Fig Tree Tours and Travel
- Located In:
- Size:
- 20-50 employees (Founded in 2015)
- Member Of:
- TANAPA & BRELA
- Tour Types:
- Small & medium group tours (Budget & mid-range)
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $195 to $850 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
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Reviews
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Email Hawkings | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Fantastic Safari Experience
I just returned from a 10-day Safari with Fig Tree Tours and travel. It was an incredible experience and included 4 National Parks within Tanzania, a Maasai Village Visit, a village walk experience, and visiting a primary school. The wildlife was abundant and included some of the best I have seen (12 previous Safaris). We were fortunate to see a lioness with cubs, leopard, cheetah, many plains species, and incredible birds. The vehicles were "pop-top" types in excellent condition. Our driver/ guide was very knowledgeable and the naturalist a fountain of information not only on the wildlife but also on the landscape and fauna. I would recommend this company to anyone looking for the adventure of a lifetime without forgetting the manager Rejeael who was flexible and tailored our itinerary to fit our interests!
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Email macy | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Personal challenge worth taking
As a group of four friends we decided to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro after new year celebration, so we spent some time researching for companies to use. After rigorous research we finally chose Fig Tree Tours and travel because of their pricing (mid-range), flexibility (we could start any day we wanted), very quick response on emails, and a lot of information on their website,REJEAEL was responding on time.
Since we were beginners they recommended Lemosho trail (8 days) and we were very happy with that choice, We found the scenery on our climb very beautiful, particularly the view of the snow peak looking closer everyday, there is an attractive wildlife you can spot on your way up.I had some normal altitude symptoms on day 2 but it went away after a few hours (after taking Diamox). The team of guides and porters were great, lovely and funny, the food made by ACTION was amazing.We truly couldn’t have done this trip without the fantastic team of guides and porters!!!
The summit day was very tough but thank God we made it to the top.
This will be a trip to remember, if you are looking to climb Kili go with Fig Tree Tours and travel, highly recommended.
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Email jeremy springfield | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fabulous camping safari experience
What a fantastic camping safari experience with Joseph Mushi as guide and Action as our personal chef. We saw the big five and so much more. The food was fabulous catering to our allergies and yet introducing us to a variety of new recipes!! A great time we would highly recommend!
KW
Email Ravi Maruti | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Awesome tour Experience with family and kids
Tanzania is a beautiful place with lovely people. I recommend people to go with family especially kids. You love it. Great Safari's Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Tangerang, Lake Manyara, Mt Kilimanjaro and many more like Hot Spring Kikuletwa / Chemka ..
Our tour operator Fig Tree tours & travels. Mr. John made the tour so comfortable and much more than what we expect. Food and Accommodation and safari... amazing experience, and I highly recommend him for economical prices among all.
My 5 years Kid enjoyed a lot the tents in the camping. And the food they served hot and tasty.
We viewed a lot of animals like Elephants huge family, plenty of lion prides, wildebeest, gazelle, giraffe, birds, ostrich, bedfellows,hynah, leopard, Zebras, antelopes, what not. all. Masai Village visits too
and had a great relaxing experience at Kikuletwa Hotsprings swimming and jumping in the clear water. And visited coffee plantations and coffee factory and bought freshly roasted beans and coffee.
Really want to mention Mr. John, Who picked up from KIA airport and dropped at Airport after all 7 days Trips & Safaris. and made our tour very comfortable.
I really recommend him, because, of the hospitality, responsibility all around 24x7 and the best part is very economical price comparitive to any operator.
* all campsites have WiFi, safe and Dining Halls, great tents, sleeping bags.
Email Fahad | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A well organised wonderful safari experience
The communication with John from fig tours was excellent. He arranged a 2 day safari of ngorongoro crater and taringere national park. We had pickup from the Arusha airport and he booked our accommodation as well, making everything hassle free. That evening, he came over to brief us.
