HU
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Grassrootz Adventures was excellent, the trip provided me with an amazing experience!
First of all the itinerary was tailor made as I had very limited time. Sander van Zanten, the founder of the company was very helpful in putting together the programme to really meet my needs and priorities, he was very responsive and straightforward which i found very helpful. This honesty and felxibility was the main reason I chose to travel with Grassrootz.
Once on the ground I had an excellent guide, Moses Kabubi, who was extremely helpful throughout and ensured I used our time to the maximum. He was very helpful in arranging local birdwatching tours, which for example were arranged locally and in esnuring everything ran according to clockwork. He is also very knowledgeable about the wildlife we saw and about the country and its communities, everything we did was done with respecting wildlife and local communities. I feel the overall value for money was very good too, we stayed in good, but not luxury lodges that were environment conscious. I had amazing experiences that were rich and varied, spending time in close contact with gorillas and chimpanzees was unforgettable, but the fantastic wildlife in the different national parks in addition to the ever changing landscape and smiling people made for a wonderful journey.
IT
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
well organized and available to accommodate the guest's requests trying to personalize the holiday.
the safari experience was exciting.
Our guide Elemes was fantastic, always punctual and always available, he always satisfied our requests and always tried to make us experience the safari in the best possible way.
We returned to Italy happy with our holiday in Tanzania and convinced that we were lucky to have had the guide Elemes.
Thanks for everything
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Interesting and informative tour of Soweto, Hector Pieterson & Apartheid Museum
My partner and I would highly recommend this tour if you want to cover a lot of South African history in one day. Our tour guide "Sello" was very informative and friendly and was more than happy to answer all our questions. It was an eye opening and humbling experience to visit Soweto which included a look into their daily lives.
Throughout the tour we did not feel obliged to purchase items from stall holders or sellers, inclduing during our lunch stop.
IL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A crazy and unforgettable experience
I really liked the trips in the jeep with Tom, our guide - driver, who was very kind, always in a good mood and with a sense of humor and always knows how to answer any question related to nature and the behavior of the animals.
Every day we left early in the morning in order to see as much of nature as possible before the sun went down, and the accommodations we arrived at each evening were of a very high standard with excellent service and very good food.
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IT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The most complete and exciting tour of Uganda
My wife and I chose Uganda for our honeymoon and Tubale Safaris was able to organize a 9-day trip beyond our expectations.
Annette was very responsive and available from the beginning to organize the various stages.
Isaac, our guide, accompanied us around Uganda always with a smile ... a very knowledgeable and friendly guy. He suggested some small variations to the original tour and we did not regret it ... we will definitely recommend friends and family to travel with him in the future.
Thanks Isaac and thanks to Tubale Safaris!
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Couldn’t have dreamt of more!
We were already in Arusha, Tanzania visiting relatives to babysit and found ourselves with free time. After doing a lot of research we settled on Suricata and so contacted them on Watsapp. Their manager joined us for coffee to find out what we wanted to get out of the experience (basically whatever they recommended based on their expertise, the time we had and our budget). We settled on 1 day in the Tarengeri (spectacular) staying in the Boma Lodge (well worth it!), the Serengeti (equally spectacular but in a totally different way), camping and then Ngorogongo crater (ditto) again, camping. Loved the camping experience, to include being surrounded by zebras!
Baraka was our guide and I couldn’t rate him highly enough - he made our trip out of this world. No idea how he managed to find his way around and find more than we could have wished for including Elephants, giraffes, hippos, lions (and cubs), cheetahs (and cubs), even the elusive leopard and black rhino (saw 3!), buffalo, gazelles, hyena, jackal, ostrich, secretary bird etc etc etc Lucas the chef joined us to create something special each day. The lunch picnics were a real treat too. Still can’t believe it! So sad to have it end, thank you Suricata, Lucas and most of all Baraka for keeping us safe and looking after us so well from start to finish! Asante sana a thousand times!
CN
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing trip to Masa Mara
Amazing trip to Masa Mara… we have seen the migration and enjoy the wonderful trip , super good service…
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Professional,friendly and overall confidence inspiring.
