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20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Review about Augrabies Falls National Park by Graham
A beautiful park with much more than just the falls and the canyons. We saw many mammals and bird species on our long drives.
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
From birds to mammals to scenery, Kgalagadi has it all.
The wildlife at Kgalagadi is the main reason to go, in my opinion. You'll have a great chance of seeing lions, meerkats, eland, gemsbok, ostrich, warthogs and more. As a birder, I enjoyed seeing things like Verreaux's Eagle Owl, Secretarybird, Black-chested Snake-eagle, swallow-tailed bee-eaters and many, many more. The facilities/accommodations are excellent as well, and the park is easily accessible and well-maintained. The massive Kgalagadi Transfrontier Pakr is one of the gems in the excellent South African National Park system, and one of the few that is comparable to Kruger.
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Review about South Africa by Graham
I think you can't really do better than South Africa for a safari/wildlife viewing. It has all the wildlife and scenery you'll want to see, and generally better infrastructure (transportation, accomodation, etc) than most other African countries.
US
Amazing
It was an amazing trip , only if i could stay more :D Totally perfect from the first day to the last !
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Group trip for 38 people
I can absolutely recommend Tembo Adventures for safaris, even with big groups like ours. We have used them for many years, every year with more people going so far. Justin and his colleagues treat you as a customer in a really good way. Justin is reachable on email or phone anytime and eventual challenges are sorted out in the best way. Tembo is positive, knows a lot and are professional. I highly recommend this safari company!
CA
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing experience!
Masaii Wanderings was amazing right from the get-go. Donna was able to deal with all my bookings and silly questions (it was my first time to Africa so I had plenty). She was incredibly helpful, professional and courteous! Even with the changes I had, she was able to accommodate me first, and then 2 friends and their slightly different schedules as well!
The camp at Naona Moru (and Diana who runs it) is also amazing and I could go on about the camp but i've left a great review on trip advisor - https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g293751-d9830857-Reviews-Naona_Moru_Camp-Serengeti_National_Park.html
I'm told that this camp is use almost exclusively by Masaii Wanderings so I can assure you that it's an amazing camp!
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best best best time ever!
My husband and I spent a week in Botswana with Odirile Safaris. We had the most amazing time of our lives. BK tailored our safari to include a scenic flight, nature walks, and a mokoro boat/ camping trip in the Okavango Delta. We camped in the Moremi Game Reserve and Chobe National Park with multiple daily game drives. BK was extremely knowledgeable. He knew how to approach animals in the safari vehicle so that we could see them engaging in natural behavior. He answered our multitude of questions about the wildlife and the environment with great depth of understanding. BK and Oris provided excellent food, wonderful hot coffee, warm water in the morning, hot showers in the afternoon, and delightful company. At night we could hear the sounds of elephants, hyenas, hippos, and impalas. During the day we saw a pride of lions as they approached a herd of giraffes. It was thrilling to watch the animals interact. We saw a pack of wild dogs trotting along the road and splitting into groups. BK explained that this is how they hunt. A water buck meandered through our camp site, followed by a lone wild dog. Although we had great experiences elsewhere in Africa, our Odirile Safari was by far the highlight. We didn't just "see" the animals, we watched them live. We are already enthusiastically planning our next adventure with BK and Odirile Safaris.
ES
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful 6 days safari
Since the first mail I crossed with Kenneth I was feeling that everything will work out properly, but once I arrived to Nairobi airport it even exceed my expectations!!
I'm very happy with all the days I've expend in this trip and the way that Ken and Livingston handled my stay. The lodges I've stayed in (Sopa lodges) were really comfortable and with a very good food. I'll definitively recommend to put yourselves on Ken hands and you'll have an unforgettable experience.
Thanks for all!!!
NL
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An unforgettable tour from Johannesburg to Capetown.
In october 2014 we made an organized trip from Johannesburg to Capetown in 4 weeks. Our guide was Kobus de Jonge from the Jewel of Africa Safaris who showed an enormous knowlegde of the country, all the different people and their history as well as the animals we saw in the different parks we visited. Kobus was serious when needed and he could make us laugh when on a lot of other occasions. He was very helpful when one of the women broke her hip. He also organized a lot of things when we had free time. I think I can speak for the group when I say that he made this trip an unforgettable one !
DE
do not book with amani tours!
We were supposed to do a 3 day Safari to Mikumi Nationalpark. We were picked up in DAR in the morning and arrived in Mikumi Nationalpark in the evening. When we were at the entrance of the Nationalpark, the driver did not have any money for the park entrance fee although we already paid the whole price for the trip that included park entry, accomodation, food, etc. So we needed to pay the entry by ourselves. Daniel, who we booked the trip with, did not answer his phone. The next day, we could not enter the park anymore since we only took a little amount of money with us because everything should be included in the price, that we already paid him and we drove back to DAR. So in the end, we had one afternoon safari (where we paid the extra entrance fee) and no safari on the other 2 days, that we had booked. He still does not answer his phone and we did not get any money back. Do not book with Amani tours, it's a trap.