20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic 7-day Northern Tanzania safari with Lawrence
Me and wife had a great 7-day Northern Tanzania tailor-made safari, covering Arusha, Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro, with our tour guide Lawrance. We have seen Big 5 and covered all the great parts on the national parks we visited. Also visited Masai village, Olduvai Gorge and had a walking safari on Arusha NP.
I started planning the safari just 2 weeks before arrival, which is not usual comparing to advised 6-months ahead the forum. Walter always responded quick & promptly to my questions and made changes on the itinerary. This had been the decision factor against the other options.
I always felt that the change on the itinerary was fair. He assured me that everything will go as planned, although the international payment made to their account the day before arrival.
Lawrence, our tour guide with us for 7 days and more than 700km, has more than 15 years experience on doing safari on the visited national parks. He treated us as his close friend and take care of us for all needs. He was absolutely fantastic. Spotted animals which is really hard to see. In one case we had been the first car to spot the hiding leopard, which is 100 meters far from us, on Serengeti NP. In a short time more than 10 car happened to be there. Same happened for cheetahs and rhinos as well. He give brief information on each wild animal that we have seen for the first time. Had all trust on him to be showing us the wildlife we are keen to see.
Every day he asked if any special arrangement needs to be made, if we are keen to see a specific animal and suggested a change on the itinerary which helped us to spend more time on Ngorongoro NP than planned one.
I am happy to suggest Galloping Safari and especially our tour guide Lawrence for a great safari.
Sukhran Lawrence Baba. :)
TR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great company great service
Pamela was very helpfull and patient answering our questions. offeref many alternatives and gave advices
Our guide Isac was also great
FR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Professional people, taking in charge all the logistics. So nice, never felt like client but friend!
Hekima agency's instructions were really clear about the tour. Everything was well organized: schedules, food, guide, agenda of the Safari... My friend and I were more than satisfied by the way they organized it. We had a wonderful experience at Tarangire National park and had the opportunity to sleep at a nice Safari camp with a breathtaking view on Arusha and its surrounding.
IE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Would definitely recommend
We booked a 4 day safari in Masai Mara & Lake Nakuru.
There's lots of operators and to be honest, I found information to be scant and had lots of questions, particularly around types of accommodation available, length of drives etc. I contacted a few all through email and more or less got standard replies, which was a little frustrating. Peter from Africa Flash McTours was the one who was fastest to reply to queries and also the most flexible in terms of offering different accommodation options, which was great. Some operators want 10% deposit and balance paid on arrival, with Africa Flash Mctours you pay in full upfront when booking. Part of me was slightly concerned about this but I was issued with a receipt immediately and all was well. Nothing to be concerned about. I asked for a recommendation as to a hotel to overnight in before we set off from Nairobi and Peter gave a great one in Ibis Styles Westfields, which was perfectly clean and modern and inexpensive for an overnight.
As promised our driver John met us bang on time at 8am on day 1 and off we went. We got a detailed itinerary for each day and a checklist so we could tick off all the animals we saw. We got to the hotel at 2pm and after lunch and some down time, went on our first sunset game drive. This was incredible, within minutes we had seen hundreds of Zebras, Wildebeests and Gazelles and within the first hour plenty of Elephants and Giraffes. Then the magic of seeing Lions from about 12ft all within an hour and a half. Genuinely couldn't believe how plentiful the animals were but the Mara reserve is huge and day three is a full day driving all around it, right to the Mara River, which borders the Masai Mara and the Serengeti in Tanzania. We saw every type of animal bar Rhinos, which our guide told us we would see in Lake Nakuru. The beauty of the Masai Mara is you can go off track so can get really close to the animals.
The trip to Lake Nakuru is long on day 3 but the lodge there is fabulous. The game there is not as plentiful as in the Masai Mara and you can't go off track but there's plenty to see. The scenery is really beautiful.
