20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Kenya safari at its by best Magical Masai Mara experience
Travelled to maasai Mara with my family during the jamuhuri long weekend for a three days tour, Joshua was very helpful, our communications were very much coordinated, from enquiry up the actual travel date. Thanks the drive guide mr Chris who ensure we never missed what the vast nature of Masai mara had to offer from its variety of game. AA lodge was the best for our accommodation. Thanks to polmans Holiday tours for a wonderful trip will highly recommend to anyone travelling to kenya to travel with polmans holiday.
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A whole disaster and very terrible experience - watch out with this agency! Not trustful at all
We found Mercury Tours on Safari-Bookings and Ndamungu (tour operator) seemed to be nice and helpful. We were having email contact for about two weeks in which Mercury Tours explained the Program in detail and gave us all information etc. In November 2016 we booked the 7 day safari with him (Selous-Mikumi-Ruahu Safari) to start on January, 1st 2017. We transferred half of the money to Ndamungu in November (1330 Dollar) and agreed to pay the other half directly to the tourguide when the safari would start. Ndamungu confirmed that the tourguide would pick us up at 8.40AM in our Hotel. Well, we were all excited to start the Safari and on January, 1st we waited to be picked up in our hotel reception. Unfortunately, no one from Mercury Tours appeared, so after 30 minutes waiting, we called Ndamungu. He said, that the driver had an "accident" and would come within 20 minutes. Unfortunately, this was not true. We waited for hours, calling Mercury Tours several times and Ndamungu said the guide could come very soon and hung up on us with no more information. So, we ended up waiting for about 4,5 (!) with another disappointment. Ndamungu confirmed in November that our driver would be our guide at the same time and would speak English. The person who picked us up just spoke barely English and had no idea of our program and where to go, so he had to explain him everything. Above all, he forced us to pay him 200 dollar otherwise he wouldn't drive us and explained us the actual guide was waiting for us at the camp. Well, we were very angry at the time, but paid him and hoping that the real guide would actually speak English and we could finally start our safari without more stress and headache. When we arrived at the camp, unfortunately no guide was waiting for us. The driver and Ndamungu explained, the guide would come the next day but this was another lie. The next day, the driver was gone without saying a word, no guide appeared and we were left alone literally in the bush. The people at the camp were really helpful and called Ndamungu serval time, but he just switched off his phone. Nothing was organised, nothing was paid for us. So, we lost 1530 Dollar and didn't receive anything for it. We went for a game drive with another guide but had to pay all by ourselves. Our safari was a whole disaster and tomorrow we are heading to the police and embassy here in Tanzania to report on this. Luckily we have all confirmations made by Ndamungu. So be very careful with Mercury Tours and Ndamungu - they are criminals.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great Safari!
Great Safari! We visited Tarangire Park, Serengeti and Ngorongoro in a c.6 day Safari (private). Everything was smoothly and carefully organized, our guide James was great! Good value for money, good lodges and great partnership with the Tanzania Roadside Expeditions Team! I really recommend choosing them, had an amazing experience and hope you will have too:) Happy to discuss directly for further references and tips!
SA
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Simply Amazing experience. I traveled with two times and both were really super exciting
Frankly, those people are really the experts in South Africa tourism. Based on an experience, whatever advices they give it came to be true and accurate. They care about all details. Basically, if you want to travel to South Africa, just give them your budget and leave to them and you will get the best value of it.
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A once-in-a-lifetime adventure
Firstly in a nutshell:
We have been to safaris in several African countries before, thus our expectations were pretty high. Earthlife expeditions and especially our guide really managed to exceed our expectations by far. A real outstanding once-in-a-lifetime adventure which we will never forget.
Now in detail:
We spent 15 days in Tanzania in January 2017. We found Earthlife expeditions on a website for safari providers and decided to ask for an individual offer for our safari from Earthlife expeditions. The owner, Deo, immediately replied and sent us a taylor-made offer with great value for money.
Our guide and a lady picked us up at the airport and from the first minute we felt very welcome and comfortable. On our way to our first lodge we got some general instructions, hints and even learned a few words in Swahili. This was extremely helpful and opened a lot of doors for our journey.
Our safari included Lake Manyara, Greater Serengeti, Nduto, Ngorogoro and Lake Eyasi and we finished our trip with some relaxing days in Zanzibar. A great selection recommended by Deo. We had a lot of adventure, experienced breathtaking wildlife, met and interacted with local people, had unforgettable nights in tents in the Greater Serengeti and Nduto. We stayed in tented camps and lodges and all accommodation was great. All this was really fantastic, but what really made this experience outstanding was our guide Gilbert. This guy is just fantastic, really well experienced with a great eager to find animals and a passion for his home country. Very soon we became much more than clients, we really became friends and this made the trip so special.
After our safari we flew to Zanzibar which was also organised by Earthlife. We expected a nice hotel at a nice beach but also here our expectations had been exceeded. Our hotel "Next paradise" was really worth its name, it was an amazing hotel at a great beach. Much, much more than anything we could have expected for the total price we paid.
Initially, we had a problem in transferring the money from Germany to Tanzania before we travelled to Tanzania, so we were a little nervous about this. However, Deo helped us to solve this problem and everything turned out very well.
For a better impression, please find some photos attached. Thank you Gilbert, Deo and the team, for this memorable tour:-)
Manuel & Stefanie
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Swaziland and Lesotho Road Trip to Remember
Brilliant service from start to finish. Fab place to visit and as we had a relatively short time we managed to see so much. Well planned itinerary, first rate guide who made all the difference. Having taken self drive trips in the past I wish we had used Siya Phambile before, we could have avoided car hire issues, wrong turns and hotels that disappoint ! Already planning our next trip. Thanks so much x
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great customer service and wonderful Camping Safari
I did a 10 day safari with kalahari breeze safaris in july 2015. It was an amazing experience. We did a quiet luxurious camping tour and slept in the bush in proper beds. it was amazing... als these sounds around us during night and we saw plenty animals especially lions and elephants. we visited Chobe, Savuti, Moremi and the okavango delta. i dope i can come back again when i saved more money and do a fly-in safari.I am dreaming of the lodges and i ll definately book with kalahari breeze safaris again!thanks for the great experience!your guide and the whole team was amazing!
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Diani Safari
Indian Ocean beach club in Mombasa was stunning.Located on a beautiful and quiet stretch of Diani Beach on Mombasa’s South Coast, the Arabic architecture has historic roots. The Indian Ocean Beach Resort was opened in 1992. It is an exclusive, luxury resort built on the site of a 16th century mosque. The luxury resort is located on a stretch of coast that was once ruled by the sultans of Zanzibar. The resort grounds cover more than 25 acres of coconut palms and age-old baobab trees. Look out for the 600-year-old baobab tree which graces the landscape. We really enjoyed our stay
CH
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Perfect!!
This was the second time with Meleck John as a guide. Everything has worked perfectly from A-Z!
A beautiful, interesting safari, but also culture, country and people he showed me. He acts on any request. Also the lodges were carefully selected. I can only recommend Parakuyo!
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic safari experience at Serengeti and ngorongoro
I went on safari to ngorongoro crater and Serengeti and it exceeded all expectations.. knowledgeable, friendly and professional guide James , with good English, explained lots about the animals , landscape,& Tanzania, the accomodations ( hotel, luxury tents, and lodge) were great and good food each day; best of all we saw all the animals,& so many - black rhinos, tree leopards and babies, elephants, hippos, giraffes, African great python,lots of birds eg African crowned crane , water buffalo, wildebeest migration, baboons and monkeys,ostriches... overwhelmingly beautiful. Thoroughly recommended!