35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Amazing Safari. Excellent Service!
Just wanted to say a BIG thank you to Murtaza (the Owner) and Jolis (Our Guide) of Bobby Camping Safaris! (Don't let the name confused u, they do all types of Safaris packages and not JUST camping!!)
I'm sure I'm not an easy client to deal with, I have children and I need everything well organised and close to perfect atleast!
I contacted Murtaza from UK, explained our needs and I have to say I'm very impressed with the level of service we received! Above all..I wanted to stay in Sopa Lodges both in Ngorongoro and Serengeti, the other tour companies I got a quotes from could not secure us rooms in these lodges, but Murtaza did! This meant alot to me!
I was concerned about the quality of the vehicle we would have as I know from previous experiences, vehicles do break down on rough roads and vehicle quality does vary from company to company! Murtaza again did not disappoint me. Our vehicle did not let us down and was allround in good condition!
I cannot praise Jolis, our driver and tour guide, enough!! The man is a STAR with impeccable time keeping (he does not work on "Tanzanian time" ie where lateness is the norm! ) He was knowledgeable, patient, very friendly, enthusiastic, confident, funny and above all an excellent driver who spoke good English! We came across some tricky roads and the guy manoeuvred his vehicle SO impressively!
What also impressed us so much was that Jolis was prepared to take us to places off the normal drive circuit, where it would have just been very easy to follow the crowd of vehicles and we would have been non the wiser! He took us to isolated places where we had private audience with some amazing animals. I'm also convinced that Jolis has eyes in the back of his head! He spotted animals in the most trickiest of places! I can't thank him enough for looking after us so well!!
Jolis wanted us to see the big 5 and he did not stop driving on those tricky roads until we eventually saw them! He clearly takes his role very very seriously! It felt like he got alot of pleasure in seeing us happy and providing the BEST service!
We were very touched and impressed that both Murtaza and Jolis turned up to meet us the day before our trip. Murtaza wanted to meet us personally and introduce Jolis to us. This to us said that Murtaza cares deeply about providing the best and personal service to his clients! Meeting them both then put my mind at complete rest!
If u want a worry free, trustworthy service then I highly recommend BOBBY CAMPING SAFARIS!!! With them you are NOT just a number, you are more of a friend then a customer!!
If u need to know anything else about our experience, please do not hesitate to ask. I'm more than happy to talk to anyone about our experience with Bobby Camping Safaris!
THANK YOU MURTAZA AND JOLIS! You will always be our first choice for a safari experience in Tanzania! ️
AT
65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
OUR ITINERARY WAS TRAIL MADE " Culture & Nature" WHICH MET OUR MOST EXPECTATIONS
Our Driver Guide was as very well trained / educated person who new a lot about his Country Rwanda. He did his best to explain about the culture and Tradition of Rwanda people as well as the Natural beauty of his Country. The Hotel / Lodge selected were all Local Managed therefore we ha all chances to enjoy African " RWANDA" hospitality.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Wonderful once in a lifetime experience!!
In 2008, Knowledge led our big boisterous group of family and friends on an incredible 5 day journey in the Okavango Delta that we will remember forever. We took Mokoros through the delta as well as bush walks tracking animals on foot, and camped in the wilderness with him and the other guides who told us wonderful stories over the fire in the evenings. He taught us about the animals as well as local bush man culture and stories. His incredible knowledge and respect for the wilderness and nature made him the best tour guide we could have asked for - we had fun, learned so much, and felt safe the entire time. My family returned to Botswana in August 2019 and were fortunate to cross paths with Knowledge again and spend more time with him seeing wildlife and learning from him again and it was as wonderful as we remembered our first trip with him to be. I would recommend Knowledge and Francolin safaris to anyone visiting Botswana who wants to see incredible animals, learn about both the animals and the people’s culture in the area, and feel safe and have fun while doing it!
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best travel experience!
Kajie Safaris excelled my expectations! We booked through Ronald and he made everything so EASY, and any communication/ questions we had was answered right away!
We booked the 5 day Safari/gorilla tour and our tour guide name was Reward! Please request him if he’s available! He’s great! :)I traveled with two other ladies and he made sure we were SAFE and taken care of the entire time! We didn’t have to worry about a single thing! I can’t express it enough, book with this company! Best travel experience I’ve ever had with a tour company!
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent in Planning
i had a plan climbing mount Kenya during my summer holiday. I came cross many companies on the internet but i settled on this company. I commend them for the great planning especially their guide Vincent who help in in planning my Safaris and making sure that I enjoy the mountain safaris. I'm planning to take another safaris with them mostly Masai Mara that they suggested and I really love the package. The team are friendly and able to allow correction which to me I think is positive.
FR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing journey through the marvels of Kenya !
The journey was well thought and well planned. As it was raining the day of our arrival, our tour guide proposed us to change the order of the parks so that we could enjoy a sunny trip and avoid the rain. In 6 days we were able to discover various landscapes, animals, and cultures. All of our hotels were luxurious but always well integrated into the wild landscape and we were welcomed every time by smiles. We spend a few nights among the Masai in beautiful tents. Our guide was very professional and knew countless things about wild animals. To sum up: a lot of good memories!
