CH
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing safari off-the-beaten tracks
Are you looking for a safari where you are not surrounded by ten or more other cars while observing the lions feasting on a kudu? Then you should definitely try out Ruaha National Park!
We stayed at the Mdonya Old River Tented Camp, a wonderful oasis tens of kilometers away from any other camp with roaring lions in the bush when you fall asleep at night and a herd of impalas in front of the tent when you wake up in the morning. The tented camp is beautifully located and the tents are spotless clean, with a lovely bathroom attached, comfy beds and fluffy blankets and bath towels. Beside this well maintained infrastructure, the staff make this camp a place of relaxation and pure bliss you don't want to leave. After having been in several National Parks and lodges over the last three years, I would definitely recommend Mdonya Old River Camp to anyone who looks for an off-the-beaten tracks experience.
Uhuru Travel organized this safari, picked us up at home and dropped us back at the end - all highly professionally done and extremely smooth for us (Uhuru Travels seems to work with Swiss watches!). Communicating with Uhuru Travel was easy and whenever any question before leaving we got instant replies.
QA
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing safari, excellent service
My wife and I have just lived the experience of a lifetime with SAFARI CREW TANZANIA in the beginning of this month (Dec 2019).
If you are planning a trip to Tanzania, then don't look any further. Contact Safari Crew Tanzania, they are thorough professionals. It is a medium-sized company with 15 Toyota Land Cruisers, small enough to be attentive and ready to personalize your experience, yet big enough to guarantee all the support one may need. We contacted some other companies among the most famous (and probably bigger), whose responses were not as precise as those we got from Safari Crew.
Our safari was beyond perfect.
Our contact was Rocco, the communication with him was superfast and responsive. Rocco proved to be very flexible and helped us in preparing our perfect itinerary through Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro and Serengeti. Everything was meticulously planned from our arrival to our departure. They also helped us finding the most suitable flight through one of their partners and even finding a car for self drive in Zanzibar.
Everything went smoothly since the very first contact.
When we landed at Kilimanjaro Airport we have been welcomed by Anate, who would have been our guide for the next 6 days.
Anate was knowledgeable, very polite and gentle, he underatands his guests' needs and knows how to plan every safari day according to the guests’ liking. He has an impressive knowledge about animals, birds, topography, territories etc. He's been a great driver on bumpy and slashy roads. He is a good spotter of animals and birds during safari.
We have had previous safari experiences in South Africa and Kenya, we can tell Tanzania definitely stands at another level.
All the camps and lodges were comfortable, nicely located and were beyond our expectations. The tented camp experience in the Serengeti is something we will never forget.
We have seen all the big 5 and many many other species of animals, including uncountable species of birds.
We can warmly recommend this company, Asante Sana Safari Crew Tanzania!
ES
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great time, great experience, great professionals
Safari was great and the logistic perfectly set. Good organization fully meeting expectations. Very knowledgeable guide willing to answer all sort of questions. Best in class. I highly recommend.
HK
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A great choice that meet expectations
Vincent from Vimat is a great and responsive trip planner which was very reassuring to our first ever safari trip to Tanzania. We love the plan and the activities arranged for us for a 11-day luxury safari trip, from Tarangire- Lake Manyara - Lake Eyasi(visit 2 authentic tribes- Datooga & Hadzabe) - Serengeti - Ngorongoro Crater.
The trip plan is totally flexible according to the budget, days of visit, style or standard of accommodations needs, routes and activities.
Since it is our first time to Tanzania and safari, we needed more options and game plans on the journey. I recommend the first time goers could ask for more options from the guide/driver, for example- getting up early to see more animals or sleep-in for the morning to go for a longer game drive for the day. So to ultilze the trip plan, your energy/interests during the journey.
Strongly recommend Vincent and his team. They are very flexible and also very experienced. We have had a wonderful experience.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
I had a very Wonderfull tour,
Communication is easy, friendly people , a wonderful care, and great service
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful Chobe Safari Day trip
We were picked up on time, and were assisted through Botswana immigration. Both land and boat safari were great.
Simon and his team did an awesome job.
AE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A proper adventure you will never forget
We had an amazing 4 days safari trip to Tarengire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro national parks. We saw the big 5 and so many animals. The trip we did was the budget one so the accomodation was not so good. Expect lots of insects and I mean Lots of insects of all kinds. The camp in Serengeti was the worst as the place we had to eat was dirty and dark with rats running around. There were hyenas running around the tents at night and no fence around the camp site to keep animals away, so that was very scary to experience. The sleeping bags that were given were smelly and one of the girls tents didnt hold the rain out so all her stuff got wet. I would recommend bringing your own sleeping bag. The camp in Ngorongoro (Simba camp) was much better. The place we had to eat was clean and indoor, plus there was hot shower and wifi. Again we saw hyenas right next to us and a big buffalo right outside our tent. So if you like sleeping a bit rough and like to take risks by being around predators at night like lions and hyenas without any protection then go for it. Else i would recommend going for staying in lodges with a fence and security around at night. Lets just say Im happy i didnt read about some of the attacts thats happened on tourists before i went on the trip. In any case its definitely an adventure worth experiencing and I will never forget the sight of 1 million wildebeasts and all of the beautiful animals and scenary. Our guide was really nice and he did so well driving so many hours, however if he could improve on something it would be to tell a bit more to everyone in the car about the animals and what we were seeing, I had to ask many questions to get the info instead of him telling himself. So only if you sat in the front you could hear. Maybe a microphone or speaking up could help.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Awesome
The trip was awesome. It's a long bumpy journey that is broken with a view if the rift valley then lunch. There is no rush. The accomodation is basic. Comfortable and clean. Take a torch. Food is Kenyan buffet traditional food and lots of it. You are there for the animals and experience which was fantastic. We had a lot of rain the first day but still went out and saw a lion. The full say we saw everything. Our guide James was fantastic and took us everywhere and we saw cheetahs lots of lions elephants lupi giraffes everything it was amazing... I went to the local masai camp and would recommend doing so. It's an eye opener. We then went to Lake Navaisha on the way back which again was great. It takes a long time travelling back to Nairobi. Be prepared the roads are great. We had 5 if us in the van which meant we had space. I would highly recommend it.
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
It was such an amazing tour.
I love the fact that Twist Africa agency is so positive with their communications, their services are really so nice, what I can say is that I recommend them to everyone who would wish to travel.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Easy budget safari--saw everything in 5 days
Silas was very proactive in communicating to provide different safari options within budget to ensure we managed to get the best experience in our short time in Kenya. It was also a last minute trip for a conference in Nairobi and he managed to arrange a 5 day safari at very short notice.
Our safari was an amazing cost-effective solution--we did Maasai Mara, Lake Naivasha and Lake Nakuru and, across the three parks, were able to see all of the Big 5 (including a leopard cub) along with every other Kenyan animal you could hope for (cheetahs, zebras, wildebeest etc. etc.).
Our driver/guide Sammy was very pleasant and professional and went out of his way to accommodate the group and any requests.
Overall I would highly recommend Silas, Sammy and Apodiformes Adventures for your safari in Kenya.