DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Well organized and close experiences
The safari tour was well organized. We got everything what we needed. They are very well-known in safaris and brought us as close as possible to the animals. Also we got such a good time with the maasai people without having the feeling that we are tourists.
DE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Customer oriented, reliable, experienced with a good network of drivers & accomodation possibilities
We, a group of 4, had a 19 day trip visiting places like Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, Murchison NP, Semliki, Kibale, Queen Elizabeth NP, Bwindi, Lake Bunyonyi and Lake Mburo to just name a few highlights. Starting time in the morning was flexible and dependent on our personal preferences and requirements of the trip. We had just a few fixed dates e.g. the Chimps habituation and Gorilla tracking - some activities were decided at short notice, so dependent on availability of accomodation a quite flexible program even after starting the trip.
Driving in Uganda can be a challenge, but we always felt safe with our driver, even at rush hour in Kampala or on very rough roads in some parks.
Proposed accomodations of different price categories were chosen very carefully. The places were clean, quiet and perfect for relaxing.
In addition a good mix of friendliness and competentce made our vacation an unforgettable experience.
Thanks a lot - a clear recommendation.
EE
under20 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
The most beautiful time
We had an amazing 4 days trip to Masai Mara and lake Nakuru. Our driver, Kikitu, was the funniest guy ever and made Kenya feel like home. He made us all feel very welcomed and showed us every animal and place there was to see. He really made us complete strangers feel like a big happy family. Thank you for choosing Kikitu for our tour guide he was fabulous!
NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unforgettable experience!
Once in a lifetime experience with the best guide we could have imagined. James really went above and beyond to make this safari unforgettable. The trip he planned and the camps he suggested were just perfect. His knowledge about animals is just incredible and compared to other guides we saw, he was so respectful with the animals, making sure to not disturb them in their natural habitat. You can really see that this is not just a job for him but really his passion which made all the difference.+ he takes amazing photos. We highly recommend!
LV
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Absolutely recommend
Day before the tour representative from Suricate Safari went to us, and we were explained about upcoming trip.
Next day morning the safari Toyota land cruiser took us from hotel. All safari days was absolutely amazing. We saw Big 5, and much more animals, birds, landscapes. Also there were included personal chief Benjuda, and his food was very delicious. Our tour guide Ezekiel took us in incredible safari game. The team even prepared unexpected surprise for my birthday. Absolutely recommend him as your guide. In every camp place was the hot shower, and good prepared tents. After the trip they took us to our hotel and arranged transfer to airport.
BE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Safari mars 2022
Thank you David! Fabulous......very very professional !!
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wunderschönes Abenteuer
It was an excellent Tour to Selous and Mikumi Nationalpark. We have seen a lot of animals and everything around was planned very well. Also the accomondation were perfect. The best of all was Ben our driver, he was so friendly. We really enjoyed the Tour with happymoments:) thank you!
ID
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fast Response for Any Question.
We are communicating by mail for the tour detail. And the reaponse very fast and detailed. Every question is answered cleary. During the tour also the guide/driver was responsife. Let us know many information about the place and sometime try to have question to us for make sure we still remember or not. Other regarding the driver/guide was very responsive, try his best for find out the Big5 Animal and many landscape that very good. Regarding the price is quite good. Just little accomodation. But is not for tour but for the hotel owner in Naruku and Naivasha regarding the room comfort. Overall i was very enjoy about the tour and want to join the tour for the comming July.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The best service
Wow - we had the best time at Mabula Lodge. Our family had a great time and from start to finish felt welcomed by friendly staff Thank you Janine at Gems of Africa for all your help booking our trip! Organising a special birthday cake for our daughters birthday - thank you. Thank you for the balloons in our room on arrival. We would definitely book through you guys again! Janine immediately replied to all my
emails and enquiries. You made it easy and we never had this service anywhere before. Thank you Gems
RS
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Epic journey and wonderful experiance
We have booked two weeks safari with Baboonbudget, including Kenya and Tanzania parks. That was an excellent choice for our first trip to East Africa and our first safari. The first lesson we learned is that your safari depends entirely on your guide. Because of that fact, we had an incredible safari thanks to Boniface. Our whole two-week journey started unbelievably when Boniface picked us up in front of our hotel and when we saw that our van was empty. We booked a shared tour, but we were alone in our van together with Boniface for the whole ten days in Kenya. At the start of the journey, we explained that we would like to learn about animals and about history, tribes, way of life, and everything that we can learn about Kenya. Boniface gave his best to explain to us everything, from different regions' agriculture relations between the tribe up to complex Kenyan political history. He spent days answering our numerous questions, so when he left us on the Namanga border, we had a feeling that we learned a lot about Kenya. Safari and parks experience was a wonderful experience since Boniface's trained eye and constant will to see behind the next hill allowed us to spot most of the wildlife habitat. We learned a lot from them about birds, wildlife, different vegetation and climate, animal habits, so we had some basic knowledge for every safari after this. We didn't have any problems regarding camps and hotels since we booked a budget tour and were staying in budget accommodations. Only the camp in Amboseli was below our expectations and needed some serious repairs. Still, all the other places were quite lovely and comfortable. We had a great time in Tanzania also, but we can't compare it to our experience with you in Kenya. We spent all the time in Tanzania comparing parks, people and especially the tour. In Tanzania, we had that (obviously many times practised) tour with probably the same sentences on the same spots, with no additional questions. When you add sleeping in tents in thunderstorms in front of empty tented houses, you can freely say that there wasn't much for us besides Tanzania's great food and parks. But still, that was enough. Maybe Boniface set some high standards of a great guide with whom we left Kenya with a feeling of the understanding country, culture, parks, tribes, animals, and politics. Since we didn't get the same in Kenya, we were a bit disappointed. Still, altogether, we spent a perfect two weeks on this journey with Baboon budget safaris. Thanks Boni!