65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
an effective support to discover Uganda
My friend and I were aiming to see the gorillas in the impenetrable Bwindi National Park. We completed our tour by Queen Elizabeth Park game drives, Ishasha trees-climbing lions, and the chimp trek in the Kibale Forest.. Ronald has been efficient throughout the booking process. He responded to our messages with extreme speed and adapted the trip according to our flight schedules. We must admit that his new proposal has totally satisfied us. This trip went very well. As we are French we have benefited from a serious driver and a very nice interpreter who allowed us to discover a wonderful country Uganda. We have returned home delighted and highly recommend Ronald and the Kajie Safaris team to anyone wanting to explore African wildlife
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Just great. Would choose them again.
In summary the experience was great.
The days before booking we were not convienced about how the process works. Do we pay by bank transfer (can be risky), credit card (the rates are expensive, but provides security). After reading a bit about how it works, we went on with the sensible option of going about it as we would go about it in a European or "Western country". We used Transferwise for the money transfers. We paid a 20% advance to book everything and the remaining 80% a week later. Everything went smoothly, we had prompt replies from Paul, reassuring us that everything was fine.
On arrival to Kilimanjaro a driver was there waiting for and took us to our hotel. The hotel was as expected. So far, so good. The next we met our Safari driver, Bryceson, and headed off!
That simple. Bryceson was awesome, we had an amazing time and we owe most of it to him. He took us to amazing known - for the guides - places, but he always did the extra mile and took us to more off-the-beaten-track spots (while never doing anything unsafe).
I won't comment more on the safari itself - do it it's an amazing experience.
About Roadsize Expeditions, they get a 10/10 from here, definitely booking with them when I do it again.
About the mixed Tented Lodge / Tented camp experience: I think it was exactly the right balance. The tented camps were a bit more of an adventure (but that was the reason we were there after all), the tented lodges were splendit.
A little comment about lodges, go for the Tanganyika Wilderness Camp owned ones. We stayed Maramboi, Mara Kati Kati and Lahia. Staff were super friendly, food was great (like fresh... really fresh!) and facilities are awesome.
IL
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
great safari agent
Blue Mountain Trekking and Safaris were great. They fixed me a tour according to my wishes. They were flexible and made change throw the tour itself, just because I asked them to. The drivers (I had 2 – one in Masai Mara and the other for the rest of the tour) were very good, had a lot of knowledge and were willing to answer any questions or to stop where ever we asked them. Every thing was well organized – the car exchanges, the sleeping places, food etc. And the price was very fair.
PT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Memorable Honeymoon - 4 day safari
I want to start by stating that Soul of Tanzania delivers a service with a very high standard which you don't usually see anywhere in the world.
Before reviewing my experience in itself, I would like to give information about a matter that you don't usually see in the reviews and I believe can help other people when planning a safari.
I was somewhat hesitant to transfer the down-payment as all the contacts I had established at the beginning of my planning were only by email and it was a significant amount of money. My advice - don't worry! Soul of Tanzania is extremely professional and your money is safe!
Also, during the planning phase, I have to give a special word to Sandy, the person we always had contact with. She was amazing, always replying fast and very patient to all our requests, which were changing constantly. I just hope we didn't give her too many complications!
Regarding the experience, it was AMAZING! I was so happy we decided to book a tour with Soul of Tanzania, it was the perfect choice for our honeymoon. We liked it so much that we already want to go on another safari! We visited Lake Manyara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater.
Talking about the tour in itself: our guide, Nickson, was very good! We felt very lucky to go on the tour with him. He was very experienced, he was always spotting animals where we couldn't see anything and he had a lot of knowledge, he answered all our questions very easily, besides being a very nice person.
During the tour, the lodges we stayed in were incredible. All of them had a very good service and each of them had different highlights, which we found really nice.
The vehicle was also excellent! It was very comfortable, it did not have any issue on the road and had a lot of space. It was so good that I even fell asleep in the car in one of the days when we had a larger trip from one place to another.
Another thing that I feel it must be pointed out was the food. It was unbelievably good! We ate so well during the whole tour, we loved the food! And it was really a great advantage to have full meals during the tour instead of the lunch boxes the majority of people had.
But above all, what we think was the best in our tour was the organisation as a whole. We never had any issue with the check ins during the safari, Nickson was always ready on time, the vehicle was perfectly equipped, etc. SoT provides a very good service, it is a very high standard which I feel most companies cannot reach.
The best example of this was when Sandy sent me an email (when the safari was already over and we were spending the night in Arusha) telling me that the flight to Zanzibar was moved to an earlier schedule and when we asked at the reception of the hotel we were staying in to have an earlier breakfast, they told SoT had already contacted them saying precisely that the flight was earlier in case we didn't see our email.
The only thing that didn't go so well was the airport pick up. And why do I feel it must be stated? Because it was so perfectly taken care of that it just shows again how well SoT works.
In fact, our flight had a delay and we also took much time to pass through immigration. When we finally exited the airport, our driver wasn't there, which was a bit overwhelming because it was the middle of the night and we were very tired. Nonetheless, I had the phone number (provided on the planning phase by Sandy in case anything went wrong) of the operations manager, Mr. Beatus, who solved the issue in 5 minutes. It is in fact a great organization.
To conclude, I want to ask Soul of Tanzania to keep up the good work. We will never forget our honeymoon and an important part of it is because of the amazing service you guys provide! Asante sana!
