Paul and Everyne TRE Directors
Tanzania Roadside Expeditions
- Office In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2015)
- Member Of:
- ATTA, ASTA, TATO, TTB & TANAPA
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $270 to $2,000 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
for a custom tour
Your request will be sent directly to the operator
If preferred, you can contact the operator directly
Reviews
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Email Jane Janev | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Family fun in Africa
From start to finish, everything was over the top. From easy and fast communication with Paul, to coming to Arusha airport to be met personally by him (he is owner of TRE) and his excellent guide and driver Ezekiel to having a fantastic trip of a lifetime. I just can’t express how much of a great driver and friend is Ezekiel, excellent knowledge of wildlife and his easy going humor to top it all off. If there is a trip and a company I would recommend for African safari, you could never go wrong with Tanzania Roadside Expeditions.
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Email Sonda, Narissa, Teagan, Brook, Tisha & Leif from Tennessee | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Organized and professional
If it wasn't exciting enough to be going on a Safari in the Serengeti, we had an incredible tour operator to make it more special. Paul in the office was very organized and perfect guiding us step by step through the reservation process. Albert was an exceptional guide that traveled with us from resort to camp to lodge to tent and everywhere in between. We could NOT have had a more knowledgeable guide! Albert has a degree in animal behavior and was a wealth of information on the oddities and peculiarity of each habitat, herd, pride and species interaction behaviors. We learned many interesting facts about each species along with mating rituals and predatory protocols. This adventure was a bucket list fulfilled with the BIG 5 (Lion, Black Rhino, Leopard, Lion, Elephant, Water Buffalo) and Super 7 (Big 5 plus Cheetah and Jackal) all in one trip. We were close enough to giraffe, elephant, zebra and wildebeest to look right in their eyes as they walked within inches of our Jeep. We saw the mating ritual literally in front of our eyes of a male and female lion. We were very near 3 cheetahs resting under a tree, giraffe were fighting from dominance, warthogs are hilarious, hyena are demonic looking, hippos smell awful and crocodiles were typically nearby. Water buffalo, jackal, leopard in treetops, baboon blocking the pathway, black rhino under the trees and many incredible birds. The greatest part of it all, these gorgeous, majestic animals were in their natural habitat, running free and living a protected life!!! HIGHLY recommend this exceptional trip!! Roadside Expeditions will take care of your details with fabulous accommodations, food and staff. Request Albert as your guide!!
AE
Email Irena | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great experience! Very well organised
Very good communication prior the trip started.
Helpful advices and organisation.
In my itinerary there was Tarangire Park, Serengeti Park, Ngorongoro Crater. Each park was unique and watching the wildlife was an incredible experience. We have visited also Maasai Village and took a flight in a hot air Balloon above Serengeti park. Later we flu to Zanzibar to discover Stone Town and Prison Island, spending last days relaxing by the beach.
All was very well organised, the guides, food, transportation and hotels.
I’m very happy I choose this company. They made my trip an unforgettable experience!
Thank you :))
LB
Email Siba | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
unforgettable experience
Simply very professional and flexible.
The coordination with Paul by emails before arriving to Tanzania was very easy and efficient.
A trip very well spent by time and money.
I highly recommend Tanzania roadside expedition.
SG
Email Haleh | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Wealth of knowledge, accommodating and incredibly kind.
I booked this 6 days safari trip based on my brother’s recommendation, with his fiancé. My brother recommended Paul to me and so we exchanged Wats app and email contacts, and it was smooth sailing from then on. He tailored everything to our needs and lodges based on our preferences. My partner was so scared of lions and not into safari what’s so ever, but Paul put him at ease with Wats app calls before we even embarked on this trip.
Our guide was Walter who was ever so knowledgeable; felt like he had a PhD in animal psychology. He further put my partner at ease, and his wealth of knowledge about the animal kingdom made the trip even more fascinating.
Walter also catered to our every need and tailored things to our timing and we managed to see absolutely everything with no stone left unturned.
The luxury lodges were simply breathtaking. The staff so polite and welcoming. We were assigned a host at every lodge. They were clean and the cuisines were exquisite in the most amazing settings.
One of the lodges provided BBQ in luxury tent.
The views to the wild from our balconies were just spectacular. I enjoyed a cup of tea or a bath in tranquility just gazing at the view and being in the moment.
My partner and I would like to spend more time at each lodge next time and enjoy the retreat. I was so in tuned with nature and where we humans all come from.
The Maasai tribe were there patrolling and looking after us, since they are so skilled in fending off the party crashers, ie. leopards who waltz in at happy hour! Lol.
We felt incredibly safe at all times and even my initially super nervous partner was put at ease and in total comfort.
Visit the Maasai village and learn about the skills of fire making and dancing traditions of this incredibly kind tribe.
Do purchase some handicraft from them to support them as it would be sad to see these tribes disappear in the modern world.
