DE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
lifetime experience
Excellent and well informed guide. Great vehicle. Guide was photo enthusiast and helped us with the best angles. He managed to show us the big5. Fantastic vacation in Kenya.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Trip of a lifetime
Better than anything I ever expected. Our guide, James Elly was incredible. We had so much fun and saw EVERYTHING (despite it being 'low' season). Highly recommend
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
This feels like Africa
Many of Southern Africa's wildlife parks have become developed to the point of disneyfication but not Chobe. It still feels raw, gritty, and intimate. Perfect location for a self drive safari with outstanding human food and lodging also available just outside the park in Kasane.
An unforgettable trip
In June 2014 my family and I had the best vacation ever. Our very cheerful and helpful driver/guide, Davis, took us to places more fascinating and beautiful than the other. For one week we went game watching in Selous, safariing in Mikumi, and hiking in the rainforrest in Udzungwa Mountains. Though the places were absolutely breathtaking, the people we met along the way made the trip even more special and we could not have asked for a better guide than Davis to show us the wonderful country of Tanzania. It was very inspiring to meet someone who truly loves he´s job as much as Davis seems to do. Every day her met met us with a huge smile and a joke up his sleeve! Tanzania is a beautiful country with beautiful nature and people, and we will definitely be back one day - but only if we can have Davis with us too!
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A land of great diversity both beautiful and challenging
Wonderful trip to Pilanesberg National Park and Backubang Lodge. Despite the poor weather at times we managed to see a great range of wildlife with knowledgeable Rangers and drivers. Sunny, the driver to Pilanesberg and the afternoon safari was particularly interesting and entertaining.
IE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Review about Ngorongoro Crater by Aindriu H
Ngorongoro is a beautiful compact park that is full of wildlife. The small size means that is it is easy to get around and see the variety on offer: from the larger grassland areas to the forest area inside the park. It is definitely worth a visit, however, the cost may be prohibitive to some on a budget.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Incredible
Great game drives with excellent and knowledgeable drivers. Hotel suitable for all ages with lots of food and drink options.
Should we ever come back we would happily stay here again
IE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great wildlife, beautiful, vast scenery on offer and some amazing camping memories.
I travelled to Serengeti NP in June of this year with my girlfriend as part of a tour of Tanzania organised with "I Dream of Africa" safaris. We stayed for two nights in the public camp grounds in Serengeti as part of this tour.
The journey to Serengeti was quite comfortable with paved roads all the way from Arusha to Ngorongoro and only the last part of the journey is on gravel roads. The scenery on this final leg of the tour does make up for this though and it is interesting to watch the local Maasai tend to their cattle or catch an early glimpse of migrating zebra.
On arrival, there are some small shops at the main gate to pick up some last minute snacks or drinks, but beware that the prices here will be higher than in Arusha or other smaller towns on route. At the main gate, there is also a small hill which is worth the climb just to get an idea of the vastness of the park.
Our first taste of the park was on our way to our camp ground. We took the long route there to take in some of the wildlife and scenery on offer. There are plenty of animals to see and even on this first step inside the park our guide spotted a pride of lions resting on some of the rocks that dot the landscape.
The public campsite is well maintained and cleaned daily. The toilets and bathroom facilities are clean but do not have warm water. However, given the weather and climate there it is nice to cool off from the 30 degree heat in a cold shower. The campsite is obviously not as comfortable as lodges nearby, but do offer the opportunity to stay inside the park. There are a number of advantages of this, first is waking up early in the morning and having giraffes and zebras outside your tent, it also allows you to be in the centre of the park for game drives early in the morning without travelling too far and finally it is was great to be able to sit in our campsite and watch the sunset over the vast plains.
During the game drives that day we were lucky to spot all of the big cats and get great views of lions and elephants. This was mostly down to our guide, Christopher, who had the ability to spot leopards and cheetahs from about 300 meters away with his naked eye at ease. The park does have an abundance of wildlife and you do not have to travel too far to see something interesting or beautiful that will make you call at the driver to stop for a moment. We were lucky that our guide was very friendly and patient with us and also had the knowledge to answer any of our questions.
Overall during our game drives there the wildlife viewing was excellent. June is a quieter time of the year for tourists and wildlife viewing, as it is just the very start of the dry season. However, we were fortunate to see a wide variety of animals and birds. Just to note though that although the park is very big, if there is something interesting to see, expect there to be a few trucks around it and be patient if you want to get up close.
I would recommend anyone that plans to visit the Serengeti to plan at least two nights in the park. The vast size of the park means that it cannot be explored even in that time and the variety it provides means that no game drive will be same there.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Excellent guide
I have had the opportunity to go on safari with Greg as my guide on 2 different visits, and both times found him to be an excellent guide, a wealth of knowledge on so many aspects of the African 'outback' and he is great company! He makes his guests a priority, and adapts his game drives to make sure you get the most out of your drives, to see the widest range of wildlife, and is attentive to photographers in helping find the best angles. His knowledge of animal behaviour had me feeling very safe and secure in all encounters, and I can say I have so many incredible sights on Greg's game drives! I would highly recommend his tours.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A professional company who put together a holiday that matched our requirements
All communications with Tribes was good from start to finish and they listened to what we wanted and put together a holiday in Malawi that matched our needs and more. We loved our safari on the Shire River and would recommend it to any one as a good starting point for a first safari.