CN
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Ngorongoro Crater by Catherine
Not only the big five, but also the spectacular view!
CN
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing Tanzania
It was a wonderful Safari covering Masai Mara, Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Tarangire national parks in Kenya & Tanzania! We were so lucky to see all the animals we wanted, and the amazing view in Ngorongoro conservation area.
Allen was the guide and driver of Mama Savana Safari in Tanzania I booked from Wildlife. He has spread knowledge of wildlife and national parks. We got a lot of fun with Allen, he was patient, flexible, caring and accommodating our requests, in the last day he offered us an impressive lunch at local restaurant in Arusha!
I would recommend Mama Savana - If you book a tour I strongly recommend asking the company to have Allen as a designated guide.
CA
Trip of a life time
It was my first time in Africa and I was amazed by the expertise and knowledge of my driver guide and the park rangers who were always quick to help and make you comfortable.
I was very pleased with heritage lodge and enjoyed the tamarind juice I had as a welcome gesture and the beautiful view of water from the Nile that parked distance from the lodge. I saw a lot of wildlife like the buffaloes,kobs,elephants,giraffes,crocodiles,bush bucks,hippos,a lion ,the great murchison falls, the hike on top of the falls was beautiful.
Mikie was our guide and he was very cooperative, chatty and a great coordinator.
Pamora safaris uganda is what I would recommend for a memorable safari.
AE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best memorable holiday i have had
The community has worm hospitable people with rich cultuter worth experiencing, the food is so authentic , "matooke,ugali", we enjoyed it all. We saw great wild game it wasa new experience especially tge boat ride at Queen Elizabeth national park so tempting. I had fan with my family and we are planing another trip soon.
CH
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Traveling in Uganda as a Couple/Mountain Gorilla Tracking
If there was just one description for the Instinct Safaris staff it would be "caring"! Our short four day safari in Uganda started on the 30th of December in Kampala. My girlfriend and I work for a NGO in the city and before returning home for a longer period, we definitely wanted to see mountain gorillas. Instinct Safaris and a few other travel companies came up. After discussions on the phone and in office, they made us a great offer for the 3 night trip and we started the safari. Weather was a little unpredictable and so was the traffic. On the 9 h drive down to the rain forest, we got stuck in traffic a number of times and ran late to get to our lodge, fortunately, our guide Raban already called in to the lodge to make sure that our dinner would not be luke warm by the time we would get there. Instead, he also organized a hot shower for us upon arrival. The gorilla tracking hike was just incredible. We opted in for another community hike on the following day, which took us to some community settlements and waterfalls in the area. As we are both keen bird watchers, we were delighted to see that our guide had some fond bird knowledge. We would highly recommend the company. If you are going, ask for Raban to be your guide!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent Serengeti Safari Organized by Safari Care
Safari care provided us with excellent safari tour and professional Guide. Our guide Wilson extensive knowledge and experience was important for us seeing animals such as cheetah, Rhino , Leopard and migration in Serengeti.
My trip was well organized and planned by Safari Care . I was travelling with 3 year old daughter and they organise the whole trip 4 night and five days keeping her in mind.
They provided value for the money with a reasonable price compared to other operators. Safari vehicle was in great condition and our guide Wilson had extensive knowledge of Serengeti and Ngorongoro.
Overall Safari care team provided us with best service with reasonable price
I would recommend them
NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing
Vacan! Wow! Our tour operator provided a first-class experience from our first to concluding contact. We started with outlining our travel plans – places, types of activities, room preferences, and cost. Our travel planner was spot on with his first draft itinerary. We fine-tuned it over five drafts. What impressed us was how he gently suggested some alternative destinations that ended up in our final itinerary.
While on the ground, we felt that we were on a magic carpet with our contact unobtrusively watching over us to make sure that everything went smoothly. Our drivers were always on time and even took time to stop and show us places that were not in the plan. The guides were very knowledgeable pointing out or taking us to interesting spots that were not on the typical tourist trail.
We give the highest marks to our tour operator for listening to us, for setting us up with an outstanding array of drivers, guides, adventures, and hotels, and for being watchful while we were traveling. What more can one say except thank you.
