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 Rob and Hermien | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Reliable, excellent staff
I can be short: excellent in every way !!!
It was our second safari with this company and again: top !!!
Direct and personal contact, they say what they do and they do what they say !
Very good staff
We sure can recommand Flash Safaris and Fotography !!
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Email Nancy H | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great communication to meet your Safari desires with best camps/lodges and knowledgeable fun guides.
Responsive communications with the owner. She does whatever necessary to meet your Safari desires and the best camps/lodges in your price range. They meet you at the airport on arrival and take you to your lodging. They recommend a day of rest to adjust to time difference and meet with you to go over the plan for your Safari and discuss your preference for game drive times. Flash will arrange for a balloon Safari and make necessary reservations. Magda does her best to make sure your Safari is unforgettable. Her guides for game drives are knowledgeable and observant to make sure you don’t misss a thing. This is our second Safari with Flash and if there is a third we will definitely book with Magda’s Flash Safaris & Photography.
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Email Ruud, Dolinda and Frank de Haan | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A real professional organisation with an eye for the client. You will feel you are special !!
We planned this trip for more than a year ago and from the beginning we had a very good connection with Magda Vrijs. She gave us the feeling that our dream could be realised. And she did. Here experience and her eye for the client made us feel special. She helpt us build up this trip and booked the most wonderful accomodations. We made this trip with the 3 of us (2 brothers, 1 sister) and our guide (Meleck John). The experience of the guide and his personality made those safari days unforgetable. This trip will never be forgotten !!
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Email Ad, Guusje, Annelot, Floris, Bastiaan and Ferry Nieuwenhuis | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic, unforgettable and great organization and execution of our family safari and Zanzibar trip
We were referred to Magda Vries by a mutual friend and we felt right at home the first time we met with her in the Netherlands. We wanted to have an unforgettable safari vacation with our 4 adult children as a memory of our 25th wedding anniversary. We discussed our goals, desires and wishlist with Magda and she prepare a magnificent safari with her team. They were quick to respond and patient listeners, adding god ideas.
So, we spend 5 days in the Masai area, travelled and camped in Sinya Conservation Area in little dome tents. We did not see a single tourist for the two days we spend there only accompanied by Sam, our driver and tour guide, a Masai guide named Luwasa, an excellent cook, a Masai warrior for security from animals and a Masai help. This secluded area close to the Kenyan border was the absolute highlight of our safari. We really got close to the local tribes and their way of life, their challenges and their joys. Besides that we saw a lot of wildlife and beautiful nature. Make sure to include the Masai Lodge in your itinerary; unknown and extremely authentic.
Sure we went to all the other big parks and wonderful places in Tanzania; Flash Safaris had them all covered. Sam, our tour guide for two weeks, was great fun and a very skilled driver as well as an experienced game spotter; imagine doing these things at the same time!
Also we went to Zanzibar through Flash. Again perfect prepared and on top of things. We had a booking issue with the diving organization, but Flash immediately fixed it! Excellent, Excellent.
We can Highly recommend to book your safari with Flash, especially if you want to see something different. Thank you Magda, Edward and Sam and the entire crew!
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Email Brad and Marlene | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Created great memories and opportunities for amazing wildlife viewing.
Flash was very good at communicating before the trip. Henry responded to our questions immediately by email and we had several video conference calls as well.
We did a private, camping safari, where we stayed in the public campsites in a tent. We enjoyed the campsites and being in the middle of everything. We did stay at a private campsite the first night at Lake Manyara, Migombani Campsite, it was really great. I would hope Flash would include that in all their camping itineraries.
The animals were amazing! We saw so many things. Our guide and cook took good care of us.
Our only negative was the condition of our particular safari vehicle was not good and we had multiple breakdowns. We missed some game drive time because of this.
Otherwise the safari was great.
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Email Gary Elsner | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fulfilling a lifetime desire to experience the African migrations for a disabled person!!!
My daughter, Sarah, and I just came back from the most exciting safari with Flash Safaris and Photography. In my case it was the fulfillment of a lifetime wish to go to Africa and see the wild animals, the migrations and also the research sites of the Leakey's. And since I'm an older fellow who uses a wheelchair full-time -- it's not easy. But Magda, Robert and Adam put together a Safari that worked so nicely for all my needs. They made it easy to get into and out of the safari vehicles and had checked the accessibility of all the accommodations. Awesome is an understatement!! It was a perfect safari experience.
We wish to specifically extend our thanks and gratitude to Magda Vrijs, Edward Mollel and Mtiro Adam of Flash Safaris and Photography . And Robert Stelling with Fika Safaris who did an excellent communications job regarding the accessibility needs.
