FR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very good assistance
Hello,
I did a Serengeti park safari for 2 days. I was very well assisted.
I highly recommend dmc honcho
Nadia
PL
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very flexible and reliable but with strange surprise at the end.
First of all, we would like to thank a lot to our guide and driver – Eddie Nsubuga Kizito. A friendly, wise, responsible man with a great sense of humour and a lot of insight into Ugandan wildlife, culture, society and history His ability to spot and recognise animals and plants was impressive, just like his knowledge about animal behaviour. A careful but decisive driver in sometimes very difficult terrain with map of curvy park roads in his head. We managed to get away from many difficult situations only thanks to his great commitment. He always found a smile for us. Apart from everything that was planned he used spare time to show us things that extended our knowledge about the country. Without him, our trip would be worth much less.
As for the agency – it was flexible, adjusted itinerary to our needs, replied to all mails with lightning speed and there was no problem with initial payment. Hotels, gorilla and chimpanzeee tracking were all properly booked and we made all the points of our itinerary. So it was weird that agency gave our guide money suffficient just for the trip. When extra costs appeared (tyres to be fixed), they asked us to lend them money so that our guide could pay for our last night and petrol to come back to Entebbe – this money hasn’t been returned...
US
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Good service, friendly and knowledgeable driver.
Lovely safari time. Beautiful accommodations. Just sad about the drought conditions, and some animals dying due to lack of green grass to eat. Seeing Mt Kilimanjaro in the distance was beautiful.
NL
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very nice group tour
I booked a safari with Arusha Trips in the Netherlands. They co-operated with Leon Expeditions and Inno Africa to organise my group safari. So this review is about Arusha Trips, Leon Expeditions and Inno Africa.
I really enjoyed it! 4 days, 3 nights is just perfect to see Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro. Not too short but also not too long. The guide Omari and the cook Bryan were FAN-TAS-TIC! With their expertise and skills they really made the trip. Staying in Mambo Hideaway Arusha is a good choice if you like to stay in a quiet area (you can easily go to the center of Arusha by local bus).
There was a problem during my trip, but communication with the tour operators was easy and good. Car breakdowns are common, and so it was during this trip. But they fixed that we were picked-up by another car.
CA
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very easy to organize and book our amazing adventure!
First the best...Lenchada were very easy to book with and Alex was always accommodating with communication, making plans, customizing and even helping to book our train tickets. He and his team were very easy to work with. The price was very competitive and we were all happy with our budget accommodations. The various booking agents seem to subcontract to different drivers that coordinate to transport clients that are staying at a variety of locations and have booked with different agents. This would be fine as we knew this was not a private booking but our only complaint would be that the advertised vehicle was not our transport and we were very crowded with 8 passengers rather than the 7 maximum. We spent many hours in the jeep and unfortunately it was very old and uncomfortable with inadequate suspension and no padding on the seats. I had a variety of bruises from being banged around in a crowded vehicle. This wouldn't have been an issue if all of the vehicles were in such poor condition but there were many jeeps that looked much more comfortable. Our driver/guide was wonderful and tried his best to make sure we had some amazing experiences and juggle the needs and wants of a very mixed group of passengers. The co-ordination of drop-offs, pick-ups, and trying to please everyone led to some stress but in the end Dickson tried his best to make everyone happy. We had an amazing time and are now laughing about the hiccups. If you are realistic about your expectations for a budget safari than I would recommend Lenchada.
SE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Good
Our driver Kevin was the nicest guy. <3
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IN
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent Safari with Professional Operators
Kenyan Safari
We planned 2 night in MasaiMara with stay at Lenchada camp, third day in Nakuru to see flamingos with stay at Buraha Zenoni and Finally Naivasha boat ride and Hells gate visit with stay at Dove Nest Resort. Assigned guide cum driver was Mr. Dickson
Positive experience: All staffs including our guide cum driver were professionals and helpful. We could spot all the top 5 animal right near without any issues, animal knowledge and MasaiMara place knowledge of Mr. Dickson was outstanding. Our team were well connected and nice. Mr. Dickson explained the plan every time we stopped and it was healthy.
Stay at Lenchada camp was good, clean and no mosquitoes or flies.
Nakuru visit was worth too with flamingoes, Rhinos etc. stay and good at Buraha was excellent too.
Naivasha was excellent with its boat ride with wide variety of birds, Hippos etc. Boat driver John was very friendly. Whereas Hells gate was not upto what they say, except if we could see steam coming out of ground in a nearby point and waterfall.
Areas of improvement : Mr. Dickson had lot of connections all across these places and getting incessant calls which was slightly annoying though he was asking us are you ok?
Some small changes in the plan was bit annoying too.
Dove Nest stay in Naivasha was terrible due to lack of cleanliness and I got food poison too.
Cost of souvenirs were extremely overpriced in the tourist locations whereas we found the same at 10% of its price in a best shop in Galleria Mall at Nairobi further low at Masai Market near diamond Plaza in Nairobi. Mr. Dickson informed the price would be around 50% of what they say but in reality less than 10%.
FR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Good agency
The organization went well. The safari also where we met a lot of animals. Camp Bastian is perfect for one night with very good food. Despite everything, we were a little disappointed by the guide who, from 4 p.m., seemed to want to put an end to the game drive when we wanted to enjoy it a little longer. Otherwise good agency.
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CA
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
5 day private Safari
We just finished a 5 day private Safari. Planning with Hillary was seamless and we really appreciated his recommendation to spend 2 nights in the Serengeti instead of 1. We loved the Ang’ata camps in the Serengeti and Ngorongo. Max our driver was organized and with such long days and so much to see he always had us on schedule. We had a great time with Max, saw the big 5 and so much more…... thanks for the memories!
340/100 minimum
SY
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
It was organised and good
It was a really awesome experience i had we catch so much unforgettable moments with wildlife