50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Diverse itinerary, great lodging and meals, good price for experiences, an amazing adventure!
The communications were good, but few, so one has to be good following up or comfortable that all is being taken care of. One suggestion to this company is to write a list of necessary items and actions, ie links to Visa, inoculations required, best items to pack, etc. Once the itinerary was set communication was minimal but Elias answered every email of mine sufficiently. The service was great! we were picked up at Entebbe airport late (2300) by a smiling Sam, our next 8-day driver and guide and he toured us through the parks and lodging and joined us for several meals. He even stopped for birds along the route. Sam had excellent knowledge of the country, politics, wildlife. For my comfort, he should slow down through the communities since there are people, animals and motorcycles on the narrow roads. Our expectations of this trip were met and soared above, everything, even the incredible thunder storm in the middle of our first morning (sleeping), was fabulous! Hiking to see gorillas and walking with the chimps were favorite treks. Food was AWESOME, and we are vegetarians (but eat some dairy and fish), and there were delicious vegan meals too. Our favorite lodging was at The Bush Lodge, where when we turned out our patio tent lights, a hippo and water buffalo foraged nearby, and slightly further away, a lion roared! On our last day Elias had a guide/driver from Lake Bunyonyi (ahhh, talk about relaxing!) take us to Rwandan border, while Oscar, met us and patiently waited while we went through customs. He is Rwandan so knew the country well and took us to lunch and then the Genocide museum before taking us to the airport. He was a most excellent driver. We like that Home To Africa gives back to the community and is a Ugandan-based tour company. Yes, we highly recommend them!
CZ
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Perfect services and awesome expierences with Africa Celebrity Tours and Travels in Kenya!
I'd like to say thank you! We were group of 3 girls, it was 6 days Safari in Amboseli, Lake Nakuru, Naivasha, Masai Mara. Our guide Joseph was perfect, he knows so much about the nature, animals, he is perfect driver and we can recommend safari with this company! Our next stay will be in Tanzania with Africa Celebrity Tours of course! ;-)
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Tour operator was reliable and easy to deal with
My driver was a bit quiet and considering it was only me and him in the car it was a slightly boring drive. However, the bicycle tour was well done and I had a good time. The weather was pretty hot, so be advised to use sunscreen and take more water. Overall my expectations were met and I would easily recommend to a friend.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
took a lot of back and forth but resulted with a awesome trip
we were looking for someone to help us plan a trip to Kilimanjaro mountain and some safari parks. we contacted more than 10 different operators and in the end chose e-trip. e-trip was one of the few who was honest and to the point about our wishes for locations/destinations and how and if they make sense. with a lot of back and forth communication we managed to come up with a plan that pleased us and was an efficient use of our time in Tanzania. we had a pair of great guides when hiking lemosho trail on kili, thanks to which my wife and i both made it to the top. then we had also a very nice private land cruiser driver, that safely and with a few recommendations here and there took us around the safaris. all in all the trip was a success with the only drag being the long commute to get to Tanzania (48 hour travel time) from san diego to Tanzania.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Mathew was polite, hospitable, knowledgeable and went beyond his call of duty as a guide!!
From beginning to end, Classic Journeys provided an excellent experience. Questions were answered, timely pickups and hospitality exceeded expectations! High marks to Charles and Mathew!
IL
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing! Everything I hoped for and more...
I’ve just came back from a 7 days safari (8-16 february 2018) organized by Safari Multiways.
I discovered this small company in Safari Booking site. I asked for a safari itinerary and a quote.
Romeo, the owner, replied promptly to my email and sent me a tour itinerary at a lower price than most of the other companies that I had written to.
Romeo was very helpful, he gave me a lot of information & gave me pricing for a lot of options. We were on a tight budget & I wanted to get the most out of my trip. He also helped me plan in a way that had no "wasted"days.
The final tour was: Tarangeire (1 day), Lake Manyara (1 day) , Ndutu (south Serengeti) to see the migration of wildebeests (2 days), Central Serengeti (2 days), Ngoro Ngoro Crater (1 day).
I payed 30% of the total cost in advance by credit caed to confirm the hotel reservations and I payed the balance in cash at SM office when I arrived in Arusha.
During the safari our driver, Amos, was very professional and skilled in spotting wild animals in the savannah. He was friendly, answered all our questions and worked to meet all our requirements. He cleanned the jeep every morning before leaving the camp and starting a new game drive.
The Toyota Land Cuiser was in good condition.
I liked the Serengeti and Ndutu Heritage Tented camps in The Serengeti. They are really wonderful camps: high standard of services, nice and comfortable tents and delicious food. Really great accommodations.
What else can I add? This was our first safari in Tanzania and we enjoyed it very much thanks to the professionalism and reliability of Safari Multiways.
I highly recommend this company.
NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing
I've been on a safari with lapped faced safari compagny. It was the best time I ever had. Have been to Manyara and Ngorro crater. The tourguide explained everything very well.. It was such an amazing trip to never forget. Thanks for everything and wish you the best tour safaris in the future!
IL
Wonderful help, good service, and honest & friendly people
The company was very helpful in all stages of planning for the safari. They promptly answered all my questions. In the end I didn't use them for the safari itself but they assisted me in choosing a hotel in Zanzibar and transportation to & from the airport at very reasonable & fair prices. They offerred me other services but were not pushy about it which I greatly appreciated. The driver was on time and very willing to answer questions on the way. I mistakenly gave the wrong time for my return flight from Zanzibar. The office noticed the mistake & the driver successfully got us to the airport in time for us to board at the last minute. If they hadn't noticed my mistake we would have missed our flight. This is a great company, with good service, and honest & friendly people. I highly recommend them.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Predator and Prey!
Thanks Mark, Taga Safaris Africa connected us with Africa on Foot. We spent three nights with delightful drives and walks. Perhaps the best summary: Predator and Prey!
We saw leopards stalking impala, wild dogs chasing impala, hyenas feeding on impala and giraffe, and lions feeding on zebra. Gotta appreciate the life of predators and prey.
As to communication and service, when some of our flights were delayed, Mark kept everyone informed and our transfer from the airport worked out without a hitch, despite the flight delays. Much appreciated from our end.
NZ
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Perfect safari
Coming to Africa and doing a safari has always been a dream for us, and since we are from New Zealand and it's such an effort to come here, we wanted to do it right. Upon reading the reviews for African Traits we decided to go with them, and were delighted with how everything turned out.
First of all, Godfrey's communication has been fantastic right from the start. This is our first time in Africa, and had an enormous amount of questions for Godfrey including transport, weather advice (since we came in the rainy season) and available safari packages that would work best for us - we ended up doing a 3 day Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Crater, and Tarangire safari. Godfrey was very quick to respond, with incredibly detailed messages. We felt like all our questions were answered satisfactorily.
Secondly, our guide, Hassan, was excellent. He was very knowledgable, spoke great English (which was fantastic given our rather poor Swahili) and always made sure we were enjoying ourselves. He constantly communicated with other drivers to make sure we spotted all the animals we could - including doing some swift (but safe) driving through mazes of roads to make sure we spotted a leopard at the end of our final day, completing our Big 5!
Despite being the rainy season, the weather held up brilliantly, only starting to pour with rain at around 4pm - i.e. as soon as we had finished spotting animals each day! We initially planned to tent but Godfrey very generously upgraded us to a lodge for free because of the evening rain. The lodge was excellent too - great food, and even entertainment at dinner time.
The parks themselves were amazing - the personal favourite had to be Ngorongoro Crater, but Tarangire had spectacular scenery and animals too - and this was in March!
All in all, we highly recommend African Traits to anybody. You will not be disappointed.