20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Namib-Naukluft National Park by Flitz
Beautiful dunes
EG
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great experience with a well organized and friendly tour agency.
Every moment of the trip was met with professionalism and a friendly attitude. The care to ensure a pleasant stay and experience was warming. The bookings and safaris were moments not to forget, through the serengeti and Ngorongoro reserve, as well as the lovely beaches and food in zanzibar. I recommend going with regional tours to experience the maximum of adventure, comfort and great friendly guides.
CA
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great Safari
We did a 14 days private safari starting from Nairobi, Kenya going through Tanzania and ending up in Nairobi with this company.A company rep- Beatus came all the way from Tanzania to greet us at the airport. We went to Lake Nakuru first than to Masai Mara. After 2 days there we crossed over the border to Tanzania and went to Serengeti. From there we went to Ngorongoro and lake Manyara. We also climed the mount Kilminjaro but only to Mandara hut. We stayed near Arusha at the lake Duluti lodge.Then we went back to Kenya and to Amboseli Park. Hotels choice and arrangement was excellent. Our guide in Tanzania was Ali who was very knowledgeable and friendly. The company is small with 2 vehicles (Toyota Landcruisers) and an office in Arusha. Staff is friendly and this gives it a personal touch. It can improve on communication slightly as in the end when we changed our itinerary but we were not informed of extra charges till all the bookings were made and were non cancellable. But overall the prices are good and the service friendly. Travels in Kenya were handled by a sister company called Wilson travel.
QA
under20 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic in every way
Just came back from an unforgettable trip in Tanzania. After an endless search on the internet of a fitting tour operator, Agama Tours and Safaris stood out from the rest. Their warm and accurate answering was one thing but meeting them in person was like seeing my family. Our guide, Felisi was terrific. I feel I learned so much about the animals and the rest of Tanzania with him, lots of knowledge and experience and what more, just incredibly entertaining!
Highlight of the trip would be the lioness with her cubs walking right beside our car, just incredible! I feel so lucky to have seen the big 5 on my trip, although the rhinos we saw were very far away, I couldn't have asked for a better trip! Great guide and crew, great management team and nice to know they do this for a wonderful purpose- housing some of Tanzanias orphan children. I recommend anybody out there considering a safari in Tanzania to choose Agama Tours
NO
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent trip to Tanzania - thanks to Tanzania Explorer
In 2012 we decided to travel to Tanzania, first of all to climb Kilimanjaro, but we also wanted to go on a safari, and last but not least have some lazy days at Zanzibar when the first two was done!
The trip was planned to February 2013.
Lucky us - we "found" Sondre and Tanzania Explorer at the Travel Fair in Oslo in 2012!
He/they made a tailor-made trip for us, excellent job done by Sondre both with the package he made for us before we went to Tanzania, and following up during the trip! It was amazing! They have the best guides to take ut to the top of Kilimanjaro (we reached the top!!!) and the guide at the safari was super! Spoken very good english, was kind and nice - and showed us all kinds of animal at the safari trip. He also had a great sence of humor, so we had 4 wonderful days at safari in three different national parks.
When we arrive Zanzibar, they have picked the best for us, and when a small problem appear, Andrea from Tanzania Explorer, stationed in Tanzania - solved it in no time!
They do their best for us so that we would have the greatest time in our lives, and they succedeed!!
I highly recommend Tanzania Explorer to all I know (and don't know), and I really hope that we will get the opportunity to travel with them again.
Thank you Tanzania Explorer!!
US
Botswana has to be the best place in the world for wildlife... period!
My partner and I have never been to Botswana before and were not keen to spend too much money on lodges. Safari Lifestyles recommended that we look at a 10 day mobile safari... what a great recommendation!!
We were nicely met at the airport (much smaller than we thought) and shown to our safari guide and other guests. We then traveled for about 2 hours until we reached the gates of Moremi which is a National Park in the Okavango Delta. Then we drove slowly for another 3 hours or so on a game drive through the most beautiful landscape with many animals.... incredibly, we saw 3 lionesses resting in the sun..! Eventually we made it to our campsite which was seemingly in the middle of nowhere, very remote and literally just us and the rest of the guests. It was such a beautiful setting with water close by and elephants in the trees as we arrived.
The camp was already laid out for us and all we had to do was drop our bags off in our really large tents and then get back on to the vehicle for the rest of the afternoon ending in a beautiful sunset drink (a feature of all the afternoons) by a pool full of hippo.
This set the tone for the rest of the safari and we moved on through Moremi then Khwai, Savuti and finally Chobe for a stunning and private boat trip.
Safari Lifestyles website is very comprehensive and its good to be used as a reference, we looked at the itinerary they had for this trip and it was spot on... They really did look after us very well although there was no need to deal with them whilst we were there as the mobile safari covered everything from the moment we arrived to the time we left from Kasane.
The accommodation was really very good and quite big.. The food also was brilliant considering that we were in the middle of nowhere and in private areas all the time. I don't really have a highlight as we only came back a few weeks ago and our heads are still spinning... I can tell you though that as I write this early in the morning in Chicago, its freezing outside but that can be a welcome relief as the bush was incredibly hot, we were told that October is one of the hottest months though.
We gave up trying to count the different types of animals we saw, but i think we really did see everything including wild dogs. We were told they are very rare but a specialty in the area.
We had a nice email from Roger from Safari Lifestyles just keeping in touch after our return and making sure all was OK... we even met him in Khwai, he was there on his own taking photos in his own car.
Would we go back to Botswana?....YES
Would we recommend Safari Lifestyles?... YES
NL
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
BeaLovely elephants of Botswana on out boat and lodge trip
We contacted Safari lifestyles for a special trip for 4 of us and we received wonderful advice from Roger.
For 3 days we stayed on a small island in tents and went on safari in a private boat. sometimes we had to get out and push the boat through sand. It was very exciting to see many hippos and elephants. We also went walking a few times and came across a buffalo which the guide said had been killed by lions.
After the boat safari we stopped back in Maun for one night and then for 5 nights into lodges. This experience is very different and very comfortable and the country is just beautiful and wild with many animals to see. We remember this holiday very much and value the experiences we had with real wildlife. I could not stay asleep at night and I loved to see the elephants pass right by our lodge room.
Safari Lifestyles was very helpful in placing us and we did change our minds a few times and were thankful for their patience. We would like to come back to Africa again soon and would definitely use Safari Lifestyles again.
US
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A Great Time and Fantastic Experience
Craig, our guide and host, couldn't have been more helpful. He was able to tailor a trip for us that was exactly what we had hoped for. We simply let him know what our interests were, along with budget parameters, and he did the rest. He was careful to explain what to expect and was quick to answer any questions we had. He was polite, cheerful, and extremely informative. We could not have had the great time we did without his able assistance. We would definitely recommend him and his company
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Kruger National Park by Jane
An incredible Park with fantastic wildlife viewing. Plenty of opportunities to spot the Big 5 and the bush telegraph between drivers really helps with this. The roads and other infrastructure were in great condition.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Sabi Sand Game Reserve by Helen Nicholls
Lodge was unbelievable / saw so much wildlife in natural habitat / guides were so professional and knowledgeable with such great personalities that it felt like we had known them forever. Everything about the destination was well above our expectations.