IN
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Have good contact with drivers , hotels and the park accommodation. Land cruiser vehicles were good.
The drivers had the thirst to show animals and drive hard way untiringly throughout the packaged tour. It was saluteable and we sighted more animals and the Masai village too. Coordination from TravelforChange was very good for all the different places we visited in my customized tour. Will look forward to contact them for any of my future Africa trips
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An incredibly exciting and memorable trip to Kenya with ‘Magical Destinations Safari'
The Magical Destinations Safari made our African safari trip possible, at first and then unforgettable, until the next one. We started to plan our trip a bit late in time of the year, especially with the top season coming around July-Sep and we were planning ours for the last week of June-first week of July. This is the transition period when the safari price gets double in many cases. Moreover, we were looking for flight connections between the places, wanted a mixed experience of national parks and conservancies, pretty much fixed on our dates, order of destinations (like ending the trip with Maasai Mara) and of course budget . Difficult, I know and that's why I decided to go with a trip planner at the end, even after spending quite a bit of time to plan it on my own. Next, the challenge was to find the tour planner who could manage things in our budget, preferences and close the deal within a short time with all bookings confirmed. I got good response from couple of famous agencies but finally, only the Magical could meet the ends. The young lady, Angelina was super prompt on emails, phone calls, WhatsApp during the short planning period and patiently went back and forth with our changing needs. Finally, she put up a fantastic itinerary tailored to our budget and dates. She was very honest as a person. I was a bit hesitant to go with her in the beginning as I didn't find any review of her own company anywhere, except her name appearing several places in one of the reputed company’s review list. I asked her about this and was thoroughly satisfied with her honest answer. I am happy that I trusted her. Without her endeavor, I would have postponed the trip next year. Thank you Angelina and Magical Destinations Safari.
We started at Nairobi and visited Amboseli National park, Lake Nakuru, Lake Naivasa , Maasai Mara and Naboisho conservancy through our 9 day stay in Kenya. A very first meet and greet at the Nairobi hotel with Angelina was focused on the detailed plan of execution. Our first day was planned as a day out at Nairobi, when she and Wilson (was driving us in the city) accompanied us whole day and made sure we could visit all the places on our list. Our experience at Amboseli National park, Lake Nakuru, Lake Naivasa, Maasai Mara National Reserve was magical in every sense, while the one at the Wilderness camp at Naboisho was mixed. Angelina was always checking if the trip was going as planned, and eager to know if everything was good as well as anything was not good. We were out of touch with her during our stay at Wilderness as the camp didn't have Wi-Fi and we didn't have a local phone. She came to see us off at the Nairobi airport, which was again a very sweet gesture on her part. However, our overall experience in all the lodges and camps which were mostly superb, is out of the context of this review.
Angelina is very efficient and hard working. I wish all good luck to her and the staffs of the newborn company- Magical Destinations Safari. My views and opinion about Angelina and the company are strictly restricted in relation to my requirements for the trip and the challenges that I faced during the planning period. My requirements were met and the challenges resolved with Magical. I would recommend this company as a happy customer.
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent, everything are well organized. We were well taking care of
Excellent services and well planned. We were very relaxing and enjoying the trip. The lodges were excellent and staffs were friendly and helpful.
IT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing Kili trekking and safari
I spent 10 days with Jalala experience :6 days for Kilimanjaro trekking (Marangu route) +4 days safari.
Everything was perfectly managed and organized. All the experience has been amazing, our guides were deeply professional and we always felt at home.
The price was very cheap but the quality was amazing.
Last but not least we ate very well ( said from an Italian). I absolutely recommend this company, everything was perfect.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best trip ever
excellent and unique experience I had ever. Everyone was so nice. Our driver was so responsible and professional. Definitely will come back sometime.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Uganda and Rwanda tour
some slight communication problems but over all great experience! Extremely flexible in the scheduling and will tailor any experience that fits your wants and needs. Great guides who are extremely knowledgeable and so friendly. We still keep in touch!
US
Awesome Vacation Of A Life Time
As stated an awesome well planned, detailed out vacation for 5 countries visited. Guides very knowledgeable helpful, and fun too. Felt very safe and in good hands. Darren is a wonderful tour guide, full of great stories about Cape Town, along with continually checking on our group while we were in other counties. Highly recommend Compass Odyssey for a great travel experience.
SG
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great Experience on 3D2N Safari in Maasai Mara
Prior to booking with African McFlash, I had contacted several other agents but none were as attentive and clear in their explanations as Peter from African McFlash. It is no wonder why they managed to secure my booking within a few hours of my initial enquiry. Peter arranged everything and set up my tour very efficiently, thank you for your time and help.
On the tour, I was lucky to have great tourmates, and 2 most entertaining drivers, Richard and Dennis. They were attentive and helpful and I couldn't have asked for more.
Will definitely be recommending them more when I am back at home.
Take care guys and Asante! See you soon!
DE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unforgettable journey with best organisation
Our tour with Speke Uganda was just great. Our guide was perfect, friendly, helpful, polite and helped us to really get in touch with the beauty of the country and with the uniqueness of Uganda and its people itself.
We enjoyed our 10 days trip a lot, got so many impressions, had no problems with anything. Thank you for the great time we had!
HK
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Generally, the company service is good, helpful, solved problems in Kenya but no good in Tanzania.
Kenya
1. The driver was a good man, friendly, helpful, met the safari rundown, & solved the sudden big problems.
2. Our safari tour was joyful, and could meet our expectation.
3. The car was not so good, a Toyota van re-constructed, sitting were uncomfortable inside, esp. the first row space in middle was too narrow, couldn't spread our knee towards, too suffering in long distance.
4. The accommodation was quite OK, but the shower pressure & hot water was weak, no good.
Tanzania
1. The driver was puffed up with pride, bad manner, not friendly during his guide way.
shortened the safari tour timing and early returned back.
2. The packed lunch were served much, out of our expectation.
3. The scene and animals viewing was good, met our expectation.
4. Two times of accommodation were changed, not matched to the itinerary.
5. The tent living place was no good, the inside grounding was uneven & rough, ease hurt the feet, and the tent bound was not well protected, and much frightened the safety.