50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
EXCELLENT!
Lizette, our tour operator was very helpful with quick responses, gracious with her off hours due to the time difference from my home in North America, very skilled in tailoring our needs to which camps to set up for our approval, and very kind! I LOVED every minute of my time in Hoedspruit, staying at Ugebezi Explorer Camp, having access to many of the anti-poaching and conservation efforts being practiced by so many people and organizations sharing in this grand effort. I loved the rustic and authentic feel with Ugebezi. I also LOVED staying at Tanda Tula with their eco/environmental focus as well. So beautiful and peaceful! The game drives at both camps were superb! Learning about and seeing the deep connection that is shared between the people and the animals in this region of the world is truly one of passion for LIFE! Meeting people who came to visit but never left, hearing stories about how they saved a rhino, knowing lions are hunting nearby because of their sounds, watching hyenas pass through camp, enjoying a bush walk with an experienced guide and learning about giraffe tracks and scorpions and the need to protect the trees from the elephants, observing a pack of endangered wild dogs being quarantined with plans to release them in a safer area, getting to know the incredible staff that work at both camps and hear their stories and try to learn words from their native languages, watching spectacular sunsets, and knowing that I will return, truly moved me! I am happy to refer Adventura Africa to anyone looking for safari tours! Supporting the eco/environmentally friendly focus was key to me. I’m grateful for this option! And I know others are too! This trip was a big spend for me, and I’m incredibly grateful to have been able to support this unforgettable experience! I can hardly wait to return and will definitely contact Adventure Africa when I’m able to consider the next trip! Thank you so very much for a deeply enriching memory!
IL
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Professional
All was great. Good price. Quick response, good service. The safari was great , Above my expectations .
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
It was an excellent safari,with great support from the staff
Everything was just cool,from airport to the parks
KW
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Top Notch Service and Precise Travel Management - Javiva Stands out the Best Travel Company in Kenya
We had great time during our Tanzania trip in Oct 2019. This trip was well organized by Janet from Javiva Adventures. With no glitches the trip was perfect and crafted for our needs and we had a good wildlife guide through our two weeks stay in Tanzania. We covered Lake Manyara, Tarangire, Serengeti and Zanzibar. Hat-off to Janet for being very service minded and committed person. Our best wishes for Javiva Adventures for their growth. We recommend Javiva Adventures for all your trips across Africa and they even do different destinations across the globe.
PT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The best experience ever!!
3 day safari
I traveled to Tanzania to make my first safari, with so much offer I was a little confused which operator to choose, however I chose the soul of Tanzania due to all the advantages presented by Luis, such as meeting the needs in choosing the itinerary, accommodation, hot meals and vehicle conditions. After the safari I can conclude that it was the right option. Our guide, Michael, has always been very empathetic and helpful in all our doubts. I strongly advise to include Serengeti in the script, we did not and later we regret it. No doubt I will repeat the experience with this operator.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Samuel was star on my trip to Jinja- personable and professional. I would highly rate him.
It was all excellent - very reliable from begging to end.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Top Class!!
I did a joining safari with Bison safaris and the tour was an experience I will never forget. Everything was organised for us down to fine detail! The food and accommodation was lovely. Our Safari driver was top class. He knew where all the good spots were and he was a great driver. He was also great fun. I definitely will recommend Bison Safaris any day any time!!
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Our guide made this experience unforgetable.
Working with Anne Bright to confirm our reservation and working with Onan, our guide, made this trip easy to customize to our needs and to have the best experience. Not only did we see all of the signficant animals during our safari, which few do, but we were able to visit four sponsored children during our stay. It was obvious that Mega Wild Safaris empahasize customer service and adapt their normal safari distinations to accomodate our needs. Being from the United States we had to adapt to the Uganda enviornment and the reduced public services but this was made easy by such a rewarding experience.
