IN
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Thank you Rupia Adventure
I recently went on a Lake Manyara/Serengeti/Ngorogoro Crater safari with Rupia's and it was an unbelievable experience. I was joined by my now fiance (I proposed on the safari), my now future mother-in-law and my parents. From the moment we touched down at Kilimanjaro until our return 5 days later, we were treated fantastically well. Our guide Mathias was informative, kind, thoughtful and kept us all motivated to make the most of such an amazing experience. We stayed at both Serena & Sopa lodges and both were excellent. I spent a long time deciding which operator to use for the safari (as there are more than 200), however, my decision to go with Rupia's was well rewarded. As a result, I would recommend Rupia's for anyone who wishes to have an outstanding safari experience.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great adventure at Masai Mara
We have been to Kenya, for a safari in Maasai Mara as a part of our honeymoon trip in February 2018. It was our first time and we didn’t know what to expect.
Wildebeest Safaris organised for us a package that included pick-up at our hotel in Nairobi, Land Cruiser with a pop-up roof, a private driver/guide for 3 days, 2 Night in Savora Mara camp (full board service), drive back to Nairobi. The lodge was amazing, staff was friendly and food was fresh and abundant.
The drive from Nairobi to the camp is very long and the road very bumpy (it will give you as they call an African Massage) but the driver was really professional, friendly and very cultivated which help us to enjoy the trip. Also, you will start to see Zebra, Antelope, Wildebeest... when you enter the Maasai Mara reserve which is a while before the park entrance which gets you in the mood. On our way back, the second driver mentioned to us that if we had a minivan we could drive faster to Nairobi which is worse knowing in advance.
We manage to do a game drive every day, and on our first day, we spotted a Black Rhino at 4km of our camp entrance, only after 5min the game started, which is extremely rare. Luck was definitely with us as we saw the big 5 and more even though that was not the hight season and we spent a very short amount of time in the park. Most of the animal we saw had babies with them which was really cute! The one we watch the most were the Elephants, which sometimes cross the road front of the cars, but we also got very close to Lions, Cheetah, Cub Hyenas, Leopard…. Our very skilled and humble guide was very attentive to our need & wish and he has been an extra mile to make our dream happen. Compare to others driver our guide respected the rules ( speed, distance to animal...) of the park for which we have a lot of respect and I hope that all guides were doing the same. With a bit of patience, it’s totally possible to respect the animal and still be in a very good spot to take a photo. I encourage everyone to be aware of those rules and ensure their driver respect them.
Our last day with Wildebeest was a proper adventure. Because of a miscommunication between Noah and his team, we understood that our guide has been being double booked. Therefore we had to change a bit our plan, we had to reorganise our the day which was a bit annoying because we were rushed to go back to the airport and we understood that lunch was actually not included in the package as we thought. We changed of the driver on the way, when we stop at a souvenir shop.
The second driver took us to Lake Naivasha on our way back to the airport, which was a nice surprise but an expensive and quite scary experience. We did a tour of the lake on a small wood boat at sunset, and our motor got stuck in a fish net. Even Though the incident was fixed after 10/15min when the lake is agitated, the night is falling and you know that if you swim in the wrong direction you will meet an upset hippo it’s pretty scary. Also, the timing was not really well thought and because of this stop, our driver was stress that we miss our plane and was rushing on the road which made us feel unsafe as the road in Kenya are dangerous and drivers reckless. We actually saw few accidents on the way. We recommend wildebeest team to be more upfront and clear about the consequences of the different options they give to their client so we can make a more informed decision and give them the opportunity to drive more wisely.
Overall we had a good experience with Wildebeest and we are happy to recommend them but make sure you understand all the consequences of your request as they will say yes to everything to not lose a client but you might regret some of your choices. A good idea is to avoid the pick-season during which drivers overwork, many accidents happen and you will probably end up queuing behind many cars before to be able to see the animals.
65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
The greatest tour of Africa EVER.
