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35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Dependable, Highly Qualified, Professional, Friendly Tour Operator
We had a fantastic time with Gecko tours. Several colleagues and I were headed to Tanzania for a conference and wanted to do a small safari ahead of time. Gecko was easy to work with and helped us develop a great itinerary that fit our needs, even though these changed a bit during the booking process. Said, our guide, was absolutely fantastic. He has a wealth of information, was incredibly well prepared at all times, and was simply a pleasure to spend time with. We all also deeply appreciated how respectful of the animals he was. We saw several other tour operators invade animals' space (once even driving buffalo away from the watering hole) and be too aggressive trying to get too close but Said never did this. Instead, he had a knack for knowing where they would go if we just sat still and were quiet for a few minutes. We could not have asked for anything more than Gecko provided and cannot recommend them highly enough.
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Loved every minute!
We started out at the White Sands Villas and Spa in Paje beach on Zanzibar which is beyond beautiful. It just opened in two years ago and the grounds are spectacular and the rooms are really small compounds with two buildings, a private pool and private garden that opens on to the beach. It was the perfect place to relax and get used to the time zone change.
. The reserve was amazing and had many different landscapes which made you feel like you were exploring a number of different reserves, rather than just one.
All our lodges were great and the whole trip went smoothly and according to plan. We would definitely visit here again!
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65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
A perfectly planned and executed trip.
We met representatives of Zambezi last year at a travel show and were impressed with their knowledge of the area and their willingness to tailor a trip to our needs. We dealt with Liz who was great to work with. She was flexible and responsive. We ended up with a trip that was exactly what we wanted. We had a safari at Chobe in Botswana which was a great introduction. We finished with 3 wonderful days on Safari at Thornybush. We had the same guide all 3 days and he was wonderful. The whole trip was great and we would highly recommend Liz and Zambezi. The trip exceeded our expectations.
IT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Good time
The safari was very exciting, I has really best time in kenya with kenan travel
DK
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Nice and reliable people and low prices.
Nice and reliable people both them working in office and the guides. Their prices are low and I can fully recommend to use them.
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65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Brilliant Uganda
Chalo Africa organized exactly the trip we desired. There was quite a bit of driving, but that was by our request. We started by visiting the Uganda Wildlife Education Center - UWEC - a great introduction. We were quite awake after arriving despite the long journey. The first day involved birding on Lake Victoria and Mabamba Swamp. Fantastic. Shoebill and many others. Water lillies. Then days of chimp trekking and gorilla trekking. The walks were a bit strenuous but very satisfying. Everyone should have an understanding of these proud, intelligent creatures. We also had a wonderful wildlife drives with elephants, lions, hyenas, cape buffalo, zebras.... We were taught a great deal about botany, butterflies, birds, plant medicine, cultural life of Ugandans, as well as animal behavior. I really loved all the places we stayed but particularly the rustic ones. I would not hesitate to go again.
CH
WOW
My son and I just returned from a tour of Namibia and I can only recommend Compass Odyssey, all was perfect. Darren is an excellent guide, he was very attentive to our needs and full of local knowledge. A great sense of humour as well, which is a plus. Everything was perfectly organised, I didn't have to think for 2 weeks.
Will recommend to my friends and family for sure.
IT
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
unforgettable south Tanzania
Wonderfull time spent with people from Lem carnivores tour .
Very big value for honest price.
The driver was a very expert guide with good knowledge of the country, people and animal habits.
No enough words to describe my experience walking in Selous game reserve with a bushman or the canoe river navigation watching ippos , crocodile and lot of birds
I will never forget
Thanks to lem carnivores tour
CH
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Kilimanjaro Trek and Safari
We had a wondeful time in Tanzania and met a lot of friendly people. Everything was perfectly organized, from the Kilimajaro Trek with successful summit climb to a 7 days Safari with beautyful tented lodges in partially totally wilderness as well as further transfers. Thank you very much Savannah Explorers for this really amazing african experience.
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great safari adventure in Tanzania
The safari brought us to the unequaled beauty of wildlife in four parks in Tanzania. The guide was very knowledgeable l and fun to be with. We encountered a few mechanical problems with the jeep, but the guide was able to resolve them without overly impacting our excursions. The lodges were very nice and comfortable. We loved the trip.
The one thing that was unexpected was that the manager of the safari office wanted US$ cash payment for the balance due before we began the safari, but we had been told that credit card payment was acceptable. As we had limited cash, we were able to agree on both a cash and credit payment, but this was inconvenient and not right.