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35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Review about Lake Manyara National Park by nicole_reigelman
Lake Manyara seemed smaller to me than other parks, but had a wealth of birds and other wildlife, especially monkeys and baboons. I was there on an overcast and windy day which made for a different and fantastic experience.
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35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Amazing diversity of wildlife; more lions than I've seen at any other park in Africa.
We spent one day in Ngorongoro Crater. The drive up to the top of the Crater alone was amazing. We were traveling with Ranger Safaris, and we were very confident in our guide's ability and knowledge. We stayed at the Sopa lodge, apparently one of only three on the Crater's rim. Service and food were fantastic,and wildlife wandered right up to the sun porch on the back of our room. Weather changed throughout the day, which made for a great experience. I've been on over a dozen game drives, and would say the standouts at the Crater were seeing a pride of 12 or more lions, a pond full of hippos who were rolling over in the water, and hundreds of zebras. What a day! Highly recommended part of any trip to Tanzania.
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65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Serengeti National Park by Gordon Magee
Such as vast area that one can not readily comprehend all that it encompasses
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65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Lake Manyara National Park by Gordon Magee
Excellent area with such a diverse ecology
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65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
A trip of a lifetime. More to see than one could possible image
We recently had the unique opportunity to visit the Ngorongoro Crater during a Safari arranged by Road Scholar. It is a phenomenal destination and must see to anyone visiting East Africa. During our trip we toured Amboseli National Park, Lake Manyara National Park, Ngorongoro Carter, Serengti and Masai Mara. The highlight was the base of Ngorongoro Crater with its large variety of animals and birds that inhabit the Conservation area around Lake Magadi. We were able to easily view and photograph from close range elephant, cape buffalo, rhino, wildebeast, ostrich, zebra, topi, eland, warthog, gazelle, waterbuck, jackal, grey crowned stork, tawny eagle, black-sholdered kite, sacred ibis, weaver bird, kori and Hartlaub's Bustard, and many other birds. In the evening we enjoyed excellent entertainment and dinner at the Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge on the Crater rim. We highly recommend this facility for its rooms, views and superb food. Our guide was Edwin Nyabuto. He was the best possible guide in every aspect (knowledgeable, articulate, patient, helpful, caring of all participants)
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
So much wild life, great accommodation, 4 star tour operator
The wild life viewing was excellent, saw the big five and and was blown away by the number of animals everywhere. Weather was great, warm still days and mild nights. Both mid-range tented camps were awesome, like glamping, the Rhino lodge was also great. The lunches that our tour operators organized were not great.
Our guide was knowledgeable and got us close to the animals however his communication with the daily plans weren’t good, there was some communication problems and we were not told about certain experiences that we could have had, and had to wait around a couple of hours for differences in tours between other people in our car. There was some awkwardness regarding the tip, the guide accepted ours but other people in our group who offered less were made to feel bad and the guide asked for more from them which I thought was distasteful. We weren’t advised of tipping amounts/expectations prior to trip. Overall, has a great time and would reccommend the safari to others!!
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35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Review about Tanzania by nicole_reigelman
Tanzania was beautiful with friendly people. The lodges were incredible, and driving though the countryside to get to them was a pleasant experience as well.
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65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
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35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Exceeded expectations!
We live in Argentina and we got to Native Escapes by the internet, without having had any reference from anyone we knew. We were looking for a family safari and beach in east Africa.
Marie was so very helpful and immediately got the type of holidays we were looking for. All her suggestions were great and while in Tanzania we realized we had taken the right decision with NE. Our guide was great and helpful. Our children (13 and 11) were astonished from such an experience of watching wildlife that close. Accommodation was very good and food was good for us and the children.
This were one of our best holidays and Marie and Native Escapes had a lot to do with it.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Awesome!
I don't really have words to describe my experience with Hekima, this was beyond fantastic! I went to Tanzania for one week to meet my sister who was doing an internship in a hospital and was expecting to stay on my own for long periods of time until I met the Hekima family! They organized all my trips and sightseeing and treated me like family, never felt so welcomed in a country before! Amazing treatment, Very good value for money and extremely organized! The accommodation was also very good, even got a complementary upgrade on the first nights!