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Tanzania Mwangaza Safari
- Office In:
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 2008)
- Tour Types:
- Custom budget & mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $120 to $600 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
for a custom tour
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Reviews
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Email Kimberly | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
2 day/1 night Mikumi safari
As a female solo traveler, I was happy to be in contact with Mwajabu to organize my trip. She was always accessible and very pleasant. She also offered a very good price for solo travelers, as other companies charge twice as much. Mwajabu and her brother, the driver, met me at the airport, and accomodated my every need from beginning to end. Mikumi park is impressive in its own right and Camp Bastian is beautiful. I was disappointed with the food there, especially given lunch in the park the first day was so nice, but all in all, I really enjoyed Hello Tanzania's choice for hotel. I would highly recommend Hello Tanzania to organize and guide a Tanzanian safari!
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Email Wim | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Very nice safari experience in Mikumi with Hello Tanzania - good driver and safari guide and lodge
May is rainy season but I had a beautiful safari - mikumi is quiet and Nice . Saw 2 times a lion ,elefant, many giraffes, crocodile, monkeys, birds and more. Stay in camp bastian was realy nice with good lodge, good food and excellent service. Driver to and from Dar was excellent and very safe. I can recommend Hello Tanzania
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Email Jukka | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A great 2-day safari to Mikumi National Park from Dar Es Salaam
We planned on going to safari on our zanzibar trip and sent a message to hello tanzania through the website. The response was very quick and the organizer answered to all of our questions in very professional manner. Mrs Mwajabu was very helpful with all the questions we had regarding our zanzibar trip and she organized our airport transfers etc. The driver was always on time and was very professional. We felt very safe while he was driving. We saw all the animals we wanted to see including lions. The guide was good and gave us much information about the park and the animals. We recommend this organizer to everyone who are planning on going to safari in tanzania.
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Email Bill Simpson | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
2-day safari to Mikumi National Park from Dar es Salaam
We were a group of 3 on a 2-day, 1-night safari in Mikumi National Park, travelling from Dar es Salaam. The company manager was extremely helpful and accommodating, even as we booked last minute. The driver was always on time and drove exceptionally well. We were all quite happy with the services provided and the tour overall. We were under the impression that the driver would be the guide in the National Park, although that was not the case, so I would suggest this be clarified at the beginning. I would highly recommend Hello Tanzania - we found it to be the best value for price over all other companies.
Email Amine | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Short safari in Serengeti
I booked a 3 day safari with Hello Tanzania.
Apart from a few misunderstandings in the preparation phase, the travel was well organized. A driver picked me up from Zanzibar and drove to the airport where a small aircraft took me to Serengeti. The guides then picked me up and then we had a nice game drive. The camp is very nice and the staff is very friendly. Then on the way back I took the same flight and the driver picked me up at the airport and drove me back to my hotel.
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Email Ewelina | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
amazing safari
unbelievable experience worth any price. all beautifully organized. I saw all the animals that live in the park mikumi
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Email Jenelle | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful Solo Traveller Safari Experience
Hello Tanzania (HT) was very fast at responding to all my questions and inquires.
HT was very attentive to making sure I had a great experience and catered to me being a solo traveller. They came ahead of time to verify my pickup location and and have friendly helpful staff that regularly check in to make sure you are enjoying the trip. My driver was happy to help me practice my swahili and I felt very safe. I did the three day trip to Mikumi and Nzundgwa which was a great trip of seeing animals and hiking!
Email SM | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
good experience
Mama Sultan differentiate for the speed of responding to the request of quotation, the price was negotiated swiftly and trip organized easily. I paid in advance, she delivered what was agreed. We were a large group (8people) who camped at Vuma Hills (recommended!). Overall a good weekend which allowed seeing some interesting wild life, including the Lions at the very last day
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Email Julie | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
experience was great , communication was good , guides were very helpful and experience was great
safari did live up to expectations , communication was good and guides were timely , no issues.
