TW
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing Tanzania experience
Lionking shows the professional and patience from the first contact to itinerary begins, make us feel safe and relatable.
Our guide, Gilbert, who is super experienced and expertise on animal, he always full of passions to search and introduce animals, the most amazing part is he is such a lucky person who drive us to meet all animals on our wish list! Really happy to have Gilbert be our guide to make us a wonderful memorial Tanzania!!
TW
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing!
Amazing experience and very professional organization or the trip. The guide that we had, Gilbert, was amazing, highly recommended
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Sweet talking THIEF and CON MAN
We booked with Fortune over a year ago to travel with our children to Botswana and Zimbwabe. He was a good communicator the entire time, except upon arrival. No one was at the airport to grab us. We quickly learned that Fortune failed to pay for any of the bookings that we were promised in our itinerary and invoice. When we finally reached Fortune, he made on excuse after the other. Although we paid $11,000, we have only had him transfer $300 of that back to us as ordered by the Chief Inspector. My husband and I took time away from our vacation to press charges against. Fortune was prosecuted in Victoria Falls Courthouse and ordered to pay restitution. I am writing another review to warn others. A year later, Fortune continues to let us down despite promising the court to pay restitution to avoid more time in jail. I have photos of Fortune in handcuffs.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing Experience, book now!
Amazing experience and reliable tour company. I booked our trip through Raphael on WhatsApp and the process was so easy! Everything was customizable and easy to adjust based on my group’s preference. We chose a private mid range 7 day safari and was perfect!! Our tour guide Ernest, was professional and made sure we saw everything on our list. He was patient and ensured our expectations were realistic and met. Every lodge we went to was amazing and the lunches we had were scrumptious. Highly recommend booking with Safari soles!!
IN
Friendly, knowledgeable, accommodating.
The entire booking process with Super Eagles was very smooth. It was so comfortable to work with Richard to make the booking and during the safari we appreciated the valuable inputs from him and Simon. I highly recommend them to travellers looking to book excursions.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Review about Okavango Delta by Jennifer Jackson
This was our first trip to the Okavango and we were really excited…we saw a variety of bird life up really close. We also saw hippos, elephant, crocodiles and Red Lechwe.
It was a wonderful day
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Review about Moremi Game Reserve by Jennifer Jackson
We saw some nice heards of Red Lechwe and quite a few tsessebe, hippos, wildebeest, giraffe, zebra, warthogs, elephants, lots of bird life. We did not find the area teaming with game and we didn’t see any cats. It was a new area to us so we were excited about everything we saw, but it wasn’t as prolific as Chobe National Park.
The roads were really terrible and the grass really was as high as an elephants eye.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wow is the best way to describe my experience this past week with Marurumi Safaris.
At all times, James went above and beyond the expectations of a safari guide. He has been guiding for a long time, knows where the best spots are to take you, and his English is flawless.
We did the 4 day Masai Mara, Lake Naivasha, budget tour. We spent a lot of time browsing options before booking our trip and we are so grateful we chose this tour.
James, the owner of the company was our guide. He was timely on pickups, flexible with the schedule and allowed us to see more than we would have with any other guide.
During the first evening game drive, he got us up close to a black rhino, family of elephants, multiple groups of giraffes, zebras and more. The best part of the evening was the endless amount of cool facts James knew off the top of his head about each animal. Watching the sun set over the savanna while watching ostriches run right in front of our tour van was also a highlight.
Every restaurant he brought us to had great food, a nice private seating, an awesome vibe, and great scenery views. The safari accommodations were by far the nicest and cleanest places we stayed in Nairobi, which was a perk as well. I also appreciated his dedication to cleaning out the van every night, restocking the water cooler, and giving us the option of what time to start the day. We usually started between 6:45-7:45am.
The last 3 days were a blur of good experiences as well… the next day game drive was BEYOND exciting, our van was 10 feet away from with a lion eating a zebra for breakfast, then we saw hippos, leopards, gazelles, hyenas, warthogs, the Tanzania border, parked in the road and had a family of ~13 lions walk around us (on either side), had an awesome picnic lunch and then learned about the Masai culture with a personal tour guide and by visiting a village.
The lake navasha tour was super unique, being on the boat and seeing eagles swoop to grab fish right besides our boat, and cruising past hippos at sunset was amazing.
I highly recommend the Hells Gate Bicycle tour, as we biked past zebras and giraffes, saw some rock climbing, collected obsidian rocks, and learned about the history of the Hells Gate national park.
The short hike at the end of the bike tour had jaw dropping views of Africas version of the Grand Canyon.
Last but definitely not least we had the opportunity to do a walking safari before heading back to town… standing 5-10 ft away from giraffes, zebras, antelope and more was an unexpected and amazing surprise. Seeing a 7 hour old zebra and a 8 day old giraffe was precious.
To top it all off, after dropping us off at our hotel that evening, James offered to take us to the train station the next afternoon at 3pm.
All in all, James and his team are amazing and if you ever get the chance- book a safari with Marurumi safaris, it won’t disappoint you!!
FR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
we just returned from a 9 day safari in kenya (masai mara/ amboseli) and tanzania (serengeti/ndutu/n
Brenda was incredibly responsive to our many emails as we planned our trip. We even spoke by phone a couple of times. She was able to get us exactly the trip we wanted and was able to get us into some amazing camps. Ndutu in February is an incredible highlight, as it is the birthing season for the wildebeest and zebras. It is a sight not to be missed. The rest of the safari was spectacular as well- our guides in both countries were wonderful, the vehicles terrific, the food and people were fantastic. We could not have asked for a better experience.
I would highly recommend booking a safari with Beyond The Plains Kenya Safaris. We were delighted from start to finish.
we had 2 different guides in kenya (both named Duncan) and Goodluck in tanzania. happy with all.
Varied highlights of Namibia
We booked this tour last minute. Blue Crane Safaris was great, from the communication to the planning to arrival and departure. And the pricing was fair. I can't say enough great things about John, our tour guide. He went out of his way to check that we were enjoying our safari. He was knowledgeable, professional, fun, and friendly. While some unexpected, minor complications arose out of his control, he was quick and resourceful to get us back on track. The food was repetitive at times, and this has more to do with the lodges than Blue Crane. In late January/early February (wet season) the animals are apparently not as visible, but we still got to see many. This safari was an excellent way to see the highlights of Namibia with little planning on our part. I wish we had more time to spend at the lodges just relaxing. Highly recommended!