East African Voyage
- Located In:
- Size:
- 20-50 employees (Founded in 2007)
- Member Of:
- TATO, IGS, IBC, KPAP & Travelife
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $100 to $1,500 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Nancy | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing time with amazing team
We had an amazing safari with Stephen our guide. He gave us good information and was very proactive to find animals in the Serengeti. The food was also very good.
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Email Marie-France | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing! Good service, perfect guides and just the right choice of lodging!
We are a group of 7 French Canadians that have travelled around the world and we booked our trip to Tanzania with East Africa Voyage for 3 weeks during the month of January 2017. Now that we are back from this amazing trip, we can say that we are all of us thrilled with our experience with East African Voyage. Julie, the Director, has been very helpful with us from the start, answering our many questions for the Kilimandjaro part of our trip (which was a bit scary for us... but it turned out just perfect!), providing us with many choices of itinaries and lodging for the safari and facilitating our numerous requests during our stay in beautiful Tanzania! On top of that, Julie provided us with the best guides and team ever for both the Kili and the safari (Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Taranguire, Lake Manyara and Lake Eyassi). Everyone paid attention to all of our smallest needs (and even beyond our expectations!!!) and the guides, who were very knowledgeable, didn't hesitate to share with us their personal life experience including interesting tales about their culture and traditions. In short, the whole trip was a lifetime experience for all of us! Merci to Julie and all of her team! :-)
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Email Glenn | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Jaw droppingly georgious views
This company was referred to me by a school friend who is in the tourist industry in Tanzania. The company offers a very Bespoke experience from selecting the number of days, destinations, and lodging types. The company also booked my transfer flights from Dar to Arusha, my hotel into Arusha and flight to Zanzibar.
My driver Bernard picked me up at the airport in Arusha and drove me to the hotel. He picked me up in the morning to begin the safari. Bernard was a great driver. We did not have any issues driving and I never felt unsafe. I was solo on safari and so we hung out for the entire week, got along like gangbusters and had great conversations. Bernard is Masai which was cool because I got to learn a great deal about his culture and traditions which were positively fascinating. He was a very easy going guy and was patient with my frequent requests to stop so that I could get out of the car to take pictures with random people that I saw on the street. He would translate for me and negotiate payment which was typically in the many bags of candy that I had with me.
With respect to the safari itself, Bernard showed great skill off-roading. We saw a few interesting accidents and incidents which were caused by drivers without his off-road skills. Bernard said that he's been a guide for more than 15 years or so. Well this showed with his knowledge re navigating the various parks, knowing where he was at any given time, and knowing where to find animals. One time we saw 3 or more jeeps congregating on the other side of a river some distance away. 10 minutes later after an amazing circuitous off road and river crossing adventure we found ourselves beside these jeeps to see to fantastic cheetahs laying in short grass. They were a few feet from us. Amazing. Bernard had fantastic eagle eyes too. How the hell he saw a leopard in a tree with its kill or lion on a rock in the distance etc., was beyond me. The Safaris were among the greatest experiences of my life. Just amazing. Thanks Bernard!!!
Now the lodges I spent nights in were stunning!!!!!! One was a private cottage Tlomey Mountain Lodge I think it's called. I had a private cottage that was huge and just stunning!!! In my living room I had a wood burning fireplace. My veranda overlooked an ocean of red flowers flowing down a hill. My lodge was in a forest a few minutes walk from the main building. I was not expecting something so beautiful and luxurious.
My third night was spent in a tent lodge in the Serengeti. Wow! Wow! Wow! Was that ever luxurious!!! There was a huge dining tent with white table cloth, candles and waiters serving a multi course meal as the sun set over the Serengeti. There were chairs around a fire pit where we relaxed. You could see Buffalo in the distance. My tent was huge. Bigger than an average hotel room. It had a porch area with two chairs and a table. A queen bed with ensuite bathroom with flushing toilet and hot water in the sink and shower. The lights were solar powered. Sleeping was a little freaky. I woke up to the sound of Buffalo walking and brushing against my tent. Then around 5am I woke up again to the sound of several lions outside my tent growling. That was scary and exhilarating.
Fourth night was in a lodge on the rim of the NgoroNgoro crater. Wow! What a stunning building. My room overlooked the crater. Stunning wall to wall floor to ceiling window. Amazing sunset and sunrise views from my room and from the huge balcony where you could eat your breakfast.
Each evening I would have Dinner with Bernard and other guests of the various lodges and we'd debrief and then plan for the next day. Each morning after breakfast we would build our lunch boxes from a buffet.
