20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Couldn't have hope for a better tour operator
This tour was the absolute highlight of my trip to Kenya, thanks in no small part to our host Nicholas who was the perfect tour guide and travel companion. Very knowledgeable and engaging throughout, making sure we were all comfortable and got the most from our game drives. Even after some unpredictable delays (flat tire/stuck in mud) Nicholas kept our spirits high and made these potentially annoying things part of the trip.
Nicholas was open to changing plans or times around us and rearranging lunch and restroom breaks when needed. He chatted with us and also left us to talk on our own, the perfect balance. The tour was absolutely worth the money and I would recommend it to anyone travelling to Kenya.
DE
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great guide, great Driver....thanks a lot to Ezekiel !!!!
Uncomplicated booking, on time Pick Up at the Airport. Great guide and impressive lodges to stay. Next time again😄
CH
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best Safari experience I could expected
Siya is the best guide for safaris, knowing everything about the different parks, the animals, Kilimanjaro region and Tanzania.
He is very kind, funny, available and helpful. I will definitely arrange an other journey with him/ Bahati Safaris.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Best experience with reasoning rate!
Our eleven-day experience to East Africa, Tanzania and Kenya ending up in Zanzibar with Silver Spark Africa Safaris was a dream come true. We enjoyed every bit of the safaris. Abongo ensured everything was running smoothly no delays, my assigned guide Peter, was very friendly and welcoming he also maintained the time. The morning drives were so amazing, beautiful animal sceneries in both Kenya and Tanzania. It formed the best game drive ever, in the morning in both Amboseli and Masai Mara, thanks to Peter. Abongo was always available via call or mail, he made everything easy for us by answering all our questions instantly during our trip and before our trip. I would like to recommend Silver Spark Africa and use their team and services again without hesitation going back to Kenya.
US
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fabulous Tanzanian safari tours
Our Safari Soles experience in Tanzania and Zanzibar was simply amazing, extraordinarily well organized with superb local guides. We designed a two-week trip combining the great migration with 5 days on Zanzibar. Magreth helped us design our own private tour and was extremely helpful and generous getting our trip organized before arriving and very responsive to our needs and questions once we were on safari. Our trip was a total immersion into Tanzania from seeing all the major birds and mammals you want to see in Tanzania, getting a personal perspective on life in Tanzania in conversations with the super Safari Soles guides, staying at some fabulous hotels and getting to see and interact with traditional tribal people from Masai villagers to hunter gatherer bushmen. Our local guides were truly special. Izaak, who was our main safari guide was just fabulous. Warm, kind, and a skilled and knowledgeable naturalist, he was a highlight of our trip. We also had an outstanding guide, Alex while visiting the tribal villages who was not only extremely well versed in the cultures we visited, but fluent in English, Swahili, and the unique tribal languages of the people we visited. We were generally disappointed with Zanzibar. We stayed two nights at the Cumbie Island Nature Preserve. It was a well-run carbon neutral island retreat, but the coral reefs were in bad shape and on their way out, so I wouldn't recommend it for snorkeling or diving. We had hoped to see a healthy Zanzibar reef, so were very disappointed. If we redesigned our trip, we would have stayed a single night on Cumbie and skipped the depressing reefs. We had a very enjoyable trip to a spice farm on Zanzibar that we would highly recommend. We also found Stonetown rather disappointing. It was rundown and overrun by tourist shops with little history or culture to compensate for the tourist shop exposure.
Overall, I would enthusiastically recommend Safari Soles for a Tanzanian private safari. It is a very well-run small company that emphasizes quality over quantity with attention to detail. The staff and guides are exceptional and will help you design a perfect trip for your needs, rather than just a generic Tanzanian Safari. My wife and I are experienced travelers and potentially hard to please professionals, I am a retired marine ecologist with decades of tropical experience and my wife is a lawyer with a keen eye for organization and detail. So, we are potentially tough customers, but can't say enough about the quality and people running Safari Soles tours. If we return to Tanzania we will rely again on their experience, knowledge, attention to detail and kindness. They are simply a great group.
DE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great Guide, nice Food, very nice Accommodation and helpful Instructions
It was an amazing experience! Our guide, Bakari, was so knowledgeable about everything related to the area and the animals, He was always keen to provide us with all details. Great driving skills as well! Overall, maybe the best guide you can get. Also, the food provided to us was really nice.Derrick was good person,helped a lot with his instructions before the beginning of the safari and was very kind and welcoming. Satisfied with Sky View Adventure.
PL
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
What an excellent trip it was!
Out Guide was a real professional. Everything was excellent organized. They even care about my special diet restrictions. Asante sana!
CN
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Quick response and good attitude tho need to be more detailed in arrangement
Everything was all good. They have excellent service and quick response to any issue that occurred in the trip. Just to make sure all the details (morning drive/ night drive/ hotels)in itinerary are right as you planned as there were some differences in the end.
IN
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic
We went on a 3 day Maasai mara safari trip and Nicholas was nothing short of fabulous. He is very well versed in the flora and fauna and was able to take us to see some of the greatest sights in the Mara! We were so impressed with Nicholas that we engaged his services for an extra day in Nairobi and visited the National Park and the Sheldrick elephant orphanage.
Would definitely recommend Nicholas!
CO
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Awesome. They fulfill our requirements and made our experience so much better than expected
Our tour operator was just espectacular, from day one when I contacted them, Erick was kind and organized our itinerary according to our wishes. When we get to the country, we could not ask for a better guide. A young, kind, funny and wise guy who guided us through the amazing natural reserves and parks and little towns we got the visit during our safari. We could talk about everything we wanted and made us feel home and in family. I highly recommend this tour operator and specially our guide, Gody Champion who made our safari experience one that we would love to repeat very soon. He was always looking for us to be alright, hearing our wishes and teaching us a lot about the animals and nature we were around. People, go to Tanzania, use Serengeti smile as your operator and ask for Gody champion, you’re gonna have fun ✌🏻