Oltumure Tours & Safaris
- Located In:
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 2008)
- Tour Types:
- Budget camping tours that can start every day (clients assist with camp chores)
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $180 to $1,000 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Michael & Mona | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Full days of magic safari experiences
We are a couple from Sweden who have experienced a fantastic 7 days' safari with Oltumure Tours and Safaris, from Arusha, Tanzania, February 14, to February 22, 2015.
Oltumure picked us up at the Kilimanjaro Airport with perfect timing, and everything got a nice start. The first and last night were spent in Arusha at a really comfortable hotel booked by Oltumure. The itinerary covered the Arusha park (walk with Ranger), Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Lake Manyara and Tarangire.
We chose a tent safari to come closer to the nature. Also a private jeep that we shared with our driver and guide Victor John, which contributed to a family feeling. Victor has a sixth sense in predicting and spotting interesting animal doings. He is a guy that likes to deliver maximum performance. Often we were first on site, at sunset, and last to leave after a full day of magic experiences. We really appreciated this ambitious attitude which suited us perfect. We got close encounters with cheeta, leopards, lions, elephants, giraffs, wild beasts, water buffaloes, zebras, and many, many more animals. Thanks to Victor's highly professional knowledge about the animals' behaviour and movements, our safari became an absolute success. Victor - you are just amazing!
We also enjoyed the meals served by our cook Gabriel. The food was well composed and varied, and tasted wonderful. Thank you, Gabriel!
All the Oltumure team worked well together and were always of good humour. We were also accompanied by another Oltumure jeep with two guys. These fellows gave us many laughs and were perfect companions during breaks and meals. We miss them, haha!
The arrangements and the safari schedule were perfectly organized by Oltumure. They appear to be a very flexible and ambitious company, and we wish them all the best for the future. Our warmest thanks to Robert, CEO of Oltumure who delivered all we could wish for.
We did a very thorough survey over safari operators before we decided to go with Oltumure. In the end, it was a combination of quick answers, a good feeling where "7 day safari is 7 day safari", a competitive price and very positive reviews. We can highly recommend Oltumure Tours and Safari, and would not hesitate to go with them on a safari again.
Thanks for everything from a cold Sweden - Hej då och tack för allt.
PH
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
perfect
We did a 6-day tour (Tarangire, Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Lake Manyara) Robert and his team took so much care in arranging the perfect safari for us. Victor was just a wonderful guide, very knowledgeable and never getting tired of answering our questions. Bonifaz was a great cook, he always found great ways to make all meals special for the vegetarians and meat-eaters of the group.
After our safari Robert also arranged a day-trip to Kilimanjaro base camp and a walking safari in Arusha Nationalpark for us. All our tours with Oltumure were great, better than we expected and exactly what we wanted and all for very reasonable prices.
Email Sara | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great Experience with Awesome Guides
We did 8 day Lemosho route Kilimanjaro Climb and made it to the top, Uhuru Peak. The price was so much reasonable compared to the big tour companies that you book online as this is a local company and the services for me was 5 stars. Robert the Manager for Oltumure Tours organised everything in one day and gave us the best climb guide,cook and porters. Climb was challenging but the crew helped us at every step. They really looked after us. Our guide, ericke, was motivating at every point. We stayed at Roberts campsite before and after the climb "Sakina Campsite" and the place is very relaxing,close to arusha town and facilities were good. i was a bit worried going to Kenya and Tanzania initially but this experience with Roberts company,im definately going back. Also people don't let the Ebola scare stop you from going to Tanzania. Ebola is in west africa . Be smart a traveller,be careful with your habits such as what you eat and drink etc and this applies going to any country. I totally recommend Oltumure tours for your safaris and climb in tanzania.
GR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Best Value, Marvelous experience
We, 2 persons, had a 5 day/4night Tarangire/Serengeti/Ngorongoro Safari with Oltumure Tours & Safaris.