I would highly recommend this company. I have nothing negative to say. I cannot think of how my trip could have been better. Thank you.
Succesful and smooth Kilimajaro climb
My 3 Friends and I had a wonderful trip to mt kilimanjaro!
The staff was polite and nice at every point of our travel. And the guides were competent and gave lots of information about the mountain.
We had a wonderful time with lots of fun
The prices have been good and the organisation was smooth and uncomplicated with quick responses to all the questions we had
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Email François & Elise | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
One of the greatest nature and human experience of our life!
We climbed the Kilimanjaro on January 2018 with EAV team and it was great! Contacts by mail (very kind), explanations, value for money...
But most of all, our guides and porters were absolutely PERFECT! We really "shared" this experience with them. Thanks to them, we felt always safe (our guides had impressive medical knowledges (we are doctor and physio)) and comfortable (good camp material and organization). The food was also delicious!
We STRONGLY recommend East African Voyage and our team:
- Guides: Goodluck Daniel and Godwin Makwaia
- Porters: Charles, Ocea, Antony, Emmanuel, Amisi, Poki, Ela, Saïdi, Elea, Swahibu, Adam, Moïsi, Heavenlight, Ayoub, Ceravino, Tegemea and Daniel (sorry if mistakes).
Asante sana to all the team!
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Email Urbansvoodoo | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
East African Voyages - Beyond ALL Expectations
Do not choose any other African Safari tour. I cannot even begin to describe the attention to detail and accommodations that are made specifically for you with this company. My husband and I asked for an estimate for the cost of our trip, which we were very happy with. Low and behold - we were the only two people in our safari vehicle along with our guide and driver and could not have felt more accommodated and "spoiled" while on our fantastic journey. Alex and Moses made sure to ask us what the purpose of our trip was - photography - and continually asked how we were feeling about staying out longer, or heading back to our lodge, stopping for a break, lunch, etc. They were happy to join us for dinner and also were completely great about giving us our private time as well.
The coordinator for this company - Faith - cannot be praised enough. She answered quickly and thoroughly all of our many questions and emails and always went above and beyond the call of duty.
I can't even describe the top notch service and accommodations that we had while there. I recommend this company to everyone thinking about going to Africa. I know that for many, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to visit Africa, and I would have no hesitation at all, to send them to East African Voyage. We thought that it was a once in a lifetime trip as well, but now, we cannot wait to go back.
Thank you East African Voyage to exceeding far beyond our expectations!
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Email Marilyn & Michael | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Faith Kimani from EAV was excellent throughout all phases of our Safari experience!
Our experience with EAV went beyond our expectations. Faith worked tirelessly with our group of five from start to finish -- always communicating in a timely manner, answering our many questions, and making adjustments to meet our needs. As a result, our customized itinerary was well-designed & executed throughout our ten-day Safari.
Our guide, Sylvester, is the best! He is knowledgeable about the wildlife, patient, a fabulous driver, & took us off the beaten path at times for more viewing adventures. We always felt safe, secure and well cared for.
All of our lodgings were comfortable and set among beautiful landscapes. Each was unique in its own way, and the hospitality at each was excellent.
We have come away with many meaningful and enduring impressions & memories of our first visit to Tanzania -- thanks to EAV. We will recommend them to our friends and family without hesitation!
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Email Donna | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
The members of the staff were responsive, well-informed, friendly and efficient.
All excellent. From the first communications to the final day, everyone I dealt with was above average in all areas. Faith was able to accommodate our schedule changes easily. Sylvester, our guide, was beyond good in all aspects of his job.
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Email Kate Stewart | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Silvester is friendly, fun, knowledgeable and could always find the animals before other groups.
Faith was excellent helping us plan the trip that we wanted. And, she was able to make some last minute changes that we requested. She always responded promptly with good information. We loved working with her.
The service before and during the safari was excellent. We loved the tour and all of the places we stayed. The trip exceeded my expectations.
I highly recommend East African Voyage. I hope to return to do another trip with them!!
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Email Lori | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very well organized!
We dealt with East African Voyage at the suggestion of a friend who lives in Tanzania. There are over 480 safari tour operators there and its very hard to pick one on your own. They have a reputation of being very fair to their employees and eco-friendly. We can't say enough good things about them. Our itinerary was very well laid out and they followed it to a "T". They were very flexible when planning it and had lots of great suggestions. Our guide, Alex, was awesome and we were so sad when we left him to continue on to other parts of Tanzania. We would definitely recommend East African Voyage and wouldn't hesitate to use them again. It was the holiday of a lifetime so we didn't want any problems and we were very pleased with them.