East African Safari & Touring Company
- Located In:
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 1992)
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $230 to $2,000 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
Email Celine | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing and warmful wild experience
The trip was amazing. We enjoyed very much discovering Tanzania, thanks to the way it has been organized (choice of the places to stay : the mobile camp in the Serengeti was so memorable and exciting, the Naitolia ecolodge so peaceful… ) and the team : Ezechiel, Wilson and Michael were great. Friendly, efficient, responsible, kind. We ate really good meals in the bush !
Thanks for organizing this unforgettable wild tour !
CH
Email Dmitry Kuznetsov | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Too many Safari operators? Go with East African Safari & Touring Company
East African Safari & Touring Company is a relatively small team comparing to some other Safari companies in Tanzania but the key differentiators for this comoany are deep expertise and knowledge of Safari , flexible and customized offers at very attractive and competitive price! The itinerary recommended to us by East African Safari & Touring Company was indeed well balanced between Safari time and time required to connect between Parks so we were not exhausted during the whole Safari trip. And thanks a lot for assigning our small group with Bernard! Bernard is very friendly guide with excellent driving skills and great sense of humor! His deep knowledge and passion in nature and exceptional care about customers thrilled us and kept in excellent mood till the very last moment!
Last but not least we would like to say a few words about camp sites and lodges. They all were great, outstanding places! Ngoro Ngoro wild lodge – renovated with high-class service, spacious rooms with big windows and best-to-view location! Acacia Tented Camp was like a 5 stars luxury hotel in a complete wilderness – new tidy and fully supplied tents, simple but delicious cousin and very friendly stuff. The Boundary Hill Lodge in Tarangire just delighted us with its distinctive uniquely designed lodges masterly integrated into kopje hill nature – a place worth to visit just to feel wild spirit of the East African Savanna!
Being a bit experienced with Safaris, we may say with full confidence that our tour with Eastco was time of relax, pleasure and fun with high class service and care! Even despite depreciation of earnings due to new VAT regulations in Tanzania, the company delivered high class service at initially agreed costs. David & Simon, the owners of East African Safari & Touring Company, keep their business in a very responsible and trustful way and we will recommend your company as reliable Safari partner to our friends and colleagues! Thanks you!
Dmitry, Ivan & Cristina
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Email Rebecca | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
10 day Northern Tanzania wildlife tour
We had a wonderful tour with East African Safari Co. Communication beforehand was prompt and clear. The trip was planned very well. Lodgings were progressively less rugged and more luxurious, as we made our way from a big pup tent in the Serengeti finally to a fabulous eco lodge near Tarangire. Our guide, William, was wonderful--thoughtful, very knowledgeable, and incredibly good at spotting animals. We had asked for a mix of hiking and driving, and there were several hikes built into the schedule, providing a nice break from time in the Land Rover. We wanted to change the itinerary slightly partway through, by adding Oldivie gorge, and were able to do so (though of course we had to pay the additional entrance fees ourselves).
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Email Bryant Lucas | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
I highly recommend!
It was a wonderful Trip. Simon quickly responded to my emails during the inquiry and planning the trip. He was very flexible with the schedule, pick-up and drop-off. Our guide was prompt every day and we have seen a lot of different animals, especially the “big 5” of Serengeti! Aside from receiving 5 star services, we also received 5 star hotel and lodging – the rooms were fabulous and the meals were delicious.
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Email Mabel Wright | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
What an incredible experience!
Thank you for taking care of us from beginning to end.
I’ve worked with various travel and tour companies for the past years and I must say, EastCo is definitely one of the best ones. My friends and I were on a 12 day tour and had visited the Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Mkomazi, Tarangire and Amani Nature reserve. It was a spectacular game viewing experience and the lodgings were impressive. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend EastCo. They were more accommodating than what I expected.
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Email Dennis Rose | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
The best touring Company!
Simon accommodated my needs for touring dates and schedules. I experienced no problems with the deposit and payments. No day was boring during my tour because they made sure we had something enjoyable to do or see. I enjoyed not just the animals in the wild but also the culture and cuisine of the locals. They had very good accommodation and wonderful customer service, which together created tremendous value. My Trip to Africa helped me exercise my fingers and camera lens. I am glad I went with East African Safari and Touring Company.
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Email Krystel Bryans | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
What A Amazing Trip!
