DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great Experience
Many thanks to Philemon for organising a fantastic Killimanjaro Climb and Safari for us. I can highly recommend Aardvark as we received great support and he really cared for us in every detail.
Super friendly guy and everything in our whole trip went great!
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Tanzania amazingly beautiful scenery and wildlife
Tanzania and in particular trekking to Mt Kilimanjaro with the help of Safari Soles truely an amazing unforgettable journey with my two sons
CA
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Kilimanjaro Trek
As of this writing it's been a year since I was in Tanzania to climb Kilimajro. If you are thinking of attempting to summit, book it with Trek2Kili. You couldn't ask for a better trust worthy crew to climb with. Azizi and his crew are some of the nicest people and the most professional. The food was amazing, I had no issue with what was made it was all delicious! So please contact Azizi at Trek2Kili if you have any questions. They come highly recommend.
CA
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
South Africa is filled with so much amazing energy
The culture in South Africa is beautiful. Everyone we encountered was friendly, kind and welcoming. The hospitality and customer service everywhere we went to was unmatched.
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The Trek2Kili staff went above and beyond, making this trip the experience of a lifetime.
The staff communication was easy, service was personable and excellent. The trip surpassed my expectations. The safari guides were very knowledgable, the lodges were amazing. The guides and porters on Kilimanjaro were kind, cheerful and welcoming. Tanzania is amazing, but it is these people that make me want return someday.
Awesome
Visited Tinga Lodge, it was magical. The guides, Simon and Isaac were so knowledgeable and tracked and found all manner of wildlife. Highly recommend, the accommodation and wildlife
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A dream come true...better than I could have ever imagined!
This is a first-class tour company all the way! Everything is well-planned out and put into place to make the trip one of the most memorable ever. There is a very friendly and welcoming staff who works diligently to make sure the customer gets everything they need and then some! I highly recommend going through Trek2Kili when planning a climb up Kilimanjaro and/or a safari through Tanzania. This is certainly one of the most professional and hardest-working tour companies out there!
US
65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
A Land That Takes You Back in Time
Botswana is a landlocked country in southern Africa yet offers an array of opportunities to see wildlife in their natural habitat. It is mostly flat, with scruffy brush and occasional trees that often times have that windblown appearance. I learned that the country is approximately 70% in the Kalahari Desert, so the soil is very thick, loose, red sand, which makes it difficult to maneuver, which is why 4x4 wheel vehicles are optimum. It is beautiful in its own way, but life for both the local villagers and wild animals can be difficult, as water availability is dependent on rains coming from the north, mostly the highlands of Angola. Having said this, while some rivers were dry, others further north were not and we enjoyed seeing an abundance of elephants, zebras, buffaloes, impala, hippos, and even lions. Botswana is also home to Chobe National Park, located on the northeastern part of the country that borders Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Namibia, which is definitely worth visiting. We always felt safe in Botswana and the people were friendly and helpful. All children learn English in school so most speak both English and the national tribal language of Setswana.
SE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Experience of a lifetime
The communication at first was not that great because when we arrived at the airport there was no one to pick us up, we had to take a cab to our first hotel in Arusha. And when you arrive to a new country/ a new continent for the first time it is quite hard to know how everything is working and therefore scary not knowing if someone should or should not pick us up. We did not even know the name of is agent we only knew the name of the Swedish company TagAlong. We did not even have a phone or phone number to call stainbok adventures...
Also the communication was not that well when we traveled within Tanzania between the mainland and Zanzibar.
When we traveled to Zanzibar, we got left on the airport without any help in Arusha. And we had to fix everything by ourselves. We came to Arusha which stainbok adventures left us at, but later it showed that we had to switch airport to Kilimanjaro... The airplane was also 5 hours late. No one told us and we felt that people knew things they didn't tell us, we didn't get informed.
And also the flights between Zanzibar and Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar and Daar El Salam was under all critic. We had the wrong time on our tickets and we had to get help from our hotel manager Rasta, he fixed everything with help from Gidione.
However, when we got our guide Manuel in Arusha everything became so amazingly good. He took care of us, listen to what we wanted to see and do. His guiding was first class and we felt that we saw everything Tanzania had to offer. He made the safari excellent. We had some problems with the electricity at one of our hotels but Manuel help us with that.
We are all in all happy with our experience of Tanzania, Zanzibar and the safari. The problems however took down the grade of our expectations but it was such a wonderful trip and probably we will come back in the future, hopefully without any disruptions.
Best regards,
Ulf and Marie
Amazing
We had a custom safari (husband and wife) organized through Karibu Safaris In Kenya, since we wanted to see both Kenya and Tanzania - especially the Masai Mara and The Serengeti. It was a 10 day, 9 night trip. The best part was the Masai Mara - that was our first experience of the animals and it was incredible . Our Driver guide, Tom, was terrific and worked hard to please us. We didn't realize, although we had a good time, that the Serengeti was dryer. When we got there, there seemed to be fewer animals. We didn't realize when we booked that we would build a rapport with our first guide in Kenya. So it was difficult to adjust to another style of camping and so on, but overall Kenya was the best followed by Tanzania.