The Safari Soles Team
Safari Soles
- Offices In:
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United Kingdom
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2018)
- Member Of:
- Tanzania Tourist Board
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $300 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 Janette | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great safari company, Great experience
We had a wonderful Tanzanian safari with Safari Soles! Magreth customized our travel experience which made for an excellent private tour with our guide, Isaack, who was wonderful! The hotels and lodges were great as was the food and service. Our guide was able to find the big five, as well as lots of other animals. We also visited several different tribal villages, the Hadza - the last of the hunter gatherers, and a second tool making tribe. It was fascinating to learn about their customs and to see how they are still living today. WE also visited a Maasai village and learned about their customs. All very interesting.
We loved Serengti, South Serengeti, & Tarangire National Parks. The night safari at Lake Manyara was a well worth it! The lodge, Escarpment Luxury Lodge, was a great! We could have stayed an extra day in Serengeti. The lodge, Kubu Kubu had views to die for! We also loved staying at Lions Paw in Ngorongoro, and suggest two nights there as well as two days in the crater.
We loved seeing the great wildebeest and zebra migration as well as the endangered black rhinoceros! The water buffalo, hippopotamus, lions, leopards and cheetah were also amazing as were the warthogs, baboons, giraffes and gazelles. Did I forget to mention the hyenas? Unbelievable! It was a life changing, amazing adventure.
The people in Tanzania were very friendly and kind. We had really good experiences with them. Bring lots of $1 bills and other small denominations for tips. Yes, they accept USD.
We also went to Zanzibar. It was not as interesting as we had imagined. Although Stone Town is a UNESCO World Heritage site, it was in poor condition and not very interesting with many tourist shops all selling the same things. We did, however, go on an excellent tour of an organic spice farm. We also visited Chumbe Island where we saw coconut crabs. We snorkeled there, but the reef was not in good condition due to over fishing. Nevertheless, the island is worth staying on for one night for ecotourists. It is carbon neutral. The huts on the island were nicely done. The huts reminded me of the tree house from the movie Swiss Family Robinson! It was rustic, but quite nice.
The weather in Zanzibar is extremely hot. Therefore, if you do not like very hot and humid climates, I would just stay on the mainland. Next time, I want to visit South Tanzania to see the chimpanzees!
Safari Soles is a small tour company that caters to a personal experience. It is competitively priced and certainly less expensive than some of the larger companies. I highly recommend them of you Tanzanian safari. I will travel with them again!
IE
Email Josipa | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great guide and excellent agency
A must do! The safari experience surpassed our highest hopes and not just for the scenary and wildlife but because of our guide Raymond. Such a great personality, excellent safari guide with lots of info on the wildlife, nature, culture, food, history of the region. All in all, we were beyond happy and would recommend him as a safari guide.
Soles tour company, we interacted only for our booking and Happiness was very quick to respond, made all the changes we requested possible, gave advice based on her experience.
Accommodation was superb, we stayed in Sero Tented camp which is a "glamping" tent with excellent staff, amazing sunsets and sunrise views, comfortable "tents" with huge bed, shower with hot water and toilets.
Other accommodation were basic tents but we're equally amazing because of where you are. Nothing beats the african starry night!
Food - we had a cook traveling with us who was great. He would ask us our preferences, we preferences eating local food so he did that most days. Cooked enough food to feed an army! Was delicious, especially considering how remote some of the camps are.
If you're looking for a company to go on a safari, I really recomed safari soles. And especially Raymond as a safari guide, as he made our experience even more amazing
CH
Email Priska | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Well organized operator who took care of all our wishes.
The tour with Safari Soles was great. From the sales person who was very concerned and always responded super fast whenever we had a question or doubt to all the locations. Everything was perfect.
We booked a mid-rang private tour and it was super nice. We had a very friendly guide (Godlisten) who took care of us in a very good way. If we had questions or wanted to stop somewhere or return, he always took us and your wishes serious and made everything possible to provide a good experience.
The lodges where we stayed were stunning. We did not expect it like that. The tented lodges with showers and comfy beds were great. To go to bed or wake up having animals around you is incredible.
We were definitly very happy and would recommend Safari Soles.
ES
Email Laura Gomez | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
5/5 experience
We were extremely happy with our experience. We saw a lot of animals, stayed in very good resorts and enjoyed the conversations with Rahim our driver... and all of it for a very reasonable price. They were extemely professional and happiness, the lady that helped us to plan the trip, was very kind and patient with us, specially because we planned the trip last minute. We will repeat for sure. 100% recommended. thanks for everything
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Email Robert G | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
10/10 Would Book Again!!!
