NZ
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Trip of a Lifetime
Great accomodation,beautiful service, excellent planning of the safaris
Friendly staff who went out of their way to make our stay memorable
TH
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Trip of a lifetime!
Where do I start? so many good things to report from our recent trip. Daniel the company director provided us with exceptional service. From the start I felt he really understood what we were looking for plus he was able to get what we wanted within our budget! He made some valid suggestions to our itinerary which in the end made a huge difference to our trip. The safari totally exceeded our expectations. The lodges and tented camps he selected had great food and facilities.
The wildlife, landscapes, people were amazing. I have traveled to many places in the world. Kenya now is my favorite place on earth! You can really trust Transtrek Safaris with making your dream safari come true, they are professional and offer financial protection, this was really important to us. I must not forget to mention our guide Peter who knew the parks and reserves like his own pocket. We saw all the animals we wanted and beyond because he knew where to look and communicated with other guides. Overall it has been a holiday of a lifetime! Thank you Transtrek Safaris team , we will use your services in the future. Highly recommended!
US
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
"Perfect Safari Vacation!"
Monika and team came highly recommended by a close friend who had their wedding in Botswana. Our trip started in South Africa then moved on to Botswana. All of our camps, hotels, bush planes and transfers were handling perfectly without a glitch. Amazing! Every guide in every camp was fabulous. We especially appreciated how Monika included a boat and walking camp in the middle of our other "African Massage" camps. (Bouncing in a truck can get a bit tiresome.) The food at all locations was fantastic. The animals were gorgeous and the photo memories are plentiful!
It all made for a wonderfully memorable experience! Thank you Monika and team!
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fantastic Experience. Fantastic Owner.
This was beyond our expectations. Jaco -- either the owner or one of the owners of Red Africa -- picked us up at the airport at 10:30 at night, drove all night, and made sure we caught the morning light. I'm a photographer and was getting footage for a client on a tight schedule, and Jaco bent over backwards to accommodate my me. I have future work here in South Africa, and plan to bring my son next time. Jaco may well bring his son (same age) so they can reflect on their different cultures and also have that jaw-dropping opportunity to see animals in the wild. (It was that great of an experience.)
The vehicle we traveled in was large and comfortable -- Jaco even provided pillows and blankets to nap as we drove thru the night.
Accommodations were excellent at the eco-lodge he chose overlooking a river with wild boars, hippos, and crocodiles wandering by riverside. Food was even better. Staff there accommodating, friendly and very excited to be able to show people the ecology and the animals there. We even had a morning river cruise to see crocs and native birds.
Stand-out meal was a BBQ riverside where we heard a leopard growling after dinner while having an after dinner drink by lantern light. And then we headed out for a night safari by full moon.
You'll make memories for a lifetime on this tour.
CA
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Friendly, attentive, and kind service.
Our group of five booked through World Tours and Safaris Tanzania for a 7-day Mt Kilimanjaro trek. Richard was absolutely amazing. He was extremely responsive via email and answered all our questions. He was very accommodating with providing appropriate transportation from the airport (JRO) to the city and our arranged hotel. The service he and his team provided during the trek was excellent. Everyone was professional and certainly had our well-being in mind.
This was my first trip to Africa and certainly made all the more comfortable and amazing by Richard and his team.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Kilimanjaro Success
Alex and Extraordinary Africa organised our recent expedition to Tanzania to climb Mt Kilimanjaro. This was far from straightforward as the five climbers were arriving from both the UK and Kenya, had mixed climbing experience and an age range of 19 to 63! Alex’s attention to detail and consideration of the intricacies of our group ensured that we were all well prepared and the route up the mountain and guiding team chosen carefully for us. The climb itself was not without difficulty but as a result of Alex’s careful planning and the exceptional guiding team we all made it to the summit. Oh, and Alex, hiring that portaloo for the duration of the climb was nothing short of genius! An enormous thank-you from all of us. George, Hampshire UK and Gilgil, Kenya.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
easy to work with, very friendly and available all the time for assistance
The journey was v successful carefully planned and we had little stress. They virtually did all that we had planned with them and beyond always ready to give better options
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
This tour changed my life!
