IL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing guide, wonderful experience
while planning our trip, Naiman was so helpful and considerate of our needs, gave us many options and was so nice and friendly. Sifuni was our guide for our 4 day safari. he was amazing, very thoughtful, always had an interesting story to tell, taught us a lot about the wild life and also about Tanzania. we felt like royalty even though we picked out the budget option for our trip and we were not expecting to get everything that was given to us. a private jeep, great accommodations even while in a tent.
after we finished, Naiman took the time to meet us at our hotel to make sure we had a good time.
This was a once in a life time experience for us and I give all the credit to this wonderful company! Thank you!
FI
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
3 nights 4 days Safari in Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro
The Safari was great and everything worked very well. Our driver guide was professional and knew a lot about the aninals. There was much more animals than we excepted, our chef cooked every day great food, our tent was nice. We highly recommend Kanuth
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing service and safari
I cannot recommend Hello Tanzania enough - from the first email to the very end of my trip Mwajabu could not have been more helpful - she was an absolute star! As a solo traveler, many tour operators didn't even bother to reply to my initial email but Hello Tanzania arranged everything perfectly, from my pick up at the airport to the trip itself. Transport was clean and comfortable. Accommodation was nice and Mikumi National Park was fabulous - our Hello Tanzania guide was particularly good at making sure we saw lots of animals - including several lions! Would highly recommend Hello Tanzania for anyone looking to organise a safari in Tanzania. :)
DE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Excellent services
I really had a great time with keron Uganda tours hosting me, communication was so good and generally offered professional and excellent services
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing experience
My husband, our friend, and I just got back from an amazing 2 week trip with Maasai Wanderings. We started planning the trip over a year ago, and from the first time contacting Donna she was always very quick to respond and answered all of questions thoroughly.
Our trip started at Tarangire National Park. We spent 2 nights in a tented camp within the park. It was an amazing experience to sit around the camp fire at night and see the herds of wildebeest coming in close to the camp. We then moved on to Ngorongoro Crater. We spent 2 nights at the Plantation Lodge. It was refreshing to have a stay at the lodge in the middle of the trip. The lodge had great accommodations including a wonderful swimming pool and a great deck by the bar which was perfect for a cocktail after a long day. After the crater we moved onto the Serengeti. There we spent 3 nights in a tented camp within the park. All of the places we stayed had damp towels to wipe off the dust and refreshing juice for us everyday when we arrived after a long day of game drives. The food at all locations was great. We usually had breakfast and dinner in the camps/lodge and then took box lunches with us to eat while on the game drive. We really appreciated Donna's suggestion to stay at the lodge in the middle of the trip. While the camps were amazing, had very comfortable beds, spacious tents and amazing service, it was nice to feel a little more pampered for a couple of nights in the middle of the trip.
Our guide Simon was amazing! The guide is such a key element to the trip, as you spend a lot of time with the guide, and we still can't believe how lucky we were to have Simon. He knew so much about the animals and worked hard to make sure we saw all of the animals we wanted to see. We got to see "the big 5" as well as a cheetah with cubs, several herds of wildebeest crossing the Mara River, and many more. Simon always made sure we had anything we needed for the game drives and was so much fun to spend time with.
After our time on safari we moved on to Zanzibar for some relaxing beach time. I had told Donna that we were all interested in scuba diving and she booked us at the resort that had a top notch dive center on the grounds. We spent out time relaxing by the pool, floating in the ocean and enjoying several great dives. And once again the food and service were amazing.
Everything about the trip exceeded all of our expectations. I can't say this is a once in a lifetime trip since we are already starting to save up to come back in a couple years, and we will definitely be using Maasai Wanderings again.
JP
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Good chef, Excellent driver, Perfect manager, Best company!
I joined 3 days safari tour with my wife and two children. We could spend wonderful time because of Ilmaasai Expedition.
The manager, Mr.Loth is very kind. He helped us everything.
The driver is skillful. We could find a lot of animals.
The chef is very friendly. The meal was pretty nice.
All of them always think about my children. If I have a chance to visit Tanzania again, I must choose Ilmaasai Expedition.
SA
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent - will definitely plan another visit!
Communication from start to finish was excellent. The staff at Classic Journeys Africa were extremely helpful.
We had a fantastic time on our safari. Our driver/guide Peter was great, he is was extremely knowledgeable and really Looked after us. We wish we had stayed longer on safari. We stayed at the Ashnil Mara Camp which was excellent. Staff extremely friendly & food was great. Thoroughly recommend both Classic Journeys Africa and the Ashnil Mara Camp!
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Amazing and so very professional! Could not have asked for more....
Terrain Sarafis took us through Uganda and into Rawanda. Paul's knowledge and experience was evident and so appreciated. I loved his passion for birds and it engaged me into a life-long love for birds. Uganda's birds are amazing. And I felt so safe with Paul and Terrain Safaris as they took us through difficult terrain, found us perfect restaurants and delivered us to unbelievable locations and accommodation. If I went back to Uganda I would not think twice about engaging these guys. Superb!!
PT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
First time in Kenya and first safari
To give some context to my review, I'm the type of person that usually likes to travel without anything scheduled and figure out what to do in the place. Since this was our first time in Africa, our first Safari and we were going to Kenya in the elections period, we've decided to at least book the Safari online. Finding a company was not an easy task (there are way too many agencies) and Simon was probably the person that better replied to all my questions and did it a timely manner (he was replying much faster than I was replying to his emails, sorry pal!).
When we got to Kenya, everything went smooth but we've figure out that the online companies are nothing more than agencies that deal with freelance drivers and include us in a 4x4 with people from other companies. This is not a bad thing, but for someone that travels on the cheap, you are more than ok to go to Kenya, find one driver and negotiate with him directly. For those of you who prefer to do it the "safer way", I clearly recommend Wildrace Safaris .
Kenya is without a doubt an amazing country to travel around and see a different scenario from anywhere we've been in the world. We had the opportunity to see the big 5 between Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru and Amboseli. When in Amboseli, if you can see "Cloudymanjaro", please celebrate for me.
Our trip was lovely and Simon made sure we were always ok during the entire trip. We ad a few roadbumps along the Safari, but "This Is Africa". The important part is that we really enjoyed the country, the safari and everything we crossed paths with.
AT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
I'm at least once a year in Uganda and I'm so grateful that I finally found THE partner for safaris
Everything was great. We really enjoyed the flexibility, the communication.