35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Very well organized with professional people.
The communication was excellent. Drivers were on time and knowedble about the wildlife and the different national parks. The game driving was better than we expected. Ngorongoro crater and serengeti was totally amazing!
CZ
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best days of my life
This holiday was my best holiday ever. We saw a lot of places, animals, peoples, culture, nature, etc. Amazing, incredible, unbelievable. I love it. Our guid was very very nice man, so polite and funny. We were really satisfied. I recommend only this :-)
RU
Fantastic trip to Victoria Falls and Botswana with Fleet Foot Safaris
We travelled with Fleet Foot Safaris from Victoria Falls to Botswana and it was a fantastic experience. Nature and wildlife were amazing! Our trip was very well organized with a great mixture of nice lodges and bush camping, exciting game drives and relaxed evenings around the fire with a glass of an excellent wine from South Africa. The food deserves special praise. You get your three course top quality dinner beautifully served in the middle of the bushes with all the nature and wildlife around you. Unbelievable! But the best thing I liked about Fleet Foot Safaris was that Hennie and his team brought some special atmosphere and personal attitude which made the whole trip unforgettable.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Perfect itinerary & careful attention to detail
Darren and the Compass Odyssey team could not have done better. We had a fantastic time. Everyone could not have been more helpful.
Wherever we went we had warm welcomes and great hospitality, and whether in South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe or Botswana the arraignments ran smoothly and we met wonderful people.
The safaris were awesome. All the big 5 ticked ✅, but so much more besides.
Thanks again!!!
Iain and Ann-Louise
BE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A very personal and knowledgeable guided tour
Siya Phambile and Ben is a highly recommendable tour operator. He recommended the very nice Bateleur private game reserve and then took us to experience the Kreuger park and its camps. Ben is a very friendly and easy going person who knows the Kreuger park and its animals very well. He will share his experiences and knowledge with you in a nice way. Finally he drove us back through the panoramic circuit on the way back to Johannesburg.
Our warmest recommendations,
Kaja & Johan
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Brilliant from first Contact to saying Goodbye
I can not recommend E-Trip highly enough! I’ve travelled to 68 countries and dealt with a lot of operators - E-Trip were brilliant from my first email interaction. I sent email requests to 22 Safari operators asking for a recommendation 10 day Safari.
It was t my first time to Africa Ron safari and I wanted to see who could meet my needs.
Ben and Aurielle ( Owners) provided a customised itinerary options ad stood out from any other operators I contacted. It was obvious they have visited the various camps they recommend to stay at and promptly answered any Q’s I had.
Once arriving for safari my primary clothing g bag was lost by Airline - Ben firstly lent me clothes and he took over responsibility to get my bag to me 2 days later - The bag loss was t E-trips fault but that’s the kind of service they provide their customers.
David our private guide for the whole 10 days was simply superb - experienced guide with vast knowledge of animals behaviour and was funny and always looking after my daughter and I. His ability to see animals we couldn’t see was amazing and as an avid photographer always managed to position the vehicle for best photo positions.
E-Trips custom Land Cruiser is roomy, New , well maintained and comfortable on what can be rough roads.
The camps and lodges we stayed at were superb and food was always of high quality - as were lunch boxes provided each day.
Finally the fact that E-Trips bank account is in USA gave me piece of mind when making payments for the trip.
I unreservedly recommend the E-Trip team as a brilliant Lifetime experience provider for your safari trip.
FR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Everything was perfect I could not wish more. The service is on point always available and expert
The service is perfect. The person called Hanlie was always helping through whatsapp almost instantaneously as soon as I write a message she would reply.
FR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
My friends went on a safari trip with Frank. They enjoyed it a lot and Frank took well care of them.
The Guide Franck was very nice, professional and careful.
The hotel was perfect.
They saw all the animals they wanted to see.
Frank was driving very well.
Everything was perfect.
US
65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Disappointing troublesome, frustrating and extremely dishonest in his services and dealings with us,
AFRICAN NIGHTMARE: AVOID THIS BUSINESS AT ALL COSTS
Michael Ahabwe Mugerwa of Mushra Travel, located in Uganda, has provided the WORST travel experience in our 35 years of roaming the globe.. After carefully planning out a 2 week dream vacation to Africa with our best friends (costing in the mid-20k range) our dream journey turned into a horrible nightmare as we discovered that our travel agent had run off with our money.
Michael, who had had made a number of glowing promises in his initial proposal and final itinerary and took our our deposits and told us everything had been arranged and reservations had been made. But while on our trip we soon discovered that was not true and that there were no reservations or payments made, leaving us having to pay twice for most of our hotels and activities promised in our carefully planned itinerary (e.g.the surprise of downgraded hotels, canceled flights, two days of gorilla trekking). So our dream visit to East Africa quickly melted into a pool of disappointment, frustration and uncertainty as to what problems we might encounter next.
Initially we tried to give Michael the benefit of the doubt. But after recurring problems over several days it become evident that these were not simple mistakes or accidental errors but were intentional actions by Michael to deceive, confuse and scam us as he had done with prior clients.
As problems kept recurring and we confronted Michael, he either lied, blamed others, and made excuses, all as a way of not taking any responsibility for these problems Being trusting souls, It took us a few days to realize that we had been scammed and did what we could to salvage some semblance of our planned African vacation. As before on our visits to Africa, we found the people to be warm and friendly and the animals and game drives fascinating
Honesty, integrity, direct communication, dedication, are all traits you would look for in a good travel agent and are critical to a well planned and executed vacation . Sadly, these are traits that do not exist in Michael Ahabwe Muge or Mushra Travel. Currently we are trying to recover some of the thousands of dollars taken from us .But that will never restore or change the complete picture. For Michael not only scammed us and stole our money, but more importantly, he broke our trust and tainted our dream of a wonderful African vacation.
Gary Buffone
IN
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A wild experience of a lifetime !
Our travel guide , Roger, did an excellent job right from the first conversation, discussion of various possible options . He took us through the entire list of possible combinations at Tanzania with the time that we had at hand. Once we jointly finalised the itinerary, Safaristar did an amazing job of looping us in on any relevant details of the trip, travel, accommodation , meals and kept our expectations realistic as to what we might see during the safari. This was our first safari out of our country and we left with fond, thrilling memories of the game drive and lovely stay. Roger kept us busy scouting for the Big 5 (which we were able to spot) , enjoying the dreamy African savanna, spotting the wildebeest migration and comforting us to his best capabilities. He is young and will go places in life!
