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
Email Andy | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Absolutely first class - an unforgettable experience
I've just returned from Tanzania having completed the 7 day Machame Route ascent of Kilimanjaro. From the moment of arrival at the airport, the service we experienced was absolutely beyond expectations. Our guide, Gipson met us at the airport and transferred us to our hotel following a comprehensive briefing of what we should expect on the mountain. Gipson's team, "the Dream Team", (motto "yes we can") were a joy - a high energy, permanently smiling group of people absolutely dedicated to making our trip as easy and comfortable as possible. It was very obvious right from our first encounter with them that they were genuinely there to ensure that we got to the top and realised our dream.
The whole experience was incredible - we forged fantastic friendships with our guides, Gipson and Baraka, and shared laughs with the rest of the team. Their energy was contagious, and they were constantly in attendance whether it be at camp, or even coming out to meet us to help carry our bags to camp at the end of a day's walking.
Food was plentiful and of very high quality. Care was also in abundance - daily checks on our oxygen saturation levels confirmed whether we were fit to continue. It was clearly apparent that the mission of the team was to get us to the summit....and they did!
I can't recommend Easy Travel and the Dream Team highly enough. They made a very special experience truly incredible, and I'm grateful to each and every one of them for their hard work, humour, energy and encouragement on our trip. If you plan to climb Kilimanjaro, make sure you do it with these guys....yes they can!!
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Email Arnaz | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Awesome experience!
My son and I had a wonderful experience with this "comfort plus"- Easy travel & tours safari. Right from the start, Albert, their safari customer-expert communicated promptly with all our questions via email even before we landed in Tanzania. We experienced not only an awesome safari but he made it tailor-made to our budget- needs and our special diet requests too!
All our lodges had excellent views from our balconies...some had wildlife really close like elephants, zebras, monkeys, hydrax and birds. The best lodges which we loved were Ngongoro Serena and the serene Duluti Serena ones, wish we could have spent more time there!
Our driver, Emmilian, was friendly and knowledgeable about the wildlife. We felt safe driving around in the large comfortable vehicle which was assigned to us.
Before we started our safari, we were taken to their office close by for a briefing of our tour and got to meet their friendly staff including the director, Mr. Musaddiq...they all made us feel welcome with a nice woven-gift basket of fruits, nuts & chocolates!
We highly recommend them and would definitely love to return back someday to Tanzania and do this wonderful trip with Easy Tours again!
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Email Anders | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best value, excellent guide, great service
My wife and I had a phenomenal experience with Easy Travel. They gave us the best quote of 4 tour operators. Their trip exceeded our very high expectations. Joseph, our guide, was incredibly patient, knowledgable, friendly, and extremely knowledgable about all of the animals and vegetation. He could even tell us all of the birds that we saw. The tented camps we stayed in were wonderful. I cannot imagine them being any better. The animals and wilderness were truly magnificent. Everyone should go on a safari and I highly highly recommend Easy Travel.
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Email Matias | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great safari! I highly recommend this company.
We are back from a fantastic ten-day safari visiting Taranguire, Manyara, Serengeti (both, Seronera and Mara regions) and Ngorongroro. Beatrice was excellent and helped us planning the itinerary and selecting the accommodation, which was all very good. She always responded very quickly with precise information. Our guide, Adrian, was marvellous. He is an encyclopaedia of knowledge about fauna and flora (he could tell you the name of a bird from far and then show it to you in his book), and also about culture, history, geography and whatever you want to know about Eastern Africa where he has travelled extensively. He made sure that we all had a great time, which included being super patient and accommodating with our seven-year-old son. We drove in a quite new eight-seat Toyota Land Cruiser just for us which was very comfortable and worked impeccably throughout the trip. Everything went exactly as planned, and we had a great holiday. I definitely recommend Easy Travel.
Accommodation: we had a mix of hotels and tented camps. Personally, we liked the latter best because they allowed you to be in the middle of bush. They were super comfortable and safe (despite wild animals grazing all around).
