NO
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
3-days safari in Tarangire and Ngorongoro. Amazing!
We were 4 families (18 people) on a 3-day safari. Benson picked us up in Arusha. We were in Tarangire National Park and Ngorongoro Crater. We got many great animal experiences in beautiful surroundings. Skilled drivers with much knowledge, no problems with the cars.
Everything worked! We visited the Masai village and visited Hadzabe the Bushmen. First night we stayed at Osupuko Lodge. Wonderful wonderful place, must be experienced! Other night we stayed in a tent at Lake Manayara.
Benson had arranged a great tent camp. Amazingly good food cooked on a single outdoor kitchen. Benson had made an awesome program that was well adapted traveling companion with both adults and children (7-15 years). Benson is fantastic bland and nice person who let everything arranged that we were going on a great safari. Booking and communication happening on Mail in advance. Worked very well! We got an experience of a lifetime! Traveling like on safari with Benson again!
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Exceeded all expectations and a fantastic experience.
Excellent communication before the tour about the itinerary, accommodation etc. Liked the fact it could be tailor made and that Matoke Tours seemed to be completely flexible to fit in with what we wanted. All the accommodation was a good standard and liked that it was varied and in stunning locations. Mutanda lake resort was, in our opinion, outstanding for location, service, room and food. Excellent tour guide (Edwin) who was knowledgable, fun to be with and easy company. Although animals maybe not as abundant in Uganda as in other African locations, we were able to see everything we wanted except the ever elusive leopard, which we missed by 5 minutes! However, it was a great advantage to often be the only vehicle viewing the animals and there were never hordes of other tourists. This made the safari more special for us. Tracking chimpanzees and gorillas was an enormous extra bonus to the tour. The whole tour was very varied, and even travel days were fascinating, because it gave us a glimpse of how people lived, worked, different landscapes etc., which made it an excellent 12 days and it far exceeded our expectations. We would be happy to recommend Uganda and Matoke Tours to anyone thinking of visiting Africa.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
vacay came through for me in last minute book in. you can always count on them.Exelent service.
Very friendly staff and keeps clients well updated on the developments of their booking.
DK
Professional and pleasant safari team!
The cooperation with Kilidove Safari was a pleasure right from the first enquiry to the end after four great safari days. The team is service minded, professional and well prepared and the itinerary worked out well and met the standards and qualities, which had been advertised in this "all inclusive, full package tour". The guide was very friendly and attentive to the needs of us as travellers and took good care that all worked out fine. By comparison with other tour operators, we preferred Kilidove exactly because it was an all-inclusive full package tour and very transparent - other companies require you to pay separately and directly daily salary to both the driver, guide and cook and that could easily be an uncomfortable situation. Moreover, we enjoyed not be treated as tourist by Kilidove, but as keen travellers. The settlement of all payments directly to Kilidove went well and was well documented by finance department in Kilidove - however the international bank transfers turned out to be quite expensive especially as we had to cover the bank charges in Tanzania also and not only the bank charges in Denmark. Perhaps alternative methods of payment could be sought in the future. The Kilidove gift to my teenagers - Tanzania football shirts - matching their age - was really a nice gesture showing that Kilidowe pays attention to each customer in a nice manner.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Barafu tours & safaris Awesome...!!!!!!!
i did my climb on 7th February and i Booked with Barafu tours & Safaris, Trust me it was the coolest experience everrrrrrrr......!!!
The Guides Speak perfect English,
Real Local Guides they know what they are doing.
for the mean time am volunteering in some NGO here in Tanzania.
I fully recommend Barafu Tours & Safaris for Trekking and Safari
LK
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
unbelievable, I had a great fun with my team. I'll come next time with my family.
Great experience, never had befor.Mr david you and Mr Animal your support is highly appreciated. Good luck.
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Very professional and dedicated, 21st Century leadership.
Communication was excellent. And very knowledgable.
BE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Bona fide organisation with good knowledge of what foreign tourists expect (quotation, safari, etc)
This company clearly has experience in dealing with foreign tourists asking all kinds of questions and requesting a detailed programme with segmented prices.
Good communication and also once in Kenya they are easily reachable (they actually return your call, not all companies do!) and they tend to any additional enquiry you might have.
We booked a car and safari driver for 4 days/ 3 nights (stayed in Tawi Lodge and Acacia Camps which we booked ourselves), the driver Mr Joseph proved a safe and careful driver who has good knowledge of his country and the animals in general, he's good company without being the pushy kind.
The car, a typical safari minivan, was in good condition and was cleaned every evening.
Ancient Wild Safaris profiles itself as a budget operator but I find they're perfectly able to handle more upmarket tours as well, just clearly inform them what your standards are and what you expect from the trip.
My next safari will be booked again via Ancient Wild Safaris and yes I recommend them to friends and family.
Thank you Michael for making our 1st trip to Kenya a memorable one!
TR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An amazing experience with amazing people
I never usually write reviews as often you think they are created by the people from the company. So I always think it's best to go with your gut instinct! But, this is a company that deserves a review.
Myself and my girlfriend went on a 3 day Safari to Mikumi national park. We had the experience of a lifetime.
We were met at the airport by a representative of the company and taken to a house where we could rest for a few hours after a long flight.
In the morning we were met by Keneth our guide and started our tour.
Keneth was fantastic. He was knowledgeable, affable and very proud of his job and country.
A long the way he not only introduced us to the animals but also his country and it's people.
It was a fascinating experience to learn about Tanzania, Africa and the animals from a local.
Mikumi National park was a wonder and we managed to see all the animals we dreamed of. Even if we hadn't it wouldn't have mattered as it was fantastic just to be in their environment.
Grassroots safaris were amazing from start to finish! Micky handled all of our requests and questions and managed to organise everything in the short time frame I gave him. The food accommodation and hospitality were far above anything we expected in the price
They went above and beyond the call of duty and even looked after us when I contacted them from Zanzibar when Dani broke her leg.
It was always a dream of mine to go on safari and this was a great start and I will be back for more.
I cannot recommend Micky, Keneth and Grass Roots highly enough.
Thanks for making a dream of mine come true.
We look forward to coming back for more.
Many many thanks!!
FR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
agence to be absolutely run away from
Your experience(experiment) confirms in 2015. The man did not change.
a very unpleasant experience with Meru treks and Safari. Violent person in charge on the customers who are not satisfied.
Insufficient food, guide - driver novice. Cook hooligan and liar to get out of trouble. Never at the hour. End-of-life vehicle
We asked ourselves the question to know if he did not get back the rests of the other agencies to feed his customers. To verify.
Agency to be absolutely run away from.
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