20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very helpfull. replies quickly to the emails
Excellent experience. the booking process was very smooth.
our tour guide Steve was excellent. he mad alot of effort to make the trip more fun and to get us to the spots with the best view
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Epic - Big 5 ticked off
From the 1st contact Emile, was helpful and help us choose what was good for us, and especially have two young boys it was key to keep them involved. We had several game drives and managed to see a different animal on each occasion, and eventually saw the parks big 5, truly amazing.
Lion & Emile are great hosts and go that extra bit further to ensure you enjoy your stay,
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
A fantastic semi luxury mobile safari tour operator with a great team
We did a 6 night/ 7 Day tour of Northern Botswana camping in Khwai (Moremi), Savuti and Chobe National Parks. Patricia and her team provided us with fantastic service and delivered an incrediblly memorable trip which included a transfer to Victoria Falls from Kasane.
We were provided us with comfortable bedding in 2 person tents each having an ensuite toilet.
We had some amazing and delicious dishes cooked up by Salome the chef who was part of the crew that accompanied us thru our trip.
Glen(Bathobangwe) and Oli (Olefile) were fabulous guides knowledgeble, experienced, eager to please and great trackers which provided us with some fabulous sightings of the best that Botswana wildlife has to offer.
Coupled with some magical sunrises and sunsets this was indeed the trip of a lifetime.
It was great value for money and we will have no hesitation using Patricia and her team at Wild Ridge Bush Trails and Safaris the next one as well. Highly recommended!!!
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great experience at a convenient price
We had 2 days of safari and 1 day visit to waterfalls. The safari guide was great. Accomodations were minimal but clean and comfortable. The price is very very good. I would book with them again!
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Professional, Reliable, and Safe! Safari Guide, Victor, was the real deal!
Just came back from our 8 day Safari in Tanzania. We started off in Tarangire National park, then went to Ngorogoro Crater, and then into the Serengeti with the Mara River. We saw EVERYTHING -- the big 5, giraffes, zebras, and even the rarest Serval cat. I cannot emphasize this enough: CHOOSING A GOOD GUIDE MATTERS.
Here's how things work: your guide drives you around, looks around for animals, tells you where they are, fights their way around other guides to get you the best view, radio's in or messages his buddies if they find sightings of major animals, drives you to your lodge, etc. With Pangolin Safaris, we hand selected our guide through recommendations and we clearly see now why Victor was highly sought after. His experience (20+ years) blew many other guides from other companies out of the water. They were relying on him to tell them where the animals were, following him, getting advice from him. He is clearly a leader in the industry. He had many connections with other drivers and therefore was able to get us up close to so many animals -- oftentimes 15-20 minutes before many other cars got the notification. This allowed us plenty of time to watch lions and leopards and get all the best videos and photos.
He pushed us and we pushed him. This made the experience a million times better when we challenge each other to make the most out of every day. When he dropped us off at the lodge, he would ask us what time we wanted to start. Then he would ask us what we wanted to see. Based off of this, he would challenge us to wake up a bit earlier so he can guarantee that we'd see what we wanted. It worked -- without fail. We would challenge him every day by saying "tomorrow we want to see X" and sure enough, without fail, he would summon up all his channels and Safari magic and take us to remote specific areas where we would precisely see X. For example, on our last day, we wanted to see vultures and hyenas EATING. This was very specific because we had practically seen everything else already. So Victor drove us to this location where it seemed no other cars were going. From there, we encountered 4 different instances of Hyenas literally feasting on a meal or running through the field carrying a zebra leg. We saw vultures feasting and then getting taken over by hyenas. He literally gave us exactly what we asked for. We were so impressed we started joking and asking him to show us Santa Clause and a Unicorn next!
The last point I want to emphasize on is Safety. The roads between locations are 95% not paved and an experienced driver matters. On the road, we would see cars zoom past us only to see them with flat tires 3-4 miles later. We also saw drivers who had bubbles in their tires and when Victor address it with the driver, he said not to tell his clients because he didn't want them to know. Can you imagine your guide deliberately putting your safety at risk? That is one thing we REALLY appreciated from Victor with Pangolin Safaris. He said he changes his tires and shocks almost every client and has so much experience that he knows what tire pressure and how to maneuver the car to make sure his guests are always safe and can complete their Safari trip without any issues.
Overall, Victor with Pangolin Safaris made the entire trip so memorable. He orchestrated everything for us and made us feel so special and safe. We will 100% be recommending this Safari company and driver to all our family and friends. After seeing the other drivers recklessness and inexperience -- we now know how LUCKY we were to be working with Victor and Pangolin Safaris.
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
reliable and affordable
With Kilipath, it was a wonderful adventure. They guided us through the incredible experiences Tanzania has to offer. We visited the Tarangire and Ngorongoro parks, and we hope to return soon for more adventures.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Perfect Safari
We have just got back from a trip to the Masai Mara with Alpha. We were a family group of 4 adults and 1 infant (just turned 1) and initially we were a little apprehensive about travelling with such a young child. Well, we didn't need to be. Alpha was our guide and he was incredible! He is an amazing guide with great knowledge, clearly cares a lot about conservation and is well liked and connected with other guides. He did a great job of getting us in the perfect position for photos whilst being extremely respectful of the wildlife, their habitat and other visitors. On top of all that, he was great with our 1 year old. He took great care with driving, chose his path around the Mara with the baby in mind, accommodated extra stops for our baby, and went completely at our pace! We cannot thank him enough and would highly recommend him to anyone.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
It was incredible, Siya was perfect and thanks to him we observed big 5 and all other animal
We loved spend time with Siya and Bahati Safaris, we enjoyed our time with confortable trip (car and bedroom and tent), besides thanks to the Siya expertise we saw the big 5 and a lots of other animals (all). He is very good person with a good sense of humour and professionalism. Thank you for this trip !
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
We had a good time at Ashnil hotel booked by Kibe. tour guide from wildebeest was perfect
It's my third booking and I always love their services. So far so excellent
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Great communication, very reliable.
We had a beautiful safari in Tsavo East park, the agency KingTomondo Safaris Kenya was very reliable, always very helpful, maintained all expectations. Really thank you!