CH
Experience level: first safari
Flexible, trustful, reactive, good choices - highly recommended
My trip was planned by Denise and Colin. First of all they took into account that I've already booked something in 2020 (than Covid came) - perfect!
I wished that they plan only few things and not the overall trip and they showed a lot of flexibility in the planning to make it tailor-made for me. Overall they invested a lot of time and I never got the impression, that they didn't want to! In my opinion prices where also very fair.
Places and drivers where very nice and the most important: As I once had a problem with an extra-booking with an external provider (where East Cape Tours didn't do anything wrong), they where very reactive also in the evening to sort the problem out.
Would recommend to anyone to plan a trip with East Cape Tours!
SG
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
We were in good hands which helped us to be in the moment, and take home memories for a lifetime
Signed up with Great Escape Trails through a recommendation from a friend's friend, though we were naturally also cautious and hesitant at first. The trip turned out great and hassle-free. Our guide was professional, deeply knowledgeable and very personable. He put us at ease very quickly shortly after picking us up and we always felt like we were in good hands.
The Serengeti is an amazing place to visit, with many spellbinding moments and a breathtaking landscape. So glad we signed up with Great Escape Trails.
IL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
once in a lifetime experience
David, the manager, was available and attentive and took care of the smallest detail already at the initial planning and response stage. When we landed in Orsha, David made sure to come and introduce us to the one-of-a-kind guide - Price, a charm of a person, smiling, pleasant and with a huge knowledge about the reserves and the animals.
It is important for me to point out that David upgraded us to a recently opened hotel after receiving quite a few complaints about the hostel we were supposed to sleep in at no extra charge and even arranged for my birthday to be celebrated in the reserve with a cake
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent tour operator offering fantastic drivers (Joseph) and great accommodation.
Lion King Adventures was very prompt in responding to our questions, providing quotations and adapting the itineraries to fit within our budget. The tour itself was conducted in a comfortable vehicle that could be adapted for safari by opening the roof, containing camping equipment for lunches (e.g. additional shade, table and chairs etc) and ability to cross multiple terraines. Out driver, Joseph, was very knowledgeable, listened to all our requests and adapted the tour in line with his expert knowledge of the different national parks, animal behaviours and rarity of specific events (e.g. hunting by lions, mating habbits etc). We were also happy with the accommodation, which was to European standard with mosquito nets etc. One area of improvement is one accommodation, Eileen's Hotel, was a bit untidy and, ideally, the bathroom / shower room could be cleaner. Other than that, the entire experience was incredible from the booking to end of safari. Our driver, Joseph, was also on hand to deal with the cancelled flight from Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.
NO
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
We would definitely choose Frena again :)
We went for 3 days, gorilla + golden monkey trekking in Uganda/Rwanda and we had amazing time. Organizing the trip, Fred was short to answer but to the point and all our wishes were included in the final trip. The guide we had - Frank - is experienced and knowledgeable guide and a very friendly and kind person. Trekkings were amazing! Places we stayed at were really nice too. We would definitely do the trip again :)
JP
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great hospitality
We had a great tour with them and highly recommend you if you want to have a tour in safari. We wanted our travel to be flexible in order to adjust for weather conditions and our time schedule. They organize and adjust really well in advance to travel and during too.
Thank you very much!!!
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Geeman was friendly, professional, and informative.
Our tour was amazing! The accommodations were more than adequate for the price and the staff were always so nice. Geeman our main guide was one of the highlights of our trip.
The animals we saw were amazing and I especially loved the rhinos! We did the five day tour and it was amazing.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Absolutely Amazing!!
We had such a great experience on our safari tour. We did the 5 day tour including the panorama route. We went end of May-June. We stayed in 3 different lodges, and spent most days in Kruger national park but we stayed in one private gaming reserve for an evening and morning drive. Each place offered different things, Kruger was a closed vehicle and often busy but our guide was great at finding spots and allowing time to absorb and also spot the animals. We ended up seeing 4/5 big fives on our first day in Kruger national park. The private game reserve was amazing in its own way and you got to experience off roading to experience more “wildlife”. Here we went through a herd of elephants and saw lions drinking from a water hole. Weather was nice, a bit cold in the morning and evenings drives, but all the lodges provided blankets so it’s not an issue. Our guide, Simon was absolute amazing. He stayed with us pretty much the entire time and made our trip a once and a lifetime experience. He was very knowledgable and was also asking for anything specific we wanted to see, but often we took his guidance. The organisation of this tour was very easy and it was highly customisable depending on extras you wanted to add. I would highly recommend this company, SIMON as your guide and this experience as a most do when doing your safari experience.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fantastic- saw many amazing animals and learned so many new interesting facts about the wildlife
I stayed for 2 nights 3 days there was a great camp set up and amazing food! We did 3 walking tours saw so many elephants, giraffes, antelopes and Zebras ! We also had some surprise viewing with bamboos and ostriches! We were able to experience a Mokoro ride and see and hear lots of Hippos!
Not only was the wildlife amazing but also amazing camp set up with an outdoor rain shower and incredible food!
Highly recommend going out bush!
ES
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Efficient
Great client attention by Paul. He understood perfectly our expectations during our holidays in Tanzania. He did his best to answer all time during the previous months preparing our adventure. Our tour was very complete!