35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic Experience
Jono and the team at Encompass Africa were very responsive to all our requests during the planning phase of our trip. They only sell trips to Africa, so are experts in this region. We found them extremely knowledgeable. Once on safari, everything ran smoothly. If you are booking a trip to Africa, look no further than Encompass Africa - we highly recommend them.
FR
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Organization of a 1 week trip to Nakuru and Masai Mara reserves park, then Mombasa
Good organization ( not one mistake :):):)
Good reactivity from management when asked to change a plan at the last minute
Drivers/guide all speak french, and VERY IMPORTANT, are SAFE road drivers (which to me the most important point)
Choice of hotels (level of confort) must be well discussed before
Average evaluation: EXCELLENT
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
3 Days in Selous Game Reserve
Amazing experience that went beyond all expectations!!
Everything went smooth and we enjoy every moments, the driver and cook (Tony and Joseph) were really friendly and professionals and did their best to make sure we had the best experience.
The Hippo camp was also great with friendly manager and staff and superb views of the river.
Kanuth was always quick to respond, friendly and was checking on us to make sure that we were happy.
He also booked the ferry tickets for us to Zanzibar and one hotel night in Stone Town to help us out.
The boat safari was cool and the game drive was just amazing, we saw all animals that is possible to see in Selous and lots of them!! including hyenas and wild dogs!
Not so sure on the walking safari though.. would have preferred a half day game drive instead.
To sum it up, this company has feel of a small family run business which deal with his customers on a personal level and care about them. Now I am already thinking to visit Tanzania again for another safari adventure...
DE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
My heartfelt thanks, love Merci, dear Simon for your Super organizing our trip!!!!!!!!!
Many, many thanks to you for your Super organizing our trips;
and also again so, so so, many, many heartfelt thanks to:
- Nasero our best 4-star chef in the world,
- Richard our super guide and safe driver
- and last but not least, our helpful and caring Maasai guide Papaa!!
Please pass it on.
We can provide all three naturally only recommend and Nasero, Richard & Papaa would book again immediately!!!
The same applies for guide and driver Mohamed Hamza on Zanzibar.
Eastern Sun Tours has organizid the following Safaris & tours for us super excelently & perfektly:
1. Lake Manyara NP. Full day Safari,
2. Ngorongoro Crater NP. Full day Safari,
3. Ngorongoro Crater to Empakai Crater Walking Safari,
4. Lake Natron NP. with Safaris & Visites to Lake Natron Flamingos, Human Foot Steps 2,4Mio. years old Foot
Steps, Walking Safari to the Waterfall, Visite to the Visitor Center,
5. Visiting above the active Volcan Oldonyo Lengai,
All trips, Safaris, Walks & Visitings are just in time, punctually and perfectly well done!!!
Many heartly thanks for the made it possible unique impressions: We would be made immediately organizes from you this trip!!
Again and again, with you,
Merci & Simon and your super team of Eastern Sun Tours
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An amazing holiday
Dear Safarihub team,
I would like to thank you for an amazing holiday to Tanzania. The game, the guides, the lodges were excellent. We saw so many animals including the big five in their natural habitat. Our guide Eliza was excellent in giving all the information. The Ngorongoron crater was absolutely spectacular. The holiday in Zanzibar was the icing on the cake. It was a very well organised holiday and once in a lifetime experience for us.
I would definitely recommend it
Aruna
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
They made my dream trip to Africa possible in an affordable and practical way and amazing way!
brilliant - I was travelling alone and when stuck in Uganda due to problems in Kenya encompass had me out and on track in hours! A god send
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
well looked after
we wanted to see animals and were unsure about how and when and where, emcompass Africa took us under their wing and set up a perfect tour for us which exceeded our expectations at every turn. we were met by their people everywhere we went, at no time during the trip were we unsure of what was next or where we had to meet. I would never go to Africa again without their help and I am definitely going again. encompass Africa care.
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Ngorongoro, Serengeti and Meru National Park
We had a very good time on safari with KenyaWalking. The safari was well organized and the guides Jeromiah and Clement made sure that we saw a lot of animals. The safari itself met our expectations to the highest. Timing for the driving can however be improved a bit :-).
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Most Awesome Experience
I was very hesitant about using a tour operator where I couldn't walk into their office. I live in another state and my usual travel agent could not get us the type of holiday we wanted to experience in Africa. We had been one other time to Africa and used our normal travel agent and after that experience we knew we wanted something different. From my first dealings with Jonathan I could not have been happier. I think the fact that Jonathan was South African and had travelled to the countries he was trying to send us to that was of great help. I explained exactly what our family was after and we are a family of four travelling with two children at that time aged 12 and 11. Most tour operators didn't want to touch us given our children's ages but Jonathan immediately found a tour operator on the ground that had no difficulty in taking us on. We had not travelled to Tanzania before and I said to Jonathan we wanted something more rugged and didn't want 100 cars and 1 animal to look at. We travelled in the Serengeti and then to the Northern Seregenti towards the Kenyan border. Our experience was one in a million and when we travel to Africa again which we hope to be in 2016 I will definitely use Jonathan again. In our experience in Tanzania we hit the ground running in Arusha and stayed a lodge for the first two nights and then went out with Wayo Africa and did camping (like you do in Australia) but in the middle of no where with no one else around throughout the Serengeti. We did break it up one other time staying in a luxury lodge and that was nice. We used mobile safari tenting which meant we changed our camp several times during the 17 days in Tanzania and each had it's own unique experience. At each camp we arrived the tents and meal areas were already set up so there was no involvement by us in setting up the tents or cooking. I could not recommend this type of trip highly enough. Our first time in Africa we had stayed in luxury tented lodges and nothing compares to the type of trip we experienced through Encompass Africa. Our children absolutely loved the trip. I can say I had some trepidation about sleeping in a tent before we left, not worried about the animals out there but more that I was being a bit of a princess. Next time we travel I want the same experience because nothing beats having an area to yourself and you can go wherever you like. I learnt that you don't need a flushing toilet and a running shower because the experience you get on this type of trip is worth every minute of roughing it a little. Having said that we did not rough it when it came to food. I think I had better meals sometimes than I have at home without a hotplate, oven or microwave. On the ground we were looked after by Wayo Africa and we had a driver named James. He was terrific and it is your driver's experience that means you get to see things I think you would otherwise not see just based on their knowledge of the areas you are travelling in. James had been a driver for 10 years and I think we got along well as he also had a child and could relate to our kids. I know at the time when I made our booking with Encompass Africa I could not find any feedback good or bad about them and that did leave me with some nagging doubts but I was definitely proved wrong and in this day and age of the internet I could not recommend Encompass Africa highly enough. What are you waiting for, call them and get that dream holiday to Africa booked, you won't regret it.
FR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
I will definitely recommend this company
We are Italian couples. We chose this tour agency base on safaribookings reviews. Our guide and driver, James was fantastic. He showed us the Tanzania beauty with a great service. I will definitely recommend this company for your vacation in Tanzania. Thank you James. You are the best☺.