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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent safari!
In the end of october 2016 we went on a 4-day camping safari with Safari Porini. We went to Tarangiri, Ngorongoro Crater and Serengeti. It was fantastic! There were only three of us in the vehicle plus Charles, who was our guide and drive, and Anwar, who was our chef (and makes the best pancakes!!!).
Before the safari Charles (our guide) was very helpful. We had to go to many different ATMs to get enough money and Charles drove us all around Arusha, so we wouldn't have to walk around with that much money. I would recommend bringing US Dollars to Tanzania to make things easier.
The safari started with an early morning pick-up at our hotel in Arusha. Charles let us decide for ourselves when we wanted to leave but recommended us to leave early to we would have as much time as possible in Tarangire National Park, which was our first stop. In Tarangire we saw lions, zebras, wildebeest, antelopes, elephants, giraffes and lots of other animals. Charles is an excellent guide! He knows a lot about the park and the animals, and he could answer any question we asked him (and that was a lot!). We also saw lions feeding on a zebra that they had just killed. Unfortunately we missed the hunt!
From Tarangire we drove to our campsite in the town of Mto Wa Mbu. When we arrived the tents were already erected and we had time to shower and take a swim in the pool before dinner. Dinner was served and what a dinner! There was more than enough food and it was delicious.
The next day (after an excellent breakfast) we drove to Serengeti, passing Ngorongoro Crater, where we stopped for a stunning view. At the entrance to Serengeti we had our lunch pack, which was homemade. We had a chance to look at the view while Charles and Anwar fixed our papers. We spent the day driving around Serengeti. It is a very big area and the animals are much further apart than in Tarangire, but again Charles was fantastic at spotting the animals. We were up close to three lions, so close that I could almost touch them. We got some excellent pictures! We are saw a leopard which had just killed an antelope. The day after we came back, where it was eating it in a tree. We were so close, you could here the bones crunching!
We came late in the afternoon to our campsite where we had time to shower before dinner. After dinner we were looking at the stars and a hyena passed by about 30 meters from where we were sitting. Charles was there to make us feel safe and told us not to go out in the middle of the night to go to the toilet.
The next morning we drove our very early to watch the sunrise. We saw a pack of hyenas hunting a small antelope. We drove for many hours and again saw lots of animals including a cheetah up close where we were the only vehicle nearby. After a late brunch we drove around some more and then continued to the campsite by Ngorongoro Crater. Here we spent the night after a hot shower with zebras wallking around the campsite.
The next stay we started out early to get as much time as possible in the crater. Fantastic views and lots of animals. We even spotted the black rhinoceros after searching for a while. It was far away and hidden in the bushes, but again Charles with his excellent skills made sure that we found it.
At last it was time to go home because our time was up, and we had to make it out of the Ngorongoro area before our pass ran out.
All in all it was a fantastic trip! It more than lived up to my expectations and we also arranged a trip to Kilimanjaro with the same company. Charles offers a reasonable price and has a limit to how low he will go so as not to compromise the quality of the trip. I can definitely recommend Safari Porini to anyone.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fun and experience never-before
I traveled through Manyara, Ngorongoro and Serengeti in 4 days. Very excited to be within 20 meters of not-so-easy-to-find cheetah after driver-guide's one hour effort.
Experience level: 2-5 safaris
highly professional and well organised
Good professional driver / guide. Well organised and timely service.
DE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Bwindi-Gorilla-Tour 2017
A dream came true. We visited the gorillas in the Bwindi National Park. The whole organization was organized by Speke Uganda Holidays. Everything worked perfectly. Many Thanks. We would like to come back to Uganda.
Great tour operator
We travelled to Zambia, Botswana with Dunas Safari and everything was well organized! We stayed at magical places.
Highly recommended!
NO
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Memories for life!
Everything was perfect! Especially thanks to our driver/guide Edwin with great knowledge of wildlife and Kenya in general. Also very good at reading the animals' motion and driving the car so we got many amazing pictures! Thank you for an unforgettable stay!!!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
5 Star view from the top
I chose to do the Machame route with some additional safaris time in the Serengeti , the trip exceeded all my expectations, we were incredibly well looked after throughout the entire trip, friendly staff, great food, quality transportation and equipnwnr
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very informative and helpful
I with my other 34 friends went for a holiday at Mombasa beach Kenya for our Easter holiday.Because it was a big group we had alot of questions and amendments, the company representative John Peter was very help and he was there for us whenever we needed assistance. The holiday was great and full of fan. Thanks African Paradise Safaris teams.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Weston super Kenyan tour
What can i say i booked with this company from England which is always a worry but they delivered I can honestly say that this is the best tour company I've been with and I've been to Kenya 3 times they was always on time helpfull and so curtios all the way through our 3 tours. Max who organises all the trips will help us from start to finish as is the greatest guy you will meet we have now became great Freinds don't use anyone else max and his team will make sure you have a great holiday
DE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Best ever Safari Company for Tanzania
Francisca (the owner of Nature Responsible Safaris) planned a 12-day photo safari with focus on Serengeti and migration for a couple of friends and me.
The itinary that we agreed on was excellent but the travel experience was even more exciting. We did not have to worry about the time spent on an activity or whether we would be able to do all of them - Francisca and her excellent driver Deo took care of all that and did it perfectly.
The accommodation was superb - we only wanted budget tented camps... what we got was much better than what we expected. We could not remark any difference to a more luxury accommodation except the price we had to pay for. As well the safari jeep was excellent, with bean sacs for the tele camera lenses, integrated chargers for camera, laptop and phone, a fridge and not to forget Deo the best safari guide and driver I ever had.
On top the fact, that Francisca had to do a short term planning for that very special safari as we decided end of November to go in January. She did a more than perfect job to arrange a safari including Tarangire NP, Serengeti NP, Ndutu Area, Ngorongoro and Lake Natron.
If someone wants to see some photographic results, feel free to visit my youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxAUfh0X_-EkH4o25S1lbLg
where you find several video clips about Tarangire, Serengeti, Migration, Ndutu and Ngorongoro.
I strongly recommend Nature Responsible Safaris for a Tanzania tour of any kind and I am looking forward to my next trip.