20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Best Safari Company
Paka Adventures went above and beyond to make this safari a wonderful experience for my parents and I. Despite my parents' flight being delayed several days, then completely rescheduled a second time, the staff at Paka Adventures rebooked, adjusted, and reorganized our entire trip to make it possible for my parents to still enjoy a safari during their visit in Tanzania. When we finally made the trip, the driver was excellent, the lodge (Vuma Hills Camp) was beautiful and very nice, and we saw every animal we could have possibly hoped to--and even made it back to Dar on time despite spending extra time in the park watching a lioness and her cubs. An absolutely brilliant safari with a company who I will definitely use again and will recommend to everyone I know!
CA
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Very helpful people!
People from Backpacker Safaris were very helpful especially Walter Edgar!
ES
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
cannot fault any part of my experience, from booking to the delivery of service. I give this 5 stars
8 days safari in Kenya- outsatnding experience had by my family and i. 3 brothers and 2 sisters. Thank you for making our dream reunion come true.
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great experiences in the national parks of Tanzania
The safari with "Karibu Tanzania Safaris" was very good and inspiring. The whole organisation team was very nice and helped us to plan our trip as comfortable as possible. The safari's driver guide was excellent! He explained us a lot about the wildlife and we enjoyed the beautiful landscape and animals! Of course you should not forget that you always need a little bit luck to see a lot of different animals. The food which was especially cooked for us was very tasty and even for vegetarians they have a good opportunity. All in all it was a very good desicion to go with "Karibu Tanzania Safaris" and if I will ever go to Tanzania again I will go on Safari with that company! Thank you very much for my good time there.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Fantastic
I would like to take this opportunity to say a very big Thank you for the 3 day Safari you organized for me last week. 2 days in the Mara and 1 day at Lake Nakuru.
The tour was fantastic we got to see an amazing amount of animals as well as The Big 5, and to top it all to see a cheetah kill. We were not expecting flamingos at Lake Nakuru due to the high water levels but were lucky to see a good flock of birds.
A very special thank you to Issac our guide, his professionalism was outstanding, and game guiding skills were fantastic, I think if it were not for him we would have not seen half of the wildlife that we did. Thanks Issac
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Tanzania Sarfari
The safari was very easy to setup. I had to talk to the employees of my organization and they set up everything for me. The living arrangements were tents for the 3 day safari with mattress pads. I slept comfortably. The safari itself was very exciting. I was able to see all of the big 5 except a rhino.
great safari
graet safari trip with great people that take care of you from the first day in arusha to the last day.
they took me to interesting and great places
US
Experience level: first safari
First safari
David at Vacay Holiday Deals was very responsive to our questions and helped us find an affordable and wonderful safari package at the Sarova Mara Lodge. The package not only met but exceeded our expectations.
Loved the lodging and our game drive guides as well.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Photographic Safari
Letaka Safaris organised a private trip for my wife and I in January/February 2014. Areas included Okavango, Savuti and The Central Kalahari Game Reserve. The trip was geared toward natural history photography. Activities included game drives, guided walks, excursions with San Bushmen and helicopter flights. All communications were via e-mail. Replies were prompt and comprehensive. The Lataka team is obviously familiar with arranging complex itineraries. There were no misunderstandings. We even requested itinerary changes during the trip in order to take advantage of certain situations. These were handled without fuss or bother. Our guide was Nkosi. A gentleman and all round good guy. He created numerous good photo opportunities, a number of excellent ones and one exceptional opportunity. Food and accommodation was the best we have encountered on a mobile safari. Support staff were a real pleasure to be with. Vehicles were highly capable, adequately comfortable and well equipped. To provide support for long lenses I recommend a combination of Really Right Stuff Safari Rigs with monopods, Manfrotto Super Clamps and an extra large bean bag. Although vehicles are equipped with inverters, there is probably benefit in taking a back up solar charging system if you have several devices. Bruton products worked well for us. Overall, it was an outstanding trip and excellent value for money. If you only have one chance at such a trip, I thoroughly recommend Letaka Safaris.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best holiday we've ever had
We booked with Planet Africa on the recommendation of friends who travelled with them the previous year and had raved about their wonderful holiday. We sent an email request to get a better idea of the options and cost, and a representative arranged a call that same day to talk through our preferences. She and her team organized a trip that combined gorilla tracking in Rwanda (our primary focus of the trip) with safari at two different sites in Tanzania based on a few telephone conversations and email exchanges. The entire trip was extremely professional, from beginning to end, with excellent communication, personalized service and great attention to detail. The accommodation was perfect at each location. Our local guides were absolutely fantastic - knowledgeable and engaging, particularly at Sayari Camp in the Northern Serengeti. Logistics were worked out brilliantly. We can't remember a trip that was so flawless in its execution, whether with the timing of flights, being met by our local guides, or any other aspect of the trip. The Planet Africa team was also on hand while we were in Rwanda and Tanzania to help as needed; towards the end of our stay in Tanzania, we made a last minute request to change the itinerary and they were very quick to get back with us about options and to help make the adjustments. We were absolutely thrilled with the service we received and the holiday we had, which definitely goes down as the best in more than 30 years of travel to more than 50 countries. We will undoubtedly book a future trip with Planet Africa.