Safari Porini
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- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 2011)
- Tour Types:
- Custom budget & mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $200 to $700 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best event in my life - a safari with Charles and safari porini
Last June I had my best four days in my Life! How? By doing a camping safari in the National Parks of Tanzania. Not only because a safari is a really overwhelming event but also because I had the best guide: Charles Njau and his Safari Agency ‘safari porini’ (www.safariporini.com). On the first day we were picked up at our hostel in Moshi and took direction to the Tarangire National Park. Here we made our first game drive and even saw lions which are very rare in this park - thanks to Charles, guide and driver. He did everything to show us as much as possible even if he had to speed through the Tarangire Park or had to drive through a muddy hole to give as the possibility to watch a lion mother with her three children from a close view. This was on our second day in the Serengeti where we spent the night in the middle of this National Park without any fence or other protection around the campsite. The third day began at 6am to see the sunrise in the Serengeti with a following game drive. We saw two hunting lions and a leopard eating his prey on a tree. And again it was Charles’ great experience and engagement that we had one of the best points of view every time. We spent our last day in the Ngorongoro Crater after a very exciting night and morning – buffaloes and elephants are the usual visitors there - at the campsite with view down into the Crater.
I have to add that we had really great luck because even though you have the best guide you must keep in mind that doing a safari depends a lot on the animals, their behavior and the environmental conditions. Therefore the best season is June until August when the raining season is over and the ‘winter’ begins. Then the rivers and lakes have more water again and it is colder for the animals to be agile.
Last but not least I have also to mention that not only Charles allowed us this great experience but also his friend and our cook indulged us with great meals and the best lunchboxes I ever had! It was a lot of fun with these two kind and affable guys that I would never chose another safari agency!!! Their motto is: Giving the clients their most unforgettable event in life! Or when the conditions aren’t that good: Doing everything to allow the clients a good event that is worth keeping in good memory!
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Greatly awesome!
So, to make a long story short: Our trip was amazing! We did a stunning three day safari, organized by Charles. Saw Ngorongoro as well as Serengeti and were lucky with regards to the animals we saw :) Safari was awesome, food was very good. We felt very comfortable throughout our whole trip particularly thanks to Charles who took care of us and helped us with the bookings of our hotels, additional transports, etc. He’s just a great tour operator.
We’ll recommend him to our friends and – that’s for sure – get back to him as soon as we’ll be back in Tanzania! Asante sana, Charles for a lovely time!
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
best safari ever
we've seen big five and three times a leopard - best guide, best cook - thanks for all
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Awesome private safari - highly recommendable!!!
We (four adults) did a 5-day safari with Charles (Safari Porini) in December 2014 and had the best time ever. We spent one day in Moshi to relax and recover from the overnight flight before heading off on safari. In Moshi we met with Charles and Anuary, our personal chef on this tour, to discuss the plan for the next days as well as meal and dietary requirements. Then we spent ½ day in Tarangire National Park, ½ day in Ngorogoro Crater and 2 days in Serengeti National Park. Charles was a fantastic guide. He has a great knowledge of his country and the animals. His animal spotting skills are just amazing. Furthermore, and quite important is that he a fantastic driver which means a lot in Tanzania. Especially as we have seen other tour companies which were speeding quite a lot on the dirt roads to and from Serengeti. Our chef prepared delicious meals and guide and chef were flexible with meal times. Heading off to the parks at sunrise and having a picnic breakfast there – no problem at all. Charles did the planning and booking of our whole trip including domestic flights and a week on Zanzibar after the Safari. We found him extremely friendly and professional. Also not to forget, we learnt quite a bit Swahili.
Charles, thanks a lot for this great adventure. We enjoyed every part of it.
Alexander and family from Germany
LT
Email Vytas | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Highly recommended! Totally conveniant service and great hospitality!
I had my safary tour in March. Nevertheless safari is a matter of luck, I was glad to see probably all possible animals and experianced Masai village tour.
Charles (tour guide) made a trip amazing as the service, personal attention and properly planed agenda worked just amazingly fine! Highly recommended!
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Friendly, organized, knowledgable tour guide -perfect safari experience!
We did a 9-day private Safari with Charles including Arusha NP, Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro (including a day of hiking at Olmoti and Embakaai), Serengeti (including Balloon Safari), and Lake Natron in June 2015.
Charles is a superb guide: Well organized, always on time, responding to interests and requests of the travellers, keeping his vehicle in a good shape, responsible driver, fun to talk to and knowledgable.
When it comes to hunting down the rare cheetah in Serengeti he shows a hunting spirit as if it was also his first cheetah!
Thanks, Charles, for those memorable days on the Northern Circuit!
DK
Email Christine | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Absolutely amazing!
We did a three days budget safari to Serengeti and Ngorongoro with Charles as tour guide. The safari car was the best we have seen, and we had so much fun camping at the most beautiful campsites. Charles was an excellent guide, everything was so professional and he knew so much info about the animals and he spotted several cheetahs and leopards from a distance, it was an absolutely amazing trip!
Email Evaristo | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A super safari tour with a brilliant guide
We had a super safari in the top four national parks in TZ. Our tour guide, Charles Njau was so knowledgeable about animals, birds, best time and areas where to find the elusive animals such as Cheetahs. His command of English was great and it made the experience memorable to every one in the group. He is such a smooth driver with a never giving up and flexible attitude when searching for animal experience. Thank you so much for the wonderful time and hope to see you again.
NL
Email Rosanne | under20 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Kilimanjaro and 4-days safari with Safari Porini
I climbed the Kilimanjaro with Safari Porini and I also went on a 4-days safari with them. I can say: the experiences were amazing, thanks to Charles who organized everything. Me and my friend made it to the summit of the Kilimanjaro, but we couldn't do it without our fantastic guides Kush and John and the rest of the team, thanks to them all. The quality of the gear was good and they took very good care of us. We had a very good time on the mountain.
This is the same for the safari, Freddy was our guide there who showed us the big five. We had a lot of fun and everything was well fixed.
In both trips, the food was amazing (and mostly too much every time;) ).
I am very pleased about Safari Porini and I can definitely recommend them to you.
Email Darren O'Brien | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Tanzania the hidden jewel
Charles exceeded all our expectations with our 7 day Lodge Safari Tour. The accommodation and meals were first class as was the safari during the day. We saw so many animals that we dubbed Charles, King Charles. As the owner of the business he took care of us from the first contact to dropping us at our accommodation post tour. He was always obliging and offered so much information and wisdom that the trip was a 10 out of 10. We saw the big 5 plus cheetah, giraffe, zebra, black rhino and the wildebeest migration. On this trip we have completed safari's in South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe and Tanzania blew them all out of the water for value per animal.