20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Estleon will always make your trips memorable.
The service is outstanding. They really try to make you feel comfortable and welcomed.
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Achieve Global – They deliver on their promises
We contacted four companies that offered Gorilla trekking and Golden Monkey tracking in Uganda via Kigali, Rwanda. I asked each company for a quote to include transport to Uganda, one day Gorilla Trekking, one day Golden Monkey trekking and other suggestions that would give us a chance to see as much as possible in a short amount of time. Only Achieve Global Safaris provided a suggestion of an additional adventure on Lake Bunyonyi! We adjusted our trip to five days because of their great suggestion.
Our Guide, Elisa, was terrific – he was a skillful and careful driver - we knew we were in good hands. He went out of his way to make our trips back and forth across the Rwanda/Uganda borders smooth. We thoroughly enjoyed his company.
The properties we stayed at in Uganda were exceptional (Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge and Arcadia Cottages) the Gorilla Trekking and Golden Monkey tracking and Lake Bunyonyi are favorite memories of our trip to Africa.
I highly recommend Achieve Global Safaris - and have already done so - as a company that delivers on their promises, responds to questions quickly and goes the extra mile to make sure your trip is all you would want it to be.
TH
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
They made our trip a very good and impressive experience for the Kenya Safari!
It was our first trip to Kenya and I was very frustrated when finding a tour operator there as I have no idea on this kind of business there while having to do everything online. Finding Heritage of African Jungles is a good luck for me and my crew. They are very responsive and reliable since they one when I requested for price proposal. With better price comparing to other offers, they could provide a nice accommodation.
We had some changes before the trips such as number of people for few times but they could accommodate us any way we wanted. The transportation looks a bit old but in very good conditions. The drivers (we went on two trips with different drivers) had high experience and skills, especially the one to Maasai Mara as the road condition was not good but he knew what to do. Naomi is also helpful and backstop us from Nairobi at all time. Payment was also easy using both credit card (for deposit) and cash when we firstly arrived. I really recommend this tour operator if you are looking for a Safari trip in Kenya!
US
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Delivering outstanding performance
When we first interacted with Walter Kohrs of Safari Online, he professionally inquired about what we were after in our safari experience. When we responded with issues, he responded with recommendations. He made our arrangements and followed through when initially they could not be completed, and he explained the steps of how safari camp bookings were done. Every interaction with him was professional and he responded quickly to each issue and email. In the end, every detail was covered, we were prepared for all the steps and everything worked like clockwork. We could not have been happier, and I can give Walter Kohrs and Safari Online the highest ratings.
ES
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Okonjima Nature Reserve by Javier Elías Guzmán Téllez
Not as many species of big animals as in Etosha. The bush is monotonus, but the termite mounds, dry riverbeds and hills are mysterious and magnetic.
I gave a low puntuation for bush vibe because if is a totally fenced area (although it is big and leopards manage to move acroos the fences if the want) and you have no doubth you will see the cats (that's why you go there), but the cheetahs are not really wild.
The trail system is very good and you can spend time searching for small wildlife and some anteloppes on your own with no dangerous animals around, (except snakes, of course).
Not many species of birds, but good for white tailed shrike, sandgrouses, rockrunner, finches, owls... Also in gamedrives you can tell the driver to stop for birds if other passengers agree.
Brown hyaenas are easy in night drives: the seem pigs eating the rubbish they served to them. we saw two of them with many jackals and two porcupines, all gatther around the garbage. Not so wild, but interested indeed.
ES
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Etosha National Park by Javier Elías Guzmán Téllez
It was not crowd, but some popular places remind you were not out totally out of civilization.
The salf plan, salvadora plains and rocky areas are very scenic, but most of the park is very monotonus, specially large patches of mopane.
I found the Namutoni area the most diverse and if I could came back I would spend more time there.
There are not many species of birds, but for raptors and first time birders in African, it is very good birding.
You see so much wildlife, but leopards and cheetahs are not easy. Lions are more predictable, but normally there is many people in their usuall territories.
