RU
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
“A wonderful trip with a wonderful tour company”
I highly recommend Elakn safaris to anyone who wants to do safari in Tanzania.
I emailed to many agents before the trip. Elkan was very responsive, patient and detailed. Elkan offered inexpensive price, lowest deposite percentage and most convenient way of payment. It did not ask for extra charge for deposit by credit card unlike the 6-7% extra charge requested by other tour companies. The main camp they recommended Serengeti wild Camp is excellent. It was the best accomodation we had in the trip. Elkan is also flexible with changing the accomendation. Before the trip, I told them I wanted to change the lodge in Arusha. They were very happy to make change.
During the trip, our guide Msemo was excellent, with good knowledge of all kinds of animals. He was also very responsive to our requests. He had been a tour guide for more than 7 years. He was also an experienced driver and once saved us from being stuck in mud.
We had a good time in the safari. Many thanks to Elkan!
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
All we expected ...and More!
We were delighted with our 13-day safari as organized by Care Kilimanjaro. They were the first to respond when I sent out an initial query to 5 companies, and peter gave us everything we asked for--a specific itinerary, a guide knowledgeable about birds, walking safaris, etc. He was also incredibly patient and prompt in answering my subsequent hundreds of questions. Our vehicle was comfortable, our guide miraculous. Thanks to John we had some amazing experiences (such as being the only vehicle waiting patiently while a cheetah dozed in the distance, then watching it wake up and amble toward us and cross the road right in front of us). And thanks to his sharp eyes and patience, we identified over 180 bird species (quite remarkable since we are not very professional about bird watching)!
I should mention his driving skills also, easing the vehicle through mud and roads turned into rivers while cars were getting stuck all around us.
All in all, we are happy clients indeed.
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An adventure for the ages!
So much to see so little time.
There is no way to descibe seeing the Maasai Mara for the first time. It is an overwhelming experience that satisfied my every dream.
The tour was an adventure that had us seeing something new every day.
We had excellent drivers who were patient and caring.
I was told we did the tour backwards going from the mara to serengeti but i loved it all.
AE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing safari planners!!
very well organized trip to selous . First trip for a safari with my husband to Africa and we had alot of questions thanks to Rama for the patience to anwser all our questions and help us make a choice on which safari is better based on our available days.our emails were answered promptly and we were given options to choose from.Also gecko helped us book flights and accommodation. We did have a great time thanks to gecko for putting everything together. We will definitely consider gecko in the future too.
CA
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A Trip of a Lifetime Come True Thanks to Chris and The Safari Partners !
Just returned from a Safari trip to Kenya followed by a beach holiday in Zanzibar, Tanzania for a bucket list trip for my 50th Birthday and it was beyond awesome all thanks to Chris and the Safari Partners. Travelled July 05-15, 2015.
Chris put together a package for us to stay at the Encounter Mara Safari Camp located in the Mara Naboisho Conservancy in the Masai Mara National Reserve for 5 days and then 5nts at Dreams of Zanzibar in Tanzania.
What i liked the most about The Safari Partners was that they took care of everything for us. From our internal flights, being met by a representative everywhere along the way and transferred between airports and hotels/camp, our accommodations, meals, tours, including safaris and it was flawless. I'd like to think of myself as a travel guru having been a travel agent for the past 33 years and having travelled around the world but even I would have been a little bit intimidated by both Nairobi and Zanzibar had we not had someone to meet us and take us to our hotels. So Kudo's to Chris and his team for having such a vast knowledge of Africa and setting up a great network of reliable suppliers and people to smooth the way for his guests.
The Encounter Mara Camp now operated by Asilia Africa was out of this world excellent. The Service and experience was Top Notch from the management team of Sammy, Moses & Andrew, our Guide Wilson and all the staff at the Camp. Every single employee in that camp could not do enough for you, it was humbling. Their attention to every detail was incredible, and beyond all of my expectations. Our guide Wilson was excellent as I'm sure all of their guides are but we felt very fortunate to have Wilson as our guide. His knowledge of the area and all of the animals and birds was incredible and we had great drives everyday under his tutelage and saw more animals then I could ever have imagined up close and personal. It is not an experience that I will soon forget.
Our beach holiday at Dreams of Zanzibar following our Safari was also a great way to cap of a Trip of Lifetime.
All and All this trip is rated 10 out of 10 in my books and I hold The Safari Partners responsible for that and I would not hesitate to recommend them to anyone and hope to send more business their way by also recommending to my clients whenever possible.
Thanks Chris for all of your help and making it happen !!
DK
under20 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great service and amazing trip!
I had an amazing trip together with my boyfriend. The guide was very friendly, and he knew what he was doing!
Matoke made our Tanzania trip a wonderful experience
Great advice. Quick service. We already had a good pre-experience with Matoke advice. And our Safari through the NP's of Arusha, Tarangire, Manyara, Ngorongoro and Serengeti only confirmed. Combined with a great stay at Zanzibars Stone town and beaches. Wonderful.
AE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Exotic Safari Experience
Thanks to Rapheal our our tour guide for an excellent safari experience and booking us in one of the best camps available in Masai Mara, "Base Camp Explorer".
The only complain is about the vehicle, a Nissan Van which could have been better to beat the terrain drive of 100 kms. Its better to have vehicles with better suspension for such roads, something like a land cruiser maybe.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Professional, well organised with great drivers
From the moment we were picked up from our hotel until the very end of the safari, we were all very impressed with the high standards we experienced on our trip. The jeeps used by the company were spacious and in very good shape and also seemed secure when compared with other companies' jeeps with open sides, especially when getting close to the lions! There was lots of driving involved but at all times our drivers kept us informed as to the plans and also had a lot of very interesting local knowledge that they shared with us during the trip. The accommodation was great, huge military style tents with our own toilets and showers, plus the food at the butembo lodge laid on by Bobby was very welcome after a long day in the cars. All in all this company removed any stress we had about the trip so that we could relax and enjoy ourselves, I would consider it very good value for money and would definitely go with them again. Special mention must go to our driver Capande who made every attempt to fulfil our requests when we said we wanted to see elephants or lions etc. and was a lot of fun on the long car journeys!
Amazing experience with African Welcome Safaris
From day 1 Kathi was extremely helpful in booking our safari at Kapama River Lodge. With so many safaris to choose from, Kathi was able to provide us some options that best suited our needs and preferences while also giving her advice on which ones she thought we'd like the best. We ended up booking a 4 day safari at Kapama River Lodge and couldn't be happier with our experience. All of the details were taken care of in advance (by Kathi), allowing us to have a relaxing and fun time on safari. I would recommend working with African Welcome Safaris to anyone as we truly had an incredible experience!