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Mwema Africa Safaris
- Located In:
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United States
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 2013)
- Tour Types:
- Custom budget & mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $65 to $250 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
MT
Email S. C. | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent from start to finish
Experience was excellent both in Kenya and Tanzania, no issues at all.
DE
Email Gert | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Unforgettable experiences in the national parks of Tanzania
At the end of 2017 we had a safari through Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro. The safari was booked through Mwema and run by African Wonderland in Tanzania. The preparation over Simon In Nairobi worked perfectly. All questions and requests were clarified to the fullest satisfaction. We have seen many animals in these 5 days and made great photos. Willson, our driver was very networked and has always found places where animals were observed on the radio or mobile phone. The Mbalageti Lodge in Serengeti was just awesome. The cabins are located away from the main house, but at night you are brought by a security guard from and to the main building. Such a luxury of food and accommodation we had not expected in the Serengeti.
The drive by jeep from Lake Manyara to Mbalageti Lodge runs from east to west through the entire Serengeti. The roads are unpaved slopes. The one-hour drive in one direction was a real ordeal, because you are completely shaken and dusted. Whether we would take that again, I do not know. The many breakdown vehicles on the way were also not very encouraging. But our driver and his Jeep have brought us well to their destination.
Otherwise you have to be careful with the costs. On our bill was 6 days safari, but actually it was only 5. The 6th day consisted of a half-day drive back to Arusha. We had later booked the visit of a Massai village. That was interesting, but hardly any of the $ 50 that was taken for it arrived at the Maasai, because the Maasai was still putting pressure on us to buy overpriced handicrafts.
It was already a strange feeling to pay a 4-digit amount in advance and not to know, if then at the airport really someone to pick up. Everything worked out great for us.
Overall, the safari was definitely a unique experience that we will not forget.
JP
Email Tetsuji | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Wonderful driver
I wondered which company to choose but I think that itwas good to choose Mwema africa safari.
First of all, before traveling,the travel company sent me the contents properly by e-mail,the point of anxiety was eliminated.
Mr Buhembo , BMS SAFARIS LTD director of the company in Tanzania,was also very kind and thankfully ,it was made a fun trip.
Mr Fedrick ,driver and guide ,was a sincere person. He was good at finding animals and we were able to see the hunting
scene of the lion. When We go to Tanzania again, we'd like to ask Fedrick for our guide.
Email Rebecca | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing safari honeymoon
We chose to spend our honeymoon in Tanzania, booked with Simon at Mwema Safaris, and it was amazing.
Simon was always on hand throughout the planning and budgeting stages to help with recommendations on where to stay and what to see and do. He was able to offer various accommodation options, according to our budget, and we opted to stay mid-range rather than go to budget or 5* extremes, and we were very happy with our choices. Simon arranged all our transfers, accommodation, meals, park entries and we had an internal flight.
We opted to do a 4-day private safari and visited Tarangire National Park, Ngorongoro Crater and Lake Manyara (we are sociable people, but would totally recommend a private safari so you don't have any other group members to worry about!).
Our guide was aptly named Goodluck, and he was very friendly and knowledgable about the areas we were visiting and the animals - he was definitely our good luck mascot, as we were lucky enough to see 4 out of the Big 5 (no leopards in sight, but we did see tree-climbing lions, which was pretty awesome!).
We would definitely recommend Mwema Safaris and hope to be able to return and book with them again.
Thank you Mwema for making our honeymoon memorable!
NL
Email Anil Gupta | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
A great well organized and managed safari
Mwema organized a nine day safari in Kenya and Tanzania. Various lakes and game reserves. The driver/guides were extremely well informed,very responsible and courteous. They took us to the exact places where the wild animals were,including all the big five, and a lion kill etc.We are totally satisfied with them. The camps are surprisingly very modern and guarded by Masai quite safe. In one camp I had a hippo walking one meter near my head in the night. Non-vegetarian food was very good, vegetarian could be better. All in all an absolutely wonderful experience.
ES
Email Coral Patiño Sanchis | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing safari, the best people and company to do your safari! We would choose them again for sure!!
From the beginning the company showed very good work, organitation and responsability, fast answer and best tips for our safari.
The hotel was one of the best experiences, very good people, service, food and very very peaceful. It was absolutely wonderful!!!!
Our guide was, without a doubt, the best guide ever!! he explained everything about culture, languaje, animals....very funny and responsability!!
AE
Email Haris | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very good customer support
Everything was arranged according to the plan and efforts were made for all of our needs to be customised according to our flight itinerary.
The experience was really enjoyable, the driver was very amusing and helpful.
All accommodations were up to standard.
Better to have a 5-6 people company to reduce the per person price as much as possible.
Special thanks to Simon for dealing with my constantly changing dates and requests!
CL
Email Santiago | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing experience with professional services
We booked this with A LOT of time, maybe 6 months in advance. I asked via SafariBookings for quotes on lots of agencies. Simon was very honest with what to expect and very helpful in deciding the best places to go. I'm a very picky customer, so I have to say he was very pacient.
He gave me a very good price and we went to awesome hotels. The experience so far was awesome: Ol Pejeta as first place is impressive. The hotels are amazing. Serena hotels is just a whole different experience. We even fed a rhyno!
The we went to Lake Nakuru. As a park it was nice. We went to Mara Sarova. It was a very very nice hotel (5-star), great food. After that, we went to Masai Mara for 2 days. Amazing experience, we saw the big five.
Reviewing our stay:
- Serena Hotels are amazing, in my opinion, way better than Mara Sarova. I mean, both are exceptional hotels, but for me Serena are a bit better and more beautiful.
- Our guide, Anthony, was a very good guy. He really tried as far as he could to show us the best animals. He has a very good will in terms of showing us everything, he really tries to explain you everything, and when there are problems, he fixes all of them. We felt very safe with him and we were sure we were going to see everything (he took the best places on the parks). As a feedback: (1) maybe try driving a bit safer, but that might be something cultural (2) he speaks with every guide on every park, which might be a bit annoying (3) I would love if the can explains you more things instead of you asking. These are all little details which didn't change the overall awesome experience
- For us, 5 days was more than nice.
- We took the van, which was nice. We had some technical issues but Anthony was very fast in solving them. He knows a guy in every place of the world who can help him.
- We went on our last day to Lake Naivasha. We saw some hippos on the water (nice) but the other part was very poor. Not recommended for the price.
Overall, the experience was perfect. It's like a National Geographic documental but live.
I would DEFINITELY recommend (indeed, I have already) Mwema for anybody who wants to take a great safari. The price is nice, Simon is always willing to help you and for sure you will get to see everything you are expecting and beyond.
PL
Email Joanna | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Grwat trìp
We were on 2 days safari tour to Tsavo East. The driver was polite and helpful. He knew that we were interested in see lions, so he was trying to find the lion. And he found :) We recommend this company.
CZ
Email Hana | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Very good cooperation - all O.K.
Very nice 3-day trip. I recommend this company. Everything was according the plan and the organization was excellent. Many thanks!