Just got back from an amazing African safari trip! Eastco was amazing all throughout our tour in the northern Tanzania. From the first contact online to the last day of our safari trip, the staff was always available to answer our questions. When we arrived, our amazing tour guide James welcomed us and stayed with for the next 7 days! He spoke English well and made sure we were comfortable and enjoying the tour.
I must say, Serengeti national park was life changing. I couldn’t have imagined how many lions, elephants, leopards, cheetahs, giraffes, gazelles and many other animals we saw. Aside from the memorable animal sight-seeing, the hotels and lodging exceeded my expectations. Top notch hotel service… top notch food and top notch stay.
Not only do I praise Eastco for the experience but also recommend them! You won’t go wrong with Eastco.
BE
Email Sanne and Jan | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Nature friendly and relaxing!
We had a very nice time on our safari. East African & Touring company offers a very friendly and trustfull service. They look what they can offer for every budget. Our guide took the time for visiting the park and let us look to the animals how long we wanted. They have very nice accomodation, nature friendly and relaxing! We had the best dinners ever! What a great time! :)
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Email Stephen B | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A bespoke Safari experience..
This was to be my first East Africa experience and i selected this company based on the recommendations of a friend. I was able to work with David to craft a wonderful and unique safari/ cultural experience in Tanzania. I had to adjust my itinerary several times due to unique factors, but all along David was able to accommodate.
This was not a low budget trip and my accommodations were all top notch.The guide and driver provided, Lazaro and Wilson, were wonderful ambassadors for their country and Masai tribe. I left the country regarding them as friends, not merely service providers.
If you are looking for an upscale safari experience, at a reasonable cost, I can recommend this company
Email Liv | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Second time around and just as spectacular!
We just completed another safari with eastco in march. for something different we decided to some walking safaris so visited tarangire, arusha national park and mkomazi. Not being our first trip to tanzania, we were looking for something a bit different and ask simon to prepare a safari which combined walking and some culture.
the walk at tarangire started near lemoti village on the masai steppes and we walked west towards the tarangire conservation area, bush camping each night. although very wet! it was also a great time to visit as there was lots of wildlife around, wildebeest and zebras after the first day, a couple of nights with lions grunting and roaring, and even elephants as we got closer to tarangire.
this was a very different experience, the two days were very much a immersion in masai culture, we saw them bring the herds into the boma in the evening, brendan tried the blood and curdled milk mixture and we sat around a camp fire with some of the elders and children till late.
as we walked the next day we say the children collecting water from puddles beside the road, a rich reddish brown colour! our guide loi said it was better than walking 10 kms to fetch water!!
each afternoon loi and costa, our cook, decided when we should stop and set up camp. this consisted of loi and brian cutting the grass and clearing as space, setting up the tents while costa was preparing dinner.
the last two days walking was a bit exciting, with long grass we heard before we saw any of the wildlife. coming across massive elephant prints deep in the mud, and also the large paw of a male lion along the wet sand of the track.
the last night of the tarangire walk was at naitolia camp, luxury after four nights camping in the bush. Massive bed draped in net, outdoor toilet with a view and shower. it was the last night here when we heard the lions rumbling and growling. it seemed so close but was told the next day most likely a couple of kilometers away.
we then went to arusha national park for two nights at hatari lodge. fantastic views across the plains to kilimanjaro one afternoon after a storm. walking on the slopes of mt meru for half a day with a park ranger, buffalo and giraffe, bush duiker and colobus monkeys.
the next part of our adventure took us to mkomazi national park. we had decided to do a a full day walk here, from one camp to another with the park rangers, and the guide wilson and costa packed up the camp and met us that afternoon at a new campsite. scenery here was so dramatic, mkomazi is surrounded by mountains and with the black thunderclouds, a late morning rainbow it was so spectacular. the guide musa (I think) was very informative, we saw tracks of a puff adder in the sand, hyena and jackals. we also saw a large herd of eland in the distance, warily keeping their distance with a couple of oryx mixed in.
after two nights camping in mkomazi, we climbed up the pare mountains to tona lodge. Perched on the edge of the mountain overlooking mkomazi and kenya. brilliant location. food and service was a bit so so! We spent two nights here and walked through the local villages along steep and winding roads. every building seemed to cling to the edge of the mountain slope.
We drove back to kilimanjaro the next day, and a day room at Panone Motel near kilimanjaro.we said our goodbyes to wilson, costa and brian, and had hot showers before transferring to kia for our flight home.
Second trip with eastco, totally different to our first wildlife extravaganza but just as rewarding.