African Polecat Safaris team
African Polecat Safaris
- Located In:
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 2019)
- Member Of:
- TTB, TALA, TANAPA, BRELA & NCAA
- Tour Types:
- Custom budget & mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $200 to $650 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Timo | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great all around package, we felt very welcome.
We couldnt ask for a better safari. James did a great job organising our Tour, including pickups, accomodation and catering. He gave us a briefing on arrival and made sure we had a great time at the end of our journey.
Our guide Omar was amazing. He knew all the best spots and we saw more animals than we could have imagined. Always funny and with great knowledge about the animals aswell. Osman took care of the food and made incredible meals, even while camping in the Serengeti.
One of the best experiences of our life and truely an adventure. Great value for the money, since the prices seemed to be more than fair compaired to other companies.
PT
Email Catarina | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Incredible!
We had a great experience with African Polecat. Booking a trip like this from a distance is not easy and James was very communicative and made everything clear, which was decisive when choosing their company.
The safari itself was absolutely incredible, our guide Aron went over and beyond to show us the most authentic wild life in the Taragire Park and Ngorongoro Crater.
We were super lucky and saw some really rare and raw scenes, we came back to Arusha completely amazed.
Food was great and the accommodation organised by them was too.
Super recommend!
good choice
i booked for a 3 days 2 night safari in camping site . it was an amazing experience , i don't regret my choice . James made is maximum to explain me before and manage the safari and omari the guide is really nice and will show you amazing things . i recommend African polecat
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Email Spoorthi | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Organised
It’s Really worth going,the place itself is breathtaking,saw the big 5 and lot of other animals in their natural habitat.I recommend organising your trip with African Polecat safaris- it was well organised and everything on time.Our guide Freddy explained everything and was open to every suggestions.I am really happy with this trip.
CH
Email Marilyn | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Good organized and funny
It was a really easy communication from the first touch. The Safari was really good organized and its worth it to pay a little bit more, so you can stay much comfortabel.
James the organizer is a really funny and helpfull guy! Whe had also a great Time with him, as we aranged the last details allready in Tansania. The Tour was great, specially the Serengeti. We saw a lot of diffrent animals and the Food during the Safari was allways good. Thank you Polecat for the great expirience. Marilyn
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Email Juliette | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very good company and great trip! Everything went smootj
The tour has been great, with smooth communication, good guides, lots of wild animals seen, very good food and nice camping site. For your information, the majority of the tours proposed by safari companies are generally joining tours, which means that people are merged into groups and groups are changing. For instance, during our 6days safari, we joined 2 groups and 2 different groups. This is a common practice and it's nice, even if a bit surprising initially. Otherwise, I strongly recommend this company and especially the guide named Malicia.
Email Jolanda | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very good organized!
It was a amazing experience. We had very good food!
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Email Lucie Hlídková | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unforgettable experience with wonderful people
We planned the safari trip for a long time and our choice was 100% happy!!! James, Joseph, Nathan and Noel (great guide from Dar es Salaam) are the most amazing people we met. Everything went as promised and much better. The experience of the national parks was unforgettable thanks to our guide - Joseph, unforgettable. Joseph has an incredible knowledge of animals and nature. Thanks to him, we really saw a lot of animals in their natural environment - and they have a wonderful expression, you won't experience that in a zoo. Not even an elephant visiting the camp :-) Our chef Nathan deserves a Michelin star - we thought we would lose weight on holiday, but the opposite was true :-) The overnight stay in the NP campsites was great, everything was comfortable. A small change that James arranged for us - 1 day spent in Dar es Sallam was great and I recommend it to everyone! It's worth it!!!Everyone from African Polecat Safaris that we met was amazing and thank you all for the greatest experience of our lives so far.
Our route: Arusha - Tarangire NP - Serengeti NP - Ngoro Ngoro NP - Lake Manyara - Dar es Salaam - Gombe NP - 10 day safari
Email MATT W | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
SUPERB SERVICE! VERY SMOOTH OPERATION.
4 day luxury lodge safari - What can I say? I had the trip of a lifetime! I contacted Polecat through safari bookings. It's hard as you just don't know what you're getting until you arrive, especially as a lone traveller. I booked around 4 weeks in advance. James was my point of contact he sent me the brochure through WhatsApp, he was the first to respond to my enquiries out of all of the other providers which reassured me. He was not pushy and there is no hard sell! I was a very nice booking experience. I chose the luxury 4 day Safari. He arranged transfers from the airport to Arusha and met me at the first hotel. From then everything went so smoothly. I paid a 10% deposit when booking and paid the rest in cash $ when I arrived. James was kind enough to take me for lunch to a nice local restaurant so I had a nice meal on arrival. Simon my guide for the 4 days was just incredible.
A chef came for 2 of the days and the food was great. Simon was very knowledgeable and went over and above to ensure we saw the BIG 5! And we did! It truly was a trip of a lifetime and I can't thank Polecat enough for everything they did to make it special! I recommend the luxury package over the cheaper tents as it gets very cold at night and the luxury lodges are an amazing experience. Take some hoodies for the evenings. The trip is spectacular! Enjoy!
Nice day hike
Some wait at the gate in the morning because bank transfer is slow on Sundays but other than that all is good
Also bring your own bottle or flask. According to the tour guide, the park doesn’t allow the disposable plastic bottle so we had to rent from a shop in front of the gate at a price of $5. I mean, with that price you can almost buy a bottle….I would think 1L or 0.75L is enough for someone if it’s a cloudy day.
That shop has raincoat for renting as well, $10 each.
It was a nice hike. Really loved the view, excited to see the monkeys. The tour guide Oscar was very friendly, helped taking photos and carried most of the stuffs. It’s much appreciated.
Overall I recommend this experience.