20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Cultural Tourism
An excellent experience. I spent two days with the Maasai, and stayed in a boma overnight. I saw giraffes and zebras on the journey to the village. I learnt a lot from walking with a warrior, he was very informative about the environment, wildlife, and the way of life of his people. I spent a lot of time with the women, doing beading from which I gained some souvenirs, and joining in with their singing and dancing, which was a lot of fun. I felt very welcome and enjoyed it immensely. Around sunset I helped herd the goats and cows into their pens. The sunset was beautiful, and afterwards I saw more stars than I'd ever seen before or since, it was a very calming and enlightening experience in a beautiful place.
This was the best part of my holiday, and I felt safe and welcome. I felt that I made new friends and didn't have to share their language to appreciate their humour and kindness.
A must for those who enjoy photography and wildlife!!
Pangolin provides guests with an incredible African Safari experience, combined with the bonus element of photography. For someone who loves photography this is a must! Loved the experience, the service was fantastic, with easy going guides whose knowledge of both photography and wldlife is fantastic, what better way to spend your time! No need to have any photography experience or even a camera ... Camera's are provided and the guides will assist you if you have questions or want to learn how to take good photos AND you get to go home with your photos on dvd!
Overall I would highly recommend it to any wildlife or photography enthusiast!!
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Climbing Kili and Ngoro safari
TSA and Iris are just fabulous they organised or itinerary and looked after us superbly. This included helping our 9 year old disabled daughter and 12 year old son to climb Kili via the Western Breach. All staff were professional and cared for both the climb and the Safari. I have no hesitation in recommending Iris and team as the only company to travel to Tanzania with.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
A superb experience
I would certainly recommend everyone who has enjoyed the bush in the past to spend a few days with Pangolin in Botswana. The instruction, access to photographic equipment and organisation is superb and gives you access to see wildlife through new eyes. It has improved our future trips to other parks as a result. Hugely hospitable, well organised and great fun.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Could not do better than Amani Afrika!
My wife and I have safari'd with Amani twice - first in 2010 and again in 2013. Temba and the team from Amani Afrika were outstanding on both occasions, making the safari booking process simple yet meeting all our needs.
Amani offer customised trips to do what you want, not to follow a schedule. We chose to travel through Ngorongoro Crater, Lake Manyara and Taragaire National parks over 3 days, and we could not have had a better experience. Our driver was most professional, being very experienced and knowledgeable of the local area. He had a special knack of finding animals, and knowing where they would be located. To illustrate his knowledge, after observing a pride of lioness eating, he commented that they would be hungry afterwards and would be hunting soon. We left the lioness in peace, to return about 1 hour later to find the pride stalking hunting warthogs along the river bank. Watching the pride of lioness setup and initiate a hunt was a once in a lifetime experience. Fortunately for the warthog (and my wife!) the warthog managed to evade the lion's trap and escape unharmed!
The vehicle and the Accommodation were also of very good standard for the price, with good food and drinks provided in the package. Staying in a tented camp where you could look over the plains at zebra while the sun was setting was also a once in a lifetime experience. We will definitely travel with Amani Afrika again if we return to East Africa.
Nothing short of Paradise
We are so grateful to Tanzania Odyssey and especially Tom for sorting out our trip.
Jongomero and Siwandu were nothing short of paradise. Beautiful settings, unimaginably friendly staff, delicious food (and lots of it) and awesome game viewing. I must also add that Mark at Ras Kutani did a fantastic job of making Christmas special for us.
We particular liked how jongo, Siwandu and Ras K were all distinct in style and made efforts to add little personalized touches. We have both travelled far and wide but can honestly say that the level of service (and enjoyment) was the best either of us have ever experienced.
In short it was the trip of a lifetime (although we will have to return sooner rather than later!)
Thanks again for organising the perfect honeymoon and making it all run so smoothly.
We have recommended Tanzania and you guys to everyone we know and I believe that Tom is organising a trip already for our great friends ## and ##!
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Professional operators and staff
I was fortunate to have discovered Safari tours for a trip to the Ngorongoro crater. Perfect experience and excellent driver and guide who had three decades of experience of the animals. The tour operators arranged excellent accommodation and it was impossible to to fault the entire experience in any way
Such an amazing trip
...thanks for arranging such an amazing trip. We loved every minute of it.
Fundu was simply amazing, and somewhere we would definitely go back to. The staff, the location, the guests were all top notch.
Of the safari camps, both were incredible. I think we preferred Siwandu, mainly because Claire the camp manager was fantastic and we were incredibly lucky with the game viewing (wild dogs, leopard, lions, elephants as well as all the rest….) but Jongomero was still very special.
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The Adventure of a Lifetime
Planning a trip to Africa is daunting for a woman going solo and after months of researching tour companies on the internet, I settled on Safari Partners due to the great reviews from fellow travelers.
They did not disappoint. Jen found the tours -Tanzania and Rwanda- to suit my budget, time frame and trip expectations and Chris took over from there and became the "guru" for all things Africa. Everything was arranged from airport pickups, meals, lodging, money guidance, help with booking, airfare...on, and on. Every single detail was arranged before arriving in Africa. It went off without a single hiccup and I had the trip of a lifetime. Tanzania will fill your senses with the big 5 wild life (especially the elusive big cats and magnificent elephants)and sleeping in amazing tents with Masai scouts on point to keep the wildlife at bay. But Rwanda is so very very special. Beautiful country, beautiful people, the genocide museum will leave you humbled and shaken but as my driver said, you must start with it to get the "sadness" out of the way before you meet the glorious Silverback gorilla and his family. Truly the most unforgettable experience of my life...trekking gorillas. I encourage you to go because the money you spend on the permit goes to the gorillas 24/7 protection of the species and their habitat. It is a reverent experience -gorillas allowing humans into their "living room" to share an hour with them. You can trust Safari Partners to handle all the details so you can experience Africa the way it is meant to be experienced and savored.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Outstanding and professional photo trip !
This was beyond expectations, all areas of our trip were catered for.