It Started in Africa
- Located In:
- Size:
- 20-50 employees (Founded in 2010)
- Member Of:
- IATA, TATO & TALA
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $150 to $550 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Chris & Marlies | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing holidays with the best organization
We went on the 5-days Safari through the northern part of Tanzania (Tarangire National Park, Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater) with It Started In Africa. Our whole trip was organized perfectly. So we would like to thank the team again for all the quick responses, helpful comments and recommendations during our booking process.
We had an awesome time during our Safari and our stay in Zanzibar and I would really like to give some feedback :)
Safari:
It was top organized and we had the best tourguide!!!
Michael was great, showing us and telling us all important things about the country, the animals and nature.
His calm, friendly and professional way of handling the trip, was the best match for us.
We were so happy to have him and always felt safe driving around with him.
We booked also during our Safari the visit to a Maasai village what after all wasn't such a great experience.
Besides that, everything was great!
The service and the people in the lodges were absolutely friendly and helpful.
We loved the Maramboi Lodge!! It was really cool there.
Zanzibar:
Also Zanzibar was a great experience.
I would like to mention that the service in Pongwe Beach Hotel was amazing!!!
We had such a good time there and the people were so sweet and friendly and the service couldn't be better at all!
To sum up, I can and will recommend the organization It Started In Africa to all our friends.
It was a great holiday and we enjoyed it a lot!
AE
Email andreea | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
wonderful experience
For us, was the first time travelling in Africa and everything was brand new: the people and their exotic habits, the places . This short holiday in Tanzania was for us a very unique experience with unparalleled experiences and emotions which offer us a range of moments and wonderful memories. In conclusion, a memorable and successful holiday. We were pleasantly surprised by the hospitality and good organisation of your staff and definitely we will share this to other friends.
TR
Email serina cezveciyan | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
best vaccation ever
Our team (5 people) from Turkey made a fantastic safari in Tanzaniain September with it started in Africa team for 5 days ..This was really one of the our best holiday in our lifetime.. All of our e-mails replied by customer happiness managers (Luis, Joanna, Joao and Vanessa).. Our guide Frank was very friendy, so kind, so informed and very smart.. Our cooker Samuel made us very tasts foods, he was so hygenic, all the equipments was very clean in and he was so helpfull also.. We spent 5 days with them and it was really very good experience that more than our imagination.. We saw all big fives, so many lion kings, leopar, gazelles, impalas, zebras and cheetah also.. We met masai culture with them and we spent very memorable nights at the tented camp with them.. we all thought that now we have a very good friends in Tanzania..
SG
Email Pat Siaw-wong | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An amazing migration safari
Joao n staff were prompt and detailed in answering out queries . They organised an amazing migration safari for us! Everthing went smoothly and safely.
Our drivers cum guides - Estomi and Emmanuel were very pleasant and patient as well as entertaining and knowledgeable. We really enjoyed their company! Through them, we learnt much about the animals and their habits, and the vegetation and about the culture of Tanzania.
With their efforts, we were able to see all the big FIVE animals including the rare rhino and cheetah. We were very pleased to able to see two crossings and a lion hunt as well. In addition, we saw many many types of animals, birds and herbivores. We learnt a little Swahili too. We particularly appreciate the efforts by Estomi and Emmanuel who looked after us and took care of our tyre puncture quickly and efficiently. Thank you Estomi and Emmanuel again for taking good care of us!
We would have liked to have had a map showing where we had travelled to and some points of interest at each stop/ landmarks so that it will help us to remember our trip better. The binoculars that you supplied were very good, but the internet mobile stick was not very strong and we had difficulty connecting .
The physical accomodation that we stayed in was generally good and the staff and the various locations were very friendly and provided good service. They all tried their best. However, we found the internet accessibility or rather the lack of it in the camps quite difficult . Food at the more expensive lodges was a big disappointment. We from Asia, found that the lack of rice or pasta at the lodge was not easy and the food was not as well cooked as compared to the tented camps.
Anyway, all in all, we had a good time.
IT
Email Stefania Pezzetti | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic holidays!!!
‘Fantastic’ is probably the word that better describe our experience in the 8 days Safari in Tanzania. Ludovico - our son - has a real passion for all kind of animals: this trip has been for him like a dream, something he will bring in his mind and in his heart for his entire life!
And this is not only because the country in itself reserves a lot of great surprises in terms of its wonderful nature and people, but also, and I would say above all, because we have been so lucky to have the best guide ever: Asuman Juma!
Asuman has been able to show us the best of what the parks could offer. We have ‘met’ all the animals: lions, ghepards, hippo, elephants, leopards, gnus, zebras, giraffes, impalas and many more. We have seen the sunset and the sunrise, we have looked at the gnu migration, we have spent memorable nights in tended camps (with wild beast around us….), we have got in touch with the Masai culture: in summary we have ‘met’ the real Africa, which we will never forget!
We will never stop to thank ‘It started in Africa’ for this as well as for having supported us in organizing this trip in a vary short period of time.
