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 Hale | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
great service great guidance excellent experience
Firstly the people at "It Started in Africa" Office is amazingly helpful and good at understanding your needs. The people we met in Tanzania was also terrific. Especially our guide "Anthony Sillo" was expert at what he was doing, we kind and full of knowladge about the area and the animals. If you have a chance to ask for the guide definetly I recommend him. We went for 6 days(2,5 days in Serengeti) but if you have time try to spend more time at amazing Serengeti.
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Email Joe and Debbie | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
The Crown Jewel Of Our Anniversary and Vacation of a Lifetime!
Our safari with It Started in Africa was the trip of a lifetime! A colleague recommended It Started in Africa and guaranteed that we would be very pleased. From our first contact, through the planning and then, from our arrival in Dar es Salaam through our last day in Arusha, everything went perfectly! Our trip was totally worry-free. It Started In Africa provided our in-country flights, all ground transportation, food and lodging.
The three-day safari provided us memories that will last our lifetime. Each day was a totally different and unique experience and each day topped the next. The first day we saw more than 100 elephants in Taranglre National Park. The second day, Ngorongoro Crater was one of the most magnificent things I have ever seen and down inside the crater was like being in the middle of a zoo without any fences. Animals were everywhere!! Damien, our tour guide, stayed with us all three days and he was a fantastic. I mentioned to him that my hope was to see Africa’s Top Five, especially, the black rhino. He seemed to know exactly where to go to find the animals and we saw four of the top five (including a black rhino). Afterwards, Damien was humble enough to say that it was all luck. The third day hunting with a bush tribe was just as unforgettable. Watching a movie 30 years ago called, "The God's Must Be Crazy" was the first time I heard about nomadic bush people who speak a "tick" language. To meet, hunt, sit and eat with this nomadic tribe of hunters and gatherers who actually speak this" tick" language was like traveling back into time.
Everyone that I am in contact with on social media now knows about “It Started In Africa." We are already planning our next trip to Tanzania and we will definitely use them again when we bring our grandchildren to Africa for their first safari next summer. We really did received top-flight professional service. Choosing It Started In Africa proved to be a great decision. Thanks!
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Email Anja | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The greatest holiday in our live!
We made a 7-days-Safari to Tarangire, Ngorongoro, Serengeti, Lake Manyara and Lake Easy and after that we flied to Stonetown. We had there a very interesting city guide. On the next day we made a spicestour and drove to your hotel at Pongwe Beach.
Our trip was really very great. The staff from It Started in Africa is very helpful all time long and very fast in reacting to your mails. the staff went above and beyond. They arranged all greatful. We would book again at any time your Safari with It Started in Africa. Our guide Philip knew very well about animals and trees and always drove us to where what was going on. The tip for the hotel on Zanzibar was 100 % right for us.
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Email Sam Dutton | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great attention to details
We loved our whole customer experience from itinerary design, to the awesome welcome pack we received at home which put as all excited about this trip. The safari itself was flawless and I can only say great things about this company and also about Tanzania which is the most beautiful country I've ever been to.
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Email Kai | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing Trip
We had an excellent trip in Tanzania and everything was very smooth during our safari tour. One of the main reason is that we had Cosma as our private guide. He was irreproachable from the first day to the last. He is very polite, neat and have really good skill for driving whereas the driver that took us to the Masai Village on the last day. That one was terrible and had an unsafe driving. Anyway, we were very glad to have Cosmas during our trip, he really knows his stuff and has really good eyesight to hunt ;). He is able to speak french and even some chinese after staying with us awhile ;). Your team should very cherish him because we really think that he can bring up a high value in your company and make the different !
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Great trip!
My boyfriend and I booked with "It started in Africa" after reading their reviews, but also because they were extremely responsive as we asked lots of questions and changed our mind a few times about where we wanted to go and how long we wanted to stay. Each time, they gave us very detailed information and were quite patient. Once in country, the same type of service continued. Everything was very well-organized and planned. The flamencos in Ngorongoro were stunning, and so was the whole experience! I highly recommend this company. They're also a small local company so I'm glad to have booked with them!
Email Sally | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Choose this company if you want an amazing trip!
My daughter and I have just spent a week visiting 3 of Tanzania's national parks. We found the company helpful when organising the itinerary and the trip itself was well organised. The company were very accomodating - even looking after a pack that was not needed for this part of our trip and meeting us at the airport at the end of our trip to hand it back. Our driver was very well informed and good company.
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Email Rafael | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Honeymoon trip to Tanzania and Zanzibar
We went on our honeymoon to Tanzania and Zanzibar. We spent 6 days in a Safari and 6 days chilling in Zanzibar. We had an awesome time! All of the trip was organized by It Started in Africa. They made very good suggestions and organized everything to the detail. Everybody at the company is very nice and all (from the driver to the office people) were constantly making sure we were having a great time.
In Tanzania we did Serengetti, Ngorongoro (tribe Maasai), Lake Eyasi (tribe Hadzabe), Lake Manyara. In Zanzibar we did Nungwi beach, Pongwe beach and Stone Town.
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Email Tiago Santos | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
5 days safari in Tarangiri, Serengeti and Ngorongoro and 5 days in Zanzibar
Perfect, that's how everything was!
From the moment we got to Kilimanjaro's International Airport till the moment we left everything was arranged perfectly and we didn't have to worry about a thing!
There were people from It Started in Africa waiting for us at the airport to take us to our hotel, they picked us up the next morning and I could go on and on about this! The logistics was perfect and there was no moment that hasn't been perfectly planned! We felt like we had a VIP treatment.
About the Safari, the experience was amazing! Our guide spoke English perfectly and made sure we had an awesome experience! He told us everything about the parks, their wildlife, the people's culture. He was so patient when we were asking him to stay longer so we could see a hunt! He was fun and polite! And (well, I think luck plays a role here as well) he managed to show us the Big Five and lots of mating and eating.
A lifetime experience any of us will forget.
About Zanzibar, again, the same: everything was taken care of and we didn't have to worry about a thing!
And the island is damn beautiful! Loved it!
I couldn't recommend this company more! They were amazing and thanks to them we had the time of our lives! Thanks!
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Email Pedro Catalão | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best trip yet
I loved everything.
The safari was awesome, there's nothing like coming to the place where NatGeo and co. captures the amazing images we see on TV.
Our guide was very patient with us and stayed longer when we asked to try to see a lioness hunting, he explained lots of thing about the wildlife and Tanzanian culture.
Camping in the wild made the experience much more immersive as we got to see hienas at night in Serengueti and also elephants in Ngorongoro right next to the tents.
Zanzibar was a paradise, the place arranged by It Started In Africa was excellent, very clean and tidy and our balcony was right in front of the pool and sea.
I really can't think of anyway it could have been better, definitely recommend this company if you want to enjoy a great experience, or should I say, THE experience.