Makasa is owned & managed by Selma and Ngomi Kamm
Makasa Tanzania Safaris
- Located In:
- Size:
- 20-50 employees (Founded in 2009)
- Member Of:
- Tanzania Association of Tour Operators
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $300 to $2,000 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Katy and Jim | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Over and Above Expectations
With a short amount of time to make arrangements for a safari before volunteering at a hospital in Tanzania, we immediately felt comfortable with Selma and Ngomi, the communication and arrangements. We relied on their experience for the best trip for five days and we were not disappointed; we only wish we had more time. Everyone at Makasa will make you comfortable and do whatever it takes to make your adventure top-notch and unforgettable.
We started in Tangere National Park and saw an amazing number and variety of animals with the close up experience of a small herd of elephant going around both sides of the Land Cruiser. As we entered the Serengetti National Park, there did not seem to be any wildlife around, but as Humphrey took us further in, it couldn't have been more alive. The number of zebra, gazelle, reed buck, impala, hyena, etc. is amazing. We saw a female lion miss a zebra kill because of a split second hesitation of which of two zebra to take down. A courting male lion was clueless to the pride preparing to take down some zebra approaching, thus he ruined the hunt with a growl to the lioness as she approached the pride. Humphrey saw a leopard (the second of the trip) and as we approached she crouched, and pounced, but missed the rabbit she was after. She spotted a reed buck but was also unable to successfully make a kill. In the Ngorogoro Crater another drama occurred involving a pride of 16 lions, 5 more male lions, buffalo preventing an attack on a lone buffalo, and a group of hyena circling and killing a wart hog all near the hippo pool.
Humphrey is an excellent guide and eager to share his knowledge of the animals, the eco-system, and Tanzania while spotting animals and making the whole experience fun. His English is outstanding as he can discuss classes of rock, their formations, and try to confound you with riddles.
Humphrey and Ngomi went above and beyond to make sure we had accommodations at the end of our safari when communication with people outside their company did not come through. We will be forever grateful to Ngomi for his persistence to communicate on our behalf with hospital personnel and shuttling us into town for supplies to make us comfortable as we began our volunteer time. Meredith helped us connect with Arif who made three weekend day trips unforgettable as well.
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Email Michel Oz | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic lifetime expirience and excellent trip
The trip was completely living up to our expectations.
Rhotia Valley is on a great location and the staff had a very warm welcome for us. This unique project is led by two amazing people who beside their lodges run a childrens home. A significant part of the revenue of these lodges, is allocated to this children’s home. This makes a stay at this lodge every penny worth. Note: The food was great too.
Our Highlight was the Serengeti game hunt and the lodges at Kenyan Kisura tented Camp. This place gave us the real outdoor safari expirience. Besides the great tour that we made, the camp fire in the evening with the wildlife surrounding us was unforgettable.
Our tour guide Victor was great. He was polite, drove safely and provided us with excellent information over the wildlife that we encountered. He was flexible to our wishes and was always anticipating to the situation.
Makasa service was very good and very well organized.
Makasa, Thank you very much for this great and lifetime expirience.
Best regards
Frits, Margitta, Jolanda and Michel.
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Email Stephanie | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
What a perfect organization! A great and unforgettable experience!
What a great trip we had with Makasa Tanzanian Safaris! What's immediately noticeable is the respect for nature and the generous amount of time that is taken for everything. In this way you can enjoy the wildlife to the fullest without any pressure to drive on in search of the next animal.
Because the drivers are allowed to drive an unlimited number of kilometers, we arrived at places where there were virtually no other tourists and we have seen a large diversity of animals. Also the lodges that Makasa cooperates with are fantastic!
Email Willem Sijbers | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great personalised safari, experience of a lifetime.
Great communication up-front to design our perfect 6 day safari trip.
Excellent tour guide, amazing accommodations with great food and spectacular views!
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Email Julia and Lyndon | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic experience - perfect organization by Makasa from A to Z
From the first contact with Miriam (who planned our entire Safari and the stay in Zanzibar afterwards), Ngomi's welcoming us in Moshi, the wonderful, exciting, touching and unforgettable Safari itself with Kalebi to the smooth transfers to Zanzibar's Mwezi Hotel and back to our longhaul flight: the entire program was not only perfectly organized but also played out very well.
Miriam had a good feeling about what we were interested in and how to create the best suitable plan for us and Kalebi - what can we say... He has an enormous knowledge on flora, fauna and culture. We could ask him anything we wanted to know and he would gladly share information and stories with us. He is not only a smart and careful guide but also a sincerely kind person.
We thank the entire Makasa team for giving us two weeks we will never forget - we will recommend you wherever we can!
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Email Theo & Marjan | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Coffeetour / Safari / Zanzibar
Makasa has put together a high-quality tailor-made program for us in Tanzania with a coffee tour, safari and accommodation on Zanzibar. Selma and Yohannes are personally involved and have offered us an unforgettable trip. Our safari guide Dany was knowledgeable and flexible in the implementation of the program.
The trip far exceeded our expectations.
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Email Linda S | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Makasa Tanzania was the best way to do a Safari
It is difficult to know where to start with Makasa, they were so helpful with the arrangements, booking us from the time we arrived to our departure to The Tides resort. We stayed at the Kilimanjaro lodge for two nights and this was a wonderful experience. The lodge is very clean and the staff here are excellent very friendly and very professional. Our tour guide Frank was more than we could have hoped for. We spent six days with him. He was so knowledgeable about our destinations and interested us and our country (Canada). We saw so much, the beautiful Serengeti was the highlight for us. We saw so much throughout our tour. We could not have asked for more.
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Email chen | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
wonderful
great communications and advice before safaris,expert guide,normal service,reasonable price,every thing is great, only the car is a little poor.
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Email Sybille and Harald | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unforgetable safari - perfect organisation!
We booked late, had just 3 days and saw a lot!
Conversation (german!) with Miriam was easy, very helpful and friendly.
Freddie was a perfekt guide: Very hospitable and caring. He knows where to find the lions and we learned a lot about wild animals and were able to take hundreds of wonderful pictures!
It was worth it to start very early in the morning so we were about the first to arrive at Tarangire National Park.
The second day we spent at Ngorogoro-Crater.
It's worth to visit both of them - they are so different!
Our desicion to spent two nights in one lodge was very good.
We highly recommend "Rothia Valley Tented Lodge"!
It's located between this two parks, closer to the Crater.
A perfect place to stay when you are on safari! The hospitality is great!
We really enjoyed our comfortable tented room: Beautiful and clean and you're close to nature.
And a perfect example for responsable tourism.
The hosts give home to both - guests and homeless children.
On our last morning Marcel took us on a guided walk to "Coffee Corner", a nice restaurant, that belongs to the lodge, too. On this tour we learned a lot about plants and farming in Tanzania.
Freddie picked us up after we enjoyed lunch and even the way back was interesting and Freddie answered all our questions about everyday life in Tanzania.
We are very thankfull to all that made this 3 days very special and unforgetable!
Our next safari will be with Makasa, too - that's sure!
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Email Charlotte | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing trip!
Our safari on the mainland and island adventure on Zanzibar were excellent. We had nothing to worry about. Everything was taken care of from A to Z so we could relax and simply enjoy our time in Tanzania. Our guides were very friendly and knowledgeable, and the accommodations recommended were outstanding, especially the tented camps... I highly recommend the experience! I can't say enough about Makasa and the care Selma took in making our 25th anniversary trip truly magical!