SED Adventures Tours & Safaris
- Located In:
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 2002)
- Member Of:
- TATO & TTB
- Tour Types:
- Custom budget & mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $180 to $1,000 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
Very efficient and honest in their advise
The safari was well organised
the Kibo safari camp was excellent
the staff was very very nice and helpful
the food could improve as it was very basic
the driver/guide was excellent and friendly
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Email Adam | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Well knowing, nice guide and staff.
Went on a 3 days camping safari with SED. Really good guide with high knowledge. Had alot of experience, good to find simbas, rhinos etc. Many other cars came buy to ask for directions for intresting animals. Even helped me with my phone when it was out of function. Good chef aswell which listens to requests. Got alot of food. Easy to communicate with on email to arrange the trip with a very nice staff.
Can highly recommend.
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Email Andre | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great safari, very friendly team, above expectations
I had an amazing experience in my Safari with SED adventures. We went to Ngorongoro crater and Tarangire. I did the booking online, had a Skype meeting with them where they asked what I wanted to do and see so they could make a tailor made safari experience for us.The day before the safari the SED team came to our hotel to meet us, give us instructions and talk about the safari. Already in the first 15 minutes we saw lions hunting just by the car and our friendly guide Anton always knew where to go to see some action. We saw huge groups of more than 100 elephants from very close and all other animals we wanted to see. Anton knew everything about the region and the animals, he told us facts and answered all our questions. Accomodation was great, with friendly people and great food.
Our Experience in Tanzania was extraordinary and a big part of this is thanks to the SED team, that are our local friends in Arusha. I highly reccomend them for a unforgetable and entretaining safari experience.
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Tanzania with the world best guides of SED-Adventures!
We have been a group of 11 people who travelled through Tanzania. We were lucky, that our friend Martin recommended us to SED – Adventures Tours. He traveled with SED some years ago and was exited.
Now we are also absolutely enthusiastic about East Africa, the animals, the people, and our guides who let us participate at the wonders there. SED made us feel to be welcome in a big family. Thank you Apollo, Anton, Laser, Edgar, Walter, Anna, Alois, Mohamed for your care about us. Your ears were always opened for our wishes – and you realized all of them.
The world best guides Apollo and Anton accompanied us from Mushoma to Dar es Salaam.
Highlights were the Serengeti and the Ngorogoro-Crater. Apollo and Anton showed and explained us Elephants, Hippopotamus, Lions, Buffalos, Zebras, Giraffes, Cheetahs, Warthogs, Hyenas, Jackals, Waterbucks, Monkeys, Mongooses, Gnus, Gazelles, Impalas and much more wild animals. We were always astonished about their good eyes which discovered the animals long time before us. Thank you Apollo and Anton for your perfect guidance and the huge patience with us!
In the hills of Usambara Anna and Alois showed us the wonderful nature and the viewing point Irente. The Lunch was amazing!
SED arranged for us also a stay in Sansibar- in the wonderful Coral-Rock hotel.
We can highly recommend SED –Adventures with their professional guides and the fair prices to all people who want to be in touch with Africa. The chief Walter let us know, that he supports a nursery school with a part of the income of his company. Another further reason to travel with SED!
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Email Laura | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Very Accomodating and Great Guide
I made reservations for a week long safari by e-mail and all my requests were handled quickly and professionally. We were on a strick budget so SED took my wish list and put together a wonderful trip. We stayed in a tented camp, a lodge, and a private campground. Our cook was very good and helpful and our guide, Apollo, was knowledgable and very helpful. One of our group had been a national park ranger in the United States and he was also very impressed with Apollo.
The night before we left Arusha a representative from SED and Apollo met with us and went over the itinerary and asked each of us what we wanted to see and experience on the safari. One of our group wanted to see a lot of birds so Apollo showed up the next morning with very good birding books (he is very knowledgable in his own right).
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Email Amy | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent Tanzania Tour Company
SED Adventures is an excellent choice for anyone who wishes to plan their own itinerary. We were able to work with the company and plan our own trip, length of stay, lodging options, and even Kilimanjaro hiking route options. Our guides were excellent especially our safari guide who able to answer our numerous questions regarding animals and culture. We have wonderful memories of our trip to Africa. Please consider using SED Adventures for a trip tailor made to fit your needs.
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent service!
I traveled to Kenya and Tanzania with SED. While SED offers package tours, I preferred to customize the entire trip just for me. In sum, it was the BEST overseas travel experience I ever had (and I have traveled overseas a lot, not on tours). Elifasi, the manager, arranged all accommodations and itineraries to my specification, and he personally made sure that I was satisfied while I was there. SED was also very flexible and accommodating about my requests to make changes to the itinerary while traveling, and very honest and transparent about the charges or refunds involved in making these changes. I wanted to do a lot of hiking and see local cultures while I was there instead of just being driven to watch animals, and SED and Elifasi totally made this happen. When I twisted my left ankle during one of these hikes in the mountains, they took me to the hospital immediately, and made sure everything was ok and I was able to continue my travel. All in all, I am completely satisfied with SED, and I'd recommend them to anyone who's traveling to East Africa.
