50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Review about South Africa by Gary Longshaw
South Africa covers a wide geography with extremely diverse ecosytems and unspoiled natural beauty, ranging from Desert to sub-tropical and everything in between. There are an abundance of wildlife reserves across all of these differing ecologies catering to every type of nature enthusiast.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Truly holiday of a lifetime can't wait to go back
Was wonderful feeling at one with nature away from all of life stresses . Waking to a beautiful sunrise and listening to all the sounds of nature from your own verandah every morning followed by a delicious breakfast served by staff with the biggest smiles and then on to an amazing safari . From dung beetles to the graceful giraffes elephants and lions we saw so much it was incredible . The guides were very informative and great fun too. All the staff were so friendly and helpful ,food was amazing .Definitely recommend tent with a view if you are looking for holiday of a lifetime . Truly wonderful .
US
Awesome Botswana Adventure
We are retired, have always enjoyed the outdoors/camping/hiking, have traveled internationally for pleasure (much of Europe, China) during the last 14 years. We have always developed our own itineraries, made our arrangements based on budget and have never gone with a group or tour. We had thought about an African Safari, but because of the potential high cost and the thought of being on a tour with luxury accommodations, etc., we had never seriously considered one. When we decided it was the time for an African Safari (no specific
country) we knew it could not be on our own and we knew for us, that it needed to be hands on basic camping, focusing on adventure and wildlife vs luxury accommodations.
We researched many small Africa based tour operators that offered various levels of participation safaris. We made a list, emailed and spoke to several...all were friendly. Safari Bookings was one of the very helpful resources we used for our search. After reading the reviews of Anthony and his trips, emails/conversations with him, we felt he was the one that would provide the type of African Safari adventure we wanted. He was articulate, knowledgeable (degree in Biology), passionate about Africa, its wildlife, and life in the bush.
Based on our timing and interests, Anthony put together a 15 day Botswana itinerary using his
experience and knowledge of the weather and wildlife viewing in October.
Our Botswana adventure was all that we wanted/hoped it would be and more. It was basic hands on camping, good food based on our requests, fantastic game viewing, great learning experiences, and exposure to the local people and cultures. Anthony works hard to make each of his trips a unique, passionate, personal experience for his guests...nothing cookie cutter about his safaris. We had great game viewing, amazing close encounters with different animals...and we always felt safe and secure. His knowledge and experience in the bush quickly instills confidence.
We are hoping to schedule another hands on, real deal adventure with Anthony in the very near future.
NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
"Awesome!"
Everything about our trip with Vayeni was beyond our expectations. Our package contained an outstanding safari experience in Bomani and incredible lodging in Victoria Falls.
Needless to say, we can only recommend Vayeni to everyone who is looking for the perfect Zimbabwe experience.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
I had always wanted to go on safari and was lucky enough to go with this company. highly recommended
The bush trips were very exciting, elephants& lions
SE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
If adventure, excitement and service would be a company it should be named Absolute Holiday Safaris.
Our driver Carlos did an excellent job by showing us the impressive wildlife in Kenya. The trip got off to a perfect start when Carlos greeted us at Jomo Kenyatta Airport with a big smile. We saw everything that you should see during a Safari and that is all thanks to Carlos, his knowledge made it possible for us to get up close to some of the worlds most amazing animals.
SE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent, professional and probably the best Guide (Carlos) ever.
The best three days in a long time. Felt like everything happend at the same time and the whole time. Carlos took good care of us during these three days and everything was just great.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
It was okay...
My partner and I are budget travellers, but decided to spend a little extra money to make a safari with Northern Adventure Circuit because of their glowing reviews, unfortunately, we did not get what we expected for the money.
Let's start with the positives:
1. Our guide Dennis was lovely and did all in his powers of a guide to give us the experience we wanted. We told him we were very interested in seeing the big-cats, and he absolutely delivered. We saw countless lions, 3 separate leopards, and even 3 cheetahs (one within 2 meters from our car!)
2. Moussa our chef, did a great job... Some of the time.
Now for the things I'm not so happy with...
1. Moussa our chef seemed to preform worse and worse as the safari went on. There was less food, the food was obviously not as well prepared, and some of it so salty that it was hard to eat.
2. Though I had made a point of asking multiple times about our tents ability to withstand the rain and was assured that it was a good tent and that the rain would not plague us - this was rainy season - when we got a little bit of rain one night the inside of our tent was wet, including our matresses and the bottoms of our sleeping bags. The rain soaked right through the seams.
3. Though I had asked multiple times about binoculars - pretty important on a safari - though we did have a pair... They were broken and only one eye worked. They were pretty terrible and made viewing difficult, especially in Ngorongoro. And not very high quality to begin with.
4. We met up with another couple halfway through our safari, which we of course did not mind, but we were assured that meeting up with them would not cause us to miss anything... Well... We did miss something. Because of how this was planned we were only able to have 4 hours in the crater not the full 6, and we didn't make it to the crater until almost 10, because the other couple was driven up that morning instead of the night before.
5. I also asked about the outlets in the car, and was promised that they would be there and working... They weren't and never did the entire trip.
6. We were constantly waiting at the gates for extended periods of time, and the excuses we were given for this were quite lame. We waited almost an hour to get through the gate to the crater, another hour to get to lake Manyara... And other groups were passing us going in, it was only our group waiting.
So, while we did have a pretty good wildlife viewing experience, I can't say that I would recommend northern adventure circuit over a cheaper budget option that also has favourable reviews online.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Excellent services where the provided schedule was strictly adhered to
Thanks Dancom Tours and Travel for planning such an enjoyable and fun-filled, four day trip for my family and my two cousins. I really liked the open communication where you fully involved us in coming up with your schedule and I was glad that everything worked out according to plan. The services were also outstanding throughout the entire trip. I will definitely be seeking your services again. Thanks once again.
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Safari adventure - an outstanding experience!!!!
On the 18th of November 2015 I Mrs Pauline Ledwaba and my friend Mrs Cecilia Kekana visited the Kruger National Park. We had prior made online bookings with the Private Kruger Safaris for a morning tour. The friendly and full of respect man in the name of Bernhard collected us at the bed and breakfast we were accommodated at early in the morning on our way to the Kruger National Park. He drove us throughout the Park, guiding us with so much knowledge. As it was rainy, we were provided with raincoats and the service was excellent. As pensioners, we had a great time and were greatly treated by this gentlemen until he drove us back to the accommodation. Thank you so much for your kindness and hospitality Bernhard!!!!!