35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Outstanding
We had an amazing three-week holiday in Namibia during July 2022. Hanneke from African Wanderer’s was brilliant. We were travelling with our children (aged 8 and 10 years old) and had never been to Africa before.
Hanneke built us an amazing itinerary with wonderful lodges and activities. She was on hand for questions (there were lots!), and we kept in regular contact while travelling in Namibia. The detail of the itinerary was great, even down to recommended lunch stops along the journey. I highly recommend African Wanderer; being based in Namibia gave them a great insider knowledge of the area, which was important when travelling with children.
Thank you, Hanneke and African Wanderer, for making our adventure special!
AE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Exelent. The best one. Recomend to everybody
I'm not the first time with Jocky tours. I wss in Kenia last winter, and will make safary with them i n the next February. Helen always answers very fast and correct. Johny is the best guide, he is doing his best to.make you happy. Also they organize the baloon trip, the feelings during the flight were idiscribable, and finely- breakfast with the animals in the middle of Masai Mara. The hotels are perfect. Sarova Mara is one of the best lodges in Kenia. European and local food. Not far from the entrance. Sopa Naivashi is also good. Recomend you to test local red wines and mild kenian coffe.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The guide was AMAZING!!!
A safari in Tanzania is already a trip of a lifetime so i was excited to make it happen. A friend recommended Lion King adventures and they completely exceeded any expectations that i had. Our guide, Saleh, absolutely made our trip and i cannot thank him enough (i'm not much of a tipper but i left him a heavy one!). He was the most personable, kind and accommodating guide with eyes like a bald eagle, spotting things that we could barely see with binoculars! With some very long and bumpy drives, i could only imagine what it would be like if Saleh wasn't the way he was. He taught me some Swahili, i got to know more about him and his family alongside Tanzanian culture, and he was super knowledgable with everything we asked about the animals. We stayed in 3 lodges during our visit...
Tarangire Ndovu Tented Lodge (1 night) - So scenic and tranquil with great food and service
Nyota Luxury camp (2 nights) - This exceeded expectations with the beauty, friendly staff and the food was great... we had a private dinner while lightning was striking across the sky of the serengeti and wildebeest and buffalo were not more than 30m away (Maasai security were sharp!)
Ngorogoro Oledani Mountain Lodge - beautiful luxury rooms on a huge compound with exemplary service.
I proposed to my girlfriend on this trip and with the help of Saleh and Lion King adventures, it was an experience that we will never forget! Thank you so much for an amazing Safari!
if you book with Lion King, make sure you request Saleh as a tour guide if possible!
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful Tour Guide
Our tour guide, Kudakwashe Ziwoni, is the best; he’s passionate, knowledgeable, and made my colleagues and I feel welcomed. We thoroughly enjoyed the tour. And recommend the tour to anyone looking to visit Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe.
Serengeti Smile is courteous, responsive, and affordable, providing an excellent and friendly guide
We (two couples) had a fantastic time with Serengeti Smile in our 7-day Tanzania safari (Tarangirie, Serengeti/Mara and Ngorongoro) and 5-day Zanzibar beachside holiday. We chose Serengeti Smile as a mid-range provider (even though they are a relatively new company) based initially on the TripAdvisor review score of 5, and then on how reassuring and responsive Frank (the company owner) was in our planning meetings in What’s App and Zoom. He helped us design a customised itinerary that fully covered our various interests, was friendly, courteous and professional right through the organisation process and then during the actual safari, right down to arranging a sunset sail on a dhow in Zanzibar with just a few hours’ notice on our last day.
Our guide Ayubu was also excellent – courteous, friendly, and professional, with excellent driving skills, incredible animal-spotting skills, and a great sense of humour. He clearly knew his way around the parks and had a great rapport with other guides and so was able to get information from them on where they were seeing animals. We must admit that it did take a day or so to gain confidence in his driving skills at what initially seemed to be high-ish speeds over some rough roads. However, after a couple of days we realised he knew what he was doing, as he clearly knew every inch of the many kilometres we travelled. Ayubu was very skilled at placing the vehicle in the best possible place for viewing and photographing animals when there was lots of competition from (sometimes) 10 or more other safari vehicle looking at a lion pride, for example.
Our safari vehicle was a few years old but was comfortable enough with just four of us. Six people and luggage would be a squeeze. Our lodges were also very good, without being 5-star, and the tent camps in Serengeti were impressive in providing roomy spaces with comfortable beds, functional bathrooms, electric lights and even in-tent Wi-Fi facilities, as well as a dining room & bar tent.
And the animals were fantastic – not just the ‘big-ticket’ items like the Big 5, and the wildebeest crossings of the Mara (we saw two!), but the myriad and often ridiculously colourful birds and lizards, the amazing diversity of antelopes and more. Plus, of course, some insight into the lives of the local people – the Maasai with their herds, and the locals in the towns and villages.
Asante Sana
CN
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
perfect journal
The tour guide is careful, passional and professional. He knows where to find different animals and warmly introduces these animals.
The tour is well planned and reasonable, and we get a good price.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
They were great, we had an incredible experience
It was an incredible experience and we saw sooooo much! We covered so much ground to see loads of animals which was amazing! My only negative is that we never really knew what was going on and we’re told times that weren’t stuck to, so we were hanging around a lot waiting and unsure when we’d leave or when we’d eat but this got better over the trip. Overall, I would recommend this! We loved our upgraded accommodation and have so many great photos with our memories!
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great communication, always ready to help with anything
Marion was very helpful and always there for me if I had any question, very responsive, with a happy and cheerful face.
We were shown few options which we could choose from, thank you
PT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very cozy staff and well organized tour without any additional efforts to the costumer
We really enjoyed the safari and the hotels, we were always well received and the quality of the accommodation exceeded our expectations. We always choose premium options.
We were always accompanied from the moment we landed until we left the country, without having to worry about any transport or meals.
The guide was very friendly and committed.
It was great that we ended up in Serengeti as it was the place where we were able to observe the greatest diversity of animals.
We hired a photographer on the last day, a FourSeasons collaborator, who contributed to the portrayal of unforgettable experiences. He was also very friendly and helpful, greatly enriching our trip. We highly recommend Laurent Francis Mmassy.
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CA
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Amazing trip and guide
Just spent a marvelous 10 days in Tanzania with Ozon Light Tours. Our guide Frank was incredible! He was so knowledgeable about the animals, plants, birds, and history. He was patient with us and let us take as many pictures as we wanted and never was in a hurry to keep going. He found so many animals for us we saw the Big 5 within days, lots of babies, it was just beautiful. I have visited Africa 4 times now and Africa does not disappoint and neither Ozon Light Tours
Thank you so much until the next time!