US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
UWEC Behind the Scenes
This was an excellent experience - once in a lifetime! The zookeeper was incredibly knowledgeable and passionate, and he made me feel safe while interacting with the animals.
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A truly wonderful experience just AWESOME.
A dream of a lifetime. A totally wonderful experience from start to finish.
FR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
When you are far home what you expect first is to trust in your guide!
I worked with Justin when I was operating business in Tanzania.
I am now back in Europe, but when friends are looking for a local Safari Company in Tanzania, I always recommend them to Justin's company.
This guy will never leave you alone in the middle of the Serengeti (right Justin?!), and if you are lucky to meet him, he has plenty of good mood (bearfoot...!!!)
Safari Njema
Nicolas (France)
IT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unforgettable first safari of our life ❤️
Enrico and I exerienced our first safari trip with Africanscenic..and we did more than what we expected. With Rashid (our guide) and Homari (our chef) we enjoyed the true wildlife in Serengeti, Lake Manyara and Ngorongoro crater. We lernt a lot about african birds (Rashid is an excellent birdwatcher), Tanzanian culture and food (now thanks to Homari I know how to cook chapati and ugali). We saw cheetahs hunting, a leopard sleeping on a tree, elephants, giraffes...incredibile was the great migration of millions of wilderbeasts throw grumeti river! Definetly thanks to Africanscenic we discovered our new passion: gamedrives and birdwathching!!! Can’t wait to come back to Tanzania!!
65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Fisheagle Canoe Safari on the Zambezi
Natureways Safaris really know how to showcase the Zambezi River on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. We, two couples, booked a private 6 day Canoe Safari with them:
Their consultant, Kelly-Anne, orgnised everything smoothly and efficiently including our charter flights Victoria Falls to Kariba and from Chewore air strip (near Mana Pools) to Harare. Norman, our river guide of 20 years experience, his assistant Kenneth (KK) and his apprentice Kenneth the younger made sure we were well looked after. Hippo and elephant safety concerns soon eased as Norman safely guided us through many heart stopping moments. Heavy canoes loaded with camping gear, food and drink were home for the 6 days on the water with nights sleeping on islands where elephants browsed meters away from our camp... Let me say no more. I recommend you make the effort to experience this adventure yourself. You will not regret it. Natureways will provide all necessary info on what to bring. I suggest you add a foam cushion to sit on while paddling, plenty of SD cards and batteries for you camera and a healthy sense of adventure. Norman and his crew will deliver!
ES
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Incredible experience, perfect service
I spent one of my best holidays in Kenya last year. Wildside Kenya Safaris help me to rent a 4x4 and everything I need for camping. They offer me a perfect service and we arrange everything in one day. The workers of the company, specially Johnson, help us with everything to prepare our trip. Also, when we went on the road, we had his number to call him with any problem we had. For me and my wife was an incredible experience. I recommend this company, with the best local workers and service. A dream come true.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Amazing and seamless!
We've booked several trips through Wild Destinations and have always been very happy. Shaheen is responsive to emails, really listens to your needs, and makes sure that you're well taken care of during your trip. This last trip, we had a flight cancelled, which would have resulted in missing our connection to our next destination. Shaheen worked with both the airline company and the camp we were staying at to arrange a separate flight direct from the Mara to Lamu and even arranged for food to be covered at our camp. We'll definitely continue to use Wild Destinations!
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
I would use Hyrax Safaris over and over again.
I really loved the experience. I did not experience any undesired predicaments. I loved their attention to detail and their obvious hospitality. Their communication was on point and they made my safari tour quite an experience. I would recommend Hyrax Safaris to anyone.
JP
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Climbing Kilimanjaro and safarii with Bayango Tours
I booked the trip with my friends from Japan to climb the Kilimanjaro and see Cheetah in Serengeti/Ngorongoro with Bayango Tours. Their services were very nice for us as our group enjoyed a lot in Kilimanjaro mountain via Machame road. Serengeti was great too as we saw the wonderful animals, birds and plants during our trip. The whole trip scenarios were great but the most angle that touched my soul was to stand at the peak of Kilimanjaro mountain at 5895 meters. For me and my family it matter a lot as my dad climbed this mountain 30 years ago when I was 5 years old and I'm lucky to climb Kilimanjaro again with my dad and all reached at Uhuru peak with Bayango Tours.
I give credit to the crew who facilitated our trek in Kilimanjaro and safari.
I also thank the office representative who was patient all the time especially when our flight got delayed for 5 hours at the airport and he waited for us more than 6 hours. Generally I recommend these young boys for climbing Kilimanjaro and safari.
IN
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Positive overall, but some things could be improved.
Our overall experience with Tekko was quite positive.
Ms. Maggie Kariuki was always very response to our questions over email, and when we landed in Nairobi, she went out of her way to make sure we were comfortable. When we asked for a recommendation for a local restaurant (we wanted to try the local cuisine), she went so far as to accompany us there, and even helped us order. She event lent us two pairs of binoculars for our safari. The safari vehicle that we were given was spacious and comfortable, and had superb suspension (which we were grateful for during the long bad patches of road). The safaris in the parks were lovely (despite some disappointment about not seeing too many flamingoes in Nakuru)
A few things could have gone better, though.
1. Tekko could have been a little more forthcoming, and volunteered information that might have been useful. While we knew the drive from Amboseli to Nakuru would be long, we didn't realize how arduous it would be. We took nine hours, despite 'shortcuts' over the most horrendous roads, and got there just in time for a quick safari before it got dark. There were hardly any flamingoes to be seen, which we later learned had been the case for the last few years. If we had been told about these two things, we would probably have changed our itinerary.
2. Our driver/guide Stephen was knowledgeable and skillful, but not particularly friendly. He definitely wasn't rude, but we got the feeling that we were imposing on him by making him drive us around. A word of apology for bouncing us over a particular bad patch of road would have gone a long way. With my 80 year-old mother along, it would have been nice if had seemed a little more concerned over our comfort. Maybe a little guest-relations training is in order?
But we definitely enjoyed ourselves. Thank you, Tekko and Ms. Kariuki for organizing such a nice trip for us. If the two points above could be addressed, I'm sure your future guests will have an even better time.