QA
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Exceed expectations
Very professional service, safe ride, listening our desires and needs. I recommend!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Once in a lifetime experience
The entire experience was amazing, a huge thank you to our tour guide Ezekiel - he was full of knowledge and ensured we got to see everything we wished to. Accommodation was fantastic, food was amazing everywhere. It was a wonderful experience rich in culture and nature, i would highly recommend!!!
-Samantha
AE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A once in a lifetime experience and an eye opener which has helped me to progress as a person
Everything was perfectly organized. I came alone and had Kiganda as my personal guide. Great person.
Thanks to him I have learned a lot in such a short time (3 day visit). We've done a lot of driving: luckily Kiganda is one of the most responsible and conscious persons I know so the drive felt safe and not too tiring.
It was amazing to see the gorillas from so nearby but to be honest, the best thing I take back from my visit to Uganda is, apart from having gained a friend for life, the eye opening effect my visit to the community next to the Bwindi park. Especially the visit to the orphanage has had a big impact on me, very positive, as those of us who are lucky to live wealthy lives have a large responsibility to help and support others to live better lives.
In exchange we will gain knowledge about life, self consciousness, energy to make a difference and joy.
It was a short visit and hope to come back as I am impressed with Uganda and want to get to know it better.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Excellent holiday with beautiful accommodations and service. Guide was very informative and helpful.
In the most, it was all I expected and more. Everyone I dealt with was extremely helpful and accommodating.
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing Experience...Truly the Trip of a Lifetime
My family just returned from a two week trip to Africa under the careful planning of eTrip Africa. Our journey included a five night safari and a side trip to Zanzibar. Our guide, Alladin, was deeply knowledgable, funny, engaging, and a delight. We were in such good hands! I also appreciated Ben and Aurelie's work planning our time. They listened to our needs. They coached us through decisions. They gave us an experience of a lifetime. Their choices for where we stayed were spot on. The way they planned the pacing of the trip was logical and magical. Their commitment to their staff and to the communities in which they work was deeply evident. I just can't wait to go back! When we do, we will book with eTrip Africa...without a second thought.
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Kakasi and his staff commandeered 26 Americans on a fun-filled safari experience!
Our group leaders received detailed guidance from Brenda throughout the planning stages and start of the excursion. Brenda and Kakasi are able to fulfill the needs of Americans to be structured and on time, even in the context of African time (typically "late.") Kakasi provided an extremely fun environment for our entire group, which ranged in age from 17 to 60s. He remained flexible with our plans while on the tour, helped us deal with sick members of our group, and even got up in the middle of the night to deal with some nervous teens! Through work I've done in Tanzania, I know the stellar reputation of Tanzania Choice Safaris and would recommend them to all of my family and friends. Thank you for a tremendous experience that I hope to experience again in the future.
IN
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
A brilliantly planned holiday...
Thorough in their research and with an eye for minor details, we thank chalo africa for managing and micromanaging our trip. The places of our stay were uniquely exotic and their activity suggestions truly commendable. We will be booking with chalo africa in our future trips to africa too.
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
The Wisconsin Dells of Safari operators - a bit of what was promised, but not much. Disappointed.
My wife and I completed the 5 day Kruger safari. We are seasoned safari tourists and have been blessed to go on safari in Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. We have never been left dissatisfied until now. The accommodations were fine and the food was as well. But that’s not why most of us go on safari – it is the game drives after all.
Every game drive was shorter than advertised. Day one night drive was two hours instead of three. Day two four-hour Bush walk was just one hour of bush walking. When we got in the vehicle, we were told it was really just three hours including drive time there and back but overall it was about 2.5 hours. Worse, the 3 hour afternoon game drive started an hour late and was only two hours. Also, how many tourists who spend thousands to come all the way to South Africa really want to receive a pitch to allow elephant culling when they are viewing elephants? We've gone from 600,000 elephants to 450,0000 in seven years according to the 2015 Great Elephant census across the continent. We are in the midst of elephant genocide. We see our first elephant and the arrogant young guide starts talking about culling them and feeding the meat to local villages. Not exactly what we expected to hear. Day three - all day at Kruger National Park - no complaints. But geez, we thought this was a 5 day Kruger trip. Only one day was spent there – the rest in reserves, some of which allow hunting. Day 4 - a major disappointment. The Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre did not espouse conservation. In addition to culling and legal ivory sales, we were told that rhino horn should be legalized to discourage the black market. Really? Rhino horn? I still can't believe we heard that. Back to Mark's Camp by noon. Yummy lunch. But no afternoon game drive. Our itinerary showeda 3 PM drive. Nope due to reserve restrictions, it was a 5 pm drive. Actually 530 as driver had to wait for more customers coming in from Johannesberg. Big difference in night drives versus day drives – photos aren’t good at night, and many animals are stressed especially since it is a hunting reserve. This last drive was also just two hours. Driver didn’t speak to us, and drove incredibly irresponsibly into a thicket of acacia thorn trees in the dark. I was actually injured and had to get antibiotics for a needless eye injury. Last day we spent $400 to spend the entire afternoon at Mark’s Camp. Pathetic. We did our own bush walk that was longer than the ones Viva did. And we didn’t need guns.
My advice is focus on quality game drives. No bait and switch on what you advertise. There are far better safari companies in Africa. I highly recommend Kenya’s Gametrackers for a genuine safari experience or any Exodus trip. Very disappointed. Emailed owner of Viva safaris and no resolution. Don’t get suckered.
IN
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Review about Etosha National Park by Anil Sunkara
One of the best Safari Destinations
IN
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Review about Erindi Private Game Reserve by Anil Sunkara
Its a private reserve . Action guaranteed