Hi Gemma,
We had such a wonderful time and were so fortunate in the diversity and amount of the wildlife we saw. I’ve been back for about a week, but lost your email in amongst the millions!!
Our trip to Tanzania was fantastic and we got to see over 2000 Wildebeest cross the Mara River, which was amazing. The accommodation was great at both the Crater Lodge and Sayari. The only thing we noticed at Sayari was that the food was not up to the same standard as we had experienced in South Africa and Zambia, and in particular the gluten free bread, cakes and desserts. I did pass this onto them in their feedback form. Of course, the food in general was good and the place and staff was lovely.
The small aircraft were great too, even though I was a bit dubious - all worked out well and we had very smooth flights. The only small hiccup we had was with the Palacina driver pickups from the airport. When we arrived on the 4th which was late at night, the driver was over half and hour late. He said there had been a terrible traffic jam with delays of 2 hours. I understand that can happen, but as feedback, it would have been nice if they had called our mobile to let us know. It was a bit scary outside the airport with 20 to 30 ‘drivers’ with signs, many of whom did not look very professional. The driver was also late from Palacina the second time, but this was due to the flight arrival time being incorrect on our Coastal booking.
These were only minor and the rest of our holiday was great. Hemingways was really great and I had a few massages there, but we didn’t have much luck with their butler service. Our Butler kept mucking up our bookings, but I get them sorted out in the end.
Sabi Sabi Selati in South Africa was fabulous if you ever have anyone going there. We had the best guides, trackers and food of anywhere on our whole trip. Also The River Lodge in Zambia had fabulous food and great rooms. It is a little way from the Zimbabwe border if you want to go to Victoria Falls or do any other activities there. However, we found plenty to do on the Zambian side and only spent one day in Zimbabwe which worked well. Hope you are well too.
Unfortunately now I am back into the work routine :( . We would definitely recommend you to friends for holidays to Africa. It certainly made our life easier in Tanzania with all of the flights and transfers.
Thank you very much!
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