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
Your request will be sent directly to the operator
If preferred, you can contact the operator directly
Reviews
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Email Rafaella | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An incredible experience
An incredible experience. We spent 3 fantastic days on safari (we had choose the private one), made even more exceptional by Suricata Safaris.
Our guide Elias was extremely helpful, explaining everything and ensuring we saw as many animals as possible.
The chef was also excellent, with all our meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner) being very delicious. I highly recommend them.
Both were very kind and professional. We had a wonderful time. Thank you Suricata Safaris!
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Email D.J. | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
If I could give you one advice for your Tansania-Trip: Do a safari with Suricata!
My husband and I planed our trip very last minute (10 days ahead). But Suricata offered us a trip that surpassed all our expectations. Tanzania offers an amazing culture and nature and the Suricata team helps you to experience and enjoy it to the fullest!
You can look forward to breathtaking views, a guide with rich knowledge about wildlife and Tanzania, delicious and selfcooked food from the Suricata chefs and an all-in-all worry-free package, while you can lay back and enjoy the trip of your lifetime :)
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Email SHRAY | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Well Crafted Itenerary and Tastefully done right.
The whole trip with Suricata Safaris was just amazing. The tour operators are open and flexible to likes and wishes of the clients. Stays are just the best. Thanks to our guides Mr. Alpha and Mr. Edgar the trip was soo informative and full of fun. They are very knowledgeable and I highly recommend them. We saw lots and lots of animals.
Ms. Halima at the bookings department is very helpful with bookings and Mr. Dennis who was our point of contact was very promt and responsive with daily itenerary questions and queries throughout the safaris.
We stayed at the Najia Panda Lodge, the Serengeti Angata Lodge, Ngorogoro Tortilis Lodge and Suricata Boma Lodge day wise. All the stays are superb and highly recommended.
Thanks for this wonderful adventure. Giving a 4* rating because there is always room for improvement. Cheers !
Email Paul heaney | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Professional,friendly and overall confidence inspiring.
Suricata’s team proved to be both friendly professional and competent. Finding ourselves with the time go on a Safari at the last minute in country they reacted quickly.
Ally the tour manager met us at our convenience and immediately inspired confidence giving us time and the information needed to chose the right safari for us and a day trip too.
We chose a 4 day private trip to cover Taringere, Serengeti and Ngorogoro , 2 days camping and a first night at their lake Manyara lodge.
Ally kept in touch prior to the tour and we were picked up promptly from our hotel by our guide Baraka who proved to be a great companion.With 6 years experience behind hiim , this showed with his competent driving and knowledge of wildlife, spotting what we could never have found.
The hotel proved to be very luxurious but fun with amazing entertainment from a local acrobatic troupe and an energetic post dinner sing song from the staff - great !
The camping obviously more down to earth but an experience to sleep with the sounds of the wild night. Zebra wandering through the site and giraffe and buffalo on the margins. Tents were prepared and meals cooked for us on site including the preparation of a hot lunch every day ! Lucas cooked for us and I don’t know how he managed to get so much done behind the scenes. A lot of hard work goes on that you don’t see to keep things right.
We had not planned to be on Safari this year but events conspired to give us the chance so no real pre-conceptions. To be honest the magnificence and variety of the parks alone would be enough but the abundance and variety of wildlife takes it to another level.
We saw the big five but that didn’t really matter it was the variety and complexity of encounters and plain amazing how close you could be.
Highlights for me were watching the reaction of a cheetah as it spotted a lion in the vicinity of itself and cub. It decided to lay low as the pack remained intent on the warthog they were tracking and in the end failed to catch in the final chase. Later Barak somehow spotted a black rhino in the long distance and we were able to see it trot along meeting couple of big male elephants as if out for a jaunt,amazing.
So overall a trip we’ll never forget, we will come back for more and will recommend Suricata to friends and family.
Email Sandra | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Couldn’t have dreamt of more!
We were already in Arusha, Tanzania visiting relatives to babysit and found ourselves with free time. After doing a lot of research we settled on Suricata and so contacted them on Watsapp. Their manager joined us for coffee to find out what we wanted to get out of the experience (basically whatever they recommended based on their expertise, the time we had and our budget). We settled on 1 day in the Tarengeri (spectacular) staying in the Boma Lodge (well worth it!), the Serengeti (equally spectacular but in a totally different way), camping and then Ngorogongo crater (ditto) again, camping. Loved the camping experience, to include being surrounded by zebras!
