IN
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Lake Nakuru National Park by Vinay
At lake Nakuru the population of Flamingoes depends on the water level. As of Oct 2015 the water level was high and so the population was quite low. We could not see a "pink sea" but we did spot the Greater and Lesser Flamingo along with Pelicans, stilts and cormorants. The highlight was spotting the White Rhino which we did not manage to see anywhere else!
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Review about Lion Sands Game Reserve by Daniel P Barker
It was good but no way as good as Kruger
Simple easy camping friendly game site
Moremi game drive is situated at a comfortable distance from maun meaning that the accommodation at maun works well. The reserve has a wonderful campsite and guides are trained professionals. Guided facilities are recommended as they can spot better game sightings. However a good 4x4 vehicle makes this place a good destination for a self drive safari if you are camping. The trails are well defined and the park monitored by the rangers. Spotting of lepords and running giraffes are my favs. Elephants are plenty in Botswana and wonderful place to visit and will not blow a whole into your travel budget.
EG
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Over priced
They were good but no one gave us the tickets for the fly back and we waited for almost one hour in the jungle without water for the plane to come
AE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Good if you are on a budget and don't mind roughing it
Good service. Beautiful place. accomodation just ok.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Livingston Hotel
Problems with communications - had to contact office in RSA to find out if money transfers was received etc. Last transfer not confirmed to date. Stay at Livingston was however outstanding
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Experience varies with drivers/itineraries
I booked with Absolute Holiday Safaris based on price and the superb, friendly communication with David prior to traveling. I was so happy that David really is as kind and genuine as he seems through email! I was very pleased to meet him in Nairobi.
I booked 8-day safari: Maasai Mara, Nakuru, Naivasha, Amboseli. We began the trip with John AKA Animal for 3 days in Maasai Mara, and learned from other passengers that he is one of the best drivers. He was very knowledgeable about the animals, and very professional. Sadly, we only had him for 3 days and were bounced to 4 other drivers for the rest of the trip.
The other drivers were Sammy and Stanley. Neither of them was at the same level with Animal. They both sped in the parks, and Sammy actually almost hit 3 zebra (I was riding in the front seat and was horrified). There was also a small child in the back seat who was bouncing around and flying off the seat. Both Sammy and Stanley were on their radios talking and laughing (presumably not about animals, since we weren't really seeing much...) the whole day and it ruined the peace of the experience.
We were also abandoned one morning in Hell's Gate National Park. We were to be picked up at 10:30AM and were not picked until around 1PM due to miscommunications within the company. We luckily had David's business card on hand and the kind women working at the park let us call David several times until we were picked from the park. Other changes were: switching hotels in Nakuru with no notice, changing our itinerary around during the trip itself. We never got offered a boat ride at either Lake Nakuru or Lake Naivasha, and we missed one morning's game drive in Maasai Mara which was on the itinerary.
The overall experience was wonderful; I love Kenya and want to come back already! However, I would book with this company again only with guarantee of a great driver (Animal) for the entire trip. Now that I have more awareness of how things work I would try to lock things down a bit more.
NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Nice employees, good itenerary, some mistakes/miscommunication but in the end all solved
With some help of a friend we had a good itinerary. The safari was good, except that we had lots of car damage. Our driver was skilled to fix it all the time, so in the end we did not mis a lot. Our trip to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro was great, we had a great team that walked with us to the top.
For both safari and the climb we had good food, well done chefs!
FR
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Review about Lake Manyara National Park by Mike Briley
We were not there at the best season - lake very dried up. In addition it was the last we visited so we were already blasé seeing elephants again. A good number of different monkeys.
IT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Review about Namibia by Andrea Giuseppe Sanfilippo - Photographer
Etosha National park is home to a large variety of wildlife and there are remarkable landscapes. However, the park is often crowded with tourists.