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Barafu Tours and Safaris
Used Barafu Tours & Safaris for my recent (11/19/16) climb up Kilimanjaro, and my expectations and mind were blown by the excellent service provided by the Barafu family. Our guides (Shoutout to Imran, Mohammed, and Rafael) were patient, knowledgeable, and easy to hang with. Our food was restaurant-quality (Chef Abbus) and served by Pray, our thoughtful waiter. The climb was tough mentally, physically, and at times, emotionally, but the support we received offset any difficulties naturally occurring on the mountain. Highly recommend and would use again for future climbs and services.
NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great group of guides, cooks and porters make our trip unforgettable!
Tanzania climbing outfietters made sure we had an unfortgettable experience.
The guides are very professional, talk perfect english and are very friendly. Also many of the porters talk English and I have had a laugh with many of them during popcorn time. Tents were big enough and we always had the best spots at the camp sites. Cooks made perfect breakfast, lunch and diner.
During the time I felt (altitude) sick they helped me by carrying my luggage and my personal guide helped me all the way to the top! Without his patience and perseverence I would not have made it.
NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fantastic!
We booked our trip with AGE due to a good recommendation from a friend. Robert is a great guide, he speaks perfect English is a good driver and a nice guy! He organized our trip perfectly with good hotels, an efficient schedule and most importantly, a great visit to the gorillas! We had an amazing visit, seeing a big group of gorillas including several babies in their natural habitat. If you want to have this great experience as well, we recommend you book it with AGE!
AE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent service provided, wonderful group to chose for Safari and adventure in Kenya...
The 4 days in Masai Maara were probably our most 4 exciting vacation days ever. We loved the breathtaking mixture of landscapes and animals and we came back with zillions of amazing pictures!
Everything went smoothly with our driver cum guide Peter and our accommodation was as we expected with fun people to meet.
We could tell that Peter was as excited as us to find animals and nice viewpoints and it seems that he would drive forever to find the most exciting wild life scenes (most notably a leopard).
We also spent a day with the Masai people learning about their culture and traditions: a transforming experience!
Overall, it was an incredibly amazing time and we strongly recommend Magical Retreat Safaris. Pamela helped us design our safari to make sure it included everything we wanted. She was very responsive either over the phone or by email and offered us a lot of options with different budgets.
We cannot wait to do anoteher safari with Magical Retreat Safaris!
PH
Memorable Kilimanjaro Trek and Safari Experience
Justin and Alex from Tanzania Expeditions put together a great 7 day Lemosho route trek and 8 day safari for two of us. This trip went extremely smooth even though we confirmed only a couple days before arriving in Arusha. Tumaini and the rest of the team for Kilimanjaro was extremely professional making sure we had the right equipment, were well fed, and generally comfortable. For the 8 day Safari Emmanuel was our driver and guide. He was extremely knowledgeable about different behaviors of animals and to point out unique wildlife. He also made an effort to ensure that we left at the right time and were in the right place for optimal wildlife viewing. The lodges and tented camps picked by Tanzania Expeditions were high quality and provided both comfort and good food. They were also conveniently located close or within the different parks. In the end, we felt we really received a memorable and enjoyable trip from Tanzania Expeditions that was good value for money.
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We had a great experience in Murchsion falls with a well experienced and knowledgeable guide.
Everything was handled very professionally by around Africa. It was super comfortable and convenient and the guide responded to our every need. I would highly recommend this company.
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing experience with an equally amazing group of staff (driver and cook)
What an incredible experience! We did a 5 day safari with camping to 4 different parks. Serengeti was the highlight, don't miss out on this! The driver and cook were very attentive, kind, and always went above and beyond to answer our questions and assure we were having a good time. I will be the first to admit that camping is not my first choice, but due to our limited budget, we decided that it was our best option. I was pleasantly surprised. The tents, mattresses, and sleeping bags were all provided and set up by the driver and cook, we slept comfortably. All the camps had showers (some were hot, some were lukewarm), and toilets. The food the cook prepared was delicious and plentiful. The driver was very knowledgable about the animals, birds, and trees/plants in the different parks. If we asked a question that he didn't know the answer to, he would look it up or ask someone when we got the camp and answer our question at a later time. I would definitely travel with Northern Masailand Safaris again!
AE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing Time in Kenya
It was a really nice experience!!
We stayed 3 days in Kenya and we went to Masai Mara and Lake Nakuru.
Lake Nakuru is nice, but after Masai Mara..a bit disappointing! I guess it's nice if you have plenty of time, and you can visit both.. or very short time and prefer something closer to Nairobi.
Masai Mara is simply beautiful!
U see at most 6 cars in the game.. and it's amazingly natural.
If you only have 3 days, stay only in Masai Mara!
Special thanks to our guide, Dennis.. he was 5***** and he promised that we'd see all the big 5, and we did!
Take a look at the video I did:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-9YKfh-oM4&t=2s
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35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best Safari
Excellent service, very organized, no hassels, sit back and relax. They take care of everything
We had a great time
Will love to do it over and over
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Everything was extremely organized and went smoothly!
Monique was wonderful to work with. The trip was very organized and everything went as planned. All details/activities that we were told about happened as scheduled, which made things easy with no stress. The animal viewing was Fantastic! I would definitely recommend Giltedge Africa (formerly Southern Africa Travel) to anyone looking for a safari tour or travel throughout Africa.