Easy Travel & Tours
- Located In:
- Size:
- 50-100 employees (Founded in 1987)
- Member Of:
- ASTA, TATO & TTB
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $200 to $320 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Shekhar Godse | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very professional and outstanding customer service
We had a memorable safari experience at Serengeti and Ngorongoron national park with Edward Nyaki, our Easy Travel guide. Edward has a degree in Wildlife Management and is very knowledgeable. We learned so much from him about various animals. His ability to find animals during the game drive is outstanding. We were able to see the Big 5 and won the game during our game drives in these national parks. We were provided with daily briefing. The food was delicious and catered to our requests. Thanks to Easy Travel for lifetime safari experience. We highly recommend anyone visiting Tanzania to consider Easy Travel for their travel needs. The overall experience right from start to end was fulfilling. Kudos to the Easy Travel and Tours. Amazing team!
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Email Larry | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great communication, outstanding guide, and good logistics delivered the trip of the lifetime.
I have always dreamed of traveling to East Africa to witness the Great Migration. I started planning this trip for Summer of 2018. Business interfered so I replanned it for summer of 2020. Pandemic interfered and I went through the whole process again for this year.
Each year I did the same thing. I read months and months of the TripAdvisor forum messages to collect the names of recommended outfitters. I selected 10 that were commonly advised and wrote them asking for quotes on a 15-day safari. Of those 10, I selected the top three most responsive outfitters and started corresponding with them in earnest. Each time I did this exercise, Easy Travel was in the top three.
In the end, I chose Easy Travel because they had the best combination of price and a high level of communication. I started corresponding in earnest with Easy Travel seven months before our vacation began and they responded with detailed itineraries and answers to all of my questions and modifications as I requested them. They responded so fast that I felt somewhat guilty sending a question on a weekend night, knowing that I’d get a detailed response by the morning.
In the end, Easy Travel arranged our entire northern circuit safari, which went flawlessly. We arrived and departed from Arusha, staying at the Kino Palace Hotel. We stayed mostly at Tortilis tented camps, which were excellent “comfort plus” accommodations. I believe the Tortilis camps may be owned by Easy Travel. (You can see my Tortilis reviews by searching.)
I would say that we made two stumbles in accommodation: staying a night at Lake Manyara and staying at a tented camp on the rim at Ngorongoro. Lake Manyara is the second oldest National Park, but the shore has been drastically altered in recent years by the rains, and the amount of open areas in which you can more easily view wildlife has been greatly reduced. The wooded portion of Lake Manyara is beautiful and there were plenty of tracks indicating all types of wildlife, but you can only see 5-10 meters off the road, and that’s inevitably going to limit your chances. It was once famous for its abundant flamingoes, and while there are still some, the changes in the shoreline have apparently ended the large numbers.
Staying on the rim of Ngorongoro was something I pushed for, but was a mistake. You can find my review of Pakulala “Luxury” Tented Camps elsewhere, but basically it was just too cold and too spare.
Beyond that, the trip was so far beyond my expectations that words fail. I took my expectations and tempered them because, of course, you take what Nature gives you. But the reality was so, *so* much more that I still can’t get over, despite 8000+ pieces of photographic evidence. We saw thousands of elephants and buffalo, scores of lions, 8 leopards, and 4 rhinos (including a mother and calf). We saw the “Big 5” *in between* the gate to the Central Serengeti and camp! We saw a cheetah hunt and kill gazelle, a lion pack bring down a water buffalo, and a crocodile take a wildebeest crossing the Mara River.
The main determinant of the quality of your safari is your driver/guide. We adored our highly competent, very friendly, and funny guide Omari. He was very experienced and seemed to be a resource for other guides. That was nice to see because being hooked into the network of guides is a crucial part of finding out what is going on at the various hotspots around the various camps.
Omari had fantastic eyes and continually surprised us by pointing out some distant object that we'd have to use binoculars to resolve. We'd then approach and Omari was great about positioning the vehicle so that we had the best view while staying at a respectful distance from the animals. We were upset to see some other operators causing interference, causing the animals' behavior to change, but I think we avoided that, while having some amazing close encounters (see photos of elephants grazing out vehicle, lions a few feet away, etc.).
Omari was always quietly taking care of us. He was not overly demonstrative like some guides but he always knew what was going on and how to make the most of the day.
The second most important thing to the quality of your safari is certainly going to be the tented camps in which you stay, and for us, as I said, the Tortilis Camps and the others we stayed at were of high quality (see my reviews on TripAdvisor elsewhere).
The third most important thing to your safari experience is the quality of your vehicle. I can't tell you how many breakdowns we witnessed over the course of two weeks but it must have been in the dozens. Easy Travel and Omari maintained our vehicle in top condition and was even in a position to help out a few other folks in trouble. I was confident that even in the face of minor breakdowns, Omari would have known what to do (and was in radio and cellphone touch with others, so I’m sure aide would have arrived reasonably).
The vehicle itself was great for the two of us, would have been great for three, and Omari said that even four was a good number. There are three rows of two seats, so my wife and I mostly took a row to ourselves so that we had the easiest side-to-side vantages. The roof pops up, which was important for photo angles and general visibility, but also provided quite good shade and could be lowered in wooded areas where tsetse were more common or on the main (but still unpaved) roads, where there was a lot of dust. We saw quite a few different types of vehicle and were very happy not to be in some of the alternatives.
The chairs were comfortable enough but not luxurious and the amount of time you spend in the vehicle was *very* significant, often 10 hours or more per day. I have to say that I thought the way it worked was: early AM game drive, back to camp, late afternoon game drive. I literally thought I’d be taking a nap in the afternoons. Not at all. Because the camps aren’t set up right beside the hot spots, you need to range to have the best chance of seeing great stuff. If you were to do out-and-backs twice a day, you’d be throwing away hours of the day and limiting your locations.
