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.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
A wonderful experience
I did the short classic 8 day trip and it was amazing! The guides were exceptional - experienced, knowledgable, professional and lovely people. Everything went very smoothly, from booking to transfers to the trip itself. I would highly recommend using Natureways.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The best safari experience!
We decided to go to Tanzania for a safari as part of our honeymoon. A friend who lives in Tanzania and has used East Africa, recommended the company to us. From the first emails we exchanged with Lewison we decided to book with East Africa. We had looked around on the Web for different companies but they were either too expensive or we didn't like the itinerary they were proposing. Lewison came back with a very nice package, easy to do in the limited number of days we had but good so that we can have the best experience. And very very affordable!!! The safari itself was just amazing! Our driver was fantastic, he didn't rush us at all, would stop at the numerous requests of my husband in order to take photos and knew where to take us to see really good Game. And with the excellent food that our cook was preparing for us every day (breakfast, lunch and dinner) we enjoyed every single moment. Lewison went further than what he had to do, as on our departure day, our Air line changed our flights and we had to fly from an airport twice the distance from where we were originally supposed to fly from and he drove us all the way early in the morning. We really appreciate it.
Thank you East Africa for helping in making our honeymoon an unforgettable experience!!!!!
Tanzania, safari
Beautiful yourney in NP of Tanzania, I realy want to come back and visit another parks and rural places.
FR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Beautiful place … too many tourists !
Amazing place with so many animals to observe !
However too many jeeps, too many tourists. Some time you feel like you are in an amusement park queuing for a picture … sad impression !
That was a worthwhile trip.
This is a very beautiful place with a lot of wildlife to view but the most enjoyable part of this safari was witnessing the wildebeest migration.
MX
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The Best Trip!!
My husband and I went to Tanzania and had an amazing time! everything was taken care of. Our driver was such a nice person that we are missing him already. The lodges were beautiful and we really got to apreciate the country. The people from the safari office arranged everything so well that we did not have to worry about anything. LOVE to go again!
TR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Perfect oraginisation
I did not expect so nice timing and organisaiton. Everything was perfect.
Thanks a lot.
CA
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Best experience of a lifetime!
Dear David,
Larry and I appreciated all your efforts in booking our safari to Lake Manyara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro. The lodges accomodatiion, food, amenities, staff were great.
Felix our driver was awesome and made our safari the best experience of a lifetime.
I can't thank you enough. This was my second time going on a safari and Larry's first time. He really enjoyed seeing the best of Tanzania!
Again, Asante sana!! We look forward to booking another safari with you and your team.
Lana and Larry