FR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The tour was such awesome for me
It was my first time to visit kenya and it has extraordinary highlands especially lake nakuru I had a privilege to see flamingos,maasai mara got to see the big five lion, buffalo, we were able to learn alot . And they offered affordable accomodation and the drive had good communication skills.it was worth to visit kenya
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
4 Days Maasai mara ,Lake Nakuru Tour
What a value for money we experienced. Good reception from the airport, affordable accommodation with well informed driver. Lucky to have seen the big five . Good weather in kenya . Covid protocols were observed for our own saftety.
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Be Prepared
The best statement I can make is that you really need to be prepared for your adventure. The biggest challenge I found was that I was not expecting the amount of travel time that was going to be required based on the itinerary. Because the infrastructure in Kenya is really not good outside of Nairobi, traveling from one park to the next often took 7 or 8 hours and in one case took 12 hours. Had I been advised of this ahead of time, I might have chosen to book smaller adventures, with a re-charge break in Nairobi, rather than stringing one park to the next next. I booked the budget safari, so I was not expecting a whole lot, and that was pretty much on point. I was OK with that, because that's what I booked. My guide James was fantastic, and really knows how to track animals. Because of him I saw the Big 5. A good guy and deserved every ounce of appreciation. Although I booked a shared tour, I was the only one in the group, so it made for long boring rides. I have no problem recommending this company for Safari, but just be prepared for long days, and early mornings, and consider shorter safari trips to different parks, rather than tying them together.
NL
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A professional operator
Great team! Nelson was polite. He kept on going everywhere and not giving up untill we spotted lions and all animals.
The lodges were nice and the people around were so kind . We always felt at home.
We strongly recommend them for the care and hospitality!!!!
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Super friendly and knowledgeable guys
We stayed a night with the guys at African Bushlovers Hide Inn Campsite in Maun, Botswana. They are still finishing a few things off, but are really nice, considerate and accommodating. Their knowledge of animal species etc is very impressive. We really enjoyed the visiting bush baby that comes most days in the late afternoon/evening.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A quality tour, but room for improvement
Maraka Tours and Safaris gave us a great time in Uganda. However, they lacked strong communication and preparedness at times. For example, important documents were often misplaced which delayed our travels, we had multiple vehicle issues, some preventable, and we were often arriving very late to our lodges. While no African Safari is without issues, some issues we had on our trip were completely preventable and this is what left us feeling frustrated at times. It is my hope and wish that Maraka will continue to improve their service in order to better demonstrate preparedness to all future clients.
While I still recommend Maraka, I encourage all future guests to understand there will likely be hiccups and to make sure you understand the full itinerary and the very long drives. I hope Maraka can continue to improve as they grow and help make future safaris even better!
I will also say that the staff at Maraka are excellent and very kind. While we did have the issues, they were always trying to work through them. Again, as they grow I hope they will straighten out some things to help make their tours run smoother.
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing!!!
Wonderful trip to Tanzania with excellent organization and very professional Guides
We booked our trip Tanzania with Taste of Afrika Safaris the tour of 11 days. Taste of Afrika
designed a wonderful trip with private guide and porters for hiking Mount Kilimanjaro and
mid rage tour to the most famous National Parks in Tanzania. The organization of the whole
trip was excellent, airport transfers to and from the hotel, accommodation and activities. The
guides and porters were very knowledgeable and told us a lot about the countries, their
history, people, economy and much more. We did 6 days hiking Mount Kilimanjaro and 5
days safari tour, we had a chance to see the Black Rhino in Ngorongoro Crater and it was a
really amazing! We had tremendous further game drives in Tarangire park, Serengeti park,
Lake Manyara and we saw very many animals, really, we did the Big Five trip. We had much
more activities than planned and enjoyed very much.
Our request of the accommodation throughout the hiking and safari in different parks were
fully arranged and booked according to our wishes, we stayed in mid-range budgeted lodges
and tented camps. We had clean rooms, nice foods and friendly staff in all places we spent
except in one lodge in Tarangire during the dinner our chef forgot that one of us was
vegeterian but was not a big deal because we got special vegeterian meal for my Dad .
Taste of Afrika Safaris helped us to get PCR test in Serengeti National Park, Moses our Guide
drove us in the morning hours after our sunrise game drive to the PCR testing Center in
Seronera in Serengeti National Park. Seka and Charles from the office communicated the whole
time with us so we felt very safe. We strongly recommend taste of afrika to everyone planning
your trip to Tanzania.
DE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
"Great Adventure!"
We did a gorilla track in Bwindi NP with Hail tours uganda
It was one of the best experiences in our life.
Thanks to Nelson our guide for everything, we really enjoyed!
We definitely recommend it!
AE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Delivered promised package with efficiency and safety. Very punctual. Went above and beyond for us
We loved the safari saw the big five in one day. Extreme value for money. Clarity in communications from start to finish. I only wish we had done more research on our end about the city life to enjoy that fully too.
CN
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Nice flying safari
We were a group of 8, and went a safari with Sino Africa Safari. It was a nice flying safari, we had good drivers, accomodfation, and everything was good. There was only one thing, we waited for almost one hour at the aitstrip in Masai mara. We went there early and the plane came late. My father was very happy because we could have do more safari if we know the plane come late. It was not their fault, but they could commmunicate with the airplane company to get more updated information. Overall, our safari was nice. We loved to stay at Fairmont hotels.