ES
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Incredible experience thanks to a very professional people!
Lot of thanks to Oltumure tours because we had an amazing experience in our safari. We did 3 days/2 nights safari in Tarangire, Lake Manyara and Ngorongoro. Our guide, Frank, was very professional with a lot of experience, so we could see lot of animals really close. The chef, Gabriel, was great and the food was amazing and abundant. Robert coordinated every detail with high dedication and efficacy.
Just an example. A friend of our group had fever during the second day and they had a professional behaviour: they changed accomodations and itineraries to adapt to the situation and the cook was taking care of him all the day. Finally he even visited Ngorongoro fully recovered the third day.
I highly recommend Oltumure Tours & Safaris. Complete dedication to the customers.
IT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing Safari in Namibia, Botswana and Victoria Falls
We organised our honeymoon with Nature Travel Namibia, a tour totally customised in line with our needs of 15 days across Namibia, Botswana and Zambia Victoria falls. Our guide was the owner of the Company, Nick. Nick picked us up to the airport in Windhoek and the first impression of him was a very serious and well organised person.
The first impression was fully confirmed for the entire tour and day by day we had the opportunity to appreciate that Nick is a competent, knowledgeable and passionated tour guide. Nick is an expert in bids watching, able to recognise any type of bids even from distance. Nick is also excellent in games spotting, seeing an animal very far and sometime hidden behind a bush and recognising their traces on the boards of the road.
He took care about all our needs and accommodated all our requests.
Thus, we can fully recommend to book a trip with Nature Travel Namibia and enjoy Africa under all different points of view.
IN
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Aslan Adventure Tours & Travels Made Our Honeymoon SUPER SPECIAL!!!!
My wife wanted to visit the Masai Mara. However, due to certain work commitments, I could not plan anything at all. During a business trip to Uganda, we had a weekend off and on a recommendation from a close friend, I got in touch with 'Aslan'.
From my Air Tickets to the entire Masai Mara Holiday was planned by the able team at Aslan Adventure Tours & Travel. They chose the lodge, arranged for the pickup from the airport, ensured that our journey from start to finish was as comfortable and as Memorable as possible.
We cannot thank the Aslan Team enough for giving us a Beautiful Experience that will be difficult to match.
Thank You Aslan Adventure Tours & Travel!
ES
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A new point of view for my inner development taking mother nature as spiritual guide
We had only two days for the safari, but thanks to Isaac explanatios it was so enriching, seeing the perfect balance of the nature beyond of our human understanding. Thank you for teaching me and showing your passion and respect for nature.
I hope to see you again!
OM
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Good experience in Kenya.
Driver is very kind and experienced. Animal is too much and scene is very nice. Food is just ok and the accommodation is also expressed.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great budget safari for Serengeti and Tanz National Parks
The owner/ manager Mike was very helpful, personable, and responsive to our questions and requests. He asked if we had any dietary restrictions so that they could plan the meals accordingly, and gave us detailed itineraries of what we would be doing and when. He even helped us arrange tours with other companies on the days we weren't on safari and got us a more affordable mode of transportation to the airport (which was HARD to find!) We looked at other companies and this was one of the more affordable safaris we could find, and being able to pay online cut out extra exchange fees.
The safari itself was great, better than I would have expected. What made our trip though was the driver and cook (Hassani and Pius, request them!!) They took EXCELLENT care of us, were super friendly, professional, overall wonderful people. Our driver/guide was a walking encyclopedia of information on the fauna, flora, geography, culture, etc of the area and he was a very safe and cautious driver. We talked to other groups at the campsites and it was clear Hassani was one of the most experienced, professional and friendly driver/guides around.
I would recommend anyone I know to use this company.
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Personalized safari with a great guide
Brian helped us to plan a fantastic trip with a wonderful mix of locations that allowed us to experience the diversity of Tanzania's preserves with just the right mix of game drives and down time. In line with our request, the accommodations ranged from basic to luxury, with some lodges and some tented camp time. Our guide Tryphon Kappia was incredibly knowledgeable about the wildlife and the areas we spent time in and was great company. The birthday cake they made for my husband's birthday at the tented camp is just on example of the thoughtful, personalized service. When our son was ready to go on Safari, we sent him to Brian and Ecological Wilderness Adventures, knowing that he too would have the trip of a lifetime.
IT
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing trip from Kilimanjaro to Serengeti
Our 17 days trip has been very well organized in every details by Roberto, Greyson and the staff of Savannah Explorers. All tour guides (Richard and Rama for the Kilimanjaro and Paul and Joel for the safari) have proven to be extremely well prepared, competent and always ready to provide support in a professional and accurate way.
In particular, we would like to underline the professional and personal skills of Paul, our tour guide for the safari, who has made our trip an amazing and unforgettable experience: Paul has always been available, flexible, ready to help us with any requests and an endless source of information regarding animals, environment and local people.
Also Greyson and Roberto have always been available during the trip and ready to quickly support us in case of needs and additional requests.
We definitely highly recommend to travel with Savannah.
Deb, Vale, Massi e Fabio
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent company to travel with
I booked a 4 day trip to Murchison falls through EWS with some trpidation as there was so little about them on the internet. However, I needn't have worried, the tour was excellent from planning to completion.
They planned every aspect of the trip in line with my wishes and budget. The tour was only our family which made travel far more comfortable than some other companies I could mention. Our tour guide, Noel, was fantastic - friendly and helpful. He was always open to doing things our way and full of useful advice.
One of my worries before we left home was that the tour we agreed to would not be followed. At no point was this the case. Everything happened as we had requested. The Safari was wonderful - I'd love to go again and I know that EWS will be the first company I talk to.
IN
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Good accommodation, Good people, Poor planning
Let me start with Positives:
I started planning for my safari about 2+ months before my travel and that's when I contacted Simon from Wild Race Africa. He has been fantastic with answering queries and clearing all the doubts you may have about your travel plans.
The accommodations provided were good (except for Kimana lodge in Ambseli, where the lady who was managing the lodge seemed least bothered about the guests) for budget safari. Best one was in Masai Mara (Mara Wildebeest camp).
Negatives:
I was kinda asked to change my itinerary just couple of days before my travel (which was fixed from couple of months), which resulted spending one day less in safari.
I was told that as soon as I land at Nairobi, we'll be going to Amboseli. Actually, we were first taken to Wild Race Africa office and then after couple of hours we started for Amboseli.
Time to cover distances were wrongly told, I was told about time taken from Nairobi to Amboseli would be 2.5 to 3 hours and I'll be able to take an evening safari there. Our driver drove for 120 kmph on highway and still we reached after 5 hours. Day wasted.
Itinerary said, after morning game drive in Nakuru we start towards Masai mara for evening game drive. We started on time (after a hurried game drive in Nakuru) and reached Mara by 7 pm. Which means no evening game drive.
We were clubbed with a family which had different itinerary than us. It was left to us on how we manage that. Fortunately the other family decided to change their plans to suit our itinerary. Just wondering what would have happened if they had not changed their plans.
Booked the cab from Wild Race Africa again for Nairobi city tour. Driver came an hour late.
Fortunately I had checked on google maps about the distance between the places and based on that I had calculated the time to travel. Had we planned according to timings provided the driver then we would have completely missed #1 attraction in Nairobi, David Sheldrick elephant orphanage. Being locals there, they were completely unaware of best sequence to cover all attractions in good way.
We had to finish National museum in one hour (we could easily spend 3 hours there) and then we were free by 4 pm in the evening.
I would say again, they give good accommodations, very nice people they have as staff who'll help you plan your trip but many tiny little goof-ups can make difference.