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Migration Venture Africa
- Office In:
- Size:
- 20-50 employees (Founded in 2015)
- Member Of:
- TATO, TTB, MNRT & TLTO
- Tour Types:
- Custom budget & mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $200 to $1,500 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
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Reviews
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Email Maria Aguilera | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
No interest , no lunch , awful operator
They didn’t come to pick up to the AirPort the first day.
The last day was awful , we are super dissappointed. The driver didn’t tell us to take the lunch , we have eaten at the end of safari (3.00pm) awful street food , we are worried to have some illness of that food. But the whole 3 days the general attitude of the driver has been awful, he didn’t explain nothing about animals and Park, tired , showing 0 interest in his Job and looking foward to go back home every day as sooner as possible . We are completely dissapointed with this driver. We really missed to have one guide. But I could tell more things , half of the Park of lake manyara is covered by water , so we could’t see most of the Park , knowing this the company should have offered to us another option.
So taken into account that the duration of safaris has been súper short every day , the attitude of the driver of looking foward to finish , we didn’t have any explanations, the lunch of today was forgotten and we ate hard uneateable chicken in the middle of the street, and we were forgotten to pick up us first day at the AirPort , we are extremely dissapointed with this company .
Starving in the middle of a safari paying 1760 dolars is inadmisible
Reply from Migration Venture Africa
Posted on Aug 30, 2024
Dear Maria
I ’m so sorry on behalf of Migration Venture Africa. We’re normally known for our exceptional attention to detail, and we regret that we missed the mark.
We always aim to deliver a great experience, and we are gutted when we don’t meet expectations. Thanks for taking the time to bring this to our attention. We will use the feedback to make us better and to ensure this doesn’t happen again.
Thank you for posting a review and we’re sorry to hear that your experience was not up to standards. We would like the opportunity to inform you that we have taken. Measures by stopping the driver while doing the investigation on your issue o that it does not happen again in the future to other clients.
We can’t fix the past but you have my personal commitment to improve the way our staff serves every customer. Until then, please accept my sincerest apologies on behalf of everyone on the team.
Our apologies again.
Amos Lufumbilo
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Email Ken | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great experience excluding tour guide, Mr.Noely
Yes, I and my wife could see a lot of animals including all Big5 in this tour, it was great for us.
We got satisfied with it.
But our tour guide, Mr.Noely, his attitude to us was terrible, he ruined our experience.
We're really regret choosing this tour ant giving Mr.Noely tips.
The biggest reason why we're thinking so, is that he denied our religion.
In a convesation, we taught him that many people in our country believe in Buddhism.
He said to us,
" I HATE BUDDHA."
.....What ?? Why can he deny the religion others believe in ??
If you dislike other religion, you must not tell others that.
(We didn't say anything about his comment because we already understood his terrible humanity at that time, and of course we were afraid that he could abandon his responsibility to let us see animals tomorrow.)
The second reason is, he perfectly blamed his traffic violation on us.
He committed a traffic violation because we didn't fasten seatbelt on back seat of a car, and he had to pay the fine of it.
Then his attitude to us got terrible, drove dangerously with many tsk, and told us anything in a car.
Yes, it's true that we didin't fasten seatbelt, but that was because it's NOT illegal in our country, besides he NEVER told us "fasten your seatbelt."
Finaly, we decided that we gave him money ..... to save our lives and the rest of our tour.
There're so many other reasons why Mr.Noely 's humanity was terrible, but the margin is too narrow to contain it.
According to him, Mr.Noely have a 3 years-old daughter.
You must be an adult, because your child always see how parents behave, listen to what parents say.
Reply from Migration Venture Africa
Posted on Feb 5, 2023Dear Ken
I trust this message finds you well. On Behalf of the company we would like to apologize what happed with our driver regarding the discsuion on your belief we are so sorry for that i know how if feels when some one try to disrespect my belife. It takes time and money for people to plan their trip to Tanzania and its our responsibility to make sure that any one who books with us gets the most of it. We will take measure to our driver and for what happed to you. Our very big apologies once again
Amos
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Email Federico | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Guide super , organisation terrible
if it were only for the guide (Thomas) I would give top marks(we saw all the big five and several action of animals). super, he made us experience the Serengeti to the full
I will give two star for the company.
