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20-35 years of age
Review about Tanzania by Timothy Mulder
Tanzania has some wonderful places to see wildlife. Highlights for us where the Lake Manyara Tree lodge, visiting the Ngorongoro crater and Lodge, and especially Klein's Camp. Sure some of the locations can be very busy with tourist (Ngorongoro crater for example), but in almost every case the beauty of the wildlife and nature will overcome this drawback with ease.
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Photo Trip of a Lifetime
My wife and I decided to celebrate our 45th wedding anniversary with a trip to Tanzania and go on a photo safari. We booked it on-line with Makasa Tanzanian Safaris. I communicated on-line with Selma Kamm and she is the best communicator for travel services I have ever worked with. Ngomi Kamm provided us with a 10 day safari that was fantastic. Tarangire National Park, Lake Manyara National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, and the Serengeti National Park were visited. The abundance of wildlife was beyond what I ever imagined and we got superb pictures of a wide variety of African wildlife, including all five of the "big 5 dangerous game animals". The photo we got of a leopard is the best photo I have ever taken in 40 years of working in the photo business. The accommodations were first class and the Kamms have become life long friends. It was trip of a life time, and we will cherish this trip as the best of our extensive travels.
50-65 years of age
Review about Kenya by Clive Cheeseman
Our Kenyan tour included Samburu (hot and arid), Lake Nakuru (Flamingo and Rhino), another lake included a boat trip to get close to Hippo and hunting Fish Eagle. Finally the amazing, incredibly beautiful Masai Mara, lions and cheetahs on kills, an amazing variety of bird life - ground hornbill, secretary birds, vultures, ostrich and more - wildebeest in astonishing numbers, warthog, buffalo, zebra, giraffe, gazelles, antelopes, elephant and finally a beautiful scene of around eight lion cubs gleefully greeting thei mother.
Review about Mana Pools National Park by Zimfreak
the river explains it all.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Once in a lifetime experience, so glad i did it with Tambuzi
A first class service from start to finish, extremely friendly staff, i visited a few game reserves around Hoedspruit, a backpackers lodge in Hazyview and then moved into the Kruger park, Gerts knowledge of the area and all the animals within it is immense. I did the budget camping and was extremely comfortable with the accommodation, our evenings were spent eating fine foods off the BBQ and enjoying the local beers and wines. I will recommend Tambuzi to anyone that's thinking of a safari in S. Africa, it's a brilliant experience with great people, can't wait to go again :-)
50-65 years of age
Review about Kenya by joyandtony
The bird life was second to none. We visited Lake Nakuru and saw around a million of flamingos. As well as pelicans, cormorants and other birds. At Lake Naivasha we saw eagles, kingfishers and other birds. On the Masai Mara we saw a lilac breasted roller and a lion cub. We visited the Mara at the time when all the wilder beast we there and there were thousands of animals to see.
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Experience level: over 5 safaris
Out of 48 visits to Southern Africa, a significant number was made with the assistance of Taga. Top!
We have experienced quite a few ways to criss-cross Southern Africa over the past 20 years. Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbawe, South Africa being our favorite destinations. Sometimes organizing everything on our own, sometimes thanks to local friends, and in several occasions with the assistance of Taga Safaris. In the latter case, it has always been extremely successful. Mark has an extended knowledge of the destinations he recommends, always carefully taking into account his clients' preferences. We appreciated his reliability on all occasions. Keep going Mark! Jacqueline M.
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
16 Wonderful Days in Africa
This is my second experience with Tanganyika Ancient Routes and I could not have been happier. Every detail, no mater how tiny, was given the staff's quick and complete attention. The food was outstanding and each member of the staff went above and beyond to make sure our every wish was granted. They were enormously helpful with language and money questions and always gave us a feeling of safety and security especially when we were required to cross the border to another country. The safari tour of the Crater was so beautiful. It was a wild ride that I will not soon forget. I would highly recommend Tanganyika Ancient Routes to anyone interested in traveling to Africa and, if I go back to Tanzania, I would book with them again.
Review about Kenya by Bill Lateu
The friendliness of the Kenyan people, the beautiful and diverse country with it's abundance of wildlife. Our stay in Kenya took as to four game parks/reserves and also to a beach resort in Mombasa. Would I go again? YES!
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A delightful family Safari in Kenya
My family and I had a delightful trip to Kenya in early August of this year. We traveled with E-Trip Africa, who came highly recommended from one of the teachers at my daughter’s school, Mr. Jennings. Turns out his son owns and manages E-Trip. Since it is a big investment for a safari, we did compare many companies to be sure that we got the most out of our budget.
We were met at Nairobi by our guide Moses and the manager Ben. Since the flights were so long it made sense to spend two nights in Nairobi to get used to the time zone. During the first day we took our first game in Nairobi Park and then visited Sheldricks Elephant Orphanage. It was so nice to see the little guys come to take the milk. It is extremely sad that people are killing their mothers only for the Ivory. We then went to the Giraffe center and fed Giraffe.
We then went to Lakes Bogoria and Baringo as my husband is a bird fanatic. We had a great trip around the lake with a guide named Cliff. He was able to tell us so much about the birds and we had a nice walk around some cliffs to find different owls. Two days in this area was not enough, but we were anxious to see the animals.
Then we went to Nakuru. This park was very nice but the lake is very full and there were only a few flamingoes. We did get to see Rhino’s, which was one of the main goals of the trip as there is a good chance that they will disappear during my children’s lifetime. Also this was our first time to see Lions in the wild. They were just lying around, so it was a little disappointing. We then went to the Sleeping Warrior Camp, which was amazing. The night game drive was a real exciting experience and we saw an aardvark, which I guess is extremely rare. The next day we hiked to the crater and enjoyed the Hyrax around the camp.
Our trip finished with 4 days in Masai Mara. It was like a scene from a National Geographic film. The wildebeest were all over the place. We got to see lions hunt some down, which was amazing but I don’t know if I could watch it again because I don’t even like the sight of blood. The experience could not have been better. We stayed at a tented camp called Mara Eden Safari Camp. All through the night you could hear the animals, it was really a full experience. The camp managers were a riot and we really had a nice time by the campfire with them.
We returned to find the Nairobi airport nearly burnt to the ground. Ben had everything worked out and the whole process was rather smooth. We got on our flight back to civilization, with the fondest memories and the desire to one day return.