FR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing adventure with a professional team
Kind, friendly and profesional staff.
Simple but original place to sleep (tent).
Good food.
NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Cheap but good and professional!
Together with a friend I went to Masaai Mara NP via African Comfort Zone Safaris. It was the cheapest option we've found, but the quality was still good. We had a professional guide, the food and accommodation were good and we went with a nice group of (young) people. I really recommend this organisation!
IL
Great Safari experience with Bestday
Just finished a 4 days Safari with Best Day Safaris.
We were a group of 2 – Father (50) and daughter (18)
Overall excellent experience. There are tons of companies organizing safaris so it is hard to compare, but BestDay Safaris is definitely a great one. We did all the booking over mail/Whatsapp with Peter who showed great flexibility to our itinerary and hotels requests. After consulting with him, we agreed to have about 2 days in Serengeti and 1 day in Ngorongoro. We also picked together the hotels in order to have a varied experience (we had 1 night in the KatiKati tented camp, 1 night at the excellent Serena Lodge and 1 last night at the very fancy Neptune lodge.)
We had an experienced and knowledgeable guide (Roman) who catered to all our requests, and was ready to have very long days with us in the field. This included driving the extra distance to take us to the south part of the Serengeti in order to see the first large groups or migrating animals (mainly Zebras and Gnu) returning to the Serengeti. (It was not certain we would see anything there at the time we were there- mid to end Dec., but eventually we saw a huge line of marching animals and many more scattered around- which was a special experience)
Also, as we had a very late night flight on the day returning from the Safari, Peter arranged for us at no extra charge (other than the airport transfer) another driver who took care of us for 6 hours, waited while my daughter had her hair done the Tanzania way with many small braids, and took us to a nice place to eat as we insisted tasting Nyama Choma (BBQ meat with bananas) before leaving.
Bottom line: highly recommended.
IL
Go With Popote
Just finished the 7-days Machame route up the Kilimangaro with a Popote team.
We had 2 great guides (Dixon and Shani), a fine cook (Jeremaya) and 7 friendly and helpful porters. It is of course hard to compare with other companies, but we were extremely pleased with Popote. Here are some of the reasons:
- Booking: very good experience (with Sabino), fair price.
- Guides: Very experienced, helpful, friendly and responsible guides.
- Every evening after dinner, they measured our oxygen saturation and pulse and filled a questioner (e.g. about headaches, nausea etc.) to track our physical state. Altitude related sickness was one of our main reasons for concern, and it helped to calm us down knowing that we are under good care.
- Excellent quality of tents, mattresses and sleeping bags (which they provided)
- Overall good atmosphere and vibes. We enjoyed not only being at the summit, but also getting there.
Although it is possible to make the hike in 6-days (and I think this is what most people do), we definitely recommend taking the 7-days options: It makes the last days more relaxed and fun, and gives better opportunity for acclimatization (probably not the only reason, but we felt great at base camp and all the way up to the summit).
We were a group of 2 – Father (50) and daughter (18)
Bottom Line: we highly recommend going with Popote .
NL
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
very impressive trip with great service
Fika did an excellent job in offering a wheelchair accessible, tailor made safari. Fika was flexible. It was even possible to do a balloon safari above the Masai Mara.
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Hakuna Matata
Rose and her team created a worry-free, two-week, life-changing experience for my first safari. I spent the majority of my research time looking for the right tour company. Once I found Rose, the whole thing was booked in three days. She absolutely "got" what I was after as an experience, but also took care of every logistical detail and booking. As they say, Hakuna Matata (no worries). I never bothered to check my itinerary once I arrived, knowing everyone was taking care to get me where I needed to be. It was exactly what I needed-to be freed from the responsibility of arranging flights, bookings, etc. Rose took care of all of that seamlessly for me, allowing me to relax and enjoy the safari experience.
Rose made an extra effort to take care of me since I was traveling solo, informing the camps and making sure I had the best in accommodations, meals, and guides for game drives. She listened to the type of experience I was after and matched me with perfect locations. She also knew the rhythm of a two-week trip, and made sure to bookend the experience with peaceful, relaxing, and luxurious camps to unwind, get over jet lag, and enjoy the holidays.
Many times during the trip I said, "I love Rose" or "Rose is amazing." I loved every camp (4 total) I stayed in-each with it's own terrain, animal viewing, and staff personalities. I completely trusted in her to create this trip for me, and I can't wait to plan my next one with her! Thanks Rose!
MD
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Easy to work with and reasonably priced
I had earlier put this review down, am resending though...
I used this tour operator for a short fly-in safari to the maasai mara.
I found them to be honest and very easy to work with.
All correspondence before our trip was seamless. Although the game drives were provided by Olanana Safari camp, all the arrangements including flights and transfers were handled by e-travel without any glitch.
I got a very competitive price for the 3 night safari to Maasai mara, (cost was very important with the Leu dipping sharply against the US $ :) )
Would recommend them to anyone planning on taking a Kenyan safari.
P.s. I will be contacting you shortly for I am planning on visiting Kenya again with my extended family in June.
Greg
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Clevers and Junior were very friendly individuals during our Masai Mara and Lake Nakuru visit.
We had great time at Masai Mara and Lake Nakuru. Clevers and Junior were very friendly and were very knowledgeable individuals.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Was really good. Super service
Really good experience and good customer service. The vans were supper saw many animals to.
NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
It was an amazing experience, i enjoyed the gorilla trekking, beautiful birds and weather
I loved the gorilla trekking, the beautiful lodges, various birds. It was so special.