NL
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great experience, proffesional & dedicated staff
First the booking-period was very pleasant and comfortable. Every question I asked Memory was quickly and satisfiable answered.
I spend 19 day's with Wild Dog Safari's and it was an experience I will never forget. I did a combination tour with three different guides and assistants. The guides were extremely dedicated to me as a guest. Nothing was to much to explain and both the guide and the camp assistant worked their butt of to cook, help with the tents and with everything they could to make our travel comfortable.
During the game drive they gave me every opportunity i needed to switch my lenses. I have a 600mm telelens and it takes some time to switch it but that was no problem. The guides went the long mile to provide opportunities to see game or other beautiful things.
We encountered two set backs. Two car breakdowns due to the bad roads in Namibie. The second costs me the visit to the minevillage and the afternoon in Swakopmund. It was compensated by paying the tours I booked the next day in Swakopmund but I lost the opportunity to by gemstones which I was really looking forward to.
During the 9 days tour to Zimbabwe the tents were packed in the bus in stead of the roof of the bus. And some guest took way more luggage with them then according to the guidelines. As a result the sleeping bags had to travel in the cabin which way decreased our space in the bus. Wich such small space in the bus the long drives are not comfortable.
But overall a very pleasant and professional organization. Trips fantastic organized and if I had to choose again I would go for Wild Dog Safaries in a second.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Exceptional customer service
The friendly and knowledgeable personnel made my family's first time stay memorable. My only regret is spending only 2 days with them. I am looking forward to another opportunity to visit Zambia.
With Ilmaasai you make your safaritrip a very personal experience
I spent 4 months volunteering in Arusha (dec13/march14) and did several trips with the little company of the two brothers Loth and Philip. It was my aim to find a good and trustworthy company to organize trips for a lot of volunteers. At first they all went to the big companies. I didn't want that: I wanted the spent money to be supporting local people and local economy. With the Ilmaasai's I was on the right spot. A personal touch, a friendly conversation, always karibu sana when you drop by at the cosy office in the park. Just good folks, that you can rely on.
If you go for the brandnew jeep or the flashy add-on's, go to a big company; if you want the real thing, with an excellent guide and a superb cook (Godson & Saimon were our hero's!), go with Ilmaasai and go to the campsites and not the expensive ridgelodges.
And say hi to Philip and Loth from me!
NL
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Super self drive trip with Tailor Made Safaris!!!
We 're just back from our 24-days self drive trip in South-Africa. We booked this trip with Tailor Made Safaris and that was a very good decision!!! From the start we had very good contact with them and everything you wish for is possible.
Our trip brought us to Drakenberg, St Lucia, Hluhluwe-IMfolozi,Kosy Bay, Ponta D'ouro. Tembe Elephant Park, Mlilwane and Kruger. Mountains, beaches and wild life. In one word FANTASTIC!!
Our accommodations where great. Most of the time we had self catering and our own braai.
So if you have plans for visiting South-Africa start with Tailor Made Safaris!!! They enraged everyhting for you included a persenal routebook, GPS and African phone. Go for it!!!
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
All went as per the itinerary- awesome!
Thank you Charles for being so precise and helping us pick the best option for our holiday, your response speed was terrific i felt like i was on a telephone call with you with all our emails. Our driver was excellent all the way and went extra mile to make feel at home - Thank you Vincent.
You can be sure I will be back with my family.
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Wonderful experience
This is the 2nd safari we have done with KETS in 2013 we did a 16 day Safari & in 2015 we did a 8 day Safari & we hope to us them again. Great accommodation at all lodgers Wonderful guides with great knowledge about the animals we were looking for. We booked our safari from Australia & each time we would email KETS with any questions Paul would reply with in 24 hours We would recommend KETS to all safari travellers .
20-35 years of age
Film Crew Fixer Services- Excellent Experience
I engaged Encounter Africa Safaris to help has arrange various services, including media permits, kit bond (for customs clearance), ground transportation and security for a television shoot in the Kampala area.
Right from pre-production, Chris in the office was very helpful in providing information on what permits we would need and the process to obtain these. Communication was very clear and Chris responded to my emails quickly and was always available on the phone.
Once our shoot started, the crew were met at the airport by Paul and Tolbert who cleared the kit through customs and drove the team to the hotel. Throughout the shoot they were very helpful and flexible, which is key as a shooting schedule is always changing!
I massively recommend Encounter Africa Safaris if you need a fixer in Uganda, my experience with them was consistently professional and efficient!
SE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic 3-days safari
Me and my husband booked our 3-days safari with Jesca Simon from Sunny Safaris. She was extremely helpful with all the questions we had before, during and after the trip. We had a change of flight at the last time and arrived at another time and airport than we first had booked but it was never a problem for Jesca to rearrange our pick up.
We were very lucky to get our guide, Edward!!! He was for sure an expert to find all kinds of animals and he was respectful towards the nature and all animals. He really looked after us and made sure that we got fine rooms at the lodges.
During our safari we had a jeep only for us. We think it was great not to depend on other passengers wishes and we could decide all on our own, how long we stayed at different places, when we had our lunch and so on.
We visited 3 parks, Tarangire, Ngorogoro and Lake Manyara. We think it was perfect for us. We saw all the animals we had expect to see and we had no wishes for more. We were there the last days of December 2014.
If you plan to go on safari we highly recommend to book it with Sunny Safaris.
NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great service for a great price
We booked a three-day safari in amazing Masai Mara with Ancient Wild Safaris. Michael, our contact person, took great care of us and did everything to make everything as easy and comfortable as possible for us. We had the freedom to give our own input to the program, he was flexible with regards to the payments we had to make, and informed us very well during a visit to our hotel the day before the safari. Also, the guide did a good job and was able to find 4 of big 5. The accommodation was okay-ish. We did not get the promised hot showers and the hygiene was not that great, but I did not expect that much for the very low price.
UA
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
We had a very pleasant time. Safari was excellent!
We spent 4 days with jipetrekkingandsafaris and visited many interesting places at Northern Tanzania. We were at Tarangire, Lake Manyara and Ngorongoro National Parks. As a additional option we visited Maasai village where we got very good experience and knew a lot of information about Maasai culture.
Safari was arranged very professionally and as a result we saw many different animals like elephants, lions, zebras and so. My group consisted 3 adults and 3 children 12,13 and 15 years old.
Everyone was very glade to collaborate with jipetrekkingandsafaris.