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35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best One Day Safari Ever!!
This was my mother's first trip to Africa and both of our first safari tours, and we had an exceptional time with Bestday Safaris. Despite it being a quick one day tour within the Tarangire National Park, we saw elephants, ostriches, zebras, baboons, giraffes, warthogs, impalas, and water buffaloes to name a few. Stopping at a Maasai village afterwards was and extra special bonus. Louis our guide was very knowledgeable and personable, and Peter was extremely professional, responsive, and friendly. The next time I come back, I'll definitely have to do a longer safari with them, but for our tight schedule it was perfect. I would definitely recommend this company to anyone thinking about doing a safari, you won't regret it.
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Awesome 8 day Safari
We had a great private 8-Day Safari in Tansania. Hamad came to pick us up from the airport and anwered all of our questions that came in to our mind. We boooked a group safari but the others didn't showed up. So we did get a private tour through the 5 Nationalparks. Hamad had planed out every of our wishes very well so we got to stay one night in a lodge as well as to get up to the north of the Serengeti. Thanks to our guide Nicko we even got to see the big migration what was definitely one of the highlights of our trip. The End of July already was the end of the migration but our guide did everything possible to find them. We had a greate time!
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Can't be trusted. Kenneth Karuhanga is a fraud.
Four months ago we reached out to Ken for a proposal to organize our trip to Tanzania. He is based in Uganda but is also listed as leading tours in Tanzania on your website, and his proposed itinerary and reviews made him seem like a good fit. He said he would be the guide for both our six-day ascent of Kilimanjaro and our five-day safari from Moshi. He asked for a $1000 deposit to cover national park fees and staffing costs, which seemed fair.
One week before the trip Ken told us he needed more money since it was the holiday season and costs were higher. We felt it was unfair to change the budget right before we started traveling, but agreed to move forward with the trip as planned and to pay the extra sum when we arrived.
When we arrived in Moshi and expected to meet Ken, we instead met a woman named Neema Mushi who runs an agency called Licious Travel Adventures (also on your site). She explained that Ken was not coming to Tanzania at all, that her price of the trip was under budget and that Ken had not forwarded any of the deposit money we had sent him.
We spent many evenings frantically trying to reach Ken and recover the deposit money to run our trip as planned, but Ken said he had needed the money for "another project" and couldn't send it right now. He finally sent $175 to Neema, but that didn't cover half of the new price increases she insisted on.
Possibly worst of all we learned that Ken had been pushing Neema lower and lower on her price, while asking us for more and more money. When we asked him what he felt he did to deserve the $825 cut he took for himself, he said something about booking the one hotel we stayed in during our trip.
Our experience with Ken was one of: 1) misleading us to believe that he would be leading the trip; 2) never once mentioning he was reselling our trip to an extreme budget agency; 3) lies about early cost increases of the trip and sticking us with the bill of the actual increases; 4) theft of our deposit money (he still refuses to return it)
RO
Best Safari
We recommend everyone www.hellotanzania.com for the proffesional activity.We went in Mikumi safari for just one day, they understood us for the budget at our limitted time.It was great:the driver was very good, i felt save with him; he takes us from the hotel and back.During 6 hours from Dar es salam to Mikumi we laughed with the driver, we spoke a lot with him about Tanzania, he was great:)
And the safari was great- 6 hours in the safari with a good guide and a lot of fun.We saw many animals:lions, elephants, zebras, giraffes, monkeys, hippopotamus, etc.
Thank you www.hellotanzania.com!
IL
Gorilla trekking with a great and experienced gorilla trekking company.
I did a 6 day gorilla trekking and wildlife with gorilla tour booking. This was my first time to do such a trip and to visit Africa; I would like to say that gorilla tour booking safaris is a superb gorilla company. This is based upon my judgment about how the tour was organized and how I was treated by the guide, Robert. Their team is quite organized from the reservation manager to the tour guide.
KZ
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Very credible operator capable to organize great safaris for a family with kids
Our family of five (including three kids of 11, 8 and 5 years old) has just returned on Feb 8th from an 8 days safaris to Kenya and Tanzania. We decided to go with Ancient Wild Safaris based on positive feedbacks left on this website by previous travellers and we are happy we chose this company.
