Fantastic Safaris
- Office In:
- Size:
- 20-50 employees (Founded in 2013)
- Tour Types:
- Custom budget & mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $120 to $500 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Philippe | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great safari day in saadani
Fantastic safari is a reliable company managed by Abdallah Toyo. I do recommand him.
That was a nice day, well organized, good value for money for only one day trip for safari.
Email Em | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great staff, but beware a bargain
My day trip to Saadani via speedboat from Zanzibar was a wonderful day out, but not without its complications. Abdallah was helpful and communicative from the start, but I had to pay $17 in Tanzanian bank fees to pay a deposit to hold my spot (not the operators’ fault, I appreciate). When the day of the Safari had to change due to adverse weather, the communication and rebooking process was excellent, and they even drove me to a different part of the island afterwards at no extra cost.
My main complaint is that the boat that took us from island to mainland and back was barely seaworthy. I couldn’t believe it when I saw the small size of the vessel, and learned that we had to wade through knee-deep water to disembark (I had asked beforehand if I should wear a swimsuit and was told no so I got my clothes wet!). En route back, the motor actually stopped working and we had to travel back at a very slow pace as a result, taking almost 3 hours instead of 75 mins. It was worrying, to say the least.
The Safari itself was indeed fantastic, and our park guides were very helpful and friendly and spoke excellent English. All in all a great park to visit if like me you only have one day. We saw giraffe, Impala, elephants, many more animals. It was the ideal first Safari experience.
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Email Kristof Gaal | under20 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Kind and friendly
It was so good. The landscape is very beautiful. People are kind, and the atmosphere is always happy and friendly. You can try lots of exciting programmes, like visiting the old city, going to safari where you can see many animals, like zebras, lions, monkeys, elephants, crocodiles….etc. The price was accetable.
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Email Jozsef Gombos | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic Safaris a good and reliable company! Mr Toyo was a fantastic and knowledgeable tour guide
Initially we choose Fantastic Safaris for our Dar es Salaam safari. And after the safari, we went with them on two other guided tours. We where more than satisfied with the organization and the provided tour.
Each time we had Mr Abdallah Toyo as our guide. I can only recommend him. Very knowledgeable, kind and speaks a really good English!
Email Salima Bouchrara | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Saadani Park Safari: Amazing experience!
I have met Abdallah Toyo from Fantastic Safaris and he has been such an amazing guide! Someone you can trust and that will amazing care of you! He is an fantastic guide for a fantastic safari experience!
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Email Lindy | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
All went great!
Friendly guides, they explained a lot.
We saw giraffe, buffalos, and many more.
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Email Levente | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
It is a very customer oriented team
We went on a safari to Saadani by boat to Zanzibar. We knew that this reserve does not have huge numers of animals...so do did not have high expectations. It was a convenient option of same day safari. Kids enjoyed it and that is the most important. Great value for money!
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Email Danielle | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Abdallah TOYO Was AMAZING! He provided such a great experience! Very knowledgeable and resourceful
Jambo! Fantastic Safaris, Sadaani safari was great from start to finish! It was really exciting seeing the animals in their natural habitat as well as stopping through the villages and being able to interact with the inhabitants. The lunch provided was extremely delicious and was by far the best meal I had consumed in Tanzania. My only complaint is when it was over! Really enjoyed this safari and looking forward to returning! Next time I will be doing The Serengeti :)
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Email Gabor Kozak | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Most memorable experience with friendly stuff & excellent english
Hi!
I'm Gábor from Hungary and I did a Saadani safari with Abdallah.
The trip was simply outstanding. From Zanzibar -Nungwi- in the morning we had a pick up and a speedboat transfer to the Mainland. There started with the well equipped Jeep trip thru the park. Luckily we have seen around 50 giraffes (no joke!) and dozen of other spieces. The game ride was on a higher notch definiately due to our leader, Abdallah who provided intresting and fun facts about Tanzania and the ecosystem of Saadani and other national parks.
This tour was one of the most memorable, because of it I consider to go back to Africa for another game drive in one of the national parks.
I truly recommand this small 1 day trip, it's budget friendly and you can still get the taste the wildlife of animals! 5* from my aspect!
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Email Brian | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very well organized, very well conducted, with excellent guides & open air vehicles to view Wildlife
I was very impressed with this Tour Co. Their guides were excellent and very knowledgeable. They were well organized and kept a quite diverse group of us together & going in the right direction despite distractions. The flight over from Zanzibar to Selous Game Reserve on the mainland (Tanzania) was a nice treat with an excellent Pilot. I thought the price was very reasonable for all that was included on this one day tour. The Wild Animals that the experienced guides located were very impressive, and most importantly, the Creatures were respected by our guides and not interfered with.
I would recommend Fantastic Safaris to others, and I would definitely take one of their Tours again.