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Email Gabi Helfert | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing 3-day safari to Mikumi National Park
We booked a 3-day safari in Mikumi National Park in March 2016 for two persons with Hello Tanzania. It was a last-minute booking, as we started the inquiry on Friday and wanted to leave already three days later on Monday. Originally we wanted to visit Selous too, but as we leaned from Ms Mwajabu of Hello Tanzania, that is impossible in March, as it is rainy season and the lodges are closed. Ms Mwajabu was very pleasant to deal with. She reacted immediately, sent a complete itinerary, consisting of transfer from and to Dar es Salaam, two half-day and one full-day game drives, all meals, soft drinks and snacks on the way, and a stay in a mid-rang lodge. She answered all our questions, booked a very nice lodge for us (Camp Bastian Lodge), and arranged a driver and a car to pick us up where we stayed in Dar Es Salaam on Monday morning. She also made sure that the staff at the lodge knew about our dietary preference which is vegan, so absolutely no animal products. We paid the fee, $600 per person, in advance, plus a 5% service fee, via the online payment provider Ms Mwajabu selected.
The drive from Dar to Mikumi took about 6 hours, including two bathroom breaks on the way. Mikumi is a beautiful national park, with vast open landscapes and mountains in the background. There is so much wildlife that you can literally spot animals at almost every corner. Already during the afternoon drive on the first day of our safari we saw baboons, impala, shoebill, giraffes, elephants, warthogs, gnus, and zebras. On the second day we also saw hippos, lions, vervet monkeys, a monitor lizard, water buffaloes, vultures, marabous, superb starlings, crowned lapwings, and many other birds and butterflies. We visited during the beginning of the rainy season, so not all roads were possible to drive on, but we definitely saw a lot of different animals and species in those three days and took hundreds of beautiful photos through the open roof of the safari vehicle, a 20+ year-old Toyota Land Cruiser Prado. Watching the animals in their natural habitat was what we came for, and we were rewarded with an absolutely wonderful experience, which we will certainly remember for the rest of our lives. The driver had good knowledge about the different species we saw and did his best to answer all our questions about the animals, their English and Swahili names, their behavior, and all kinds of peculiarities.
We also enjoyed our stay at the lodge very much. The staff was friendly and attentive, the property is situated in a beautiful garden, and our dietary preferences were met by providing us with delicious vegan meals. The room was clean, if a bit small, had two beds, a fan, mosquito nets, and had a shared bathroom (which we didn't have to share as the other rooms in our cabin weren't occupied) and a veranda with deck chairs. The property includes a restaurant and a bar with comfortable seating around a little fire pit, which keeps the mosquitos away from the guests.
Unfortunately the old vehicle broke down twice on our trip: on the first afternoon due to a defective fuel injection which kept us sitting in a mud hole at a 30-degree sideways angle for almost two hours in the middle of the park, until the driver had arranged help and the safari car of the lodge picked us up. The second time it was because the battery had died during our drive back to Dar. We were stuck in Chalinze, 120km from Dar, for another two hours, until the driver had bought and built in a new battery. Also, one of the rear passenger doors didn't open, and the air conditioning wasn't working either, which is a bit of a drag on a 6-hour drive at 34C, especially when sitting in Dar's traffic jam. The driver was very apologetic about the vehicle incidents, but it would have been a more pleasant experience in a more reliable and comfortable vehicle.
While we were very happy with the game drives, the driver tried several times to cut them short. On the second day, he wanted to drop us off at the lodge already after lunch, even though we had booked a full-day game drive. On the third day, he wanted to leave for Dar already in the morning, even though the itinerary had promised us another park entry and half-day game drive. Although we had already seen animals of all species after the morning of the second day, we enjoyed watching the animals very much, so we had to insist that we wanted the full program as booked. The driver was also not aware of our dietary preference and on the way to the park stopped at a place in Morogoro that had chicken soup for lunch. We rejected and waited until we were at the park, where we had a nice lunch made of rice and cooked vegetables.
Apart from these small glitches the safari was a truly great experience, and I hope we will be able to return someday to Tanzania to see more of the gorgeous nature and wildlife this fascinating country has to offer.