SK
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great time with Ancient Wild Safaris
We joined 6-day safari (Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru and Amboseli) with Joseph as guide. Firstly, comunication with Mike for perfect. He prepared everything we wanted. On tour Joseph was perfect and made the safar really excelent. We answered every our question, learned us a lot about animals and also about all Kenya. We had so great time with him. If you are looking for some safari company, this one is right choise..:)
US
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic Tanzania Safari with Tembo Adventure and Safaris Company
My wife and I and nine friends travelled from Ridgecrest, California, USA, to Tanzania to go on safari with the Tembo Adventure company. I was a little unsure of what to expect as I had never been to Africa nor had I been on a safari. The trip was motivated by my wife to satisfy one of her bucket list adventures. From the moment we landed in the middle of the night, and made it thru the Tanzania visa line at Killamanjaro airport, Tembo guides met us, loaded us and our baggage on a company bus to Arusha where we stayed at the beautiful Lake Duluti Lodge. The next day our safari adventure began. In the next days we visited a grade school, an orphanage, an organic coffee tree farm, the Tarangiri National Park, Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area, a Maasai Village, Oldupai Gorge where the Leakey's made seminal discoveries of early man and his tools, and the Serengeti National Park during the migration of the Wildebeests and the Zebras. My wife took an exciting early morning hot air balloon flight over the migrating in the Serengeti that she was thrilled with. All the lodges we stayed in were first class with excellent accommodations and meal menus. The vehicles that Tembo uses are large Toyota Land Cruisers that handle the slow and high speed trips over rudimentary dirt roads with no problem. The tops of the vehicles can be opened and locked up and provide excellent wild animal viewing and picture taking opportunities for the passengers. We saw thousands of fierce and wild animals including but not limited to lions, leopards, cheetahs, giraffes, elephants, wildebeests, zebras, gazelles, hippopotami, rhinoceroses, monkeys, baboons, hyenas, jackals, eagles, vultures, and many more, with plenty of opportunity to take photos. I took over 1750 great close up photos with my little 14x zoom camera. This safari was not only excellent, it was fantastic, and was the bucket list trip of lifetime. I must express my deep appreciation and thanks to our guides Justin, Roman, Mark and Peter for a fantastic trip!!! Each one did everything they could to make our safari great. My wife and I will remember it forever.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Amazing Experience Gorilla Tracking with Encounter Africa Safaris
This experience was so much better than I could have ever imagined. Joseph, our driver was the best. Super fun and took great care of us. The camp we stayed at was lovely with the best showers and delicious food. We saw a family of 15 mountain gorillas after a 2 hour walk and the guides made sure we got close and all the pictures we wanted. I highly recommend this trip to anyone. I've done several other safaris and adventure trips in Africa and this one is definitely one of the best.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Simply the best Safari ever, thanks to Quest Horizon
It was everything and we thought it would be and more. From our first communication with them in the early planning to actually arriving they made it all so easy. Once there they took over all the decisions and proceeded to give us the safari of a lifetime. Our guide Kisali was extremely knowledgeable and very entertaining, which made the week end far too soon and us wanting to return to this magical place.
I would thoroughly recommend them.
SE
Fantastic trip to SA
I had great help from Clive. He helped me plan and booked the whole 14 day trip for us, from Johannesburg - Kruger Park, flight, car rentals and hotels. He did a fantastic job and I will recommend him to friends who plan on SA. Thanks!
QA
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Clever is a friendly and a great host
We had a safari booked with clevers for 5 days. We had a wonderful experience - he told us all about the masai tribe and their stories that we would have never known otherwise. He had a driver with him Musa - who i must say had great driving skills on the so called 'roads' around Masai Mara.
Clevers made sure that we were comfortable and enjoyed our safari - indeed we did ! : )
Thank you so much clevers for all your efforts
Tip: do visit the Giraffe center in Nairobi to feed the giraffes. its near to the airport and hardly take 30 mins - a great experience though - again this was suggested by clevers and we were great full to him for taking us out of his way for that.
US
Fantastic Experience!
I went for a 3 day safari with Chabo Africa, which was incredible start to finish. Previous to arrival I emailed back and forth with Elen, who answered my...many emails. I had a few things I wanted that were different from a standard booking, and her help in navigating that crucial. Once on the safari (I went with George) the time was somewhat unbelievable. You're in a jeep with a pop up roof; a 360 view of an incredible landscape and then...animals. Everywhere. Elephants, lions, Kudu, zebra....we saw a ton. And anytime I had a question George was happy to oblige with an answer - I mean, the guy is full of knowledge. Also I hate birdwatching and even that somehow became awesome, probably because the birds here are huge (I saw one eating a snake) and colorful. So yes. Long story short, the park, trip, and company were all awesome.
Very good service from Shondre
Shondre was helpful in every sense and send me all required maps etc. on short notice.
I just think that the tour operators must go and stay in each of those camps and lodges to have first hand experience. Like all of Goverment run places the park and the camps we visited were really way below standard.
The Nkambeni Tented lodge do have lovely food and dinner buffets. But every night at 2.00'and 5.00"there is trains running past the camp. The noise can wake up the dead.
Un unforgettable trip
We saved money for several years to catch our dream to go to Africa. Then, more than one year in advance we started to plan the trip in detail, together with the most professional staff from Safarihub.
Of course there was a risk that we created too big expectations. But during the trip and now afterwards when we talk about our adventures, we can easily say that this was above all expectations - the tanzanian people, the wildlife and the excellent food has given us a memory for life.
SG
Dream vacantion
Overall, a good combination 5 Nights in Ruaha and 4 Nights on Mafia. Would definately consider going back to Ruaha at another time to see it in the dry season.
My generic comment about the trip was Ellie at Safarihub. She provided excellent advice, information, suggested itinaries, alternative and answered a number of silly questions. In fact when BA cancelled our flight back from Dar es Salaam, she even contacted us to see if BA were sorting it out and we were being looking after. we then had a number of text (SMS) exchanges as she check status, etc.
Apart for the BA issues above, everything worked out exactly as planned, being met and escorted between each transfer point.
I would definately consider using Safarihub again and no hesitation recommending to friends, etc.