20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A wonderfully natural safari experience
We stayed for 4 nights at Azura Selous and had the most incredible time. Selous itself is a vast reserve, so we were fully appreciative of the fact that it may take longer to discover animals and they may be a bit more 'jumpy' around the 4x4's than in other parks - the upside to this is the fact that the whole safari just felt a lot more natural, when we did discover animals (and there are still a lot of wildlife about) it was great to hardly have any other vehicles around (often none at all) and there was a greater buzz when you did find them.
The accommodation (Azura) was fantastic, and we genuinely could not fault any aspect of it. The food, especially considering the remote location, was absolutely incredible.
I would not hesitate to come back here at the earliest opportunity, and I do wonder if we did choose a different park/reserve just whether it would feel as good - or if in fact it might have a slight zoo feel to it in comparison.
If I had to pick one minor irritation it would be the pockets of Tsetse fly about - although appreciate there isn't an easy solution to this and to be perfectly honest it isn't the end of the world as you do get used to it - plus there was always a can of insect spray to hand in the vehicles if needed.
DE
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Asante Tanzania!
It was my first trip to Africa. I was going by sunny safaris from Arusha Natinalpark till to Ngorogoro area. It was indescribale fantastic. Our guide ISI was a very friendly, helpfull und competently staff. Food, transportation, Hotels - the organisation was excellent. Thank you.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Tanzania by Chris G
Felt safe throughout our whole trip, everybody was really friendly, food was brilliant, and most places accept USD which made life pretty easy.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fantastic Honeymoon Safari
We had such a great experience with Zohar Safari, we sincerely recommend it!!!
Lillian was very prompt via email right from the beginning, before booking and she just kept being present before, during and after our trip and everything was very smooth!!
My husband and I have just come back from this trip of a lifetime and we have so many memories!
We booked a private safari, just the 2 of us and visited Tarangire, the central part of Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater. In between these wonderful parks, we also visited the Mtonga tribe (prbably incorrect spelling, but it means Mosquito River in swaili), the Hadzabe tribe and the Datoga tribe.
CAR: Large 4x4 Toyota Landcruiser almost new, comfortable, with pop up roof.
PARKS: Amazing!!! I really had no idea... Tarangire has so many elephant and at this time of the year so many baby Elephants! The Serengeti is just incredible, the land is so flat that you can spot animals from so far away, the amount of lions and leopards we saw was incredible! The Ngorongoro is surreal, you are surrounded 360 degrees from the rim of the crater and on the inside you have Savannah and forest and then you can see animals so easily!!!
GUIDE: Our guide was Godfrey, such a gracious guy. His English is very good and he is very knowledgeble about the animals (for example, why is the secretary bird is called secretary?), their hang outs spot (we saw so many lions and we were the only vehicle there!!!!) and beside that, we have been taking about tribes, politics, poaching, about everything. He was very plesant to be with and he took a great care of us, always making sure that we were safe and enjoyed our time.
HIGHLIGHTS: Believe or not we had two 6 months old Lion cubs laying under our car for shade... These 2 little ones were amazing, this happen in Ngorongoro!!In the serengeti, we saw a mama lion with 3 cubs, very close to us, over some stacked rocks, we saw a Cheeta that had just killed a gazzelle and was dragging it to find a safe place to eat, we saw a leopard with cub just by our car, we saw a male baboon chasing away a leopard, a jackal biting a lion and on top of all.... an heard of elephant that charged a pride of 18 lions that were feeding in front of them and have them cornered.... You understand we were shocked!!!!!
At any rate beside these strong emotions with these animals, we had the chance of seeing the tribes I mention above which I honestly think it has been a very enriching experience! Our guides to visit those tribes (Jumma and Musa) where great as well. The cultural visit to the tribes was something we had not thought of doing, and now we are so happy we did.
Tanzania is beautiful and we are planning our next trip back obviously with Zohar Safari
IT
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Memorable!!!!!
My wife and I spent 14 days in a mobile safari around Botswana with Afrika Ecco Safari (CKGR, Okavango Delta, Moremi, Savuti, Chobe).
Afrika Ecco Safari is a tour operator based in Maun, specialized in Delta tours; most of our guides were born in the village of Xaxabe in the middle of the Delta.
The camps were managed by the chief guide (and driver) Baker who is an excellent advisor of animals and who explained us a lot of things about animals, environment, etc.
Our tent was enough large for two persons with private shower and toilet in the back. Camp assistant took care of us and chef cooked delicious (and very rich) lunches and dinners (every days a different 3 courses menu - starter, main course, dessert).
Tea and coffee were available any time during the day. They also arranged for us amazing sunset appetizers in the delta and in the parks.
We enjoyed so much the mobile safari and we thank Afrika Ecco for having managed a memorable tour!!!!
Definitively we recommend Afrika Ecco for any type of activity in Botswana.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful Safari Adventure
Red Africa Safaris were fantastic from start to finish. The staff were very accommodating and went above and beyond to ensure that the experience was tailored to our needs and was best value for money. Our guide (Jaco) was professional, extremely knowledgeable and friendly; his passion for conservation and pride in sharing the beauty of his country was truly touching. The accommodation and catering at the private reserve were excellent. We were very grateful to the ranger at the reserve and Jaco for the insights we gained into the issues and challenges of local conservation. Thank you! A safari trip with Red Africa is highly recommended.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful trip
We were very happy with the service provided by Bramwel Safaris. Gidi and Jamal (guide and chef) did a great job, always being very helpful. We had a fantastic time with them. The vehicle was good and food always very tasty.
The Red monkey resort in Zanzibar (apart from a little confusion with the booking when we arrived) is a great place to stay, with excellent food and an amazing beach. We were lucky to be there on Monday for the jam session. Taib, who took us to the dolphin tour and back to Stone Town, is an excellent guide. He taught us a lot about the country during the time he spent with us. We would definitely recommend Bramwell.
NL
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Amazing big 5 experience in Masai Mara
From the very first contact with Christine, the service from Waymark was great. We were picked up right on time by Richard, who maintained his friendly, punctual self the whole trip. With Julius, the Masai guide, he made an effort to ensure that during our safari we saw everything we wanted to. Nice to see that they themselves were still touched by the amazing scenes we saw. As experienced travellers, we had our fair share of guides, Richard and Julius are off the class that we would not mind (to say the least) to travel with again. Thank you for an amazing experience seeing all the big 5 plus some bonuses!
DE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Back to South Africa
after 12 years we visited South Africa again for safari. it was a really extra ordinary experience! the selected lodges were really great. the individual safaris gave us the opportunity to watch the animals much closer. the Catz Tours service was absolutly smooth. perfect organisation. great thx to Annekie and Henry!
NL
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The South African dream fulfilled
We booked a self-drive tour for the Elephant coast with exentsions to Drakenbergen and Cape Town. Although Talor Made Safari's offers a number of "standard" tours, these are just helpful starting points for designing your own tailor made holiday. The holiday already starts two weeks in advance by recieving the self-drive package consisting of a GPS-system, a South African cell phone and, most important, a tailor made book providing all the day-to-day information well illustrated by beautiful photo's. We called it our "black bible".
Our trip in South Africa was fantastic. We drove from game park to game park ourselves, but the game drives were all guided. We had a good mix of parks (also marine), and especially Tembe and Rhino Zululand provided us with some onforgetable experiences. It was interesting to see the changes in landscape driving from Elephant coast to Drakensbergen. The walks and views in Drakensbergen were impressive. We ended our holiday with a five day, fully guided, stay in Cape Town and it's surroundings. Our guide Michel did a great job. This our first, but certainly not last trip to South Africa!