20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Review about Samburu National Reserve by aaroy
Very nice park, with less tourists than the more famous parks. Big cats are there, though not in large numbers. Zebras and giraffes are differents species than here than in the south/central Kenya.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Review about Marakele National Park by South Africa Nature and Stuff
park is a bit small
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Review about Kruger National Park by South Africa Nature and Stuff
best game in South Africa
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
A Wild Adventure
Living in South Africa, I have seen quite a few of our wild life reserves but few hold more charm than Itala. Although no lion are in the reserve the Elephant and other game make up for it. The drives are extremely interesting and the 4x4 route might be one of the best routes I have ever taken...
The accommodation is with out saying the best I have seen in a national park in South Africa. I think the only limitation is that you could not really spend more than 3 to 4 days at the park. We generally use it as a stop over either going down to Cape Vidal, or returning from Cape Vidal.
The main camp also has really cool hikes starting from beginner to advanced.
US
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Review about Zambia by Jim Scarff
The countryside is fairly flat so it lacks the great vistas of East Africa, but offers much less crowded conditions and excellent wildlife viewing.
CI
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Kenya by aabangasser
My only safari experience in Kenya was at Nairobi National Park, which I don't believe is really representative of all that you can see there. I have heard great things of some of the other parks though, and understand they are truly exceptional.
BE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Uganda, the real pearl of Africa
Uganda is the best African country we did. The wildlife is very diversified.
The birds are beautiful and we had the chance to spot the magnificent shoebill.
We did spot many species of kingfishers (Woodland, Pied, Malachite, Giant kingfisher).
The most emotional moments we shared in company of the mountain gorilla's nearby Lake Mutanda.
We spend a lot of time with them and we could make beautiful portraits of them!
In Bwindi NP, we spend 3 nights in a basic tented camp, completely lost in the rainforest. Unforgettable!
We met also lots of kids there, and we really were touched by their presence and kindness!
If you ever plan to visit Uganda, do not hesitate, you will be surprised by his beauty (better than Kenya).
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Review about South Africa by South Africa Nature and Stuff
Amazing country with amazing diversity
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Family Summit of Kilimanjaro with Trek2Kili 2014
Our family of 4 (ages 47, 47, 21 and 20) was lucky enough visit to Africa in 2014. Without doubt the highlight was our week trekking with our wonderful Tre2Kili crew. We chose Trek2 Kili because we really wanted to work with a company owned and run by Tanzanians. Azizi, the owner, was a porter himself and worked up to guiding and then to running his own company. We chose the 7 day Rongai route, as many companies we consulted offered it as the best acclimatization route. The crew we worked with was outstanding and worked so hard to make everything as easy and pleasant as possible for us. We truly just needed to do the hiking each day, everything else was done for us. We are so grateful to our guides (Roger and Godlove), all of the porters and especially our cook (King). The food was terrific, really unbelievably good for being in the wilderness for 7 days. I found King's soups each day to be particularly life-reviving! The crew was also very pleasant and fun to work with each day. We were made to feel like family. My 20 year old son spent many down-time hours playing hacky-sack and cards with our crew. He had an absolute blast. Summit night was certainly a challenge, but all 4 of us made it to Uhuru peak without any real problems. For the actual summit attempt, we had our 2 guides (Rogers and Godlove) plus 2 summit porters (Charles and "Diesel") to carry everything and give extra attention. The Rongai route was absolutely beautiful and seemed to enter a different eco-system each day (up though pine forest, moorlands, alpine tundra, moonscape and then down a different route which added rainforest on the final descent). I truly loved the trekking each day, and for myself walking in this quiet beauty was even better than the summit! The Bristol Cotteges hotel Trek2Kili arranged for the nights before and after the trek in Moshi was excellent, clean and comfortable. We highly recommend Trek2Kili and all our crew.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
The most fantastic experience of my life
I returned to Tanzania in January this year with my partner and another couple. I first went to Tanzania and went on safari with African Scenic Safaris 5 years ago, at this time I also climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. The service throughout was 100% and it inspired me to return to see more of Tanzania, again with African Scenic Safaris. We spent 6nights/7days on safari which included 3 game parks, where we saw all of the big five, 1 night at lake Eyasi, where we visited the bushman and finally concluding our trip with a night at a Masai village.
Amanda was easily contactable via email and nothing was too difficult to organise and would always respond promptly - before, during and after our safari. She also helped us plan other activities in Tanzania, including around Moshi and on Zanzibar. Our safari guide was Grayson, he was extremely knowledgable, while having plenty of humour which made our safari full of experience and a thoroughly enjoyable time. Omari was our cook and the food throughout exceeded everyone's expectations and we were never left needing more. The cleanliness of the food preparations and the quality of the food was exceptional. We were very impressed with the vehicle which was well maintained, clean and better than most others we saw whilst on safari.
I would highly recommend going on safari or a Kilimanjaro climb with African Scenic Safaris. I have recommended quite a few friends and will continue to do so.