This was my first time in Africa and although I have traveled to many countries I have no idea how beautiful and amazing my tour in Tanzania was going to be. I'm so glad I booked with Kilele Savane. The tour was very organized and professional. The price was extremely reasonable for everything that I got to see and do.
The tour started with a 6 day hike up Kilimanjaro. Our guides were terrific, the food that was prepared for us was delicious and healthy. It was magnificent to reach the roof of Africa!
After a day of rest we spent 3 days on safari and saw every possible animal sighting that you could see in this part of Africa, including 3 lions killing a couple of buffalo right before our eyes. It felt like we were on national geographic!
The owner of the company Frank, allowed us to customize the trip as much as we wanted. He was great to work with and so was everyone else who worked for him. I highly recommend using this tour company in Tanzania, don't even bother looking anywhere else!
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The perfect safari experience thanks to Easy Travel!!
I'm not normally one to write reviews but the level of service Easy Travel provided on our recent trip is something that needs to praised.
We had been planning our safari holiday for a number of years and eventually decided to go for it. We started by getting quotes from UK operators but were being provided quotes way out of our price range so we decided to try some local operators. With a little bit of help from previous Trip Advisor reviews we sent off for quotes from a couple of highly rated operators. The prices from local operators in Tanzania blew the UK quotes out of the water. We decided to go with Easy Travel and it was the best decision we ever made.
From the initial point of contact Caudence helped us build up our custom built itinerary in a friendly but professional manor. We exchanged numerous emails where Caudence would provide various quotes on the many different lodges and camps in the various different parks of Tanzania. Nothing was ever too much and every e-mail was dealt with quickly. Finally we settled on an 8 day itinerary including Lake Manyara, Central Serengeti, Northern Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Tarangire completely custom built to include the lodges/camps we wanted.
Online payment by credit card was simple and we always received invoices and payment confirmations.
We can't praise Caudence enough for help organising our trip, from the initial contact right to the end of the trip everything ran so smoothly.
However, let's face it, it's the actual trip that really counts.
But yet again Easy Travel delivered a trip that was way beyond our wildest dreams and surpassed all our expectations!!
As promised we were collected from the airport and taken to our first night accommodation to get some much needed rest from the long flight and the following morning we were met by our guide for the week to set off on our safari.
Richard, our guide, was amazing. He made the trip the incredible experience it was. He was extremely knowledgeable (not quite sure how he remember the names of all those birds) but most of all his friendly approach made us feel completely at ease and able to ask any question about the animals, birds and Tanzanian life!! We learnt so much from Richard.
As we had booked the private safari, we had the luxury of being able to dictate how long we stayed and watched certain animals without ever feeling rushed.
Richard seemed to have a knack of finding the things we wanted to see and within only 4 days we'd ticked off the Big 5 (even finding a mother and baby Rhino in the trees in Northern Serengeti). By the end of the week we'd experienced so many amazing things but the highlights had to be the thousands of wildebeest crossing the River Mara and the fascinating sight of watching a pride of lions feasting on a Eland close to our camp. One thing Richard taught us is patience is the key, so while other jeeps moved on, we waited and were left alone to see the 2 lions initially eating to be joined by 7 others from the pride. Lesson learnt!!
Every day we saw new amazing things and having an incredible guide is the key.
The only bad thing I have to say about the experience is that it had to end!! The whole experience from start to finish was something we will never ever forget and we have to thank Richard, Caudence and the Easy Travel team for that.
I've read many other Easy Travel reviews with similar glowing review of the guides and staff and that can't be a co-incidence so if you're looking to book a safari in Tanzania there is only one option as far as we are concerned.
We will be back. Thanks again!!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic Safari
We dealt with Jessica when arranging our safari and she always replied very quickly, with great advice and fantastic English. Our safari guide was Habisi and chef Charles, both who gave us an amazing experience. Our guide was very knowledgeable and helped us to see all the animals we wanted. Charles made some great meals, we certainly always had more than we needed to eat with lots of variety. I would certainly recommend Sunny Safari to anyone.