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Capetown-Kruger-Vic Falls
First time on safari and not sure how to go about it. Google search led us to Pembury Tours. After further exploring several other companies decided Pembury seemed to fit the bill- keeping fingers crossed booked with them. Amazingly professional to a tee. We chose moderate accommodations and all were high quality. Upon arrival at the V&A hotel we each received an envelope containing travel vouchers, welcoming letter and a booklet outlining the adventure to come - including illustrations of the wildlife we would see - packaged in an adorable tote bag. Our Cape Town tour guide Noel was friendly, patient and knowledgeable. Safari guides
outstanding. Every step of the way smoothly orchestrated. A lifetime of wonderful memories indeed but I do plan on going back someday - with Pembury Tours of course!
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Great time with Wild Dog on 3 days Sossusvlei
From beginning communication with them was extremely easy. The tour was great, well organized, professional guide, yummy food, valuable for money. Highly recommended
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
WOW what an amazing first visit to Africa that fulfilled all our dreams/wishes. Thank you so much!!
First of all I would thoroughly recommend Extraordinary Africa (EA) to anyone planning to visit South Africa at all and for safari in particular (and I am sure they would be equally good elsewhere on the continent). We wanted a family holiday to create enduring memories together and Alex Matts and Extraordinary Africa delivered the most amazing experience - this is the best trip we have ever had. The EA team spent time in the planning stage talking with us to find out what made us 'tick' as a family and what would create the best experience. The time they spent on this bore amazing fruit in country - our preference being for cultural experiences rather than full on constant activity (but I know they would have provided the latter if that had been our wish). All of the documentation was very clear and timely - we found the detailed itinerary booklet absolutely fantastic, with all the details of the various elements of the trip and all the things we needed to know and take in one place. What was particularly lovely was the inclusion of all the little personal touches from Alex Matts about places we were staying and the like, including restaurant recommendations and all sorts of other local information.
All of the airport transfers and the organised trip to shark diving ran exactly as we were told they would - we felt constantly reassured that the trip was efficiently organised and that we had very good back up both on the ground and back in the UK from EA. We stayed in two locations run by the More family (More Quarters in Cape Town and the Lion Sands Lodge for Safari) - in both locations we were amazingly well looked after and there is no way to fault the attentiveness and quality of the service we received, which was truly exceptional. In Johannesburg we stayed in The Peech boutique hotel which is a beautiful setting with very attentive staff who looked after us very well.
Lion Sands is an absolutely amazing place - the lodge run by the More family (we stayed at River Lodge) is absolutely beautiful and we were looked after wonderfully - we wanted for nothing and there were so many little touches that showed how much the lodge care for their guests. We really felt as if we were being hosted and treated as so much more than clients or customers. As for the safari, with a limit of 6 people on any game drive, an amazingly passionate guide (if you get to Lion Sands and have Ruvan as guide you are very lucky!) and an incredibly experienced tracker (Patrick) we had an incredible experience. Yes we saw the big 5 (within the first day and a half!) and that was amazing - particularly when hyenas chased the leopard up a tree. The range of wildlife that we saw was astonishing so it was about more than the big 5, important as they were. We particularly loved that we were given insights into the whole range of the bush ecosystem, from the very small (ant lions living underground for 10 years before emerging for 1 week of adult life) to the very large of elephants, rhino and giraffe. We stayed our last night in the Kingston Tree House, which is remote from the main lodge and gives an opportunity to be absorbed in the night time bush environment. We heartily recommend this if you can do it - with picnic dinner and breakfast and the views of the night skies while listening to animals around you. We were two adults and two children - don't be put off by the fact that children sleep on 'camp beds' as these were very substantial and comfortable affairs for them.
All in all we had an indescribably good time and this review can only capture a shadow of how great our trip was and how appreciative we are to Extraordinary Africa for organising it - we have lifelong memories to treasure. Our overall sense was of a crescendo of experiences on our visit to South Africa and the safari was very much the pinnacle after brilliant times elsewhere. Our greatest challenge now is working out how soon we can get back to revisit a country that we have fallen in love with - we will definitely be using Extraordinary Africa for our next trip there.