Mtiro Adam was our Guide and Driver for the Safari and a wonderful companion. His knowledge of the wildlife and plants was amazing!!! Everywhere we went we saw others who clearly had a high respect for Adam.
My checklist for the safari was to visit Ngorongoro Crater, the Serengeti Plains, the Rift Valley and Olduvai Gorge (the Leakey's paleontology site). They designed a safari which covered all these objectives and many more!!
I would say, without a doubt, if you want to go to Africa and have a World-Class Experience - contact Flash Safaris -- they can make it happen for you!!!
Our best wishes to all -- Gary Elsner and Sarah Gualtieri
Email Julie | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
An amazing experience!
We have just returned from a fabulous holiday in Tanzania including Zanzibar organised by Flash Safaris and Photography.We had an amazing experience thanks to them.The Lodges/Camps and Hotels chosen for us were perfect,food was terrific throughout.They thought of every single detail to make our holiday perfect including organising our journey back from Zanzibar in a way that would be best for connecting to our flight home.
We saw so many animals but didn’t see the migration in Nduto sadly but that is just nature on the day!...nothing is foreseen as our guide kept telling us.
We would highly recommend Flash....outstanding!!
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Email Erick | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great Expierence and our Guide, Adam - Awesome!
Having just returned from probably the most memorable holiday and we contribute this to Flash Safari. The company was recommended by friends and, after having been daunted by the multiple millions of Safari companies out there, it was a huge relief to be able to have a reliable organization to contact. They were efficient and helpful right from the start. All communications were quickly replied to, advice and alternatives offered where appropriate and recommendations for everything we required. Our experience was superb through the entire trip to the various national parks.Tented camps were far more substantial than they sound and the facilities were remarkable. Small and personal, full of character and an absolute treasure. The food in each was excellent and we enjoyed the ambiance and their attention to each visitor.
Adam, our driver, guide and on a couple of occasions mechanic was the best! He was absolutely brilliant! We swear he could spot any animal a mile away and knew the area like it was his back yard. He found us everything we could possibly have asked for and much, much more. In addition he certainly respected Nature, and was hugely knowledgeable about the parks. He was sensitive to the domain of the animals and was careful not to disturb anything in the parks. A true gent, and great fun too.
We would recommend Flash to anyone wanting an absolutely exceptional safari, and hope to get a chance to relive their delights on another occasion ourselves. Requesting Adam as your guide would only add to the experience and highly recommended.
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Email Bernadette | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very good experience, all was according to their proposal. It was a great experience.
They were very responsive to our requirement and expectation, fast response and professional. Good driver/guide, car in good condition. Lodging and food up to our expectation. I recommend Flash Safari and Abraham.
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Email Martyn and Nicky | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An outstanding experience!
Having just returned from probably the most memorable holiday of our lives, we are super-eager to sing the praises of Flash right away! The company was recommended by friends and, after having been daunted by the multiple millions of Safari companies out there, it was a huge relief to be able to have a reliable organisation to contact. They were efficient and helpful right from the start. All communications were quickly replied to, advice and alternatives offered where appropriate and recommendations for everything we required. It seemed that pretty much anything was possible! We didn't want the huge expense of 'high end' but had feared that anything less would be either disappointing or less secure than my fevered imagination really needed! The image of small, soft, regular tents amongst wandering lions and elephants weighted heavily on my mind. However, we were able to go 'mid-price range' and get, what we considered to be fairly high end comfort, with all the security we'd hoped for. Tented camps were far more substantial than they sound and the facilities were remarkable. Small and personal, full of character and an absolute treat, in the most amazing of settings. The food in each was excellent, and none of them were the dreaded buffet style meals. Each evening was a three course menu, served by the delightful, super friendly staff, breakfast had a variety of choices, plus eggs cooked to order. Lunch boxes were the norm for each day's travel and were varied and very full.
Our driver and guide, Adam, was the icing on the cake! He was absolutely brilliant! We swear he could spot an ant on the horizon, and seemed to have eyes not only in the back of his head, but all around too. Plus x-ray specs in front! He found us everything we could possibly have asked for and much, much more. Apart from the elusive aardvark which he himself had been chasing for fourteen years! Though we were tantalised by many of their holes! In addition he certainly respected Nature, and was hugely knowledgeable about all flora and fauna. He was sensitive to the domain of the animals and was careful not to disturb anything in the parks. A true gent, and great fun too.
Adam was also able to arrange a ballon ride over the Serengeti for us, something quite magical that we shall never forget. A huge treat, not only for the balloon experience itself, but for the fabulously gracious champagne, full English breakfast, to follow, complete with good linen, bone China and decent silver in an idyllic, truly 'Out of Africa' setting.
We would recommend Flash to anyone wanting an absolutely exceptional safari, and hope to get a chance to relive their delights on another occasion ourselves.