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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Reviews
Email Dima | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great service and safari, our guide was Ombeni and he did everything to make this trip amazing.
Good English, very kind people. Ask administration to send tickets in advance
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Email Ingolf Roehr | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unforgettable impressions!
My friend we started to ask for quotations while beeing in Tanzania and although Gosheni was not the cheapest the manner of communication and offering from beginning matched our expectations. We´ve choosen a 5day/6nights comfort northern safari tour and we got unforgettable impressions. We travelled alone in the comfort jeep with our friendly and qualified guide who explained short and informative without beeing intrusive and always with an good eye for everything. We saw everything the African wildlife offers in the different parks but the absolute highlight has been the Serengeti tour. Our guide payed attention to everything and served the patience to give us the space joining landscapes and wildlife fully. All accomodations and service was awesome and last but not least our guide at the end helped us to manage getting the PCR- test in Tanzania what just now is necesarry for travellers. We started as strangers and ended just like family so many thanks to Gosheni Safaries and to you Ombeni!
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Email Hosam H | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Ombeni is nothing less than the most perfect tour guide I've ever had!!!
Gosheni Safaris was great from the moment I was in communication with Peter to the day we landed in Arusha! Our tour guide picked us up and took us to our hotel where we relaxed before the start of the first day of our safari. We did the 5-day luxury package and it truly is a luxurious experience and it could have only been so with the great execution of our guide Ombeni! The entire experience was 100% worth every dollar I spent and I definitely will come back again, as long as Ombeni is my guide! I was told from online sources to go into the safari with low expectations because nature does its own thing and there's a chance that you won't see much, but honestly, if you have an experienced tour guide like Ombeni, you will see more than you could imagine. I never in my life imagined seeing the wildlife that I saw, while also being so close!
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Email Jeremy goz | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Honeymooner luxury safari
Gosheni
For our honeymoon, we chose Gosheni for a week safari in Tanzania. For contact, questions and contract we were in talk with Pendo which answered every question straight away, created a custom safari trip for our budget and was really easy and cool to talk with. Big up for Pendo for making this that easy.
When it comes to the actual safari, we had as our driver, Laban, and truly he was exceptional. He was more than welcoming, easy to talk with, always on time and really knowledgable about all parks and routes. With his expertise we saw more than most people: lions, multiple cheetahs, leopard and even a rhino ! Every lunch we had, he prepared a romantic table and we felt like we were at the restaurant. I can truly recommend Laban as your guide, you will not be disappointed.
Overall, amazing experience at Gosheni, from booking to the actual safaris, don’t hesitate and go with them!
Jeremy and Levana, french honeymooners
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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.
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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.
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!
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.
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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!
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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!