Day 4 is a morning game drive and around a 4 hour drive back to the airport, booking a flight departing around 6pm is perfect.
Overall we really enjoyed the tour and would highly recommend Africa Flash Mctours. Our guide John was an excellent driver, very knowledgeable about the animals and areas, and was really accommodating and pleasant.
Tips:
-Fly in the night before and overnight in Nairobi so you start the tour refreshed after a good sleep. I wouldn't recommend flying in early morning and straight out on the tour.
-Don't scrimp on accommodation - I'd really recommend Sopa Mara & Lake Nakuru Lodges.
-Bring a few dust masks, throughout the safari there's mostly dirt tracks which do kick up dust. Not the end of the world but if I was going again I'd bring a few each.
-Be prepared for lots of driving...from Nairobi to Masai Mara, Masai Mara to Lake Nakuru could be 5 or 6 hours driving. You stop for lunch, toilet breaks etc and get to see lots of villages, towns and the Great Rift Valley. Be comfortable though, there's drinking water provided but some water spray would be worth bringing to refresh yourself.
-The tour guide has binoculars, so no need to pack in your luggage.
-if you bring a phone, our driver could charge in the van if we had the lead.
-Be prepared for some dodgy roads, about 2 hours either side of the drive to Masai Mara are just bumpy dirt tracks. Not comfortable but the only way to get there.
-Theres no toilets on the game drives!
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
8 day,3 camp Botswana safari organised by SS was excellent and seamless
Safari Specialists were very responsive from our first communication to the last. I found the service provided by Joanne and the whole team exceeded our expectations. They put together a bespoke tour for my wife and I
which we could not fault. The camps they suggested were great , connections seamless . I cannot recommend them more highly.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
We loved Simba Adventures!
My friend and I booked a 3-day, 2-night Safari with Ally at Simba Adventures and it was awesome.
We LOVE animals and were worried 3 days wasn't enough, but it certainly was for us! We saw all the Big 5 animals and plenty more, it was a really great experience.
I highly recommend booking with Ally at Simba Adventures! He even picked us up at the airport and dropped us off at our Hotel when we arrived the day before the Safari, super nice of him :)
AE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
truly the best exprience
All services were delivered with high standards, security and support. We couldn't have had the same experience if they hadn't been so cooperative. We didn't face major issues we were very happy with the service and itinerary.
IS
50-65 years of age
Beware
Beware! Don't trust this company by sending money ahead of your journey.
We paid in full one month prior to departure and then the manager Alpha Malinda started spinning his web of lies about new taxes and fees, he even was cheeky enough to try to convince us that 18% VAT been added by the government on June 1. 2017 all though everybody is aware of that it came in on July 1. 2016. We even had one of his subcontractors to contact him on our behalf and then he asserted that we had bought our trip prior to July 1. 2016 so we were supposed to to pay this extra 18%. Our receipt is dated January 27. 2017.
We took off 3rd of September and soon it was very clear to us that the money we sent had been spent on something else then our accommodation and food, every morning we started with bargaining with him trough our tour guide since Alpha was in Australia at the time. When our guides were totally out of money we took over budgeting and paying for gas and everything else and with their help we managed to book the rest of the tour as it had previously been scheduled. We ended up with total cost that was about 45% higher than Alphas offer.
The four tour guides we had were very helpful trough all of this and we had a really good relationship with them, it's such a shame that they are working fore a shitty company like this.
Any further information I will gladly give in PM.
EG
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
4 days massai mara and lake nakuru
It was nice safari with anice driver and the group is amazing ,I enjoyed too much
US
Best Ever!
Our trip with East Africa Wild Adventures could not have been better. Alym responded to our emails very quickly and his plans for us worked perfectly. He catered our trip to our exact desires. Every connection was on time and we were met by friendly and knowledgeable people. The safari was wonderful and our guide made sure we saw every animal possible. Our accommodations lived up to our expectations. We could not have been more satisfied.