FR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent organization. Great people, very friendly. Very punctual and safe drivers. 5 star!
The whole 2 weeks spent with our tour operator were simply brilliant. They gave us the holiday we were looking for and were ever so welcoming and hospitable. We found our driver peter to be a diamond and very informative on safari. We wished we could have spent longer with him. The tours of safari and all the accomodation that we stayed in were wonderfully operated and we had no real concerns with anything. Dinners and lunches were great and always different. Overall i would recommend this country and certainly this tour operator to any friend knowing full well they will have an incredible time and experience.
US
Traveling around Johannesburg and surroundings with excellent tour guide - Mmilo's Patrick Hanratty.
We spent about five days with Mmilo's Patrick H. He was always, prompt, courteous, and fun. He provided reliable advice about Jo-berg (whoever knew about the Gandhi museum in the outskirts?!) and drove us to Kruger National Park. In addition, he recommended a fine guest house (Simonsberg) in Stellenbosch run by an extraordinary woman.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
My sincere appreciation to ACZ Safaris. I & my friends had an amazing time at Masai Mara & Amboseli
From the word go at the bookings with John, just exellent superb service! He made it easy for us & got picked at our address of choice. Hats off and many kudos to our expert driver cum tour guide James who kept us on our toes with amazing information, answered every question, taught us even what we didn't know about the wild animals, birds & the National Reserve/ Park! He surely had & kept us very happy. Not to forget the cooks who made tasty food for our bellies, amaizing tents, it was just more than I expected! My next safari/ trip come next vacation? Definitely with ACZ Safaris :) I highly recommend!
IT
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
It was an amazing travel
We took a travel with our friends (two families) in Tarangire, Serengeti National Park and Ngorngoro with the Savannah Explorers. It was an amazing travel, deeply into the nature, very well organized.
Lodges and tendeed camps were clean, comfortable and the guys who followed us were very kind and polite.
We visited the parks by two out-road vehicles followed by prepared and availables guides. We have seen a lot of groups of animals migrating along the Mara river; it was an amazing experience such as have seen a leopard hunting and bringing its prey over a tree. It was an unforgettable scene.
We spent few days in the Ngorngoro Village Lodge situated on the namesake crater; there were an amazing view from there and it was so wonderful that it built in my mind fliyng feelings. We didn't waste a lot of time cause every movement along the path was perfectly scheduled. I can say that, even if it was my fourth safari in Africa, this trip was organaized very well and everything it has been beyond my expectations.
Have a wonderful travel in Tanzania to everybody!
DK
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A warm welcome to Arusha
I spent a weekend with Elieza and Jackson in July, and had a terrific stay in Arusha, a modest priced safari with a great guide and an awesome look into the wonderful Tanzanian lifestyle
IT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
safari on the northern parks of Tanzania
This August I with three friends left for safari on Tanzania, we have know Savannah Explorers in internet and while we must decide stages of our journey Roberto help us to organize the better trip near our needs.
when we arrived to Kilimanjaro's airport our guide, Emanuel, is waiting for us for bring us to Arusha, first step of uor adventure!
Our driver guide has been very enduring to our question about animals we have seen (all big five, we were very lucky!!) and really funny, thanks to him for have known a bit to real life of Tanzanian people, we enjoyed lunch in a local restaurant of Arusha!
Our Lodge were always nice and confortable, near to parks and so perfect to start point.
A big thanks to all staf of Savannah Explorers to letting us live a wonderful experience!!!
AE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Highly recommended Bison Safari for an affordable and exceptional service
We had an incredible time. We extremely enjoyed Bison Safari’s well-rounded expertise and a completely tailored experience. It's one of our best experience we’ve ever had. Our game driver, John was awesome!
We Stayed in a cool tented camps with nice bathroom and shower, we enjoyed the food, the quality of service and superb game viewing. It was authentic Safari at its best. I highly recommend Bison Safari for an affordable and exceptional service.
DE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A very interesting trip with nice and competent guide and cook. In total very good value for money.
