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 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.
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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!
DE
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 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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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 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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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.
Visit a masai village for one day
Hi,
I had an inspiring and humbling time in a Masai village with my husband. We just returned from a conference in Nairobi and had one day to spare and ISIA took us to a masai village for a daytrip. We asked for something not very touristic, a bit out of the beaten track and that's what we got. We learned a huge amount of stuff from the village leader, we understood how they got food, made medicine, healed the wounded, avoid lions and things like that. It is such a wonderful experience to see these people living with so little, having to walk miles to get water, while at home we just waste so many liters just washing our teeth. This is something I recommend to everyone who has the opportunity to do it and change their perspective over life a little bit.
PT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent tour in Ngorongoro Crater
Did a day tour in Ngorongoro Crater with my girlfriend. Tour started in Arusha at 9am and we were back by 5pm. We spent most of the day inside the crater and it is one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen in my life. It Started in Africa guide (Raphael) was perfect for us and always smiling and informative. Car was great and very well maintained and the lunch box was delicious. Plan to go back for a longer tour.
JP
Email Yumiko Izumisawa | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
worth more than 1000 pictures
We are doing a RTW tour and so far Tanzania has been on of the main highlights. To blame is this tour operator who had the best price from all the reputable tour operators and organized a dream vacation for us. It is my first safari but the experience is difficult to improve. Car was great, guide was out of this world, accommodation had incredible value for money (maramboi camp, manyara wildlife camp, and ang'ata camps) and we saw more animals than our best expectations. Definitely recommended