20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Review about Hell's Gate National Park by Heather
I took a driving tour through Hell's Gate National Park even though you can actually walk or bicycle through it due to the fact that there are no predatory animals in the park. I saw some zebra, giraffe, and a few types of antelope, but I wouldn't come here just for wildlife viewing. For me the highlight was walking down into and through the gorges. It was beautiful and very interesting. A maasai guide took me down and told me some of the history of the area. And I got to wash my hands in a hot geothermal stream that was flowing down the rocks. The beauty of these gorges is definitely worth a visit. There's a lot of geothermal activity in the park and before we reached the gorge, we drove through an area with a lot of plants that were harnessing that energy, which is a good thing, but it detracted from the beauty of the park. Once you got through that area though, it was nice. I was glad to be driving through because it started to rain right after I finished my hike through the gorge. I would love to go back though and maybe bicycle in the park.
Beautiful Park with plenty of wildlife
Really enjoyed our visit to Majete - were able to drive around the park ourselves safely. The riverside setting is beautiful. We saw a lot of wildlife, none of the Big 5 unfortunately, but the highlight for us was seeing a nest of baby Warthogs! An amazing sight. The park attendants were very welcoming. We did a bush walk and safari drive and they were very knowledgeable and friendly. Would really recommend a visit if you're in the area.
Very responsive, but a little disorganized
Robert's company was recommended through the Nairobi Expat Marketplace forum and overall, we had a good trip. The driver who accompanied us was friendly and great at spotting animals (though not necessarily able to tell us much about the animals). Robert was also very responsive to our emails both in the planning stage, and throughout the safari when we needed to clarify things.
My suggestion would be that if you book with Maasai Trails East Africa, to send a confirmation email the day before to confirm that you will be getting water and binocular. Both were forgotten for us, which was disappointing. Maasai Trails reimbursed us for the water we purchased, but no binoculars meant some of the animals further from the road were harder to see. Also double-check the itinerary: our driver didn't know half of our itinerary and there was a lot of confusion over whether he had been given the park fees, etc. Ultimately Robert handled the situation but it would have been nice to not have had to spend an evening calling and clarifying our itinerary.
Despite the forgotten items, we enjoyed our safari experience overall. Thanks, Robert and crew! If you all improve communication within your team members and ensure that what is listed in the package is included in the car, you'll be a 5-star deal.
65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Review about Waterberg Biosphere Reserve by Jaco Beukman | www.go-nipper.com
Nice for the locals. Ecosystem unbalanced.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Review about Manyeleti Game Reserve by Jaco Beukman | www.go-nipper.com
Needs more taken care off. Honor to local efforts
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Review about Golden Gate Highlands National Park by Jaco Beukman | www.go-nipper.com
Regarding highlands I prefer the central Drakensberg area with massive cliffs instead
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Review about Addo Elephant National Park by Jaco Beukman | www.go-nipper.com
There seems to be an unbalance ecosystem present, as if too much human interference abides. I recommend more careful measures to be taken in future conservation and more training of staff.
Review about Amakhala Game Reserve by Massai_1 (Carsten M.)
Lions not in the main area, nice scenery (river), stayed two nights but went to Addo for one day.
CA
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Tarangire National Park by Rick Engel
When we were there, the flies were worse than anywhere else on the Safari. We have lots of bugs back home in Canada, but because we had not experienced this before, it threw us off a bit. Otherwise, it was a beautiful place to see wildlife, especially the elephants.