IT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Victoria Falls Tour 4 days
All went smoothly. It was a very nice tour. All the guides were very good.
CA
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent variety and quantity of wildlife.
We used lodges varying from primitive and rustic to 4-star class. A guided kayak trip out of Maun was based in ordinary 2-person tents. The Footsteps lodge was cabin-sized tents with plumbing, but the Little Kwara lodge was much better appointed. The food at both lodges was very good. The guided game drives produced many great close-up wildlife sightings and the guides were usually well trained and very friendly. Our weather in May was unusually cool, getting down to near freezing some nights. The days were comfortable, but the temps for dawn game drives required a jacket on top of a sweater. The clothes that we took were not quite warm enough for comfort in these conditions. The upside of the low temperatures was that we had no trouble at all with bugs.
Our favorite memories came from dawn and sunset game-tracking walks with the local native guide on our kayak trip north of Maun.
We had a superb safari, well organised and with an excellent guide and driver.
The whole trip went well, from the earliest contact with Kikwetu. We couldn't have had a better guide than Isaac Oumar, who is an expert on the habits of the wildlife and culture of the area. Together with our very competent driver Robert, they were able to predict the best places to view even elusive animals like leopards, lion prides, and a broad range of animals by predicting their hideouts and behaviour. We thoroughly enjoyed their company and learnt much about the region. I would now like to do other tours led by Isaac who is an expert on the whole east coast even beyond Kenya I believe.
US
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
A class act all the way. Perfection down to the minute details. Could not have been better!
We booked our 14 day Africa itinerary with Africa Untamed through Pam Blair in California on a friends recommendation. We live in Florida so this was a long distance internet relationship. All of our many questions plus tweaking of the itinerary worked out by Pam and AU were answered and attended to quickly and painlessly. We chose to arrive in Africa via Johannesburg to access Victoria Falls and Botswana wildlife. The arrangements for this portion of the trip was coordinated by AU and their contacts with Victoria Falls Anytime. We were met at the airport by Jean our quide, who treated us like royalty! The choice of accommodations and activities was excellent. Jean our guide was wonderful, knowledgeable, entertaining and outgoing. WE learned a lot about Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana from her.We are experienced travelers but could not begin to have done this on our own. On arrival at Nairobi we were spotted in baggage claim by an agent for AU and whisked thru customs to meet Elphas Ongong'o owner of AU who delivered us to our lovely hotel the Fairmont Norfolk. Again more royalty treatment as Elphas took us to a fine restaurant for dinner and came in the morning with Simon Muriuki who was to be our guide and host for the next 4 days. Elphas told us Simon Muriuki is probably the best guide in Kenya and we could not agree more! His vast knowledge of his country and it's animals was amazing! As a result of his commentary, we knew more about the animals, than some of our other quides!. We set off for the 5 hour ride to the Samburu Simba lodge seeing a great cross section of Kenyan countryside. Two days there followed by a day at Sweetwaters Tented camp with Simon as our personal guide and spotter provided us with amazing photographs of a variety of animals, including the big 5, close up. Thanks to him, we have some very amazing photographs! Flying an hour plus and two intermediate stops from Nanyuki to Masai Mara Game preserve gave us a birds eye view of the various levels of agriculture and wilderness. Our "home for 4 days was the luxury tented camp Il Moran. We got to finish the tour seeing and photographing the big 5 plus all the other animals, again capped by a balloon ride and gourmet breakfast where the balloon landed in the plains within the park. Our flight back to Nairobi again encompassed two intermediate stops' Once again we were met by Elphas who delivered us back to the Fairmont for a rest and repack and our final ride back to the airport to start our 48 hour journey home. AU, Elphas, Simon, Africa as well as all the accommodations and activities met and often exceeded our expectations. We were sad to see the end but very glad we did it!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing and wonderful safari with Faustin Tour & Travel
I was very happy with the service I received from Faustin and his company, was amazing and wonderful safari ever i experienced, are the people who care customer,educated and skilled, I will return again to Faustin tour & Travel, congratulations Faustin tour and his staff,tour guide, drivers you made my day,, looking forward to return again,thank you once again
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Awesome safari in Tanzania!!
