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
Email jayne austin | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
amazing, met all our expectations and more. can not recommend highly enough.
Everything from the initial email communication to our arrival was planned and ran smoothly. Selma helped plan our safari and it included all our accomadation information. A indepth listing of the places we would go and for how long. The safari itself was fantastic. We saw different areas of Tanzania and our guide Humphrey was extremely knowledgable. He was able to explain all about the land as well as the animals. He was patient with us and fun to spend the days with.
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Email Jan van Vliet | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Unforgettable experience for the entire family
custom-made safari according to our wishes, with good advice about the trip to the north of Serengeti, because we wanted to experience the wildebeest crossing of the Mara-river. Very nice lodges and tented camps with good food on the best locations. Experienced guide/driver who knew what he was doing and always put us on the best position to view the wildlife. Children ( 17,14,10) loved the safari, were never bored and had great fun in the camps. In preparing our adventure always swift response by Makasa through e-mail: all my questions promptly and adequately answered. No unpleasant surprises on the trip. Hopefully not a once in a lifetime experience.
NL
Email Nicolle | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
excellent!
perfectly arranged safari tour, excellent guide and beautiful places to stay off the beaten track.
IT
Email Luca | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
An amazing family safari experience!
I’ve found out Makasa and Selma reference looking at internet sites for safari information and immediately my gut feeling instilled me trust of them (usually I don’t online)! Afterwards, I can certainly say that it was well rely on and the perfect choice. Not only professional expert team in safari itinerary across Tanzania and reliable drivers – David & Tom, but also careful of and flexible to our needs. Selma, Makasa team and drivers has become part of our enlarged family too. We’ve been also lucky and saw all BIG 5 and any other animal you could think of over 8 days across Moshi, Lake Manyara, Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Masai village!
At the end, we stayed in Zanzibar island for 6 days and again Selma’s selection of Dina’s Kilima Kidogu resort has been excellent … an heaven small lodge on white sand beach and barrier reef in the East coast with the personal touch of the owner Dina who let us feeling like at home.
In a nutshell, I would strongly recommend Selma & Makasa team if you like to live real Tanzania with your personalized tour! Enjoy your trip there!
CH
Email Natalie Bold | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Super company! Super holiday!
We found Makasa via google amongst other tour operators. I contacted several of them (about ten) and Makasa was the fastest, most reliable and efficient in responding. Also, they were not only fast but to the point, they completely understood our needs and requests and wishes. We also skyped and Selma really took time to assure she understands us (family of four with two fairly young boys) in order to prepare our dream holiday. And what else can I say? She achieved it to the fullest!
We would also like to particularly thank our guide Victor who analyses very much how his customers are, what they want, what they like and (re-)acts accordingly. He was good fun too! I am sure there are many other good guides at Makasa but we were very happy with Victor.
I would also like to mention something "basic" which however is not always done by other companies: Makasa is one of the few that I have seen that never had any issue with the car. They service the cars like crazy!! Sounds norma, but it is not! We saw so many with punctures, shocks were gone or other things that can really ruin or at least delay your safari and you do not want that. It is as simple as that. So, we found that Makasa was slightly more expensive than others, we also found it was worth it to the last penny, because it meant safety, security, efficiency, reliability and above all a great holiday. Thank you Selma and Victor!
NL
Email Alexander | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great experience in Tanzania with Makasa Safaris
We, a family of 5 (children's age 18, 17, 15) just returned from a two and half week Tanzania trip and all of us had a great time. After climbing Mount Kilimanjaro and meeting with the Masaai, we enjoyed a wonderful safari in Lake Manyara, Serengeti, and Ngorongoro. Our safari guide Ali impressed us by his knowlegde about the wild life and led us to beautiful spots. He was very professional and responsive to our needs and interests.
All perfectly organised, professional, helpful and personal.
Thank you, Selma, Ngomi and team! We feel lucky we found you on the internet and met you and your team in Moshi!
