CH
under20 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great experience. Definitely would recommend this trip to anyone.
Overall service was good, it surpassed our expectations. The safari tour itself was just fantastic.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Superb experience
The safari was more than we dreamed it would be. Ben and his team planned a fabulous itinerary catered to our preferences on destination, price point, and comfort. Every last detail was handled smoothly. Our guide was friendly, knowledgeable, flexible, incredibly considerate. He had superhuman vision to spot camouflaged animals in trees and amazing instinct for where animals would pop out (and then made sure we were right there when they did!). This was not our first safari, so we had high standards and expectations and they were all exceeded. Highly, highly recommend E-Trip Africa.
DE
under20 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing experience overall, entirely new views on game and wildlife.
Our canoeing trip went from Mana Pools to Kanyemba. We requested it for our family only since we couldn't make it to any scheduled trips. Luckily they were very flexible and willing to organize this custom trip for us.
The views on the river, especially when it's still wide and open is amazing. There are mountainside on the Zambian side and flat land on the Zimbabweian. In between are lots of beautiful islands on which we saw lots of game, especially hippos that just jumped into the water 50m ahead of us. Our guides always had a good eye in seeing hippos so we never came too close to one. Even when we basically slept right next to the hippos, crocs etc. on islands at night (they came quite close to our tents, which was amazing since you could see them in the moonlight) I never felt unsafe.
Our guides were super friendly, always willing to help and good cooks. There was always enough food and water at any meal, which they always prepared for us.
I highly recommend this trip to everyone since it's just a entirely different view on nature and worth the experience.
IN
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
The true meaning of African hospitality
We were a group of 3 Indians with a vague dream of visiting one the most fascinating places on our list, Namibia. At one point, it seemed quite a daunting task to organise the whole trip ourselves given our limited vacation times, until we were lucky enough to come across the most accommodating, helpful, good mannered and flexible tour agencies we have ever encountered on our extensive travels - Blue Crane Safaris. Starting about a month before our trip, company owner Mr. Derek Jacob personally ensured we were provided with all the required information about what to expect on our trip, and displayed utmost patience with his communications to us, additionally giving us ample time to arrange for the payments required. I would like to personally commend him for his time, patience and amicable attitude towards his clients; Blue Crane really does stress on its reputation for being pleasantly customer-oriented, in contrast to the usual money-minded tour operators you expect to come across. From the get-go, our trip was impeccably planned according to our tastes, starting with a timely pickup from our accomodation at Windhoek, in a full-fledged camping trailer vehicle with large windows that would let us enjoy the desolate sights outside - absolute value for money in my opinion. On the first leg of our trip to Sossusvlei, our guide Mr. Quinton ensured beyond doubt that vegetarian food would be prepared for us as much as possible, where he demonstrated absolute attention to the fact that we would remain satisfied with our meals; I think this particular point could be of significance to a lot of potential Indian vegan tourists visiting Namibia in the future. Along with friendly camp assistant David, Mr. Quinton turned out to be highly good natured, humorous, accomodating, cheerful and very well knowledgable on cultures, traditions, wildlife and geology of Namibia (and Southern Africa in general). While giving us plenty of time to explore the area on our own, they also ensured we had many of our special requests met, including setting up for two wonderful breakfast sessions near the fascinating red dunes of the Namib. A truly fascinating bunch of days! After this, our awesome guides took us through a long, enchanting journey through the Etosha national park, demonstrating full determination to make sure we spotted every animal we set out to view in the first place - their meticulous attention to movements in the bush really displays the strength of their experience as African tour guides, where their spotting skills meant that we ended up spotting black and white rhinos, lions, elephants, giraffes, zebra herds, kudus, warthogs, hyenas, and many birds - absolutely beyond all our wildest dreams!! Throughout our trip, we were also given tidbits of useful and interesting stories, legends, folktales and cultural insights into life in Namibia and the surrounding regions, including snippets of info on animal and bird behavior. All this lent a very authentic feel to our trip, and there is no way I can express my thanks to our wonderful guides, some of the most friendly and hospitable people we have had the fortune to come across - this made sure our trip was totally stress free and enjoyable. I would give 5 out of 5 stars on all aspects - friendliness, professionalism, accommodation standards, food quality, knowledegeability, flexibility, camping equipment, vehicle comfort, timeliness, value-for-money, and all related aspects. My full-fledged and hearty appreciation to the whole team, including owner Derek Jacobs, camp guide Quinton, and camp assistant David. Its been more than a month since we got back to our regular lives, but our time in Namibia will always remain with us. Priceless!!!
QA
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Wonderful 4 days Experience at Kenya
We booked a 4 days Kenya tour package with Solaris Tours & Safaris in the month of June 2017. We were 2 families consisting of six people. We planned the trip only one day before we reached Kenya. Mr. Josphat and his team of Solaris were very prompt is answering our questions and making all arrangement quickly. Everything, from pick up at Nairobi airport to drop back at the airport, were well taken care. We stayed one night at Nairobi, one night at Naivasha Lake and two nights at Masai Mara. All hotels were top class. Our driver + guide, Mr. Dennis was very friendly and helpful. We will recommend Solaris for any of our friends planning to visit Kenya
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing Safari
We just returned home from a wonderful vacation in Tanzania that included a four-day safari with Lion King Adventures.
From the minute James (our driver) picked us up at the Kilimanjaro airport we felt very welcomed and felt he was going to make our experience an unforgettable one, as it was! We spent the first night in Arusha before starting day one for our safari. We recommend that instead of arriving early and starting the safari right away.
Day one we went to Tarangire National Park where we saw many animals right away. James was very good about asking if we wanted to stop for pictures and he waited patiently until we were ready to move on. He knows a lot about all animals and always told us interesting facts about the parks and the animals. My husband loves birds and he knew the name of every bird my husband pointed to. He has a book about wildlife in Africa and showed us the pictures of what we saw.
Day 2 we drove to Serengeti National park. Amazing! James spotted animals way before we could see them because many are camouflaged.
Day 3 a few game drives in Central Serengeti then drove to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area to spend the night at the hotel and be ready for the last day.
Day 4 visit the crater (caldera as James explained) until lunch time and then drive back to Kilimanjaro airport.
We highly recommend booking your safari with Lion King Adventures. You will love it!
AT
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Review about Namib-Naukluft National Park by Sterna999
especially the red dunes in the morning light are unforgettable!
AT
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Review about Etosha National Park by Sterna999
I saw so many impressive animals in such a short time it is just incredible! I hardly got any sleep, not wanting to miss any movements around the moon-lit waterholes at the camps in the NP. Also on the road, you never knew what surprise would come next...
AT
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
The mountain alone is a sight not to miss!
I spent one night, out of my 10 days Namibia private guided tour, at Waterberg Plateau Park. The bird watching (the main purpose of our trip) one mid-afternoon/evening and the next morning, was excellent. I would have loved to stay longer to enjoy the wildlife as well as the great scenery. Especially the evening sun created an unforgettable image of the orange-colored mountain range majestically framing the area. Damara Dik-dik were wandering around not far from the neat houses of the rest camp, and we saw Baboons and Southern African Ground Squirrels on various occasions. You can find a list of the birds observed on ebird, and a choice of my photos here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/88593217@N04/albums/72157648777792800. A lovely quiet spot with a lot to detect. I can warmly recommend it.
AT
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Review about Namibia by Sterna999
It is just great. Great animals (big, small, reptiles, ... and of course: birds! great mountains and rock formations, and the clouds added a lot of atmosphere - see my photos to know what I mean!