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Elin   –  
Norway NO
Visited: July 2022 Reviewed: Aug 3, 2022

Email Elin  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Fantastic adventure with a professional, friendly, competent and knowledgeable Tanzania Explorer
5/5

We were two families (9 people) travelling together on this adventure. Before the trip, we had great communication with Sondre about all details regarding our trip. He really customized this trip to our wishes. We really enjoyed the Explorer Villa, and the trip to the Island outside Daar, was a great start og our journey. We enjoyed the best lobster ever on this Island trip! Our first location of the safari was at the Vuma Hills and we had great safaris in Mikumi. The canvas an the lodge was really something! We had two nights at Hondo Hondo on our way to Ruaha, and is was a different experience regarding the climate and the rain forest. Our favorite Lodge was the Ruha River Lodge, which is a magic place to stay. To live this close to the hippos are really something special. We had great safaris in Ruaha, and even enjoyed a walking-safari. This was really exiting! After early mornings for many days on safaris, it was great to relax at the Uzuri Villa on Zanzibar for some days. Beautiful small boutique hotel and outstanding staff! To finish up our trip we stayed two nights at the Emerson Spice in Stone Town. This hotel is like an adventure itself!

We would highly recommend Tanzania Explorer!
Cathinka, Caroline, Thor og Elin

Linn   –  
Norway NO
Visited: February 2022 Reviewed: Jun 10, 2022

Email Linn  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Safe, customer friendly and knowledgeable
5/5

We were three girls travelling to Zanzibar i february. Before the trip Tanzania Explorer gave us great service and gave perfect advise to where we should stay, restaurants we should visit and which activities to prioritize. When we arrived we were taken care of by the local staff, which made sure we were happy with everything during the whole stay. They were also available 24/7 if we had any questions or wanted to go somewhere.

We have travelled with Tanzania Explore before, and will definitly use them for our next trip. Highly recommended!

Maren, Sandra and Linn

Daniel   –  
Canada CA
Visited: September 2019 Reviewed: Jul 13, 2020

Email Daniel  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Very Professional, Friendly, Knowledgeable and Flexible
5/5

From the first communication to the end of the trip, Sondre and his team (Zawadi, Dzene, Sam and Gaston) were fantastic. We had a number of special requests which this team accommodated happily and executed perfectly. Some of these requests took the team to places they had never been before but they did not hesitate to work with us to create a trip of our lives. On top of that we found the recommendations they had (on accommodations and activities) to be excellent. So, if you’re not sure what to do, trust these guys. If you want to customize your trip, trust these guys to execute!

I can’t speak highly enough of this team.

Siri Revelsby   –  
Norway NO
Visited: February 2020 Reviewed: Mar 1, 2020

Email Siri Revelsby  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Professional and very well organized to make a perfect holiday in Tanzania.
5/5

Everything was excellent. From the planning at home until we came back. The service and hospitality of the local staff in Tanzania was excellent. We stayed in lovely places in Dar es Salam, Moshi and at the Tides Lodge in Pangani by the Indian ocean. Our main goal for the holiday was to climb Kilimanjaro, and we made it. The stay at Tides lodge in Pangani was a great experience in a remote location without many tourists. Perfect if you want to get away from the main tourist routes. We had a "mini-safari" through the Pangani national park. Not the most famous safari park, but a nice experience as there is many people living in the area as well and many small villages on the way.

We highly recommend Tanzania Explorer

Mette and Jakob   –  
Norway NO
Visited: January 2020 Reviewed: Feb 14, 2020

Email Mette and Jakob  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Tanzania Explorer is professional in a friendly way in both planning and implementation.
5/5

