21 Mar 2023
Bryson is amazing at putting together private tailor-made tours. He is patient & responds quickly to questions on WhatsApp. I had 8 different quotes & the final one was perfect & I wouldn’t have changed a thing. Travelling as a family of 5 with our adult children ages 24-29, the tour delivered for everyone. We flew from Arusha to Seronera which was a stunningly beautiful start taking in the vast landscape. We spent 3 days in Central & Southern Serengeti, one in Ngorongoro & one in Tarangire. Our guide Isaac was with us all the way from greeting us off the plane in Seronera. Isaac is a first class tour guide. Superb English, excellent knowledge of every creature out there & on the odd occasion when he wasn’t sure he would look it up. He laid out lunches for us, tablecloths & all at picnic spots, catering well for our daughter with serious egg & dairy allergy. His driving was incredible on challenging tracks & he got us up so close to every animal out there. We had close encounters with the big 5 on day 1. Most impressive was how everyone knew & warmly greeted him. Constant radio contact with other guides meant we didn’t miss a thing when there was an animal in action nearby. Our final day driving back to Arusha took us to a small family run coffee plantation in Mto wa Mbu. We walked in the plantation, met the grandmother in her home, experienced pounding, sorting & roasting the beans & finally tasted the coffee. We bought loads too to take home as gifts - beautifully presented in bags they made. We also tried their honey from their none stinging bees. Lovely family try to make time for this! We flew from Arusha to Zanzibar for 3 days rest before flying home to UK. The holiday surpassed all our expectations. Thank you Bryson & Isaac.
Trust Safari Soles, I’m so glad we did.
Tips … take binoculars into your hotel at Ngorongoro- they had none for public use & views are spectacular. Ladies take a sports bra for those bumpy roads!!