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50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best trip we have ever had.
Everything exceeded my expectations. The wildlife was everything that I had hoped for. The accommodations, food and service was first rate.
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35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Everything we imagined and more!
If you are at all on the fence about booking a safari to Tanzania/serengeti, I say book now!
I'll start with the cons:
1) long turnaround time to hear back from tour company prior to trip. We had to follow up several times on multiple occasions, and it still would take 2 to 3 weeks for us to get a response.
2) no a/c or minifridge in keep, although advertised. The weather was mild enough that we did ok, but the afternoons would get unbearable when the jeep wasn't moving.
Pros:
1) CLEAN! We have been to several national parks across the US, and travel frequently internationally as well, and by far I was so impressed with the cleanliness of the parks and especially the restrooms at the parks (random I know, but still important!)
2) safe! We never once felt unsafe, not from animals nor from locals when we went roaming around in the city. Although aggressive salespeople, the people are harmless.
3) the beauty and the nature and the animals! We saw everything and words nor pics can do justice to the beauty of the serengeti and also the ngorogoro crater.
4) our guide hassan was very well informed and had an answer to all of our questions. He was very mild mannered, detailed, and made sure we were comfortable at all times.
5) the food is nothing special, but we didnt really go for the food anyway.
BR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great experience!
Everything was great, considering I booked a budget safari. Masai Mara is big, I could see all the animals several times (except for the rhinos which are rare in that park) and also visit the Masai village. Food and accomodations were ok for a budget safari. The guide was very good and would get us very close to the animals. Transportation could be better, we were 7 people in a van, I think it should be limited to 6 people, because if you were in a row with 3 people one of you would not be able to stand up and look through the open roof if the other 2 were standing.
MX
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
I fell that I was filming a marvelous Botswana film
Botswana was marvelous. Everything: transportation, accomodations, the guides ( excellents ), wildlife ( very exciting ), the staff ( really with a big warm heart ), only the weather is a litlle bit unpredictable !
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Everyone, should see and experience Tanzania
It was unbelievable. I was super worried about my 25yr daughter (Jacinta) safety, so I went with her and made sure we booked a great company. Mid/Range tour Serengeti with Lion King Adventures for 7days and everything was perfect. I’m pretty fussy and was totally blown away with service, accommodation 5+, security, food and the most amazing people we met, including locals.
Would highly recommend Arusha Giraffe Lodge prior or after tour. Arrange Lodge driver to pick you up (low price), because you really need security and safety at all times. Best(chef-Jasin) in Arusha and beautiful accom/family owned. My son is head chef in very exclusive restaurant and would very much love meet Jasin and learn his techniques. Staff incredible, a must especially if you like lovely accommodation, secure place, transport at decent price. Please tip well, they deserve every penny you can afford. Much better than a 4.5* hotel and they never ask
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35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Stellar
I traveled to Cape Town and Johannesburg South Africa, had a safari in Timbavati Nature Reserve in South Africa, then went to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe and Zanzibar, Tanzania from August 23- Sept 13, 2019. I used Wild Wing Safaris to book the best vacation I have ever had. From the beginning Gavin was extra patient with me as he helped to customize my trip. This was not a package they had readily available but you would never have known that. Gavin was a great advisor and realist with my itinerary and helped me to obtain a realistic vacation experience. He recommended the safari camp, the number of days that I should stay in each location based on the time that I had available and he worked to schedule all my flights and activities. If that wasn’t enough, my friend decided to join for some of the vacation and he was able to accommodate her as well with no issues.
We had a slight misstep with South African Airways which was no fault of Wild Wings Safaris but totally SAA. I contacted Gavin and he was on top of it ASAP. He also was readily available throughout my vacation if I had any additional questions. He provided a very detail itinerary for each date of the vacation so I always knew what was up next. I simply purchased a one way ticket from Houston to Cape Town and Johannesburg back to Houston, he literally handled everything else. It was a magical vacation as he said it would be. I cannot say enough about this company. The customer service was phenomenal and the entire vacation was definitely a trip of a lifetime. Every day was very unique and exciting I would definitely recommend this company and would absolutely use again! Thank you very much Gavin for making this vacation more than I EVER expected.
Activities on this vacation:
Cape Town Activities: Cape Point Tour, Wine lands Tour, Robben Island, and Table Mountain- all 4 star
Timbavati Nature Reserve: Bateluer Camp- Great atmosphere, great staff and food! The trackers and drivers were simply amazing. Great accommodations. Saw 4 of the Big 5- no leopard for us…but the bush walk to see the Rhinos made up for it
Johannesburg Activities: Cradle of Humankind and Johannesburg and Soweto tour- recommend all
Victoria Falls Activities: Sunset Cruise on the Zambezi, Helicopter ride over Victoria Falls, High Tea at Devils Pool (you can actually get in for pictures), Boma Dinner, Walking with the Giants (this is an interactive tour, we were able to touch the elephants and feed them), and a night game drive and bush dinner- highly recommend all activities
Zanzibar- Spice Farm Tour and Stone Town, also visited a local village and had beach time.
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Responsive and excellent service!
We had the most incredible time on our safari trip! Sandra was wonderful to work with, presented us with a variety of options and was incredibly responsive. We had many specific requests and booked the trip last minute, and Sandra helped find us first class accommodation that met all of our criteria. Highly recommend working with this company.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Totally professional. We could not have been happier.
From our first communication with Shemeji, we were very impressed. Emails were always answered quickly, providing plenty of detailed information. We wanted a variation to the itinerary which was simply altered to accommodate our request.
The tour was fabulous, from our first morning entering Tarangire to our last day at Ngorongoro Crater.
Our guide/ driver, Adam, was fabulous. He managed to spot animals which we couldn’t even see initially, all whilst negotiating difficult roads. He seemed to have an uncanny knowledge about where to park and wait for the animals to come to us. A special thank you to Adam.
The accommodation provided was lovely. The hosts were all friendly and welcoming.
Tanzania has given us such special memories, we are grateful to Shemeji for playing a large part in this. Asante.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Not the cheapest, but Robert provided a very very personal and professional service.
Robert at Wanderlust was always quick to respond and accommodated all my requests before I arrived in Africa.
The Wanderlust service was not the cheapest, but if you want an easy booking while not in Africa, and a very personal and professional service from pick up to drop off you will get that with Robert.
Of note, it does seem that Wanderlust is an on seller of tours of sorts - our initial pick up was conducted by Wanderlust, however the game drive was conducted in a vehicle that was branded with different logos, and with people who had booked through other companies and consequently paid alternate prices.
This situation had not been explained to me prior, so I had been expecting a consistent group however it changed on both days (day one there were 4 of us and day two there were 6 of us).... - however as stated above, given how easy Robert made the booking, and his professional service - I still regard it as a positive trip, just if I did it again I would ask those questions, as I personally prefer when a tour is conducted by the one operator, and is not out sourced.
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great intro to Tanzanian wildlife!
Robert and his guides provided us with an excellent two day safari to Taringire National Park and Ngorongoro Crater. The driver, Issa, was amazing and very willing to get in as close as possible for us to view and photograph the wildlife. He was very enthusiastic and friendly to us. The overnight at a campsite was amazing, perched above lake manyara. A very tasty dinner was followed by native dances and acrobatics. The staff here were very friendly and accommodating. Also Robert was always very quick to respond and he went out of his way to arrange for our transfer to and from Moshi and was always early for our scheduled pick ups.
I recommend this or a similar trip with this outfit. They offer much more than the 2 day safari that we joined. Thanks African Wanderlust!