Enosa Expeditions
- Located In:
- Size:
- 20-50 employees (Founded in 2015)
- Tour Types:
- Custom budget & mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $400 to $9,000 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Malin | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Overall a great experience on Mt. Kilimanjaro
The staff during the hiking were amazing. They were very helpful and the food was amazing! Overall a great trip and unforgettable memorize. I signed up for a 7 days trek but ended up doing it in 6 days. I felt that one of the tour guides wanted to get home early and pushed us a little faster. We had a few in our group doing 6 days and some 7 days, so we were suppose to split during the trek but all ended up doing 6 days. I ended up pretty sick and threw up the whole way up on the summit day. Wish I would have done it in 7 days, due to my reactions to high altitude. Everyone else in my group was ok, minor sickness. Communication prior to the trek was very limited, had to email several time to get questions answered. Wish there was more information sent prior to leaving on what to expect. Please be aware that there was an expected tip around $250-300+ dollars per person after (for 6 days trek and 6 people in the group). I wish the whole tipping process would have been explained better prior so we could have prepared better and knew what to expect. But as mentioned prior, overall a good experience and I would recommend the company. Just be prepared that the communication may be limited and you have to ask.
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Email Dave | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Machame 7 day
Great experience. There were no surprises. Wilfred was a great guide. He prepared me well for the final push and in the end I felt satisfied. Communications prior to the tour were adequate and I got what I needed. The guide came to my hotel the night before and made a list of items I needed and the following morning I was given the items. The trek itself ran smoothly and my trust in the guide and his professionalism ensured my success.
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Email Alma | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent Experience
Everything, from our arrival at the airport to the departure, was well organised. The team took really good care about us and it was a fun experience. I'd recommend Enosa, because it is a local agency and highly reliable.
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Email Kathy | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Wonderful experience with accommodating staff!
Overall, we had a wonderful experience with Enosa! We did the 6-day Machame route Mt. Kilimanjaro trek as well as the 2-day Tarangire and Ngorogoro Crater safari, and our guides were amazing (for the most part). Anthony, one of our trekking guides, was incredibly helpful and helped me so much on summit day. There were three of us, and two of us successfully summitted since one of us suffered from extreme altitude sickness. Noel was also very accommodating and responsive before the trip! We had a few bumps along the road mainly with miscommunication and pricing discrepancies; however, he was very willing to work with us and adhered to our needs. During the trek and safari, the meals that we were provided were pretty good (chicken, sandwich, juice box, fruit, small dessert). If you're looking for a reliable, more affordable experience with Mt. Kilimanjaro or a safari, I would definitely recommend Enosa!
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Email Joppe | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great experience!
My 7 day climb of the Kilimanjaro with Enosa Expeditions was a great experience!
I booked my climb with Enosa via an international intermediary which worked well for a very decent price.
Together with an another European we formed a group of two climbers, supported by a total of 11 support staff: 2 guides, 1 cook, 1 waiter/porter and 7 porters.
All of them worked with their heart. Their loyalty to you is incredible in allowing you to reach the top. Also the porters worked incredibly hard. Guidance was very professional, while the cooking was magical in what we received every day for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Through all sorts of ways, the guides follow your physical (and mental) condition closely which gives a good feeling. If necessary, they have various measures they can initiate. I received a packing list from Enosa after booking and had a breefing and gear check with the guide one day before the start. What I forgot to bring I could borrow from Enosa.
Perhaps only thing for improvement is regarding tipping. There is much being said online about how much to tip. Numbers can vary greatly online. Much is also dependent on group and staff size. Enosa, but other operators as well, might help in providing clarity on this so you can better prepare this before getting to Tanzania. It is not so easy to lay your hand on large amounts of dollars in the country itself. Enosa allowed for paying tip with Creditcard which helped!
I will definitely advise booking with Enosa anytime! I want to thank the whole team as well as Noel Ernest for making this never to forget!
NL
Email Ben and Bart | 65+ years of age
A lifetime experience.
Everything about the 7 days Machame route to climb the Kilimanjaro was great. Communication, guides, chef, porters, were excellent. They really took care of us!
Me and my son had a unforgettable trip. Thank you Noël, Anton, Gilbert, and all the others who accompanied us. We will never forget you.
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Email Shane | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Mt Kilimanjaro 8-day Lemosho route with Enosa Expeditions
Myself and four friends from Ireland successfully climbed Mt Kilimanjaro with Enosa Expeditions in July/August 2019.
The experience was excellent from the outset - communication with Noel was very regular in the build-up to our trip and we were picked up from the airport. We had a lost bag on our flight in so they accommodated us by pushing the start day back a day.
Our guides Anton, Eric and Fraterino were a great help throughout our 8-day climb, advising us each evening in the tent on what the following day would entail, and helping us with any headaches or issues that arose during the climb.
The porters were fantastic too, and the food we got each day really helped keep us nourished throughout the day. These guys know what they are doing and I would certainly recommend climbing Kili with them.
All five of us successfully reached the summit on a really tough summit night, and that was in no small part down to the help we got from the Enosa crew.
Thank you very much for all your help guys from the Irish group of 5!
Highly recommend to anyone!
From the initial enquiry about the Kilimanjaro trip to being dropped off for our transfer to Dar El Salaam at the end of our trip, the experience we received from Enosa was exceptional.
Communication through Noel was extremely efficient and he did everything possible to ensure that the trip ran as smooth as possible. We received a detailed kit list and had a good understanding of the Lemosho route which was the route we had chosen to take.
After arriving in Kilimanjaro, a driver was waiting at the airport to take me to the accommodation provided by Enosa. The staff at the hotel were so accommodating and because I had landed in the early hours of the morning, they were happy to provide a room for me to sleep in on my arrival. Later that day, myself and my friends were informed that we would have a meeting with our guide that evening. Ricky (our guide for the trip) came to the hotel and gave us a thorough introduction and answered any questions that we had. Following this, we had our kit checked to ensure that we were well prepared for the trip.
The trip began the next day and again, the experience we received was amazing. All of the staff in our group had our best interests in mind for the full 7 days and they couldn't have done any more. Alex (our chef) prepared delicious, filling meals for us to eat 3 times a day. Ricky gave us a briefing every evening explaining what the day ahead would be like, what to wear etc and this was extremely useful. His understanding of: the route, our pace, timings were spot on and this contributed to the smooth running of each of the days.
Although the summit day was tough, the positive energy of both Ricky and Kelvin made the experience much easier and it was extremely rewarding to reach Uhuru peak.
I cannot recommend this tour company enough, the whole experience was amazing! Thank you for such a memorable trip.
Excellent tour
The tour was very well organized and an overall great experience. We saw all animals!
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Email Tolis | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
MOUNT KILIMANJARO TREK AND SAFARI
We had an amazing trek and safari with Enosa Expedition.
We did the 7 day trek through Machame route. Noel, the owner of the company was always there to answer our questions while planning our trip. During the trek the guys made us feel comfortable all the time, the food was more than plenty and very tasty. Every day upon arrival at each camp everything was set to make us feel like home. Special thanks to all the porters, our guides Anton, Fraterino and Preygod and the amazing cook Sheidi. We also did a two day safari at lake Manyara and Ngorongoro crater, our driver Shirima was an exceptional person, polite and kind always keen to help.
Everything was perfect, it was an unforgetable trip.
Thanks again Noel and everyone else.