20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best experience of my life
I cannot begin to explain how much fun we had and how much we saw. It was one of the best experiences of my life. Our guide Shabani was so passionate, he cared about the animals he cared about how much fun we had and made sure we had a good time. We engaged with him and tried to have a laugh, he was good fun and relaxed.
We saw EVERYTHING, the big 5; Lions, a family of cheetahs, sooo many elephants close and far, buffalo, rhino, giraffes, flamingos, hippos, wildebeast. We saw a baby wildebeast walk for the first time, so emotional. Some of the world's only tree climbing lions in Lake Manyara National park. The lion king film is actually like a documentary... the lions sit on rocks all the animals hate the hyenas and pumba trots around. The zebras, wildebeest and hippos all hang out together. Ok, there's no song and dance or crazy monkey... but it's basically the same. Check out Instagram for proof of the amazingness @seemaamistry I have also had people contact me on Instagram to book the same safari we did. Lake Manyara, serengeti, and Ngorogoro crater, 4 days 3 nights camping. They bright mattresses and set up our tents every night. The food was good, curry, soup, potatoes, crepes for breakfast, not great if you're vegetarian you get a lot of carrots! The lunches were a bit dry. And they allow 3 litres of water per day pp which was plenty for us. The serengeti campsite was the most rustic shall we say with big bugs, and we were in the national park not surrounded by a fence. But we were absolutely fine. The other campsites were clean and had decent showers. The weather was perfect, hot but not crazy hot and we had an overcast day which was a lot more comfortable. All in all one of the best experiences of my life.
RU
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing
We ordered our safari on 5 days, 4 nights. When we landing we were met by owner the company and driver named Samuel. They did our transfer to hotel, and the next morning we start our safari.
Then the next 5 days Samuel was our guide, our driver and our helper. The first park was the Selious Game Reserve.
In this place we spent 1,5 days of our safari. This is a very big park with many may wild animals. 2 nights we slept in Hippo Camp.
The next place we visited was the Mikumi National Reserve. 1 full day we spent here. The Makino is smaller, but here was many animals with more concentration. The next 2 night we slept in Bastian Camp.
All meals were included in tour, also water.
Samuel is very good driver, he answered for all our questions, he seeked animals perfect. And decided all problem,that we met.
Amazing experience!
fantastic, better than National Geographic ! we loved everything about Kenya Walking Survivors, really great value for money!
IL
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Awesome vacation in an amazing country, excellent customer service from MAKASA
What an awesome, unforgettable vacation we had. Makasa organized a well planned, designed, and executed trip. Communication is the key to its success. Makasa represented itself very well to its customers, starting with Selma.Selma provided details in our inquiries quickly and openly, paid attention to our concerns, hence level setting our expectations. The effort that Selma put in designing our trip, the selection of accomodations, the schedule that would help us save money without sacrificing the quality of safari experience showed her depth of knowledge of the safari business and
the excellent and commendable customer service skills she possessed. The entire process of closing the engagement did not feel rushed. She empowered me in some ways that made me comfortable with the decisions I made. It was truly a delight to deal with her. Thank you so much for your patience.
Makasa is very professional in the services it provided. Airport/hotel pick up was on time, keeping us updated on changes in our domestic flight. Game drive and guided tours were spot on. David, our guide demonstrated his vast knowledge of wildlife and the national parks. We observed that he has established a good connection with other guides, instantaneously sharing information with each other on where animal action is taking place. He has good communication skills, easily established camaraderie with us. He looked after our needs and was flexible with our requests thus making us feel safe and comfortable during our trip. He kept the vehicle clean and in good running condition. He managed to interject fun in our trip, gave us quizzes after lectures on wildlife,exchanged banters with us, making the game drive more engaging.
Makasa should be proud of the excellent customer service it provides to its customers. I highly recommend this company.
