An excellent start
A good start to our tour of Tanzania with nice accommodation, excellent birding and some lovely scenery
Close to being the finest National Park in Africa
I've already been to South Luangwa National park 3 times and will be going again next year. This is simply an outstanding place in every way, shape and form. It has an outstanding bush vibe as well as exceptional guiding. The night drives and walking are unbeatable.
The wildlife is just superb. I saw so many elephants, hippos, lions, leopards and antelope. The birdlife was just superb.
One of my favorite safari locations
I stayed at Chada Katavi for seven nights in August of last year. I have to say that Katavi offers one of the highest levels of bush vibe in Africa.
The wildlife viewing was simply outstanding. I've never seen bigger pods of hippos nor more crocodiles as well as massive herds of buffalo and topi. There were lots of elephants and they often came into camp. I saw lions and leopards.
I went fly camping for two nights and on one night drive. Fly camping was particularly enjoyable. My night drive was simply awesome. One can go for hours without seeing another person.
TW
Life,and is rich in water in a wild subway fare from a good place
Murchison Falls National Park.
And you ship out. Victoria enjoying murchison falls and evening time the ecological environment.The park has grasslands, marshes, rivers, such as a variety of terrain, with the wildlife in the hippopotamus, giraffe and crocodile is the most famous.
DE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Awful tour for affordable price level.
We can truly say, we had a great tour with many highlights, especially in Maasai Mara, where we got in close contact to the big five. Before starting the tour we had no big expectations, but after the tour all our expectations have been fulfilled. The accommodations were okay as well as the food, which was served. We had a perfect guide (Arony). He was a very good and safe driver and took care about us all the time. We can recommend Karibu Safaris in Kenya to all, who would like a budget and no luxory safari.
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
This company stole our deposit, made zero bookings, and now will not respond to emails
We have been scammed by this company (It Started in Africa) and cheated out of USD 3,300.
We have been thinking about an African safari for a long time. In July 2017 we started looking into safari companies and selected It Started in Africa based on excellent previous reviews. We contacted then, they sent us an itinerary. After several exchange of emails, we decided to go ahead with them, and wired them a deposit of about USD 3,300.
After this, things started going south. They did not initially send us any confirmations of any bookings at the lodges which we had requested. After many emails, they sent us pictures of lodge invoices, which all showed that the amounts were still payable to the lodges. We contacted each individual lodge, and each one said that they did not have any bookings with this safari company. They had previous bookings, which got cancelled as this company did not send them the advance payment out of the deposit that we had paid.
We also read about several other reviews that indicated that this company had scammed many others out of their money recently, and they had gone bankrupt.
Now we are in a state of panic as we seem to have lost our money, and we do not have any safari reservations at any lodge. Our emails to them are now going un-answered.
If any one has been able to get their money back, please post on this review board on how they went about it.
NL
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A fantastic adventure through South Africa
Going on safari with Benjamin as our guide was perfect.
Benjamin is very enthusiastic, he knows a lot about the nature and culture of South Africa and he is a real gentlemen.
Thanks to him it was a great journey that we will never forget.
IN
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Really great and exceptional experience
My wife and I were recommended by the Sarova Mara hotel to book our 3 day safari at the Masai Mara with the Bigfoot Adventures. Since, it was our honeymoon trip, we wanted everything perfect, including the car, the guide, trips, minute details etc. We were absolutely delighted with every single thing we received.
The Car: We got the best 4x4. I can vouch for it as other guides and tourists used to stare at our huge and new car. It was very comfortable and made the safari experience very enriching. At many points in the safari, our guide drove across fully utilizing the car's power across rough trails and ponds.
Guide: Dexter was our guide for the 3 day sojourn. Dexter was very professional, friendly, knowledgeable and really great at spotting animals. At several occasions, we were the first to spot the animals and other cars would simply follow us via radio chatter. At one time, Dexter spotted first the rhino (such a rarity and luck!) and he drove across the terrain while not losing sight so that we won't miss it. I am sure we kept Dexter busy by asking him so many questions not only about the animals but also about everything under the sun in Kenya! He responded very well to all our questions with great interests.
Overall experience: We really enjoyed the entire experience. BigFoot really made it very good for us. Big thumbs up! I am pretty sure, if we come to Kenya again, we are going to call them up again. Mercy/Maureen were the people whom we contacted for booking our tour. They were very humble and courteous and they really helped us make our journey memorable.
DE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Wonderful Safaris
Orongai Africa Safaris is a young company.
Despite all this, Asseri, the founder of the company, is an experienced guide.
I have known him for 7 years.
Not only once could I spend unforgettable days in Tanzania under his guidance.
A perfect organization with great attention to detail made the safaris to highlights in my life.
It was always possible to express wishes and to plan and carry out the safari as I wanted.
Asseri is a great guide, reliable and always in a good mood.
On the safaris I received from him a lot of information about Tanzania, the unique landscape and the wonderful wildlife.
You can feel his love for his homeland and his profession.
So I also learned to love this country and to be enthusiastic about it.
The company is definitely recommended.
The value for money is right and the recommended accommodations are perfectly selected.
Orongai Africa Safaris - always a great experience!
See you in Tanzania, maybe soon again!
Dear Asseri, dear Martha, I wish you all the best!
IN
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Well Planned Kenya Safari
This was our first trip to Africa let alone Kenya, so before planning the tour I was very apprehensive about booking directly with a Safari company in Kenya. However because I wanted a customized itinerary and also has a budget I contacted Shoor Safaris through a referral from a friend who had travelled to Kenya with this operator.
From the time I emailed the Shoor team till when we arrived for our 7 day Safari the communication was very clear, informative and to the point.
The actual safari was amazing..words cannot describe the beauty of Kenya and its wildlife not to mention its people.
Our Driver was also the perfect guide and a very nice jovial person who took care of every part of our tour. We had such a good time that we have decided as a family that will be back to East Africa in the near future.
So thank you to Shoor Safaris in Kenya for the memorable Safari !