Selous Explorer
- Located In:
- Size:
- 1-5 employees (Founded in 2013)
- Member Of:
- Tanzania Tourist Board
- Tour Types:
- Custom budget & mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $135 to $1,500 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Kristoffer | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Engaging safari and great communications.
We had a great experience travelling with Selous Explorer and our guide Ezekiel. This was our first safari and we had a fantastic time. Ezekiel knows Mikumi very well and could tell us a lot about the wildlife we encountered. Asna, our contact person, replied very quickly when we had questions and helped solve all our problems. All in all we had fantastic experience and would strongly recommend travelling with Selous Explorer.
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Email Wuzungu team | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing
Very beautiful experience. The guide (chaka boy) always smiling explained us interesting things. I never thought to be so close to these animals so big, wild and feel safe. The place to sleep is very cozy with a very friendly staff. 100% recommendable
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Email Maria & Joao | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Awesome Experience
When I decided to include a safari in my trip to Tanzania, I've started to explore different safari companies. Since I've requested for quotations for 2 nights/3 days, Selous Explorer has promptly reply. Regarding the experience itself, that was amazing. Very organized and rich. Nesto, our guide, knows a lot about animals. You can ask what you want and he'll know the answer. Besides that, we' d opportunity to talk about other topics where we learnt a lot about African culture. In the end, was more than watch wild animals. Was a deep dive in African culture thanks to Nesto.
Regarding the park, I never regreted to have chosen Mikumi. It's less turistic than Sereguenti with a lot of animals as well.
About the accommodation, that was a good surprise. Camp Bastion has good conditions, nice staff and a romantic environment.
The overall rate is 5*!!! Definetly I recommend Selous Explorer and Nesto as guide.
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Email Suzanne | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Enjoyable 3-day trip
We really enjoyed our 3-day private tour to Selous. As we did safaris in the north parks the week before, we were scarred that it would be repetitive, but no the Selous experience is different and less touristy. Communication was OK, sometimes during the tour we weren't really informed about what's was going on next. Asna from the office was very helpful and even got us tickets for the ferry as they were dropping us off there at the end. Thank you Asna and Nesto for everything!
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Email Yoann | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An amazing moment thanks to Selous Explorer
3 days ans 2 nights in Selous Reserve. It was perfect. Organisation, driving, meal, camp, communication, it was very professionnal and we have spent a wonderful time. Thanks to Asna, Nestor, Issa, Rasheed for the fantastic job they have done
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Email Camille | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Beautiful
Visit Mikumi during 3 days was an amazing experience.
Very nice guide and driver (Nestor)
We saw a lot of animals like impalas, girafes, lions, elephants, zebras, hippo, monkeys, crocodiles and... leopards !
Beautiful memories of this time.
Accomodations were perfect, we stayed 2 nights in the Bastian camp: nice food, kind people, room was clean and safe.
We’ll recommande this safari for everybody !!! Thanks
Camille and Eve
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Email Eric | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
They are very friendly and professional.
It was 2 night 3 day last minute drive to Mikumi. All the services in the package were satisfactory except that there was no A/C in the vehicle.
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Email Ina Ilyaev | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An unforgettable trip to the African safari
We spent 5 unforgettable days in a Tanzania safari. Our journey began by arriving in Arusha, where we spent the night at a local hotel and the next morning moved towards Tarangiri Park where we met for the first time in our life with animals in their natural habitat. Many animals - big and kind elephants and small gazelles. We spent the night in Sangaiwe lodge where there is an excellent view of the entire valley and you can watch animals from the comfort of your home. Great food, very tasty, especially in the company of our guide Aaron and other travelers sharing their impressions. After Tarangiri, Manyara Lake followed. Again many animals and birds, beautiful views. In the middle of the day, stop to eat and relax, each hotel prepared us a lunch box, which we ate with pleasure. Everything is organized, convenient, high-class hotels and lodges, spacious rooms, comfortable beds, the company took care of everything. Thank you so much! On the way to the Serengeti, we drove along the top of the Ngorongoro volcano, it was raining, and it was fabulously beautiful in the rain and a terrible road, which our guide and driver did very well. We spent two days in the Serengeti, spent the night in a Wild Africa Camp in the heart of the Serengeti, a wonderful camp, also tasty, comfortable, people are beautiful, smiling and welcoming. A guitar and a bonfire overlooking thunderstorms somewhere on the horizon, rain at night, morning sun. We finished our trip by descent into the crater of the Ngorongoro volcano. It’s just a paradise, which animals are not there! We rested on a lake with hippos, a fabulous place, you can get out of the car and watch the hippos right on the shore.
Many thanks to our guide Aaron, an experienced, caring and patient guy. We observed many animals - elephants, monkeys, wild boars, hippos, lions, gazelles and different types of antelopes, crocodile, chit, even a leopard on a tree, hyenas, buffalos, giraffes, zebras, jackals, flamingos and pelicans.
Our journey ended with a flight to Zanzibar, where the company took care of a beautiful hotel for us, including a transfer.
I would like to note the excellent organization of the whole trip, and special thanks to the organizer Nestor and guide Aaron - wonderful people and specialists in their field who took care that we got the best impressions of our trip.
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Email Gretchen | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great safari, definitely recommend!
I would definitely recommend doing a safari with Selous Explorer. The camp was great and the food was excellent. Nesto was an excellent driver and we had amazing game drive. Booking was easy and Asna was very responsive. Highly recommend if you are in Dar!
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Email Benedetta | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Their experience led this safari to be memorable.
We stayed in Hippo camp, it is a really budget accomodation but this permit us to stay in full immersion with nature. We saw the most beautiful stars in our life, only this would worth the trip.
Chef was good and cooked great food for us every time !
People were so kind and we did really beautiful trips: game drive and boat safari were stunning!
Our driver was fantastic, he had a lot of experience and he drove us safe from Dar to Selous, accommodating all our requests.