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great Tanzania visit organized by Earthlife
Great Tanzania visit organized by Earthlife
My 30 y/o daughter and I booked our private safari with Earthlife. After emailing our safari organizer Deo, we agreed on a 6 days of Safari and 3 days in Zanzibar. Deo gave us several suggestions and after we agreed he emailed us a final version. We arrived in Arusha and then were met with Deo in our hotel to finalize the plan. The next morning our Safari guide Francis arrived and took us on the most amazing adventure. We visited the Serengeti national park, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro crater, Ndutu, as well as several villages. Francis was an expert on animal lives and was able to explain the habits of all species as well as history, geography, and about the lives of the local tribes. The "tents" and lodges were wonderful, and the food was tasty and plentiful (we are vegetarians and everywhere we had plenty of choices). I highly recommend this company.
IT
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Simply amazing! Wonderful safari, perfect organization and no problems!
Me, my wife and my children of 10 and 12, have done a fantastic safari with this italo-tanzanian organization. We were a little bit worried about this experience..the first in Africa for our family but Roberto has been very professional and replied immediately by phone to all our questions about safari. Our guide, Ibrahim, was simply perfect, always on time, excellent driver, excellent discoverer of animals (we truly have seen all the animals), very nice with us and our children...in conclusion an excellent person! All was exactly how scheduled...no problems, no delays, nothing to complaint. Our best compliments to Savannah Explorers...keep it up!!!
NO
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Exellent
The wildlife was impressive. Accomondation was good, but the mosquito nets in two of the hotels were full of holes. Our guide and driver was exellent (respect for the animals, reliable driver, and knowledgeable)
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
My first ever safari - expectations exceeded
My sister booked our 6 day safari with Northern Circuit Adventure and dealt with all the communications, and copied me into the many emails exchanged between her and Michael the Director - he was always quick to respond. My sister had been on numerous previous safaris, I had never been on one, but was confident she would choose a reputable company. At the end of our trip she assured me that I now do not need to go anywhere else to have the safari experience as the services offered by Northern Circuit Adventure would be hard to beat! Any expectations I had were exceeded. Michael had given us a warm personal welcome on our arrival at his office and his team of three who accompanied us on our safari, are a credit to him. Our guide proved to be very knowledgeable, confident, passionate and respectful of the wildlife. All team members were extremely friendly and it seemed couldn't do enough to ensure our trip was truly memorable. The food our Cook provided was nutritious, plentiful and there was lots of variety - he amazed us with what he could rustle up over a gas stove! We saw so much wildlife and very close up too, and always felt safe in the jeep with our confident driver/guide. The inevitable jeep problems were dealt with quickly and efficiently, and we never felt we were being "rushed" - our guide was always very obliging enabling us to take as many photos as we wished or allowing us time to just sit and watch quietly for as long as we wanted. I am full of praise for the team and can highly recommend this company as good value for money, well organised and efficient. Thank you for making my first safari experience such a wonderful one!!
CA
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing up close encounters with all the wildlife in Kruger
The wildlife was spectacular and very exciting to discover during our game drives and bush walk. We had excellent luck and a managed to see the big five, plus many more animals during our two days at Kruger.
The weather was great and the temperatures were hot, hitting close to 40C when we arrived at Kruger.
Our room was clean, simple, and comfortable. The air conditioner worked well and kept us cool during the day.
Food offered at the Kruger restaurant was good, but the meals our guide cooked for us were far better, and much healthier!
Our guide was phenomenal and taught us many things along the way from Joburg to Kruger, along the Panorama route. He was extremely knowledgeable, very kind and a pleasure to talk with.
Our guides van was also very spacious and comfortable.
The most exciting part of the trip was when our guide offered a small detour on our way out of the park. We ended up waiting around at Panic Lake for ahout 20 minutes when suddenly a Jaguar appeared from the treed and began stalking a Waterbuck. She kept up on a fallen tree to strike, but quickly backed down when she realized the buck was far too big.
Overall we had an excellent time and have no complaints. We would certainly use our guide Jaco, and our tour company, Red Africa Safaris again.
