50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Well organised trip with good service
We were a family group of 6 adults and we travelled from Johannesburg to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, and Chobe National Park in Botswana over Christmas 2015. We were in regular email contact with one of their excellent agents, Aron Donahue, who responded to each of our queries promptly and gave us all the information we needed to plan for our holiday and make the right choices for us. All our transfers were on time, with pleasant drivers, and all our activities were as we had planned, including the Boma dinner, helicopter ride, elephant safari and Livingstone Island trip. The stay at Chobe Game Lodge was superb, as was our stay at the grand Victoria Falls Hotel, where we had a superb Christmas Eve dinner at the Livingstone Room. The game viewing in Chobe is simply wonderful and their female guides are very knowledgeable. I can highly recommend Falcon Safari- the organisation was faultless and we had a thoroughly enjoyable time! Thank you!
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Our first safari - but not our last - amazing country, amazing widlife, fabulous guide!
We took advice from friends and booked a private tour. Wildebeest Safaris were fantastic from start to finish! We visited 4 parks, drove to each one - great way to see the real Kenya. Our guide Eustus was extremely knowledgeable about everything Kenyean and his love for his country and its wildlife was infectious. The accomodations were excellent and our vehicle had good and comfortable seats - it is worth paying the extra for a comfortable car - you spend many hours in those seats! Highly recommend this company on all levels.
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Review about Tarangire National Park by Kate
Tarangire is a wonderful place to see elephants in particular. I saw countless elephant herds with newborns, as well as elephants mourning over a dead carcass. I was also incredibly fortunate to see a pack of extremely rare wild dogs lounging in the sun.
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Review about Serengeti National Park by Kate
Serengeti is an incredible safari destination. It is extremely rugged and the roads can be terribly muddy in the rainy season, but it adds to the authenticity of the experience. Here, I was lucky enough to see a mother leopard with two newborn cubs, as well as a serval and a caracal, and a crocodile. The variety of wildlife you can find here is unparalleled. I would highly recommend this to everyone who visits Tanzania.
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Review about Lake Manyara National Park by Kate
Lake Manyara is a great place to start with safaris. The park is small enough so that most of it can be seen in a day or two, and the wildlife is plentiful. There is amazing birding available here as well.
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Unimaginable Beauty
This place is nothing short of magical. I was fortunate enough to go during the beginning of the rainy season, when the landscape was a vibrant shade of green and many baby animals had just been born. I was in total awe of the scenery and the wildlife - we saw gazelles, hyenas, foxes, elephants, zebras, lions, water buffalo, wildebeest, rhinos, pelicans, hippos, and countless other species. We were even lucky enough to catch a glimpse of a newborn rhino with its mother, as well as a pair of female lions attacking a water buffalo (who ended up escaping in the end). I would truly consider this place to be a wonder of the world - it was by far the most magical excursion I went on during my three months in Tanzania.
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35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Zulu Nyala Game Reserve by Scott
Zulu Nyala was very intimate — the park is smaller than some others, but you also get much closer to the animals and don't have to go quite so far between encounters. The lodges were great, well beyond our expectations. We have recommended Zulu Nyala to everyone who asks about it.
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35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wish we had more time
My wife and I visited Hluhluwe-iMfolozi as a day-trip during our stay at another game reserve. We wish we had taken more time to explore this park. It was massive and had so many opportunities for great wildlife viewing, we felt like we barely scratched the surface. One of our favorite spots was a hide built above a watering hole. We were able to watch a troop of baboons try to defend the spot from some nyala. The views from the roads and paths were truly breathtaking. We will be sure to give Hluhluwe-iMfolozi much more time next time we visit South Africa!
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Review about Tanzania by Kate
Tanzania has absolutely spectacular wildlife and supreme birding opportunities. Experiencing the country as a tourist is comfortable and safe, and the locals are extremely friendly. The landscape is gorgeous, especially in the rainy season.
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35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about South Africa by Scott
Going on safari in South Africa was at first far out of our comfort zone, but once there we felt welcomed and were blown away by the people, the scenery and the wildlife.