NL
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
MAKASA...Wow!
It was with some apprehension that we booked our safari with MAKASA as we usually book our holidays through a Dutch based operator. Well, what can I say...it was a "once in a lifetime" experience, which will most likely have a follow-up due to this unforgettable journey through culture and nature! The booking went smoothly, the reception at the airport was warm and friendly, the accommodation and meals were meeting our expectations, the transport was comfortable and offering a good view to the wildlife and the guide was "one of a kind". Friendly, correct, knowledgeable, patient, helpful, and going beyond what was required. Tumaini met all our requests and all our questions with equal care and I can assure you that we asked him a lot!! When contemplating a safe and well cared-for safari...go MAKASA!!
CZ
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Everythig....more than we hoped for.
We did 3 day safari to Selous. On one day we saw 4 of big five (Rhino impossible to see). Driver Samuel and chef both great guys. Excelent service in hippo camp. Saw a hippo in the river from our own Veranda.
Highly recommended
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing safari experience
My family and I went on a safari in northern Tanzania this summer. Our trip was more than what we expected, thanks to the experienced and knowledgeable advice of our tour consultant, Baraka and our tour guide, Juma, aka “Bush Baby”
Baraka was very helpful in setting up a customized itinerary for us, which focused on places we wanted to visit, animals we would like to see, and level of accommodations we would like to stay; and a guide who is the best for traveling with family with young kids.
All these exceeded our expectations, and “Bush Baby” was a right fit for our family to have such a great safari experience.
Everything went perfectly all the way so I cannot do more than recommending Good Earth big time!
BE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Totally excellent safari and highly recommendable company !
I did many safaris in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Botswana and Namibia in the past, together with my safari-guide former husband. The safari I did now in July 2014 with Northern Circuit Adventure is definitely right up there at the top of my list.
As a single mother of two children, ages 15 and 12, I needed to be budget conscious and was not afraid to go for basic camping. The director, Michael, was always quick, efficient and very patient in answering my many emails of questions for a tailor-made safari, always going out of his way to satisfy my wishes and budget. He gave us a very welcome warm meeting at the airport and provided us with a 6-day safari taking in Tarangire National Park, Lake Manyara National Park, Serengeti National Park and Ngoronoro Crater.
We travelled together with my sister, accompanied by wonderfully patient, competent and friendly guide Elias, our excellent cook Gabriel (best pilau rice I ate in the whole month in Tanzania ! and plenty of other delicious food) and trainee-cook/fun companion for my children, Sweetbart. They were all extremely pleasant and dealt with the couple of much-to-be expected vehicle problems (considering the terrain we travelled and amount of kilometres covered) with totally efficiency, ingenuity and calmness.
We saw an amazing amount of animals, including 3 leopards in 2 days, a pride of 12 lions, herds of elephants passing within 2 metres of our jeep, etc etc. If you can only afford to do one safari in your life, I can assure you that THIS is the place to come ! The lesser-known Tarangire National Park and Lake Manyara National Park are also teeming with wildlife and worth a visit.
If it's luxury safari you are after, perhaps Northern Circuit Adventure can also organise that, but in any case, I highly, highly recommend them and am extremely grateful for all they have done for us. THANK YOU !
CN
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic!
It was a great experience traveling with Bramwel for a 3-day Safari in Ngorogoro Crater, Lake Manyara, and Tarangeri. The beauty of landscapes, animals, and Masai culture is breathtaking. Our guide, Mark is very nice and experienced. He know the animals well and helped us spot all sorts of animals, ranging from lions, giraffes, elephants, to baboons and even bush babies. Our amazing chef, Josephet was feeding us well. We had the best food for these three days since we got in Tanzania after 2 months. The campsite we stayed in was beautiful, clean and comfortable, they even had hot shower! The manager William was super nice and helpful, and most important of all, he gave us a good price.
I would recommend it to anyone and I'm planning on going on a Kilimanjaro Trekking with them.
Fascinating country
The safari exceeded our expectations - the national parks are well maintained, the people who worked in the lodges are diligent and efficient, the tented camps are a welcome surprise, the variety and concentration of wildlife gave us thrill and chill each day. We passed by local folks and they seem warm and accomodating, they made us feel welcome. I commend the country and people behind conservation groups for preserving the national parks. It made me aware of our responsibility to preserve God's creation so future generation have something to experience. This is a true legacy.
Zanzibar - I was not thrilled when I saw it. I guess I'd been to better white sand beach. But the resort is good, with wide selection of food in dinner buffet. What I did like though is the privacy we had in the beach front despite the resort being fully booked.
Stonetown is a very interesting city, very rich in culture and architecture.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing safari/beach honeymoon with the personal touch you can only get from a local company.
Being from England we thought long and hard about the risks of going with a local agent, it was the best decision we could have made. The holiday was perfect with clear information and english speaking drivers meeting us at every point. I was also told that Gecko phoned to check we made it to each location.
I gave Gecko an idea of what we wanted to do and was offered various packages at much better prices then were available in the UK (we did book our own international flights). We stayed at Selous River Camp and Hakuna Matata in Zanzibar both of which were amazing.
I would highly recommend Gecko to other travellers, the communication and overall service was perfect.
RU
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Worthwhile Experience
Firstly, it depends on what type of African Safari enthusiast you are. If it's something like this - it has been your lifelong ambition to travel to this part of the world, to see the types of animals that you'll see in their natural habitat - you'll have the time of your life. If you're a more curious or casual observer of the Safari experience, there will be times where you'll find it monotonous and repetitive. As for Image Travel, they were excellent, no question. Tour guides George in Kenya and Mwita in Tanzania were professional, approachable and diligent in their interactions and clearly performed at their maximum to ensure the best possible experience for my partner and I. Re-read the opening sentences if you want an honest appraisal of whether this tour is for you or not, but if you fall into the former category, you'll have no complaints. If you fall into the latter category, you'll have complaints, but not of the service you were afforded.
CZ
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
We have good experience with this operator - reliable, helpful, friendly.
The communications very good, excellent service - especially our guide James was the best and safari was wonderful.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing climb up Mount Kilimanjaro
Trans-Kibo organised a fantastic 5 day climb up Mount Kilimanjaro - everything was planned perfectly - the guides - Aron and Alex - were absolutely fantastic and worked so hard to make sure all 3 of us made it to the top. Our chef Filipo was just awesome as well - delicious food!
Thomas, Abraham and the guys in the office were really helpful and answered any queries we had before the trip - Could not be happier.
Thank You so much.