RO
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
perfect safari with grassroots safari and fikirini S Fikirini guide
beautiful safari with grassroots safari and fikirini S Fikirini guide
The safari was easily customised, very well organised & the guide made it flow so smoothly.
Wildlife was excellent - the guide knew the best locations to be. Scenery - spectacular. Weather - perfect- cool in the mornings & evenings, pleasant during the day. Accomodation first rate without the cost - well chosen & central to our touring. Food very good, transport excellent. Our guide was outstanding, informative, very knowledgeable about Namibia. Outstanding safari. Go soon before it gets overrun with tourists.
SG
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing Exprience
Areas we have visited: Cape Town, Vic Falls, Chobe National Park
Experience in working with African Welcome Safaris: Kathi was very easy to work with from the first time we contacted her. Very prompt in her responses. She made the whole process of planning our stay in Africa enjoyable. African Welcome Safaris helped in planning of the entire trip itinerary, booking of flights, selecting hotels in the areas we stayed, booking local activities and tours. All the suggestions given to us were excellent! The hotels we stayed in were amazing.
Overall Level of Satisfaction: 100%
Would we plan our next holiday in Africa through African Welcome Safaris: Absolutely!
ES
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
wonderful
The safari was great.
We went 5 days (4 nights), 2 massai mara, 1 night lake nakuru, 1 night lagop naivasha. they respected the accommodations, less in massai mara, which was not the one hired, it was fine, but it did not have the views that the other camp had in description.
They changed the order of visit to the lakes, and we ended up doing more kilometers and time in the van. the visits to the lakes were in a hurry and very fast, but they were very nice places. Massai Mara is the king of the parks, but he deserves to see these two as well, or the Amboseli who spoke well of him.
be careful with the entrances to the park, we are supposed to pay 2 days of park, but we only use 24h, and better to talk about it with the driver. Beware, they are 70-80 dollars apart.
the time to make the safari great. We saw the big five, few elephants, only 2 male lions, but very well and up close, a show, the rhinoceros great but not too close. The driver wanted to show us the animals. It was a shame not to see the migration, the animals were ready to cross but we did not see them, we were looking but nothing, although the same day others saw it, our driver did not come back in the afternoon to see it (he was in a hurry to leave the park and pay only 24 hours) ...
otherwise everything is great, food is good, accommodation is good, price is great. 90 -100 dollars a day.
we would hire again
AW
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
It was an awesome experience!
All was very well organized, food was very good, driver was excellent, accommodations overall very good except for Lemala Camp Ngorongoro which was filthy and unfitted to stay. This problem was quickly resolved in a good way by the tour company. We will certainly return to Tanzania, the people are very warm and service minded.
US
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Still can't top this experience
Best trip we've ever taken. Our guide, Brian, MADE our experience. Very knowledgable, personable, felt 100% safe all the time. Still daydream about the trip. Accommodations were excellent, he never stopped "teaching". Excellent experience-cannot say enough. Top guide, but even more, top person.
DE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
spectacular safari with competent guide
positive: professional preparation, excellent guide with know how about animals and landscape but also about Tanzania's people and society, well chosen hotels in Arusha, Lake Manyara and in Central Serengeti, good food and drinks
not so positive: special needs for handicapped pax were not communicated to all hotels as required, a bit of hassle with the payment (but solved finally), one hotel on the rim of Ngorogoro was totally overpriced
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
The most leaders are asolutely unreliable + the company dont keep promises!Get hurt by a guide
- The wildlife was absolutely various and we saw a lot of things.
- The food was most of the time great
- The accommodation was always perfect
- And our first guide was nice
BUT then we get a new guide. Ok we didnt get him, because Dan never arrrived and we didnt get any information about this, even when the hotel called him a lot of times. So we couldnt do the boattrip. The next day, we get a new guide. He was so terrible and drove his car badly. We asked him four times to drive a lit slower and to watch the streets (not his phone). When we finished lunch, we had to wait for him, because he wanted to talk and wait for other drivers. The restaurant was empty then, all the groups left the restaurant before us, even that we were the first group who was arriving in the locals and had to wait after lunch a half our extra for him.
He had just a normal car, so that we get in stuck in the safari. After that he was so nervous, that when I started to get in, he started to drive. (With my open door) -> so I get hurt and was falling on the ground. He was not nice after this and didnt ask me how I feel.
After we had also an disappointment with the company and Dan. Our first guide promised us, that Dan will help us with our camera, which we lost at the airport. Yes but noone came. We told the company about this promise and they told us, they called Dan in this moment and he will come now. But Dan didnt know about anything and was not willing to come. We told the company but they dont care.
So when they hadnt change our guide, I would give 5 Stars, but after our first guide everything was bad..... And honestly, with every other company you will see the wildlife. Choose someone else!!!!!!!!
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Best safari company I've used!
Oltumure tours and safaris, run by Robert, helped me to have a fantastic safari experience during my time in Arusha! He was more than happy to make sure that my goals, schedule, and budget were met. Everything was completely professional and customer centered. Robert really offers tours of high quality and low price, you can't go wrong with Oltumure!
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing experience that everyone needs to do.
My safari experience in Kenya was above and beyond my expectations! The company we booked it with, Spirit of Kenya based in Nairobi, delivered exactly what they promised and more. Our guide and driver George was friendly, informative and generous and extremely helpful. He helped make this the best holiday experience we have ever had. I never realised there were so many animals in Africa. We saw everything possible except a leopard. Best experience when a herd of elephants came to our hotel within touching distance! Staff and local people and also people from the tribes were so friendly. Would fully recommend or indeed insist that everyone goes on Safari in Kenya!
