US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent Adventure
The safari tours were unbelievable!!! Animals everywhere with gorgeous landscape. The driver of our van, Alex, was very knowledge. The trip of a lifetime!!
SE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing awesomeness
I dont know what to say excellent simply is not enough to describe how great i Think my safari was!!!
It started with the superb customer service Before the safari even started!!!
The office team of zoe and christine is great even the most trivial question is awnsered with speed :)
Then my parrents arrived and of we went on the safari our guide was very good and knowledgeable.
On the second day we had 2 flat tires in a day but this was trivial matters.
Because on this day and the days following i got to see lions hunting, cheetas killing an impala i got up close and personal with lions on a walking safari.
with up close i mean 10-15 meters closer to the cubs cause we noticed the lions late and they saw us late wich meant we got charged by the lioness wich was freaking awesome abit of an adrenaline rush there!!!!
We also went to tafcom an Tanzanian run ngo wich does great work in the poor part of moshi.
we also went for a day trip up towards the start of the kilimanjaro hike on that day christine and zoe joined us it was so much fun.
The Point i´m trying to make at some length is it was freaking amazing use anda!
Have a nice day :)
Regards Torbjörn
US
Outstanding safari!
Just completed our 5-day tour of Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro, and Serengeti. Everything was as advertised, and the price was very competitive. Kamal was very nice and provided us with all the information we needed. We were able to customize our tour to include a visit to Olduvai gorge. Wilson is an outstanding guide and excellent driver. He found many animals - we saw everything except for the Black Rhino. He is extremely knowledgable. We were never able to stump him with any question about the parks and wildlife. Highly recommended!
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
My experience with Wildside was professional, insightful and amazing!
My trip to Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti was life changing!! I spent 8 nights and 9 days in Tanzania with a group of wonderful friends. The whole trip was very well organised by Ian from Wildside Safari Company - we just arrived and enjoyed the trip. Ian did everything for us, booked us into the various hotels and tented camps, arranged the tipping and planned the daily routes with the guides. All the hotels were very comfortable and the service was excellent. When it came to the Serengeti tented camps (Central and North), the services, the comfort in the tents, the staff, the atmosphere etc was absolutely fantastic. It really was the most unbelievable experience! The amazing sightings of so many birds and animals (we saw 170 elephant in one day!!) and of course the numerous 'Crossings' at the north camp were very exciting and emotional! This trip has always been on my bucket list and I was very blessed to have had the opportunity to go! The whole experience has changed my outlook on life and how insignificant us humans really are. The world out there is just amazing, I loved every minute!
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Trip of a Lifetime
My wife and I went on a safari in Tanzania for our honeymoon and were lucky to have Mawalla as our tour guide. Mawalla is an absolute professional and a joy to be around. Not only did he have incredible knowledge of the wildlife, but he also arranged other travel for us in Tanzania and looked out for us on our trip.
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing Experience
From start to finish the safari tour was incredible and exceeded my highest expectations! Our driver Alex was knowledgeable about the birds and the animals we viewed during the safari. He was courteous, solicitous, and fun! He gave us plenty of time to take photographs and would inquire if we were ready to move on or needed more time. He made every effort possible to ensure that we would see as many animals as imaginable. I highly recommend Wild Jungle Trails to anyone who would love a true African safari experience!
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
First timers - Chobe
A safari, something that had never really crossed my mind, it was something other people did! We were pondering a holiday and Africa was mentioned, we visited a travel expo in Perth and one of the first displays we saw was Lourens Lee and African Big 5 Safaris. We stopped and chatted and were pretty much hooked. It all sounded too good to be true....we booked a tour to Botswana, staying at a lodge on the Chobe River, the trip included a day trip to Victoria Falls and a village tour into Namibia as well as a multitude of river cruises and game drives.
We met Lourens a couple of times before the trip and were amazed not only by his attention to detail but with his absolute interest in making sure his clients had the best trip ever, he didn't disappoint!
The trip to Botswana went by in a flash, and we were soon ensconced in our little piece of Africa.
The next morning we left in darkness - a holiday where we were happy to be up before dawn - for the park entrance, the image of a herd of elephants crossing the river in the pre dawn light is firmly embedded in my memory, as is the flurry of radio traffic telling us about a leopard, this led us on a wild ride back to the sighting and well worth it it was. We saw two Honey Badgers including one with a kill and I was also stared down by a Cape Buffalo after using 'the facilities'. The river cruises had their own allure, we got up close and personal to crocodiles, elephants and hippos and the African sunsets over Chobe were something to behold.
We managed an extended game drive and whilst straining our eyes for any sign off wildlife, we managed to spot an anti poaching patrol 'camouflaged' in the trees, their boss was not too impressed that they were spotted by a group of tourists!!!!
The Chobe wildlife was a great introduction to Africa and coupled with the trip to the Victoria Falls had us hooked, any concerns of it being too good to be true were blown out of the water, Lourens was a great guide, spotter and his knowledge of these locations was second to none.
Wildlife documentaries haven't been the same since.
Lourens and African Big 5 Safaris will only leave you wanting more.....
FR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Best Experience!
I had a great experience. Communication was easy and they were well organized. We had a lot of fun in Kenya and memorable time there. I would recommend more tourists to View Nature tours
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Queen Elizabeth national park
I came to visit my daughter in Uganda at the end of May and for many years loved to your around on a short tour in Uganda so my daughter planned a surprise trip for me before i moved to the east where we have a project supporting a primary school. The tour was indeed a good surprise, we visited in Queen Elizabeth park and saw many animals including a visit to the Kyambura gorge which is a beautiful place for seeing the chimps. I like the water excursion on the nile till we arrived at the point where we saw clearly the bottom of the waterfall forming part of the river Nile. I enjoyed my trip to Queen Elizabeth and i will not hesitate to suggest this operator Destination Jungle to my friends back home. Oh, Boaz was our guide to show us the animals
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Kenya and Tanzania - amazeballs
Our second African adventure and it didn't disappoint, from sitting out on our luxury tent deck at midnight listening to a roaring lion across the Sweetwaters watering hole to a wildebeest stampede past a coupling lion and his lioness and the weird excitement of a wildebeest being held by a huge croc in the Mara river, Kenya and Tanzania didn't disappoint. Lourens leaves nothing to chance and with his experienced game drivers is a fantastic guide, knowing many great secluded areas to see a wide range of Africa's finest. We saw way too much too list in this review, the only things we missed were Wild Dogs and another Honey Badger!!!
The accomodation was excellent with different amazing sights and sounds at each 'campsite' there was also a great selection of good food at all like locations. We wouldn't hesitate to recommend African Big 5 Safaris to anyone planning a guided safari.