Our Team
Zohar African Safaris
- Office In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2015)
- Member Of:
- Tanzania Association of Tour Operators
- Tour Types:
- Custom luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $400 to $2,000 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
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Reviews
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Email Mary | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A kind and organized operator who listens to your needs to make the perfect safari for you.
My husband and I booked a 9-day safari for our honeymoon. Lilian, the owner, worked very closely with us to design the ideal safari. We were able to add some walking safaris and stay in lodges deep in the bush - which we were really excited about. Lilian is a timely and excellent communicator. We felt very well taken care of before and during the trip (and even after as she checks in to see how we are adjusting back home :)).
Our guide was incredible. It was more like having a bonus friend on safari that happens to know everything about the animals and land.
This was a really good deal for everything we got.
Bonus points for working with a locally-owned, woman-owned company.
FR
Email Salem | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Professional,
Where to start?
When we booked our 5-day safari with Zohar, we had no idea we were in for the experience of a lifetime.
From the very first moment of our stay we were swept away by the magic of this exceptional trip in the true sense of the term. The organization was outstanding and the professionalism was top, making the experience unforgettable.
I can't talk about this trip without mentioning our guide SOLOMON. We started the trip as clients, and we quickly became best friends.
Thanks to his perfect knowledge of the parks and his audacity in the face of nature, we were able to witness scenes that will certainly mark us for life.
With the surprises and the original little attentions, Lilian engraved this trip in our memory forever.
I will never forget the bottle of champagne while admiring the sunset over the endless plains of the Serengeti and the Seronara Valley, or the picnic improvised by Solomon on a wild cliff of the savannah while contemplating the group of baboon curious by our presence.
The only negative point of this trip is the heartache we have to feel when we leave these spectacular landscapes and these ultra endearing people.
From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU, and see you soon.
Salem
FR
Email Soumaya | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Perfect !
Best experience of my life! I can't describe my safari with Zohar any other way.
First of all, and in order to organize the trip, Lilian was very welcoming and she was available at any time via Whatsapp to answer all our questions.
Her sense of welcome was confirmed as soon as we arrived in Arusha, where she came to meet us with lots of little personalized attentions that made us very happy.
Our safari lasted 5 days with a departure from Arusha, visit of the Tarangire park, then the Serengeti park and to finish with the Ngorongoro crater.
Throughout the 5 days, we were on cloud nine admiring the beauty of the animals and the grandeur of the parks.
I can't talk about our safari without mentioning our guide Solomon. A great expert of the parks, he knows a lot of things about the way of life of the animals and he knew how to share with us a lot of information that added magic to the safari. Thanks to him, we were also able to witness some unique scenes (a cheetah that chased a gazelle for example). The knowledge of the guide can change the whole safari experience!
We were also treated to high quality accommodation throughout the 5 days, with a very good welcome from the staff, very comfortable rooms and excellent meals. A special mention for all the pic nic with the beautiful views we had :)
Thank you Zohar for your professionalism, the care you give to your customers (who end up being friends!). I recommend Zohar 1000%.
For sure we will come back to do a safari with you ;)
See you soon,
Soumaya
CH
Email Luca | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amboseli - Tarangire - Serengeti - Ngorongoro Dream Safari
Zohar was recommended to us by a friend. Already the booking and organization process was really smooth as Lilian is super responsive, motivated, and pragmatic. We had quite some special requests that were all accommodated without problems. Solomon was the guide for the better part of our journey and he did a great job. Instead of just following the other cars and going wherever everyone else was, he was extremely motivated and had some very impressive skills in spotting animals for us (really, there was just a tiny grey dot somewhere on the horizon that turned out to be a rhino - like how does he even do that?). He went to great lengths to make sure we had the best possible experience, as did Lilian and the rest of the Zohar team. Accommodations were top notch and everything worked out without any problems. Full recommendation from both of us.
ES
Email Alba and JB | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Super attention to detail and unique
The experience itself is unique so you need to make sure you have the best operator with you, and by that I mean Zohar!
We decided to do the 6 days safari recommend by Lilian.
Lilian and Ahmed were great, they really cared about us at all moments (my luggage was missing the first day and she even lended me clothes so I could no need anything, plus she followed up with the airline to have my luggage at the first hotel during the safari, we also needed medication while we were at Serengeti and they made sure we had it same day).
Hotels and hotel staff were perfect at all times, food and packed lunch every day was amazing, the hospitality, the people were great and helped to make this trip unforgettable, Our tour guide, Ahmed, is the best of all, he has an incredible knowledge about Animals and vegetation. We really had a great time with him.
Thank you Zohar for the unforgettable experience, we are really happy we got to have it with you guys.
Wow--over and above what I expected from a tour company!
Why did I choose to go with Zohar African Safaris? I started looking at the various companies that did safaris, then narrowed my list down to about 5 (based on the itinerary I wanted, the cost, lodging choices). Then I wrote all of those 5 companies. Lilian Kramer answered me immediately, and I can tell you that some companies took days to answer my email. Lilian is the founder of the Zohar company. It had great reviews, although not as many total reviews as other companies (because it is a younger company). I liked that it was owned and run by a woman. I asked a ton of questions of all 5 companies, but Lilian was the one who always got back to me quickly, was really nice in her answers, and gave me direct answers to everything. Great communication means a lot! I would recommend them again in a second.
Remember that this trip was actually set us in fall of 2019 with this same company, and we canceled the 202 trip in May. We resurrected the trip in January of this year. But all during this period of time, I was talking to Lilian by email, asking her about COVID in Tanzania, whether costs had changed, lodging changes, and so on. Although there was a choice of safari cost---usually involving budget, medium, or luxury lodgings—we went with mid-range. GREAT LODGINGS—all of them! We had 3 luxury places and 2 bush tent camps, and 1 really nice place to start out with in Arusha.