Don’t forget to visit the coffee plantations and be given a tour and sip a cuppa too. Being a coffee lover myself, it gave me a greater appreciation of my cup of coffee every morning.
In a nutshell, I was in tears when I saw the wildebeest and zebra migration. Just seeing how the animals interact and their behaviour takes you to the core of human existence.
I cried at the breakfast table upon our last day at the lodge because I was touched by the generosity, warmth and genuine acts of kindness of the people I met.
I also had a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes and we gave our guide a big hug goodbye. I simply couldn’t find enough words of gratitude.
Thank you Paul, Walter and team at Tanzania roadside expeditions for making this an unforgettable and educational trip for us.
We will return.
CH
Email Asia | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great experience, big adventure!
We organised a safari with the help of Tanzania Roadside and it was a great adventure. Our guide Idriss was very nice and always ready to answer all our questions. We had such a great time with him on our trip. He was also very good with spotting animals and finding good spots for taking photos.
We spent together almost 5 days, visiting Ngorongoro, Tarangire, Arusha and Lake Manyara.
We can totally recommend organizing a safari with them. It's a local company with good approach to the customers.
All the communication with the company run very professionaly and smoothly.
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Email Jackie | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Flawless! The experience was absolutely flawless!
It's difficult when you're from another country to book a safari with a local company. You just never know what you're going to get. That said, Tanzania Roadside Expeditions gave us everything they said they would and more! Everything, everything was perfectly timed. Guides, drivers, everyone involved were where they said they were going to be when they said they were going to be there. The accommodations were perfect...comfortable, and luxurious! The food was excellent!
More importantly the guides were knowledgeable and friendly. They found all of the animals we wanted to see. They educated us on them and the ecosystem. The 'safari car was comfortable. All of the bad parts of a safari we had read about...bugs...sun...weather never affected us because of the vehicle.
There is nothing they could have done better! I have already recommended Roadside Tanzania to friends. If you're thinking about a safari; if you're wondering who can trust...trust Roadside Tanzania Expeditions. They are the best!
OM
Email Giorgio | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very professional
We had a 3 days tour. We went to Tarangire, Ngorongoro and Lake Manyara. We stayed for 2 nights at Octagon lodge.
The trip was very well organised. The guides we had, James and Ezekiel, were great and always making sure we were ok and comfortable. They were also very patient - we travelled with our 2 kids (5y old and 2 y old).
The 3 parks we visited were really nice and different. James and Ezekiel provided a lot of additiona information during the trip.
The lodge was also very nice and conveniently located. The room was big and clean, the breakfast and dinner were very good. the lunch box was also good.
Before travelling we had a few email exchange with the tour operator to agree the itinerary and they were always very professional and quick in their answers. Everything went well and we would definitely recommend Tanzania Roadside!
Email Isabelle | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A fabulously organised safari with Tanzania Roadside Expeditions
I wanted to choose a Tanzanian owned and run travel company for our family safari, and picked Tanzania Roadside Expeditions based on several good reviews, and their general responsiveness. I could not have been more impressed.
Paul Justine, who runs the firm, answered all my questions promptly, and was flexible in making adjustments.
My husband, two daughters (in their twenties) and I only had 1 week, and I therefore wanted it to be just safari, but recognising that my husband, in particular might need time to recover from the flight from London, we opted to spend 1 full day in Arusha, which we all appreciated, taking advantage of the Gran Melia's pool and massage. When I saw the suggested itinerary with 4 stops: Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Ngorogoro Crater and the Serengeti, I wondered if we were doing too much, and if we should skip Ngorogoro Crater, but Paul dissuaded me, and we were all glad that we didn't. James was our guide, and he could not have done a better job. He was extremely knowledgeable, seemed able to spot things from a distance so that we would often find ourselves on the scene of some key action before others arrived. He was also a wonderful driver., appeared tireless patient and kind.
The hotels that Tanzania Roadside Expeditions picked were all very comfortable, but the ones they arranged in Lake Manyara (Lake Manyara Kilimamoja Lodge) and in the Serengeti (Kubu Kubu Tented Lodge) were exceptional.
It was all-in-all a truly magical trip that was beautifully arranged, and for an undoubtedly luxurious safari was extremely good value for money.
RU
Email Natalia | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Thanks for an unforgettable experience!
We chose a safari tour in Tanzania, made a request to different companies, but it was Paul who answered very quickly, provided all the information, took into account all our wishes, was always in touch on WhatsApp. Very well organized, the tour is well planned. Our driver-guide Idris is a real professional, we saw all the animals! He was always in touch by radio with other rangers, very quickly and accurately managed to get to the location of lions, cheetahs, leopards, rhinos and other African animals. We spent four unforgettable days on safari! We recommend to everyone! Unforgettable impressions and emotions are guaranteed!!!