Happy clients inside Serengeti National Park
Taste Of Afrika Safaris
- Located In:
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Germany
- Size:
- 20-50 employees (Founded in 2010)
- Member Of:
- TATO & TALA LICENCED
- Tour Types:
- Customizable private tours and fixed group tours
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $160 to $650 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Silvana | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Seka, where is our money?
We made a kili tour and a safari in 2020. We had to pay another amount that we could started our safari. They had no money, even though we paid in advance.
Seka owes us more than $3000! Since 2 years! He always promised that we will get our money back.
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Email John | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Stole my money
Seca the owner was initially helpful and responsive, but after having to reschedule a few times due to covid she just stopped responding to my emails for the safari I'd already paid $1000 for, stealing my money. Tried calling and contacting via IG with no luck. Avoid this company.
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Email Hugo | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Worst company ever !
Worst company ever !
They stole our money pretenting they had issue due to covid.
First they asked for money and then they cancel the trip and never give back the money.
Be very careful.
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Email Janine | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Our great 5 days safari in Tanzania
We just finished our 5 days safari yesterday with Taste of Afrika Safaris. We had really great safari to Tarangire, Ngorongoro and Serengeti National Park. We did our safari in comfortable Safari Jeep with open roof, Accommodation booked by Company was clean and hot /cold shower, just as we wished. Our Guide Daniel were very friendly and informative about wilds during the whole of our safari. In short our safari was great. Our communication with the company was superb and did not experience any problem or delay during our tour. Thanks to Seka and Daniel. Hope to see again next year.
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Email Florence | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great guy, bad businessman
The first week on the Kilimanjaro was great, i can't complain. But then for the safaris they told me there was a problem because other people had cancelled last minute so I had to find a new group and pay 1300 dollars again, but they promised to give me that money back.... 3 months later and i am still waiting!!!
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Email Maarten | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
2 hours late and ripping me off
Booked a day trip to Arusha NP with Seka from Taste of Africa. The guide was supposed to pick me up at 7.30, but at the agreed time there was no one to be seen. No one from the company was available until I got a call from Seka at 8:55 AM. He told me that there was a problem, but that it was solved and that he would come in half an hour. At 9:25 AM I was finally picked up by Seka and the guide, after which we still had to leave for Arusha NP.
Seka left and I continued with the guide and we were only at the park well after 11 o'clock, where we then also had to wait at the entrance because the entrance fee had not yet been paid...
We had a nice day and the guide did his best, but was not very experienced and often busy taking selfies. He didn't know the answer on many questions and didn't know the animals very well. He also said that unfortunately this was not the first time that Taste of Afrika was late, because the owner was a drunk and often overslept.
We nearly ran out of time to see the entire park, but luckily we managed to do so in the end because the guide drove very fast.
I didn't get a discount on this day trip, but could get a discount on another day trip. However, I got the same price as quote as I've had before, so Seka wanted to rip me off again.
I would definitely not recommend Taste of Africa.
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Email Rick | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great Trek
Taste of Afrika did a great job on our Kilimanjaro trek. Great guide and driver. Seka even arranged for our transport to the airport the next day and coordinated our PCR test. They took great care of us and we highly recommend them.
Reply from Taste Of Afrika Safaris
Posted on Nov 12, 2021Thank you so much for choosing us!
It was our pleasure to serve you during your trip.
Travel Safe, Stay Safe!
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Email Dominic | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
!!!WARNING FROM SEKA GONDWE (owner of Taste of Afrika)!!!
!!!WARNING FROM SEKA GONDWE (owner of Taste of Afrika)!!!
1.) FAKE REVIEWS!
Seka writes fake reviews himself under alias names! I know it 100% and I can even prove it, because the Google rating of the user "lil-emky" includes the pictures shot by me! I only provided these photos to Seka so he could create a video of our hike for extra payment. NOBODY except seka and me is in possession of these pictures. SO SEKA MUST HAVE WRITTEN THE RATING HIMSELF! I explicitly told Seka to delete the photos after creating the video and not to use them elsewhere.
When I look at the reviews so also noticed that very many positive reviews were written by users who have only written a single review... funny that people specially create a new Google account to write a single review or...? (but can also be a coincidence)
2.) SERVICE NOT PROVIDED, PROMISES REFUND FOR MONTHS, BUT DOES NOT REFUND!
