Happy World Safaris
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- Budget & mid-range tours with set start dates and a fixed itinerary
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- Website:
- www.happyworldsafaris.com
Reviews
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Email Luiza | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
We didn't want to leave Ruaha, and part of the reason was because of our amazing tour guides!
I did a 5 day Safari with Happy World Safaris and it genuinely was the experience of a lifetime. I travelled to Dar es Salaam in mid-June 2018 and was looking for safari options all around Tanzania. After being recommended Happy World by someone on TripAdvisor, I decided to write to them to get some more information on it. I spoke directly to Joseph, who was very helpful in answering questions I had, and which parks would be best suited for me. We decided that Ruaha was the way to go. After giving him a rough budget, we built our own itinerary with his help. We were picked up at 7am from our hotel in Dar and drove all the way to Ruaha (~12 hour drive) - although it seems long, it was actually wonderful! We got to travel through the country, which is an experience in itself. Although the jeep is not very new, we were extremely comfortable! Joseph (our guide) and our driver (Alpha) were extremely friendly, helpful, funny and entertaining throughout the journey. Ruaha was beautiful! We saw a plethora of animals (even wild dogs, which were highly unexpected), and Joseph's/Alpha's knowledge was very useful. We had an all-inclusive package, with breakfast, lunch and dinner being provided throughout the safari. We had dietary requirements which Joseph eagerly accommodated us with. It was a wonderful experience and highly recommend Happy World! Thank you again, Joseph and Alpha, for a marvellous trip!
CA
Email John | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Wonderful Trip to Tanzania
We spent a great a trip arranged by Joseph and guided by Tony to Arusha National Park, Tarangirie National Park, Lake Manyara National Park, Serengeti National Park and the Ngorogoro Crater. An experience of a lifetime made more enjoyable by Tony who is a was a very gracious, knowlegable, funny and good natured guide. I would encourage anyone considering a trip to contact Joseph at Happy World Safaris to discuss your trip. Joseph also arrange a beautiful 4 night stay on Zanzibar for us which was a great way to end our trip.
Email Liz Williams | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A wonderful experience. We felt well looked after and had a fantastic time.
We are a family of four with two children aged 15 and 11. We had a fabulous and memorable safari arranged by Joseph with Tony as our excellent guide to Tarangirie National Park, Serengeti National Park and the Ngorogoro Crater.
The standard of accommodation was very high. We particularly liked the tented camps in the Serengeti, and we saw an amazing range of wildlife including the 'Big 5' and many other animals and birds. Tony was the best guide we could have wished for; extremely knowledgeable, a fantastic driver, very patient with all of our questions and a lovely person.
We had excellent service from Joseph from our initial e-mails to all the way through our safari. Joseph was always quick to respond to e-mails and provide different itineraries until we decided on what we wanted. I have no hesitation in recommending Happy World Safaris for anyone considering an independent safari in Tanzania.
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Email Patrick Scott | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
There Was So Much We Loved About Our Trip!
Since returning home from our very first safari in Tanzania, we can’t stop reminiscing on all the breathtaking memories we had in the wild and are already thinking of our next trip back!
With 6 of us all together, mom and dad, 2 sons, and 2 daughters-in-law, on our first trip together in Tanzania, we felt so well taken care of by our excellent safari guides and at each of our accommodation sites.
Happy World Safaris took care of our every need so that we were able to enjoy our time together witnessing unforgettable moments with the Big 5 and many more. We were blown away each day and amazed at how each day seemed to top the day before.
Some of our treasured moments include viewing a gazelle giving birth and the baby calf’s first steps, lions lounging on tree branches, vultures and jackals flocking in and competing over a fresh kill after a cheetah wrapped up its meal, a water hole viewing that started out with 2 elephants splashing in the water, then 2 zebras taking a drink, and then an endless herd of wildebeests appearing out of nowhere and taking over the water hole! What a treat to capture it all on video and pictures to relive and share with our family and friends!
Being there during the end of December 2019 also gave us precious viewings of the young, including lion cubs, leopard cubs, zebras, elephants, hippos, wildebeests, warthogs and so much more!
Thank you Joseph for setting up the trip and we also can’t say enough wonderful things about our guide Zebe! He shared with us his extensive knowledge of the animals, enthusiasm for the experience, and stories of his favorite safari moments. By the end of the trip Zebe had become like part of our family. He was such a big part of what made our trip a trip of a lifetime.
