35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Highly recommended safari company !!
We had an absolutely perfect time with Angose Travel visiting Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti, and Tarangire. I highly recommend booking with this Tanzanian-owned company. I will be booking with them again for my parents after our 5-star experience!
The 5 of us had limited time for our safari (4 days, 3 nights - I would suggest going for far longer!). Even with our budget and time constraints, our contact person, worked endlessly to come up with the perfect safari for us. He was prompt, pleasant, and willing to change any detail of the itinerary.
We were provided with excellent hotel accommodations in Arusha the night before our safari where we were picked up to begin the journey.
Our guide, Cosmas, was really nice what made the safari so great. He knew we were crunched on time, so he made sure we traveled from park to park efficiently and showed us all the highlights that he could in each region - scenic lookouts, leopard hideouts, migration zones. We even saw the big 5 in the first 24 hours (due to some luck and a lot of Cosmas's skill)!! He joined us for dinner some nights at our request to share drinks and stories and answer our questions.
Ismael, the chief, was also wonderful! While we were on our game drives, he would have the tents set up and everything ready to go for us to enjoy our evening. Lunch was usually a pre-prepared boxed lunch for convenience. Dinner started with a DELICIOUS soup and then a main dish and dessert. The food was absolutely amazing - especially considering he cooked them on one gas ring by the light of a headlamp, from scratch!
The safari vehicle, a 4 Wheel Land Cruiser-Open Roof, was very well kept, clean, and reliable. There is a small refrigerator in the back that we used for our drinks plus plenty of outlets (bring your converter if you're from the states) so that we could charge our phones and cameras as we went. All 5 of us (7 including the staff) had a window seat, plus the top pops up so we spent every day hanging out the top taking in gorgeous Tanzania!
We did a budget safari, so we stayed in tents at each public campsite. The tents are clean and water-tight. Cosmas provided explicit directions about how to not be eaten/attacked by wild animals at night (not joking!) and always slept within shouting distance if we were to need anything. The tented camp experience was amazing and very authentic - especially when the cape buffalo were grazing near the flaps or the hyenas were laughing nearby!
3 of us were traveling to Zanzibar so we were dropped directly at the Arusha airport, and the other 2 were taken back to Arusha where they were staying. They made it incredibly easy to get us where we wanted to go!
Asante sana, Angose Travel!!
IT
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
wonderful holiday-jambo jambo Tanzania
We have been on safari in march 2018. This is our first experience in Tanzania but not in Africa. We went around Tarangire NP, Lake Manyara NP, Serengeti NP and Ngorongoro NP. The safari was a wonderful experience, well organized and the lodges and tented camps, where we stayed in, (Lake Burunge Tented Camp, Tloma Lodge and Kati Kati Tented Camp) were good, clean, excellent locations, excellent food and very kind staff. Only the weather was no so good. During the safari, our guide, Abdul, was capable to find many good places to spot animals (especially lions) and was very good driver. Jambo jambo.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
convenient, cost effective and refreshing experience
In February 2018 I went for vacation with Mogalakwena Travel & tours and I cannot explain my experience in one page, the service I received was excellent- the food was awesome and most importantly my trip was exciting. The team is very professional and well prepared- they had everything planned properly and also had contingency plans readily available. Thanks to the Mogalakwena Travel & tours team for the awesome time. I will see you soon on my next trip to Botswana
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Once-in-a-lifetime-self drive trip to Namibia
I cannot thank Allison enough; she was SO helpful and always pleasant. All the advice really helped us to have a fantastic, once-in-a-lifetime holiday. We are a retired couple and it would have been a difficult trip without all of her suggestions and advice. Nothing was too much trouble.
No negatives at all about the arrangements. Every place was expecting us and had the correct details, car hire was in place as well. I was particularly amazed to receive the information pack at the Avis counter, the personalised map was so useful. And even a sim card for Namibia! I have posted a rave review on TripAdvisor and have told anyone who is thinking of an adventure to get in touch. Thank you!
NL
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Excellent service, fast response and great game drives
To sum it all i will say it was an Excellent service offered from start to end .
Thanks to Bison Safaris and team for a wonderful safari.
ES
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Memorable Kenya Honeymoon Safari
We had a perfect honeymoon safari organised by Maggie and her team . We were really treated well and got value for our money . One advise always take a private safari if its a special occasion you are having as Maggie advised us and we ended up having the best experience.
I would recommend Bison Safaris to anyone who wants to visit Kenya .Its a great company to travel with.
BE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
It was the best vacation ever! A lot of wildlife, perfect guide, good food, beautiful nature...
It was arranged well from the beginning. The communication was exellent. Our guide, Ruan, was the best. We learned a lot about the nature and animals living in South Africa. Every night we had another sleeping accomodation (since we were travelling around) and each time it was very good.
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Professional, responsible and caring tour of Kruger.
We cannot speak highly enough of our experience with Wild Planet Safari in Kruger National Park. From our initial enquiries and follow up questions and information, to being collected at our hotel in Johannesburg, to being dropped off at the airport, we were extremely well looked after. Ryan and Benjamin, catered well for my gluten intolerance and my wife’s vegetarian diet. The meals were varied and well prepared. The accommodation they arranged was comfortable and met our needs perfectly.
Ryan’s guiding was superb. He knew the likely spots and found an enormous variety of animals and birds. He shared his vast knowledge with us which made our experience so much richer. Benjamin’s cooking and care were matched only by his gentle, sunny disposition. Unequivocal recommendation for the trip.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing trip of a lifetime!
Booked a groupon for the Kenya Safari. The booking process and communication process went smoothly thanks to Beatrice and Mark and I felt comfortable with all arrangements prior to the trip. Francis was a very good guide and driver throughout the whole trip. I recommend adding a day and seeing the elephant orphanage and giraffe center. The temperature and weather in April was very nice with rain usually in the evenings (I think we lucked out with good weather though) and everything was so green and the animals were all fat and happy! All four lodges were very nice at Safari Park hotel, Amboseli, the lake, and Masai Mara- can’t pick a favorite because each had their own charm. I do recommend trying to request a river view room at the Masai Mara camp- if I did this trip again that’s the one thing I would try and do (everyone in our group got bush views). Don’t skip the boat ride at the lake! I also recommend the horse riding at the lake lodge if you like horses. The safari trucks were comfy and roomy with plenty of water bottles available. I added an extra day at Masai with a bush flight from the park back to Nairobi which was a nice ending. One thing to keep in mind is that the driving time between parks is long and may not be comfortable for small children, especially during rainy season in April when delays and detours can make the driving time around 7-8 hrs. Overall this trip greatly exceeded my expectations!
CA
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Well organized tour, good accommodation booked, amazing experiences with both Gorillas and Chimps!
This was a great, well organized safari. Eszra was very responsive to our inquiries. Our guide shared lots of information on the country, local customs etc. The accommodation provided was very good. The food was good at all the lodges - basic, but you have to keep in mind this is Uganda. We had amazing experiences in both Bwindi Impenetrable and Kibale National Parks. In Bwindi we had 2 gorilla permits - one for the north and one for the south. The troop we went to see in the South was definitely less habituated than the one we saw in the North; but still a great experience. The hiking to see the gorillas can be quite rugged with steep ups and downs and I would recommend that if you have ANY mobility issues that you hire one of the local porters to help you out. We were very fortunate to have very close encounters with the Chimps in Kibale. Uganda is a beautiful country but it does take a long time to drive in-between places as the road infrastructure is not that great. Give yourself plenty of time to explore the country.