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Swahili Paradise Tours & Safaris
- Office In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2001)
- Member Of:
- TTB & ATTO
- Tour Types:
- Customizable private tours and fixed group tours
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $50 to $350 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
for a custom tour
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Reviews
IE
Email Eoin | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great guide (Peter), great group, great 4d/3n :)
Group safari organised in advance and was great. No hesitation recommending this company.
BE
Email Daniël | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
well arranged and personal
everything was well arranged and according to our wishes, but still Swahili Paradise tours succeeded in giving us more then what we expected !
RS
Email Jana | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Perfect safari
Everything was perfect, organized as promised. Sam was a great guide and we couldnt have been happier. We saw The big 5 in only one day. Would recommend Swahili Paradise Tours to everyone.
NL
Email H & S | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great experience and good organized
We went for a two day safari to Mikumi NP. The experience was great!!! Everything was well organized we could sleep in the car on the long way to and from the park and we were provided in all our needs. Jimmy and the driver were very professional and respectful, so we are very satisfied and would recommend this organization!!!
KW
Email Jim N | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent tour with helpful guides. Little bit of down time, but they made up for it in hospitality.
I knew what to expect; however, because another group showed up at noon and left early my tour was shortened. However, my tour guide was fantastic and did all he could to accommodate me and the group.
FI
Email Titta | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing tourguide Samuel and big five
Quick service by the tour company and good value for the money. We had great time! This budget safari tour was better we could ever have expected. We saw so many animals including big 5 and animals were so close. Right next to our car. Our guide Samuel said that it is all about luck and good timing but we believe that with his 9 year of experience we had even better chance to see all what we saw. Samuel also know so much about all animals and we loved to hear the stories and facts. Big thanks to Samuel, we can highly recommend him to be your tour guide!
IN
Email Shashank Nitundil | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A hassle free budget safari with an excellent guide and without compromising the quality.
Swahili Paradise Tours and Safaris comprise of a very professional, knowledgable, energetic team who not only want the best for their customers, but also respect the wildlife. Our guide, Ziki, was exceptionally good at being at the right place in the right time, enabling us to maximise our safari experience in the very minimal time of 3days/ 2nights we had in the Serengeti - Ngorongoro area. We were able to see most of the animals in the region, including the big five in spite of the short duration. In spite of a budget safari, the quality of the tents and the sleeping bags were beyond expectations as they allow you to pick your own bags. Be sure to pick ones that are not damp. Ziki promptly answered our questions and patiently explained and freely shared his knowledge of the wildlife and the environment. Alidi, our cook, prepared amazing meals for us and even went an extra mile to cook vegetarian food for me. Timely wholesome quality meals were provided throughout the safari. Ziki even made calls and ensured we were dropped off at the right place with the right people to carry forward our next journey to climb the Lengai.
To sum up, i strongly recommend Swahili Paradise Tours and Safaris for a budget safari, and in particular Ziki and Alidi. They were very accommodating in spite of our last minute booking and ensured we had a memorable stay in Tanzania.
AE
Email Piotr | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent trip, well balanced program, great guides
The experience with the company started not really well - incorrect budget calculations, lodges offered finally were not available, some turbulences with contract sign off. But despite all these mistakes the company demonstrated great honest attitude, unique flexibility, care about our expectations and budget wise was one of the most reasonable agency we had briefed. The 12 days program was tight: Tarangire, Eyasi, Ngorongoro, Serengeti, Natron and Manyara. Exhausting but well balanced. Guides with amazing attitude, caring about us in all aspects. Some lodges and camps could have been better, some too luxurous, so the budget could have been allocated better. Tips were nightmare, spoiling a bit the whole good impression. But we do recommend this agency for its enormous flexibility, price affordability and quality of guides. To be improved though: policy of tipping, booking of lodges/camps in time and with more balanced standard.
US
Email Trav | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great time
Good food, kind, excellent experience . Soooooo many animals
CH
Email Roman | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
3 days Serengeti & Ngorongoro tour
We have found and booked our 3-day Serengeti - Ngorongoro tour with Swahili paradise tours. Communication with their manager Jimmy was smooth and efficient. As soon as your tour is confirmed, you will be asked to pay half of the price via bank transfer. If you have any questions related to the Safari or general questions about Africa, you can ask Jimmy and he replies withing a couple of days. When we arrived to Arusha, Jimmy has sent one of his colleagues to collect the second part of the payment. Bring dollars issued after 2006, because banks in Tanzania do not accept old banknotes. If you need an airport transfer or excursions on Zanzibar, Jimmy will be also happy to assist.
According to our schedule we should have gone to Serengeti first and then to Ngorongoro. Instead we joined a group that started the tour one day earlier at Lake Manyara, had a breakfast and proceeded to Ngorongoro creator. It was a good decision of our driver Charles to visit Ngorongoro first and then Serengeti! The road between Serengeti and Ngorongoro is very bad, so if you start your trip in Serengeti, be prepared for 3 hours of dust! Thus, trust your guide if he offers to start in Ngorongoro.
In 2 days we managed to see almost all animals presented in those national parks: elephant, buffalo, wildebeest, zebra, giraffe, crocodile, olive baboon, leopard, hippo, cheetah, lion, hyena, hyrax, golden jackal, impala, Thompson's gazelle, reedbuck, topi, warthog, Grant's gazelle, hartebeest, dikdik, Grey crowned crane, Kori bustard, Egyptian goose, vulture, moongose, agama lizard, Guinea fowl, secretary bird, ostrich, superb starling and many other small birds. It does not necessary mean that you will see all those animals, if you go another time of the year or even another day, because the animals do not stay at one place and always move, so the drivers will do everything what depends on them but you should be also a bit lucky.
Safari is always a roulette - sometimes you are lucky and see a lot of animals but sometimes you are not and see much less than expected. We could not find a rhino but there are only 50 species left and you can imagine that the probability to spot even one on the territory of 80.000 square kilometers in 5-6 hours is pretty low. However, we have seen how cheetah and pride of lions hunt, we saw a leopard sleeping on a tree, we saw an antelope hidden by a leopard on a tree, elephant family taking a bath, vultures eating zebra and it was more than enough in 3 days!
We stayed in basic camps in the tents. Our first night was in Lerai special campsite and the second night in Nyani public campsite. Both campsites were pretty good but the water in the shower is naturally warmed by the sun, so be prepared to take barely warm shower. Sometimes in the night you hear wild animals making different sounds close to the camp but it is very safe. However, you may want to have a torch, because it is pretty dark in the night far away from civilization :)
The last day we have seen a beautiful sunrise in Serengeti. Milky way in Africa is amazing!
