20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Unforgettable 10-day trip!
We met Andrew, the owner of Jackpot Safaris, in Arusha were I live. The company is a Tanzanian family business with great knowledge of the country and the Parks. The trip was absolutely great, we (my parents, my husband and myself) loved our guide who was both professional as good company! The accommodations were beautiful and i feel Jackpot offers a good price/quality ratio. Since our trip I have send a lot of friends with Jackpot Safaris on a trip, they all had very good experiences!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
accommodating, welcoming, knowledgable, experienced, passionate
I set no expectations for the tour and in turn had a blast and would do it again. The tour guides made the safari a positive experience.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great way to experience Africa while camping under the noght sky without the stress of driving any
The service was great. The tour guides made great meals and made a real effort to accomodate everyones need.
Jobovic got us where needed to be at given times.
The tour guides where knowledgeable in their field and share some awesome facts about Nature and Africa
SE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great safari experience!
We got a very good safari experience. Our guide picked us up was very nice and good at their cause. The trip from Dar es Salaam to the camp would take about 6 hours, but it took almost 9 hours for us when it was very many stops on the way to buy various things such as food, fruits, etc. We were not informed about this, which pulls down the score a bit when it became stressful when we arrived.
The camp is very close to nature. We had paid for a "luxury tent", which had its own shower and toilet. However, very basic and no AC / fan. Are you prepared for this it works very well, but we got a slight surprise.
The safari was at all really good! We were ourselves in the car with the guide and got to see a lot of animals, such as zebra, lion, giraffe, buffalo, crocodile, wildebeest, hippos etc .. We are very pleased with it.
The food at the camp also get good grades. We had a private chef who cooked three course meal that tasted really good!
We want to add extra weight to our guide who made the experience into something extraordinary! He was very knowledgeable and could answer any questions we had.
FR
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A pleasant and interesting experience
Each year we travel during 2 weeks ( little groups : maximum 12 people ) to discover a new country, and we are looking for agencies which are able to help us to discover classical places but also places "off the beaten track" and make new experiences . We appreciate a professional guide ( good organisation + good relationship with the members of the group + good knowledge of the country ) .
This year, with Thierry and the tour "Route des Jardins", the objective has been fullfilled !
Thank you very much Thierry for all these beautiful, pleasant and interesting moments !
I apologize for my english !
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Christmas in Africa
Peter was very forthcoming with details and professional when handling problems that arose during our time in Africa. I couldn't have asked for better driver in Mariki and most of the places we lodged were what we expected and one even better than we thought it would be. We saw everything our hearts desired and participated in all we wished. You couldn't ask for more from a company.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
the stafff responded immediately and provided valable service at each contact
the call-centre and guides and drivers were amazingly helpful and knowledgeable. the river ferry standards are to low and need an upgrade. The team themselves where quiet good at their work. the helicopter services were very professional.
i will gladly use Falcon again and will recommend them unreservedly to friends and family
NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Good budget safari
We did a four day safari to lake manyara, serengeti and the ngorongoro crater. Andrew was very kind and helpful. He responded very quickly everytime and even arranged bus tickets for us from Nairobi and to Dar es Salaam.
The campsites on our trip were beautiful. Some of the mattresses and sleeping bags were smelly but it was comfortable. The cars are not in optimal condition. One of our cars had a minor steering problem and one of the gasoline tanks on the back started leaking while in the park (his was fixed within 3 minutes). However I did not feel unsafe for a moment. The cars are old but thorough and our guides were very good drivers. Their knowledge was just okay but sometimes we had to pull the information out of them and other times we felt like the story was not completely true. Our cook, Wazini, was an absolute highlight. He served us well during the trip.
To conclude honestly, if you want the best safari ever: spend more money because it will truly make a difference. But if that is not the case, because you're here on voluntarily basis and organising the sustainable for example: go with jackpot. They are very experienced and you will see every animal in (at least) threefold, the guides and cooks will arrange eveything for you (including setting up tents and what ever) and are very very friendly. Just like every other tour operator, the standard tipping procedure is applied, keep that in mind.
ES
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Efficient
Everything has been well organize and efficiently. Nice guys besides.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The importance of choosing a good guide
Donna, the owner, was very helpful and responsive. It was also impressive to see the initiatives they are developing in the country. It is great to see how the money you are collaborating with paying for the trip, to the communities.
The only negative thing about the trip, which unfortunately is very important, was the driver-guide. If you decide to go with Maasai Wanderings, we recommend you not to go with Nickson. You will spend a lot of time together, including lunch and dinners with someone not nice at all, who wouldn't talk to us, not even to explain to us the necessary things during the safari. He definitely ruined one of the most important parts of our trip.