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50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
All in all we experienced a professionally guided walking safari with a very knowledgeable guide!
We had a very compact 5 day´ s tour with Andy, our tour guide, and our expectations were completely fullfilled and over fullfilled. The crew was excellent, the food cooked on the floor grill very good, the tents well taken care of and always clean, so we enjoyed a fantastic walking safari and enjoyed this very, very much! Thanks to Andy and his team, it was simply awesome!
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
BEWARE!! Poor safety practices, will con you out of money throughout tour.
Nothing can beat the wildlife of Kenya, however we had the WORST tour guide, John and would not recommend BigMac safaris or John as a guide. He rarely spoke to us and quite honestly barely acknowledged us. He put us in danger by driving insane speeds on the roads and with broken seat belts. He was on his phone ALL of the time, if not talking then texting and looked like we were bothering him anytime we asked a question. He was frequently late for us sometimes at the expense of us missing meals. Go with another company, ANY OTHER company has to be better. He only spoke to us at the end when he wanted to explain to us what a good guide he was and if we didn't believe him we should "check trip advisor".
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Best experience of my life!
I've done a few safaris but none compare to Ngorongoro Crater. The scenery was magnificent as the sun poured down the crater's rim. The wide open spaces meant it was easy to see herds of zebra, wildebeest and impala, with warthogs snuffling in between. I saw loads of hyenas trotting along and also baby foxes. A pride of lionesses walked single file high up on the rim that that of similar colour and I got great photos of this. I also got to see an illusive serval! Not only was I lucky enough to see rhino, but witness them making a baby - this is so unusual that other guides did not believe mine that we had seen this!
My guide Bori had 17 year's experience and was amazing and spotting animals in the distance - whilst we were looking at hyenas, it was he who noticed in the far distance the rhino and got us there before it was too late! This guy can drive past hundreds of trees and take you right away to the one with the leopard in, it's like a sixth sense.
Our jeep was great, had sockets so we could charge camera batteries and phones. The roof lifted so that we could stand and get a perfect view, but still be shielded from the sun. We camped at the edge of the crater and were visited by an elephant after the water tank. The rangers kept it away from the tents and the tourists photographed this. The food was locally sourced, fresh and tasty - lots of bananas!
My only wish was to be there longer!
ID
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Kruger National Park by Rudi Suardi
Nice place and wonderfull experience
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Nice Serengeti Safari
Wonderful fly-in Safari in the northern Serengeti. Beatiful wildlife and scenery, luxury camp. 5 stars!
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Review about Tanzania by RedPlanetClaire
I got to see so many animals - cheetah, lion, servals, leopard, giraffe, zebra, wild hartebeest, warthogs, dik dik, impala, buffalo, hippo, chimps, baboons, plus more. Being in the wild they seem so much more alive than in safari parks in the UK. People were generally nice and I felt safe and welcome. Loved the food and didn't have any trouble being a vegetarian (this can be a problem in some countries). I got very close to some animals and had a pride of lions right next to my campsite in the Serengeti! Also, you get to see local culture too. All accommodation was clean, although hot showers were rare - but in that heat this wasn't a problem. I would go again in a flash.
Animals are amazing but don't use BIGMAC Safaris
Nothing can beat the wildlife of Kenya, however we had the WORST tour guide, John and would not recommend BigMac safaris or John as a guide. He rarely spoke to us and quite honestly barely acknowledged us. He put us in danger by driving insane speeds on the roads and with broken seat belts. He was on his phone ALL of the time, if not talking then texting and looked like we were bothering him anytime we asked a question. He was frequently late for us sometimes at the expense of us missing meals. Go with another company, ANY OTHER company has to be better. He only spoke to us at the end when he wanted to explain to us what a good guide he was and if we didn't believe him we should "check trip advisor".
ID
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
wonderful
it is my 1st trip in world wild tour...it is so amazing
when we saw directly wild animal life
the operator is friendly and cooperative...during this trip we can know each other of the tourist and make friendship...
I wish can visit here again
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Convincing Driver and Guide
The tour was well organized from flexible pick up time, a very friendly guide and driver, good restaurant for lunch and a interesting boat tour, where we visited a fishing village and the source of the Nile. Henry was a very good driver too.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A Once in a Lifetime Experience
Visiting Kruger with Shinzelle Safaris is truly a once in a lifetime experience.
My wife and I went on the five day safari with Shinzelle. It was one of the most incredible experiences we’ve ever had. It was amazing to see these animals in their wild habitat. We saw lions, leopards, elephants, giraffes, zebra, rinos, hippos, hyenas, crocodiles, and many more. Kyro was a very knowledgable, friendly, and entertaining guide. We were lucky enough to have Kyro for a private tour our first day.
We stayed at a cottage at their Windmill property. Our cottage was beautiful. We spent some time in the evenings sitting on the porch enjoying the view and watching the monkeys in the trees. Every night we were treated with a delicious dinner.
Danny, Kyro, Kari, and Brandon are all great. We enjoyed talking with them in the evenings and getting to know them. I hope we have an opportunity to visit them again someday. We highly recommend Shinzelle for anyone visiting Kruger.