US
A truly excelent birding tour with Wings/Sunbird. Great guides Brian Finch and Bruno Raveloson.
We began in Antananarivo and flew to Mahajanga, then flew back to Tana and had a long birding drive to Toliara. Then we flew back to Tana and had another birding drive to Moramanga, spending 3 days at the national park there. Wings/Sunbird and Boogie Pilgrim ran a first-class birding tour, with excellent accommodations, food and vehicles. The birding was great and both guides paid special attention to getting EVERYONE on the bird EVERY TIME. I saw six new bird families, 147 bird species and got 107 life birds; we saw nearly every bird on the trip list. We visited at the end of the dry season and the weather was very pleasant and dry. My only concern was that Madagascar's human population is growing very rapidly (40% of their 25 million people are less than 15 years old) and its forests are ruthlessly being cut down. So, visit Madagascar soon, as nowhere did we see large numbers of birds and mammals, even in protected forest areas. One exception was the delightful Ring-tailed lemurs, which were numerous in the two lemur sites we visited.
ES
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
As my first safari everything amazed me. I can say my dream to see african wildlife became true
Contrast feelings. In my opinion local people is plundered of their birthrights. The certitude of being in a totally wild territory flew away by the fact that allmost all the country is fenced and packaged and most of the wildlife intensely managed, although I do not deny this is, in some cases and for certain species, the best way to assure conservation.
Anyway, this is not true for the main place we visit (4 days, 3 nigths), etosha. Here the only artificial elements are the man made waterholes (some are natural) and the roads, but this is why you can see the animals here. As it was my first safari ever, everything was amazing. We even saw many rhinos (both) and lions in our self drives. After Etosha we went to Okonjima for leopards and cheetahs. The first are free born radiocallared animals and they guarantee you good observations, but the rescued cheetahs are semi-domesticated animals. Also here brown hyaena, ardwolf, mountain zebra, elephant shrew and white rhino. As birders we enjoyed tracking in this reserve. The guides were superb and the standard rooms were actually luxury: you could see a lot of life lying in the bed.
Etosha is vey good for raptors (martial eagle, bateleur and secretary, but we missed pygmy falcon) and steppe-land birds, but not so much for passerines, as you can not leave the car. For photographers: the most of the day the light is too bright and the sky leaden
The surrealistic vision of game, seemingly floating over the salt plan, seems a sweet alutination. The only night we spent camping at okaukuejo I will never forget: 7 black rhinos, including cubs playfully approaching elephant bulls (until a blast of water from his trunk made the cub run to mother's shelter), a genets and a hyaena (with a jackal as squire) in the waterhole. When I went to sleep the roar of lyons made my marrows shake.
The best place for lions where Nebrownii and Okondeka waterholes. We tried a lot with cheetah, but no luck in 4 days.
NZ
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
The value for money was outstanding. Our Tour Guide was truly amazing in every way.
I had no expectations, I just went with the flow. But we were looked after all day everyday by our Tour Leader who often prepared breakfast, lunch and dinner for us, to a very high standard. The accommodation was really good - some luxurious and some, in the game parks, a little more basic, but still of a very good standard. There was nothing Anthony didn't know about plants, insects, animals and birds and where mostly to find them and when. We had a fabulous time from start to finish, but I think you need to be reasonably fit to get the most out of it. You often spend long hours in the van, often on dirt roads. There are a few quite demanding walks, although not many and early mornings are pretty much the order of the day. Actually the whole tour was very well balanced. I would thoroughly recommend it. Loved every minute of it.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent safari experience and great service
My wife and I booked our honeymoon through East Africa Wild Adventures, and the experience was amazing! Alym worked with us to craft a great trip that spanned 3 different parks across 6 days, and every aspect of the trip was positive - the game viewing experience, the service from our driver, the planning of the trip and communication, and the lodging. We managed to see the Big 5 and really enjoyed the service and experience provided by our driver, Selemani. We would absolutely use East Africa Wild Adventures again to book a future safari!