Tomodachi Tours & Safaris

Safari and trekking

We had a great time with joseph and his team. Joseph is a very nice person, very well listening, we were two girls and he took care of us, we felt safe with him. We opted for the pack mikumi + udzungwa and it was beautiful, we were able to see lots of animals during the safari and the views during the trekking were breathtaking. In Mikumi we slept in the park and the next day in the village. Before the trekking we went through lots of villages and loved meeting the locals. We would like to thank joseph khalifa omari and our guide in undzungwa for their good humor and kindness.

Our group of 8 really enjoyed the safari. Joseph was a friendly host who answered all of our questions regarding both the safari and local information . The meals and accommodation over the two days were excellent. We had a relaxing stay and we're all extremely satisfied with the hospitality and the quality of the tours.

Excellent crew and safari

I had an amazing time doing the safari, the staff is amazing, especially Joseph, he is aaaawesome! is really helpfull and he answered all our questions, he made the safari be an unforgetable experience. I really recommend this safari to everyone is unique, thank you very much, we had a great time because of Tomodachi!

Awesome

We had an incredible time that we will definitely never forget. Thank you!!

Micaela

I want to thank you for the excellent attention you have given me on the information I requested to be informed about the safari and others.
I especially want to thank Jose who took his time to answer all the doubts to my colleagues and to me about a job for the faculty. We are really grateful. Regards

I want to go back to this safari again

Excellent safari and staff, very human group that has made me spend the best moments of my life. Nature, exotic and fun. Thank you !

Great time on the safari

It is a big emotion make this safari, i really recommend tomodachi because the crew is amazing, they know a lot about the animals, the nature and everything, amazing time in Africa ! Thank you Joseph

Awesome

We booked a day trip to Mikumi in late August with Joseph and had an amazing time. We were picked from our hotel at 4:30 am and arrived around 9 am, before stopping on the way for breakfast. Joseph was extremely friendly and responsive to all of our questions before, during and even after the game drive. We saw a lot of animals, even lions which are often hard to find and had a great lunch inside the park. The trip back to Dar was a bit exhausting, so I would recommend a two days trip if possible, but overall it everything about our safari was worth the long journey.

We thank Joseph for a great day!

Very nice trip to Mikumi.

My daughter and me send request about safari on the internet and get an answer very fast from Josef. We had a nice trip from Dar es salaam to Mikumi park. This was our first safari. We see a lot of animals and it was exciting.

Wonderful Safari-Best driver-be careful with pricing

We were supposed to be a group of 4 Italian friends; we ended up being only 3 as one of us could not travel at last minute because he got sick. We had a 10 days tour touching Tarangire, Manyara, Lake Eyasi, Ngorongoro, Serengeti and Lake Natron. We were extremely happy about the places, animals and tribes we have visited. All very authentic except for the Masai tribe in Ngorngoro that was quite touristic (paid 20 dollars each for 15 minutes very touristic tour); they were asking for money every now and then. Lake Eyasi and Lake Natron are out of the touristic places and so worth visiting. Other tour operators refused to offer Lake Natron as the road to get there was adventurous, and it was indeed. The best part of our trip was Chediel, our fantastic driver! He has never been tired of showing us things, telling us stories about animals (African tales and scientific things as well); he was able to spot the farthest ceetah and taking us close enough to count all the spots on the fur! He was joyful and nice all the time. He also very quickly solved the only problem we got while driving. The jeep sank into the sands and he worked hard to take it out. If you ever choose this tour operator please ask to have Chediel as your guide!!
Unfortunately we could not say exactly the same about Joseph, the tour operator leader, as he was paying more attention on money than on services. He did not provide us with a detailed program and he did not provide us with useful information for what is surely a difficult trip. For example, he did not send us general information on what to wear, what to bring, how a day/meal/dinner was supposed to be (I had contacted 25 tour operators for a quotation and most of them sent these on quotation without even waiting for us to book the tour). For example we were not told to wear a bathing suit when visiting the waterfalls in Natron; we were said we would have had wifi in every lodges while this was not the case for two out of seven lodges (and in other two the wifi was not really working although apparently available). At the end of our trip he helped us to arrange our connection from Dar es Salaam Airport to the ferry harbor (tricky! please allow you lots of time in advance as the traffic is horrible). We thanked him for this, but listen to my consideration: he charged us 50 dollars for the ride (which was absolutely fine) plus 7 dollars each on top of the price for the ferry ticket (that we had booked in advance) because apparently he had to change shelling in dollars to buy the tickets and the commission was to be payed by us (which I absolutely agree), BUT I disagree on EACH of us. Do you really think he paid three commissions and not one? do you ever change money in three different rounds for three friends or would you change money all together to avoid three commissions? Also, as said, one of us could not travel last minute. He gave us back less than 1/10 of the money paid by him saying it was just because of my kindness otherwise he would have not given the money back because apparently he had already used that amount to book the places and even payed the ticket to the parks (which were not). I understand this was last minute and high season, but let's try to be reasonable and honest. I do not believe he could not save money from all the amount my friend had paid and I explain you why: we had paid in advance only 1/3 of the whole trip, but we had not signed any type of contract. What if the all of us had not shown up at all? would he have risked to loose all of those money?? i don't believe so. And by the way when asked to provide a receipt he only issued one for the money we paid there and not for the ones we had send by bank transfer... One last thing... (and ok maybe this was a genuine mistake but when you have more things to complain about it's better to say)...he took me to the counter to change money I needed to give him... he gave me back 8 dollars less than due...
Having said all of this, I am not "Not suggesting" to book with Tomodachi, I am only suggesting to make sure your driver is Chediel and you make clear everything with Joseph before agreeing.