NL
Email Floor Molkenboer | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Wonderful experience- such friendly and helpful people
We travelled with two children age 6 and age 8. Makasa organized our trip to 5 parks. We had marvelous safari experiences there and a great driver/guide was with us all the way. Then we visited Zanzibar and Pemba and had good times there. Everything was so well taken care of. We really recommend Makasa!
NL
Email jacobijn | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
wonderful holiday
Summer 2015, we have made a 3-week trip to tanzania and zanzibar with the family (two parents / 3 children 17, 14 en 12) We booked by Makasa. Our holiday was very well organised, the program was exciting and the Makasa personel very dedicated. Many compliments to David, our driver, who drived safely and spotted so much wild animals! Communication was optimal, program was flexibel. Lodges, hotels and excursions: all arrangements very good. A one-night stay in the Masaai on the third day was giving a very special start: at that moment we felt really that we were in East Africa.
NL
Email Jori & Fien van de Spijker | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An experience we will never forget
What a wonderful holiday we had! Selma and Ngomi are very nice people (we met them at the start of our vacation) and they had set up the perfect trip for us. Everything was well arranged and the lodges and other accommodations were great. The buildup of the safari was ideal, starting at the Olpopongi Maasai village, moving to Lake Manyara, Serengeti and finally Ngorongoro. It was fantastic to see everything we hoped for (Big Five, hunting cats, etc.) and truly living the wildlife experience. After that, a very relaxing week at the amazingly beautiful beach of Zanzibar.
Special mention goes to our guide Humphrey, of which we cannot speak highly enough. He is a great host, always having his clients' interest at heart. Also, he is very knowledgable about wildlife and nature (we didn't call him Humphreypedia for nothing). Finally and most importantly, he is a truly great guy and fun to be around.
Overall, an experience we will never forget and something we wish for anyone to have!
Thank you so much,
Jori & Fien van de Spijker
CH
Email Natalia Stauffer | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Dream Safari with Makasa!
My husband and I would like to thank Selma for a perfect organization of our safari trip in July 2015! It was easy and pleasant to communicate with Selma who was very patient, professional and took her time to create our individual programme up to details. We were very lucky during all our trip and our luck began when we decided to book with Makasa :)
When I was asked upon arrival what I would like to see during safari, my answer was - to see lions and gepards hunting :) Believe me, we saw this and much more! Our guide Humphrey made our safari an unforgettable experience! We were happy to explore Tanzania with Humphrey from the beginning till the end of our trip. Humphrey is a professional, knowledgeable, positive, friendly guide with good sense of humor. What we liked very much is that Humphrey was as excited by the process of looking for animals as we were :)
What is very important is that Humphrey was a very skilled driver! When you go on safari, you will find out how it is important to have a good driver on a bumpy road. The car was clean, comfortable and had no a single problem during our trip. We saw some broken cars in the middle of nowhere and the clients had to wait untill it got repaires and loose time. That is a great pity to loose time during safari.
We were 100% satisfied with the work of Humphrey and we will never forget the time and fun which we had during our trip. We had a feeling as if we were together with a good friend. Humphrey was always in a good mood, positive and greeted us every morning with a big smile :)
Parks Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro were amazing! But most impressive were Serengeti and Ngorongoro!
All the lodges which Selma offered were simply wonderful! They all were very different and had different landscape. We didnt have a single complaint about accommodation!
We saw “Big Five” and “Ugly Five”. We saw a cheetah with 2 cubs approx 30 m from our car who later started hunting a gazelle passing by our car (thanks to Humphrey). Later on we saw cheetahs again. We saw 10 lions who decided to hunt gazelles and all this hunting process was happening right next to our car. Later on other lions decided to rest in the shade of our car and one was lying right next to the wheel of our car! We also saw leopards twice and a black rhino walking about 50 m away from our car.
Apart from that we were very lucky to see a serval cat hunting, buffalo, giraffes, elephants, zebras, different kinds of antelopes and antelope KUDU! We also saw antelope gnu fighting, hippos, crocodile, strauss, baboons, chacal, hyena and some other animals, names of which I don’t remember any more as well as a lot of birds.
Dear Selma and Humphrey, THANK YOU very much for the safari of our life!