"Benson Safaris: Thrilling Adventures Await!"
Benson Safaris Tanzania
- Located In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2006)
- Member Of:
- TATO, TTB & IGS
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $300 to $1,200 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Wes | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great Time, Great Adventure, Above what I Envisioned
We were going to Kenya to do some days of service for our company and I wanted to combine a safari as it has always been on my bucket list. I did quite a bit of research. Our travel agent gave me a couple of safari companies, but looking at them they were pretty expensive because they were out of country companies so the markup seemed high. I looked for local safari companies in Tanzania and came across Benson Safaris. We went with the luxury option, 7 day safari. The trip was above my expectations. Our guide, Peter, was knowledgeable, patient (let us stop whenever we wanted), had amazing eyesight (picked out things where we needed binoculars :) and fun. We went to three parks, Tarangire, Serengeti, Ngoronomo Crater. Plan to spend a lot of time traveling from one park to another if you do this trip. Benson, the owner, was very responsive with updates, organizing etc. I highly recommend. this company!
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Email Christian | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The perfect adventure of a lifetime! Benson safaris will always be my go to for the best of Africa.
Benson Safaris absolutely made her trip the most memorable one. Their hospitality, and the willingness to make our trip extraordinary, will not soon be forgotten. Peter was your tour guide, and I hope that when we return again next year, he will still be. I would recommend Benson safaris, for anyone looking to explore Africa, and have the best safari possible. Thanks again for everything.
Email Sally | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
We had an excellent safari guide who was extremely knowledgeable.
Communications were clear and very useful. We were very well informed before the trip and the level of expertise provided by our guide was excellent.
Excellent safari with a very experienced guide.
All was fantastic. The service planning the safari was patient and responded to all our questions. Good range of parks with sensible amount of driving each day. Hotels excellent. Particularly liked hotel in Stone Town although tour a little too long.
Francis was an outstanding guide. His knowledge of animals/birds was outstanding and made the trip[.
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Email Nico | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Our honeymoon could not have been more perfect.
After reading Benson’s reviews on this website, we contacted him about a two-week honeymoon in Tanzania (one week Safari, one week in Zanzibar at the beach). Benson responded within a few hours with two different offerings, each containing additional options we could pick. Although he is specialized in Safaris, he managed to organize a very beautiful hotel in Zanzibar, too.
After discussing some details with Benson, we booked our trip nine months ahead and payed a deposit. Benson sent the confirmation that he received money, which is a very good service, as it was not an insignificant amount.
Our plane landed in Arusha with almost 3 hours delay, but the driver, Zablon, had been waiting for us that long. He was very welcoming, helped us with the baggage and gave a quick and funny introduction to Swahili while driving us to our hotel.
On the next day, Goodluck, our safari guide and driver for the upcoming week picked us up. While driving to the first national park, we realized that we forgot our wallet (money, credit card, bank cards, identity card) in the hotel safe. Within an hour, Benson himself went to the hotel and looked for it. He kept it in safe custody for some days. This is exemplary for Benson’s commitment to his job. Thank you very much!
Goodluck showed us around the national parks with great knowledge about the animals, plants and the history of the country. He drove very securely and listened to the ranger’s radio to know where to look for animals. Without him, we would have passed a lot of animals without notice; he has really good spotting capabilities. Goodluck let us as much time as we liked to observe the animals and did not hurry from one spot to the other. We enjoyed that and often saw lot more as other tourist groups stressing around to mark the “Big Five” with a tick as fast as possible.
The jeep was designed for 7 people (+ driver), so the two of us had plenty of space. We were provided with cold water, cola and other drinks all the time and there even was a (good) binocular we could use. Extra cushions helped to soften the “african massage” on dirt roads.
All the hotels somehow knew that we were honeymooners and gave us their most beautiful rooms with very romantic flower decoration. We were really amazed!
After the safari, we flew to Zanzibar for another week. Again, we were picked up at the airport. The next day, we had a very informative tour around Stone Town before we were taken to our hotel at the east side of the island. For this drive, we met Taib from “Authentic Zanzibar Tours & Safaris Ltd”. He was contacted by Benson to care for us while in Zanzibar and he did an excellent job. Taib told us so many things about politics, the ups and downs of the country and generally about life in Tanzania. With Taib, we did day excursions to the Spice Farm, Cheetah’s rock and Jozani Forest.
To summarize, we had a perfect trip to Tanzania and Zanzibar. We are really glad that we booked our trip with Benson and can highly recommend it. He and his crew cared about us very well! Thanks again!
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Email RH | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Good experience and seamless arrangements
Benson has been helpful throughout the arrangement of our safari & trekkinh trips. It took us a while to fix the whole plan and it was well worth it. We would recommend Benson safaris for your coming travel, and in particular, Peter as your safari guide.
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Email Randi and Sveinung | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Efficient online contact and booking. Extremely competent guide on animals and nature
For us this tour to Serengeti and Ngorongoro was an adventure for life. The guide was a fantastic animal spotter, he knew where he could find the various species and had very good knowledge about nature and history of the sites. The idea to overnight in tents seemed a bit scaring for us in advance, but proved to be the best way of exploring the animal life in the parks. Also the standard in the tent camps were outstanding.
Thanks to Benson company for giving us this experience!
The communication with the company in advance were excellent, since they had appropriate routines for providing offers and efficient financial transaction practices. The responded rapidly to any questions from our side.
Email Emanuela | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Wonderful Safari!!!! c
Everything was perfect. Thank you Benson for making my birthday really special.
Email Dominic | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Designed a perfect schedule to fit our itinerary and in two days saw masses of animals.
Excellent. Our guide was experienced and brilliant at locating and then spotting animals no matter how well camouflaged.
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Email Heinz and Christina | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
GREAT!!!
Four days Tarangire, Ndutu, Serengeti, Ngorongoro. An unbeleavable adventure with the Big Five and so much more. Best accomodation and Service. And Paul? An excellent Driver and guide, prudently and always with a fine flair for places of interest. Indroduced as our guide, gone as our friend. Chapeau, Benson - Five stars!