In late May my family (husband, son, myself) visited several natural areas in Tanzania for a safari. Arranged as a 4 day safari, we visited Tarangire National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, and the Serengeti National Park. While in the NCA we also visited the Leakey museum. It was simply an awesome experience, thanks in large part to the safari company who arranged things (Shadows of Africa) and our guide (Richard). I initially worked with Stacy, who answered my questions, created a plan that met our families needs and wants, and arranged the details so I didn't have to. She was very patient, as I had many questions. When one of our lodge choices suddenly became unavailable (due to fire) she reached out to let us know and helped us to find a suitable replacement.
In country, we worked with Natasha in the office and Richard as our guide. Natasha was very gracious, and Richard is simply the best! We enjoyed our time with him very much and he is an excellent, experienced game tracker. We were able to see the Big 5, many with little babies, and so much more. My husband and son love the big cats, and I adore giraffe's. Richard was so knowledgeable about all sorts of animals, and if he did not know an answer used books he keeps in his vehicle to help find the information we wanted.
All in all, this is not only an excellent trip, but arranging the details through Shadows of Africa is priceless because you are in good hands! If you have the opportunity to have Richard as I guide, jump at the chance. He is the best!
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent Service and Personal Connection!
I was apprehensive about booking such an expensive trip with a company halfway across the world, but let me say that this company provided the most amazing customer service ever! I am so happy I booked with Encounter Africa Safaris!!!
My driver, Emma (short for Emmanuel), made sure that I was content, happy and that I was enjoying my stay. Emma went about and beyond to even help me purchase a Rwandan cell phone and do a currency exchange at a good rate. Emma drove very cautiously and I never felt unsafe on this journey. As a single woman traveling alone, that was very important to me. Emma made sure when I got back to the city that I was settled in and even dropped me off at the Genocide Center after my trip. He waited until he was sure I was set with my admission and audio tour rental at his discounted rate. Emma was very eager to learn about Florida where I live and was equally as enthusiastic in sharing with me all about Rwanda and Uganda. We had a lot of great conversation. When my safari trip ended, I felt that I had made a friend in the process.
The lodge Encounter Africa Safari selected was the best of the best! I highly, highly recommended the Le Bambou Lodge at the base of the National Park. I reviewed this lodge on TripAdvisor with more detail.
Chris, the travel consultant for EAS, was very helpful through the process and even made a few personal phone calls before I left the US and while on my safari tour to ensure that I was satisfied with my trip and that everything was going well.
This team was very professional. I would most certainly use them again.
FR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A breath taking Safari !
Our Safari was perfect from the beginning to the end !, very personalized, warm welcome, transportation was in a real "safari car" (we were really excited), the aircraft was a really good experience too. We stayed at Selous River Camp, amazing place! I have no words to describe the atmosphere, it was breathtaking. During our stay we were guided by Said, who showed us how amazing and beautiful the parc is. He knew exactly how to track all the animals around the parc. It was nice to spent our safari experience with him.
We stayed only three days in this paradise, (not enough for us to see all of the "big five"!, but we loved what we saw!), we would loved to spent more time.
Thanks Gecko for the organisation, thank you Rama, you were really helpful, thank you Said for all your knowledge, thanks to all the boys at Selous River Camp for the great service!
We definitely recommend it!!!!!!
FR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing Experience
I recently booked a safari with Time 4 Africa with my friends from Dar Es Salaam to Arusha and finally to Zanzibar. The experience was better than I had expected. The entire team are extremely professional, kind hearted, reliable and efficient and I cannot thank them enough for making this a very memorable experience for me and my friends. Good job guys...!!
DK
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Unforgettable Safari with Tanzania Safari Land
Absolutely the best service and experience I have had. I have been exceedingly fortunate to travel parts of the world and this Tanzania Safari Land is the BEST