SG
Booking & arrangements for our Kruger Safari and Johannesburg visit were smooth and pleasant.
Communication with Kruger Park Travel's Kylie via email for tour booking and enquiries was excellent. Kylie's responses were quick and clear. She has been very helpful in accommodating our last minute request for a panaroma tour on the last day of our five day Kruger park tour. She had also helped arranged our post tour accommodation and visit to Johannesburg and Soweto, prior to our return flight home.
Our family enjoyed very much our stay and sumptuous dinners at Kruger Park Lodge, where we can also see impalas roaming and hippos swimming nearby. The Safari drives were most interesting especially in the early mornings where we got to see elephants, buffaloes, lions, leopards, giraffe, zebras etc. The sunrise and sunset scenes were gorgeous. The paranoma tour enabled us to see the natural beauties of the surrounding landscapes - canyon, waterfall, God's window, etc. Overall it had been a great, unforgettable experience.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
It was thriller experience, Will go again.
It was amazing and thriller experience about Kruger Park, tour was organized very well. Accommodation, meals and safari tour was excellent. All staff members are very helpful. In sort I would like to give 10/10.
Definitely I will travel again with family.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Everything was dealt with perfectly
We were interested in water activities in the Okavango as we had never done this before on any of the many safaris we had been on.
Safari Lifestyles advised us of some lodges to go to and suggested that our stay in these camps where a bit shorter than we initially thought.... a very good suggestion and 3 nights was more than enough as our expectations were a little different before we booked... They obviously know their stuff very well!
So we shortened out water bits and stayed longer in traditional game viewing camps.... definitely the way to go...
Seriously one of the best safaris we have ever had and Safari lifestyles were really very good in advice and service.
IT
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An amazing experience, safe, complete, fun and informative
The competence and accuracy of the tour operator was great. They answered all my questions and tailored the trip to what we asked. The accommodations, guide, vehicle were all excellent.
IN
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing Tanzania Safari Experience
We were a group of 3 travelling to Africa for the first time. I was totally happy with the service provided by Afrishare. We talked to many operators but finally chose Afrishare.
Ibrahim had been very responsive and was able to take care of our concerns relating to changes in itinerary, place of stay,etc. One of the other factors was also the price. There had been changes to the VAT and increase in Ngorongoro crater fees in June leading to operators frequently revising the prices they had quotedus. Ibrahim stuck to a price and told us he would bear the risk of any taxes change, etc and we need not worry of that.
We did a 6 day Safari covering Tarangire, Manyara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro (in that order). We had agreed on a package which covered the entire Tanzania safari duration, airport pick to airport drop. We were going to Zanzibar after that.
Ibrahim was prompt and was waiting for us at the airport when we arrived with a name card. He dropped us in Arusha Inn at about 4 am in the morning. We had rest on the first day in Arusha since the safari was to begin the next day.
Freddy was our guide cum driver for the safari. He was extremely knowledgeable about the places as well as a lot of fun to talk to. The vehicle provided was good enough for 4-5 people. He arrived an hour late due to traffic in Arusha (Afrishare is based in Moshi) but since we had only Tarangire to cover that day, it did not make much of a difference. We stayed at Twiga lodge and covered Manyara the next day. Then we headed to Serengeti. Stayed 2 nights in Tortilis at Central Serengeti and 1 night in the public campsite (Simba). We were able to see plenty of lions, few leopards and 2 cheetahs in Serengeti. We missed the migration by a few days. Since, we stayed in Simba for a night, Ibrahim arranged for a cook who made some excellent food for dinner as well as the lunch the next day.
The entire safari went on as per the agreed schedule without any changes. After Ngrorongoro, we came and stayed in Moshi for before getting dropped to the airport by Freddy at around 1 am.
The safari certainly lived up to my expectations and the service provided was top notch. I would definitely recommend Afrishare to anyone looking at a Tanzania safari experience.
NZ
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Trip of a life time, prepared and guided by experts with a strong passion for Africa and Madagascar.
We went on both on the Madagascar Trek and the Wildlife and Game Parks Safari.
Both in there own right were superbly managed by master guide Ant and organiser Jude.
Will never forget these experiences and at the end wanted to turn around and repeat the trip, we enjoyed it so much, way above our expectations. The wild life, the rain forests and treks in Madagascar - highly recommend.
South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana safari would be the most memorable countries we have been to.
Thanks Jude for organizing this amazing trip for us, I think it would be hard to find anything better, definitely want a repeat!
CA
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Dealing with safariwithus was seamless and efficient!
We were so impressed with safariwithus. E mails were retuned right away with all the necessary information. When it came to being picked up in Johannesburg for our game reserve trip, the driver was punctual and very safe. The game lodge we went to was excellent. The staff were attentive and the food was great. The accommodation was beautiful and clean. The entire experience beat our expectations.
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Perfect trip and mix of activities for solo female
Just as I was booking my Botwswana trip, my traveling partner canceled on me. I didn't want to spend as much money as we were going to spend if I were going alone, so Mark came up with a great trip for me. It was a great combination of types of safaris and geography (Khwai, Inner Delta, Chobe) and the places I stayed I was very happy with, the guides are very knowledgeable and well-trained, the hospitality was ideal, and the food was very good (and there are a lot of things I don't eat which they all catered to). I needed to end in Chobe because I was meeting another friend for Victoria Falls, but if I hadn't needed to take his schedule into account or the zambezi river level, I think it would be best to start with Vic Falls and then Chobe, Inner Delta, Khwai. I like Inner Delta in the middle because you can do walking safaris there and it was good to have that as the middle activity between the game drives you do in Chobe & Khwai. I also would have stayed a 3rd night in the Inner Delta instead of just 2 because the walking safari was my favorite. But considering my schedule needs, what Mark arranged for me was perfect. It was so shocking to get just a few meters away from a lion with nothing but the car door between it and me (no glass and only a very high roof), but then it became normal and later when lions are "only" 10 m away you are like oh those lions are kind of far away. The transfers and flights all worked seamlessly and my whole job was to show up at the right time, which made that part very relaxing and the animals made it exciting.
Truly the Bird Watchers Paradise!
I loved the spectacular game drive and the beautiful scenery of the Flamingos!!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fabulous experiance in Kruger Park
My mother and I had a wonderful trip to Kruger Park. All the staff made us feel welcome and made our trip feel special and personal. Accommodation was clean, comfortable and was able to let us stay within the park which is an experience we will never forget. We were always in a fabulous position for safari's with limited travel times to and from the park gates. We would highly recommend this company and traveling with Kruger Park Travel.