We definitely recommend to have a Safari in Tanzania with this agency and with a guide like Asuman.
Hopefully, we will come again in the next years!
PT
Email Ricardo Guimarães | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Our Tanzanian experience with It Started in Africa
Regarding our tour we have to thank "It started in Africa" for the memorable days that we have passed in Tanzania. Everything was amazing and very well prepared. Our guide, Charles, was perfect and very dedicated. In fact he is certainly a big part of the success of our holidays.
The choice of the itinerary as well as the camps and hotels was magnificent. The days in Zanzibar where also very good and we enjoyed a lot.
We hope we can return again in a near future because we already miss the endless space of Serengeti…
CA
Email John Juba | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Outstanding experience
We had an outstanding time on our trip with It Started in Africa. This was a first safari so we didn't know quite what was ideal. We gave It Started in Africa a general idea of how long we wanted to go and what we wanted to see and they recommended a great itinerary for us. We did a 6 day safari through Tarangire, Ngorongoro, and Central and Northern Serengeti. This was perfect in terms of length. Through it we managed to see all the big animals - lions, cheetahs, elephants, zebras, giraffe, wildebeests, antelope, leopard, etc. - up close with the exception of a rhino (but these can be hard to find). The wildebeest crossing of the Mara river was really something special too.
All of the hotels It Started in Africa recommended for us were outstanding. We especially enjoyed the Serena Hotels we stayed at.
What helped make the experience so special was our driver Heaven. For one, he was very committed to making sure we saw everything we wanted to see, and also reacting to things he heard on the radio so we could see rare and unique things (for example, lions hunting prey, or crocodiles grabbing wildebeests). On top of being very good at his job, he was just a nice personal guy that we enjoyed getting to know and spending time with on our trip.
Following out safari they organized a post-safari stay in Zanzibar which again they recommended great hotels to stay at. Zanzibar itself was a relaxing end to a great trip.
Finally worth mentioning is they also organized all transfers to and from the airports in Tanzania and again in Zanzibar. This was great as we really had nothing to worry about except getting to the country in the first place. Highly recommended company!
DE
Email Simone | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
An unforgettable holiday arranged by the Happines Team who take the name literally
It started not only in Africa but the excellent service started already from the first e-mail contact in advance until the end of our tour. The offer was transparent and we liked the kind of clear choices in all price groups and comfort levels, to add a day or to leave a point which we did not want. All the Happiness-Team always answered quickly and were very helpful in case of modi-fications. At the end it is really a very individual trip only with things we liked.
Allen, our driver guide did a great job during all the tour. He drove us always safely although the car was a bit older and did have some little defects. Moreover he fine-tuned our time table perfectly when we had to manage farer distances. He could even appreciative manage a change of camps on the spot from north Serengeti to Central Serengeti which was really recommendable for us and especially for him as our driver, as it would have been a very hard and long drive from North Serengeti to Ngorongoro crater at once. We originally planned 3 full days in the north Serengeti to have a good chance to see the river crossing of the migration but had the luck to see it 3 times at the first two days already! It was incredible but was not necessary to see it a third day... So we stayed another night in the central Serengeti instead of in the north. He lead us also to the rhino, leopard all the Big Five and Ugly Five and many more. Each day there was another special situation where we could observe many animals like bathing elefants, eating chakals or hyenas, fighting vultures, lions in the shadow of other jeeps etc. It was in overall a very impressive trip and we passionate photographers could took lots of amazing and incredible photos.
The lodges we have chosen of your recommendations were all very cozy and comfortable, the personal absolutely friendly and helpful to feel like home. It is unbelievable to find such in the wilderness.
We are also happy to have concluded our trip with Lake Natron and Ngare Sero Camp. It was very special to experience this camp at “nowhere” and the walk to the flamingos. Awesome nature with the Lengai volcano in the back.
It was a unique and unforgettable experience in Tanzania.
We had the most amazing holiday with you...
...and cannot thank you enough for organising an exceptional itinerary - it was marvellous and everything we could have hoped for.
We will be writing to Michael, our fabulous guide, to thank him personally. He was an exceptional guide, great company, very knowledgeable and we are in no doubt that his experience and lovely manner contributed enormously to our family having such a brilliant holiday. He even managed to get us to the airport in spite of 2 punctures and a further flat tyre necessitating a dash to a garage on a motorbike to get an urgent repair!! What a star *;). We have memories we shall treasure forever. We didn't want to come home and are all missing lovely Tanzania enormously.
PT
Email Ana Pinto Ribeiro Xavier | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent Safari Tour!
We recommend for sure It Started in Africa. It is an excellent company, very professional, friendly and accomodating during the planning of our tour (prompt replies by e-mail for all our questions) and during the days of the safari.
Tommy was our expert and friendly guide for all days. He knows a lot of animals and explain us everything. Very friendly and kind. we all enjoy a lot.
We really enjoyed our stay in Tanzania, thanks to It Started. It is a very reliable company.
I really want to come again. It was an amazing experience.
Besides, they offer good prices with excellent services!