Thank you so much Happy World Safaris. We can’t wait to return. Asante sana!
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Email Pradeep Kumar Sharma | 65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Great experience.......awesome trip
Our family (me, my wife, my son and his wife) have just returned from Tanzania after a great experience of a 7 days trip with Happy World Safari and I must admit that we will cherish the memories for the rest of our lives.
We had picked Happy World Safari for the trip based on internet reviews and as it turned out we were extremely lucky about our choice. Our trip was planned well in advance for December 2018. After a long trail of email exchanges with Mr. Joseph, the owner of Happy World Safaris, we decided to include Tarangire, Ndutu area, Ngorongoro crater and of course Serengeti in our itinerary.
As regards the services, during the planning and booking stage itself we found Mr. Joseph to be very professional and patient and we started to feel positive about our upcoming trip. His responses were quick and his inputs and suggestions later turned out to be spot on. Above all Mr. Joseph is a gem of a person and very helpful by nature.
In addition I would like to put in a word about our driver and guide Mr.Tony who was also a nice person, an expert driver and had a very sharp eye to notice the game while driving. There were plenty of times when he stopped the vehicle, reversed a bit, picked his binoculars and showed us animals barely noticeable by naked eye. On one instance as we drove by a pond, he asked all of us to look hard towards what we thought was a rock and we realized it was a huge croc. As it was rainy weather, at times our 4 x 4 land cruiser got stuck in the sloshy mud and both Joseph and Tony displayed their expertise to resolve the situation. On one occasion, after getting out of the sloshy mud with the help of another vehicle, Tony had to drive fast so as not to get stuck again and vehicle skidded left and right in the mud avoiding the thorny bushes which required a high level of driving expertise. It was as though we were on a speedboat rolling and pitching on water. We all admired this awesome team of Joseph and Tony and those moments will remain forever etched in our memories. We were visiting Tanzania for the first time and to put it briefly the best compliment we can pay to Mr. Joseph and Tony is that we feel that this will not be our last trip as we all wish to go back again with them in future. To put it mildly the service was excellent.
As regards the arrangements, everything was handled in a professional manner right from welcome at Kilimanjaro airport, checking in at various lodges during the entire trip and final dropping at the airport. All the lodges were great experiences and we will remember all with fond memories. We stayed at Maramboi Tented Camp, Ngorongoro Farm House, Ndutu Safari Lodge and Serengeti Sopa Lodge. Accommodation was clean and food was delicious including the packed lunch boxes for our daily trips.
Our vehicle was a Toyota 4x4 Land Cruiser with plenty of space for four of us to move around and handle our cameras. There was no problems for charging our camera batteries etc. while on the move. Vehicle was robust and well maintained which gave us confidence on difficult terrain and a feeling of safety.
Although it may vary from trip to trip, but we were very lucky to spot a wide variety of game including the big five. We were fortunate to see some animals at hand shaking distance including a Lion eating a Wilderbeest, a pair of Cheetas next to our vehicle, an elephant having a mud bath, a leopard on a tree and a pride of lions just relaxing.
Overall it was a dream vacation and we had a great value for money trip and I would recommend all who are planning a trip to Tanzania to go with Happy World Safaris for a memorable experience.
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Email AMNA | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
My Heart is full with Happy World Safaris
My Son and I spent a week in the jungles and national parks in Tanzania. We saw all the Big 5 animals (including 1 of remaining rhinos in the country) and countless other animals. We slept in tented lodges, used "bush toliets," and solar panel for electricity. The animals were fun to see, but it comes as no surprise, meeting the local people was my favorite. We visited several tribes and played with the little children. My heart is full. It was an amazing time to spent with my wonderful son.
Joseph the Owner of Happy World Safaris was so special in making our trip a remarkable one, replying all our emails, the information offered was precise and very resourceful for our trip. Joseph who was our guide on safari too, was very Professional, Knowledgeable on Wildlife, Culture, Landscape and many other, He real took good care of us and with very good communication skills with the Local People. We had Johnson whom was a wonderful Driver driving us through tough roads, well familiar with the park, humble person and very knowledgeable. Every time traveling with my family on any country we prefer to eat on an America Big Restaurant and Joseph took us to Pizza Hut Arusha where we had a chance to meet Joseph's Wife and Johnson"s Wife, we had another interesting moment before flying out back to USA.
