UA
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Awesome trip.
Every aspect of our trip was perfect. Emanuel has supported us every time. He organized a transfer from airport, for instance.
We slightly tuned our safari (2 night we spent in lodges instead of tents and lodges were perfect.
So, great value for money.
BE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Choose Lion King, you won't regret it ! A true once in a lifetime experience !
After nearly two years of preparation (thanks Covid !), I have never regretted to choose the Lion King company for my 9 days safari in Tanzania. They provided high quality service from their very first response (Pendo was just AMAZING) to our many questions we had. I took the time to contacts many differents tour operator but with Lion King, it was different. We had such a good feeling about them from the beginning and we where not to be disappointed, trust me ! Everything went as planned, perfectly executed and I would not change a thing!
Our guide Ali Fa and our cooker Karim were just amazing at their work. But they were even more amazing as person and we will miss them as for us, they are part of our unforgetable memories which they filled with joy, knowledge and humour all along the way. I will never thank enough the Lion King company for making this trip such a wonderful and unforgettable experience!
Also, for my french speaker companions, coming from Belgium I wanted to have a guide that would be able to speak French, don't miss out to ask for Ali Fa our guide who has been to the Lycée français in Dar Es Salaam and his french is just perfect!
In short, do not look for another company in terms of quality/price you won't find something better! Trust me, it took me 2 months to compare at least 50 companies and I have never regretted my choice!!! Once again, thank you Lion King,
20-35 years of age
Amazing adventure
We just came back from our kilimanjaro tour. We did the lemosho route in 7 days and it was really amazing. We had the best team with Enosa expedition. Every single member of the team tried their best to make our dream come true. The food, the service and the guides were great. We felt safe and comfortable all the time. We can really recommend it to do a trekking tour with Enosa. We will never forget this incredible week!
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing!! Very reliable and delivered beyond expectation
Omg..Thank you so much Savannah woods safaris for ur amazing services.My parents really enjoyed their vacation at Baobab resort Diani.Lucy God bless u for planning the whole trip the great follow up u are truly the best u made the trip easy ....words cannot express how truly grateful I am.Will definitely be back!!!!
BE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Thieves
We booked the safaritrip "The best of East Africa" in 2020. Because of covid we had to postpone to 2021.
The trip we booked was fully options, parkfees, logies, meals etc.
When we arrived in Nairobi Peter and Peninah were waiting for us together with our driver.
They said everything was arranged for our trip.
At day 4 the troubles started, we had our lunch in a restaurant on the way to Masai Mara and the driver paid 6.000 KES for the lunch.
A hour later, the driver told me he had a call with Peter about the lunch and h said that Peter told him to ask the money back to me and that he would pay me back when we were back in Nairobi.
The same day a recieved a mail from Peter asking me to pay the parkfees for Masai Mara, Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Lake Manyara and Amboseli, because the were not payed yet.
Because we were already on our way to Masai Mara, I wrote him that I could do that if we could pay with creditcard at the entree of the park and that he would repay us whn we were back in Nairobi.
He replied, no problem.
So, we paid the park fee for Masai Mara.
Then we went to Tanzania and that driver said that they had contact with Peter and that we would pay the park fees in Tanzania.
I said , yes, if we can pay with creditcard at the gates.
That was impossible he repleid, in Tanzania the fees are paid through the travelco and you cant pay at the gates, because they have no cardreaders.
So, we drove to one ATM to another, collecting cash money, because I reached that day the maximum of cash redraw, we would do the same when we came from the Nogorongoro crater.
The amount we had to pay was also much higher than Peter wrote me in his mail.
So, I wrote Peter that same day, that I will stop paying and that he had to find a solution.
I never recieved a answer on that mail, so after visiting the crater we had to go again to ATM machines to collect the rest of the money.
When we went back to the border of Kenia, to visit Amboseli, we had to show our PCR test, but nobody told us, not Peter or the touroperator in Tanzania, that we had to do the test.
So, instead of going to Amboseli, we had to return to Arusha, to do the test.So, we lost our stay in Amboseli and we had to pay $110 for the test.
The normal price for the test is $49, but we had to pay more, because the testcenter was already closed and they found a doctor who would do the test, but only if we paid $110.
So, the day after we went back to the border and straight to Nairobi.
I sent a mail to Peter to meet us in the EKA hotel, so he could pay me back.
Once arrivbed in the hotel, a few hours later Peter, Peninah and one other lady showed up.
After explaining what we went trough and how much they owned us, the discussing started.
They did not had the money to pay us back and they told us we had to wait until they recieved money from another group that would come the second week of September.
So, after 4 hours of waiting and discussing, we had to call the tourist police.
When they arrived and because they could not explain what they did with our money we paid for our tours, they arrested them and put them in jail. Before we went of to the police station another issue popped up, even our hotel was not paid for our last night and diner.
Last week a recieved our first payment, but we are still waiting to get the rest of our money back.
What should be a splendid holiday, became a nightmare, we lost more than 4 days, first driving to one ATM machine to a other one, than because of the PCR test we never had the change to visit Amboseli and our two last days in EKA hotel, where we spend more time in the police station than in the hotel.
Thanks Ms Leonorah Kasina for planning my Turkey trip.I really enjoyed everything.You are the best.
Vacay deals are the best,they have never disappointed me.
Am so grateful.
DE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Blue Crane Safaris: a great tour operator in Namibia!
We found Blue Crane Safaris while searching online for tour operators in Namibia.
Since the very first contact, the communication with Derek (the operator's manager) was extremely efficient.
Particularly during the current pandemic, the travel conditions may be quickly impacted and this requires constant interaction between both parties.
We can recommend the whole process (tour configuration, individual interests, on-site guiding and transport, execution of the planned activities, etc) as outstandingly well done.
Derek and his team always met our expectations, and we are certainly satisfied with our great experience in beautiful Namibia.
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great job of finding great places to visit
Wonderful trip lots of animals friendly people and great accommodations
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best Weekend getaway
Went to Diani with my Family. Trav organized everything from transport to accommodation. i highly recommend them for your travel.
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Very proffesional and what you pay for is what you get.
The moment I made contact with Tiago from Spirit of Kenya there was a sence of good vibes. He always answered the emails I wrote him in the same day. He understood evry question and never gave me the impression that he was feed up with me. (I asked a lot of questions)
Everything he told me was true and he made us a very special trip that we customized ourselfs.
As soon as we were on the ground our guide took over. Hes name was Franco Sego. The best guide and driver ever. He loved doing hes job and thanks to him we saw the Big 5 and much more. Franco made our trip super special.
I truly belive that thanks to the team effort of Tiago and Franco our trip was 50 % better.
I can only recommend going on safari with Spirit of Kenya.