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 Traore | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very good
I went on a safari from October 15 to 20, 2022 as a couple, the safari was very well organized, thanks to Shabani and Joël
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Email Ségolène | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An unforgettable experience
We did a 4 day 3 night safari with the CHALEMA agency, and we are fully satisfied.
In France, making contact was easy with very responsive exchanges. In addition, Joël listened to our wishes in order to organize a tailor-made safari.
On site, we were able to take full advantage of the stay since everything was managed by the agency. During our safari, we had Joël as a guide (there are 5 who work in the agency). By his side, we learned a lot throughout our stay. Both on the animals encountered and on the culture of the country. We were impressed by Joël's knowledge and his ability to understand the reactions of each animal. Thanks to this we were able to observe moments of life between the animals while other guides passed by.
Furthermore, I would like to underline an important point. When the majority of agencies serve sandwiches for lunch, we feasted on local dishes in large quantities.
Finally, if we had to do it again, we wouldn't change anything. Everything was perfect, from start to finish and I can only recommend this agency! Thanks again Joël and the whole team!
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Email ElcyRO | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonder full
Thank you for this wonderful safari. We have seen the Big Five. Our guide Chabani listened to us. Always smiling. Very chaotic track but its part of the trip.us.
Wonderful landscape. Change of scenery guaranteed.
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Email NURENI | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Listening, competent, we benefited from an excellent organization for an excellent safari
Listening to our needs, the program was perfect, the hotels well chosen and well placed, the catering satisfying and plentiful.
Joel knows his country well, the parks and the wildlife he introduced us to.
Traveling with children, he adapted and we enjoyed this safari with great pleasure, but also the discovery of the village with simplicity and without superfluous folklore.
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Email Brolly | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
An exception ap travel agency
We had an very good trip with my son and my father ! The guide , the food , the safari , and the accommodations were of High quality . We recommend this agency withoit hesitation.
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Email Benoît Bacle | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great experience
Joël from Chalema organized a great 4 days safari for us apprend Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Tarangire. Chaban our guide was really nice and helped us to see many animals.
The safari proposed was great value for money compared to other proposals received.
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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!
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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 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 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.
