US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent experience!
We used Luciano Tours and Travels to book our vacation and everything was fantastic. They were even able to help with some immigration issues and were very good about checking in with us to make sure everything was going smoothly. Zambia is a beautiful country, Livingstone and the Falls is always a pleasure and cannot say enough good things about South Luangwa national park. Highly recommend!
US
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Outstanding experience1
We were in Kenya from Jan. 24 through Feb. 3 this year. I fell in love with everything about Kenya. The beauty, the people, the perfect weather (especially since we were missing the vortex in Chicago) and especially our fantastic safari trip through Savannah Sound Safaris. Our guide Sammy picked us up at the airport in Nairobi Thursday night and was our driver, taking us to a few fun places, on Friday. We left for a 6 day safari to Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru and Amboseli on Saturday morning. Except for the fact that Kenya's roads are the WORST (mostly unpaved), it was an experience of a lifetime. Sammy was the best guide. I felt like we were in the middle of our own National Geo documentary he was so knowledgeable of not only the wildlife, but the people, the weather, the politics, everything Kenya and Africa imaginable. We saw all Big 5 within our first day of the safari. All of the lodges we stayed at were gorgeous, the food was great. After our return from the safari we spent another 3 days in Kenya. We booked two tours through One Horizon Outreach program and had the most wonderful time. The first day we visited a couple of Masai, spending the day with the women, making bracelets, sharing tea and donuts and hearing their life stories. The next day we spent the day with some grandmothers and the pigs they are raising for sale(their "bank"). We got to hold baby piglets, feed the bigger pigs and then made their special chipati bread which we shared while drinking tea and talking to the wonderful, brave grandmothers. The whole trip to Kenya was magical and I would highly recommend it. Also, I would highly recommend Savannah Sound Safaris, not only for safari, but just to have as a driver/guide while visiting Kenya itself. I felt very safe, both with Sammy and with Steve who was our driver the last night there and again to go to the airport for a very early flight to South Africa. I would go back to Kenya in a heartbeat if I could.
LT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Top choice safari for your first visit to Kenya
My friends and I (total of 3 persons) have traveled to Kenya in late February 2019 for a 4-day trip, including Masai Mara park and Maji Moto Eco Camp nightstand, which was absolutely terrific. Nadzua was so smooth and helpful in solving any of the questions that I had, hence without any hesitation, I am happy to recommend BuyMore Adventure as your safari operator.
CH
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Stunning!
We booked a 10-day safari in Uganda with Crystal Safari - and were not disappointed: Joseph, our daily guide, guide & driver was nice, funny, knew a lot to talk about & was always punctual (even too early in part).
He also responded to spontaneous special requests, which was great to see more of the local life.
The car and accommodations were great - especially the accommodations were excellent, from free laundry service, to food, hand massage etc.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The safari was a dream come true!! We had a fantastic time on our 4 day safari.
We had an amazing time on a 4 day safari with Tanke Travel. Caroline was very helpful, answered all our questions before hand and arranged us Beautiful resorts to stay in. She was helpful from the very start to the end of safari, she took care of everything. We hired the more expensive private 4x4 jeep but it was well worth it. Our driver Kevin was fabtastic, he was punctual, friendly, patient, took us to all the great spaces to see the animals and had great music. We saw lionesses, elephant, zebra, giraffe, hippo, wilderbeast, jackels, wild dogs, hyenas, different birds and caught a glimps of a rhino. The resorts were also beautiful. We highly recommend Tanke travel! Thank you
CA
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Awesome 4 Day Safari!
We took a family vacation to Tanzania, with our three adult daughters and our two sons in law. It turned out to be an amazing adventure for the 7 of us. Everyone asks us what was the highlight of visiting Africa - a resounding THE SAFARI!!!
Aardvark Expeditions was there to answer all of our needs. When we arrived in Arusha Philemon came and met us at our hotel to finalize one aspect that needed to be completed, before we could go. After our return to Arusha he once again came to see how we had enjoyed our experience.
Our driver Urio was a wonderful addition to our safari, he was prompt and so helpful. I felt he was also very focused on our safety, at all times. And made sure we should be at our destinations in good time. We saw all the big 5. We took the time to stop and watch the animals in their natural habitats , whether it be lions eating a zebra, a baby lion trying to climb a tree or elephants on parade heading to the water hole. All in all it was a wonderful experience,
CA
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Love love love the safari
We had an amazing time on this safari. Philemon was great at planning everything. The mawae camps were beautiful. One evening we enjoyed a bonfire after dinner, the stars are amazing. Urio was a great guide and the vehicle was nice and spacious even with seven of us in it. We saw the big five on this safari plus many more. All in all ardvark is a great company to work with to plan your once in a lifetime safari
FR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Good safari good agency
We went on a 5 day safari. The agency has been very responsive at a distance. The tour was well organized at a reasonable price and we were very pleasantly surprised by the accommodations, comfortable and of good quality. Only downside: the driver was a good driver but not a guide. We had very few explanations which is a shame. We advise you to ask for a guide but may be the price will be higher. Despite everything we recommend this agency that offered us a nice stay at a good value for money.
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
great organisation, exceptional guide, good food and a superb experience
As we started to organize our journey to Tanzania, we were looking for a Safari company with a good reputation and a reasonable price offer for us, since we were travelling on a budget. After contacting Wild Life Safari Tours, we decided to confirm our Safari with them. The manager Mr. Humphrey was very friendly and everything seemed to be very organized which is quite a rare thing to come by in Tanzania.
On our arrival we were picked up at the bus terminal in Arusha and transfered to the hotel to stay prior to our departure to Lake Manyara on the next morning. Keep in mind that you might have to drop some luggage like big suitcases, which you can't take with you the following days. You will get access to them once you've returned to Arusha at the end of the Safari.
The pick up to Lake Manyara with guide Florian was on time and he was exceptional. I can say that the guides are very experienced and Florian has been doing Safaris for over 15 years. Therefore he could show us every animal there is in Africa. The best part of the Safari was definitevly Serengeti National Park. You could see lions from up close. Florian was very calm, patient and got us to the special spots to see cheetahs, leopards, hippos, hundred of zebras and so on....
Camping in Serengeti was such a nice experience, since the buffalos, hyenas and sometimes lions come by the camping ground at night and you could just listen to the sounds of the savanna.
Ngorongoro crater offered one of the most breath-taking views of all the national parks we have seen and hosts some of the rare rhinos. We managed to see 7-8 of them with flamingos were drinking in the lake in the background. This was amazing.
Tarangire National Park hosts one of the biggest elephant populations we have seen so far. The landscape was also quite interesting and was very different to Serengeti.
To sum it up, we had such a great trip and managed to complete seeing the Big-Five in just a few days. We got tired of seeing zebras, because there were that many other species to see throughout out Safari. We were very content with the organisation and especially happy about our guide, who is really living his job. I would recommend booking with Wild Life Safari, because the good and organized Safari is worth the price.
DE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
We had a really good time
We had an amazing 7 days safari in Northern Tanzania. Our contact Manu organized a great trip and assigned Simon to be our guide which was great as looking back I realize the most important factor for our fantastic Safari was having Simon as our tour guide! We saw all the big 5 from a mother Cheetah completing a successful hunt, lions, elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, rhinos, ostriches with chicks, zebras, warthogs, water birds……. And off-course thousands of wildebeest in Ndutu.
Great trip from a great company!