CL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
John is an experienced driver, excellent safari guide, attentive and kind
The Masai Mara is a beautiful park and Jhony is the best driver. He was able to show us all the big five and more animals. We were a group of 5 women and he made us feel super comfortable and safe. You can tell he is very experienced and knowledgeable. The safari was amazing and fun, unbelievable and unforgettable experience. The camp we stayed in had everything we needed, with a lovely staff. I would highly recommend the operator and our driver 100%.
AE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
We had one of the best experience in Zanzibar
We had an amazing experience with African polecat for our Zanzibar trip! From the moment we booked, the service was impeccable. A special thanks to Mr Ibrahim who was incredibly responsive and ensured that every detail of our trip was perfectly arranged. The activities, and overall itinerary were spot on. Thanks to the African polecat team, our Zanzibar vacation was truly unforgettable! Highly recommend their services for anyone planning a hassle-free and enjoyable trip.
FR
Intimate experience
I spent 2 days with our driver William. Absolutely amazing 2 days safari. We saw 4 of the big 5 and many other animals. William is very patient and kind. people say he doesn’t talk much but he actually does if you chat we had nice chats.
From the pick up to the hotel in dar es salaam to the safari it was all good we saved some time by taking the express train saved us from 6 hours drive .
Everything was handled by Donatus very easy to contact on WhatsApp he handles all the logistics.
This operator is the best regarding price at first I hesitated to book with them because it was not that expensive.
Some competitors asked double price for the exact same experience and camp
So I’m Happy to promote Selous that type of honest company and the service was perfect
LU
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great Safari with Amani!
Wonderful experience with two children, aged 4 and 6. Our guide Amani was incredibly kind and shared his knowledge with great passion. He taught the children a lot and gave us excellent advice. A slight disappointment with the last hotel we stayed at, as it did not match the standard of the rest of the trip.
Thank you again to Amani—don't hesitate to request him for a guided safari in French.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Very professional and efficient and quick to respond to our enquiries
We found Walking Stick Tours to be very efficient and professional, always quick to respond to our enquiries and felt that the price of the trip was great value.
Our guide Gabana was so knowledgeable about the areas we were visiting and the animals and their behaviour that we could experience and enjoy the bush safely while still having close encounters. Tracking a female leopard in the early morning, and sitting close to wild dogs by their den with the two adults guarding the pups as they emerge, and the excitement of the rest
of the pack returning from a hunt were highlights. We will remember the many great moments throughout the trip for a long time.
We were well looked after by our camp chef Election who worked hard to provide us with tasty and filling vegetarian meals everyday, we never went hungry and nothing was too much trouble for the camp assistants always helpful and cheerful.
We have recommended Walking Stick Tours to others while on our travels and would not hesitate to book with them again if we return to Botswana
PL
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Adventure of a lifetime
Everything was very well organized. Breakfast on the way, lunch in the park away from other cars - monkeys and colorful birds all around. We had a wonderful day on safari in Ngorongoro, amazing views, thanks to the knowledge and reflexes of the driver we saw all the animals from the big five. My husband and I felt very safe. We plan to repeat the safari with the same team. We highly recommend!!!
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HR
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Very professional and always on hand
My family had an unforgettable experience on our safari trip which included Zimbabwe, Namibia and Botswana. Diane created an itinerary which incorporated all our wishes and priorities; she booked us superb lodgings as well as reliable transport and was always on hand and professional.
The safari trip itself was truly a once in a lifetime experience for all the members of my family. We were all amazed by the natural beauty and the wildlife of the savannah. The highlight of our trip was seeing the wonderful Namib Desert, gorgeous Victoria Falls and the free roaming wild animals in their natural habitat all while being extremely close to them. I would definitely recommend Discover Africa Safaris and would gladly book with them again.
CN
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Professional and patient travel agency, considerate tour guide, comfortable trip!
We're a family of three. There's a girl. Dennis arranged a great trip for us, as we booked the hotel late, he managed to find several hotels that were suitable for us, friendly staff, delicious food, beautiful surroundings. Peter is an excellent and hardworking guide who knows a lot about animals and has found us lions, leopards, elephants and many other amazing animals! Thank you very much for the travel agency. I recommended it to many of my friends.
IT
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Expert, efficient, mindful of detail, discreet
I traveled with my family, 4 people in total, with my two 23 and 26 years old children. The 11 days tour included six days of safari and three days in Zanzibar. The travel was organised online through the Evaneos operator which redirected us to a direct contact with Savannah Explorers. With the assistance of our Savannah Explorers' local expert, Sultan, we managed to organise a fully customised tour, including safari in Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro, plus 3 days in Zanzibar. The local expert was very efficient and fast in replying to all my iterations, proposing excellent solutions both in terms of destinations and lodging.
