50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic experience - staff, housing, and food were great - highly recommend!
Overall, it was a wonderful experience in every way. The stress of planning for the trek was removed once we turned things over to Kevin and Leslie at Experience Uganda. They took care of everything, prepared itineraries, and followed through on every detail. All of the staff associated with the Karibu Guesthouse and Buhoma Lodge were friendly and helpful. The food was great, and the accommodations were excellent. For small groups (or for large groups with a large budget), we highly recommend flying from Entebbe to Bwindi. It definitely added to the experience, as it was quick and easy, and you were able to see so much more of Uganda from the air. The gorilla trekking experience was magical, and the staff made sure we were placed with the right group of trekkers for our ability level. Experience Uganda exceeded our expectations, and we highly recommend them!
PT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Trustworthy
Muito bom
Everything is ok !
we had Martin as driver ! Great fantastic guy! The trip was ok , everything went according to plan - no scams.
Noah actually gave me a contact in Zanzibar to guide us there and he also was reliable !
5 * treatment
Would book again with them
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
On the hole a lovely experience
Accommodation is average but well cleaned
Monkeys a challenge as always but cannot be avoided. Visitors must be on the look out to protect all foodstuff
We wear accommodated in Cabin No 6. The Fridge-Freezer did not work at all
The water was absolutely rotten and cannot even be used for washing
The little shop was well equipped with sufficient bottled water and ice
NL
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A must-do when in Kenya!
We booked a short, action-packed 3 day tour to the Masai Mara national park, at the Sarova Camp facilities. It was a fantastic experience. On the 1st afternoon after our arrival from Nairobi we already saw 4 of the Big Five! The food at the camp was excellent and the service very friendly. Our driver and guide Dennis did a great job, and made us feel safe all along the journey. If only the stretch of road from Narok onwards to the Masia Mara would be asphalted.....
US
best safari experiece
They were great about getting back to me and answering questions. I would recommend this company to all.
65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
All went well with accommodation, excursions and transfers.
I am a mature lady travelling on my own so was pleased to find one of Faustins contacts waiting at the Dar Es Salaam airport for me when I arrived at 3am.
After a six hour drive we arrived at Tan- Swiss Lodge where I spent the next two days.
The itinerary was slightly bland as I ended up visiting Mikumi National Park on both days. Maybe I should have researched that a bit better.
The ferry to Zanzibar had been pre booked and after we docked I was met by Faustin’s driver and a guide to be driven for 75 minutes to my resort at Amaan Bungalows, in Nungwi for four nights
I opted to fly back from Zanzibar to Dar Es Salaam airport for my ongoing international flight rather than get the ferry. This saved lots of time and hassle and the cost was only $16 more than the price of the ferry.
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Private tour of southern and central Serengeti, Lake Manyara, and the Ngorongoro Crater.
We had a fantastic trip. Maturaf, the MD, was always timely in his communication, provided great advice but was always amenable to customization, and in general, provided great service. Our guide Emmanuel was by far the highlight of our trip. He was extremely knowledgeable, conscientious, and professional. Most of all, he was a really safe driver, and that was very obvious. A perfect trip and we would use Regional again without a doubt.
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing experiences with an awesome company. Asante-sana!
We loved our safari with Easy Travel! Beatrice and her colleagues set up a great itinerary for us, and picked wonderful places to stay in. They also helped us add on an additional cultural activity in Moshi which was great. They went above and beyond – ensuring our dietary restrictions wouldn’t be an issue and even setting up a special cake/song at the tented camp on my girlfriend’s birthday. Our driver/guide was Deo (pronounced Dao), and he was absolutely fantastic. He was a very punctual, safe and experienced driver, and the vehicle was in great shape and always clean. He was so knowledgeable, and able to tell us about every animal and plant we saw, and answered our many questions on everything from culture to customs to local tribes. In the parks you can really see the results of his many years of experience, as we were always one of the first cars to an exciting location, and we saw everything and more that we imagined – cheetahs, a leopard kill, 25+ lions, massive packs of hyenas, a rhino, etc. When we expressed interest in a certain animal that we hadn’t seen yet, he would get on the radio to see if anyone had spotted one and get us there quickly. We’re still in awe of his memorization of seemingly every road in Tanzania, including those in the Serengeti that seemed to look all the same to us. Tip: definitely take him up on the offer to start the games drives very early, we saw so much in these morning hours (even lions mating just yards from our tented camp, lol) and the sunrises were beautiful. Highly recommend both Easy Travel and Deo, and we hope to come back and travel with them again one day!
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
I enjoyed to so much I've been 3 times
I first went in 2012. I searched on-line for safaris and decided on Viva because of the good reviews. It was such a terrific experience that I took my 16-year-old daughter the following year, after business took me to J'Burg. My second trip was even better than the first. We were lucky enough to see the Big 5 because the Guides know the best places to look. Tremisana Lodge is a garden in the middle of the bush with monkeys in the trees and beautiful flowers everywhere. We saw an elephant less than 3 minutes out on our night drive and later a rare ant eater. The food was authentic, delicious and abundant. Dinner was under the Macule Tree was pure magic and a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Marc's Treehouse is entirely different and just as lovely and special. Antelope wander along the paths to the cottages and in the morning I heard chewing outside my window. It was a giraffe, eating the nearby tree. She was more startled by the distant lion's roar than by me looking at her, camera in hand. Later, during breakfast, the monkeys put on a show trying to steal jam and bisquits on the deck overlooking the pond.
The guides are knowledgable, patient and maybe more than lucky. On my third trip we found a herd for 400+ buffalo slowly walking toward the road. We parked and the herd moved around us as if we weren't there. We were close enough to smell them. Where else can that happen? Soon after we found a leopard in a tree with most on an impala, three hyenas looking on. She jumped down and chased them off before disappearing into the bush. At the end of the day our driver took us to a secluded pond where two elephants were swimming. Swimming! We would never have found that without our driver's experience.
On my third trip we saw the Big 5 before lunch but we all also learned to look for the smaller animals, too. I saw a baby Leopard Tortoise on the morning bushwalk and 25 hippos in a river while we ate breakfast.
I can't recommend Viva Safari highly enough. Make sure you go to Moholoho Rehabilitation Center, maybe pet a cheetah or have your picture taken with a rino baby and to the nearby private game preserve for an entirely different kind of wildlife drive.
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Safari Superb
Maasai Wanderings (Donna, our guide, Evarest, and Diana at Naona Moru Camp) were so excellent to work with, I'd gladly go back and do another safari with them, and highly recommend them to others. We had a short time, only 4 days/3 nights) starting in Arusha - to Sopa Lodge (really nice) and Ngorogoro Crater - then on to the Naono Moru and 2 days of the Serengeti. We got to see everything... even black rhinos in the crater, then a leopard and cheetahs in the Serengeti (Evarest was determined to help us see them, even going back to the "sighting" spot 3 times until we finally glimpsed the momma and two adolescent cheetahs... wonderful! I loved his driving capabilities on the tough roads, something I'd worried about before going to Africa. As everyone in my group of the 6 of us knows, I Loved emailing with Donna before the trip, as she was so responsive and perfect in all her emails... I mentioned several times that if I ever left my husband it would be for Donna! Diana was also so warm, friendly and knowledgable (and the camp was amazing) and attentive to our one gluten-free member... thanks! Appreciated being taken care of so nicely, y'all.