Season: we travelled in late August/early September, which is the dry season. Serengeti is quite dry and looks brown, but still full of animals (somehow more concentrated around waterholes). Going north (to the Mara region) is the best to see the migration. At this time of the year roads are dusty, but the temperature is very pleasant and there are very few mosquitos or flies. We were in these four national parks about a decade ago in February, and it was greener but also much warmer and with mosquitos.
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Email Eric | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Trip of a Lifetime!
I recently experienced the Classic Tanzania Safari at the Comfort Level. Everyone in my group tour was astounded by the high quality of all aspects of our safari. Our guide (Emmelian) was beyond amazing. He was extremely knowledgeable about all the animals and plants we encountered. We saw many lions, leopards, giraffes, hippos, elephants, and buffalos at a close distance. We even saw a black rhino in the Ngorongoro Crater. In the Serengeti we saw a couple groups of lions kill a zebra and a buffalo. Emmelian was professional and personable. Everyone felt very comfortable with him, and we all had a lot of fun during the entire week. I highly recommend requesting Emmelian if you book a safari with Easy Travel. Mary Charles was our point of contact when we booked our safari. She was extremely courteous and professional at all times. She always promptly responded to our questions and concerns. A friend and I switched the dates of your safari about a month in advance, and Mary Charles had no problem with changing the dates at no additional cost. The lodges far surpassed my expectations, especially the Acacia Lodge. They were all the equivalent of a very nice hotel in the United States. Sometimes I forgot we were in rural Tanzania or even in a national park.
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Email Claire and Don | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Private Tour - Tanzania Safari - Classic - Comfort Level
We have been home for just a week, and my husband and I cannot stop talking about our amazing trip. If you are contemplating a trip with Easy Travel and Tours, please do not hesitate to book through this company. I initially contacted them in January after reading their reviews on TripAdvisor. The company we used for our Kenya Safari several years ago was no longer in business. My husband and I were interested in the Private Tours – Tanzania Safari – Classic option.
My initial email to Easy Travel and Tours received a response within a few hours. Each email thereafter was met with an immediate response and concise answers to my various questions. It did not take long to feel at ease dealing with a company with no point of reference other than TripAdvisor. Our itinerary was specifically outlined, along with helpful suggestions from our consultant, Beatus. Payment instructions were clear and very easy via international wire transfer.
We were met by Thomas, our driver/guide, at the JRO Airport at midnight two nights before our safari departure. After 30+ hours of traveling, he was definitely a welcomed sight! The morning of our first day on safari, Thom took us to the company’s office compound. We visited with Musaddiq Gulamhussein, Director of Sales and Operations, who reviewed our itinerary in detail. If there were any doubts of this being a bone fide company, a visit to their impressive offices and warm welcome by the staff, cemented that we made the right decision in choosing Easy Travel and Tours.
Thomas was an excellent tour guide. He amazed us daily how he could drive down a rutted, rocky road and still manage to spot the smallest bird 100 yards away! His guide skills were unbelievable! His sense of humor was just wonderful, and the respect he garnered from the other drivers, regardless of company affiliation, was clearly evident.
We stayed in the respective Serena lodges located near each of the parks visited. The attention to décor and customer service was wonderful. Food was generally served buffet style, with a decent mix to appeal to most palates.
In the end, the trip was a huge success. The animal sightings did not disappoint, largely contributed to Thom’s vast knowledge of the parks. This was a vacation to dream about and the dream definitely came to fruition. Oh, and Thom, you are correct….Mt. Kilimanjaro does exist. We flew next to it at 20,000 ft.! Thank you so much for a wonderful vacation!
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Email Thomastravelnut | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The best of the best! Deal directly with the experts of Tanzania in Tanzania”
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1) My wife and I took a 2-week private "comfort level" safari including Maasai Lodge, Hadzabe tribe, Datoga tribe, Chagga tribe, Arusha National Park, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tarangire National Park, Serengeti National Park, Mara River crossing, Lake Manyara National Park, Olduvai Gorge, Mto wa Mbu village tour
2) I interviewed the top 10 safari companies for Tanzania and Easy Travel is #1 for a reason (or many): timely responses, very informative, very personal, great pricing and value, expert friendly guides, top notch vehicles . Every person at Easy Travel is first class. You will not be disappointed. DO NOT pay a middleman in your country. Deal directly with the experts in Tanzania. It is not a small, fly by night operation.They are the experts that live there.