We were several month before the planned trip in contact with the owner Jalala Ndosse. He served us with all necessary information and answered very fast to all our questions.
The tour itself was a good mixture of watching animals in the National Parks (Arusha, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro, Tarangire) and visiting original tribes at Lake Eyasi including sunraise safari and bushman hunting. Gabriel was a very good guide to us so that we could watch many animals and were very close to them. And Mike not just cooked good tasting meals but was always spending good spirit to the team.
All together it was very good value for money
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing Safari with Shadows of Africa!
After comparing quotes and accommodation offers from a number of safari operators, we decided to book a 6-day safari with Shadows of Africa to visit the Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater parks. The sixth day was actually not a safari day but was spent at the remote but amazing Maasai Amini Life Lodge (north-east of Arusha), which we can highly recommend.
Apart from a short trip to Kruger Park, this was our first real African safari experience and it did not disappoint us for a single second. We only have positive feedback on both Shadows of Africa. Everything was perfectly organised from the very beginning, and Marjeta in the European office who prepared our itinerary is very helpful and responsive. The company was upfront about the fact that it might be difficult to see the migration of Wildebeest in Northern Serengeti as most of the animals were in Kenya already, so we were offered the option to change from the Ang'ata North to the Ang'ata Central camp, which we could decide upon once we are in Serengeti.
Our guide Bashiru really made the difference to our safari. He is extremely knowledgeable about wildlife, and more importantly, he knows where to spot them and has eagle eyes to see small animals from miles away. In addition, Bashiru has a great sense of humour and we really enjoyed discussing everything with him. In terms of organisation, Bashiru was really focused on our needs. He always discussed plans and timings with us and was open to all of our requests. Following the discussion with Bashiru, we decided to exercise the option to change our day 3 camp from Ang'ata North to Ang'ata Central in order to focus on game drive rather than covering large distances within the Serengeti.
Despite the driving distances to cover to visit all three parks, we do not regret our choice of visiting three parks in five days. Each of the three parks has totally different landscapes and sceneries on offer and cannot really be compared with each other.
All accommodations we selected from Shadows' offering were amazing in their own right. We enjoyed the wonderful and luxurious Acacia Farm Lodge in Karatu on the way from Tarangire to the Serengeti, but also loved the glamorous camping in Mbuzi Mawe and the Ang'ata camps where we could even have a hot shower upon request. All the camps have extremely friendly staff and provide delicious food. The thrill of sleeping in a tent while the animals are roaming around the campsite added an extra dimension to our safari.
All in all, Shadows of Africa made our safari in Tanzania an unforgettable experience which really exceeded our expectation. We would definitely go with them again if we come back to see more wild life.
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Never again ! Very disappointing service !
We booked a 7 day safari trip with shika tours. The correspondance prior to our arrival via e mail was very good - always received a quick answer. Upon arrival at the airport, we were picked up by the manager and were brought to a hotel - which differed from our initial iternary (no provided dinner, no pool, no info about the change). First day and night were fine, but things started to get complicated next morning, when the manager told us that we have to change the safari car due to a security issue. First we waited about 1 hour at the lodge. To kill some time, they to us to a tourist shop where we waited another 6 hours without getting any information. When the "new" car arrived we only had time to do a small game drive at a different park. Once again our iternary changed all over. We talked to the manager about the mishappening and he offered us a refund of 200$ for lost half day. It turned out that the "new" car had an engine/ignition problem which bothered us the next 5 days (the didnt start several times or broke down during game drive). On our last day, problems with the car got worse and we had a complete breakdown on the way to the airport.
During all the time the manager told us he understands our situation and worships our money. At the airport we finally met the manager again and guess what, he didnt arrive with the promised refund. Again, he asked us to trust him as he will bring the money to our next hotel on sansibar (never happened!!). After contacting ygain, he told us he will transfer the refund money to our german bank account (never happened!!).
By now, we are back for 10 weeks and he doesnt even answer our e mails anymore.