50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Expert, precision knowledge - putting us in exactly the right place +date for a mega river crossing!
Clyde from Tailormade Africa spent time with us during the booking phase - answering questions and providing expert advice and insight into how to get the best out of our "wish list" safari to see migratory herds and a Mara river crossing with all the dust and drama we had hoped for. Clyde could not have been more spot on. He put us in a Alex Walker's Serian Mobile Lamai camp - carefully chosen to be on a much quieter side of the Mara - in THE exact right place and THE exact right dates to realise our dream. His passion and knowledge were exemplary compared to other safari booking agents we have used in the past and he made the logistics/details seamless meaning we did not have to worry about organising anything from the moment we landed in Tanzania to the moment we left.
On THE day after we arrived, we saw the first MEGA crossing of the Mara for this year's migration - with some of our fellow guests leaving that day having waited a week on their tours. It was incredible - the landscape just emptying of wildebeest as they flowed into the crossing point valley as thousand upon thousand wildebeest and zebra crossed.
Clyde also encouraged us to get out of our comfort zone and try a tented camp with bucket showers and rustic luxury - experience of a lifetime. We saw cheetah, leopard, lions hunting (and eating dinner!), huge herds of zebra/wildebeest/elephants, hippos galore gently bobbing up and down and a tower of 11 giraffe ++++ - incredible advice on the best camp / guiding to see wildlife.
Clyde also only recommends camps known for great guiding - we certainly had this at Alex Walker's Serian with our guides not only spotting animals but also taking time to explain local medicinal plants and teach us about next construction in a quiet moment in the shade. Clyde's advice really was spot on/faultless - his connections are probably also to thank for getting us a free upgrade to a family tent. He also stayed in touch along our trip - answering a question about check in for one of our flights almost instantly ... and explaining with his years of African experience that we should not worry but that our name would magically appear on the manifest - and it did!
I highly recommend TailorMade Africa - you are in safe and expert hands!
ES
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Perfect driver/guide
Our experience with Explorer Kenya was very good. We booked from our home country and all communication with the administrative staff was immediate and excellent. The car we were served, a Land Cruiser prepared, was ideal for us (8 people). We all had access to a window, the car was comfortable and had all the amenities. Perhaps we lacked a small fridge to cool refreshments but we didn't miss it much. The driver/guide, Daniel, was always kind and considerate of our attitude. If we wanted to talk he told us everything we needed to know about culture and nature (he has an encyclopaedia in his brain!!!). When we wanted peace and quiet, he kept the conversation in a calm tone. An excellent person. I would definitely recommend this company, and especially Daniel, to everyone.
FR
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Always ready to satisfy its customers
A trek in Kili and a safari in the different national parks organised by Mafie. A great team always attentive to its customers. What great memories for everyone !
FR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing experience and staff
Mafie adventure organized an amazing adventure for us (group of 30 people). First for the ascent of Kilimanjaro. Thanks to the staff, we went to the top. And after they organized a safari like in our dreams, really dynamic to find every animals. We saw the big 5 and many others animals that was incredible. Thank you Mafie Adventure!!!
AR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
friendly and very helpful
We took the dayly tour of Chobe Park, with a safari and boat ride. It was one of the most incredible days of our trip, we saw many animals including lions. TT our guide was very kind and prepared us a very good breakfast and lunch. Vanesa (in the office) was also very kind and organized everything so that it was useful to us.
FR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A dream come true
We booked a 3 days safari tour with Shammah wonders, Justin was so kind and available during our discussion, he answer all my questions and customize our trip as we want since i am pregnant. The three days with 2 games driver with Eliahakim as a tour guide was amazing !! Eliahakim did his best so we can get the chance to see all the animals and also he explains to us a lot of information we ignored before about different species.
DE
Safari of a lifetime
Every aspect of this tour was well planned out and organized. Nicolette was immediately responsive when we emailed that we had missed our connecting flight and coordinated our pickup for the following day. Our guide in Namibia, Buzzy Joell, was simply amazing! He was super friendly, extremely knowledgeable and did everything possible to ensure that we had an amazing tour. He was able to modify some activities to meet our interest and the mobility limits faced by some in our group. He might have even created “birders” out of some of us. We all simply loved having a private guide that accompanied us to the different lodges and who did our game drives. It really created a fun atmosphere and it was like traveling with family near the end. The transfers to our camp in Botswana and on to Victoria Falls were well organized and the drivers were extremely helpful. This is an experience that we will be talking about for years to come.
FR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing experience !!!
We had an amazing experience with Ayubu during one weekend. We started our safari in Mikumi (south) and drove to the Northern parks (Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Tanrangire, ...). It was great: our guide showed us many animals (15 cheetahs, countless lions, leopards, ...), taught us many things on the country, its history, the animals, the culture, ... Our cook was great as well: so nice and we ate so well. I definitly recommand you this team if you want to have the best experience ever !
AE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent Safari Operator
Best Safari experience ever!!
We booked a 5-day, 4 nights (2 nights in Masai Mara & 2 nights in Amboselly) Safari tour for through Apodiformes Adventure and had the best safari experience ever. Special thanks to Mr. Silas for making our arrangement in well advance and our tour guide/driver Mr. Micheal. We couldn’t have had a better guide than Micheal. He was very polite, patient and very knowledgeable about wildlife and the Kenyan/Masai culture. Thanks to his expertise we saw the big 5 within the first 4 days, plus two cheetahs and baby lions and baby elephants. All of them were very close as he knows how to drive the land cruiser in best way. We felt really safe and trusted. We will recommend Apodiformes Adventures 100% for all my friends in coming days. Thank you Mr. Silas.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great day all round!
We had a fabulous safari in Akagera with Jean Claude. We felt like VIPs having a guide to ourselves, and he took care of us very well with regular comfort breaks and an excellent breakfast and lunch. Jean Claude kept in contact with other guides to help locate the animals which meant our safari was incredibly successful and we took some fantastic pictures and videos. He was also very friendly and knowledgable. We thoroughly recommend Golden Rwanda Safaris