In january 2020 my husband and I went by car from Dar-Mikumi-Udzungwa/ Sanje waterfalls-Iringa/ Isimila Stone Age Site – Ruaha, then by plane to Zanzibar – Michamvi beach – Stonetown, and then by ferry back to Dar. When planning the trip we got good recommendations from Tanzania Explorer both by email and personal contact. The website has also a lot of relevant information. We were recommended to go by Tanzania Explorer by familymembers. The trip turned out to be composed in an exciting way, full of new experiences and nice places to stay around the next corner. From arriving at the airport till we left 17 days later we were taken very well care of by the friendly and professional staff of Tanzania Explorer. We felt really safe and relaxed, and the company has a well-developed system for reporting where we are at all times in case anything would happen.
Our purpose of visiting three national parks was that we wanted to experience the African animals in the wilderness and in their natural habitats, and we really did. We were enthusiastic by travelling with the head safariguide Sam, who all the way delivered more than expected. He is a safe driver, hard-working, professional, with exceptional eyes for spotting animals. He shared with us a lot of knowledge about the life of the animals. Sam is really good communicating with people and has a fantastic sense of humor. Travelling along the roads between the park gave us a lot of questions of how people are living in the rural areas. Sam answered patiently and we had good talks about everything from sugarplantations, bananas, social conditions, fueltransportation to lions behavior, geology and trees at the savanna. Thanks for opening our minds!
The waking safaris with fun and clever guides in Udzungwa and Roaha were very interesting. The guides had great skills in biology. Also the archeological trip in Ismila was very interesting – and looking at the Tanzanian answer to Kvitskriuprestein.
At Zanzibar Banja took care of us, and we had relaxing days at Michamvi beach before we spent the last two days in Stonetown. We went by boat to Prison Island, and walked in Stonetown where the Slavemarket really touched us. Hotel Emerson was fantastic with its roofterrace with the beautiful sunset. Zanzibar is an island with big contrasts.
The safaripart of the trip was our favorite and it’s like when you’ve been there you want to go back on safari again, because you know that there is much more to see. We would like to go by Tanzania Explorer again.

Lise   –  
Norway NO
Visited: January 2020 Reviewed: Feb 9, 2020

Email Lise  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Fantastic safari in Tanzania
5/5

We had a wonderful safari in Mikumi, Mountain walk in Udzungwa and great safari in Ruaha. All the way from we started planning a safari in Africa, we got the best information from Tanzania Explorer. We got answers to all our questions, and a very good communication all the way. From the minute we sat foot in Africa, we were taken very good care of. Great to have a house to stay in, a couple of nights before we went off to the wilderness. We were four persons in our own car together with our own guide. And he was great. Gave us a lot of information on the way, good knowledge and a very calm an good driver.
We stayed in Vuma Hills tented camp close to Mikumi, Hondo Hondo lodge close to Udzungwa, and Ruaha River Lodge in Ruaha.
All places were great, clean, spaceous rooms/tents and very nice food. All places had full control of our food allergy ( glutenfree, eggfree) - impressing. After a week on the road we took a small plane to Zanzibar and beachlife.
We also had a contactperson in Zanzibar 24/7 if we wanted to go somewhere.
We all would love to go to Africa again with Tanzania Explorer .

Vigdis   –  
Norway NO
Visited: December 2019 Reviewed: Jan 19, 2020

Email Vigdis  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Fantastic experience with great service
5/5

We wanted to take the whole family on a adventure to Africa, experiencing Safari and celebrating. We left the planning completely to Tanzania Travels and wow, they did a great job. The service was great every step of the way. The safari experience in Seleous was fabulous and we really loved our guide. Then relaxing and celebrating New Years eve at Zanzibar was perfect. We highly recommend the team and this journey

Bjorn Erik   –  
Norway NO
Visited: December 2019 Reviewed: Jan 9, 2020

Email Bjorn Erik  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Super guide and helpful staff
5/5

Fantastic from the beginning in north (Serengeti) to the end in south (Roaha). The representative during the planning and organizing did a very good job, just as we wanted our trip. Our guide knew the area very vell, he was a safe driver and took very good care of us. All our expectations were more than fullfilled.

Jude   –  
Canada CA
Visited: October 2019 Reviewed: Oct 28, 2019

Email Jude  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

The experience provided by this company exceeded expectations.
5/5

Our group of 8 had specific requests to incorporate our vacation to include not just safaris with subsequent visit to Zanzibar, but with a visit to rural Tanzania to meet our son-in-law's family. Our itinerary required 2 vehicles and drivers driving 2 days from Dar es Salaam just to be at the rural airport to take us to two days of family gatherings in 2 different locations close to 300km apart. However all the accommodations were arranged and there was no task that was too challenging as we put together this unique itinerary. Our group was so grateful to be able to relax at the Beach House in Dar es Salaam at the beginning and end of the stay and during the 2 weeks in Tanzania we built a strong rapport with our 2 guides - they were both very knowledgeable and professional. They were always punctual and worked very long days. We were all so grateful for the attention to detail for each day of the itinerary!! We hope to go back again and highly recommend the professionals at Tanzania Explorer.

Turid   –  
Norway NO
Visited: September 2019 Reviewed: Oct 14, 2019

Email Turid  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Excellent staff, too service and a super guide
5/5

Very good from the beginning to the end. Good Communication with the representative during the planning and organizeing, and also during the safari. Skilled people on site, and a super guide took very good care of us. All our expectations were fullfilled.

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