Owned and managed by Magda Vrijs and Edward Mollel
Flash Safaris and Photography
- Located In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2005)
- Member Of:
- TATO & TTB
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $250 to $950 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Husain Alfraid | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
They make everything possible, its was one of the best trips ever.
Excellent communication with client, nothing is done or changed whithin the original plan without asking the clinnts permission. Adam, Godson, and Malek made everything possible and easy on us during our 9 days in the bush. We all noticed how others will admire our fancy lunches in the bush. The drivers/guides work so hard to meet our expectations, and also provide us with great portion of information about the land, the animals and the history whenever is possible.
Mohammed alnaser, which was the person behind arranging our trip of seven, was there n advance and met with the owner, and camp managers to make things smoothers for everyone.
Our trip was from Kilomingaro airport-Arusha, then Karatu to Ngorngoro, then to Seronera in the middle of Serengeti and the to northen Serengeti and back
Thank you for your great hospitality and see you soon
Husain
Memorable Safari Experience
Flash S&P was very helpful; open and flexible to our specific requirements. Special thanks to Magda & Edward for their advices and assistance. We would happily use and recommend their services.
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Email Waheed Alfazari | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Real Safari taste, loads of lions seen
I was travling with a group of 6 in 3 guided cars for the propose of wildlife photography. The whole trip was an amazing experince and life time dream came to reality. The company's guides were brilliant and very helpful and knowledgeable. They understated what we wanted and helped us to achieve that. The camps arrangment were the best, a well organized tented camp in the middle of the park full of animals and predators, we could hear the lions all night long. Our special good arrangement were done by the chief himself and supervised by the camp's owner. when we arraived to Kirato after 8 nights on the park we were welcomed by the safari campany owners themselves and invited to a cup of coffee. It was amazing trip overall led by international wildlife photogarpher Mohammed Al Nasser.
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Email Dawson | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing weekend with Flash
This is my second Flash Safaris trip and absolutely loved the experience. Magda is amazingly helpful with recommendations to fit your exact needs and caters the itinerary just to your group. Awesome! We had an amazing walking safari in Arusha National Park, a totally new of animals than the car. Our night at a Masaai lodge was absolutely magical. Amazing food, wonderful room and we even had a view of Mt. Kilimanjaro and Mt. Meru at sunset.
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Email Karline | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Our increadible journey.
We contacted Flash Safaris amongst other companies. We chose them because they were fast to respond, had good ideas and the lodges/tented camps looked really good. When we arrived we met Magda and Edward. They took their time to show us around in Arusha and explain our safari thoroughly. Our driver/guide was Charles. He seemed somewhat introvert at first but in no time he made jokes with us and told us everything about Tanzania, the animals and the nature. We felt very safe with him. He is an excellent driver! He did his best to please us and show us the beauty of Tanzania. And it is very beautiful! The nature and animals were fantastic, we even saw the big five! The lodges and tented camps were our home away from home, with super friendly staff. The food was really good, but we didn't had ugali so the last night Edward took us out to taste this typical Tanzanian dish. Everything we wanted or asked for they provided us. If we would go back, we would go with Flash. An extra thank you to Henry wo helped us arrange our trip. He was very honest about everything and gave excellent advice. Thanks Flash Safaris for an unforgettable trip!!
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Email Susanne Gysi | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A fantastic trip with many of the highlights Tansania offers and an excellent driver.
We planned our trip about 8 months befor we travelled. We contacted Magda and told her what we would like to see. She informed us about the difficulties that certain of our ideas would cause and always had a good alternative at hand. She always mailed back within very short time and helped us a lot with her experience. When we finally had settled everything and arrived in Tansania, she was even at the airport to pick us up. Her choice of travel route turned out to be very thoughtful and the lodges she had selected were a good choice. One of the absolute highlights was the stay at Masai Lodge, which we can highly recommend to anybody. Everything had been carefully and professionally organised and our driver Adam was just brilliant.
We can recommend Flash Safari to everybody wanting to travel Tansania.
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Email Mohammed Alnaser | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Excellent Experience with Flash Safaris & Photography
I am a keen wildlife photographer, I've been to Africa 12 times already but not to Tanzania before, I wanted a company in there that would really understand my needs as a photographer which are usually much more than a regular safari tourist, I think I was more than fortunate that I came across Flash Safaris, dealing with this was an experience of its own, Magda and Edward were professional responding to my endless questions and detailed requests for this trip and an upcoming group trip I am intending to do with eight photographers in September. They were very welcoming when I arrived for my trip in May and the whole trip was spotless, the safari vehicle and guide I was with were excellent, I was with a guide who knew very well what I wanted as a photographer and was very patient when I wanted to wait longer than usual trying to take better photos. I would highly recommend this company in general and not just for photographers, they stand out to be honest among most of the safari companies I dealt with in Africa as a whole!!
