Unison Safaris and Photography
- Located In:
- Size:
- 1-5 employees (Founded in 2011)
- Tour Types:
- Custom budget tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $90 to $250 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Javier | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Scam Tour Operator (works close with Arusha Police Department)
My wife and I were booked a 5 day Safari Tour with Felix Kisamo (owner of Unison Safari) from January 1 2017 to January 6 2017.
To everyone reading this reviews "Do not book Unison Safaris" for any reason, is a dangerous tour company runned by a man called Felix Kisamo who works close with the local police department of Arusha to get away with his scams.
He will offer very good prices and promise you the time of your life but once you book with him he starts a "game" of lies asking always for more money.
We were scared for our lives as he picked us up from the airport (he didn't had money even to pay for the gasoline of the car he was driving us with) he told us he had lost all of our money because he kept it at his office which he said was robbed, we demanded him to go straight to the police and the detained him and explained that he has been doing this type of scams for quite some time (the police told us he was not robbed) and that he is full of personal debts and is spending the turists money who book with him to pay them but by doing so he doesn't fulfill what he agrees with tourist as a tour operator (accomodation, guided, park fees, etc.). We spend a whole day at the police station as they tried to make him pay us all the money we had previously paid him (around $3,500 USD) and were only able to get $1,000 USD out of him (after he went with family members collecting money to pay us back), so we had to book with another tour operator having lost $2,500 USD.
We have nothing to gain by writing this other than helping future tourists from being scammed by Mr. Felix, we were also told that many positive reviews you see of him are part of the "scam" as he arranges with people to write them for him to lure more tourist to his scams.
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Email Deepa | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very knowledgeable, kind, accommodating and friendly guide
Felix is a wonderful host and it is thanks to him that our trip to Tanzania was so memorable. I was traveling for the first time to Africa and with my 7 yr old kid.
He picked us from the airport, took care of all our needs, from helping us pick basic medicines, groceries etc. We were comfortable in his stay and the safari was fantastic. We got a chance to see animals in such close proximity. We even saw a hunt and were thrilled with the knowledge and experience he has on animals.
We saw Tarangire National Park, Mosquito River city, Ngorongoro Crater, Serengati National Park, Ngorongoro national park, Masaai village among other wonderful places and did many game drives.
Even after the safari was over, we still had one additional day in Arusha. Kind Felix, took us to his village (a 4 hour drive away from Arusha) so we can see MT Kilimanjaro peak better. His family is super kind, warm and helpful.
Asante sana, Felix!