IN
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
ASANTE SANA TANZANIA
A great country, great national parks, great game drives, great peoples. The tour operator, LION KING ADVENTURES were amazing, from organizing the tour, to last minute flight adjustments they were perfect. We were made to feel home by their exceptional guide Leonardo and chef Karim, who took great efforts for some amazing wildlife and gastronomic experience..
Review about Kruger National Park by Amy
We had a great experience in Kruger, especially due to our oustanding guide, Simon. We stayed in the rondavels in Skukuza, which were very clean and comfortable. Skukuza camp has everything you need and is very pleasant.
DZ
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
MX
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Like being on the red carpet of the documentary Oscars
It is a place with a lot of cultural richness and very warm people. The safari tour was an extraordinary experience. The guides, the administration people, the ranger, I thank each and every one of the people who made it possible for us to have such an incredible experience.
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Best place to see black rhino.
We spent four days at the Imfolozi reserve at Mpila camp, and it was great! Mpila is located on a hilltop with sweeping views of the Reserve from the bungalows. We saw both black and white rhino (whites every day), as well as elephant, lion, a dozen species of antelope (including nyala right outside our bungalow). The bungalows were nice, clean, and very reasonable cost-wise. Less crowded than Kruger, with the same excellent wildlife viewing. .. Birding was also great. We're from California and clocked about eighty species in the four days.
PT
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Not as great as the first time
Returned to Tanzania after 18 years hoping to recapture the magic. Not quite. The first time was during the Great Migration and it was glorious. Huge herds with hungry predators picking them off. This time in June it rained both days in the Serengeti, there were no real herds, and I didn't see a single kill. It didn't help that my tent was leaky or that our guide was more interested in yelling at other drivers and on his phone than being a guide. The overloaded vehicle didn't help nor did the fact that he seemed uncertain who he was supposed to take on which tour.
Also getting into and out of my Airbnb in the center of Arusha was an adventure in itself because of the awful roads, one of which was blocked, forcing us to reverse a long way.
The one highlight was Zanzibar. I stayed in Kiwengwa at The Kichwa House, a locally-owned place, for three glorious nights. The beach was gorgeous, the locals friendly, the food great.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Review about Mana Pools National Park by Mark Linton
Very scenic, diversity of wildlife in a fantastic setting, good guides
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Valentine, Please pay us back the money you owed us when you deserted us half way through our trip.
Please be a man and pay up the money you took from us.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing experience between both the guides and wildlife
My wife and I did the safari package with 2 night at umkumbe safari lodge and 2 nights in Kruger National park at skukuza. It was an incredible experience at both sites. With umkumbe being on the Sabi sands game reserve the guides are able to go off-roading and drive right up to animals if they are deeper in the bush whereas in Kruger you do have to stay to the road, however we did see some great sighting in Kruger with lions, elephants, rhino, etc all being very close to or even on the roads. We saw all of the big 5 in umkumbe and and all but leopard in Kruger. The staff was very accommodating and the food was incredible. We utilized the included shuttle service from OR Tambo airport to get to and from the safaris (about 5.5 hour drive) which went smoothly. If we were to do it again I would probably fly directly to skukuza instead but the drive was not too bad. We were on planes for about 19 hours the day before so just a lot of sitting.
US
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
what an amazing experience!
For our vacation to Tanzania we booked a 7 day safari with Safari360 that went to the Serengeti, Tarangire, Ngorongoro Crater and Lake Manyara Parks. Once we got through customs the trip was an amazing time. Getting a Boeing 787 load of people all at once through customs can take time. Having our Visas before we left was a HUGE help. Lameck our guide's knowledge of the parks was very impressive and he was so personable he became like family before we boarded the plan to come home. Be ready to take 1,000s of pictures because of the scenery and animals are at every turn. EVERY person and I mean EVERY person we came into contact with during our trip made us feel like we were an honored guest and were going way beyond what we expected to make sure we were comfortable and happy. The Arusha Cultural Heritage centre is someplace you'll definitely want to visit if you're in Arusha along with the Arusha Central Market. Our guide arranged for a local (very helpful) to take us to the Central Market and around part of Arusha. One of the nicest places we stayed was Under the Shade Safari Lodge and the Ngorongoro Forest Tented Lodge was much nicer than a person might expect staying in a tent. It had a full bed, shower & restroom in our tent. We stopped at a Maasai village while on our safari and they showed us around their village even going inside a home & kindergarten school room. We're from America and US dollars were accepted every place we wanted to spend money at. Because the hospitality was so good Tanzania I wish I had taken more $1 bills than I did but was able to exchange $20 for ones at our Lodge. Your probably going to want to get more souvenirs than you think you will. Going back through customs was much easier since everyone didn't arrive at the airport at the same time. This was a once in a lifetime vacation that we want to take again. The people of Tanzania are absolutely amazing and as they told us in Swahili, polepole (polay polay), or slow down and enjoy your time.