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Email Basile | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
One unforgettable safari with flash
I can only recommand flash :
We were very well advised by Henry before coming.
Then everything was well organised and people from flash are lovely.
The safari was way better than We would have expected. Meleck , our driver was very experienced and happy to share his knowledge.
No regrets at all
Basile
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Email Lenny Sinke | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Like all my visits before: Flash is an excellent company for safaris and spare time in Tanzania.
This visit was my fifth time with Flash. And like all times before, our trip was arranged perfectly and so much more than my friends and I hoped it would be. From arriving till leaving we were able to relax and enjoy our wonderful safari.
We stayed in very comforable, clean, beautiful, friendly lodges and tented lodges through the area. Food was excellent and very tasty, staff there is most helpfull and very friendly.
We visited the National Parks/ reserves but also cultural places. We saw most beautiful wild scenes like young cheetas with their mom, a part of the migration, elephants as close as possible to the car, giraffes smiling at us, lions sleeping of course, many gazelles, beautiful birds ... I could write for days about the beauty of the Tanzanian wildlife and country.
We also met with the culture of the Masaai and stayed in a relaxed Lodge where we were spoiled with the interesting and traditional way of Masaai life.
Flash staff (directors, people in the office, guides etc) are very hospitable, friendly and their ability on the job is excellent. Thank you Flash for our experience of a lifetime! Hopefully meet you next time again.
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Email Jelle Zijlstra | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
The best holiday ever!
Flash Safari's was recommended to us by friends and they were so right! Magda and her team gave us and our kids the holiday of our lives! She gave us perfect advise about the best time and the best route for our safari. As a result we have seen lots of wildlife (the entire big five and much more) and the accommodations were perfect. The entire program was perfectly balanced. We started out in the Arusha National Park - a beautiful park just north of Arusha. This is one of the very few places where you can do a walking safari accompanied by an experienced (armed) ranger. Great to get some exercise after sitting in an airplane for an entire day! It was an ideal day to acclimatize with lots to see. The next days we visited all the famous National Parks and Conservation area's. An absolutely unforgettable experience. Tarangire with its Baobabs and many elephants, The Ngorogoro conservation area with its very diverse landscape ranging from tropical rainforest to hills and grassy plains and off-course the endless grassy plains of the Serengetti filled with all sorts of wildlife. We ended our safari in a luxury hotel (Acacia Lounge) which was great! After eight days on dusty bumpy roads it feels so good to clear off the dust, have a long luxurious shower and a swim in the pool.
The absolute highlight of our safari was our driver Adam Mtiro! He was a very experienced and very knowledgable game-spotter, catered for our every wish and gave us all the time we wanted to observe the wildlife. Without him we would not have seen half as much! Thanks again Adam - you have really made our safari unforgettable!
The second part of our holiday was on the east coast of Zanzibar. We spent three nights in the Sunshine Hotel and four nights in the Marine Lodge - both beautiful accommodations under the same management with very nice swimming pools. The Sunshine Hotel has a lovely beach with very warm seawater (around 37 degrees centigrade!) Swimming is very good when the tide is high. When the tide is low you must wear reef-shoes and be careful, not to step on the many sea urchins. The Marine Lodge is more isolated and does not have a beach. It does have a very good diving school however and the Mnemba Atoll right in front of the hotel, provides numerous lovely diving and snorkeling spots. You can spot many tropical fish, sea turtles and dolphins there.
If you want a beach.....go to the Sunshine Hotel. If you want to go diving and enjoy peaceful and quite surroundings......go to the Marine Lodge. If you like a bit of both.......use the special offer to stay a couple of nights in each hotel (including two dive or snorkeling trips). Both places are highly recommended.
We ended our holiday with one day/night in the Zanzibar Coffee House, a very good old, authentic hotel in Stonetown, the historic centre of Zanzibar City. Stonetown is a must see experience. It gives you a good impression of the daily live on the island. Most buildings are old and dilapidated - even those on the world heritage list - but they are still a sight to see! Also the local market was an unforgettable experience. You can make some lovely pictures there, although in some places (like the fish and the chicken market) you must be able to hold your breath for quite some time ;-).
All in all we have had the time of our lives in Tanzania and on Zanzibar and we can highly recommend Flash Safari's! Its strong point are:
* The personal approach and personal assistance - both before departure and during travel
* Knowledgeable , highly committed staff and very good travel advise
* A perfectly balanced program with very good accommodations
* Very good, patient and knowledgeable drivers - they are the key to a perfect safari experience!
We highly recommend Flash Safari's without any reservations!