65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Safari and Tribal Adventure
What an exciting trip! My only company was Paul, my driver who was fantastic. He looked after me as if I were his grandma. His eyes were sharp. I don't think he missed one little movement that was worth some attention. He would spot a leopard in the fork of a tree from far away. He was able to anticipate situations. Once we saw a herd of elephants standing tucked together in the shade of a tree. There were many tourists in many cars watching. The elephants started moving slowly on, one after the other. The cars drove off. Paul said, "They are heading for water!" We slowly moved in the same direction as the elefants and discovered a water hole. We stopped close by. What an amazing sight! One by one , little ones, big ones, everyone walked steadily into the cool water. They rolled, showered, sprayed, drank and trumpeted in sheer joy!
I saw just about every animal possible, even a black rhino. To me it looked like a big thick sausage towards the horizon. I just had to believe Paul. He was right! At home on the zoomed-in photo I can see the horns!!!
On this trip I came in close contact with 3 tribes which was a once in my lifetime experience.
The accommodation was excellent (even though I downgraded somewhat) and everywhere we stopped the staff was friendly and helpful. Not to forget the two fantastic local guides, Mossa and Tobias, who both spoke beautiful English and their knowledge was bottomless.
There was a lot of driving ca 2400km. In Serengeti the roads were rough and dusty.
I am very happy I chose Ajabu Adventure for my first Africa experience!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
My experience with my guides was unforgetable
I had a truly amazing experience this was down to my guide Johnson who was an exceptional individual and the amazing animals we encountered. As well as our fantastic chefs who prepared our food.
NL
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
An unforgettable journey !!!
What can we say about our 31day self-drive tour in South Africa with Tailor Made Safari’s ?
It was fantastic !!!
Thanks to TMS we have had an unforgettable journey. We have been to the Drakensbergen, St. Lucia, Tembe, Kosi Bay, Mkuze, Hluhluwe and Capetown. Everything is so well organized by TMS. Your holiday starts at home when you receive your personal pre-departure pack (GPS navigation system, South African cell phone and a tailor made book providing all the day-to-day information with beautiful photos). Our whole stay was a highlight, but our favorites were Didima Camp in the Drakensbergen, Tembe Elephant Park and our stay in Capetown. We saw a lot of animals in the Game reserves. In Capetown we got a personal guide (Michel) for one week. He took us to all the beautiful places in and around Capetown (Cape Point, Table Mountain, Hermanus, Gansbaai) . We even saw an albino Southern right whale in Hermanus!!! If you want to go on a holiday to South Africa and you just want to enjoy it and don’t have to worry about anything else….....book with Tailor Made Safari’s.
Thank you TMS team en especially our guide Michel in Capetown for making a dream come true !!!
Patrick & Miranda
20-35 years of age
Fantastic
Overall organisation was incredible. I felt welcomed and comfortable in the care of this company. I would happily return to do this trip again and when planning to return to Tanzania will be looking for this organisation. The only issue i had was the distribution of payment issues regarding tips and KPAP. Whilst i appreciate the tourism industry is vital in Africa as a whole the use of American economic policies in an already financially disadvantaged and abused country was disheartening. I believe the African people are being taken advantage of, and would do far better to take the company as a whole upon themselves without interference from 'charitable' third parties. Thank you to everyone who made my trip incredible.
NL
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great 9-day safari to Tsavo, Amboseli, Lake Nakuru and Masai Mara
All was very well organized by It Started in Africa and we found it good value for money. The correspondence with the office is very smooth, prompt and clear and they lived up to their promises.
We liked the proposed combination of Tsavo - Amboseli - Nakuru - Mara. It's a nice variation of scenery. Mara was a highlight of course for the great variety of wildlife, but the more quiet parks in the east have their charm as well.
We opted for the most basic accommodation offers and we found them all very neat. Especially in Rhinovalley lodge in Tsavo is located beautifully and quite luxureous. The tent camps Punda Milla in Nakura and Wajee Mara were more basic, but we found them fine and all had very friendly staff.
Our driver/guide, Evans, was excellent, a pleasant travel companion, a great driver and very knowledgable on the safaris and everything else Kenya. He really tried to make the most out of all game drives.
In short, we would definitely recommend It Started in Africa to anyone wanting to do a similar journey.
LU
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great camping safari experience
Was a great experience to be out in the wild and being there with a good operator for budget safaris. The communication was perfect and everything was as described. The wildlife was amazing and we saw almost everything on the first day already! The camping site in Serengeti was a small one with simple washing facilities and a daily evening guest - a male elephant who enjoyed drinking out of the camp site water tanks. But don't worry, the rangers know and there is still enough water left. It is also amazing what our cook was able to cook while we are out in the wild. Thumps up!
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great experience!!
I booked the 2-day Safari to Mikumi National Park spontaniously for last weekend, since I was on a business trip in Tanzania. First I was worried to travel as a woman alone in Tanzania, but Ahmed and John from the Wildness Team organized everything so perfectly, that I felt very safe at all times. My guide John picked me up at the hotel early in the morning on Saturday and brought me to the airport again after the trip on Sunday evening. On the Safari, we got to see a lot of elephants, zebras, giraffes, buffalos and even a lion right next to the Jeep! I enjoyed especially the open roof of the jeep, since I had a perfect panorama view, which is just fantastic in the park. I was very lucky with my accomodation too, I got to stay in Vuma Hills Tented Camp, which is a really luxury tent experience. I met the manager of the place and the other guests in the evening when we had dinner together. I even got to feed the bush babies at night with bananas and got to see some wild cats which were around the camp at night. So overall the whole trip was a great experience for me, that I do not want to miss!
SE
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
A great experience in Queen Elizabeth Park
Last January we had en excellent experience going to Queen Elizabeth Park with Hog Safaris. We were eight persons and our co-operation with Hog Safaris worked very smothly and we got very good with planning so we got exactly what we wanted to have.
The journey went out very well and our driver turned out to be an excellent guide as well. He made all efforts go make our trip to turn out into a memory for life.
If we - hopefully - will be able to make another safari in Uganda, Hog Safaris will be our choice.
MY
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fantastic
This is our second safari made with Flash,after a memorable one made about 4 years ago,without our spouses.
Trip was very well organized,from time of arrival till the day we left.
Everything live up to our expectations & more during this second trip.
Thanks to our hard working & observant guide,Adam , who managed to deliver all the objectives we set out for him ,even surpassing our expectations on certain occasions eg watching the killing of the lion cubs in its den by Hyenas..
Makuna Hatata.,Magda.
We definitely have no reservation to recommend Flash to all our relatives/friends & contacts to use Flash ,if ever they plan to go to Tanzania for safari. Cheers
NL
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
What a great holiday
We visited Uganda in september 2015 for a three week tour, organised bij Matoke and this was the best holiday I ever had. As from the oriëntation and booking in Holland, everything was very well organised. We had a group of 9 people and drove with two Toyota landcruisers with excellent drivers, and the tour guide made sure we didn’t have to worry about anything. They learned us a lot about the country and the wildlife. The lodges were very luxurious, the food was excellent and the wildlife incredible. We saw many mammals and birds and especially the chimpansees and gorilla’s were so beautiful and impressive, that they filled my eyes with tears. I also enjoyed birdwatching very much, there are so many species!. I feel really privileged to have been able to do this holiday. The people of Uganda are friendly and the children were waving all the time, what made us feel like a queen or the national football team. So all together I would sure recommend Matoketours. I think they do a really good job over there. Thanks for everything Matoketeam!