I have traveled to a lot of places with many tour guides but none as good as Innocente with Safari Soles! Innocente had eyes like a hawk when finding the wildlife and a spectacular scenes of their movements before they happened getting us in position for some amazing experiences! Match that with his unparalleled personality and it makes for a really memorable time!
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Email Meredith | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Safari Soles is highly recommended, well connected, trustworthy, thorough and responsiveI highly rec
I highly recommend Safari Soles for the best Tanzanian Safari Tour Operator experience. The entire staff worked diligently to meet all our expectations from Happiness George that organized our trip including booking wonderful lodges (Suricata Boma Lodge) and luxury tent accommodations (Pakulala Safari Camp on the Ngorongoro Crater rim) to Chief, who picked us up at Kilimanjaro airport and kept us entertained for the entire 90 minute ride to Innocent, our Safari Guide that drove long hours every day thru Tarangire, the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater to make sure we saw every animal on our bucket list and more, to Baltazar that drove us to the Kilimanjaro foothills and patiently accompanied us on our hike to the Materuni Waterfalls & Coffee tour, on to the Mineral Springs and back to Kilimanjaro airport keeping us on a tight schedule. It was a trip we will never forget.
I’d like to express additional praise for Innocent whose positive attitude and patience never faltered and always checked to make sure we were “all good”, our new favorite phrase. It is obvious that he is well liked within the community, keeping connected to find the best siting and even stopping to help a stranded driver or two. He was instrumental in making this a trip of a lifetime for which we will be forever grateful. Thank you Innocent!
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Email Troy | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Safari Soles Tours can be trusted to deliver an unparalleled safari experience.
I highly recommend using Safari Soles as your Tanzanian safari tour operator. With so many local operators to choose from, we were hesitant on which one to pick. Happiness George put all our worries to rest. After making contact she was able to provide an itinerary that met all our wishes from diverse lodging to any food requirement to selection of our guide and driver. All airport transfers went seamlessly. Communication with her and others of the team at Safari Soles was consistent, timely and informative.
Our check baggage did not make the flight to Kilimanjaro with us. The Safari Soles team made sure that when it arrived in Kilimanjaro airport the following night that it was driven over two hours to our location the following morning to meet us at our lodge before our scheduled departure time. What a life saver.
I would like to give a big thank you to Innocent our guide and driver. Without him, our experience would not have been as extraordinary as it turned out to be. He was able to locate and anticipate all the animal movements to position us in a way as to get close with the best angles for viewing and pictures. He worked tirelessly making sure we got everything we wanted out of every day’s safari drives and reviewed our next day’s itinerary with us the night before so we knew what to expect and make adjustments to our itinerary to view as much wildlife as possible. I cannot say enough good things about him. He always had our best interests at heart and was very informative in a wide range of topics related to Tanzania and its animals, culture and people.
The Safari Soles team took our family trip from just a one to remember to a trip of a lifetime. Priceless!
PT
Email Sílvia Henriques | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing!!!
The Safari was wonderful, Ernest, our guide, was incredible and did everything to make us feel safe and fun the entire time. In 2 days we managed to see 4 of the big five. only the leopard didn't want to show up. I highly recommend Safari Soles
CA
Email Taylor | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Absolutely wonderful experience and very professional
We had the trip of a lifetime! It was so fun and the people are all so friendly. The best service I’ve ever experienced and everyone speaks very good English. All the guides were so punctual and gave us the best tour we could have asked for. All the accommodations were so nice and comfortable. The beds were so comfortable! The whole trip was well planned out and so relaxing! I can’t wait to go back !! 100% book with safari soles !
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Email Larisa Sablina | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
always on the client side
We had an individual safari program organized for 4 days from February 19 to 22 and it was a delight! For 3 days we traveled to national parks and on the fourth day we visited the zoo, where we were able to take pictures and hand-feed wild animals and a trip to waterfalls and a coffee plantation. We were very pleased with the program, our guide Oscar and our cook, who fed us plenty! We managed to see all the most interesting animals and admire nature. Most of all I liked the park in the crater of the Ngorogoro volcano, it is amazing and there are a lot of animals! Thank you very much for the individual approach to each client and for organizing the trip at the highest level!
We will definitely recommend it to our friends!