Mr Amos, the owner, gave a jeep to the driver with almost 500,000 km
every day was a problem:
radiator broken(the streets are bad that’s true, but also the car), fuel missing. all this wasted 4 hours(almost one day of game drive, who refund me this?)
mr amos made me pay the balance 150 euros (when it was 112 dollars) telling me that for him changing euros was expensive (the rate exchange is 1€=1.10$)
He also charged 5% of transaction fee(other companies make 3%)
what's even more serious: on the first and last day we had different accommodation compared to the itinerary that we paid. (of lower quality)
The last one was awful (ngorongoro inn): no light and electricity for hours.
if you want to live an “hakuna matata" experience don't book with “migration venture Africa”
I renew my compliments to the guide Thomas. super
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Email Henrique | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unorganized
Well, we made a safari tour from 22 of august to 24 of August of 2023
And our experience was not that great !
I was traveling with my wife, and Amos the contact of us, since the beginning was very impatient and changed a lot of things.
First of all, it was planned to stay in a particular hotel mid range, and we book 4 months in advance.
And 3 days before we arrive they changed our hotel because told that hotel was full!!!
Very unorganized the company!!
Besides that it’s was arranged that we were going to pay by transfer, and Amos again changed what he had combined and told 1 day before that we had to pay in cash…
After all they told a 3rd different hotel to the guide and we were driven to the wrong place after the first safari !!
The second day the same thing happened and the hotel was told that we were going to stay just one night there ! What was not arranged !
The guide was great ( boni) but I don’t recommend this company because the assistance is very bad !!
Reply from Migration Venture Africa
Posted on Aug 28, 2023Dear Henrique, Hope you are doing great.
To be sincerely we would like to apologize for not satisfying your trip as per your perception.
To clarify on your first complain was that you were not satisfied with the abrupt changes that happened on your accommodation as it was planned. Truely we tried to our level best to find you the best accommodation places but unfortunately they were fully booked we again say sorry for not updating on the last minute changes that happened.
About the payment arrangements we usually advice clients to pay some deposit in order to hold the booking, and the rest of the amount should be cleared seven days before the starting date of the tour. So for this case if the client does not make the payment then we advice that they come with the cash because it normally takes long time for the money to reflect on our account. We again apologize for this Henrique.
To conclude this, we would like to say thank you once again for choosing Migration Venture Africa as your choice. Please we will work on the mistakes that happened and we promise to improve to our level best as its our first time this happened. Thank you!
DE
Email Caro | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The safari was mega nice, the tour operator I would not recommend
We agreed at the time of booking that we would receive a German-speaking guide. As I thought something might go wrong in advance, I reminded them the day before the safari that we wanted a German-speaking guide (as agreed). Unfortunately, an English-speaking guide arrived the next day. When I said that a German-speaking guide had been agreed and I wrote a message again the day before, they tried to organize a German-speaking guide at short notice. However, we waited in the car for 45 minutes. Then we drove towards the parks and picked up the German-speaking guide on the way. We also waited there for almost another hour. We also had a real jalopy. The driver drove the whole time at around 30-40km/h (in and out of town) and we were overtaken by all the cars, even trucks, which of course meant we lost a lot of time on the long drive to the parks and on the intermediate journeys. Then the car also went out several times and we had to wait about 30-45 minutes twice until it started again. The guides (both the English-speaking and the German-speaking ones) didn't really try to tell us anything about the parks, but talked to each other in Suaeli the whole time, which was quite annoying.
When we asked something, we got an answer, but we would have liked to have been told something from time to time. Even at dinner in the evening, while other guides were talking to their guests, our guides preferred to be on their cell phones.
The cars are equipped with walkie-talkies so that all the guides (including those from other providers) can inform each other if an animal is spotted. Our guide's walkie-talkie was broken, so we didn't hear anything. Other guides also all had binoculars with them, but our guide's were broken, he said. Then at the end they weren't happy with the tip as it was split between two people (it's not our fault that we ended up with two guides), then she wanted more, then we got some more (although we weren't happy) and then they didn't even thank us for the tip.
The safari and the parks (Ngorongoro, Serengeti, Lake Manyara and Tarangire) are definitely worth seeing and an experience and we also saw a lot (but so did others from other tour operator too). However, there are a lot of providers, which is why I would recommend another provider (Leo, Tanzanica Specialist, etc.).
