Joel Chalema with his team.
Chalema Tanzania Safaris
- Located In:
- Size:
- 1-5 employees (Founded in 2018)
- Member Of:
- TTB & TANAPA
- Tour Types:
- Custom budget & mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $150 to $1,000 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Estelle&Jb | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Safari 3 days February 2023
We left for 5 days with Chalema. Joël organized us 3 days of Safari in Taranguire, Serengeti and Ngorogoro parks. We also visited the village of Mto wa mbu on the last day.
We were accompanied during these few days by our guide Chaban who was attentive to our requests and desires. Chaban shared his many knowledge with us, he always made sure that we found the best point of view for our photos. It was a pleasure to spend this safari with him.
The places of accommodation were chosen with care (large beds, hearty and good meals, welcoming staff).
Joël is very responsive and available when contacted via whatsapp.
Excellent value for money, we will keep an exceptional memory.
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Email James | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
By far the best and the most fun tour guides your can get
Chalema provided a tailored tour around the national parks and an amazing trek from the Empakaai crater to the lake Natron with a local Maasai guide. This was truly an amazing experience.
Our guide was very experienced with a great sens of humour. During the trek we were accompanied by a fantastic chef who cooked delicious food.
Chalema were also extremely flexible and were quick to adapt the itinerary when needed.
Joël, the owner was kind, and very professional. He responded very quickly to all of our requests and inquires prior to the tour. Joël and our tour guide speak fluent French which is a plus for French guests.
Thanks Chalema.
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Email Ludivine | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Un voyage de rêve
you can call on chalema with confidence, Joël, the boss is adorable, always available and very concerned about the well-being of his customers. we did the trek to mont meru joseph, our guide was very nice and the whole team adorable. then during the safari we were like in a dream, everything was perfect, Chabani, the guide, was very nice and the night at the Tanzania tented lodge was fabulous. we travel a lot and this is the first time we have used a tour operator and everything was perfect. Thanks to Joel and all his team. I highly recommend it!
Email Stephan | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing 8 day safari
We did a 8-day safari with CHALEMA in February 2023 and were entirely satisfied with everything: Joël immediately got in touch through whatsapp (also calling us in Switzerland) and listened to our ideas, at one point giving sound advice for improvement so that we ended up with a perfectly fitting itinerary for us that took into consideration the seasonal migration in the south of Serengeti (Ndutu) – this proved to be the ideal place for the most amazing sightings of wildlife! We were picked up at the airport by Praygod, our guide, who - although young (25 yrs) - spotted so many animals and knew exactly how to guide us to the best places. He was a great source of information for our thousand questions about life in Tanzania and a very helpful and friendly young man. We particularly enjoyed the local curries for lunch (instead of the lunch boxes with all the trash they produce) and Praygod even arranged a local Ugali dish for us. Our jeeps battery was quite weak at one point and the agency arranged for a quick replacement, sending one from Arusha to our location in very little time. We can fully recommend Chalema.
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Email Kévin L | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Just amazing
Thank you for this d’aventure Kilimandjaro was a wonderful experience
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Email Kathleen | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The best safari
We had a dream safari beyond our expectations with Chalema Tanzania Safaris. We wanted to share the happiness we had, the positives✅️ and negatives
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Email Gerry (G) | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Shaban was that man and was awesome
This was an absolutely amazing tour. I have been to Tanzania and to a few of these parks before but coming here a second time was better than the first. Most people I see they travel in groups or with their loved one but I came solo and I couldn’t have felt more safe and taken care of through the entire journey. My guides name was Shaban and he was excellent. He was very knowledgeable on everything, he was very patient with me, helped tailor the entire experience specific to me, and was just an overall amazing person. He was also someone I felt very comfortable with and had no problems sitting down and just talking about general life with him. On numerous occasions, I ate multiple meals with him and was able to have conversations with him not related to the tour. In short I’d recommend Shaban to anybody going on this tour.
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Email Marc | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
It was just perfect!
We had a wonderful Safari experience with our Guide George. Very good Lodges and Camps, selected according to our wishes (we are a family of 4). A great adventure, we saw all the wild animals we had on our list.
And very funny too … Thank you George snd Joel!
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Email Sébastien and Nathalie | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best new year ever
Great stay in Tanzania with CHAMELA TANZANIA SAFARI. Departed from December 26, 2022 to January 1, 2023 inclusive. We had the possibility to give him our wishes for visits, but having never been to Africa and having never done a safari, we asked him to manage everything, Joël concocted a stay with little onions for us! everything was perfect. The choice of parks, places to sleep (including 2 nights in a camp in the middle of nature with warthogs and hyenas near our tent at night (no danger for us, you just must not go out without the guards at night: -) ) You only experience this once in your life. All that is the performance of Joël, The boss of Tanzania! But it was also our guide Chabani who made this adventure unique and just perfect. Chabani has lynx eyes and sees well-hidden animals sometimes a few hundred meters away (this was the case for the Black Rhinoceros that Chabani spotted when we couldn't see anything except a black spot. But the camera and the binoculars confirmed the beautiful catch !! It is thanks to this catch that we are proud to be able to say that we saw the BIG 5 (the lion, the leopard, the elephant, the black rhinoceros and the buffalo. not always easy in just 1 week. Thank you very much Chabani for that and thank you a thousand times Joël for concocting great stays and choosing your team well. They do a great job and represent you well.
Thank you again a thousand times Chabani for sharing your country, your culture and the way of life of Tanzanians. You speak French very well !
you know how to adapt to our rhythm and our desires for discovery while making sure that we have plenty to see. You are very professional and drive very well
We would love to come back on safari with CHAMELA TANZANIA SAFARI! But this time, only in the middle of nature, sleeping only in tents. And always with Chabani! Never change a winning team :-)
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Email Melodie | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Beautiful safari in Serengeti, Ngorongoro & Lake Natron
We took Chalema Tanzania Safaris & Keith as a guide for our Christmas holidays safari.
It was very well organized, Joel took time to tailer-made our safari and was very reactive.
We loved the beautiful colors of Lake Natron, the Maasai culture at the Giraffe Eco Lodge, and the waterfall trail.
Our nights at Tanzania Bush Camp in Serengeti we’re amazing, straight in the bush, we saw 20 lions passing by after our dinner!!
It’s a must go, with so many animals + the great migration of wildebeest.
Our guide, Keith, was very professional, patient & resilient. He drove us around for 5 days, sometimes 10 hours in a row.
We saw the Big Five thanks to him and countless cats! We were almost bored of seeing lions at the end of our safari…!
I would warmly recommend Chalema Tanzania Safaris & our French speaking guide Keith whom help us live this extraordinary African experience!
