50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great people, Private guide and enclosed Land Cruiser with pop up roof, flexible itinerary.
Mike and the crew are fantastic. Personalized our Safari the way we want it. Writing this review while on the Serengeti at our First Lunch Stop. We have been driving for 2 hours, and have clocked 11 species. Cape Buffalo, Giraffe, Baboon, Wilde Beast, Zebra, Cheeta, Lions, Hippo, deek deek, Impala, Elephant, maybe I missed a couple, too. Wilde Beast herds as far as you can see.-Good work! No timing or communication issues. Smooth as butter. Price was excellent, and beat every other company, and we still got luxury accomodations.
NL
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Excellent, Local (!), Eco-Conscious, and Professional Operator
We booked a 2-week, eco-friendly tour with Madagascar Natural Tours (MNT) and Harilala to see as much as possible of Madagascar, combining a few “off the beaten track” nature-experiences with some special (local) eco-lodges.
And in this MNT delivered with 5/5 stars! We had the most amazing, nature trip Madagascar can offer!
Beforehand and throughout the trip Harilala (as coordinator) was quick, responsive, thought along, flexible, and pro-active in helping to organize for our wishes. Especially with the recent unrest having some unforeseen negative consequences for detailed planning (for example changes in flight plans)
Most importantly, in the different nature reserves we visited, we always had an excellent, experienced (local!) guide, that was very knowledgable and spoke English well.
What is important to understand when visiting Madagascar for its amazing nature, is that Madagascar (contrary to mainland Africa) has extremely diverse and highly location-specific diversity and landscapes. This is what makes the Madagascar ecosystem so special and unique in the world, but from a tour-organization perspective, this necessitates you work with experienced local guides, as literally every forest is a different ecosystem (much much more vs other countries). And this is exactly what Harilala and MNT delivered.
On top of this, the fact that Madagascar is a very poor country, for us knowing our money directly goes to Malagasy and their communities was a huge plus.
Furthermore, in the rest of our travels, we were very wel accommodated, without any worries on planning or accommodation issues at all. (Which is not an easy feat in the highly decentralized, and hard-to-travel Madagascar!)
Would 100% recommend and use again for a next experience! Go local everyone!
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very relaxed and punctual. Great driving arrived safe
Made the trip so easy and comfortable all the way to our destination. Would definetley reccomend and will use these guys again
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
He was very welcoming and efficient.
Our tour operator was Tiyani and he helped transfer us from the airport into the Kruger National park. This was very efficient, reliable and on time. I was very pleased with this service.
FR
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Safari 2026
We chose Lion King Adventures because they were very attentive and thoughtful about replying to initial emails and were very happy with our tour,. Our guide, Oswald , was fantastic. He was very knowledgeable, well organised, we always had a clear idea of what we were doing. The lodges we stayed in were great, very welcoming, good food and rooms. We saw so many animals, including the big five and Oswald rearranged our balloon trip for us to a different area when he realised that many wildebeest had already migrated.
DE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
A lifelong dream fulfilled with Gondwana Tours and Safaris
Africa reveals itself as a world unto itself. Here, all the facets of Tanzania and Uganda seem to converge.
A journey ends, but the feeling of having been part of this magnificent natural world remains. The experiences have left a lasting impression: in the colors of the sunset, in the roar of lions, in the gaze of a gorilla.
In short: Traveling with Gondwana Tours & Safaris is an experience that touches all the senses. It's addictive.
Thank you, Gondwana, for arranging this unforgettable trip for us. We'll be back!
Katrin Fleck
(automatic translation from German)
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Right place right time right guide
This is my 5th Safari over the last 28 years or so. This is by far the best. We’ve seen all Big Five plus many more. The most memorable was millions of migrating wildebeests, zebras and other herbivores.
Our guide Kisali was excellent. He has shape eyes. If it were not for him, we wouldn’t have seen black rhinos, two of them. They were farther than we had hoped for. But it feels good to see these critically endangered animals were still there.
MY
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Friendly, responsive, versatile and very accomodative
I had the most amazing trip on safari ticking all the big 5, with additional every big mammals we needed to see just in 2 days safari. Our guide Mr Kisali is greatest guide with sharp eyes and knowledge with all the animals. This company were responsive and also able to cater special needs apart from standard itinerary. Tour is reliable and very value for money
MY
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very responsive, all arrangements well done
Reliable, friendly, accomodative! All arrangements done well 👍 especially with a few special request and changes made to the standard itinerary.
All big 5 spotted in just 2 days!!
65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Gemfinders provided us with exactly what we requested for our recent Kenyan Safari
'Everything is Amazing'
This was the saying I used when Lawrence our guide asked me what we were hoping to see.
With Africa every day is different, there will always be something to see.
We had 2 guides/drivers - Lawrence and William - great fun and sense of humour, reliable, resourceful - had puncture, it was great going to local garage and watching the tyre be fixed. We assisted another vehicle with guide and family of 5 when it was stuck in dry river sandbed, a leopard was about and getting dusky! There was always something happening spotting lions, cheetahs, hyenas, mongoose, vultures!
Cibril my main contact before and during our safari was brilliant 👏, thank you Cibril for great communication, organisation and flexibility.
Our safari included many reserves which involved travelling long disrances, watching daily life in kenya though is fascinating.
Fantastic value for money, including guides, drivers, travel, park entrance fees, accomodation, 3 meals a day some of which maybe pack up but you won't go hungry!
My husband is really into birds and Lawrence and William went out of their way to find lots of different species. The big 5 is always a joy to observe plus the ugly 5!!
'Everything is Amazing'
Thank you Gemfinders