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Unlimited Expeditions: The Soul of Tanzania
- Office In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2015)
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $150 to $400 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
for a custom tour
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Reviews
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Email Adam | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A Great Experience!
Overall, a great experience—probably once in a lifetime. My wife and I did an 8-day safari for our honeymoon. Each day and each accommodation had a unique flavour. I didn’t know what to expect with the hotels, but was very impressed by the ambience, service and cleanliness. A couple of the hotels were even comparable to high-end hotels in the Mediterranean!
Just want to advise folks to bring a lot of cash as a lot of places won’t accept credit. There are also a few points in the tour (the tribal visits) where you’ll be expected to tip. For an 8-day safari for two, I’d bring at least US$500. You don’t really need Schillings, but bringing US$100 worth would be good.
We want to give a special shout-out to our safari guide, Cleopa. Don’t underestimate the impact that the guide will have. He wasn’t just the driver, he was our travel companion. He was reliable, and we trusted him fully. He had amazing eye sight as well! But more than anything, we developed a special connection with him on a more personal level, and will keep in touch hopefully for years to come.
We’d recommend Soul of Tanzania for your safari adventure, and Cleopa in particular if you can get him.
Email Claire | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing experience with our main man Wilson!
We did a safari with Soul of Tanzania for our honeymoon and it was incredible!!
Booking - we booked through Soul of Tanzania and were looked after my Marta. Marta was amazing and helped shaped our experience and itinerary based on our budgets and needs. Thank you Marta for being so patient and creating and excellent experience.
Guide and safari - we were blessed with having Wilson as our guide and he was literally the highlight of our trip!! Wilson made us feel like family as soon as we got off the plane and I really feel like part of his extended family. He is not only Knowledgeable in wildlife and where to find animals but also Tanzania and East Africa history and culture. We spent most lunches questioning him and he was more than happy to explain the importance and significance of where we were. Wilson is a kind, hospitable and engaging host who I cannot recommended enough to anyone looking to book a safari. He has an Amazing eye for wildlife and spotted animals from miles off! Wilson has greay communition skills and we always knew what would happened and when. He let us know when bathroom breaks woule be and when we would eat. He was totally flexible and changed the agenda according to our neesa. We feel so thankful to have had such an amazing, Knowledgeable and enthusiastic guide during our tour. Wilson we cannot thank you enough for a brilliant stay, we look forward to meeting again in the future.
Food - the food was fantastic during our trip. We were wined and dined throughout our trip with the most amazing views. As a vegetarian I was a little worried but I was well and truly full after every meal.
Accommodation - I must thank Marta for helping us to choose these but we were BLOWN away with every place we stayed.
Value for money - I couldn't recommend Soul of Tanzania enough, they really came through and helped us create an amazing experience based on our budget. On top of that, our guide Wilson truly made it a magical experience and the wildlife we saw was unbelievable!
A huge thank you to Soul of Tanzania and especially Wilson for an unforgettable experience!
Email Jason B | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Absolutely fantastic tour operator, the service was amazing and our guide Wilson wonderful
Everything we had organised via Soul of Tanzania was amazing. Marta was fantastic in organising prior to our arrival, we made lots of changes and special requests as this was our honeymoon, and nothing was too much of an ask.
Our guide Wilson, where can I start! They call it the big 5, I think it should be the big 6. He is an exceptional guide, knowledgeable, friendly, accommodating, warm and welcoming, he is a rare find and for anyone who wants a relaxed but fun & knowledgeable tour guide. 100% ask for Wilson.
I would 100% recommend Soul of Tanzania and Wilson to anyone doing Safari in Tanzania.
The best
me and my husband had an amazing time we got to see the big 5 our guide Aziria was fantastic he did everything to have a great time Sandy always answers my emails so without her none of this would have been possible and thanks again to Aziria he and best recommend to everyone.
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Email Richard | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Profissional and customer oriented
We were apprehensive about the safari as we don’t like crowds (dozens of vehicles looking at the same lion for instance) and do like authencity and privacy.
Soul of Tanzania understood this and we were assigned a very experienced and skilled guide, Wilson.
Wilson just figured out in few hours what we were looking for. It has been a wonderful journey based on exchange and joint experience. We met extraordinary people in the camps and Wilson managed to make us discover places, landscapes, the big five of course, share his passion for the Serengenti and his culture.
We do thank Soul of Tanzania and Wilson especially for this unforgettable experience as we could not have had a better guide than Wilson.
After going through, we deeply understand how lucky we were in the way that it could have been a very regular safari without “spices” and mutual exchange.
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Email Sónia | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Professional and very attentive
With my parents, we spent 6 days among the animals in the South Serengeti and the Ngorongpro crater.
We were quite apprehensive because we like discretion and run away from crowds.
Our guide Wilson immediately understood what we liked and were looking for. Our safari therefore turned into a whirlwind of encounters with extraordinary Tanzanians in the different camps, grandiose landscapes, different experiences (picnics, etc.) closeness with all the animals, the big five obviously and a sharing of knowledge and culture with Wilson.
It is a fabulous and unforgettable trip thanks to Wilson who is the best possible guide!
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Email Frank | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Serengeti & Ngorongoro
Driver Cleopa was very pleasant and showed us the big 5 and much more. Was helpful and adjusted to our needs
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Email Rachel | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
A once in a lifetime experience
I just finished a 5 day safari through Manyara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro and it has been by far the most amazing trip I’ve ever experienced. Our guide Cleopa was the best guide I could have wished for: he was genuinely happy to be with our group, which included a small and very excited child. He was extremely knowledgeable, kind and helpful and made the whole experience incredible. We saw so many animals up close (about 50 lions, several cheetahs, leopards, rhinos…), he just made the safari magic happen! We’ll be forever grateful to Soul of Tanzania and especially to Cleopa for this incredible experience.
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Email Edoardo | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Professional
The tour was well organised and an absolute pleasure - though the best aspect of it was definitely our driver Cleopa, he attended to us very well and managed to cater to all of our needs without flinching. When we come back we’ll definitely book again with Soul of Tanzania and with him!
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Email Brooke & Ian | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great safari with flexible planning, good communication, and excellent tour guide!
We booked an 8 day 7 night private safari through Soul of Tanzania and could not have asked for a better trip! Marta was very helpful in organizing the trip. We started in Arusha, went to Tarangire, Ngorongoro, ndutu, and Serengeti. Cleopa was a fantastic guide! He went above and beyond to make sure we had an incredible experience. He’s a very laid-back, humble guy with a very good sense of humor. But he’s also incredible at spotting wildlife - 2 leopards, 4 cheetahs, 30+ lions and also a full stalk/hunt/kill with lions. Rhinos, Elephants, Buffalo, etc etc - Big 5 was no problem. Ndutu for calving season of the wildebeest migration was for sure a highlight of the trip. We learned a ton of Swahili from Cleopa and got to use it often at our overnights/around Tanzania. Asante sana kaka!!! Love Brooke and Ian.