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 Georges Huart | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent value for money
This tour was an incredible experience. I booked through agent Joao and he was really heplful explaining to me all the different options available. I went with my wife and kids. We are french and It Started in Africa provided us with a fantastic guide with fluent french and apparently bionic eyes :) Amazing. His name is Gasper and he was awesome. Besides that, we had a fantastic cook who served the most delicous food we had in Tanzania. You can’t go wrong with them.
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Email Samuel Wilson | 65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Last minute trip organized to perfection
We read on the internet it would be better to wait until we arrive in Tanzania to book our tour as it could be considerably cheaper. Upon arrival, it was easy to find all these cheap companies trying to sell us their tours. Most of them didn't seem trustful at all. We decided to go to the hotel, rest a little bit and then search for a tour operator. We chose It Started in Africa as it comes highly recommended everywhere. We also contacted other top tour operators but the price was better with It Started in Africa and the answers were always prompt and professional. We are very glad because we had an amazing time in Tanzania, they organized our lodge safari with just 2 days notice, and all went smooth with a great car, guide and accommodation. Definitely an extremely reliable tour operator.
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Best Safari I've Been On
I've been going on safaris since 1981, and It Started in Africa did the best job of any of them. They were able to accommodate my schedule by moving some of the events around. Even more important, the owner Joao responded to my emails sooner than any other company told me the best time of the year to come and why. He also gave specific advice on what camera lenses to bring, and which places to camp "rugged" and which ones to camp "easy." The guide that drove us around did a yeoman's job of finding us ALL of the "Big Five" as well as organizing a 3 hour walking tour with a guide. He also stopped scores of times when I wanted to take a picture of local scenery. These guys treat you like Dr. Livingston.
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Email Claudia Amina | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Honeymoon in Tanzania
It Started in Africa organized our honeymoon in Tanzania. We did the south of the country and visited Selous game reserve and Zanzibar. Joao was very prompt to reply to all our emails and phone calls, we were received by a lovely driver in the airport and the safari guide was awesome. There was some confusion regarding the hotel where we were supposed to stay in Dar es Salaam but apart from that minor issue, everything was flawless and the zanzibar stay was unforgettable. Thanks Joao, Baraja, Martin, Sylvia and Lawrence for making our dream honeymoon reality.
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing Safari-experience with "it started in Africa"
In February 2015 we did a 5day safari including Lake Manyara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro. Everything was perfectly organised. Our guide/driver was very friendly and competent/professional. We even saw the "big5" and a lion-hunt!!! The guide always looked for our wishes, e.g. for crocodiles. The car and camping equipment was in a very good condition; our cook made delicious food.
The nature, the mass and diversity of animals in Tanzania are unique and amazing. It was the best we ever experiecend. "It started in Africa" was a perfect partner for our perfect holiday: everything was well organized.
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Email Jory Wiegand | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
fantastic honeymoon
We enjoyed a fantastic camping honeymoon safari with It Started in Africa. We did 5 nights, one in Ngorongoro Crater, 3 in the Serengeti (Central and North) and one in Tarangire.
Our guide Jeremias was amazing and without him we wouldn't have noticed half of the animals we passed by. We even saw a lion killing a wildbeest...
I would not hesitate to recommend them, all was perfect!
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Email Hale Bostanci | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Top of the world!
We got to the top of Kilimanjaro!
The stay at your headquarters was more than great, people are extremely extremely friendly, helpful, honest and we really felt at home. Keep it up.
Your customer service is far more than excellent, response time to e-mails is just amazing.
Mountain trek as a whole was good, we really enjoyed our time, the weather and the climb.
During the trek the food was excellent in terms of quantity, quality, etc... we had no comments about that.
Guide ( Joseph ) and porters were friendly and very helpful to us. They really did everything they could to cheer us.
Dream Trip #Os5emAfrica #SafariDurao
We had the best holiday ever! It was fantastic, a 6 day Safari adventure followed by 4 days soaking in the sun on the perfect Island of Zanzibar.
Thank you João Oliveira for the perfect programme. You gave us a bit of everything. From the Tented Camp to the perfect lodge. Wouldn't change a thing.
Special thanks to our driver Dickson Madiwa. He put up with our mad family of 5, and just sang along.... The best!
If you want to see more, check some of our photos on instagram #Os5emAfrica #SafariDurao
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Email Eike Hardt | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Professionalism and Hospitality
As someone who loves to travel all over the world, Tanzania has probably been the one that was the greatest surprise, full of excitement, hospitality, amazing nature and wildlife and an out of the beaten track feeling.
I can't say much about It Started in Africa except that they provide me with the best experience in my life in terms of traveling. The Serengeti is something EVERYONE should visit in their lifetime, and go as soon as possible, it may be very different in the future. Needless to say, I had a smooth tour, with a fantastic guide who seem to had bionic eyes :) I did not expect to see so many wildlife like I did. Congratulations, will definitely come back one day.
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Email ray micallef | 35-50 years of age
www.it started in africa.com...quality safari operators highly recmmenwed !
From the ist email i sent joao ther reservations manager and his prompt reply i realised that these were the right people to book my safari with.
. all emails answered quickly and good advice regarding our itinerary until we were happy with the whole trip....the safari parks accomodation etc.
We went for midrange lodges and they were all excelent...Maramboi tented lodge Lake manyara wildlife and Angata tented camp.
Joseph our guide was great with us and patient as well.
The highlight of our safari was gorongoro truly a world wonder
. So once again many thanks to joao and all @it started in africa