Our driver (Freddie) was incredible. He was very knowledgeable, having been a guide for 5 years. He kept us entertained and always tried to ensure we got the best view of the animals. At one point, we were less than 15 meters away from elephants!
John also arranged transport at the end of our stay to the airport and was very good at keeping us informed of everything. Our experience was incredible thanks to both Freddie and John!
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Email Asako | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful Experience. saw over 50 species animals.
I stayed Tanzania 5nights 6days. Owner John welcomed me at airport at the first day. John was flexibly dealt with me, show me masai market, coffee factory, rested in venice hotel arusha. 2nd day, private tour to Masai Villege. took a while to start the tour, didnt expected to walk so much but i could see the masai house, hear singing and beautiful view. went to shopping in Masai market at the end. the Guide Emanuel was so kind and gentle. 3rd day, went to Seregenti. I was told to depart at 6am but it was 7:30am. but John apologized me and fixed.10:30 pick up tents at sunbright campsite.12:30 took the time to across the boarder of the park, ngorogoro, 15:20 seregenti gate. 16:35 Game drive started. It was late so only 1 hour game drive, but Guide Frank let us see the cheetah''s family. 17:45 pick up other guest which had car trouble. 18:00 reach camp site and built the tent. no hot shower, but comfortable in sleeping bag/mat/tent. 4th day., 6:00am depart for game drive in Seregenti National park.(my favorite)we saw Lions,Leopard,and many animals.11:30 back to campsite, ate branch. 13:00 leave for ngorogoro. waited a while at the gate again. 18:00 arrived nogorogoro camp site. i heard hot shower and wifi available but only cold shower at night. it was very cold but loved the camp. 5th day, 6:00am went to ngorogoro crator,2nd day game drive, had already saw Big 5 include rare Black Rhinoceros, thanks to patience of guide Frank. he was bit rough,not explain whats happening, but there are reason how he do. so i trusted and followed him then we made the day. even had 2 time tire flat, went happy unforgettable day at the end. We could stay Nice cotage at sunbright campsite with hot shower. Chef albert cooks delicies, but he didnt tell us the menu, so i didnt know what is next or how much should i eat apptizer or main like that. 6th last day, went Tarangire. we had already saw major animal a lots. so this was relaxation game drive, more elephants and birds.i had evening flight so Guide Frank and John took me the kilimanjaro airport , escorted me and brought the delicious coffee i ordered at first day. Thank you very very much for wonderful experience. I shall return.
Good service and atención.
We enjoy whith my family. Amazing experience. Quick comunication and excelent service.
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Email Nikita | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
ngorongoro, tarangire
everything is super! met at the airport, placed in a hotel and taken to a 2-day safari. I made a prepayment through the fig tree tours website, there were no problems! we really liked the cooperation with this company, I recommend it to everyone!
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Email Andrii | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Good organised, tasty food
Our guide Frank was very professional and helped us every time!
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Email Simon | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great Safari - budget friendly
My girlfriend & I did a 3 night/4 day tour of Tarangire, Serengeti & Ngorogoro crater.
It was the perfect amount of time to cover a range of habitats and see all the wildlife on show.
Fig tree were the most competitively priced safari we found, we expected there to be trade off in quality here.. but there wasn't. We stayed in the same campsites & followed the same routes as most of the premium priced operators. The food was good, and our guide excellent & knowledgeable. Most importantly we got up close with all the wildlife.
I found John very helpful in the entire booking process. He accommodated our request to upgrade to a lodge for one night (which I would recommend as its an amazing experience) and generally the safari far exceeded our expectations.
I was slightly apprehensive paying a sizeable deposit in advance, however this is standard requirement for most safaris and its definitely worth it for having the peace of mind knowing its booked in advance.
One small criticism is that the details of the itinerary moved slightly over time, this did not make much difference in the greater scheme of things… but if you are they type that gets hung up on this keep an open mind to minor changes.
I would have no problem recommending John & Fig Tree tours, and would use them again next time I safari in Tanzania!