All the tour details were taken care by Savannah Explorers and we could travel in full safety from the arrival in Zanzibar to the departure back to Italy. Everything went absolutely smoothly. The local expert took care of us at every relevant step (transfers, accommodations, etc.) but also solved unwelcome problems like baggage lost by KLM in Amsterdam: Savannah Explorers people made all the necessary steps to get the lost luggage and deliver it to us, while we were enjoying our Safari in Serengeti. During our stay, contacts with the local expert were extremely easy through whatsapp and the replies quick (essentially in real time) and efficient. That was very importat to make us feel constantly supported every day.
The guide provided by Savannah Explorers for the safari, John, was exceptional. He guided us through Serengeti with incredible exeperience, bringing us always in the right place at the right moment. He showed great respect to the environment (you could see him suddenly stopping in the grasslands, to collect an abandoned plastic bottle or other garbage) and transmitted us all his enthusisam and love for the wildlife (animals, plants), his home land, with its breathtaking landscapes, and his people. In addition, he was able to drive for hours with great patience and in full safety along the challenging tracks of Serengeti, giving us plenty of time to take pictures and admire all the beatiful things he brought us to see.
Accommodation solutions proposed by the operator were excellent and fully compliant with our wishes: a beautiful lodge for the first and last night in the safari area, to restore ourselves, and tented camps in the serengeti, for a full immersion in the wildlife.
If you go to Serengeti, you must stay in tented camps for a full immertion in the wildlife!
Tented camps are exceptionally comfortable. Tents feature private bathroom with shower, as well as very comfortable beds, still preserving the experience of full immersion in the bush, with zebras grazing close to the tents at night and lions roaring in the distance. Surprisingly enough, tented camps feature an excellent free internet connection, that allowed us to keep in contact daily with our relatives in Italy! (btw: no need for any expensive telephone option to call your beloved: a daily whatsapp video call is as easy as in your home country when you are at the tented camps!). We stayed two nights at Kifaru Tented Lodge in central Serengeti and one night in Kontiki Mobile Tented Camp, in northern Serengeti.
In both cases we found extremely friendly, efficient and supprtive personnel, as well as an excellent kitchen! The tents were impeccably clean and after a long day in the savannah we could restore ourseves by drinking a fresh Kilimanjaro beer.
Furthermore, tented camps are very sustainable structures, being essentially fully self-sufficient from th energy supply point of view, with solar panels for electricity and hot water production. Their impact on the environment is minimal being perfectly integrated in the savannah.
Our tour included 5 days of safari, including Tarangire park which is absolutely to be visited and really surpising! Tarangire features a high density of animals, including, among others, lions, elephants, zebras, giraffes. Elephants walking in the river bed for their mud shower were an unforgettable experience. We then moved to central Serengeti, with its breathtaking landscapes, as well as the beautiful animals (we saw 4 of the big 5) and to northern Serengeti, to admire the awesome great migration with hundreds of thousands of gnus grazing in the immense grasslands, as well as their dramatic attempts to cross the river Mara. If you go to Serengeti in July-August, including a day in northern Serengeti is mandatory!
Finally we spent a whole day in Ngoronogoro, another place that you can not miss by any means: truly the eighth world wonder! If you plan a tour in Tanzania, you definitely must include a day in Ngorongoro. There, thanks to John, we were able to see also the last missing big 5: the rhino!
We finally spent three days in Zanzibar in an excellent resort proposed by Savannah Explorers. To be frank, if you want to stay a few days in Zanziabr, you probably better go there before the safari. At least to me, the safari experience overwhelmed any possible expectation and eventually the stay in Zanzibar was somewhat "average" after that.
Clearly not a fault of the operator, but Zanzibar has a severe problem of eco-sustainability: plastics is ubiquitous and the beautiful white coralline beaches are plagued by an unacceptable level of plastic garbage, notwithstanding the restless effort by the hotel personnel to clean up. Nevertheless, our stay in Zanzibar was excellent, the hotel beautiful and the personnel friendly and efficient.
To conclude, if you plan to travel to Tanzania for a safari, i enthusiastically suggest you to do it through Savannah Explorers!
FI
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Perfect
Everything worked well.
Special thanks to their communications team, great support via WhatsApp from Linah.
Praise was good guide!