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We had an absolutely amazing safari experience, made even more special by our fantastic guide, Nasri. He was incredibly knowledgeable, attentive, and friendly, and made sure we had the best possible experience from start to finish. Highly recommended!

The tour is very nice and Emmanuel is a great guide. He always made sure that we were doing well and paid attention to everything. For example, he kept an eye on our things the whole time while we were swimming in the hot springs. The waterfall is definitely worth a visit. At the coffee plantation, you get great insights into how coffee can be produced, and in many places, it's accompanied by singing. The hot springs are not particularly warm, but they have a pleasant bathing temperature. It is definitely an experience to swim among the palm trees.

I confess that I had to wait a few days to write this review. It was so, so perfect that I needed to let some time pass to realize if it really was like that or if it was just the excitement of the moment. Now, with some distance, I can say: it was even better! They were the best 4 days and 3 nights I remember. I was lucky and managed to see the Big Five, although a friend had told me before starting the trip that "there would only be a 50% chance of this happening." But, in the end, the most incredible thing wasn't what I saw but what I lived. It all started with Mercie's help, patience, enormous friendliness, and speed, who did everything to fit the best possible experience into the schedules and specifics of our flights. And, even after everything was scheduled, there was always the care to do a daily check to know if we were okay. Incredible attention from start to finish. Then, we were lucky enough to find the best travel companions and two of the best members of the Suricata team: Frank and Pius. And, honestly, I don't have enough words to describe each of them. Frank was much more than a driver and guide. It was knowledge, care, sympathy, and experience. It led us, literally and not just, on an unforgettable adventure, inside and outside the Jeep. Always concerned with showing us everything, teaching us even more, and at the same time, always attentive to our needs and desires. And Pius... he fed our stomach and soul. He was a cook, mechanic, and companion every night. They gave us the best pitus and some of the best conversations, on past nights under a completely starry sky, which I thought only existed in The Lion King. I was also lucky enough to share this adventure with incredible people, also Suricata clients with whom I crossed paths at the campsite or even on the road, who started as travel companions and ended up being part of it. We shared stories, experiences, conversations, and, above all, those half-disbelieving smiles of someone looking around and thinking: "Are we really living this?" In the end, I saw the Big Five. I saw zebras and hyenas during the night. I saw thousands of animals and landscapes that still seem unreal to me today. I walked kilometers and kilometers jumping inside a Jeep and fell asleep rocked by those same jolts. I lived things that, before going, I didn't even know were possible to live. But what I brought with me was much greater than everything I saw. They were the people. If we ever come back, it will be a lot because of them. And, especially, of Frank and Pius, for everything they made us live.