Hilary and Martin - owners of Suricata Safaris
Suricata Safaris
- Office In:
- Size:
- 20-50 employees (Founded in 2016)
- Tour Types:
- Custom budget & mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $190 to $600 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
for a custom tour
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If preferred, you can contact the operator directly
Reviews
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Email Andrea | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Friendly and prepared
Unique experience, prepared and kind staff. We saw all the big 5, an unforgettable Safari. Recommended!
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Amazing Experience
Wonderful safari experience with Mandela as our guide and James as our main chef! We saw almost every animal we could have hoped for, and more. Mandela was extremely knowledgeable, took great care of us, and was lovely to spend five days with. The camping and food exceeded our expectations. I'd recommend preparing for one cold camping night, lots of dust (bananas are helpful) and establishing a WhatsApp connection with someone from the company before leaving home to help coordinate your pick-up. I hope anyone going on this safari has an incredible time and is thoughtful and respectful of the people, animals and landscape. Thank you, Suricata, Mandela, and James for a once in a lifetime experience!
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Email Emily | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great Experience
Friends and I did the five day safari camping tour with guide Mandela. We started from Arusha (two nights at Jevas Encore hotel is included in the price as well as pick up from JRO or Arusha Airports). The hotel is very comfortable and the staff are very nice and helpful. The safari itself exceeded our expectations as far as accommodations, which included showers and flush toilets at every campground. The food at camp and during our safari days was excellent. We visited three parks (Tanagiere, Serengeti, and Nnorogoro Crater) There was wonderful variety in scenery and wildlife nothing felt too rushed or too long. Our guide was very knowledgeable, patient, and heartfelt when discussing the wildlife/nature or history of the areas we visited. The wildlife and scenery are stunning and hard to do justice in photos or reviews! One recommendation would be to establish a WhatsApp conversation with a point person before leaving the country to coordinate details of the pick up and drop off.
Great experience
An amazing experience. Lewis the best tour guide, super experienced and knowledgeable about everything. We managed to see all big 5 which is not given as other cars were not able to see the Rhinos.
CH
Email Nadja | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent!
Excellent, great experience. We saw a lot of animals and our guide did a great job. The meals cooked by our chef were delicious.
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Email Mari | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful camping Safari experience
Our 5-day safari was an absolute one of a lifetime experience. Everything was taken care of. Our cook Samil prepared delicious breakfast, lunch, and dinner for us every day (more than we could eat and always with multiple options). We sat in a spacious car with the option to charge mobile phones or camera equipment. Our guide Elias was very experienced, funny, patient and could answer any questions we had about animal, land and people. We visited Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Serengeti and Ngoro ngoro crater. We saw so many lions, zebras, Elefanten, Giraffs, Hippos and buffalos up close and many more. Also, we saw a leopard and many lion babies, a real highlight. We slept in tents, they were big and sturdy and prepared for us. Sleeping bags, pillows and mattresses were clean and comfortable. In our two last camps (Serengeti and Ngoro ngoro), we were visited by hyenas and zebras in the evening. I can absolutely recommend this Safari, for me it will be a very special memory.
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Email Christopher | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Absolutely amazing experience. Unforgettable memories.
We did a 5 day safari with our guide Elias and our cook Salim. It was an amazing experience and very well organized.
We went to Tarangire, Lake Maniala, the Serengeti, and the Ngoro Crater. We stayed in tents two nights near Lake Maniala, one night in the Serengeti (with a wonderful view and hyenas roaming around), and one night on the edge of the Crater (even better views and Zebras grazing next to the tents). All camps had shower opportunities and all except Serengeti had warm water.
Our guide was extremely knowledgeable and very good at spotting and finding animals. That's why we saw leopards and lions up really close! Also a lot of zebras, gnus, warthogs, baboons, monkeys, elephants, giraffs and so on.
We were also well fed with breakfast and dinner at the camp site and lunch at a official Picknick Spot in the parks. The food was very tasty and had a lot of variety. Salim is an excellent chef.
The whole journey was perfectly planned start to finished. We were picked up from the airport and at the end brought back, so we could continue our journey.
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Email Mattia | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Exellent
Fantastic experience. Everything planned to perfection. Always unforgettable accommodations. A special mention to our guide Elias for his preparation and experience. Even the chef who accompanied us always served excellent dishes. Congratulations!!!
Experience to repeat
We chose the "5 days/ mid range" package
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Email Zsolt | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Professional, human, exciting, funny - best possible safari experience I can imagine
10/10 safari experience
Professional, human, exciting, funny - best possible safari experience I can imagine. Food was extraordinary (better than any other tour operator's, as we were checking other agency's tables at the picnic sites), all 3 meals/day hot, fresh and very versatile.
Driver (Mr. Lucky, Shabani) did everything for us to catch a CLOSE glimpse of all the animals (we ticked the Big 5), many times we were within an arm's reach of them, while explaining the most interesting fun facts about the corresponding species. The chef (Pius) did an extraordinary job, was truly surprising that we were having -at some points- better-than-restaurant-quality food on a wooden bench, while others had paperboxes with precooked meals. Other staff members (written communication, pick-up from airport, briefing) were also very kind and educated, with a smile on their faces. In my wife's words: best travel experience of my life. 10/10
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Email Vasiliki Pantazi | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
If I could put more stars I would!
If I could put more stars to this agency I would!
Best experience of my life! For me as a person who has never went on a safari or slept at a camping this has exceeded my expectations by far!
First of all they are super organized and professional! From the first moment of asking a quote, Davis, was 24/7 contact, very helpful and thoughtful! He organized everything for us and did not try to “sell”more.
We arrived at the airport and indeed, Danis, our driver was waiting for us to drive us to our hotel, Jevas encore. Danis was very kind and he did wait for us to get settled until he gives us a briefing about the safari and the necessary things to take into consideration. Not to mention the hotel was excellent with breakfast provided. (Only the wifi is a minus that is definitely not working anywhere else than reception but I think that’s sth in all Africa)
Next day our safari driver, Mr Lucky (Shabani) picked us up and the safari started! The knowledge and the expertise of our driver was astonishing! His experience was obvious! There is a reason his name is Mr Lucky! We are really thankful for the experience he gave us. He knew every corner of this park and where are all the good places to spot the animals! We managed to see all big 5 and we even saw a leopard at a very very close up. In a 3-day safari we managed to see a lot!!!
I want to mention that unlike other agencies that had lunch boxes we had a chef with us that was cooking all our meals fresh every time! Delicious and versatile dishes!
To all the women out there that are afraid to take those opportunities and are thinking sanitary conditions I want to say that everything was clean and well organized! So do go ahead!
All in all: professional, well-organized and unprecedented experience!
