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
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Email Rinchen | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Its an excellent company with great facilities,excellent tour operator and guide too
Communication was good,service excellent, over all safari was excellent...
CZ
Email Martin + Barbora | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Asante sana
We cannot say anything else but huge asante sana to Hamadi from Face of Africa who helped us organize our Safari adventure, it was perfect to the last detail…
Hamadi was of a huge help for us from the first moment we started to organize our safari – he answered a lot of our questions in advance by email, picked us at the airport in Arusha, organized decent accommodation for us in Arusha, devoted his free time to be our local guide in Arusha during the first and last day of our Safari and last but not least he organized a great 6-day Safari trip for us in an extremely comfortable car with educated guide Emanuel and a super chef Jamali. We travelled as a couple and decided for a budget camping Safari in order to save some money. However, in the end, we realized that we made a great choice not just because of some savings but also thanks to the opportunity to experience a piece of really wild nature. Face of Africa arranged a rental of a very comfortable, spacious tent, thus we really did not lack any comfort. Our guide Emanuel was were funny, friendly and talkative but what is most important, he was a living encyclopedia about the animals – he knew really a lot about the animals and it was amazing to listen to his lessons from zoology while game driving. Our chef, Jamali was great too…We are dreaming about his pancakes for breakfast and hot soups and delicious vegetable sauces for dinner even now. Making the decision to use the services of Face of Africa and Hamadi for our Safari experience was a great step and we are looking forward to cooperate with Hamadi while organizing our Kilimajaro trek next time
RU
Email Liudmila | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very nice trip to Tanzania!
We've just completed a 6 night / 7 day private safari for 2 of the Tanzania northern circuit organised by Face of Africa Adventures From the quick and friendly emails when first enquiring and booking to the safari itself we had an incredible time. Hamadi was very helpful in organizing the trip and our guide Benson was excellent. All we had to do was arrive at the airport and everything else was taken care of. The Toyota Land cruiser that took us around was spacious and in good condition (and was driven very safely by Benson ) and the accommodation and service was great. Wouldn't have changed a thing about the trip. Benson was great at spotting animals and had a very good knowledge of them (we recorded over 100 species of mammals and birds!). A bonus was having WiFi at all the hotels and in the vehicle if needed (as well as charging points to keep batteries charged). Highlights were the many leopard and lion sightings, all of the elephants and giraffes and the special treatment given to us because of our honeymoon (mention when booking!) and my birthday.
Thank you for making our honeymoon all we wanted it to be.
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.
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 :)
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.
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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.
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!
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.
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!