Baraka was our guide and I couldn’t rate him highly enough - he made our trip out of this world. No idea how he managed to find his way around and find more than we could have wished for including Elephants, giraffes, hippos, lions (and cubs), cheetahs (and cubs), even the elusive leopard and black rhino (saw 3!), buffalo, gazelles, hyena, jackal, ostrich, secretary bird etc etc etc Lucas the chef joined us to create something special each day. The lunch picnics were a real treat too. Still can’t believe it! So sad to have it end, thank you Suricata, Lucas and most of all Baraka for keeping us safe and looking after us so well from start to finish! Asante sana a thousand times!
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Email Francy | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unique and wonderful experience
Wonderful experience with Suricata Safaris.
Excellent organization from the first to the last minute.
We organized everything via WhatsApp with the very kind and helpful Tizia.
We arrived in Arusha the day before the safari departure and stayed at the Jevas Hotel Encore (included in our package).
The formula we chose was 6 days and 5 nights, camping (tent, camp bed, sleeping bags provided by them): Tarangire, Lake Manyara, 2 days in the Serengeti and the last morning in Ngorongoro.
Very good food, especially during dinner, our cook Bipa, a young and very good guy, spoiled us and also had the care to prepare some dishes especially for our five-year-old son.
Special mention for our guide, driver and now friend, Rocky: kind, warm-hearted, funny, helpful and very knowledgeable. He allowed us to live a magnificent experience and learn a lot about the animals seen.
As for the parks, I won't spoil the surprise, but picnicking in the Serengeti, watching the sunrise with the animals or having breakfast in the Ngorongoro Crater are priceless experiences.
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Email Mareen and Kevin | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Our expectations have been exceeded
We did the 4 days safari and it was simply amazing. First of all our guide Robert was absolutely perfect. We had the chance to see the big five in one single day. Furthermore Robert did everything to make our experience unforgettable, he had a great knowledge about the animals and where to spot them, simply just a great guy. Then we had Samson, our chef. All the meals were freshly cooked and everything was always ready when we arrived at the campsides after a long day. He took great care of us and our wellbeing and exceeded our expectations.
Overall, from booking until the actual safari everything was well organised and ran smoothly and even though we had a little misunderstanding, Suricata solved everything instantly.
We can definitely recommend Suricata.
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Email Mattia | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Impeccable organization
Together with my girlfriend we chose this four-day safari.
We found right away, even before confirming the booking, the maximum availability to clarify our doubts. Communication via WhatsApp was always very fast and punctual.
Upon our arrival at the airport the staff was waiting for our arrival for the transfer to the hotel.
The next day, Edgar picked us up from the hotel at the agreed time to start our safari.
For the four days of safari I don't think there are words suitable to describe the wonder of the experience as a whole. Lions, antelopes, zebras, elephants, leopards, giraffes, unforgettable landscapes, hippos, hyenas, birds, cheetahs, buffaloes... you will surely build indelible memories. I recommend binoculars to appreciate everything at its best.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner were always prepared in an excellent manner by our chef Salim, with surprising quality and quantity.
The campsites we stayed at were well-equipped and allowed us to fully experience the safari (one had no electricity or hot water, but that's part of the game. If you want, you can stay in more comfortable, well-equipped lodges).
A huge thank you to Edgar, Salim and all the staff at Suricata Safari, trust them with your eyes closed.
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Email Sara | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Suricata Safari - an unforgettable experience
We relied on Suricata Safari for our first Safari in Africa.
Although it can be difficult to rely on a tour operator by booking directly and remotely, we can say that we were not wrong!
Communications with Suricata Safari have always been simple and clear.
The tour was exactly as described, the guide (Edgar) was very knowledgeable and the transfers well organized.
If you choose the camping experience obviously you must be adaptable, but Suricata Safari in any case provides you with everything you need for the stay (tent, sleeping bag, mattress). The food that is prepared for breakfast, lunch and dinner is phenomenal.
We shared the tour with 4 other guys and we had a great time.
Thanks to Suricata Safari we have created beautiful new memories.
Asante sana.
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Email Fearna | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Phenomenal experience
Absolutely phenomenal!! Our tour guide, Amiri, was great incredibly informative and enthusiastic, he made sure to always get us the best possible views of the animals. The food was another highlight, always delicious, Pius our chef, was not only attentive but also an incredible chef! The camping conditions were great the mats and bags provided meant it was very comfortable! Couldn’t have asked for better