Maningo is excellent–very knowledgeable, friendly, and accommodating. For example, I needed to get some medicine for an upset stomach before we left Arusha for Tarangire, and he immediately called a friend with a pharmacy who brought what I needed to the car. It was exactly the same medicine I had been prescribed in the US, and it allowed me to enjoy the safari thoroughly. Maningo is also a very careful driver and made us feel safe even when there was a lot of chaotic traffic on the highway.
“What an amazing family experience. From the moment Willy picked us up at the airport to the moment he dropped us off we felt right at home. It’s hard to put into words the experience because it was truly life changing. You’d expect that we would say seeing lions (and boy did Willy the lion whisperer know how to find lions!) was the highlight. Don’t get me wrong that was wild! But our connection with Willy and doing things like visiting an orphanage and going to his house for a typical African dinner were outstanding. To have a little glimmer of how people in another country and culture live is to forage a lasting connection. We cried when we had to part with Willy because he had become family to us”