20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Kanuth Rocks!
This was my second trip with Kanuth Adventures Safaris before my first one to Mikumi National Park. Yet another wonderful trip this time to Selous Game Reserve. It is always fun to go out there to the wilderness with Kanuth and his team. Highly professional, carrying and happy team!!! It was great to be back on a bumpy roads with Kanuth and Tony and 14 volunteers. The boat safari was great with many birds, crocodiles and hippos to be spotted and mind blowing and spectacular sunset over the river! Drive game was intense and with many animals to be seen. You get to see how the reserve changes its colours from the down to dusk. Bush walking was my favourite with the local guide walking bunch of westerners through a crazy jungle. Fun Fun Fun!!! Highly recommend Kanuth for any Safari trips. I myself am planning third one with them to Serengeti this time.
NZ
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The most wonderful experience!
We had talked about this trip for some time so expectations were high! The whole experience was incredible and was everything we had been looking forward to and more. The accommodation/camps booked were of a high standard. Our guides were fantastic - knowledgeable, informative and fun. Lots of game and wildlife to see. The service we received was outstanding. Food was top notch and we enjoyed our evenings in front of the camp fires etc. Our travel between camps and attractions etc was well timed. All in all one of the best holidays our family has had. Thanks so much.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Superb with memorable moments
The experienced that I had for my safari adventure was amazing and incredible, Great availability of the director Mr Sila who follows everything and monitors the quality of their services
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
EXCELLENT OPERATOR: differentiated from the "Big" operators, please read this review
You have read the other GREAT reviews of Ecological Wilderness Adventures and I would agree with them. So I will focus on what differentiates Ecological from the other operators that we came across on our safari. Also, I encourage you to reach out to me if you would like to discuss in detail. Brian and the staff at Ecological Wilderness have my contact email. As a side note, my sister and her husband have PhDs in Biology and have extensive travel experience all over the world. They selected Ecological Wilderness Adventures over many other choices they had!
So Why are they different??
- A smaller operator allows you to have flexibility that you don’t get with the BIG tours
o Ability to adjust start times in the morning, meal times, or stop times
o Ability to tailor your trip to your specific tastes and desires for wildlife or plant life, etc
o Ability to select/ adjust accommodations that match your budget and tastes
o Ability to alter vehicle arrangements for your group as needed
- We interfaced with several other people on safari with BIG operators and commonly heard:
o Most common complaint was being tied to large group and “herded like cattle”
o Other complaint was not having a voice to adjust anything
o Few complained the tours were primarily in a language they didn’t understand if they were a
small party dominated by a larger group
o All we talked to quickly understood the benefit of a smaller operator as soon as we explained it,
often in a “AH HA” moment like a light bulb went off!!
o If you have a small group (aka your family) then you want a great small operator= Ecological
Wilderness Adventures
- Brian and his staff at Ecological are extremely knowledgeable about all types of wildlife and plant
life. This includes big animals to small birds and all type of vegetation.
o Personally, I was stunned at the depth of knowledge but they go to school for years to be such
informed guides
o Even the two Biology PhDs on the trip were extremely impressed
- Brian and staff are wonderful people and great to spend time with
o They were extremely helpful before the trip (how to prepare, what to bring) and answered every
question we had
o During the trip, they were a pleasure to be with and learn from
o They even dealt with our more difficult group members in great fashion
- The accommodations and food were wonderful. The soups were amazing.
- Ecological was great with the children on our trip who ranged in age from my 5 year old daughter
to a 15 year old teenager. All the kids loved the safari and the guides.
Closing comments from me…
First off, GO TO AFRICA!! Tanzania is WONDERFUL!! It is a spectacular experience that should not be missed while it is still unexploited. This was not on my list to do but was the best trip of my life. My family organized the trip and I took my family simply to be part of the group. Now, I can’t wait to return.
Second, as you can read above, I strongly encourage you to use Ecological Wilderness Adventures with Brian and his wonderful staff. They truly are outstanding!!
Finally, as I mentioned before, feel free to contact me if you wish to discuss further. I have already referred many interested parties to Brian with confidence. Enjoy your trip!!
US
under20 years of age | Experience level: first safari
One trip everyone should go on at least once in their lifetime!
When I first landed at the KJRO airport, it didn't quite seem like I was in Africa yet. Soon after, our drivers were explaining all the interesting and unique parts of Africa. Not only were our drivers informative about the land and animals of Africa, but they also shared the culture and part of the Swahili language. My favorite part about the trip was that our drivers were always on point with spotting things out. More than a few times were our drivers able to catch lions and cheetahs out of no where. Another great part about the trip was I felt that the drivers always had us in their best interest so I always felt safe. For most of my trip, I had Philemon as a driver and I really felt that he made the trip for us because there was never a dull moment with him. Overall, the trip exceeded my expectations which made it very tough to leave. When we left, we were not just saying goodbye to our drivers, but we were saying goodbye to our new friends.
CH
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Thank you!
Dear Simba Safari-Team
Together with my boyfriend Andreas we have booked a Safari from July 14 – July 18 with your company. We really enjoyed the safari and it was stunning to observe the wild animals so close to the jeep. Hassan, our guide, has excellent English skills and a large knowledge about all the animals. Therefore he could explain us things very detailed what we really enjoyed. Furthermore, he was very obliging and always on time. Hence he was the best guide we could dream of :-) Thus, we can highly recommend him as a safari-driver and would like to express our heartfelt gratefulness for the wonderful time we could spend with him. We learned a lot and felt treated like kings.
In the email you will find a picture of Hassan and two other guests, my boyfriend and me (left). Please let him see this picturce and convey our gratefulness and best wishes to him.
Greetings from Switzerland,
Claudia Longhi & Andreas Durtschi
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fantastic tour company. Super helpful and responsive
We had a fantastic tour with Safari Wildz. We booked mid-accommodation and had nice clean simple rooms. They also arranged all our airport transfers, accommodation for a kayaking trip, and our travel and accommodation on a trip up to Sipi falls.
Our guide was really nice and helpful. If I had to offer some criticism then I would say that our guide's bird knowledge could do with a brush up, but we had plenty of books so it was no problem.
Overall I would recommend Safari Wildz to anyone that wants to experience Uganda.
NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
4 days Serengeti and Ngorongoro safari
We had a verry nice safari. Seen the bigg five and had lots of fun with the driver, Stewart and cook, Buga. Buga is a great cook who makes great meals and Stewart makes sure you see al the animals. Special thanks to Desiree, verry nice lady who arranged the local flights!
IT
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
7000 km Beauty
Me and my 10 year old son have traveled 7000 km from north to south of Tanzania and everything was perfect. First, the guides were competent, patient, careful and tireless; chambers were decorated and with great service, all my requests have been met and have been solved even small problems not due to the Agency (lost luggage). Tanzania is very nice and well organized, we were comfortable in every place visited
DE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
We hade a very good trip, we enjoined every minite by seeing the most beautiful things in Africa.
We had the best guide for the game drives in Tanzania. We saw all of the animals real close. We felt safe and well educated.