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 Marco & Chiara | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Our guide made the Safari a lot better than we could imagine!!
For our first safari experience, we chose It Started in Africa following a friend recommendation and we couldn't have made a better choice.
Everybody was kind and friendly, all emails were answered within 24 hours and everything was organized very well (a lot of patience in answering all our doubts and crafting the tour on our desires with many excellent suggestions).
We did a 4-day private safari and it was the best experience ever! We visited three parks: Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater.
Our guide Jarabu was great, very knowledgeable providing us with lots of information about the parks and the animals. His huge experience in Safaris and his safe and patient driving, made us feel super leisurely and gratified. And became a friend not only a guide but a companion of the trip.
Also the accommodations booked by It Started in Africa were super, very comfortable and clean.
After the safari we also spent a day in Kilimanjaro base in which we visited a Coffee farm and a waterfall. It was very interesting and the local lunch was delicious.
Everything went perfect and we loved our trip.
We highly recommend It started in Africa!!
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Email Katarzyna | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent 4-day safari in Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro
Me and my husband did a 4-day private safari trip with It Started in Africa and it was the best experience! We visited 3 parks (Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro) and our guide Martin was great, providing us with lots of information about the parks and animals and he was also great at tracking animals. We've seen lions, leopards, cheetahs, elephants and many more. We've even seen a rhino! It was very exciting, even if we saw it only from far away :)
People at It Started in Africa are very friendly, kind and helpful, e.g. they picked us up from the bus station the day before the start of our trip, and dropped us off there as well the day after (all free of charge).
I highly recommend taking a trip with them, it will be a one in a lifetime experience :)
CH
Email Olivia | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
amazing tour to the top of Kilimanjaro
It Started in Africa offered me an unforgettable wonderful hike to the top of Kilimanjaro. I did the 4-days Marangu route in February 2022. The company prepared and organized the trip well. They were uncomplicated, gave me all necessary informations and offered the tour for good value (what i'm sure about after talking with other tourists during the hike who booked with different companies). For preparation the guide helped me to choose the right warm clothes. During the trip the team served me nice food. The guide was experienced and I enjoyed the good company of the friendly and helpful cook and porters. They also supported and motivated me much, so that i could make the last difficult hundred meters to the top. And that was an incredible amazing experience!! Unique wonderful nature with a stunning view. Thank you It started in Africa for the trip, I would definitively book with you again.
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Email Kelly | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing Once in a Lifetime Experience!
From start to finish our tour was perfect. All the lodges were incredible, the food delicious and the scenery stunning! If you book, you NEED to request Martin as your guide. He took a good vacation and made it amazing! He found all of the Big 5 in the space on just one morning and really took his time finding animals that other cars just drove by. Cannot say enough good things. However, it is Africa and if you are not a flexible person this experience may not be for you - there are uncontrollable factors like weather, bumpy roads and other unforeseeable circumstances that come up. It Started in Africa did a great job of rolling with the punches and we enjoyed our time despite a few last minute tweaks! Would recommend to everyone!!
Email Jesseica Rose | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Outstanding exprience in Tanzania. --- A+++
What a great place! Really beautiful and best of all, a great team, thanks everyone. Got Baraja from who managed to get me and another large Dutch friend up and running after 3 days! My daughter of nine had the introduction class with Victor (in Dutch) and, like her father, became an enthusiasts. We will continue thanks to the team . If you want personal attention, good equipment and a beautiful definitely go to here. I recommend it. A+++
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Email Jonson | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing Tanzania with ItStartedInAfrica
We had an amazing experience with Baraja who guided us through the parks. He made a lot of effort to bring us to the best places and made us to see all the animals what we wanted to see. He has a bright knowledge about the Safari experience and we only can recommend him!
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Email Conchi | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing dream
It is a amazing company. You can trust on it. All they offer is true. Our guide Ibrahim and our driver Saire were lovely. We recomend the experience with any doubt. We went with our family. My husband and me and our children (teenagers). Do not miss this oportunity with the company, it really started in Africa
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Email Jesse Belle | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A dream came true
I did the trip in Aug 2021 together with my son and a friend and her son. There were no other people on the group. The guide was excellent organizing everything in advance. All emails were answered within 24 hours and everything was organized very well. One day before we started they came to the hotel to talk about the tour and the plans in detail. Our driver was always in a good mood, always in touch with other drivers so we did not miss one lion and an excellent driver. He speaks very well English, so communication was very easy. I think we were also lucky with our cook. We were always served a three course dinner and a delicious breakfast with fresh fruit, pancake and drinks. Lunch was sometimes a pick nick and sometimes served in the camp. His fried bananas are the best I have ever tried!!!!
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Email Joynalyn M | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Outstanding experience!!!!
We definitively recommend "It Started in Africa" and strongly suggest if at all possible to benefit from the services: tremendous knowledge and very skilled driver, always smiling, and listening very carefully to our requests to stop or slow down or move to a different place. A very nice safari in Arusha 6090, Tanzania.
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Email Mark J Anthony | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Highly Recommeded
My wife and I did a 6 day Safari for our Honeymoon last October and it was amazing.
We booked everything from Mexico City and since the first day we contacted It Started in Africa we had an excellent service and a taylor made experience.
We asked them for several changes since we started quoting and the team's response was prompt and flexible for booking us the best experience.
Once we arrived they had everything sorted out and the 6 days we shared with Zaire Mgeta (professional driver) and Happygod Urassa (professional guide) made everyday unforgettable.
We would highly recommend anyone who wants to have a SAFARI trip in Tanzania to book with It
