IE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great experience!
I recently had the most incredible safari experience with Inkende Voyages, thanks to our amazing guide Racheal. Not only was she incredibly knowledgeable about her country and its wildlife, but she was also so passionate about promoting women in tourism. It was truly inspiring to see someone so dedicated to empowering women in such a male-dominated industry.
Racheal kept us entertained throughout the entire trip with her fantastic stories and insights. There was never a dull moment with her around. She had a knack for sharing interesting facts about the animals we saw, as well as the history and culture of the local communities. I learned so much from her and felt like I got a real taste of the beauty and richness of Uganda!
Thank you sooo much Racheal and Inkende Voyages! We will definitely come back!
With that said, I highly recommend Inkende Voyages for your Uganda safaris. You can trust that you will have a great experience of a lifetime just like we did!
CN
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
OK
guide Omar in Tanzannia is perfect while in Kenya is so so. I value the safari experience only because of Omar.
Communications is smooth.
IT
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Good esperience...very kindlly people!
We spent a nice day in moremi game reserve.
Not much animals because It was too hot but we loved Botswana all the time.
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Such a diverse range of experiences - from scenery to coast, wildlife, culture and hiking.
Namibia is a very large country - we only got a taste of everything in our 8 day visit. But there's a wide range of activities and opportunities - towns, national parks and coast. Sossusvlei was an amazing place - we climbed both Dune 45 and Big Daddy. Note, if you're planning to do this, you need to take extra water with you - Big Daddy is an epic climb, but so worth it, for the views and for the enormously fun descent straight down the side into Deadvlei! This dead valley is stunningly beautiful, although that sounds like a contradiction when you consider it's just dead trees in a mudbaked plain - but, truly, you have to see it to understand what an impact it makes. We stayed at the Namib Desert Lodge - one highlight was the sunset safari, culminating in a cliff top bar being set up for us, complete with wide range of alcohol and big platters of beautifully presented nibbles!
We visited Swakopmund, but didn't have time for any of the sea activities - however, the town itself is well worth a walk around. The architecture is interesting, with the German heritage, and we found a terrific bar - Bar Zonder Naam (the Bar Without a Name) - and also ate at the Blue Grass Restaurant, where the food and atmosphere were equally good. It was just a shame it was foggy and raining, so we didn't get the sea views! We did visit the Crystal Centre - again, well worth it, some stunning displays of a huge range of crystals, all mined in Namibia.
Our final destination was Etosha National Park, where we stayed at the Namutoni Lodge. Such a nice place - a good restaurant, swimming pool, clever design of the accommodation, with palisades around the front and back of each room, so you feel as though you're in a native compound or village. There's also a viewing platform overlooking a watering hole - great for a sunset visit to see the wildlife, while drinking a beer. We went on several safari drives - one memorable moment was when nearly 30 elephants slowly made their way past us, at a watering hole, and lined up in one long row to drink. Lots of zebra, impala, springbok, oryx, wildebeest, kudu, warthogs, some glimpses of leopard and rhino. But, most memorably - lions. Or rather, one lion and his mate, relaxing under a bush.
One small thing to note - most of the public toilets en route require a payment of just 2 or 3 rand. Also at the supermarket and restaurant carparks and petrol stations, it's customary to give 3-5 rand to the parking and fuel attendants. This means you need to change a larger note down to small notes or coins, so you have a kitty.
Obviously, if you have longer to visit, you could see more, or stay longer in one place - we did cover a lot of miles in a short space of time. But it's perfectly do-able to get a really good taste of Namibia in a week, with a night either end to allow for flying in and out of Windhoek.
Overall, we had a really lovely time - Namibia is certainly a great country to visit.
CN
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
High cost performance！
Overall, it was a pleasant journey, especially because of the nice cost and the good quality of the resorts and camp! But still, some aspects for improvement e.g. inadequate information of guide are sent to us only one day advanced after repeatedly urge. Moreover, we choosed miniVan but it seemed to old, the tire and battery of the Van both failed in the road, we waste many times to fix it up. In all, the journey of Kenya is worthy！
DE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Very interesting tour to Soweto!
I had a very interesting morning with Sello, bringing us to Soweto. Sello explained a lot and answered to all of our questions. During the morning we have been given an impression of the history and also current life in the area of Soweto. Definitely recommend to all guests, with just a few hours time, but want to spend them well :)
good in general, my favourite is the gorongoro crate.
I like the whole trip, 4 days is definitely enough for me. I don't see there is a reason to have a longer trip. We are quite lucky to see all the rare animals including leopard and rhinos.
Take away food was like meh, so don't expect too much on the lunch side.
DE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Vast wilderness and wildlife
I went on a mobile safari to Savuti and Khwai (which I especially loved because of the scenery next to the river) and one day in Moremi.
I was a solo female traveler and felt well protected and looked after by the crew of my tour operator Xaa Safaris. I had a spacious tent with an en-suite bathroom and loved hearing the animals at night: lions roaring, hyaenas howling, elephants rumbling and hippos barking. I was great to watch the elephants strolling through the campsite in Khwai during the day, and I even encountered an elephant drinking out of a my wash basin while I was inside the tent! We saw lions a few times in Savuti and Moremi, came across a pack of wild dogs and a bat-eared fox couple and had a great leopard sighting where we spent quite some time with the animal. Apart from that we enjoyed spotting many gracious giraffes, a lot of hippos and elephants, but also saw also the rarer sable and roan antilopes and ground hornbill. It was good fun and excitement to track lion, leopard or hyaena.
After the safari I spent a few days in Maun and went on a one day trip to Okavango delta.
I can recommend Botswana as a travel destination for its vast wilderness and wildlife. Looking forward to return and see other areas like the salt pans and Kalahari.
BE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Efficient
Our trip was well organized and we got to see a lot of the Kenya has to offer. Traveling in group was an experience !
The hotels are simple but clean, however the meals could be improved.
CN
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
It's a lifetime experience that we will always remember
Our driver/guide Moses is very professional in both driving and looking for animals. We have seen almost everything we wanted to see, including lions, leopards, giraffes, etc. We also enjoyed the hotels very much as some of them allowed us to interact with animals closely.
The only thing we were not very satisfied with is the Land Cruiser which was too old and it was not very comfortable for us to sit on it all day.