20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
An amazing safari company which plays a big role in giving back to the community.
We have been recommending our SIC volunteers to go on safari with Jackpots for more than two years. None of our volunteers has come back and complained about anything. Amazing Amazing!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
One of the best experiences of my life
Everything about this trip was amazing! The group experience, the porters and the guides where so good and added to the experience as they were so professional and upbeat throughout the climb, particularly our head guide Epa! He was so happy and upbeat he really made a positive atmosphere and boosted morale even when we were all at our most exhausted state. We wanted for nothing whilst climbing everything was set up ready for us as we arrived into camp. I really can't recommend these guys enough! The only people I'd climb with in future if I ever did it again.
A great programme and superb service at affordable rates
The administrative arrangements for our tour, from the 16th to the 19th of October were excellent. The agent who sold us the package was very helpful, and Mr Richard thoughtfully saw us the hotel in Arusha when we arrived on the 15th night. The driver Frank and his assistant were skilled and thoughtful, and the arrangements for food and accommodation most satisfactory. The programme was tight but we were very lucky to see all sorts of wild life, lions and elephants at very close quarters, including the fomer hunting and with two delightful cubs who put on a gala performance: cheetah and leopard and flamingo at reasonable distances, hippos wallowing and hyenas with prey, and lots of birds and deer and zebras and giraffes, the last once in a group of 80 which I gather is most unusual.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent safari capped off by Wild Dogs at Naitolia Camp while on a early morning walk.
My wife and I did a 12 night safari in August 2014 with Eastco (East African Safari and Touring Company) starting in Mwanza and ending at Boundary Hill Lodge Tarangire. The various accommodation were excellent, food great varied and plenty. African soup is special.
The high light of the safari was the night spent at Naitolia camp ( 1 night) and the walk to Boundary Hill Lodge the next morning, we saw while walking wild dogs running along the road in front of us before they slipped off into the bushes and grass. Even our guide was amazed.
Boundary Hill Lodge perched on top of a steep bluff provided beautiful views over the conservation area below. There were a lot of elephants in the area and even some we saw drinking out of the pool.
Boundary Hill also offered Masai village visits and Tinga Tinga painting.
We also stayed at Speke Bay lodge (5 stars) Mbalageti (5 also) We camped at Eastco's Horizon camp, simple, clean but very nice wildlife everywhere but then again this was the Serengeti.
Perhaps the only disappointment on the trip was our stay at Sopa Lodge, I agree the descent road is an advantage but the lodge is extremely large and what I would call part of the institutanlized safari accomodation so often offered by Tour Companies. We preferred the smaller more boutique lodges and camps. These camps are a speciality of an Eastco trip. The communication before the safari was excellent, the service from the guide and all staff at Eastco also excellent. The trip exceeded our expectations to such a degree we have booked a 30 day trip for 2015 again with Eastco.
Simon certainly knows how to design a private trip to suit individual needs.
The 4 x4 was clean and excellent for the type of bush roads we went on.
All in all Tanzania is an excellent safari destination and Eastco (East African Safari and Touring Company)
an excellent Tanzania based tour operator
NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great time in Tanzania
Nirmod Wilson was our guide and driver during our 9 days camping safari in Tanzania in October 2014. He is a very serious and agreeable guide and we had an excellent trip thanks to him. He was a careful driver; he took the time to turn off the engine and let us observe the animals, perfectly guessing when we had seen enough and were ready to go on. He knew where to find the different species in each park, and thanks to his work and of course with the usual amount of luck, we were able to observe all the animals we wished for. He has a great knowledge of the animal’s behaviors, which he was able to foresee and talk about it with many details. Finally, we spent more or less all or lunches and diners talking about various subjects from history to politics either European or African and we were impressed by Nirmrod knowledge.Overall, we had a fantastic trip and fully recommend booking Nimrod for a Safari.
CA
65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Sun Safaris are a great tour operator and we had a wonderful experience
We had a great experience with the tour organized by Sun Safaris - we spent 3 days at Kapama Karula Lodge and 3 days at Simbambili Lodge.Both were outstanding - great ambience,great food and service.The luxury tent at Kapama was very nice and the chalet at Simbambili was great.We saw the Big 5 as well as lots of other animals - highlights were being up close in an open vehicle to lions,elephants and leopards.We were also very close to hyena's at their den - cute babies ! Overall : highly recommended and good value for money ! Thanks Natasha 1
BE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Qualified
Tour 18/10/2014 - 6/11/2014 Uganda - private group 6 persons (Belgium)
We got everything as specified in their programme. Very good guide/driver.
Sipi Falls, Murchison Falls NP, Kibale Forest, Queen Elisabeth NP, Bwindi.
Visit to local projects is also very interesting.
NL
Great journey with caracal tours
We made a wonderful trip with caracal safaris. We start with a 10 day safari. Ben is a good guide, he see a lot of things, which we should miss if he did not tell us. His knowledge of the nature and Tanzania is really good. We also want to say that Albert always made a nice breakfast, lunch and dinner. We really had a wonderful Safari. After the safari we visit Zanzibar. Marion suggest us to book a overnight stay in casa del mar which was arranged very well, like the whole trip we made. Thanks a lot for everything.
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Once in a lifetime trip
Thanks to Gosheni Adventures my three weeks vacations in Tanzania with friends was excellent! Peter from Gosheni planned a nice schedule that included climbing Mount Meru, Mount Kilimanjaro and go to Safaris in Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro. Very intense three weeks with lots of fun and activities and Gosheni provided excellent guides, drivers and cooks. And, I need to thank Richard, our guide in Mount Meru, super at taking care of his clients. The food was great and that really helps make the trip much more enjoyable.
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An exhilarating and rewarding climb and an amazing safari.
My wife and I wanted to climb Kili as a celebration of our twenty-fifth wedding anniversary and Kilimanjaro Brothers was recommended to us by a friend who climbed Kilimanjaro about a year ago. George Mtaki and his team met or exceeded all our expectations. Organizing with George by email couldn't have been easier. He was very responsive and answered all our questions promptly. When we arrived at the airport at 2:30 in the morning, George and his driver were there with smiles on their faces ready to take us to our hotel in Moshi. The Park View Hotel was very comfortable and served as our home base before and after the climb. George was very flexible and helped us coordinate a visit to a local children's home that we wanted to visit as well.
The Kilimanjaro Brothers guides and crew were exceptional. Rogers (Rojas) and Saide, our lead guides, spoke english very well and were the most personable and friendly hosts on the mountain that we could have ever imagined. We set out to do an 8 day trek on the Lemosho route. After a couple days when our guides were able to assess our fitness level and our tolerance for the elevation, we quickly determined that we could do the route in 6 days. Rogers and Saide radioed down to George and were easily able to adjust our plan.
We successfully reached the summit just as the sun burst over the horizon and poured its glorious warmth and light over us and our celebration. What a thrill!
The safari that George organized for us to Tarangire National Park and the Ngorongoro Crater was a welcome reward after six days on the mountain. The wildlife was incredible... everything that we'd heard about.
Thank you so much to George and his team for providing us with a life changing experience as we accomplished one of our life's dreams.