it very much. Lot to see in the reserves, quite a long drive from Selous to Mikumi, but interesting.
Overall very good safari experience, Thanks.
BE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing once-in-a-lifetime experience, perfectly organiseed by Encounter Africa!
Here's my thoughts on our recent holiday in Uganda:
1. First of all, if you are hesitating whether or not to travel to Uganda .. don’t, please just go! It's an amazing experience in a beautiful country, with warm and friendly people. It's not unsafe at all (taking the ordinary precautions when travelling in Africa, South America or Asia for that matter). It’s not too touristy (yet) so the other tourists you meet there are generally very also very nice and open-minded people.
2. I struggled to find decent reviews of safari operators causing me quite some stress given that you have to book your permit through the company (and gorilla spotting is not exactly cheap!). I spent hours looking for reviews online. We ended up choosing Encounter Africa Safaris (mainly by luck I think) and could not be happier with our choice. Its strengths include: fast response times to emails, very clear and to the point communication, great value for money proposition and perfect execution at destination. We corresponded with Chris re the booking, which went very smoothly. He also helped us at destination to get a nice(r) hotel (with pool) for our last night at a reasonable price. Joseph, our driver/guide, played a very big role in making this trip an unforgettable one. Impeccable timing. Made sure we got into the right groups and had the best guides to see the chimps and gorillas. Truly went above and beyond to ensure we enjoyed our holiday. Very knowledgeable. Gave the relevant level of detail/information whilst travelling (you don’t want too much information nor do you want too little, right?!). And also .. just a really nice, funny and friendly guy (important when you spend ca. 10-12 hours a day together). Encounter Africa also booked us into very nice accommodation (we did the mid-range travel but they got us an upgrade by lake Bunyonyi) and we had lunch/dinner in great restaurants.
3. I don't have experience that allows me to compare our gorilla tracking in Uganda with a tracking in Rwanda, but my impression is that you get a tracking in Uganda is more genuine (including the drive through the Bwindi forest which is amazing as such and definitely puts you in the mood!). Don't believe any claims that the percentage of seeing gorillas is higher in Rwanda than in Uganda - it's not. Our team in Bwindi was extremely professional and well-organised. Whilst there are no guarantees when you want to spot wild (albeit habituated) animals, considering how well the families are tracked/monitored, I think the default position is that you see them. No words can describe it when you do ... it's simply amazing.
4. One last tip: if you do go to Uganda, don’t limit yourself to just seeing the gorillas. There’s also other primates (Kibale is the best place to see chimps!) and beautiful nature (source of the Nile, hiking in the East, secluded animal parks in the North etc.). We were however told to avoid Kampala due to its manic traffic.
Excellent service throughout
My wife and I would like to express our appreciation and thanks for what we consider to have been the holiday of our lifetime! The whole experience was delightful - your representatives were excellent as were the various Lodges where we stayed during our Safari. Our driver, could not have been more helpful - providing us with innumerable opportunities for our cameras. Altogether, it was a really wonderful holiday and with many thanks to Somak!
Oakland Tours & Safari's is Home when it comes to Travel & Reservation Arrangements !
They are Excellent, Great Reception and Quick in Response.