US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Zamsato provided excellent touring and guiding of several National Parks in Zambia.
I traveled on one month road trip in Zambia, visiting several National Parks (NP). We focused primarily on Liuwa Plain NP, Kafue NP and South Luangwa NP. Our guide from Zamsato, Daniel, was superb driver, navigator, game-spotter, cook and organizer. Daniel is a Zambian resident and knows the country and its roads, wildlife, parks, lodges and campgrounds very well. He is respected as one of Zambia’s best overall guides and tour operators. Highly recommended.
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Excellent all-around experience with Mana 4 x 4, fully-equipped vehicle, clear & fast communication
We had an excellent all-around experience with Mana 4 x 4 & highly recommend them for anyone self-driving through Zimbabwe & camping!
Our family of 5 visited from America & were not able to bring our own camping equipment with us due to space in our luggage. So, what to do? Months earlier, prior to our trip, I found Mana 4 x 4 on Instagram & reached out because they offered the solution of fully-kitted out camping 4 x 4s.
Right from the beginning, communicating with Ant was a breeze. He was always quick to respond, professional & friendly.
When we arrived in Zim & went to pick up the vehicle, Costa ran through how everything works & got us all set up & ready to go. It was smooth sailing.
Their vehicles are fully-equipped with nearly everything needed for a camping trip, minus sleeping bags. The vehicle functioned perfectly, especially on that horribly corrugated & long Mana road, & we had no issues whatsoever.
Thank you to Ant, Costa & Mana 4 x 4 for a great all-around experience working with them to make our Mana Pools trip amazing!
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Barack is an amazing guy. He may be perfect if you are on a budget like I am.
My review sounds pretty much like the other ones. If you have time and sufficient money, you might as well stop thinking about it and do the trip. Barack will make it possible. He let me stay at his house. I went to the volcanoe and the Kahuzi-Biega National park with him. I was the only one doing gorilla trekking that day. I had my individual gorilla trek. They have student discounts, making it the cheapest place to see gorillas. Barack is a legend. He let me stay at his home. I even played a little bit with his adorable children.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
The Perfection of Zanzibar; Left Us Wanting More!!
I enjoyed this Safari everything was well organized professional tour guides, on time drivers, and beautiful location of the hotel chosen by them. It actually made me excited. I highly recommend this company for travelling services in Tanzania.
LT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Terrific Family Trip in Tanzania
My family trip was to Tanzania was terrific. The planning process with Maturaf was smooth and he took our needs and created a perfect 7 day itinerary to Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro.
The actual safari with guide Hassan was an amazing experience. He did his very best to ensure that we saw all the animals that were on our wish list and somehow always knew where to find the animals. He was very knowledgeable about the birds & animals and my kids were very happy to experience the wild with an expert who could tell them all about it.
We had great accommodations with amazing food, top level service, and luxurious tents for us to sleep in.
I recommend Regional Tours and Safaris for their exemplary work.
PK
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent Service - Value for Money
I booked 3 nights 4 days Budget Safari with Hyrax and all their services were great. Guide / Driver, Chef , Communication everything was perfect and as per the agreement with them. I would definitely recommend them. I'm a Muslim and required Halal food only. Chef Tony made sure of it.
CN
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Superb experience
It was my greatest pleasure to meet Robbie on my first arrival in South Africa. His knowledge about Kruger National Park and the local wildlife well exceeded my expectations. His professionalism has truly made my safari greatly valued. He is much more than a guide, but a really good friend to his guests. He had been always caring about my safety and trip throughout my journey in South Africa. Words cannot really describe how appreciative I am. My very best wishes to most respected Robbie.
NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Very good safari
Service is super good. Everything is super luxurious and the driver drives very well. Safaries are a time to remember.
DE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Best Safari ever!!
From the first contact via internet until our last big hug at the airport after the best safari ever everything exceeded all our expectations! With Oussi we had the very best guide and the safest driver. He shared with us the best spots in the parks, his knowledge about all animals, his language, the tansanian culture and his humor! Asante sana, Oussi!
NL
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Extraordinary Wildlife / Bush experience with a great and skillful team!
The end of August our family (two adults and two kids; 15 and 17 years old) had the pleasure to spend three days (two nights) with Walking Stick Travel & Tours in Botswana's Okavango delta. It was an extraordinary experience which has created memories for life!
Early 2019 first contacts have been made and all communication ran very smoothly. Philimon the owner of Walking Stick Travel & Tours was very informative, helpful and fast in his response. Although we did not know Philimon and his company before we trusted the excellent reviews on the internet. We have not been disappointed.
At the time of booking we decided to go to Moremi. Because Botswana and the Okavango delta suffered severe draught in 2019 Philimon took the decision before our arrival to change our booking to Khwai concession. From his recent experiences he knew that Moremi would be less interesting to see than Khwai. The vast majority of wildlife moved to the wetter area's of the delta. We followed Philimon's advise and this did not disappoint us at all.
After 4,5 hours of travel we arrived at the campsite. Philomon's team had set up the camp and welcomed us with a nice (bush) lunch. Our campsite had a great view on the river. While having lunch the wildlife experience already started with elephants passing by on a distance of maybe 50 - 100 meters max. Great view for a lunch!
During the trip we have made two afternoon/evening and two morning game drives with Philimon. While making these trips we experienced that Philimon was born in the delta and is a very experienced wildlife guide and driver in the bush. Based on his knowledge Philimon has been able to trace all the wildlife one could imagine to see during a trip like this. Lions with cubs swimming. Lions hunting and mating. Leopard hunting and feeding young cubs, hyena's with cubs, Elephants, crocodiles, Giraffes, antilopes in a wide variety. Too much to name all.
During the trip Philimon learned us a lot of the wildlife and behaviour of the animals. Although the animals / predators were allowed very close to the car during the drives we have never had any uncomfortable moment. Philimon knowledge of the behavior was really great. His knowledge and experience also helped him in always taking the right position to take great pictures. Sometimes we needed patience but in the end it was always rewarding.
While we were having our gamedrives the other teammembers were preparing the meals and maintaining the camps for us. The facilities in the bush are of course basic however part of the experience. It is amazing to see how Joe the cook was able to prepare the nicest meals on simple campfire. Big compliments to the chef and his team.
Over the years we have made many gamedrives and visited many National Parcs in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana. These were all great, but cannot be compared to staying deep in the bush of the Okavango Delta. The sights during the day but also the sounds during the night while camping (and the vicinity of the wildlife strolling around the tent) have been our best experience so far.
We are Philomon and his team very grateful for making this (lifetime) experience so special for us. If you want to enjoy a real bushexperience with a great team, we would highly recommend Philimon and his team!