IT
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
How to make your first Kenya safari unforgettable
Our first experience in Africa and everything went well.
First of all thanks to Maggie who was unsurpassed in helping us to organize our trip in the best possible way, with precious advice and continuous support.
In the end we spent 6 days: 2 nights in Amboseli, 1 night in Nakuru and 3 nights in Masai Mara, all the accomodations were great.
Nicholas picked us up at 5 am at the airport with a Land Cruiser all for us 4 and took us all the way to the last day in Nairobi. I think it's impossible to find a better guide than Nicholas!
He has been very good to take us around to see the animals, to answer with competence to all our questions and to advise on the best things to do.
We have get early morning game drives, late afternoon game drives and full day game drives.
Thanks to him we saw everything we expected to see, and maybe even more. Thanks again Nicholas.
We highly recommend Bison Safaris.
Stefano, Daniela, Alessandro, Arianna
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing northern Tanzania safari!!!!
My husband and I had the most incredible safari experience in northern Tanzania dec2017-jan2018 organised by Jackson from Bush2City. We visited Tarangire(amazing amount of elephants), Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro crater(to see black rhino), Ndutu(wilderbeest migration and lots of zebra babies) and the central serengeti(best place to see leopard). We saw so many animals up close -lions,giraffes,elephants, buffalo etc etc! A leopard walked right next to our car and we saw a cheetah chase in action! We also did a Coffee tour and some cultural visits which we loved. We visited a Maasai boma(a traditional,non-touristy one).
I enquired with many safari companies(there are lots!) before booking, but we are extremely happy we chose Bush2city! Bush2City is a smaller Tanzanian owned safari company and the attention to detail, prompt responses and personal customer service was obvious from the start. No request was too large.
I also found the quotes from Bush2city MUCH more competitive than all other companies without compromising on quality. In fact I ended up booking our zanzibar portion of our trip(inc. flights etc) with Bush2city too as I found it cheaper(and much easier) than if I did it myself(as I usually do). Once we arrived in Arusha, we asked to go around and see extra things not on our itinerary and this was all done at no extra charge.
I asked a million questions before booking and Jackson was very patient and detailed with responses. Jackson knows safaris inside out as he has been a guide for years and has a true passion for giving guests the time of their lives. All of his recommendations were spot on. Accommodation he chose for us was perfect! The staff, food and locations were great..... although if you have a particular place you want to stay this can easily be organised too.
Bush2city sets itself apart by genuinely caring for its clients rather than just adding another number to the list of tourists that come through.
For our packed safari lunches we had a huge picnic basket filled with an amazing array of local gourmet specialities rather than the simple ham sandwiches that everyone else around us was eating everyday. We felt like royalty!
Our safari landcruiser was so comfortable with a pop up roof, charging station, fridge and cb radio.
I requested to do some charity visits and this was added into our itinerary with no problem or extra charges that other companies seemed to have.
Bush2city also organises other things like safaris in Kenya, gorilla trekking in Uganda and Rwanda, Kilimanjaro trekking etc etc. and I’m sure these trips are also amazing.
In terms of paying for our safari, everything was completely safe, secure and straight forward.
I wouldn’t hesitate recommending Bush2city for the ultimate safari.
Thank you Bush2city!
FYI - OUR ITINERARY
Day 1- walking safari Arusha NP and Coffee tour tengeru cultural programme(both awesome)
2-Tarangire NP(beautiful and so many elephants)
3-mto wa mbo walking tour, Maasai boma and Lake Manyara NP
4- PM game drive serengeti NP(amazing)
5-serengeti
6-AM Serengeti, PM ndutu(wildebeest migration)
7- ndutu(our fave game drive place)
8-ndutu
9-AM ndutu. PM walk on ngorongoro crater
10- AM game drive ngorongoro crater and back to Arusha
SI
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing safari experience with excellent guide
We decided for safari in Tsavo East national park, which is located not so far away from the coast. Our experience was excellent, the guide was very punctual, he gave us many information about local life in Kenya, he made our safari experience memorable. We liked our camp, as it was placed by the river, where we could observe hippos in the morning and in the evening. The WOW moment was definitely an elephant Mario, a camp pet, which sometimes comes to the camp and freely walks around it. we were lucky to see him, it's nice to see a wild animal so up close. Me and my friends were definitely happy with safari organisation, so keep on with good work Eyes on Africa!
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
It was a most memorable exprience, well planned and overall exceeded my expectations
Communications were prompt and on point. My expectations were exceeded and the safari tour was divine with the tour driver quite knowledgeable on the flora and the fauna. We managed to for once track and find all the animal and bird species. The hotel services were above and beyond with the staff exceptional in their courtesy and service. I had a baby and was at first worried whether his needs would be met. I was however quite impressed by how they catered to his every need including food and service. I would without any hesitation recommend them for any travel.
CH
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Game drive
Thank you for this amazing game drive Hans! You are a very good driver and the best guide!
AE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Review about Selous Game Reserve by Simon Betterton
Great birds and hippos on the Rufiji River, a highly entertaining and informative safari walk with Ndidi, and so many lovely animals in the Reserve. A great start to our trip, only surpassed by Mikumi.
AE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Review about Mikumi National Park by Simon Betterton
Sleeping lions, mating lions, tree lions! A gorgeous leopard, and every other animal we could hope to see. Plus, sleeping in the park cabins, and being woken by a giraffe eating the leaves outside our window at 2 am. added to so many memorable moments.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Our guide did a great job trying to make sure we saw all the animals possible.
The vehicle was nice for the long drives but also made seeing the animals really easy. We had a wonderful guide John and Patrick who helped point out animals and made sure we had everything we needed. The accommodations and food were fine, you get what you pay for. There were some changes to our accommodations that would have been nice to made aware of ahead of time. Since we were coming from a different country the communication could have been better but overall a good experience.
AE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing guide found all the animals we could have hoped for and more.
It surpassed our expectations. We had an excellent guide and were extremely lucky to see so many and such variety of beautiful animals.
CA
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
we are doing a trip soon. we look forward to your service.
we are doing trip on Jan 18. we booked on Viator. It seems efficient online booking.