PR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about South Africa by Jordanar
We went also to Bostwana, but at South Africa the Bush experience was better and all the animals were easy to see.
Review about Botswana by Jillian and Brett, USA
We left a piece of our hearts in Botswana. The people are simply wonderful. The landscape is magical. Communication is very easy and the lodges we visited were outstanding. We love Botswana so much that we talk about dropping everything and moving there almost daily.
Kenya offers a wide range of national parks, each with specific highlights
In September 2014 I visited the national parks (or game reserves) Samburu, Nakuru, Masai Mara, Amboseli, Tsave E and Tsavo W. Samburu is very dry, but offers quite different wildlife (eg giraffe gazelle or Grevy's zebra). Nakuru is nice for Flamingos, but in 2014 it rained too much so there were only few. Masai Mara is clearly the highlight, but also very crowded. Amboseli offers big herds of elephants and postcard shots with Mt Kili. Tsavo W is too bushy to spot wildlife. Tsavo E has big elephants.
Review about South Africa by Yogan Naidoo
We saw the big 5 in one day and a rhino was right on our side so much so that we could touch him if we wanted to but obviously did not!
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
US
Experience level: first safari
Review about Tanzania by Kim B.
Tanzania was beautiful! The people were very friendly. The lodges we stayed at were amazing! We camped 2 nights and stayed at nice lodges the other nights. All were great experiences! We visited the Messiah tribe. Loved Tanzania! We felt safe the whole time we were there.
IT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Review about Uganda by Sputnikboy
Uganda is a particular safari destination: if you're looking for the big five this isn't the best place to go. On the other hand Uganda offered me a diversity of experiences, nature and wildlife that few other countries in the world can offer in my opinion.
You can have a typical safari trip in either Murchinson Falls NP or Queen Elizabeth NP, but I much more preferred the trekking on the wild Rwenzori mountains (my favourite place in Uganda), where in one day you can go from rainforest, to bamboo forest, to alpine vegetation. Kibale offers more rainforest with monkeys, chimps, butterflies, insects and plenty of birds. Bwindi is a world premiere destination to track the gorillas, a truly amazing experience that I HIGHLY reccomend to anybody. I went also to Mgahinga NP to track the golden monkeys: another underrated experience. The track at the foot of the Virunga mountains is beautiful and the monkeys are very cute and funny to watch.
In Jinja the adrenaline activities like rafting the Nile rapids was exhilarating, but there are many more to do.
And after all this, when I needed to chill out from these emotions, I headed to the shores of Lake Bunyonyi to dip into its waters and have an easy paddle with a canoe doing some islands hopping.
For these reasons I highly recommend Uganda as a destination for nature lovers.
DE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Beautiful
A friend of mine traveled to Zimbabwe about two years ago with her 11 year old son. She hadn't known where exactly she wanted to go, but in the end what made her, and my visit there so good and easy was because Nyati-Travel are really a travel bureau that helps you with everything - all the things you hear from the news and if its safe country to travel in. Nyati-Travel were very informative, kept all my concerns down (like where do you get a rent car? flights from Germany to Zimbabwe ? etc), and helped me discover a very nice country and people.
I recommend this to someone who wants to go to Zimbabwe or to go to Africa but doesn't knows where to go. Good travel company, very helpful with travel-relations, and beautiful country.
PT
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
3 days Masai Mara
I did the 3 days Masai Mara Safari with Wild Race Tours. Simon, that was my interlocutor, dring the planning phase gave timely and precious infor therefoe i could plan in a proper way. During the execution phase everything went all right and we had a wonderfull driver/guide that made all the possible efforts to find the difficult leoppard, which we never saw. I am planning to return once more to Kenya for a Safari and for sure one thing i know, i will contact Simon (Wild Race Tours) for that one.
Great safari organizers!
We have been to Botswana two times in three years. Both trips have been organized by Mark Hathaway at Gondwana. Mark is very knowledgeable, thorough, reliable and a pleasure to work with. His recommendations have been stellar, and both trips were superb. He has a wonderful knowledge of camps and area, and a very good sense ov values. We will use Gondwana again.