I have been on many tours of Africa and find this is by far the best. The knowledge of the guide, the accommodation and the variety of wildlife we saw was amazing. Definitely the best value for money on the market. All questions asked before the tour was answered immediately. The communication was brilliant. I have booked again to go in July 2018 and went for the first time with this tour company in February 2017. The fact that I keep going back with them speaks for itself. We saw the big five and many many more. We could not have been happier if we had spent twice as much. BRILLIANT BRILLIANT!!!!
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
This was a fabulous trip that went beyond my expectations
Our trip to Africa was the best thing I’ve ever done in my life. I love Africa, it was better than I could have ever imagined. The people were wonderful and the animals were amazing. We really enjoyed our guides and Mr OT is an exceptional organizer with much patience for all my emails and questions. He was very informative and quick to respond.
My only regret is that I couldn’t stay. I am missing it terribly.
Thank you so much for helping me fulfill my life dream!!
Julie
KR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great experience in Africa
I have been travel with Lenchada safaris. I was able to see all big five animals, also feels africa very well.
Guide was really good. Frendly and kind. I was not able to eat food but they were helping me to cook by my self also!
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
KWS organized an excellent trip
I booked the trip online at a rather short notice. All aspects of the trip were handled very well by Mr. Otieno and we had a great time. Our guide, Shuma was very knowledgeable and we saw big five on the first day. The accommodations at Osero lodge were very comfortable and food excellent.
DK
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Park tour to Masai Mara
My daughter and myself had the best possible experience going to Masai Mara. First of all thanks to the advice from Stephen, downgrade the accomodation a bit and upgrade your park drive so it is only you and your family with the driver. We had a fantastic 3 day tour, during the travelling had long conversations with our driver about Kenya, the history and challenges. Moreover, we had fantastic days on the plains where Apolo our driveer could tell us all about the animals and the birds. An educational journey I will never forget. Stephen and Apolo, thank you for giving us an unforgetable insight to wild life and Kenya. Julie and Dorthe, Copenhagen, Denmark
FR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Greatest Trip
to start the meeting with chimpanzees and gorillas was fantastic and with a lot of emotions. This meeting was also great because it was perfectly prepared by encounter africa safaris. for this I would like to thank Chris for the preparation of our trip especially for his professionalism, availability, responsiveness and kindness and of course the awesome guide who accompanied us during our trip, TOLBERT, his professionalism , his availability, his knowledge of Uganda and animals, its responsiveness to change our trip to go see the birds including the shoebill in the marshes of Lake victoria, his kindness and besides it's a very good person! Thanks also to Emmanuel and alex for making us better know their culture.
ENCOUNTEUR AFRICA SAFARIS you are the best!
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
An amazing experience!
We have just returned from a fabulous holiday in Tanzania including Zanzibar organised by Flash Safaris and Photography.We had an amazing experience thanks to them.The Lodges/Camps and Hotels chosen for us were perfect,food was terrific throughout.They thought of every single detail to make our holiday perfect including organising our journey back from Zanzibar in a way that would be best for connecting to our flight home.
We saw so many animals but didn’t see the migration in Nduto sadly but that is just nature on the day!...nothing is foreseen as our guide kept telling us.
We would highly recommend Flash....outstanding!!
DK
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Queen Elizabeth National park and Bwindi National park
We went on a 4-day safari with Vivid Adventure Safari in the last weekend in February 2018. We visited Queen Elizabeth National Park and Bwindi Impenetrable National park. The nature was very beautiful, and the tour operator always let us stop to take pictures if we asked for it. The accommodation was very good, and we had excellent food wherever we went.
If we can give you an advice when you pick this tour operator it would be that you must make sure the program is followed by the guide.
Also make sure the price you receive is for the right program because we ended up paying 300$ more than the first offer we got.
The National Parks are definitely worth a visit when you go to the Pearl of Africa. To summarize, it was an experience we would not have missed.