点评:We booked a safari in Kenya and Tanzania with Mufasa. Everything went super smooth from the moment we contacted them until the booking was made, so we could focus on looking forward to our trip only. It was our first safari, so we were a bit nervous on what to expect. However, the moment we met our guide we knew everything was going to be perfect.
Philip, our guide in Kenya, was extremely professional, polite and accomodating. He gave amazing explanations of all animals and was super respectful with them, keeping safe distances to not distress them, something we value a lot and we could see other drives were not doing. He was quick at pivoting into a solution when we faced an issue (such as a big traffic jam on our way to Masai Mara that would have taken us a few extra hours). We had an amazing bush lunch with him, a quite unique moment on our safari. We told him we wanted to see elefants, and he went above and beyond to take us to the area of the park where he knew the elephants were, even though we should have been heading back to our hotel, he didn’t mind extending the game drive to see the elephants. Overall, Philip was an outstanding guide and gave us a hard-to-match first encounter with the safari experience.
The bar was very high with Philip, but Ali, our guide in Tanzania, managed to go even higher! We saw a Mara river crossing just few hours in our Serengeti trip, all because of his extensive knowledge. He even guided other cars to the spot because he knew the crossing was coming soon. Only experienced guides could know this information. We saw many more animals in Northen Serengeti with him. And the day after, we saw another crossing. Two crossings in two days!
In central Serengeti, we spotted cheetas, leopards and other rare animals with him. It was 4.30pm, so we started to head to our hotel when Ali took a detour and told us he had heard something on the radio, so he would drive there to give us a surprise. When we got there, there was a rhino (in Serengeti park!). He wanted us to have this experience beacuse it was unique. Other drives would have turned back because it was quite late, but Ali took us there. We saw all the big 5 in one day, even he said he had only seen all of them in one day once in his life, giving us a really unique safari experience. He also respected the animals a lot, which is quite important for us.
Both enployees spoke highly of Mufasa management and thir value, which for us is important, because we can see the drivers are treated well and are happy (they do the heaviest lift!). This makes us proud to choose Mufasa as our safari operator.
We knew we needed to manage our expectations when it comes to wildlife spotting, and our guides kept reminding us, because nature is unpredictable, but we saw many unique things with both of our guides thanks to their dedication and passion for what they do. We will never forget this experience
Our accomodation in both Kenya and Tanzania was also fantastic, we went with a slightly luxurious package because we wanted to be comfortable during our safari, and Mufasa was extremely accomodating to our budget and rrquirements.
Overall, I would choose Mufasa again and would tecommend it to everyone I know.
翻译:我们通过Mufasa预订了肯尼亚和坦桑尼亚的游猎之旅。从联系他们到成功订房,整个过程都极为顺利,这让我们只需专心期待旅程的到来即可。这是我们第一次参加游猎,因此对即将发生的事情感到有些紧张。不过,见到导游后我们就知道一切都会完美无缺。
我们在肯尼亚的导游菲利普极其专业、礼貌且善解人意。他对各种动物都做了非常精彩的讲解,而且对它们极为尊重——始终保持安全距离,以免惊扰到它们。这一点正是我们非常看重的,而我们发现其他导游都做不到这一点。每当我们遇到问题(比如前往马赛马拉的途中遭遇严重堵车,导致行程要多花好几个小时),他总能迅速想出解决办法。我们还和他一起享用了户外午餐,那是我们此次游猎之旅中极为难得且独特的体验。我们告诉他,我们想看看大象。他竭尽全力带我们前往他知道有大象出没的公园区域;尽管我们本该返回酒店,他仍毫不犹豫地延长越野游览时间以便让我们看到大象。总的来说,菲利普是一位出色的向导,为我们带来了难以匹敌的首次野生动物观赏体验。
原本对菲利普就有很高的期望,但我们在坦桑尼亚的向导阿里竟然做得更出色!在塞伦盖蒂之旅开始仅几小时后,我们就亲眼目睹了动物们横渡马拉河的壮观场面。这一切都归功于他广博的知识。由于他知道不久后会有动物过境,甚至引导其他车辆前往那个地点。只有经验丰富的向导才能掌握这种信息。在他的带领下,我们在塞伦盖蒂北部看到了更多动物。第二天,我们又目睹了另一次动物过境。两天内出现了两次过境现象!
在塞伦盖蒂中部,在他的指引下我们看到了猎豹、豹子以及其他珍稀动物。当时是下午4点30分。于是我们开始返回酒店,这时阿里绕了条路,告诉我们他从广播中听到了一些消息,所以要开车带我们去那里给我们一个惊喜。当我们到达时,竟然看到了一只犀牛(就在塞伦盖蒂公园里!)。他希望我们能拥有这种独一无二的体验。换作其他司机的话,因为时间已经很晚了,估计早就折返了,但阿里却坚持带我们去了那里。我们在一天之内见到了所有“非洲五霸”,就连阿里都说他这辈子也只见过一次在一天内全部见到这五种动物的情形。这给我们带来了一次真正独一无二的游猎体验。他也非常尊重动物,这一点对我们来说至关重要。
两位员工都对Mufasa的管理方式及其价值观给予了高度评价,这对我们来说很重要,因为我们可以看出司机们受到了善待且心情愉快(他们承担着最繁重的劳动!)。这让我们为选择Mufasa作为我们的游猎运营商而感到自豪。
我们知道,在观赏野生动物方面必须控制自己的期望值,而我们的向导也不断提醒我们这一点。虽然大自然的变化难以预料,但得益于两位向导的敬业精神与对工作的热忱,我们见识到了许多独一无二的景象。这段经历我们将永生难忘。
无论是在肯尼亚还是坦桑尼亚,我们的住宿体验也棒极了。由于希望能在野外旅行中享受舒适的环境,我们选择了稍显豪华的套餐;而Mufasa方面也极为贴心地满足了我们的预算与各项需求。
总的来说,我还会再次选择Mufasa,并且也会向所有认识的人大力推荐他们。