NP
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Went on a 3 day safari with our guide
Highly recommended - Went on a 3-day safari with our guide. It was an amazing trip, we loved every moment of it. He was very friendly and did everything he could to make sure we got the most out of the tour. We had an amazing time and managed to see some amazing sights.
ES
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing trip
Our guide was Mwangui a wonderful person.
He knows all about the country and the animals. He speaks very well spanish and is very nice. Always funny. Our safari was 6 days and every day gave us more excitement.
PA
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fanuel made my life long dream a reality!
I must start saying that this was by far the best trip I have ever taken in my life. We found Fanuel on Safari Bookings. We did a lot of extensive research about safaris in Tanzania and the package that Fanuel offered us blew all of the others out of the water both with itinerary and price.
We started our trip with some driving to The Selous game reserve and we checked into a beautiful Lodge with great hosts, excellent food and staff. We did a boat safari in the Rufiji River, many animals even those you aren't expecting to see. Beautiful sunset, it was the perfect afternoon. Next day we went to the Selous and encountered an elephant outside the park that was very curious of us and came up close. Later during lunch we found a lion sleeping in the shelter that was supposed to be our picnic spot. We drove to Mikumi and then visited Udzunwa NP, during the drive we saw a lot of villages and parts of Tanzania we never imagined. The hike was nice to the tallest waterfall in a national park in Tanzania, the view was fantastic and we got to see some endemic species.
We drove then to Ruaha NP, which was by far our favorite. We spent the night in the Cottages inside the park and It has so magical and a lot has to do with Fanuel. He picks every place very thoughtfully and put a magic trip together. We requested the mid range option for our trip, yet we felt like VIPs the whole time. He is very knowledgeable, he is an excellent person not just polite but with a great heart. Everything we saw, and experienced was amazing and that couldn't been possible without Fanuel putting it together, you can trust him making the decisions for you.
Now, almost everybody wants to go to the northern circuit because it's more popular or its the first thing that shows when you look up Tanzania. But the southern circuit is what you are looking for if you want to feel like a VIP with a private Safari, we only encountered 2 or 3 other cars in each place we did game drives, it's like having the place to yourselves, something impossible in the other side.
From the beginning everything was friendly and personalized, he gave us his input regarding dates to have a better game viewing and it worked. A lot of emails since it was our first time having someone plan our whole trip ( accommodation, food, flights, transfers) so we had many questions and he answered them all very prompt.
Thank God everyone took the time to leave reviews about Fanuel on Safari Bookings, there is no other way we could have found him.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Incredible Experience
This was a trip of a lifetime! I would highly recommend anyone to go on this vacation! :)
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Beautiful Experience
I loved my trip to Tanzania. I did a 4 day northern circuit safari (Tarangire, Serengeti, Ngorogoro) which was incredible. I was able to see an incredible diversity of animals in their natural habitats including a large variety of birds. I also went to the Gombe Stream National Park and was able to observe chimpanzees in their natural environment on the banks of Lake Tanganyika. Accommodations were standard tents for the northern circuit and acceptable lodging at a rest house for the Gombe Stream safari. My guides and chefs were amazing, professional, and experienced.
US
Splendid trip to Sabi Sands
Our family group of six stayed at Jaci Sabi house in Sabi Sands and had a wonderful experience. Ralph, our ranger, and Nkosi, our tracker did a splendid job of finding animals for us. We spent more hours pursuing animals with Ralph and Nkosi than we did on our prior visit to Sabi Sands five years ago. We did more searching for animals in the dark on this trip than on our previous trip. Highlights of this trip included nearly an hour spent with a leopard including seeing the female leopard kill and eat a crested francolin; an hour spent with a pride of ten lions that included five females and five cubs, all in a lazy post prandial state. We saw bush babies, civet cat, genet using spotlight after dark. The birding was terrific with sightings of fish eagle, tawny eagle, Bataleur eagle, Verreaux's eagle owl, pearl spotted owlet, ground hornbill, goshawk, crested barbet, lilac breasted roller, ostrich male and female, oriole, go away bird, others that I would need to check my notes for. I saw many, many owls on this trip, which was not the case on my previous trip. We visited Sabi Sands five years ago and had a wonderful experience then as well, staying at Chitwa Chitwa. Jaci Sabi house is smaller, with a group size of six the usual maximum. The Jaci Sabi House household staff were wonderful and went out of the way to accommodate a wedding anniversary of our daughter and son in law that occurred during the trip. I am an amateur astronomer and visiting during new moon afforded terrific views of the southern Milky Way, southern cross, omega centauri, coal sack, eta carina, and before dawn the large and small Magellanic clouds were visible. I had no telescope but enjoyed binocular views of objects. Quite honestly, there were exquisite things to be seen around the clock, making it difficult to know when to sleep.
PL
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
It was awsome experience
It was something beyond our imagination. The scenery, the animals, the Aruba Lodge with excelent food, and very nice and friendly guide Badry who did all he could to make our safari unforgetable. Tammy tours took very good care of us during our trip trying to do everything to show us as much as possible in Kenya
RU
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
It is superb and unreal!!!
Everything was excellent, especially the wildlife and lions in particular:)))!!!
DE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Authentic Africa adventure
Well, we stay the 5th time in Africa. Our Tour operator was Grassroots safari. The organizing was perfectly, everybody was ok. We vistiting the south part of Tanzania, Udzungwa, Ruaha, Mikumi and the Selous. We see many life of the african poeple, so , for us it was very interesting. Also the Country short time after the rain season, Africa was green, see the bushes and the trees and the flowers. All accommonidations was very good, the breakfast, lunch and the dinner it was all african style because we have had an own cook with us and we only stay with 2 Persons. Every day it was a surprise to see other things, from the poeple, the landscape and the animals. Every time again.
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Exactly what we wanted
Everything about Spirit of Kenya was fantastic. Tiago did a wonderful job of setting up our tour, answering our questions and booking the accommodations. When we arrived in Kenya, we were picked up by our guide, Charles, and he was absolutely fantastic. One of the first things he said to us was that his passion was nature, and it really showed. He did a great job of driving, helping us to manage a new culture (where we should buy things), and when we got to the Mara, he put together amazing game drives. Everything exceeded expectations.