Instead, you had long days in the vehicle: breakfast around 6AM, a box lunch brought in the vehicle and generally eaten at a designated rest area with some other vehicles around, and then back at the camp anytime from 5 to 7 o’clock. And when I say you’re in the vehicle, I mean you’re *in* the vehicle. We went on two “walking safaris” in Arusha National Park and in Lake Manyara and, other than those 2-3 hours, everything we saw was from inside the vehicle.
A final thing worth mentioning is that I had a very non-serious intestinal thing that had me skip a dinner and everyone — Omari, the Tortilis camp staff, and Masuma from Easy Travel’s office in Arusha — bent over backwards to find out how I was doing and if I needed anything. I didn’t, but it was comforting that they all took it seriously.
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Email Melvin & Jolien | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great safari experience in Tanzania with an excellent driver/guide (Musa)
Started with meeting our amazing guide/driver (Musa) at the border of Kenya and Tanzania and ended with a goodbye at the airport of Kilimanjaro.
In the meantime we had a great trip through the beautiful national parks of Tanzania. With our personal highlight a crossing at the Mara river.
Musa was always happy, helpful and friendly and he could tell us all about the different animals we found and gave us all the information we needed to know about Tanzania and the different areas we passed.
Musa thank you for making this trip even more memorable.
Email Virginia | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excceeded expectations
Issac was the best tour guide we could ask for knowledgeable, patient, flexible, very good, and safe driver. He tried his very best to make these days the most enjoyable for us.
I highly recommend EasyTravel as the agency for this trip: it was our first time in the wild in Africa and the service was excellent. You should ask for Isaac!!!
We had a great time with Easy Travel. Everything was well planned. Our guide Santai was great findi
We have been to 8 safaris and 4 tribes. It was wonderland. Our guide is one of a kind...always smiling and making sure that we are happy. This trip will stay with me for ever.
Email Pablo | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unforgettable experience!
It’s been a phenomenal experience. We saw so many animals and so close.
We witnessed predators on the hunt, cute parenting experiences, we learnt so much.
Isaac has been a phenomenal guide all around. Knowledgeable, competent, empathetic. It’s been a true asset to make our family experience possible.
You can’t miss!
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Email Yang | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing trip with Easy Travel & Matoke
It was an incredible trip in Tanzania with Easy Travel & Matoke. The whole plan and process were well organized. We almost see all the scenes and wild animals that we expected. Thanks to our guide Adrien. He is so kind, experienced and professional. During the trip, we saw many cars which were broken down. And we only changed one tire. Highly recommended!
Email Poppy | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An unparalleled, once-in-a-lifetime, experience!
Thank you, Easy Travels, for the most incredible, once-in-a-lifetime experience! Our honeymoon surpassed every expectation thanks to Hellen’s impeccable itinerary and Gerald’s, our driver guide, exceptional depth and breath of knowledge. Gerald has 30 years of experience as well as a real passion for all wildlife. He can recognize and explain all animal behaviors, imitate their calls, and identify nearly 500 different kinds of birds! I highly recommend asking for Gerald to be your driver-guide, his descriptions, lay of the land, and generosity is unparalleled. Thank you, Hellen, Gerald and EasyTravel!
Email Caleb | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Spectacular safari experience
My wife and I had the most wonderful Safari experience for our honeymoon.
EasyTravel did an excellent job arranging the entire trip. They prepared pre-travel travel checklists, arranged all hotels and airport transfers, and answered any questions i had.
Our safari guide, Gerald, was fantastic. He was incredibly knowledgeably about animals and birds (Gerald is a bird aficionado!), and his 20+ years of experience enriched our Safari adventure. I highly recommend asking for Gerald when booking!
Overall, EasyTravel was professional and exceptional in every way.
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Email Matias | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful
I can't express enough how extraordinary the experience was. From the moment we set foot in Tanzania to the breathtaking encounters with wildlife, everything was meticulously organized and exceeded all expectations.
Our safari guide, Louis, proved to be an invaluable asset throughout the journey. With over 20 years of experience, his knowledge and passion for the wildlife and landscapes of Tanzania were palpable. He skillfully navigated the national parks, sharing fascinating insights about the fauna we encountered along the way.
Moreover, the comfort provided by the spacious and well-maintained van enhanced our overall safari experience - allowing us to relax and enjoy the stunning scenery without any worries.
The accommodations arranged by Easy Travel were truly exceptional. Each lodge or camp we stayed at exceeded our expectations in terms of comfort, cleanliness, and their ability to blend harmoniously with nature. Waking up to the breathtaking views of the African plains or falling asleep to the sounds of wildlife was an absolute dream.
What truly set Easy travel apart was the impeccable service and personalized attention we received before and throughout our journey. Norah and Louis (our guide) went above and beyond to ensure that we had the best experience. They were not only accommodating but also genuinely passionate about making our experience unforgettable.
The ultimate highlight of our safari was encountering the Big 5—lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo, and rhino. With the expertise of Louis, we had the privilege of observing these majestic creatures in their natural habitats. The excitement and awe we felt when coming face to face with these magnificent animals is something we will treasure forever.
In conclusion, embarking on a safari adventure with Easy Travel was a decision we will never regret. From the moment we were picked up by our experienced guide, Louis, to the incredible wildlife sightings and exceptional accommodations, every aspect of the trip was flawlessly executed. The level of care and attention to detail provided by Norah from Easy Travel made this an unforgettable experience that exceeded all our expectations. If you're seeking a truly remarkable safari adventure, look no further —they will undoubtedly deliver an exceptional journey through the heart of Tanzania's wildlife wonders.