Mike was always prompt to reply to emails and very operative in helping us adjust our program to our needs in best manner. The whole trip was arranged very smoothly and accommodations were picked wisely to make sure we had a great varied experience not only in wild life but in staying in different lodges, including deep-dive into savannah's life at the camping site in the heart of Serengeti.
During the trip everything was up to expectations and beyond. Very safe travel given our pre-trip hesitations of taking little son and daughter with us. Tons of wonderful experiences and positive emotions. Our guide Joseph was above all compliments; he always went an extra mile to make every day memorable. Given the dry season and, hence, smaller quantity of animals (compared to rainy season) Joseph went to every possible corner to explore and find animals otherwise hiding in the bush. So we managed to see all animals (well, except rhino which is hard to see in any season).
Afterwards our kids are happy. So we are. This operator proved to be reliable and, given their small size, quite flexibly and quick in organizing customized program.
And we would recommend Anciant Wild Safaris to any friend now and will definitely go with Mike and Joseph next time. Thank you guys!
SA
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great operator, fantastic trip
Really good communications from the outset, and lots of care and attention throughout the trip.
Our group thoroughly enjoyed the Soul of Tanzania experience. Personally, my favourite moments were seeing the huge groups of wildebeest and zebra together in the Serengeti, and witnessing the order of precedence between the various carnivores after a kill has been made. This was my second visit to Ngorongoro crater, and I can still say that it is my favourite place to visit in Tanzania. But just the whole experience was really enjoyable.
Our guide Godfrey was great! He always had so much more energy than me, in spite of working so much harder.
Experience level: over 5 safaris
A fantastic birding trip to western Uganda with Tony at Mamaland.
Tony and everyone at Mamaland are organised, efficient and friendly. Tony is an attentive and knowledgeable guide. We had a great time in his company.
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Awesome,friendly staff and great moments
A trip of excellence.., this how I can describe our African Safari experience in the hands of African Habitat Safaris and her charming team of professional team. The total trip chemistry was just but one of its own Kind. The arraignments, the lodges, food, guide and services that give value for money.
We were on 9 days Kenya and Tanzania small group joining trip. Our contact was the charming Rachel Obonyo after a good friend who had use their services recommended her and her company. And true to her words, we got the best of experience than we ever imagined. From the point we dropped her email, Rachel did surprise us with an instant feedback with a more detailed trip itinerary that exactly matches our interest. All our numerous questions were well taken care of and none was left out. We built the confidence and with no wastage of time, made the 30% advance payment via PayPal.
When we got to Kenya, everything went as planned, we were picked up from airport by our guide Fred Oburu then took to the hotel and then to carnivore for dinner. This experience was awesome.
Next morning we kicked off for the trip. Fred is very much knowledgeable, experience and very much friendly. My daughter who is just 7 year was like she did meet a brother (Fred always call her my sister from another mother). We saw almost all the animals both in Kenya and Tanzania; the lodges were perfect, very clean and spacious with very friendly staff.
We are more than happy to recommend Rachel and African Habitat safaris to anyone who would want the best of experience in Africa. Very true to their services, Reliable, trust worthy and most importantly are always in 24/7 support while still on trip with them.
Thanks Rachel, hope to see you again soon
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Mmilo tours was efficient, professional, and focused on deliveringthe best trip possible.
I worked with Patrick from Mmilo Tours to schedule a four day Kruger Safari through KWA Madwala and a shark diving excursion with Marine Dynamics. Patrick and the Mmilo team did a fantastic job orchestrating my trip. Patrick provided wonderful insight and truly provided an unforgettable vaction experience.
I utilized KWA Madwala for the four day Kruger safari and the experience was exceptional. The accommodations were wonderful and the staff was extremely helpful and friendly. Obed took us on the actual safari and provided an unrivaled experience. I would highly recommend utilizing KWA MadwaLA.
For the great white excursion, Patrick set us up with Marine Dynamics who also provided an out of this world experience. The crew was wonderful and the operation was perfectly executed. I would recommend Marine Dynamics to anyone looking for a superb cage diving experience.
In short Patrick and Mmilo Tours were exceptional. Mmilo is a five star operation that I would recommend to anyone!