I knew we would enjoy our trip with… I knew we would enjoy our trip with Metamo but didn’t expect how much. What surprised me most was just how much we fell in love with Africa. It certainly made me appreciate my life and the people in it. I was so impressed by the local people. They had so little yet life was good and they were happy. The lions were a highlight. I didn’t expect to be so close to them! It was an Amazing African Adventure!

Life changing experience that went above and beyond expectations It is hard to explain other than the way I look at life is totally different from how I saw life before the trip. It is a trip filled with so many moments of "life" where it becomes a very reflective trip. Life changing! Each day of our trip was an incredible memory. As we would close out each day we wondered how anything could get better and then we would wake up the next day and it seemed to be even better then the day before. Being with friends and family and experiencing all of the beauty of Kenya together Watching a lion family with the mother and her cubs. Another one was when the Cheetah mother and her babies had cornered a baby wildebeest and the baby wildebeest came up against our jeeps for protection and how the driver slowly moved the jeep towards the higher grass and the baby wildebeest followed the movement of the car and escaped once he could protect himself in the grass. There are so many - additionally having the opportunity to witness the great migration.How beautiful Kenya was and how friendly the people were. Additionally the abundance of animals. Seeing nature untouched up close and personal. Having a front row seat to witness some of nature's true marvels.

Metamo made it life-changing. Our trip with Metamo was nothing short of life-changing. I always tell people that the animals were incredible but the people are what make me want to go back. I came home with a different view of my own world and community. Every day offered something incredible to remember but what we all remember the most is tea with a Joyce, a local woman who lived near Red Rhino Orphanage at the time. A complete strangers to us and speaking no English, Joyce showed us the true definition of hospitality. One of the safari trips that remains in my mind involved a lioness on the hunt. It was hot but just starting to rain. We watched her miss her kill, then walked straight to our window and pushed her head right to the window. She was angry about missing the kill and we were all very happy that everything was closed on our vehicle. The lioness stalked away and the rain created beautiful colors in the fields. I can still see that image in my head. After interacting with the people of Kenya, I realized very quickly how happy they all were. I also saw how little they had in terms of personal possessions. It seemed clear to me that we clutter our lives with "things" in our culture and it does little to make us happier, if not the opposite. I am forever mindful of this on a daily basis. There was a level of personalization and intimacy to our trip, and halfway through we tried to think of ways to get our driver to visit us in the US. Enough cannot be said of the experience altogether and we are just waiting for our kids to be old enough to share in a repeat trip with us.

Kilimanjoro is way better than you'd imagine Before leaving for our adventure, we anticipated the best part of the trip would be the feeling of accomplishment from summiting Kilimanjaro. Though we did summit, the highlight was the being unplugged from civilization in the vast openness of Africa's tallest mountain, meeting new friends and learning from our guides and porters about the land and the people we were among. I traveled with my adult son and life long family friends. Metamo's team handled every detail of our twelve day stay in Tanzania (picked us up at the airport, arranged first class pre and post climb accommodations & dining in Arusha, handled everything involving our Lemosho route climb, organized a post-climb coffee plantation tour, drove us to the airport, and so on). We'd do it all over again in a second and without changing a thing. We recommend that anyone thinking of visiting Tazania, Arusha or Kilimanjero contact Metamo.

Top Africa Operator I have been in the travel biz for a big % of my working life, and I haven’t run into too many tour operators that have the kind of passion, care, service, and attention to detail that Greg and Metamo have. Not to mention, their absolutely awesome secondary mission is to put underprivileged kids in Kenya through school, and change their lives!