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We wanted a once in a lifetime safari. Rose made our dream come true!
Just returned from a family trip in Tanzania. We do not have enough strong words to thank Rose for this fabulous experience! It was our first safari and we wanted a once in a lifetime trip. Rose has been amazing. She understood what we were looking for from the very beginning and organized a tailor-made trip that exceeded our expectations (and they were VERY high!) . And she has been reactive and available 7/7, 24/24 even for small questions all the tIme. Thank you again Rose for taking such good care of us . We will remember this trip forever . Everything was perfect . Can't wait for you to organize a new safari for us!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very professional company
Amahoro tours organised our 4x4 transport from Musanze when we went gorilla trekking and when we visited Dian Fossey's tomb.
We received great service from the drivers and especially from the manager Onesmus, who was very professional and helpful. He even kindly offered us some coffee whilst we waited for the rain to stop when we went to book the transport.
FR
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Exceptional experience in the wild Mana ¨Pools with excellent and safe guiding and services
Very efficient and responsive back-office. Amazing experience of a 4 days canoeing trip on the almighty Zambezi. Extremely good and safe guiding with 2 rangers for our family of 5 ( with children aged 19, 17 and 14). Simple but comfortable accomodation in tents. Great staff and excellent food. We loved the diversity of canoeing, walking and driving, all with the same team.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Literally breath taking
After scouring the internet for a tour company that was regarded as high quality, safe, respected its porters and local to Tanzania, we came across Barafu Tours. Seven other climbers and I took a leap of faith and contacted this small company to find out more information. We received rapid and detailed responses from the director of the company, Chance. We had already completed extensive research related to the risks of the climb, the gear needed, the available routes and what to expect and felt pretty clued up. However the advise and guidance from Chance was invaluable to anything we found on the internet. No question was too small (or silly) for him to answer. After bombarding Chance with questions and realising just how flexible and accommodating he was willing to be, we booked with Barafu; best decision ever
As soon as we arrived in Tanzania we were picked up by Barafu, which Chance had arranged for us. Alex, the driver who picked us up was completely friendly and gave us a warm welcome, he even taught us our first Swahili words on the way to the hotel. The hotel we stayed at has a contract with Barafu tours and is amazing. It is called the Kilimanjaro Wonders hotel and I would highly recommend it. It is more than comfortable, offers lovely views and the staff were exceptional. They didn't just help us with everything but were warm and friendly too.
After the first night in the hotel, we met up with Chance the next morning, he was just as friendly and helpful in person as we'd imagined. He introduced us to our team that were to take us up the mountain. We had three guides; Mohamed, Dula and Amidayus, they were high spirited, knowledgeably and completely professional and were a huge factor in making our trip so memorable. Dula knew everything about the mountain, including all fauna and flora and was happy to point it out along the way. Amidayus taught us some great Swahili and didn't mind our terrible pronunciation too much and Mohamed ensured we were safe at all times. By the end of the trip it felt like we were saying bye to friends.
As well as our amazing guides, we met our cook, Abbas, the stomach engineer and our waiter-Pray. The food on the trip was amazing-especially the soups. You have to expect your appetite to drop as you go up the mountain, however the quality of the food made you want to eat. Pray the waiter had to be one of the highlights for me. Nothing was ever too much for him and by the end of the first two days im pretty sure he had a nickname for every one in our group. The one day i didn't feel too great he was continually checking I was ok and raising our spirits with songs. Finally, we are not to forget the 23 porters that made the climb with us. Never have I had so much respect for anyone. They happily carried around 25kg each up the mountain and offered to carry our day packs too if we were struggling :O. They always had a smile and the welcome song they gave us at Barranco camp was nothing less than amazing.
Thanks to this amazing team, all 7 of us successfully reached the summit and have memories I'm sure we won't forget.
After a short break we carried on with Barafu tours on a 2 day safari with our tour guide Richard. Richard again was highly knowledgeable about the national parks and the animals within it. After only half an hour into our safari we saw almost all the animals we had wanted to see, which was mind blowing. Richard managed to get us up close and we had some amazing views. In fact the views were almost as good as the animals themselves.
The safari van itself was extremely comfortable and offered a new experience of driving altogether.
If I could go back and do it all again with this company I would.
Ice team!
IT
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
4 days Masai Mara and L. Nakuru
The safari van was excellent and in good condition. The park Masai Mara was very good to see migration of wildebeest and lions. I liked my safari. Thank you.
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing experience, with an eye for detail to make your journey as good as possible.
Booking a safari can be quite difficult, therefore I would like to start by telling the communication was fast, correct and anything was up for discussion. Pickup is included in the price from Arusha or Kilimanjaro airport, which is a big plus. Also, the night before departure and night of return are included in the price, sleeping in the Arusha tourist in, a very Nice and clean hotel in Arusha city with surpisingly good good and accommodation. The safari itself is all you would expect, we did tarangire, Serengeti and ngorongoro in a camping budget formula. We had the luck of sharing the car with a couple of similar age (25-28), which the company keeps in consideration they told us. This also is a Nice plus in making the safari as pleasant as possible. the camping was basic but very exciting (Elephants walking through, hyena's at night,...) But never felt unsafe. The good was outstanding, every group has a chef who travels from campsite to campsite and prepared more than recent Meals (fresh pizza, roasted chicken, fresh vegetables, etc..) the combination of seeing more animals then i can remember, having a great young guide and chef (Hillary and Salim!), Good Company and a professional organisation who did literally everything to make the trip superb (including asking our opinions, wishes,..) made this the trip exceeding my expectations. Can highly recommend! Thanks again Hillary too, i guess a lot depends in the guide and how far they are Willing to go for you. Hope this review helps the organisation, as Well as People trying to book a safari! Matthias, Antwerp, Belgium.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent from start to finish
Communication was excellent. Mack was so very helpful in helping us to plan our trip. John our driver/guide was friendly and his knowledge had no limits, he did everything he could to make our trip truly amazing. The accommodation and game drives far outlived our expectations.
IT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Competence and efficiency
We experienced a wonderful trip with Savannah Explorers: our guide, Ismael, was really competent and helpful. We did 8 days of safari covering the major parks and he has been explaining us the animals behaviors as well as local customs. Honestly we weren't expecting to see so many animals and so close. Definitely recommended!
CA
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Well organized, accommodating, good communication, prompt responses, excellent driver. Excellent
Thank you for the opportunity to share about our experience. Airports & Beyond were exemplary in structuring a tour that accommodated our requests. Everything we asked for, we received. They arranged for a very wide range of accommodations and experiences, all of met our expectations and beyond. We were in Kenya for 5 weeks and had a driver assigned to us for the entire time. A&B provided two drivers who were very personable, accommodating, patient with us, had good senses of humour, were very knowledgeable, and were great to be with. Very importantly these men made us feel very safe when traveling despite the challenging traffic and driving situations we were often in. I will certainly refer others to use A&B.
IT
excellent safari
First would like to thank Eric for helping us book our holiday safari. We opted for the luxury safari and all lodges were luxury and comfortable. We were able to see many animals in one park called masai mara. The driving distance was about 6 hours or so.
I would recommend this agency to other travelers.