Some of our tour guides and vehicles
Gosheni Safaris Africa
- Office In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2009)
- Member Of:
- Tanzania Association of Tour Operators
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $175 to $500 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
for a custom tour
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If preferred, you can contact the operator directly
Reviews
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Email Steven | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Considerate, kind and a good leader of all
I cannot say enough about how amazing Omary and his team were in guiding us to the top of Kilimanjaro. By the end of the journey we felt bonded to everyone. The team did everything to make sure we were safe, comfortable and well fed! Most of all they embodied Hakuna Matata, a positive attitude!
Reply from Gosheni Safaris Africa
Posted on Jul 12, 2024Thank you so much for your kind words about Omary and our team at Gosheni Safaris. We're thrilled to hear that they provided such an incredible experience guiding you to the summit of Kilimanjaro. Their dedication to your safety, comfort, and well-being is truly commendable, and it's heartwarming to know that their positive attitude made the journey memorable.
We're delighted that you felt bonded with everyone and experienced the true spirit of Hakuna Matata throughout your trek. This kind words motivate us to continue delivering exceptional adventures.
We look forward to welcoming you back for more unforgettable experiences in the future. Have a wonderful day ahead, Steven! Keep safe!
LT
Email Andrius | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent safari company with nice perks
Gosheni Safaris are excellent and trustworthy company. Their safari was excellently planned, everything was on time and we received a lot of unforgettable experiences. Also our guide Leben was extremely caring, knowledgeable and fun person who had this almost magical ability to spot all animals and keep all our trip on track. Hot lunches provided by Gosheni are also highlight as they were very tasty and everydau portion of hot soup was a life saver on some days.
Obviously I would highly recommend Gosheni on your safari adventure.
Reply from Gosheni Safaris Africa
Posted on Jul 5, 2024Hi Andrius! Thank you so much for your wonderful review and for choosing Gosheni Safaris for your safari adventure. We are thrilled to hear that you had an excellent and unforgettable experience with us.
It's fantastic to know that you found our safari excellently planned and punctual, and that you received unforgettable experiences throughout your journey. We are proud of Laban's exceptional care, knowledge, and fun personality, which added so much to your safari. His ability to spot animals and ensure a smooth trip is truly commendable.
We're delighted that you enjoyed our hot lunches and the daily hot soup, which were highlights of your days on safari.
Your recommendation means a lot to us, and we look forward to welcoming you back for more memorable adventures with Gosheni Safaris. Have a wonderful day ahead!
SG
Email Sam | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
We are coming back and will be booking with Gosheni again!
What was meant to be a family trip for my mum's 70th birthday in 2020 got COVID delayed until 2023, but we finally made it!
We did 8 days / 7 nights covering Tarangire, Central Serengeti, Northern Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater. We saw all of the big 5; lion cubs are CUTE followed very closly by three cheetahs brothers rolling around in the grass just being big cats.
What could have been a dampener on the whole trip, my mum's luggage got lost/delayed by Qatar, got turned around by the team at Gosheni - they got us into Arusha to pick up supplies before heading out in safari, and then kept chased up with the airline and managed to get her luggage delivered into one of the small airports in Central Serengeti a couple of days later - AMAZING service!
Our guide Laban was something else to behold - he is knowledgeable, passionate about the animals, environment and culture. His sharp eves meant we saw everything we had wished for and so much more. He was a pleasure to be around and made the trip even more special. He was so kind to my mum, helping her in and out the 4x4, making sure he used her phone and his binoculars to get her some spetactular photos - a true gentleman. Reading the reviews again after the trip its clear Gosheni knows how to pick their guides perfectly.
We also should mention the accomodation and their staff were all fantastic and the most friendly, welcoming people you could hope to meet. Food was great, and the packed lunches were always good - we were never hungry! Having a pinic lunch under a tree in the middle of the Serengeti with wildebeest just wandering around was a highlight.
Many, many thanks to Peter for all the planning and being so accomidating with the COVID delays, and just as many thanks to Laban for being an truly incredible guide.
We are coming back and will be booking with Gosheni again!
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Email Leticia | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great customer service and experience.
We had a very smooth experience with William throughout the planning of our trip. He was very patient and attentive clarifying our questions and building the itinerary according to our needs. Our guide tour who is also called William was great and very experienced. He was always willing to go above and beyond to provide an unforgettable experience to our family. This was an amazing trip.
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Email Charles | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Safari Experience
It was absolutely wonderful booking a Safari tour with Gosheni Safaris Africa. The food, accomodations and hospitality were the best, bar none. Everyone was so friendly and helpful that l literally had to do nothing. Our guide Ombeni was the best. He made us feel at home the first minute we met him and he has a great sense of humor. He knew exactly where to go to see anything worth seeing. We were able to see the big 5 animals in this one tour, which is a hard thing to do. I highly recommend Gosheni Safaris Africa when booking your next safari tour. They are well worth the time and money!
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Email Aura T | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing experience-great services-very professional guide
Gosheni Safaris is offering the best value for money: new safari car, professional and savvy guide speaking a very good english and helping everyone to enjoy the experience and providing advices, best meal and the best accomodation to Castle Lodge NgoroNgoro. Overall it was an amazing experience that we should repeat soon. Thank you, William!
Email Nikita | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very experienced, responsive and flexible to clients needs
My husband and I cannot say enough good things about this company. We started planning our safari trip earlier in 2022 and reached out to a number of different companies. Gosheni was the best in terms of pricing and what they offered. Peter was a terrific communicator. He was very accommodating and flexible with our itinerary.