Robert and his team were concetrated to cover our needs and managed to exeed our expectations! Robert always responded to the emails quickly and with clarity to the emails. Further he organised everything perfect, according to our demands and needs and his expeprience.
The guide/driver -Victor, knew many things about the ecosystem in the national Parks, about the animal habits and behaviour, and this helped not only to see the all the big 5 and to spot many animals, but to observe their behaviours -lions mating, elephants taking bath, and even to witness a lion hunt and kill (lions attacked a zebra)- wich was very interesting.
Gabriel the cook is also a marvelous cook who worked very hard in order for us to have plenty of delicious meals.
Also, the agency offered one of the best prices for the tour, so actually is the best value we found for the safari!
In conclusion, I strongly recommend this travel agency!!!
Amazing 3-day Safari!
We highly recommend to stay in Sakina Campsite and to book your trip with Oltumure Tours & Safaris. Robert was a great host even though we arrived without reservation. He spontaneously organized a fun and exciting Safari trip for us in Tarangire, Ngorongoro and Lake Manyara National Parks. Our guide Victor was never tired explaining us the amazing wildlife and our cook Moses treated us with great food after the long days in the parks. Asante sana!
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Best safari company I've used!
Oltumure tours and safaris, run by Robert, helped me to have a fantastic safari experience during my time in Arusha! He was more than happy to make sure that my goals, schedule, and budget were met. Everything was completely professional and customer centered. Robert really offers tours of high quality and low price, you can't go wrong with Oltumure!
ES
Email Aitor | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Incredible experience thanks to a very professional people!
Lot of thanks to Oltumure tours because we had an amazing experience in our safari. We did 3 days/2 nights safari in Tarangire, Lake Manyara and Ngorongoro. Our guide, Frank, was very professional with a lot of experience, so we could see lot of animals really close. The chef, Gabriel, was great and the food was amazing and abundant. Robert coordinated every detail with high dedication and efficacy.
Just an example. A friend of our group had fever during the second day and they had a professional behaviour: they changed accomodations and itineraries to adapt to the situation and the cook was taking care of him all the day. Finally he even visited Ngorongoro fully recovered the third day.
I highly recommend Oltumure Tours & Safaris. Complete dedication to the customers.
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Email davide | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Beautiful experience
I did two safaris. Two days of safari on Lake Manyara and a day on Mount Kilimanjaro. The organization was impeccable and waiting for me was a wonderful dinner! the guides were-trained and have had great care in giving me information about what I was observing. I'll surely be back next year for another safari!
RU
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
We got all we were promised and even a bit more!
We came to Arusha for organizing safari and climbing Kilimanjaro. Mr. Robert organized both tours for us. We got individual tours for a very good price. We explained what we wanted (schedule, places etc.) and all was done as we wanted. We had great time, super guides, tasty food, we saw many animals, we were on the top of Kilimanjaro, we are really happy that booked these tours in Oltumure Tours & Safaris. We did not have to pay any more than it was discussed. And we even got some things for free (taxi to/ from the centre of Arusha -- many times + upgrade of our accomadation). Mr. Robert is a person you can trust. Highly recommended!
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Our dream come true
We did a 5 day safari with Oltumure Safari in June for our honeymoon. We would book with Robert again any time! He offered a perfect service from the very start (answered all our questions before with a lot of patience) until the end of the tour. He even came back into our hotel after the safari to see whether everything went well and we were happy with the tour. We visited 3 National Parks on our trip and enjoyed every single one of them. We were only two people on the tour although we booked the standard tour (which is usually for up to 4 people). The car was in good condition. Our guide was Victor for the tour and we couldn't have had a better guide. He always knew where to look for hidden animals, he shared his vast knowledge of african wildlife and we always felt save at his side. He even managed to find a campground were we stayed on our own with all sorts of animals around. Amazing feeling! The tents were new and big enough to nearly stand and with "windows" to every side which you can choose to open or close (including a mosquito protection). We enjoyed to be on a very individual tour - we also saw companies who had several cars which followed each other. For us it was a perfect honeymoon experience, thanks Robert!