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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
7 day private camping safari was great!
We did a private safari with Northern Circuit in December, visiting Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Serengeti, and Ngorongoro with a stop at Oldupai Gorge. Our guide (Elias) and chef (Sweetbart) were fantastic. The meals were tasty and the chef proactively adjusted meals based on our preferences. Our guide had some good itineraries planned and he handled all the tough mudding with aplomb. He was also very knowledgeable about the animals and was very good at spotting and naming all the different birds we encountered as well - we ended up finding about 25 different kinds.
Our tour vehicle was a little older but perfectly functional (standard safari car with pop-up roof), and it had seat covers with nice seatback pockets for stowing gear during the game drives, and it also had an inverter with a universal power strip for charging whatever electronics needed charging - these made life much more pleasant on the trip.
Our only complaint was that the tent was a little old and musty. It didn't rain much while we were on the trip so we could leave the flaps open to air it out and it was fine, but if it had rained more it might have been problematic, and that's why I said 4 stars.
I would recommend this tour operator to friends and family.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Trip of a lifetime
Great communication from my initial enquiry, through payment and confirmation with Vaycay.
The safari and accommodation at the Explorians Mara Rianta Camp were better than we could ever of dreamed of. Everybody we met through this trip were so friendly, they went out of their way to add the perfect finishing touches to our honeymoon. It was an experience we will never forget. Thank you David.
we had wonderful time with msafiritravels especially the kids like the vacation
Everything was well coordinated from picking us from the airport to our hotel because we had to spend the night in Tanzania and the following morning we used the shirp to zanzibar we had wonderful time .looking forward for another trip during easter time
CH
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Ten extraordinary days with the big five
We are very happy with this safari and the organization was perfect. Tom, our guide did his job to our satisfaction. A journey of 10 extraordinary days without any mechanical problem or other. We can only recommend It Started in Africa, reference agency!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Kikwetu Paradise
Kenneth the agent we used was very helpful and has excellent customer handling skills. Relaxed atmosphere, the beach is nearby & good swimming pools. Upgrading needed especially the kitchen (Cooker, utensils, fridge), try check on the guests in case there are issues to report. Overall it was worth the spend.
GR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unforgettable 4-day experience!!!
We are a young couple and we have just come back form our trip to Tanzania, including a 4-day safari with It started in Africa. We can hardly find words to describe those 4 days! It was an amazing, unique experience and we are very happy that we did it with that company. We were convinced about their professionalism from the first day we contacted them, but when our trip came a reality they exceeded any expectation! Every employee we met was extremely helpful and friendly. Our guide Joel was fantastic and we really spent our best 4 days with him, driving in the endless plains of Serengeti and in the unparalleled Ngorongoro crater! He was always eager to answer our questions (and thy were many!), he was informative giving as interesting information, being at the same time very pleasant and enthousiastic although he has done the same trip hundreds of times. We managed to see every animal existing in the parks visited and to take advantage fo every moment spent during our safari.
We also had a great cooker who offered us extremely delicious meals everyday!
We could never imagine that a company would be so careful and helpful, finding a solution in any matter we had. We were really impressed when we forgot our battery charger at the hotel in Arusha after our safari and with just one phone call, they arranged to get there, take it and send it to our next station!
We highly recommend It started in Africa with no second thought!
Thank you for the unforgettable trip!
Eleni-Manos
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Once in a lifetime trip, safaris were amazing, transfers were perfect and the lodgings were superb
We went on a 3 country 9 day adventure. Our trip involved 4 light aircraft transfers, one regular flight, two road transfers, one of which was a road to ferry to road transfer. Every single one of them occurred smoothly. The one hotel and two lodges we were booked at were fabulous and first class. The two sets of safaris we went on were once in a lifetime adventures and in both locations we saw the big five (once in one drive!) plus numerous other animals. Ute Sonnenberg was there every step of the way before we left with immediate answers to the numerous questions we had. She planned an amazing trip.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
It was life time experience
It was a great experience. Haji and Sarah ( cook) were very friendly and Lewis ( guide/ driver ) was very knowledgeable. They took extra efforts to give us the fullest for the four days of the safari.
It was a safe trip with very good food and we were very happy to see the big 5 animals pretty close.
Mathew and Sam ( tour organiser ) were very friendly and accommodating as he helped us to reorganise the whole trip for no added charges as we weren't able to make it due to circumstances on the booked days. He also went out of his way to pick and drop us in hotel even after the tour was over.
On the whole we really enjoyed and we would definitely recommend this tour to others.
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
1 Day Gorilla Tour from Kabale Town - Unbelievable!!
None of us believed that we could successfully take a one day gorilla trip to Bwindi forest Park until we landed on this package on Jungle Safaris Uganda website. We were a group of 6 people with major interest to see gorillas in Uganda through this company. We were on tight budget and chose to take a bus from Kampala to Kabale town (8 hour drive). At Kabale we stayed at Bunyonyi Overland Resort, we were picked by a representative from Jungle Safaris Uganda at 0600hrs. We drove to Bwindi National Park where we tracked Bitukura family, it was such amazing experience! A tour to the gorillas in Uganda is expensive, but we spent little money on this tour, we saved on transport and accommodation by not using private means from Kampala to Kabale. We bought gorilla permits in advance at US dollars 600 each through this company. We had a great trip on our low budget!
NL
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
a great experiance
I participate in the 4-days tour Swakopmund-Sossusvlei-Windhoek. Very good organized trip, good accomodations and important, a very good and helpfull guide (Gabriel). For my next trip to Namibia I'm sure that I will book a tour with Chameleon Safaris.