Hamadi Ningaa - Founder, Face of Africa Adventures
Face of Africa Adventures
- Located In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2010)
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $200 to $1,700 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
Email Michael Klein | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Well planned and executed family safari
After a bit of online research we contacted Hamadi at Face of Africa Adventures to help plan a safari for my wife, 8yr old son and me. Hamadi was very patient and helpful in recommending various lodging options and game drives to meet our desires. After putting together a plan that met our budget Hamadi provided a long list of previous clients as references before the down payment was made and there was nothing but rave reviews. The end result was a perfectly executed safari, from Hamadi and George (our guide/driver) meeting us at the airport to our game drives in Serengeti/Ndutu (saw the great migration), Ngorongoro crater, Tarangire and the private Manyara Ranch Conservancy (where we sat 10m from to a pride of lions, with 2 cubs in an open vehicle having a sundowner for over an hour).
PT
Email Josefa Ribeiro | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing Experience!!!
We booked the safari with Face of africa adventures and everything went well! we did 4 days/3nigths on a budget safari.
before going everything was correctly organized via email and whatsapp. the replys were very quickly.
We loved our guide Abdula, was a father to us! And Gideon, what an excellent cooker! he did everything with one grill. the food was very good, very "continental", a lots of food, actually! we saw a lot of animals, Abdula explain everything to us and add a lot of patient. We recomend to everyone! In the end, Hamadi, the company owner, went with us to a local restaurant in Arusha and we tried a lot of typical food. Want to go back! Thank you for everything!!! :)
Email Alexandra Donaldson | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
4 day 3 night Camping Safari, Tarangire, Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti
I found Face of Africa online and contacted Hamadi to book. You transfer 30% of the cost in advance and then pay the rest on arrival. As I was on a low budget I joined a group of other people on a camping safari. Hamadi arranged my airport transfers, picking me up the day before the safari and returning me after. It was an amazing experience, we saw everything including leopard, rhino, lion, elephants, giraffes etc. Camping was a unique experience, especially in the Serengeti where you could hear the animals! It was awesome in the morning waking up and being able to see elephants without moving from the campsite. It was cold camping in Ngorongoro so if you book this trip make sure you take a good sweater! The chef was really good and kept us well-fed the whole time (thank you Isaac). The guide, Juma, answered all of our questions and was able to show us everything we wanted to see. Overall I loved it and I haven't stopped boring my friends and family with all my photos yet! I'd definitely recommend Face of Africa Adventures :)
DE
Email Sebastian | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great 6 day safari with Nico and Face of Africa Adventures
We booked from Germany a 6 day safari (15.09 to 20-09.2016) with Hamadi via this website. We then had a lot of email contact where he made a great itinerary for us and answered very professionally all of our questions. He even provided us with contact information of other customers. We paid 1/3 of the amount beforehand as deposit and the rest on arrival. It was done all very professionally.
On arriving in Arusha, we visited him in his office, everything was very nice, Hamadi is a very polite person. We were shown the jeep and could decide if we wanted to take it or if we want to switch it (we had a very good 4x4 car, we met other people with very old cars that broke down all the time). We also were introduced to our driver / guide, Nico. He was an excellent driver and guide, we had such a good time with him (it was just me and my wife on the safari) and you could really have a great time with him during dinner. When he heard on the ranger radio that some animal was seen he immediately went there, we saw a huge amount of animals. The accommodations were all superb and really really great (Karatu country lodge near Lake Manyara, in the serengeti a luxury tented camp and Rhino lodge near Ngorogoro crater).
Hamadi really organized a beautiful safari for us, it was worth every dollar and Nico was an amazing driver, we can only recommend Face of Africa and Nico!
We went 1 day Tarangire, 1 day Lake Manyara, 2,5 days Serengeti and 1 day Ngororo Crater, it was so much fun!
Thank you very much again Hamadi and Nico!
NL
Email Zoë | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Lovely first safari
I had a great safari with face of Africa adventures. I had arranged it quite last minute but everything was organized very well. The program was not exactly the same as in the itinerary but in my case it made my safari even better. Compared to other safari companies this one had a really good price.
US
Email dan | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Safari
Awesome tour and accommodations from Hamadi, would recommend to anyone who wants to go on a safari! Saw some lions! Was super cool man!
CA
Email Amine | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Awesome stay in Arusha
I recommend Face of Africa Adventures to anyone looking for a serious and affordable tour operator in Arusha for a safari or for any other fun activities in the region. We had some days to spend in Arusha after our Safari, and they made sure we enjoy every moment during our stay there, we went hiking in national parks, swimming in some beautiful hots prings and admiring some of the most amazing waterfalls of the region. Thank you FOAA for the wonderful time in Arusha, and thank you Hamadi, our guide, for your kindness, hospitality and patience, you have made our stay in Arusha the highlight of our trip in Tanzania and we hope to come back soon to climb Kilimanjaro with you. For travellers to Tanzania, don't hesitate to contact FOAA if you want to have the best of your time there.
HK
Email Simon | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Wonderful and interesting 8-days safari and 5-days Mt. Kilimanjaro mountain trekking
Safari - thanks to our wonderful driver and chef! Wonderful and interesting people. Driver (he was also the guide) is good at finding the best spots for photo-shooting. He has good eyes and see animals far away and hence drove to the best spots for watching. Chef gavve us a lot of pleasant surprises in delicious food, especially made a birthday cake for one of our members during the safari trip and it was afreat surprise to her as well as others taking dinner in the canteen of the campsite. Will miss them.
Mountain trekking - Great crew of 9 members to serve us (two). Without the encouragement by our two great mountain guides, we would not be able to make it to the summit! Just one minor comment, for food and especially for our Chinese/asians, it might be nice (to have a better appetite in high attitude) to have some sort of congee or soup noodles for our meal as it is easier to swallow and digest. Anyway, it's our fault not telling our great chef about this earlier for them to prepare the materials before the trekking.
Overall : Mr. Hamad, the responsible person of Face of Africa Adventures is a very responsible man and he visited the campsites several time to make sure that we were satisfied with the service. He also went with us to the start point of our trekking and met us at the gate when we finished the trekking. We whole-heartedly thanked him for his service. Overall, Tanzania is a loverly country, with great places to visit. You can see all that you want to see in the safari (the Big Five) and reach the top of Africa (almost exhausted)! At least once in a lifetime experience.
FR
Email Bardia | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Best camping safari experience
The organiser (Hamad) is a very honorable, kind and helpful man, he makes sure that your expectations are met :)
BE
Email Jef & Renee | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great experience
Hamadi from face of africa was friendly and helpfull. Although the hotel he booked for us the night before the safari started was awefull, he Booked another one at our request when we returned to Arusha after the safari.
Since it was low season the budget safari we took was bundled with people from different organisations in one truck. Once we got started on our safari everything went perfect.
Hamadi was also helpfull with getting cash from the bank. Prepare yourself to pay in cash though. We were not and it gave us more stress then we hoped for. Pickup from the airport was on time but costed 50$ whereas for other compagnies it was free...
Our guide Zigi and our cook 'Chef' treated us to a great experience!
All in all expect a personal and friendly experience. Hamadi was open to any requests and responded as expected to them. It also feels as if your money goes to a local and not a great international organisation.