We had booked some extras for additional payment. One of these extras did not take place and it does not matter what reason Seka comes up with all of a sudden for the failure of the extra. It's annoying enough when something you were looking forward to doesn't happen, but for Seka not to refund the extra cost is FRAUD! He has been promising me reimbursement since June and postponing it until the following week every time...SINCE JUNE, for 4 months!!!! By now I know I will not get the money back.
3.) His employees are not salaried, but are contracted as "self-employed".
He does not discuss what has been agreed with the customer with the "employees", so they get into difficult and unpleasant situations with the customer.
4.) He tries to save money even during the tours: e.g. booked beverage flats are suddenly to be paid by the customer (only clarified after discussions).
(supposedly) positive:
5.) At the beginning (online booking) and when you talk to him (Seka) personally on site, he always seemed very friendly and customer-oriented. He planned our tour according to our wishes and took a lot of time. However, the moment he got the money transferred, the contact already became less.
I think we were very lucky. Probably the special occasion of our trip - which Seka knew about - led to the fact that Seka didn't cheat us completely and that our trip was carried out at least to a large extent as planned. (Cheaters apparently sometimes still have a bit of heart!).
6.) What was really SUPER were the super dedicated staff (=self-employed) of our crew during the ascent of Kili (including Nickson and Brison + all porters) as well as our safari-guide Moses! Thank you for giving us a beautiful and successful climb as well as a unique safari despite the problems with Seka!
Without these people our tour at Taste of Africa would probably have been a total failure.
Conclusion: Taste of Africa and especially the owner Seka Gondwe are NOT TO RECOMMEND! Seka only wants the customers' money. We were lucky in our misfortune, but other reviews show that this is unfortunately not the case with everyone.
Reply from Taste Of Afrika Safaris
Posted on Nov 20, 2021Hi Dominic,
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review.
We also thank you for recognizing that our team consists of the best to bring you an enjoyable experience when working with Taste of Afrika. We are grateful that many of our clients felt compelled to write a review even if that means creating a new account. We did not take any extra consideration into your trip because it was a special occasion. We feel that the safaris are all special to everyone that books with us. The adventures had with us may be a once in a lifetime experience for many people so we aim to make them as pleasurable and memorable as possible.
We are sorry that we did not exceed your expectations on your safari and will use your feedback to improve for our future clients.
Manager
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Email Mahbuba A. | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Magical 4-Day Game Drive Experience!!
I had the most magical and fabulous multiple day adventure in Tarangire Park, Ngorongoro Crater and Serengeti Park. Since the first email exchange with Taste of Afrika, Charles has been an attentive and involved trip planner. We became good friends during my trip and he also surprised me with a complimentary champagne for my birthday! The accommodations chosen were top-notch, with exception of Hotel Tulia in Arusha, where the bathroom in different rooms I stayed in had plumbing issues - but that is strictly the hotel's fault and I brought this to attention to Charles. My other accommodations chosen were Farms of Dream Lodge & Ngorongoro Safari Lodge which were both ELITE status and I cannot thank Charles enough for picking these - upon arrival to both of these lodges, I was in complete awe with the staff's amazing hospitality, room comfort and interior design! I also decided to splurge and had chosen Four Season Serengeti which is a dream come true in the heart of Serengeti. Also I have a lot of appreciation for my game drive guide Moses, who is very instinctive, in tuned with nature and has very keen eyes to locate all magnificent animals. On my last game drive in Serengeti, my only request to Moses was that I hope I get to see a leopard and cheetah and Moses made sure that I got to see these beautiful cats!
I'd recommend Taste of Afrika tour operator to everyone who wants to experience the wilderness of Tanzania because I can assure you, this team will take care of you till the end. Asante, my friends. :)
Reply from Taste Of Afrika Safaris
Posted on Nov 12, 2021We are delighted to hear that you had a Magical Experience!
Thank you for choosing us,
we wish you best of luck.
Stay Safe
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Email Cathy Kerry | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great tour operator to do safari in Tanzania
Great tour operator to do on safari with, Moses, our Guide was helpful and able to pick us up from the Airport and we started our tour direct from Airport. We had the best of Safari in Tanzania. Seka and Charles were very kind , patience when we started to communicate with them even during our Safari, very knowledgeable in places to go and they were able to organize everything in very short period of time. We will definitely will use Taste of Afrika service in future. Thank you Charles and your Team.
Reply from Taste Of Afrika Safaris
Posted on Nov 12, 2021Thank you so much for choosing us!
It was our pleasure to serve you during your trip.
Stay Safe!