SA
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Review about Kibale National Park by Martin O'Sullivan
Searching for the chimpanzees and then hearing their calls as they came towards us displaying their strength and agility
SA
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Review about Bwindi Impenetrable National Park by Martin O'Sullivan
Feeling like a historical explorer battling through untamed wilderness to reach the ultimate goal of joining the family of mountain gorillas
Magic of Madagascar
Why do you go to Madagascar? To see unusual & different wildlife, experience a different culture. Isalo National Park and surrounding countryside has this and much more.
AW
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
It was an awesome experience!
All was very well organized, food was very good, driver was excellent, accommodations overall very good except for Lemala Camp Ngorongoro which was filthy and unfitted to stay. This problem was quickly resolved in a good way by the tour company. We will certainly return to Tanzania, the people are very warm and service minded.
DE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
spectacular safari with competent guide
positive: professional preparation, excellent guide with know how about animals and landscape but also about Tanzania's people and society, well chosen hotels in Arusha, Lake Manyara and in Central Serengeti, good food and drinks
not so positive: special needs for handicapped pax were not communicated to all hotels as required, a bit of hassle with the payment (but solved finally), one hotel on the rim of Ngorogoro was totally overpriced
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
The most leaders are asolutely unreliable + the company dont keep promises!Get hurt by a guide
- The wildlife was absolutely various and we saw a lot of things.
- The food was most of the time great
- The accommodation was always perfect
- And our first guide was nice
BUT then we get a new guide. Ok we didnt get him, because Dan never arrrived and we didnt get any information about this, even when the hotel called him a lot of times. So we couldnt do the boattrip. The next day, we get a new guide. He was so terrible and drove his car badly. We asked him four times to drive a lit slower and to watch the streets (not his phone). When we finished lunch, we had to wait for him, because he wanted to talk and wait for other drivers. The restaurant was empty then, all the groups left the restaurant before us, even that we were the first group who was arriving in the locals and had to wait after lunch a half our extra for him.
He had just a normal car, so that we get in stuck in the safari. After that he was so nervous, that when I started to get in, he started to drive. (With my open door) -> so I get hurt and was falling on the ground. He was not nice after this and didnt ask me how I feel.
After we had also an disappointment with the company and Dan. Our first guide promised us, that Dan will help us with our camera, which we lost at the airport. Yes but noone came. We told the company about this promise and they told us, they called Dan in this moment and he will come now. But Dan didnt know about anything and was not willing to come. We told the company but they dont care.
So when they hadnt change our guide, I would give 5 Stars, but after our first guide everything was bad..... And honestly, with every other company you will see the wildlife. Choose someone else!!!!!!!!
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing experience that everyone needs to do.
My safari experience in Kenya was above and beyond my expectations! The company we booked it with, Spirit of Kenya based in Nairobi, delivered exactly what they promised and more. Our guide and driver George was friendly, informative and generous and extremely helpful. He helped make this the best holiday experience we have ever had. I never realised there were so many animals in Africa. We saw everything possible except a leopard. Best experience when a herd of elephants came to our hotel within touching distance! Staff and local people and also people from the tribes were so friendly. Would fully recommend or indeed insist that everyone goes on Safari in Kenya!
SA
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Wildlife, culture, scenery, simple way of living: Uganda in a nutshell
Uganda is still one of the countries people are unsure about traveling to, due to a once turbulent past. Not any more, it is safe, it is enjoyable, the people are friendly and welcoming, the land is vast with savannas, jungles, and mist covered mountains. On many trips what you see is not like the image you have projected into your minds eye, not so with Uganda, it is everything you hope for and much more.
From hearing the chimpanzees calling to each other high in the tree tops, to sitting next to a mountain gorilla while it feeds, to witnessing a herd of elephants pass before you on the road, Uganda is an amazing and spectacular experience.
CH
The safari itself was wonderful but the organisation was poor.
The wildlife was truly wonderful, I have to admit. The organisation and communication by the tour operator Hyrax Safary could be a lot better. On the first day to Maasai Mara we had a breakdown on one of our cars. I know it can happen, thats not the problem. But the cars could be in better condition and in a situation like that the communication is important so that all guests are informed at any whats going on. So we couldnt go on the game drive on day one as we booked it. We arrived too late at the camp. There was the next problem. There werent enough rooms for all the incoming guests; some ppl of the group had to share the room although they booked an own one. The other things were good and the driver tried his best to show us all the animals. But again his communication level was poor and he only spoke to us when he was asked something.
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing service - perfectly curated trip to Botswana!
We found Roger w/Safari Lifestyles after doing extensive research on this site and others. The five star reviews are legit folks. Roger specializes in Botswana but he can also book side trips to Victoria Falls, etc. and I'm sure he can help with other countries as well.
Roger has an amazing knowledge of all of the camps and lodges in Botswana. He visits them regularly and follows up with his clients after the trip to make sure he is on top of the situation. Once he knows your timeframe and budget he will go to work building the perfectly customized experience for you.
In our case, we decided last minute to book our trip and some of our first choices were already booked for peak season. Once Roger understood our criteria he went to work finding suitable alternatives. The camps were amazing and his recommendations were spot on.
I was particularly impressed with how patient Roger was with answering questions by email and Skype. You are spending a lot of money, this is a very different vacation from what you are used to, etc. Roger gets all of that.
When we arrived at the first camp our guide was regularly checking in with our 14 year old son and making sure he was ok with seeing certain potentially stressful things. We found out later that Roger had fully briefed the camp on our son's anxiety issues and made sure they gave us an experienced guide who understood his situation. He did this on his own accord - just to make sure things went smoothly for us on the trip.
I've already recommended Safari Lifestyles to a few different people we ran into at Africa and we'll definitely be using Roger again.