Joseph and Happy World Safaris I rank them the best (5 Star) and I highly recommend them to all who are planning a travel to Tanzania.
Amna
Email LiverpoolBoy | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The Vacation of a Lifetime
I just want to share my experience with Happy World Safaris on our (Me and 5 Fellow Worker) trip with them on September 2019 doing a 6 Day Safari.
The Safari was beyond our expectation, well organized, and we were much pleased with Joseph and His team. We were warmly welcomed by the team and they took good care of us from the beginning to the end of Safari. The Itinerary was great, allocation of time, activities, and accommodation fitted in our interests. The Price was good and we felt value for money.
We visited Tarangire National Park, Lake Mayara National Park, Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Crater. We stayed at Mount Meru Hotel, Maramboi Tented Lodge, Farm House, Kati Kati Tented Camp and Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge, and it was a nice stay. Our Driver Guide Sammie was the best, he has excellent driving skills, knowledgeable in both animals-birds-trees, fluent in English, and spotted many animals for us with very sharp eyes even where we saw only grass but there was interesting thing when we used binocular. The Jeep used was so nice in excellent condition, comfortable, inside it was fixed with power supply (which we used for charging our electronic as we love so much to travel with them, this was truly nice) and a mini fridge to keep our things cold &fresh
We were so much pleased with Joseph, very friendly and excellent services, Sammie made us fell safe all the time.I recommend Happy World Safaris and Sammie as driver guide to any one planning to do Safari in Tanzania.
Ashley B
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Email Stephen Kirkwood | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Happy World Safaris Was A Wise choice
Before we booked with Happy World Safaris I read and researched so many different companies for our safari and I can tell you that I am so happy we chose Happy World Safaris! From the moment we got to Kilimanjaro Airport we were greeted and welcomed by Joseph the Owner and Our wonderful Driver Guide Zebe.
The places we stayed were top notch and we were very excited to have WiFi at all three locations. Our favorite was Kati Kati Tented Camp, because of the location, the animals right in the camp and the food they made for us each night.
Our driver, Zebe, was wonderful from the moment we met him. He wanted to know what our goals were and what we were looking for in our safari. Within the first 2 days we understood why we picked Happy World Safaris. Zebe could spot any animal a mile away and made it his goal to make sure we saw everything we wanted to see, and we exceeded this in every way possible!
Within a day or two we figured out that all the other guides would call Zebe or stop to talk with him as we passed to see where they should go to see the animals. The other guilds would flash their lights or call him on the radio to ask for information. We even met other people at the camps that would tell us what they had seen that day in. There was never a time that anyone saw more or knew where to go like we did with our guide. It almost made me feel bad for some of them. I can honestly say that choosing Happy World Safaris was a wise choice for us!
The pictures we got while on safari are so good! Many Thanks to Joseph the owner for all the help on planning our safari and helping make our dreams come true!
Stephen
Email Peter Fowler | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Absolutely Awesome
We have just returned from a two week safari with Happy World Safari's and it totally exceeded our expectations. As you'd expect when booking a holiday with an operator in a different country without a travel agent you are very cautious. My wife and I did a lot of research and read a lot of reviews to narrow it down. We then contacted a few and after a while settled with Happy World Safaris.
Joseph's (owner) expertise and friendliness from the very first email was exceptional. He was so very accommodating to our needs and every (several) question. He even organised a visit to a local school for us in order to provide stationary, school uniforms and other supplies to some very underprivileged children. I highly recommend this if you can.
We were fortunate enough to have Joseph and Tony (Driver) on our tour and both were very experienced and passionate about the animals and provided a lot of interesting information about them. Additionally they also gave us a lot of information on the country, its history, natural landscapes etc.
I cannot say enough about our trip and highly recommend that you use Happy World Safari's for your Tanzanian trip.
Joseph and Tony are absolute legends.
We will be back again soon
Peter & Jess
Email Alisha | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The most amazing experience ever with the nicest, most knowledgable tour guides! Thank you Josephs!
We had the most amazing experience with Happy World Safaris. Joseph and Joseph (guide and driver) were excellent, really knowledgable and helpful. They were lovely people and even helped when we were unwell.
The accommodation they had booked for us was incredible, it was a fantastic experience and I would highly recommend them!