Team Shemeji Safari Tanzania
Shemeji Safari Tanzania
- Office In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2015)
- Tour Types:
- Customizable private tours and fixed group tours
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $180 to $800 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
for a custom tour
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Reviews
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Email Glenda | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great safari experience, good value for money
We chose to do our safari with Shimeji after comparing programs and costs from several operators and we were very happy with our choice. We had a fabulous time and the whole experience was amazing. We were travelling with three kids (5, 3 and 1) and the guides (Moses and Adam) were patient and did everything possible to make sure the little ones had a good time. Communication prior to the teip was very good. Emma, from the office, was very responsive and opened to fine tune the trip to accomodate our needs and interests. Payment was also smooth and easy, by transfer to Shimeji's Dutch account ineuros (we are based in France).
An exciting and very professional safari
Our safari was great. We enjoyed it a lot and had a really great time with our guide and our cook. We really appreciated their work. They were very friendly, very helpfull and very professional. The guide always knew where to look for the animals and the food war very good. We were very satisfied with our trip. We travelled with two children and they had a great time, too.
CH
Email Caroline | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Fantastic organisation and staff
Our Safari was super organized according to our wishes and the schedule was each time willingly adapted to new ideas. Emma was of great assistance in getting this trip organized, gave very helpful advices, ideas and recommendations and worked out a fantastic trip for me and my 8 year old son. The safari was very diverse as we visited Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro, Serengeti and Lake Natron and also had the opportunity to do a bit of hiking in Arusha and Lake Natron. This safari met all our expectations and became a very special experience to both of us. The whole safari was very well organized, the jeep was well maintained and drove us 7 days through the wilderness without any breakdowns, the tents and camping gear were all just fine as well as the campsites we stayed on. A special compliment and thank you goes to José our driver and guide and Pius our cook. Both were very professional, knowledgeable, eager to make this safari a very special trip for both of us and both were always helpful and enthusiastic. Pius attended in an outstanding manner to some diet needs, even though he was not asked to do so. José is a very experienced driver and guide, gave us lots of information about animals, plants the national parks as well as about Tanzania in general and it’s cultures. We learned a lot about his country through many talks we had in the evenings. Thanks to him we got the chance to see many animals we may have missed.
Shemeji Safari & Tours also assisted us in the organization of our ongoing trip to Zanzibar, where also everything was well organized and the schedule worked out perfectly.
I would strongly recommend Emma and the Shemeji Safari & Tours if you plan to organize a trip to Tanzania.
FI
Email Enni | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Truly amazing experience, great guide, wonderful places... Just perfect!
Everything lived up to our expectations! The guide was experienced and very nice, locations were perfect and we saw big 5 as well as a lot of other animals. We can truly recommend this safari!
NL
Email Jose | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
What a great safari we had!
We did a 7 day safari with our two daughters of 8 and 10 years old. What a good trip we had! Everything well organised and excellent communication in advance. The trip itself we had a very experienced guide that showed us so much, including the Big Five and a river crossing of the wildabeasts over the Mara river. Our cook made excellent food for us, and seemed not to be bothered by the often limited facilities at the campsites! Car was not new but fully functional (including charge station for camera batteries) and perfectly fit for the job in this often heavy terrain!
NL
Email Sander | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Awesome safari, with afterwards an ok stay at Zanzibar
We went for a 6 day safari to Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Serengeti and the Ngorongoro crater. Aferwards, we stayed at Zanzibar for about 6 nights.
We had an awesome safari with Shemeji! Our guide Harun and cook Isaack were both excellent at their jobs. Harun drove perfectly, told us a lot about the parks we went too and the animals we saw, put us (the customer) as his first priority (he stopped everywhere we wanted), has a very good sence of humor, is excellent English speaking (also very important!). Just. Awesome. Isaack was able to cook anything, breakfasts where good, lunches always nice and the evening dinner delicious. And the hamburger on the last day with some fries, yum. He was also a very cool guy, had a very good sence of humor, also excellent English speaking and always helpful. The parks were very beautiful, the animals so awesome and Harun and Isaack very cool guys. We wouldn't miss this trip for the world and thank them once more for the amazing safari!
However, the Green Mountain Hotel (overnight stay at Arusha) was ok. Don't expect luxury, just basics. Our time at Zanzibar was also very nice. Beautiful white beaches and a very blue sea. Mbuyuni Beach Village had lots of places to hangout and the lunch / dinner menu was always different. However, don't expect luxury here also, but just the basics. Some things could be much better, like the bed, sheets and some other things. The personnel however was always friendly, helpful and fun. Unfortunately, the same music is played every night and the food isn't always that good.
So, overall we had a good experience with Shemeji. The safari was awesome, our stay at the hotels ok. I would recommend Shemeji (and especially Harun and Isaack) to anyone! However, maybe choose your own hotels when you need some more luxury. Otherwise, these ones are just fine. Shemeji, thanks once more!
Reply from Shemeji Safari Tanzania
Posted on Aug 3, 2017Dear Sander,
Thank you for your review and I'm happy to hear you had a great safari experience. You are very right that it's possible to overnight in more luxery accommodations, it all depends on the budget. Everything is possible! :-)
Kind regards,
Shemeji Safari & Tours
NL
Email Rinze | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent, relaxed and with expertise
Our guide at Shemeji was very friendly, gave us everything we needed: seeing the wonders of the safari parks, including the big 5 and many more! His relaxed character, excellent driving skills and expert knowledge of where to look for rare animals gave us a great experience. With his help, and that of the chef, who prepared nutritious meals every day, we got something we will never forget.
At Shemeji you get value for money, personal service by truly kind people from this local organisation - that makes sure also others that aren't so lucky profit from what you pay them for their work.
DE
Email Frida | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
All in all, we had a sensational holiday and everthing went well!
Everything went well and we really enjoyed the safari. Alan and Isaac did a great job!
We saw all the "Big 5", so the safari was just amazing!
We really appreciated your quick, helpful and reliable responses.
EG
Email Mohammed Hussein | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
We had enjoyed our trip with Shemeji, well organized & high experience company
This was our first visit to Tanzania, a day at Each of Trangerie, ngorongoro, lake manyara and two days at Serengeti. We had communicated Emma earlier while preparing our trip she was very helpful, replying instantly, smoothly to our mails/questions. Once we had arrived we had a delay in our flight, we contacted Emma and even with a delay we had found our driver waiting for us. Our guide was Allen "the king of the jungle" he was informative he has great knowledge about animals/wild life even trees he is a high experienced guide, presistant to catch every animal out there, speaks german language and we had enjoyed his company. Emma had picked nice hotels for our stay in each park. We highly recommend Shemeji for having a safari.
Email Mark | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Superb: If I could give six stars I would!
Booking a safari with companies 4k miles away always brings with it some risks and worries (you only need to read the various reviews to see the problems that people can encounter) but I must say that in my experience with Shemeji I have encountered nothing but professional and excellent service. My mother, myself and my two children (21 & 24) booked a 6 day private safari of Tarangire, Manyara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro crater and it exceeded all of our expectations; in fact, I fail to see how it could have been any better. This was not only due to the flora and fauna but also the painless arranging of the trip (Emma), the excellent accommodation, the superb guide (Freddy - a very knowledgeable and pleasant guy who clearly loves his job and who we very much enjoyed spending the week with) and the very reasonable price. This holiday meant a lot to us and Shemeji didn't let us down. Wholeheartedly recommended with many thanks to Emma and Freddy for providing us with a holiday to truly remember.