CH
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Review about Lake Manyara National Park by Patricia Bates
Lake Manyara is a beautiful place to stop by for a visit. It is located in a populated area so the feeling of wilderness and isolation is not there. It is however, a very beautiful destination and worth a visit.
CH
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Wild and Beautiful
The Serengeti is one of the most famous National Parks in the world. The savanna is beautiful and truly special and is the home to a rich wildlife population. You can spend days and days travelling inside the park and you will always see something different and unique. The wildlife is healthy and offers excellent opportunity for videographers and photographers to capture great images.
Ngorongoro Crater is a microcosm of African Wildlife in all its beauty and wonder.
I have visited Ngorongoro Crater twice in my life - thirty years ago in 1985 and then again in 2014. It was beyond my expectations both times, although this past year I took a big long lens and had the time of my life photographing all the magnificent wildlife. It was beyond spectacular with lions stalking zebra, cheetah at the rim, a rhino in the distance, Elephants blocking our path. Our guides - Cheeseman Ecological Safari could not have been more accommodating. I came home with thousands of photographs and self published a book entitled "Tanzania". I would go back to Ngorongoro Crater in a minute.
CH
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Review about Tanzania by Patricia Bates
Tanzania is a beautiful country and actually fairly easy to travel for the first time tourist. The people are very helpful and there is so much to see. The national parks are truly magnificent places both in beauty and wilderness. It's a paradise for photographers. Can't wait to come back again!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Would do it again
Everything was amazing. I came in without expectations and the team at bigtime. Within 24 hours of my inquiry I was placed on a bus with a group and had a great 3-days seeing every animal Africa could offer (aside the rhino and leopard) with a knowledgeable and funny guide\driver who answered every question with patience and had some great anecdotes from past safaris. He has sharp eyes and spotted the two lions stalking the herd of buffalo on our first sunset safari.
The next day, a full day in the park, he drove us around for 120 K's keeping the same patience and level of professionalism throughout the entire day. And that was the day we saw everything. Of course, no animal sightings are guaranteed and we were pretty lucky.
The camp had all the necessary facilities and great food and hosts. The local Maasai are friendly and happy to show you their village and home.
All up, it was a memorable Africn experience that will stay with me until I hit old age and lose my memory.
Thanks Bigtime Safaris!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Professional, Helpful and Informative
We travelled to Victoria Falls with Vayeni. Tara, who was our Vayeni representative was extremely helpful throughout the booking process, she was very informative and provided us with her own views on the various accomodation available throughout Victoria Falls. In addition she had recently visited the various accomodation so was able to provide us with a first hand account of what we could expect.
Through Tara, we booked the Victoria Falls Safari Lodge and it certainly lived up to our expectations. It is very beautiful, the rooms were spacious and very clean with all the amenities one would expect. Having breakfast whilst overlooking the watering hole, was very enjoyable as one was easily captured by the various animals coming to the watering hole.
Vayeni (Tara) also provided us with suggestions as to what to do whilst in Victoria Falls and whilst we did not book any further activities through Vayeni as we wanted to see how we felt when at the Fall, the information provided was very useful once we had arrived.
All told, Vayeni and especially Tara in this instance could not have been more helpful in ensuring we had a fantastic and very memorable time in Victoria Falls.
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Recommended
It was a 6 days photography safari, our guide Fred was the best we could wish for. The weather was excellent. The entire package was very good, jeeps, hotels etc. very recommended.
CH
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent stay during my photography journey.
Excellent service, very nice stuff always there for me. Quick answers and friendly guides! I came to uganda to do photographies of mountain Gorillas and Chimps, also for the Ruwenzori mountains. I did EVERY SINGLE PICTURE i had in my mind. I DO RECOMMEND 100% AB5 Safaris! You will not be disappointed.... Thanks again to all!
Take a look at my pictures under www.thefabulousview.com Projects, "THE HILLS OF ALBARTINE"
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best touring outfit I have worked with in years of world travel
I was able to modify the standard package to make sure I was able to see what I wanted to see including add-on visits and sub-tours, thanks to the trip organizer working so closely with me. I was fortunate enough to see all of the top five animals during the safari days (but note that is rare and not promised). My add-ons included Soweto while in Johannesburg, wine country tour and Township tour in Cape Town. Cost a bit more but excellent quality for the price. Exceeded my expectations which can be a bit demanding. Wish other countries had such an entrepreneural approach to tour organizing.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic, well organised, great staff and a value for money tour.
My wife and I went on a 5 day / 4 night tour of Tanzania in March 2015. After doing alot of research online prior to leaving Australia we found that Northern Circuit Adventure covered all the same places that the other safari companies did but cost a lot less. For this reason we decided to give them a go and were certainly not disappointed.
The manager Mike was great to deal with via email prior to us leaving and was able to customise a tour based on the dates that suited us and places we wanted to go. He organised somebody to pick us up from the airport and take us to his office and then the hotel in Arusha.
Our tour itself was also even better then expected. The driver and tour guide (Elias) was extremely knowledgable and managed to spot pretty much all the animals we could hope to see. Our cook Sweetbart dished up tasty meals every night and breakfast in the morning, as well as providing plenty of laughs and conversation during our dinners etc. These guys (along with the animals of course) really did make the tour a very personalised and enjoyable experience.
We would highly recommend saving your $$$ and giving these guys a go. I don't think you'll be disappointed.