I contacted a number of safari companies and by far Mega Wild was the most responsive and affordable. There is no question that the next time we visit this part of Africa we will do it again with them.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing 12 days Tanzania and Zanzibar Holiday
My sister and I went on a Safari with Moonlight Tours Expedition and they did not disappoint. I researched and chose to go on 12 days Tanzania Safari and Zanzibar holiday with Moonlight Tours Expedition because of their reasonable cost and the positive reviews. I worked with Fredrick and came up with fantastic itinerary to visit famous parks – Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro plus a few Zanzibar and he added an extra park- Lake Manyara which was nice.
The Safari was very thrilling in a four wheel drive truck driven by our sweet guide Grey son. We got to see the big 5 plus many other animals. We then went to Zanzibar and Omar- the guide in stone town and spice tour is a very jovial guy.
Thanks a lot Moonlight Tours Expedition.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
The BEST Safari Company and Best Experience (5 Day Best of Kruger Safari)
I recently took part in the 5-day/4night Best of Kruger Safari with Wild Wings for the FIFTH Time. Once again, I can’t think of enough good superlatives to describe my experience.
Please note all readers of this review. I am a highly experienced person of African safaris. I’ve made 16 safari trips to Africa, visited 13 nations, experienced all the the prominent game reserves, lesser-known reserves, and private reserves numerous times. I’ve lost count of how many game drives that I’ve participated in, and I have been with many safari guides. You name it, I’ve seen it - from the Great Migration (twice), elephant fights, elephant charges, lion kills, leopard kills, three cheetah chases, etc. African safaris are my passion in life. They never get old to me.
My BEST and most memorable safari experiences have occurred in the five safaris with Wild Wings. True, there is a lot of luck and being in the right place at the right time to see things.
As a person with an impressive African travel resume, I proudly proclaim that Wild Wings has the BEST safari guides (Frank and Simon) in ALL of Sub-Saharan Africa!
Frank was my guide on this safari. He personally told me he took this particular safari because I was on it. This will forever resonate in my heart. Frank understands and respects my passion more than anyone. I’ve done many safaris with Frank over the years.
Both Frank and Simon have the experience and amazing ability to anticipate where the prominent animals will be and/or will move. We (Wild Wings) always seemed to be first at the vast majority of sitings.
I recommend for people do the the 5 Day Best of Kruger Safari because you stay the first two nights in the park at Skukuza. The camp gates open earlier than the park gates. Most Kruger safaris start from lodges or pickup points outside the park. While we saw many amazing things - including a pride of 15-20 lions on this most recent safari, the other safari vehicles were just entering the park and making their way (some 30+ minutes) to the sighting, which was gone shortly after we got our photos and videos.
The same is true for nights 3 & 4 at Satara. The closest gate for other safari vehicles starting outside the park is Orpen - some 46km to the Satara area. We were out early and came upon another wonderful mass lion sighting before the Orpen gate even opened.
There are other numerous instances where many vehicles (particularly in the southern part of the park) were crowding to see something. Frank would position our vehicle in the anticipated path, just wait back a bit, and then tell us the animal would come our way, which it DID. He also knows when prominent animals are heading to the pans and water holes. We would get to these places (only our vehicle). Sure enough, just as Frank predicted, these animals would come.
I’ve been with Simon, and he is experienced like this as well.
As far as food on this safari, it is as good as the talented guides. I would say it is just as good if not better than any fancy safari lodge I’ve stayed.
When Simon is the guide, he does the cooking. All the meals were first-rate when I’ve been with him.
On my most recent trip with Frank, we had our own cook named John (Johnny). He prepared the most amazing South African cuisine dishes that were just delicious.
The office staff (Clare) has assisted me for the last three trips. She greatly helped arrange the itinerary which included transfers as well. Thank you again, Clare, for your efforts!
I highly recommend doing the 5 Day Best of Kruger Safari with Wild Wings. It’s affordable on any budget, but you get a great priceless experience. Remember that you will be in the park camps for four of the mornings - which will increase your chances of seeing some amazing sightings before everybody else!
Thank you again, Wild Wings!
Time for me to book another safari with Wild Wings!
Kevin Kramer
Fostoria, Ohio, USA