50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Good feedback and helpful advice.
We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Chobe Safari lodge and would recommend it to travellers.
The booking procedure and efficient email service from Falcon Safaris enabled us to plan our holiday easily and quickly. Thank you so much for your advice and assistance.
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Review about Kenya by Neil Fawson
A wide variety of wildlife seen but in my safari group few were interested in birds preferring to chase after the "Big 5" What I saw/identified led to think that this would be a great birding destination
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A plethora of wildlife at the end of the dry season
We arrived at Lake Nakuru National Park on our Intrepid Travel safari bus and headed straight to the lalk, which was very, very low because it was at the very end of the dry season. The skies were overcast but it was dry!
Around the lake there was plenty of birdlife including a pair of elegant crested crowned srane. There were a variety of wading birds around the lake's edges including, ruff, little stint, greenshank, redshank and black-winged stilt as well as the ubiquitous Egyptian geese. In the bush good sightings of Rupeell's long-tailed starling were to be had.
Gazelles were plentiful and impala, Grants and Thompson's gazelle were to be seen around the park, as were olive baboons, black-backed jackal, warthog, African buffalo, Burchell's zebra and lion.
The highlight of the visit came at dusk just before we were leaving. We were treated to brief views of two blac rhinoceros before coming across a crash of 10 white rhinoceros.
A great trip to the National Park with great views of a variety of wildlife.
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Review about Masai Mara National Reserve by Neil Fawson
Beautiful surroundings - we visited the park at the time of the wildebeest migration - an amazing experience. Guides and fellow tourists not particularly knowledgeable or interested regarding birds. However, what I saw/identified led me to believe that this would be a good birding destination. Visited a luxurious lodge in the middle of the Masai Mara - not much bush vibe there!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Harmony Apartments , Junction mall and Great Rift lodge
Exquisite return for an ex pat from Melb, quite interesting staying at furnished houses .... The urbanizing city in the sun reaches out to one's desire to explore. Surprisingly full of adventure and enticements in the rich african culture. fell for the place, friendly people, saucy and zesty touch of natural equatorial- savanna.. beautify the environs, scenic nightlife& developments. Very artsy ( I liked harmonyapartments.co.ke) wondrous packages , organizational services etc.. also checked in at Great Rift golf resort, Naivasha listed on Trip advisor which was okay.
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Review about Tanzania by cnm collection
we safaried in kenya and tanzania and enjoyed both equally
CZ
As wild as possible
When I was thinking about visiting Tanzania, it was primary because of marine reservation park in Mafia Island and whale sharks. But when you travel half the world you want to see as much as possible right? So visiting one of the inland national parks was obvious. And the I saw a BBC documentary about Ruaha, and it was clear as a sky where to go.
Ruaha was my second Africa national park (Kruger was the first one) and I have to say I was blown away by the nature and the wildness. Right the day when we get to accommodation we saw two lioness close to the watering hole and we where there alone. Just me and my wife, sitting silently in the car listening to the birds and the breathing of the two lioness. And then herd of elephants come to the same watering hole and drove the lions away. I guess that is what watching the wild means. During the whole week we saw around only 8 other cars cruising the park, rest of the time it was just us and plain nature. The best way how to enjoy the park is to pack some supplies, drove early morning to some place where the animals gather (watering holes, fords, pools, river) sit and watch the animals coming and going and you will be rewarded for sure. Of course you need your own car.
I have been there during dry season - November - and the temperature was enormous - 50C during the day and 35 during the night. So be aware of this while there is no air conditioning in the accommodation and zircon in the car is useless while you drive so slowly through the park that it is not working well. The accommodation is basic. We stayed in the cottages (run directly by the NP). Two rooms, toilet + shower. Price 50USD pp/pn. Yes, I know it is quite a price for basic accommodation. The cheaper type, bandas, 30USD pp/pn, don’t have toilet and shower and basically it is just a metal hut with bed. And metal hut in 50C degrees during the day quickly change in to an oven. So the accommodation and the services absolutely do not match the price, but you have to accept that you pay a lot because there is no other way. In the whole Ruaha there is no proper shop, just two dinning places, where you get mostly chicken and rice or potatoes. So if you can, bring a lot of your own supplies. The only thinks you can buy there is bier, water, coke, rum and gin. Hope they restock the rum and gin while they had only one bottles, which we bought out. And of course in the cottages there is no fridge, I never drunk so much warm bier as in Ruaha.
The great think about staying few nights in Ruaha is, that the accommodation is not fenced. So you sit a front of the cottage enjoying the view and suddenly there is a herd of kudus just five meters a front of you, or hyena. Regular guest every evening, looking for some leftovers.
You wanna stay in the wild and under proper roof at the same time? You have enough money to spent? You have your own car (our 4x4 Toyota Rav 4 was OK)? Than Ruaha is perfect place to spent few days and watch and listen.
CH
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Great remote desert views and scenery
The Namib naukluft national park is a great spot to see and experience a rugged red rock sand and desert landscape. It is however rather poor for wildlife viewing, except a few Orzx Antelopes.
NO
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Good service, well on time and quick response despite poor internet coverage.
Good service, well on time and quick response despite poor internet coverage. Good views of a number of animals, especially lions, leopards, elephants and rhino but fewer bird species than expected. According to the tour operator this could have been due to different reasons. The accommodation and other facilities are of a high standard too. Thank you Above & Beyond Photographic Tours we are already planning to go back to Arusha this year.
NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
6 days - mikumi and ruaha
Before we booked our safari we gained a lot of advice from Chabo. We didn't know exactly where to go.
Their advice helped us a lot and we were able to arrange a suitable safari straight from the Airport.
Modest is a very nice guy, with lots of jokes. Very good to have on your safari. He spotted a lot of animals with his so called 'eagle eye'. The accomodations where we staid were good.
I would recomment Chabo to everyone who wants a safari fit to their needs.