CA
Amazing trip - the guides ensured that we had many memorable experiences.
We booked an 11 day trip through Ewamanns Safaris. Our intinerary in Kenya included the Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru, and Amboseli in Kenya and in Tanzania - Ngorongoro and the Serengeti. Our Kenyan driver Patrick, was excellent. He ensured that we saw the "Big 5" and went out of his way to allow us to experience some very unique animal encounters. He had a text book knowledge of the animals. Communication through Ewamanns Safaris was very good. As we were planning our trip, Erick was very prompt in replying to our emails. Paul met us at the airport and drove us to our hotel where Erick met us the first night. Paul also was a great tour guide as he spent two days touring us around Nairobi (this was not included in our trip price) but was something we had requested. Ken, a very knowledgeable tour guide did an excellent job of taking us on a three hour walking tour of Nairobi. That evening we met with Erick when we discussed expectations for the rest of the trip. Erick arranged our trip to Tanzania through 7 Wonders Safaris. We followed the itinerary closely except for the last few days in Tanzania when the itinerary was changed from 2 days in the Serengeti to 1 day in the Serengenti and Lake Manyara National Park was substituted for the second day. We were fine with this as we saw different ecosystems. Our driver, Victor (from 7 Wonders Safaris) took us to see some beautiful sites in Lake Manyara and while in the Ngorongoro we even saw lions mating! An interesting experience to say the least. The jeep we travelled in was not as comfortable as the van we had used in Kenya. Having our own cook in Tanzania was a nice added touch. Evelyne (7 Wonder Safaris) had a driver pick us up from the Hotel in Arusha and take us to the bus stop where we were to board a trip to Nairobi. The bus driver did not know that our bus trip had been pre-paid. When we gave Eric the receipt for our bus fare, he apologized and promised that he would reimburse this bus fare to us via paypal (I have faith that he will do that).
As we had booked a "low budget" safari we did not expect luxurious accommodations. The hotels were clean and safe. The tenting experience was very basic and often the showers were not hot. I would suggest if you want a little more luxury, then you book a higher level safari (we could have had more comfortable accommodations buy paying more but we could never have had better opportunities to experience the animal sightings we did).
Thank you Ewamanns Safaris for an experience of a lifetime!
We would definitely recommend Ewamanns Safaris and especially enjoyed getting to know our new friends - Erick, Paul, Ken, Robert and Victor and our cook in Tanzania.
FR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent experience. Wilfred is a very kind, flexible, gentle and knowledgeable tour guide
Esther always responded very quickly and with precise data to all our multiple queries. Hotels in Kenya were very good, of lower quality in Tanzania. Friendly people everywhere, and lots of animals during our stay. Wilfred, is an excellent guide. We was very patient and willing to help and share his knowledge. Kids loved him. I highly recommend Kenya Budget Safaris.
CA
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Simple and Efficient
We chose Little Bush Camp in Sabi Sands from reviews on the internet and then contacted Roho Ya Chul to undertake the bookings. Our first dates were not available but rather than try a place us at another lodge they found alternative dates that worked well with our overall vacation. The lodge was perfect and the new dates actually worked better for us than our original selection. We always communicated by email and Ute, our agent, responded almost immediately. Excellent service and I would recommend them to anybody booking a safari.
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great Trip to S. Africa
Matthew arranged our trip to South Africa, Zambia, Botswana and Zimbabwe. Everything worked as planned. Matthew greatly helped us find excellent lodges both in Zambia and Botswana. We highly recommend African Safari Guru Tours.
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great Safari for a Great Price
I booked the safari through Mojhi.com and since I was solo, I was paired up with two couples. Our guide Eli and cook Freddy were awesome.
IT
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing trip!!
We did an amazing safari with Lesaga Adventure. We have been in Selous, it was fantastic. Then we follow our trip to Zanzibar. Our guide Frank was super. Well organised and nice team.
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
great 7 days/ 6 nights Safari
Hello,
we (me and my girlfriend) did a 7 days/ 6 nights Safari with Africa Safari classics and had a great time (last week in September 2016). we visited Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Serengeti & Ngorongoro.
the game drives have been really good and we had enough time for the observations of all different kinds of wildlife. we never had the feeling that we are in a hurry and also took ways offsite the crowds of jeeps. our driver guide (Athman) was telling us many things about the animals and also about the cultural background of the people of Tansania.
All accomdations have been clean, in good coditionts and with friendly staff. we stayed in Lake Burunge Tented Camp, Manyara Wildlife Camp, Serengeti Tanzania Bush Camp, Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge and Migunga Tented Camp.
the only thing we would change: spend more time in Ngorongoro crater. We just had half a day there and would recommend to stay there for at least a full day.
best,
Tino
RU
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent tour = excellent experience = excellent price!!!
We recommend!
We was 3 days: Lake Manyara, Empakaai Crater, Olmoti Crater, Olduvai Gorge, Ngorongoro Crater.
Richard is the best manager of the safari and recreation! Our driver (Frank) is the best professional. Our cook (Sokofo) was preparing a meal quickly and very tasty.
We spent the 1 night in Panorama, on the edge of the Great Rift Valley. WOOW!!!
2 night was in tent camp.
Frank found it and showed us all the African animals on safari . WOOW!!!
After traveling, Richard offered to stay in your hotel. Hotel was very quiet and clean.
Thank you for the pleasure!
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great 6 day safari with Nico and Face of Africa Adventures
We booked from Germany a 6 day safari (15.09 to 20-09.2016) with Hamadi via this website. We then had a lot of email contact where he made a great itinerary for us and answered very professionally all of our questions. He even provided us with contact information of other customers. We paid 1/3 of the amount beforehand as deposit and the rest on arrival. It was done all very professionally.
On arriving in Arusha, we visited him in his office, everything was very nice, Hamadi is a very polite person. We were shown the jeep and could decide if we wanted to take it or if we want to switch it (we had a very good 4x4 car, we met other people with very old cars that broke down all the time). We also were introduced to our driver / guide, Nico. He was an excellent driver and guide, we had such a good time with him (it was just me and my wife on the safari) and you could really have a great time with him during dinner. When he heard on the ranger radio that some animal was seen he immediately went there, we saw a huge amount of animals. The accommodations were all superb and really really great (Karatu country lodge near Lake Manyara, in the serengeti a luxury tented camp and Rhino lodge near Ngorogoro crater).
Hamadi really organized a beautiful safari for us, it was worth every dollar and Nico was an amazing driver, we can only recommend Face of Africa and Nico!
We went 1 day Tarangire, 1 day Lake Manyara, 2,5 days Serengeti and 1 day Ngororo Crater, it was so much fun!
Thank you very much again Hamadi and Nico!
DE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A great trip with a very nice guide
We had a wonderful trip. Our guide spoke German very well. He talked a lot about the country and the people and could also answer our questions well. At the same time he was also very funny and we had a lot of fun. The accommodations were also great. We felt very comfortable. It was a wonderful trip and we will definitely come back to Tanzania.