35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
I have liked your services if you continue like that the sky will be the limit.
Every thing is great, ive found you guys to be consistent, i would advise some one if s/he intends to do any work let it be with Mak C TT
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Nakuru and Maasai Mara tour
The tour exceeded our expectations. Both hotels provided great service, although we liked the Sarova Lion Hill lodge better than the Serena Mara lodge. The vehicle was very comfortable.
The tour guide was excellent. Responsible, polite, extremely well informed, went the extra mile to find the animals (all big five, including a leopard!). Exceeded our expectations.
The balloon trip was amazing.
IS
Overall enjoyable
I travelled with Faustin tours in April 2016. I did the 8 days tour that includes safari in Mikumi National Park, hike to Sanje waterfalls and a stay in Zanzibar. Overall I thoroughly enjoyed my travels. There were a few hiccups along the way, fx. miscommunications between the agency and the guide in Mikumi/Sanje about timings and travel and the full day of hiking turned out to be less than half a day which was dissapointing. However the guides were informative, the accommodation was lovely in all places, I was very lucky when it came to the weather seeing as the rainy season has started in April and as aforementioned I enjoyed the tour and my experience was positive.
CZ
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very good company Tanke Tours
All was very good, excellent service, very good communication per email and to at local place. Professional services, acceptable price conditions, everything was according to the agreement :) Karoline is very nice, polite and helpful. Safari car in very good condition, perfect and polite driver. The whole trip you can program it yourself or use the travel agent recommendations :) I can recommend this company Tanke Tours
SI
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Top of the top.
Great service, great communications, everything i expected and much more. A true safari.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Awesome safari
Good customer service, advance communication, flexible payment option. The tour was short though. :(
Well done Tom and the team! I'll come back.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
10 Days Kenya Short Safari and beach Extension
My family and I had a 10 day Beach and safari getaway in December 2015. The organisation from Schon Kenya was outstanding. The guide was very informative and the children got to learn a lot about the flora and fauna in Kenya. The staff was also very cooperative, each and every day of our holiday one of the staff members called Diana would call in and check on us on how the safari was going on and if we were comfortable in the selected Camps/ hotels. The holiday was really worth the money spent. my Family and I cant wait for this years holiday getaway, i know they will arrange a memorable holiday for us.
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
A fabulous adventure.
Laura and Colin and their crew at Amazing Tanzania provided an exceptional safari experience. Laura was wonderful to work with and through minimal communications was able to custom fit our desires with cost constraints and created a safari package that provided an experience that far exceeded our expectations. They took great care of us from the moment we arrived to our departure 11 days later. The guides were outstanding and were extremely knowledgeable and fun to hang out with. Each day was a new adventure and we saw much more in terms of wildlife, landscapes and Tanzanian culture than we had ever imagined possible. The accommodations and food exceeded our expectations and their tented camp was first rate. Their crew was exceptional and they did everything to ensure that we were well cared for during our stay. Overall, Amazing Tanzania did a fantastic job in putting together a custom safari for our group that more than exceeded our expectations.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fantastic
Everything about the tour was excellent.. communication was warm and welcomed, our guide was lovely, kind, informative and accommodating. Our lodgings were exceptional. Wonderful!
NL
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
One-week photo safari/workshop in Mfuwe/South Luangwa
I spent a week in the Mfuwe area of South Luangwa under the wings of lodge owner/bushguide and wildlife photographer Peter Geraerdts of Track and Trail River Camp.
The Camp is located on the other bank of the Luangwa, just outside the Park's Mfuwe gate.
We stuck to a 'first in, last out' policy: arriving at the gate for our morning drives just before six, and trying to leave the Park at 8pm sharp. Regime was strict: morning drive until 10:00-10:30, early lunch, and afternoon/evening drive from 15:30 or 16:00 through 20:00, followed by dinner around 20:30.
I've been around SA, Namibia, Kenya and Uganda, but Zambia was a first-time visit. A few (online) friends had recommmended South Luangwa, time to find out for myself!
It's a long trip (Amsterdam-Nairobi, Nairobi-Lusaka, couple of hours off to a hotel then Lusaka-Mfuwe), but worth it. Door-to-door is probably just under a full day, but the lack of time difference cuts out jetlag at least...
Transfer from Mfuwe to the Lodge was a painless <40m exercise, over remarkably good (tarred) roads. The Lodge/Camp is situated right on the bank of the Luangwa, with pool/gym/massage/spa facilities, as well as a bar, restaurant and small library.
I was assigned a spacious thatched chalet with a comfy double bed, large bathroom and safety features for both my valuables/documents (small safe) and my photo gear (a padlocked strongbox). Food was good to excellent, with 3-course lunches and dinners every day. Good pastry as well, with always a slice of something waiting for me at tea time. The Camp feature daily laundry service, and had reasonable wifi coverage in the bar/restaurant area.
My goal for this trip was twofold: a week-long safari in a park and country yet unknown to me, as well as improving my wildlife photography skills. Peter proved to be the ideal host: his fauna and flora knowledge is remarkable and perhaps even better than some of the native guides I worked with, and he's a skilled and patient photography teacher.
Our safari vehicle was not your regular open 4X4: it was heavily modified for the (pro) wildlife photographer... The rear section of the car features heavy steel swivel arms with beanbags and ballhead mounting space on the sides, supplemented with more beanbags in front and at the back. This effectively gave me a 360-degree line of sight with steady support for even the longest piece of glass...
Both of my goals were met: my skills have tangibly improved, with a couple of impressing shots as evidence, and I got to sample most of South Luangwa's flora and fauna.
More on the latter: the floral diversity was impressive, ranging from monumental Baobabs to wild jasmin, from nile cabbage to the intriguing ansellia. A remarkable amount of sausage trees in the area, bearing some of the largest fruits I've seen...
The fauna is probably why most people come and visit, and I was not disappointed... Both of the big cats (with 4 leopard sightings in just two drives!), a large group of wild dogs, heaps of elephant, a small herd of buffalo, and much, much more. My timing was just right to come across fighting grazers: we saw some impressive male impala and zebra battles!
Crocs, water monitors and hippos are abundant thanks to the river, with the latter two incidentally paying a visit to the lodge. The smaller mammals were well-represented: we saw 5 species of mongoose, 'caught' both civet and genet up close, young porcupine, spotted honey badgers twice(!), and ran into the accidental shrew or shrub hare during our night drives.
I'm not a 'hardcore' birder, so haven't recorded every sighting, but we must have easily seen 100-120 different species. Ranging from raptors (bateleur, tawny, snake eagle, martial eagle, lizard buzzard, goshawk, ...) to storks (open-billed, woolly-necked, yellow-billed, marabou) to herons (my first decent shot of a squacco) to the more colourful birds like rollers, sunbirds and - especially near the river banks - bee-eaters.