Suricata’s team proved to be both friendly professional and competent. Finding ourselves with the time go on a Safari at the last minute in country they reacted quickly.
Ally the tour manager met us at our convenience and immediately inspired confidence giving us time and the information needed to chose the right safari for us and a day trip too.
We chose a 4 day private trip to cover Taringere, Serengeti and Ngorogoro , 2 days camping and a first night at their lake Manyara lodge.
Ally kept in touch prior to the tour and we were picked up promptly from our hotel by our guide Baraka who proved to be a great companion.With 6 years experience behind hiim , this showed with his competent driving and knowledge of wildlife, spotting what we could never have found.
The hotel proved to be very luxurious but fun with amazing entertainment from a local acrobatic troupe and an energetic post dinner sing song from the staff - great !
The camping obviously more down to earth but an experience to sleep with the sounds of the wild night. Zebra wandering through the site and giraffe and buffalo on the margins. Tents were prepared and meals cooked for us on site including the preparation of a hot lunch every day ! Lucas cooked for us and I don’t know how he managed to get so much done behind the scenes. A lot of hard work goes on that you don’t see to keep things right.
We had not planned to be on Safari this year but events conspired to give us the chance so no real pre-conceptions. To be honest the magnificence and variety of the parks alone would be enough but the abundance and variety of wildlife takes it to another level.
We saw the big five but that didn’t really matter it was the variety and complexity of encounters and plain amazing how close you could be.
Highlights for me were watching the reaction of a cheetah as it spotted a lion in the vicinity of itself and cub. It decided to lay low as the pack remained intent on the warthog they were tracking and in the end failed to catch in the final chase. Later Barak somehow spotted a black rhino in the long distance and we were able to see it trot along meeting couple of big male elephants as if out for a jaunt,amazing.
So overall a trip we’ll never forget, we will come back for more and will recommend Suricata to friends and family.
SG
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A team who creates a memorable and wonderful experience that I’ll never forget
A truly amazing experience with Lenchada Safaris! I booked my trip super early in Nov 2023, my travel date was in Aug 2024. Over the past 9 months, Alex(boss) had been my “friend” although we have never met. I really admire his patience with accommodating to all my millions of questions and attending to them in a speedy manner. When I arrived at his office for the balance payment, his employee was confused with the sum, and he told me not to worry and he will take care of it. My 5D4N trip started with our guide Mr. Evans who was a man who not only takes care of us, ensures of our safety, and also gives clear instructions on what is the plan ahead and things we have to take note of. I really love his attitude of aggressive, eager to win and super positive attitude! He never gets sleepy along the long straight road on highway which I’m really impressed. His work is not easy, he needs to be always on the phone and ensuring that all are well arranged and also drives the jeep safely. Which I find that it’s a super hectic job! It’s not for anyone to do! I’m super thankful for him, if not for him, we are unable to see the animals so up close! He is super target oriented, well organize, clear and concise , straight to the point. I really love his attitude towards work and he made me learnt something. My trip was on a budget trip, I get to take another jeep on my 4th day with another guide. Although it was not as excellent as what Mr. Evans had done for me, but I’m glad that all required has been done smoothly. At the end of the trip, I decided to go to Masai Market to take a look before my flight. Mr. Eric arrange Mr. Peter to bring me around and ensuring my upmost safety and I super glad to find out that Mr. Alex(boss) treats his employees and partners with love that his people is willing to stay with him for over 16 years working with him. Mr. Peter told me he is thankful for Mr. Alex for all these years. Mr. Evans also had worked with him over 16 years! I’m super impressed with all of them! If a boss is willing to treat his employees and partners with love, I’m sure that he will also do that for his customers! This is definitely a tour agency you must join to get your safari tour a memorable experience!
IT
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Tour operator very reliable
1 Day tour Nakuru National Park e Lake Navaisha.
Very kind driver, we have seen lots of animals and also the Big Five except, unfortunately, the leopard.
Marvellous landscapes.
Recommended!