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Highly Recommend for Safari
A group of 7 of us from the United States participated in the 5 day/4 night camping safari in July 2015. The highlight of the trip was seeing the big 5! The guides and cook were also excellent and very knowledgeable. Aardvark did an amazing job coordinating everything beforehand and actively communicating and answering our numerous questions before arriving. I would highly recommend Aardvark Expeditions for any of your Tanzania travel needs!
DE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Four times with Bubezi is not enough, we want more!
We have been with Bubezi four times now and I think that already says how we feel about Andy and Quintin, operators, chefs and guides all in one. With their knowledge, experience and respect for wildlife and nature they gave us always the best time on the safaris someone can get. Every question about the big animals but also the very small ones and the birds, they have a qualified answer. If somebody spotted something, like lions with a catch, they will go for it -if the people agree- doesn´t matter how far it is, so your afternoondrive might end up as a nightdrive with the best, goose-skin experience you could imagine.
They are 100 % reliable, emails are answered the same day, call them at any time if you have a question or your plans have changed, they will try to make things possible.
Four times is not enough and so we´ll go again with Bubezi for more adventurous drives.
FR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fantastic!
I wanted to do something special for my partner’s birthday who was flying in from France to spend a couple of weeks in Kampala. Murchison seemed like a relaxing option to spend away from the hot dusty city. Having organised a stressful trip to Kidepo National Park in 2012 by myself, I wanted someone else to do the planning this time. We had a budget in mind and some rough ideas of how we wanted to spend the two days. Once we communicated this to Kombi Nation Tours, we sat back and relaxed as they took care of everything.
From start to finish, everything went like clockwise. Steve our tour operator kept in constant contact with us prior to the trip. He gave us several price options within our budget and managed to include all the activities and game drives we wanted to do. The driver provided by Kombi Tours was professional, friendly and knowledgeable. Murchison River Lodge, where we stayed, was an absolute dream. The food, accommodation and vista were excellent. I wanted a relaxing trip where I did not have to plan or worry about anything. Kombi Nation Tours delivered this and much more. Thank you Rachel and Steve for organising such a wonderful trip!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Northern Tanzania Circuit with additional Zanzibar stay
My partner and I had been saving for our once in a lifetime safari experience for a year and when we contacted the mainstream holiday companies in the UK, found that their holidays were inflexible and too expensive. We wanted a more personalised experience at a price that we could afford. I found out about Afroriginal when I emailed about 10-15 tour operators from the Tanzania Association of Tour Opearators. Desiree responded to me via email explaining how she could fit my budget and give me a great private safari. After about 3 weeks of emails back and forth where we finetuned the itinary, we finalised our trip with Desiree.
The trip itself was something I will never ever forget. Desiree herself met us at our first hotel and had a drink with us while we were beside the pool, a nice touch. Stuart was our driver for the 1st week, where we visited Tarangire National Park, Ngorongoro Crater and then 5 days in the Serengeti. He was very knowledgable about the different animals and habitats and he delivered in making that first week exciting.
The lodges we stayed in were top notch and it was particularly fun sitting out at the campfire and listening to the lions in the distance.
Zanzibar is a great add on if you have the time. I wasnt expecting Stone Town to be so much fun and my one regret is that we did not spend as much time there as we could have. That said our beach lodge was the perfect quiet escape after a long (but very enjoyable) week on safari.
We couldnt be happier with our experience and if we are ever to go back, we would definately book again with Desiree.
BE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The Pearl of Tour Operators - a fantastic roundtrip in a wonderful country
Last September two friends and myself went to Uganda for 15 days with Kombi Nation Tours. It's been one of the most exciting trips of my life, also thanks to this wonderful organisation.
Pre-departure: setting op the itinerary. I completely read through two travel guides on Uganda so I more or less knew what we wanted to do. I gave them the info on how many days I would want to spend in which National Park / ... Rachel and Benjamin returned very swiftly with a very detailed itinerary and advise on which extra options we would like to take. We negotiated a bit about the itinerary, as they were very flexible, understanding about our budget and always extremely friendly in their mails. 5/5
Our driver Frank was a very skilled driver (which is required on the difficult terrains) and a very friendly and funny guy, who really wanted to get the most out of the trip for us. We also didn't have any problems with the car (except for one flat tire, which Frank repaired), and it was very comfortable and spacey (and pop-up roof, requirement for safaris!) During our trip Rachel & Benjamin also called us to see if everything was going OK, if we liked the activities, etc. 5/5
The housing they provided was above expectations, and the food even more. The activities we did were all very unique and enriching. We started off by going to Queen Elisabeth NP, where we did some game drive, crater drive, boat trip, Kyambura Gorge walk. After that we went to the Rwenzori Mountains for five days (with the organization Rwenzori Trekking Services, which I really recommend as well), to take a stop near Kibale afterwards. The last we did was Murchison Falls, again with some boat trips, game drives and walks. 5/5
All this we got for a very acceptable price (especially when compared to other tour operators). So if you're looking for an affordable, flexible and fulfilling journey through Uganda, I can fully recommend Kombi Nation Tours.
CH
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
We had our wishes, told these to AT, they organised it quick and perfect for us. 100% satisfied.
We travelled to the North-Serengeti and Zanzibar with Amazing Tanzania. They organised us two great safaris. It was like they told us. Awesome, stunning etc. The accomodations and food were exactly like we wanted it.
We were very happy with every thing they have done for us.
We will recommend Amazing Tanzania to our friends.
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Everything was perfect
We went on a Safari in September 2015 with Twaha.
He picked us up in Kampala an brought us with his car to the national park murchison falls.
There we saw a lot of wild animals and stayed in a nice camping space "red chili".
Also there in the Camp we saw some animals at day and night, because some hippos come up from the water.
It was a really nice trip and our guide was friendly.
SE
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent Safari to Mikuni National Park
We are VERY satisfied with the trip to Mikumi National Park and Angalia Luxuary Tented Camp. Our driver and guide Nestor was excellent, He was kind, positive, supportive, drove very well, and was very clever to find animals eg Lions ( we saw 15 in Three Days!), showed a great knowledge etc, We will especially recommend him for trips!
The Angalia Luxuary Tent Camp was also superb! A wonderful Place, very comfortale, good food and service.... Angalia can really be recommended!
Best wishes,
Ulla and Johnny Ludvigsson, Linköping, Sweden
IT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
The best experience!
I went traveling in Tanzania for about one month with a friend. Nature bound Africa was exellent in assisting us before and during our trip. They organized for us the Kilimanjaro 5 days excursion and the Safari in the Gorongoro national park. They have been really professional and helpful. All the guide also speak fluently English. Definitely recommend this tour operator.
IT
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
it was like a dream..
We were 25 students on vacation with this company and all we can say is it was like a dream seeing live the female lions chasing the buffalo catching and finally slaughtering it but rather waiting for the male lion to come and eat flesh inside like utensils etc. it was like a dream visiting Oldupai Gorge/the cradle of mankind and getting amazing history, it was like a dream visiting and dancing with young maasai/ol morani, it was like a dream descending into ngorongoro crater with beautiful wall with green natural grass carpet, it was like a dream walking through the base of mount Kilimanjaro... it was like a dream hunting with the bushmen resembling those of the god must be crazy...
We have many memories and stories to tell but we only finalize by recommending this fantastic company for your safari to Tanzania...