Loved being guided by Solomon
- Great driver………..didn’t get stuck once, never lost, took all sorts of roads to get to animals
- Organized………great lunches (made by the place we stayed at), on time (although our group was not
- Flexible about staying out later to take pics
- Knew all mammals and birds…how, I do not know. He even showed us pics from his identification books. And he would give us background info on the animals.
- Intuition about where best to see the animals……we parked next to the Mara River looking down on it, ate lunch, and sat, waiting for the wildebeest to cross over RIGHT IN FRONT OF US
- Endless patience…..even when someone wanted to take the 400th pic of a giraffe
- Great sense of humor
Lilian had arranged for us to go to her bed & breakfast area (non one inhabiting it at that moment)to shower and eat something before the plane. Her large house also has her own living quarters with her family as well as her office. We even met her pretty little girl. We had no plans to do this: we thought that we would just be languishing at the airport for hours before our midnight flight back to Qatar. So I cannot tell you how absolutely, deliriously happy we were to have the ability to shower, eat, and re-pack suitcases. That was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO nice of her.
Also nice of her to print out our COVID PCR Test results to leave the country, and, in fact, she paid for the tests because of an online glitch. We then paid her back.
I would do it again in a second! Loved the country, the landscapes, where we stayed, and the people. And I would choose Zohar again.
NL
Email Virdji | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Good organisation, attention to detail and magnificent experiences with Zohar
Planning our safari trip has been taking some good time, nevertheless it was totally worth it. After making a lot of research, asking our friends and colleagues, we found Zohar on tripadvisor, it was our personal choice. We started to plan with Zohar our private tailor made safari trip one month before the arrival, exchanged many emails to make sure every single detail is taken in account and received good, constructive and helpful replies. We spent our honeymoon during this trip and Zohar team made sure that everything is perfectly planned and organised, we didn’t have to worry about anything, we had one single job — to ENJOY!
The very first day, Lilian together with our guide - Leonard, greeted us, made us familiar with the adventure awaiting for us and then we were ready to go with Leonard in our first location which was Tarangire National Park.
Leo took good care of absolutely everything during the entire trip of 5 days. He is a great guide, with a broad knowledge of flora and fauna, very careful with a great eye for details, he could notice animals from a very long distance that we were able to see only through binoculars. He is a good driver, knowing well the circuits and what are the best options, to make our experience more pleasant instead of ending up in a big group of other jeeps with many safari explorers. We highly appreciate the time we spent together, the amazing lunches we had in the middle of the nature, observing how different animals interact between themselves, what are their behaviour, Leo was able to explain many biological facts about the wildlife we could see. We would highly recommend Leonard as a safari guide, a very clever and skilful person, warm-hearted, patient and hard-working. We are very aware that it is not an easy activity, it demands a lot of energy and involvement.
What did we see
The end of August seems to be the perfect season, it’s not too hot for such adventures. We could see monkeys, antilopes, elephants, zebras, giraffes, lions, cheetahs, leopard, starling bird, gazelles, wildebeests, impalas, waterbucks, hyenas, kori bustard, flamingoes, buffalos, hippos and more. All this wildlife in a beautiful scenery surrounded by baobabs, acacia and candelabra trees.
Shortly about our personal circuit, which we think was perfect for what we planned to see : 4 nights/ 5days
- 1st day Tarangire National Park, overnight stay at Manyara Serena Lodge
- 2nd and 3rd days Central Serengeti via Ndutu, overnight stays at Serengeti Serena Lodge
- 4th day Central Serengeti, heading to Ngorongoro crater for the overnight stay at Ngorongoro Serena Lodge
- 5th day, Ngorongoro crater
We are infinitely grateful for this amazing trip, many many thanks to Lilian and Leonard, they prepared beautiful surprises for our honeymoon, such as bottles of wine and champagne with our names, a picnic at the sunset with an outstanding view, flowers, cakes and informed all the hotels about our celebration, so we had the best rooms. Dear Lilian and Leonard, we appreciate a lot your gestures and your mindfulness to make our journey exceptional! Thank you, ZOHAR!
DE
Email Anja | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Just great experience
Everything from booking to trip to beyond - just perfect. Thanks to Lilian . Thanks for experience and a great and relaxed travel and fantastic memories to Leonard
CA
Email Laura | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic experience from start to end!
Our experience with Zohar was everything, and more!
After a lot of research, we decided to do a 5 day safari with Zohar (Tarangire - Serengeti - Ngorongoro) and got to see so much wildlife (which was the most important thing for us). Our guide, Ahmed, expertly navigated the parks. He was also so patient with us while we took photos and wanted to stay in certain areas a bit longer. I'll never forget how we stumbled upon a lioness less than 3m away from the car - and we were the only ones there!
Even before arriving to Tanzania, Lillian was always kind, professional, and so quick to answer our questions. During the trip, Lillian went above and beyond. She checked in on us to make sure we were having a good time (which we always were!) and even helped us on the way home by driving us to the airport.
Lastly, all of the accommodations were fantastic. Everything was comfortable, staff were super friendly, and the food was great. Our favourite and most unforgettable nights were spent in the Serengeti.
I would recommend Zohar 100%. We can't thank Lillian & Ahmed enough for an unforgettable trip and we can't wait to be back soon (and for longer this time!)
SE
Email Magnus Gall | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great experience with friendly and knowledgeable staff.
Superb service with clear communication, high value for the price. Most reliable and friendly staff and the tour was well organized and greatly executed.