3) All of the accommodations were very good with Acacia Farm Lodge the hands down 5 star winner and the Stella Maris in the fair-good range (but it is a charity for the kids so still a feel-good choice)
4) As a wildlife biologist major in college, I feel I am very good at finding animals but Richard is nothing short of amazing. He can see a dark spot of an ear in the tan grass at 50 yards...while he is dodging potholes on a dirt road. Richard became nothing short of a family member after 2 weeks and we really missed his company when we returned home. He comes highly recommended.
5) You will see more animals than you can count - both in species and in numbers.
6) If you are worried about traveling to Tanzania due to safety reasons, I felt safer there than in any big city (anywhere). You will always be in the good hands of your guide.
7) You have heard it before, the roads are very, very rough. Just expect it. There are a couple of paved roads but 90% of your travel will be on rough roads. Just FYI
8) Highlights were Maasai Lodge, Hadzabe tribe, Tarangire, Mara River crossing.
9) Can skip are Olduvai Gorge, Mto wa Mbu, Chagga tribe
9) For several years we were not sure if we wanted to go to Africa and if we would feel safe. Now we wondered what took us so long. A highly recommended destination, tour company, and Richard as a guide. A trip of a lifetime with no regrets.
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Email Greg and Maria | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing safari and trek to Kilimanjaro!
We travelled for 2 weeks this summer (last week of July & first week of August) with Easy Travel. We chose them after reading all the great comments on Tripadvisor, and we were very happy of our choice!
We've done the Tanzania Safari – Wildlife Encounters (6 days private tour / basic) followed by Mt. Kilimanjaro Trekking – Machame Route (8 days small group tour / basic). What an experience!!! It was 2 of the best weeks of our lifes!!
For the Safari, we had an amazing guide, Ima, who knew absolutely everything about wildlife: any animals, any birds, any plants. And also the history of Tanzania. Thanks to him, we could spot all the animals we were hoping to see: lions, elephants, giraffes, hippos, zebras... And we had some very good food also, thanks to the cook, Gerald! The hotel where we spent the first night, Planet lodge, was very comfortable. And the tent for the next nights was comfortable too. So it was an amazing week of safari.
For the Kilimanjaro, we had booked a small group tour. But finally, it was only the two of us. We had an amazing crew to help us to climb the mountain: Frank, the lead guide, Jackson, the assistant guide, the cook, and 7 porters. So 10 persons in total! Climbing the Kilimanjaro was an incredible experience and we did it!!! We would not have made it to the top without Frank & Jackson. They gave us some great advice all along the way and we could see that they love this mountain, their job and they were always doing their best to make sure we could enjoy our experience and make it to the top.
So thanks to Easy Travel and your great team for those incredible 2 weeks. We definitely recommend them!
Maria & Greg
Once in a Lifetime Experience!
We had the good fortune to select Easy Travel for a 6-day Tanzania safari Sept 2-8. What an amazing trip! Our tour manager was extremely attentive and helpful and we had an excellent driver -- knowledgeable, patient, professional. We saw countless animals and always felt safe. Accommodations and food were terrific too. I highly (and wholeheartedly) recommend Easy Travel tours!
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Email Gil | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A trip of a lifetime with Easy Travel!
The most challenging part of planning a safari is finding the right tour company with the best service at a reasonable cost. When I found out about Easy Travel, it was clear this was the team I wanted to work with for a trip of a lifetime. We had an amazing experience from the time we arrived at JRO airport until the last day, Easy Travel delivered on their promise. Of course all of this would not be possible without Deo, our driver/guide during the safari. He was friendly, experienced and knowledgable about the animals and their behavior. We hope to return someday for the great migration and will definitely work with Easy Travel again.