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Reliable, comfortable budget alternative
We used SED Adventures for 8 days with a group of 37 people. This was the second time we used SED, and once again we were pleased! The tour included safari, study visits to an orphanage, a hospital and a coffee plantatio, accomodatiob for 7 nights and transportation. We were all quite impressed with how SED managed to arrange everything in accordance with our needs as a big group. The food was delicious and the guides were friendly. If we have the chance, we will use SED again!
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35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fantastic safari thanks to SED Adventures!
An unforgetable 5 day safari. Very helpful and reliable organisation. They organized everything for us, even accomodation before and after the safari. Also our bustickets from Dar to Arusha. Our driver Anthony was always helpful and had a great deal of knowledge about all of the wildlife and local life. Also our cook Alex suprised us every day with delicious meals. We would definitely recommend SED Adventures to anyone. They were friendly, reliable and good organized. Many thanks to them for the warm welcome and for their personal goodbye at the end of the trip.
July 15, 2013
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Email Terry | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
21day tour 15 days very good last 7days not so much??
We started off so well in Kenya with SED Adventures contracting Gofan safaris for this portion of our tour. We were promptly met at the airport and transferred to Boma Inn Hotel. The grounds of the hotel are very nice and the adjoining hotel has a pool and several restaurants. Hotel staff advised not to leave the gated property without first removing all our jewlery. Our driver/guide Evans picked us up early for the 8 hr drive to Masai Mara. The roads are very rough- a dirt/muddy track for a good part of the way. We enjoyed our tented stay at Losokwan Camp and several game drives through their private reserve. We spent 2 days here and saw most of the big 5. Evans made sure we saw wildabeest crossing the Mara river- lost one to a crocodile, 2 cheetah chasing a zebra and a lion with a kill. Our next stop was Lake Nakuru to see the flamingos. While the itinerary says full day to view wildlife it takes half day to get there.
Lake Nakuru lodge was ok, not too memorable. Lake Naivasha had more flamingos. Hotel was Sweet Resort- not very nice. While I am sure we were safe the hotel offers temporary housing for those working the area. Our room was equipped with a kitchenette. Restaurant had very little to offer.
Next day was another 8 hour drive to Amboseli National Park- for 2 days of more game drives with Evans. Kibo Safari camp was very nice. Not sure why but we moved to the Amboseli Serena lodge for our second night.
Tsavo west national park- Here we finally saw the elusive leopard. That was the only highlight of this area.
Evans was with us for 7 days, just him, us and the amazing wildlife he spotted for us.
We now had Afran as our driver guide in Mombasa. Here is where things started to go downhill. We did not follow the program as described- there was no cruise on a dhow, no seafood tasting. Alfran dropped us off at the old Mombasa fort with a guide for a tour of the spice market area.
We had 2 nice stay at the Indian Ocean Beach club. Again not following the program nothing was arranged for us for another dhow sail, snorking and Swahili lunch. After a few phone calls by the hotel consierge to Walter, our contact at SED, a driver picked us up and we were taken to a pier and just told to get in line. We no tickets no idea which boat to take. After some hesitation we boarded a large boat and were take snorkling and to a restaurant for a Swahili smoked fish lunch.
Alfran got us to Tanzania border crossing where we were turned over to another driver guide. Calling Pepon Beach Resort a resort is a bit of a stretch. We were stranded here for 3 days!! Continuous rain made the roads impassable. The "resort" does have a pool and a beach. Dirt and in our case mud paths get you there and to the "dining room" . This was the only place for WIFI and you had to ask to have it turned on. Leaking roof made a large portion of the area unusable. We had no hot water for showers the entire 3 days, even after asking the staff. We were told it was available from 5pm to 8pm daily. Due to the rain and road conditions we never made it to Saadani National Park.
John was our next driver/ guide and he was a God send. Our stay in Bagamoyo was noneventful. We did not feel safe to leave the hotel premise. The Millennium Sea Breeze is very run down, food was minimal, liquor watered down, loud music till 3am. The reception staff spoke very little English. A late check out was a $25us charge. We were glad to see John the next morning.
After a fairly long drive we arrived in Dar es Salaam. Our hotel looked ok on the website- location was very undesirable. After a horrible previous 4 days experience with hotels and locations we refused to stay 2 nights at the Tanzanite Hotel. Walter refused to try to get a refund or book us else ware and basically we were on our own to find suitable lodging- thankfully John stayed with us and helped get us to the Four Points by Sheraton where we spent (at our own expense) 2 relaxing days and had great food and drinks. The front desk staff arranged a day outing for us.
Sooo.. 15 days very good last 7 days not so much. We were disappointed that Walter with SED was not able or willing to help us at the end of very long trip (at this point we had been on the African continent for 32 days). Be advised to check out hotels and resorts online, trip advisor, websites and etc. I did and still was disappointed and surprised at the condition of some place, others were a pleasant surprise.