点评:My wife and I went on an 11 day safari to Kenya and Tanzania with Odyssey Safaris and had a wonderful time. They tailor the trip to the client's wishes but this was not a recline-by-the-pool vacation. There were plenty of early mornings (which is the best time to be out looking for wildlife) and long drives over rough roads. The wildlife was just spectacular especially viewed from as close as we were able to get. In the areas we visited, the animals are accustomed from birth to having large vehicles, mainly six-seat Toyota Land Cruisers, near them. There's no hunting so the animals do not fear the vehicles which means you can get very near to them and their behavior is seemingly unaffected. We saw lion cubs playing with a wildebeest hoof, elephants taking mud baths, giraffe, rhinos, lions courting, lions sleeping, elephants crossing a marsh, and more zebra, gazelle and other animals than we could count.
The emphasis for our trip was on the game drives but the food and accommodations were also nice. We stayed mostly in lodges from the Serena group. These got better and better as we moved from Amboseli, to the Masai Mara and finally a lodge on the Ngoro Ngoro crater rim. We also spent two nights at Intimate Camp Zebra where you stay in a tent on the Serengeti. The food, staff and stars were great there but the heat during our stay was also a bit much so time your trip accordingly.
Our guides were great, particularly Erastus in Amboseli, Simon in the Mara and head guide Eliud who met us at the airport and helped us when my wife was having a bad reaction to the anti-malaria medication. Air Kenya was also very helpful on that occasion at the Nairobi airport. From the front office, Hannah helped us get our visas and answered the many questions we had while preparing. Owner and Director Mark Cqhill led his team in creating our trip.
Odyssey does custom, private safaris so it was just my wife and I and our guide in the vehicle. This is more expensive than some group trips but the advantage is that you have much more control over your own trip. I, for instance, did not wish to spend hours waiting for wildebeest to cross a river and was able to say "let's go find something else to see." We were fortunate to see two crossings, and they are spectacular but there is so much to see just by driving around and looking.
We thought of this as a once-in-a-lifetime trip but had such a great time we would consider going back and would definitely book again with the team at Odyssey Safaris.
翻译:我和妻子跟随Odyssey Safaris组织了一次为期11天的肯尼亚和坦桑尼亚游猎之旅,体验棒极了。他们会根据客人的需求来定制行程,但这可不是那种可以躺在泳池边度假的轻松之旅。我们起得很早(清晨是观察野生动物的最佳时机),还经历了许多在崎岖路面上的长途驾驶。那里的野生动物实在令人叹为观止,尤其是当我们靠得足够近去观察它们的时候。在我们所到之处……这些动物从出生起就习惯了有大量车辆——主要是可搭载六人的丰田陆地巡洋舰——出现在它们身边。由于这里没有狩猎活动,动物们并不惧怕这些车辆,因此我们可以非常靠近它们,而它们的行为也似乎不受任何影响。我们看到了幼狮在玩弄角马的蹄子、大象在泥浴、长颈鹿、犀牛、正在求偶的狮子、正在睡觉的狮子、穿越沼泽的大象,还有多到数不清的斑马、羚羊及其他动物。这次旅行的重点当然是野生动物观赏之旅,不过食物和住宿条件也很不错。我们主要下榻的是Serena集团旗下的旅馆。从安博塞利到马赛马拉,最后再到恩戈罗恩戈罗火山口边缘的旅馆,体验一次比一次好。我们还在塞伦盖蒂的Intimate Camp Zebra住了两晚,那里是露营式住宿,需要住在帐篷里。那里的食物、服务以及夜空中的繁星都令人赞叹不已,不过我们停留期间天气实在太热了,所以安排行程时可要好好考虑一下时机哦。我们的导游都非常出色,尤其是安博塞利的埃拉斯图斯、马赛马拉的西蒙,还有那位在机场迎接我们、并在我妻子因服用抗疟疾药物出现不良反应时伸出援手的领队埃柳德。当时,肯尼亚航空在内罗毕机场也给予了我们极大的帮助。办公室里的汉娜协助我们办理了签证,并耐心解答了我们在行前准备阶段提出的诸多疑问。旅行社的老板兼总监马克·克希尔则带领团队为我们精心策划了这次旅行。
Odyssey提供定制化服务。这是私人定制的游猎行程,因此车里只有我和妻子,以及我们的向导。这种行程的费用虽然比一些团体游要高,但好处在于我们可以完全掌控自己的行程安排。比如,我不想花好几个小时等待角马群渡河,于是便可以直接说:“咱们去看看别的有趣的东西吧。”我们很幸运地目睹了两次角马渡河的壮观景象,不过其实只要开车四处转转、四处看看,也有很多值得欣赏的景致。我们原以为这只是一生仅有一次的旅行,但实际体验太棒了,以至于我们考虑再次前往。我们也一定会再次预订Odyssey Safaris的服务。