DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Friendly and fast responding operator
We (2 people) booked a 7-Days private Lodge Safari containing Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru, Lake Naivasha (Hells Gate Park) and Amboseli. Josef Muneeni from Parrot Safaris organized all well, and answered immediately if questions arose. Special requests were also taken into account. Overall communication was good. In the design of the course of the safari, the communication could have been improved at some points. For example, we were not aware that we could have switched the Morning Drive of Day 7 to Day 6 and then taken the early train to Mombasa from Emali on Day 7 saving us 5 hours of driving.
Joseph kept contact with us via WhatsApp all the time during the safari and checked whether everything is going well and I am feeling comfortable. Accommodation in Kenya was in very comfortable lodges with good facilities. Especially the lodge in Naivasha was amazing. All lodges hat nice pools and served a varity of good food.
Our guide and driver Martin was a great game spotter and explained all about the animals. He was supportive, funny, punctual and always organized our meals and schedules for best chances to see as much animals as possible. Additionally, he was a very good driver and knows bis car by heart. We can definitely recommend Martin.
Pilanesberg was a great time!
We had an enjoyable day thanks to this tour and our tour guide, Happiness. Pick-up at the hotel was easy, the drive was long, but enjoyable tunes helped!
We had a wonderful safari tour once we arrived at Pilanesberg and saw some elephants, giraffes, zebras, etc.!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An Experience of a Lifetime!
My partner and I did a custom 3 day safari to Serengeti and Ngorngoro Crater, with a couple nights in Arusha before the trip. We had an amazing time on our safari, and Omari was such a great guide. Not only did we get to see all the animals we wanted, but saw them multiple times! The staff at all of the accommodations were above and beyond, and we enjoyed our adventure so much. Truly a once in a lifetime experience!
Omari was so accommodating, professional and knowledgable. We had lots of fun with him and felt completely relaxed.
We had a lucky encounter at one of the places we stayed, Lion's Paw, while returning from dinner - a female elephant was enjoying her own dinner right next to our tent! The gentlemen who had escorted us from dinner helped us to stay safe and move the elephant along, but it was incredible to see her up close.
Thanks so much to Sandy for all her help with setting everything up so perfectly and making our trip exactly what we wanted!
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great Vist!
If you're going to South Africa and are trying to decide what to do, and how to get it all done, I suggest using Discover Africa. Adelle Bell was my consultant and she was a great help. After trying to organize on my own and getting information overload, I reached out to Adelle and she was spot on in her ideas and suggestions for my trip. I emailed her with my main goals. She then set up a call with me to gain greater information and then went to work with her suggestions for what I expressed I wanted to do. Discover Africa was not pushy trying to get me to spend money on excursions that I didn't really want to do. Instead, they arranged everything I wanted and I just showed up. All transfers, hotels, airfare, and safari experiences are set up and there was never any bad issues. I even received several messages while there just to make sure things were running smooth. I highly recommend. If I return, I will definitely use them(her) again.
PL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
This safari was amazing
The whole tour was well organised. This company can be for sure recommended for low and middle budget safari. We had all information before and during our tour through (thank you Paul). Our driver Antonio waited for us at the airport and was very helpful whole 5 day trip.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Absolutely amazing service from start to finish
Had an absolutely amazing time with our tour guide Richard. We done the 3 day safari and every time we asked to see anything he went out his way to try find it for us. Great English and kept us safe the whole time. Great accommodation organised for us also. Great communication from Paul from start to finish. Recommend booking your holiday with Paul! 5 star review
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Nice, knowledgable and fun, great people for a safari!
Going with a large group of people who nature journal we had a very accommodating trip with Hamadi and the guides Shaffi, Seif, Dixon, and Sam. Hamadi helped out with all the details, while the guides were informative, knowledgable, funny and patient. They did all of their great work of pointing out animals, insects, birds while safely driving the bumpy dusty roads of the Serengeti and all the other wonderful places we went! The accommodations were amazing, even in the bush there was hot showers, beds with mosquito nets and a beautiful dining room! the food was wonderful, especially all the fresh vegetables and fruit. The people of Tanzania are nice and fun! We went to an orphanage for two days and our guides and Hamadi were totally involved in getting the kids to join in the drawing of animals and learning about the nature around them. Very good people.
A History Lesson
After The Cradle Of Humankind Tour was cancelled because of the heavy rains at the cave,Patrick organized a tour of Pretoria.While I had visited the Union Bldgs. on a prior trip,this tour was the first time I had visited the Kruger House Museum and the Voortrekker Monument.Willem,our guide was a fountain of information and made the history of the settlers of south Africa come alive.Willem dropped us off at the airport for a flight to Capetown and was kind enough to help with our bags and lead us to the ticket counter,
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Trip of a Lifetime Thanks to 7 Wonders
Prior to booking we had a rough idea of the parks we wanted to visit. Evelyn worked with us to create the perfect itinerary, giving suggestions and info that we would not have gotten elsewhere. She was very responsive and dealt with our many complications (we had a large group with differing travel itineraries).
Arriving in Africa, 7 Wonders took care of everything and made it very easy for us to get to our destination and begin our journey. Along with Evelyn, Rose helped with the portion of our trip in Kenya. We met our drivers day 1, they were extremely nice (Stanley and Geoff) and were just as excited to be there as we were. These drivers were super knowledgeable and navigated the park effortlessly to get us in the right spots at the right time to see the animals. We also had to make a border crossing to get to Tanzania and the drivers helped make that process much easier for us.
In Tanzania we had Jose and William as our drivers. Their expertise of the area and animals led to us seeing two cheetah takedowns, 3 leopards, 5 rhinos, and so much more. It was truly special.
We stayed at four different Lodges / Camps and they all were amazing in different ways. Our favorite was the Serengeti Tortilis camp, where life in the tents was very comfortable and the staff made us feel like family.
We already miss being back in Africa and we cannot recommend enough that people should use 7 Wonders for planning their safari vacation.
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Journey of an Adventure
Equipment 4/5
Professionalism 5/5
Food 5/5 (ask for Magic Mike)
Tour design 4/5 (good acclimatization)
Personal 5/5 (Michael inspiring as guide)
I got altitude sickness for 6 days during the tour and lay flat one night with diarrhea and vomiting.
The team with their experience and the good food have pampered me within a day.
The ascent evening 22:30 start was indescribable. I felt like giving up 10x, but Michael motivated me and the moment of reaching the top - indescribable.