From the moment we landed in Tanzania to the moment our safari trip came to an end we had the most seamless experience. I had asked Peter to arrange to have some one pick us up at the airport. Our driver, Jesse, was waiting for us as soon as we exited the terminal and took us to our private airport transport. He made us feel so comfortable and ensured we were comfortably dropped off to our rooms in the hotel.
The safari itself was incredible. Our tour guide, David, was very experienced. He had very good knowledge of wildlife and was a terrific spotter. We got to see all the wildlife we came to see and more! And we learnt alot about wildlife from him. He went above and beyond for us and we cannot thank him enough. For example, we really wanted to see a black rhino (which are limited in numbers) and on the last day he managed to spot one in the distance!
David also made sure that we got to see the wildebeest migration. The day we went to see the crossing there were a number of other groups also waiting to see this but many of them missed out. David expertly practiced patience and he eventually spotted the crossing in the distance! This was the most exciting experience and one I will never forget.
The days were long and involved ALOT of difficult driving, but David carried on always prioritising our comfort and experience. He was a very experienced guide and I am grateful we were allocated someone with his knowledge, experience and patience.
Our accommodation at each location was very beautiful, clean and comfortable. Waking up to the sounds of lions, or to elephants wandering outside our rooms was an experience I will never forget.
The number and diversity of wildlife we got to see during this trip was unbelievable. This truly was a trip of a lifetime and Gosheni made it an unforgettable experience.
The only thing I would add is we did a masaii village tour (which we requested be added to the tour). Personally this was our least favourite part of the tour, and if I do another safari I would not do it again. The experience felt forced, awkward and we felt guilted into spending money. Please note however this is NOT a criticism of the company as this is something we requested be added on.
Email Jarron | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An Incredible team providing a memorable Safari!
This tour exceeded all our expectations! Booking and paying for the safari was a seemless process thanks to Peter. He was very accomodating and easily added on a day hike up part of Kilimanjaro to the end of our tour.
The Safari itself was incredible! Jaw dropping unbelievable! Our guide William was so friendly and extremely knowledgeable. He had an impressive understanding of the wildlife and fauna, and was familiar with all the less traveled roads which ensured we saw all of the big animals within the first half of the day! William went out of his way to make sure that we had an unforgettable experience. We went with the luxury package and felt it was money well spent. The accomodation was very comfortable (and the food delicious). William even set us up a picnic lunch under the canopy of the Safari van with real crockery and wine!
An unforgettable experience thanks to an excellent company with wonderful staff. Thank you William and Peter for making our trip to special. Would highly recommend you book your safari with Gosheni tours!
DE
Email Marcus & Marion | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Trip of a lifetime
As with the first trip in 2017, we placed the planning and implementation of our second safari in Tanzania in the hands of Gosheni Safaris. It was again confirmed that Gosheni, in addition to perfect planning and organization, attaches great importance to making the trip something very unique. The route and the camps were tailored to our needs. Our 10-day tour in February 2022 took us from Tarangire NP via Ndutu, the Serengeti to the Ngorongoro Crater. Gosheni attaches great importance to sustainability and has, for example, replaced the classic lunch box with reusable containers, which are filled with freshly cooked food in the camps in the morning, so that we always had a 3-course meal at lunchtime. Instead of plastic dishes, people eat on porcelain and use real cutlery. The white tablecloth was just the icing on the cake.
The fact that our trip became a "trip of a lifetime" was due to our wonderful safari guide Laban Gervas. He accompanied us on our first trip 5 years ago and gave us unforgettable moments, so it was clear to us that it could only be another trip with Laban. He is incredibly attentive, kind and also full of knowledge about the country, people, flora and fauna that we really got every question answered. In the background, he organizes small details, anticipates every wish and adapts perfectly to his team. We are sure that this will not be our last trip to Tanzania, which we will do again with Gosheni Safaris and Laban.
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Email Jaume | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Discovering the unexpected, a 5 days private safari
It was the first time, that we decided to do a Safari and after some online reviews we finished contacting among a few additional companies, fortunately, Gosheni Safari.
We wanted to do a 5 days safari with lodge acommodation covering Tarangire, Serengeti, Crater Ngorongoro and Lake Manyara.
From the beginning the communication with Gosheni was incredible good, Pendo did a great job. In difference to other companies we contacted, Pendo was providing us options matching exactly our request and with different proposals, with a real clear explanation of the planning and acommodations included. She was always answering our questions in a few hours, through email or though whatsap and at the end we decided us for a private tour, with middle range lodge acommodation.
Unfortunatelly due COVID we had to delay our partially paid safari 2 days before the start, but again there was not problem at all! At the end, we get the change to fly two weeks later than originally planned and Pendo was there to reorganize everything ASAP.
At the start of the safari we were picked up in our hotel by our fantastic guide and driver Ombeni. He was amazing, fluent english, always happy, making jokes and generate a really comfortable athmosphere, always there to help us and make us enjoy the experience. As he would say, really "The man of the people". He was our driver and guide, but during the safari he converted also in our friend.
We started with a small briefing on the Gosheni Office in Arusha. There we would able to see, that Gosheni was not "Other more" Arusha Safary company , it was a high professional company.
During this briefing, we were so lucky that we got an upgrade for our first night because our booked one was closed due corona. The replacement we got was a 5 star hotel on lake manyara with pool, were you were surrounded by Zebras, Jiraffa and more animals that you could watch from your room(or from the pool!).
The car was great, big, comfortable with drinks always available and was kept always extremely clean by Ombeni. We got everyday a real hot meal for lunch with wine, and not only the typical sandwich Lunchbox. The other guides and clients were jealous as they saw how nice was handled everything by Ombeni.
During the safari we were able to see not only the Big Five, but much more than expected! Gosheni is an amazing company, but with Ombeni it is incredible, he makes a difference.