UA
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
3day Amboseli safari
Absolutely incredible experience for our family! Our guide was Edward and he knew absolutely everything about the place, nature and culture, could answer all our numerous questions, explained everything detailed. Great advantage was perfect English that excluded any misunderstandings. Would recommend to all our friends travelling to Kenya.
CH
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent service!
This was our first safari (2 adults - one in a wheelchair - and our teenage daughter) and it was such a great experience! We travelled with our excellent driver and guide adam for 12 days to Lake Manyara, the Ndutu Area, then to the Serengeti National Park and finally to the Ngorongoro crater, starting and ending in Arusha. Everything worked really well and we felt really welcome and comfortable. The service of magda and edward was simply perfect. Asante sana!!!
CH
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent service!
Our family, 2 adults (one in a wheelchair) and our teenage daughter, booked with fika safari a tour of 12 days for Tanzania (Lake Manyara, Ndutu Area, Serengeti). It was the trip of our life time! Everything worked perfectly well, beginning with the booking procedure, the reception at the airport, the choice of accomodations, the excellent guide/driver plus the service while we were "on the road". We appreciated also that the owner wanted to know personally if everything was to our satisfaction when we were back home. Every aspect of this tour was handled with great care – we can therefore highly recommend fika safari. Asante sana!
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Dissapointing
We chose big time safari for our Safari on the class called budget mode so of course we did not expect great luxuries but unfortunately we had so many problems we wanted to share the experience.
The total days of safari were 11 days.
The worst episode was the second day in Serengeti where the car just broke down, old jeeps are used and you will have many chances that this will happens to you. The whole day was lost and nothing was seen that day.
After the Safari was over once in Nairobi we did complain at Big time safari offices to get some compensation as the service offered was not given to us.
The manager, John, was careless and unprofessional as he was more interested in what was happening on the TV than on our complain. He made us waste a lot of time in the office for nothing. The discussion ended up telling us that under his point of view we were not humans as we did not understand his problems and than worst would have been to die in the safari. Once he has your money in his pocket his behavior changes he won't call you back or he will tell you he is busy in some meeting.
Other problems we had was the guide in Tanzania was bad no interest on us. The camp in Amboseli was dirty and no mosquito net was given in one of the beds.
The picnic meals very poor some of the days.
In summary the safari was ok because the landscape and the animals are great but sure thing we would chose different company for a safari.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A Masai Mara safari that we’ll never forget!
We had a fantastic experience on our Beacon safari that surpassed our expectations. We went on a private 4-day safari to the Masai Mara and John was our driver and guide. John was a great guide; knowledgeable, experienced, personable, prompt, and overall a lot of fun. John drove us all over the Masai Mara and he had a skill for finding so many different kinds of animals, too many to even count. John clearly went out of his way to get the best possible angles for our photographs, and it was clear with his communications with other drivers that John was one of the most experienced and knowledgeable drivers there about the Masai Mara. We felt so lucky to have had him as our guide!
In the four days we saw ~20 giraffes, elephants (3 to 4 families), ~30 lions, 5 leopards, 8 cheetahs, 3 rhinos, water buffalo, zebras, wildebeest, gazelle, impala, baboons, hippos, crocodiles, ostriches, vultures, other birds, warthogs, and many more that I can’t remember at the moment. We would enthusiastically recommend Beacon and especially our driver/guide John for your safari!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Zanzibar trip
Please do not book with bonfire adventures.
We did not get our confirmation till the night before, having paid 3 days in advance.
The packages offered on-line did not correspond with the actual package I.e. sunset cruise dinner was a watermelon, cocktail never materialised.
They sent us a text message the night before departure, advising us that we were booked on a .m. flight with no flight details.
There are other your company operators who are more reliable out there.
Do not waste your time with bonfire adventures.
FR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Awesome circuit in eastern South Africa
We left for three weeks (five people) in South Africa, in the eastern part of the country. Thierry, from Biwakwango, had been listening to us from the beginning to adapt to our wishes for this tour in freedom, in family.
He advised us of places and accommodations that turned out to be really good.
For three weeks we were able to enjoy a very diverse program, without wasting too much time in the car. The scenery was beautiful, very diverse, and the accommodations were really good.
Thierry were also present to answer our emails during our stay and solve some small problems with reactivity.
We usually compete with several local agencies. Here, it was clearly Biwakwango that quickly appeared to be the most responsive agency and respectful of our wishes, with a good value for money.
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent 7 days private safari: Clear recommendation!
I did a 7-day private Safari with Home to Africa and have been very pleased with the trip itself, the planning and communication beforehand and the value for money I received. Home to Africa has been very responsive, managed to organize my trip just one week before my arrival (including obtaining a permit for gorilla tracking) and have tailored my trip to my exact wishes. I'd recommend them to anyone.
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
7 excellent days of individual safari!
I had the pleasure of spending 7 days on an individual safari with Paul, the head of Terrain Safaris.
We covered Queen Elizabeth Park, chimp & gorilla tracking and Lake Bunyonyi.
Paul was extremely kind and patient and always did his best to give me a perfect experience in Uganda. I would recommend him to anyone.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The best of everything; hotels, travel, locations, most importantly, fantastically well organised
We originally planned to go in 2016, but we had to change plan quite late on and then reorganise. Throughout it all Laurette at Pembury could not have been more helpful. We have been on so many holidays over the years, but this has probably been our best. The mix of locations, hotels, travel arrangements, varied scenery, experiences, people, safari, wildlife, city, service..... This is mostly due to the highly experienced, professional service from Pembury. Laurette, quite simply, is a master at what she does.