Sunny Safaris
- Located In:
- Size:
- 100-250 employees (Founded in 1982)
- Member Of:
- TATO & TTB
- Tour Types:
- Customizable private tours and fixed group tours
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $240 to $1,460 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Åsa and Bo Aronsson-Halin | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Perfect 5-days safari
We just returned to snowy Sweden from a fantastic week in Tanzania. We are a family of four where the kids are 10 and 15 years. We booked a 5 days’ safari where we visited the Ngorongoro, Serengeti and Lake Manyara.
Friends and colleagues recommended us to contact Sunny Safaris, which we did. The reservation, preparations for the travel went well and everything passed without complications.
When we arrived at Kilimanjaro Airport, David met us. David was our guide and he took care of us throughout the trip.
It took a day until we realized we did not have to guard our interests, David did it for us!
He knew what we wanted to see and experience, and he had the experience and expertise to fulfill it. So, we handed ourselves in his hands and we did not have to regret it at any point. Better host and guide, one cannot get.
The structure of the route, guidance and the wonderfully nice and fine lodges were very good and incredibly affordable. It is sad that we didn’t plan for an extra night at Serena Hotel Ngorongoro for example. Lovely place with very friendly staff!
In the parks, David knew in advance where to take us to see all the animals. It was an amazing experience to be so close to all the wild animals without bothering or disturbing them, which is important.
We were overwhelmed by all the animals we saw, the beautiful scenery and everything interesting we experienced and were told about.
As Erik, 10 years repeatedly said to David. “This is the best I have experienced in my life!”
Bo, Åsa, Clara and Erik Aronsson-Halin
Vissefjärda
Sweden
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Email Hiroaki Kaneko | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
best safari company
A really great company. I went on a 4-day camping safari in Tarangire National Park, and the driver, Peter, spoke Japanese, which was very helpful.The food served by his cook was delicious every day, and it was a very enjoyable and fulfilling safari.
An excellent experience with Sunny Safaris!!
Our safari with Sunny was an excellent experience! Our guide Abdul was extraordinary, always very professional and very good mood... It was a unique experience.
5* for Sunny Safaris!
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Email Pei | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Incredible eight day trip with Sunny Safaris
Our tour operator Jessica was professional and patient. She replied promptly to all of our emails, with detailed advice on how to optimize our time in Tanzania. Without her suggestions, we would have wasted many hours on the road and missed out on seeing the beautiful Lake Manyara.
Abdul, our guide, was punctual, fun and always accommodating throughout our trip. He is a steady driver, and is absolutely brilliant at finding animals. We heard of his reputation for having an eagle eye; it’s truly no joke. We were often the first to see the big cats. Abdul spotted lions under a dense bush, snakes in the grass, hyenas strolling two hundred meters away. He has been a safari guide for fifteen years; and his experience shows. He knows where to position the car to photograph an animal, how to circle animals in order to stalk them and when to wait patiently to see animal action. Most impressive was when we saw a male cheetah in the shades of a tree, Abdul immediately pointed out a mother cheetah with cubs far away walking towards us. As other cars moved on, Abdul urged us to wait patiently because he could tell the female cheetah was contemplating a kill. We watched the cheetah inch closer to a gazelle, and an hour later we witnessed her chase after, kill and eat the gazelle with her three cubs. We were able to enjoy this once in a lifetime moment thanks to Abdul’s keen eye and his shrewd call to wait with the cheetah. The previous day, he also directed three other drivers to stall a female leopard so we could all stalk and observe her for an hour while she walked by two meters from our car, carrying her baby in her mouth. My family had an unforgettable trip with Sunny Safaris; Abdul’s knowledge and intuition about animals were invaluable to our fulfilling and exciting game viewing experience.
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Email Hanna | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Amazing safari experience
A couple of weeks ago we had our holiday which was booked with the Dutch agency AV tours for Kenya and Tanzania. For the Tanzanian part it seems they outsourced it to Sunny Safaris.
From 15 – 20 September we had to pleasure to have Joseph as guide for Lake Victoria, Serengeti and Ngorongoro crate. I really like to send my compliments since he was such a good guide to have. He explained a lot, spotted the most difficult to see animals and besides of that, was good company.
We are also very interested into the birdlife and he really did everything he could to point out the birds and the names in case we didn’t know it.