Email Mick R | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Needs quite a lot of improvement.
I did the 4-Day Unforgettable Tanzania Safari with 3 friends in August 2023. Communication with the operator was sporadic at times and it was hard to get answers to the questions I asked. However, we were collected on time from our hotel in Moshi and out guide Christian was very good. The vehicle however left a lot to be desired. It was an older 4-seater land cruiser which was very cramped for 4 adults and had small windows which made spotting animals and taking photos difficult as not all 4 of us could stand at once and get a clear line of sight. There were some long driving times particularly from Mkomazi NP to Tarangire NP which left us with only a couple of hours in Tarangire. As a result, we ended up doing a slow drive around a small circuit which gave us limited game viewing opportunities (we did see a leopard in a tree, but it was a long way away - not a fault of Chirstian). We did have a good interaction with a black rhino in Mkomazi and same good viewing in the Ngorongoro Crater.
Reply from Migration Venture Africa
Posted on Oct 1, 2023Dear Mick
It was great to read your review of your Tanzania safari Tour with Migration Venture Africa team proper and well arranged trip . Our very big apologies for not meeting your expectations, you ware 4 people and the car that we provided was having 5 seats , but we take your comment very positive when we have such a number of people in one vehicle
When you have a knowledgeable guide who has wonderful skills, this can really enhance your Tanzania experience.
Thank you for your kind comments and hope you will be our ambassador and one day you will return to again Tanzania and travel with Migration Venture Africa
Asante sanaa
Email Mike | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Good safari, average company.
We chose migration venture based on a limited budget, as it was one of the more reasonably priced company’s. We had a great time on Safari and made lasting memories. We will say our experience with the company was not as good as we experienced with other company’s on our trip to Tanzania. Communication when arranging the safari was difficult and slow. Replies often did not answer the questions asked, and the details were missing! They tried to charge for airport collection, when it turned out the guides were coming from Moshi all along, this was disappointing. They also tried to charge a 5% surcharge to the over all bill until challenged. We were told a very high tipping rate for the guide also. They did not ask about dietary requirements before the trip and then had to sort on the morning. If these details could be improved the experience would be better! Thanks to our guide Octavian we still had an amazing Safari seeing lots of animals in the parks! (It may be worth considering generally especially for shorter trips like ours that Lake Manyara is sadly experiencing flooding and therefore the wildlife is effected in the area).
Reply from Migration Venture Africa
Posted on Jul 17, 2023Dear Mike
It was great to read your review of your Tanzania safari Tour with Migration Venture Africa team proper and well arranged trip . We are thrilled he was able to give you a unique amazing experience.
When you have a knowledgeable guide who has wonderful skills, this can really enhance your Tanzania experience.
Thank you for your kind comments and hope you will be our ambassador and one day you will return to again Tanzania and travel with Migration Venture Africa
Asante sanaa
FR
Email Greg & Aure | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
a very professional team but lacking enthusiasm
The supervisor of the compagny took into account all of our requests but communication could sometimes be difficult. The food was good but the lunches were not very varied. During the game drives, our guide didn't give much explanation or commentary but he willingly answered our questions.
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Email Stefania & Sonny | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
SAFARI? HABARI!
Just returned from an exciting private Safari with Migration Venture.
Denis is a dynamic young tour guide with an excellent sight able to spot animals from miles...4 on 5 of the bigs!!!
Also from Lake Natron to Olduvai Gorge we could rely on the support of other local guides very knowledgeable regarding flora and fauna copiously present all around us.
Tented accommodations are an absolute must if you truly want to experience the authentic safari, especially in the Serengeti, and game drives quite exciting!
Thank you Migration Venture, I had an incredible birthday celebration!
Email Dan | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
We had the best time on our safari, our guide josez was really friendly and we saw so many animals
We did the 6 day safari and saw so many animals, up close as well. Tour guide josez was really friendly and helped us spot lots of animals, especially the ones we particularly wanted to see. He was always punctual and accommodating. Food and lodges were really nice, Josez always provided water. Nice vehicle too. Our guide sorted out all our documents in between parks really quickly, so overall a really smooth and enjoyable safari