We can’t recommend Joseph enough as a guide,
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Email Rubina Hirjee | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Life time experience
I heard about Sunny safaris though my sister in law who traveled in 2014 .
The main reason I picked Sunny is because Jessica impressed me with her prompt replies every time I emailed her. She was very accommodating and answered every question that I had. We took 5 days 4 nights safari.
I met Jessica on the day of safari and again was very impressed with the way she handled the payment very quickly so that we can start our safari. Our driver Pius was very friendly and informative. He picked us up on time and constantly took care of our needs.
I will recommend Sunny Safaris to anyone.
Wonderful safari with an exceptional guide
We went in a risky period, end of March, but got lucky with the weather since the rains were not there yet. We spent 6 days in Tarangire, Ndutu, Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Lake Manyara. Our car was good, accomodations were comfortable, and we saw an abundance of wildlife.
We credit our best animal encounters to our guide and driver Ziggy. You always need some luck on a safari, but a good guide will know how to get the most out of it. For example, on our first day we were the only group to witness a lion kill an impala -- our guide knew from the start that chances for this to happen were high, and for this reason we had the patience to wait until the end (another car waited up to a point but then went away). Or in Ngoro Ngoro we were the only group to see a rhino up close on that day, everyone else came later and missed it.
Sunny will provide a completely hassle-free and comfortable experience, and a good guide will make your trip truly memorable.
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Email Karoline | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great 5 Day Camping-Safari with friendly and fun guides
We booked our Safari (for 2 person) from home. Therefore, it was really great that Jessica, who works in the office, replied us quick and in detail and answered all our questions. Even during our safari she checked on us via phone calls to hear if everything was alright.
Our Jeep was really new and super clean and the tents were cozy and good against the cold during nighttime. Food during all 5 days was delicious, fresh (we even stopped at local women on the market to buy vegetables) and always more than enough! Our cook was very friendly and managed cooking even in the full kitchens of the campgrounds.
Our guide/driver Sam was always good for a joke and gave us some background information about the animals and other things. He informed us every evening about the next days plan and had a chat with us in the evening.
During the Safari we saw a lot of animals! Especially, because Sam was listening to the radio announcing where animals were. Due to his experience we were at the right spot all the time. He also always kept appropriate distance to the animals so that they are not disturbed.
So we had a great time! :-)
The only thing to critics are the stops at various souvenir shops on the way to the parks. (But every tour company does them). This was annoying but could be used to stretch legs and go to the toilet.
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic 3-days safari
Me and my husband booked our 3-days safari with Jesca Simon from Sunny Safaris. She was extremely helpful with all the questions we had before, during and after the trip. We had a change of flight at the last time and arrived at another time and airport than we first had booked but it was never a problem for Jesca to rearrange our pick up.
We were very lucky to get our guide, Edward!!! He was for sure an expert to find all kinds of animals and he was respectful towards the nature and all animals. He really looked after us and made sure that we got fine rooms at the lodges.
During our safari we had a jeep only for us. We think it was great not to depend on other passengers wishes and we could decide all on our own, how long we stayed at different places, when we had our lunch and so on.
We visited 3 parks, Tarangire, Ngorogoro and Lake Manyara. We think it was perfect for us. We saw all the animals we had expect to see and we had no wishes for more. We were there the last days of December 2014.
If you plan to go on safari we highly recommend to book it with Sunny Safaris.
Email Usamah | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best honeymoon safari experience!
Me and my wife booked a 3 day safari for our honeymoon and I have to say that Sunny Safaris has to be the best safari company in Arusha. The people at the office were kind and friendly and helped us a lot through the whole process (as this was our first safari and trip together). The 4x4 was well kept cleaned every night and in prestige condition. You can tell they get serviced often. The lodges were lovely and clean- the staff were very friendly it was surreal. Emmanuel was such a good tour guide he talked to us the full time and was one of the nicest person I’ve ever met- he showed us the the full parks and we got to see every single animal (including the big 5)in a short time! He was amazing and such a kind honest man. My wife really wanted to see a cheetah and he said it’s a very rare find but he tried his best and they walked past our jeep! Some of the other tour guides we spoke to were a little awkward but he was just himself and brought everyone together. Overall i would say it’s the best experience of my life so far and made for a very special part of my honeymoon. Everything was amazing- nothing to improve. Just keep up the good work!
