Serengeti Smile Team
Serengeti Smile
- Office In:
- Size:
- 50-100 employees (Founded in 2020)
- Member Of:
- Tanzania Tourist Board & AMREY Flying Doctors Insurance
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $90 to $300 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
for a custom tour
Your request will be sent directly to the operator
If preferred, you can contact the operator directly
Reviews
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Email Barbara | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Perfect Safari Tour
We did a 3 day Safari with serengetismile and we have to say it was amazing!
We got two awsome Guides, Champion und Dominic both of them do an incredibal Job!
They made an familary atmosphere, they did all to get us a perfect vaccation.
All we wanted to see, we are going to! Like: lions, cheetah, rhino, hippos, Monkeys, Giraffe, Zebra and so much more!
We just can recommend you to book by Erik serengetiysmile, it was so easy and uncomplicated per WhatsApp, he respond to all our wishes! Make sure to have dominic and Champion as your Safari guides, it will be worth it!
It was an amazing vaccation that we will Never forget!
Thank you so much for this experience!
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Email Claudia | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fabulous and memorable
Before: Communication with Serengeti Smile was always very smooth and clear. Erick deserves to be mentioned here. He was always ready to answer all possible questions we had and adapt the trip to our needs. We went for a 4 day safari.
During: The safari was an amazing experience. We were very lucky with our driver/guide Baraka. Besides being a very good driver, he knew a lot about fauna&flora, which he showed/told us about, and he was a good companion to chat along and make jokes along the days we were practically travelling together. Baraka drove us to cool spots where we could see all possible animals. He had a plan on his mind where to go/what to see, so we could take advantage to the most of our safari experience. On the top of that it was very interesting to talk to him about the situation in Tanzania/Africa. 5 stars to Baraka as well! The accommodations Serengeti Smile booked for us were very good and the respective staff was always very kind to us. As being 2 women travelling there was no weird situation or anything that would make us feel uncomfortable nor insecure.
After: We couldn't praise more the services of Serengeti Smile. Everyone very professional, punctual, friendly and so on. So we definitely recommend their services and am not surprise anymore for such good reviews (as ours). We don't regret any cent we paid!
Thank you so much for such a fabulous and memorable experience!
br, Cláudia and Marina
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Email LayYan | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent
John Paul is a fantastic guide. He is professional and patient. He makes sure we are safe and have an enjoyable time. Above all, he is very caring, always ensuring our friend who has leg injury to be as near to the washrooms, and helped to get in and out of the jeep safely. I highly recommend John for a wonderful safari experience.
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Email Lucillia Tan | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
They have hired a very responsible & caring guide.
I have broken my ankle bone & in a cast in Capetown before joining the 7 days safari . Because of the caring & responsible guide, Mr John Paul, I was able to enjoy my tour as normal.
Best tour ever
It was one of the most wonderful experience where we saw the top 5 big ones not only once but several times. Most of all we have close up shots and even came eye to eye with a lion - so close to our vehicle that our guide had to advise us not stare it in the eyes. There were zebras, gazelles, elephants, lions, hyenas, baboons, wildebeests, grand and Thomson gazelles, leopards, cheetah with cubs, and rhinoceros with young, blue monkeys, a lake full of beautiful flamingoes and many more. Most of all, kudos to our guide, John Paul, who is so experienced and planned each day so well that it was new sights and new experience for each day of our 7 days Serengeti Safari. My wife had broken her ankle in Cape Town two days before this tour. So we thought that’s the end of our holiday. But John made sure she is well taken care off by driving as close to the rest rooms as he could and help her to board and alight the vehicle that she was able to enjoy the whole Safari despite being on clutches. Compliments to the company for getting such an excellent, knowledgeable and caring person to lead us to the best trip ever!
Email Marko | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Very pleasent driver and well organized tour
Everything was good, from accommodations, lunch boxes...
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Email Lukas | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Incredible experience and recommended to everyone
Good communication and handling from Baraka in advance of the trip. Our driver Champion was incredible. He sees, smells and hears all the animals and has enabled us to do everything imaginable and more. We had an unforgettable time and recommend everyone to have this experience.
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Email Ela | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great safari with impressive experiences
We had our safari customized by Baraka. All of our wishes were made possible. The communication was very good and quick.
Our guide was Godwin (Champion). He looked for every animal and was very motivated. You could tell that he loves his job. It was indescribable and the time went by far too quickly!
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Email Anette Einarsson | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very reliable and service minded, true to his every word.
My sister and I went on a safari February 2024 with Serengeti Smile. They are a very reliable organisation. We had a great safari, our guide was fantastic, very knowledgeable about all the animals and fauna and of everything we asked about Tanzania. We got to see and take photos of all animals we wanted to, both big and small. Everything was arranged perfectly, all the communications worked as clockwork. I am so grateful to Albert who was our contact person, he is very professional and devoted to service. I can highly recommend Serengeti Smile to anyone who wants to have an amazing safari. My biggest Thank You to them.
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Email Lars Rugholm | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing guides and fair prices
We went on a 5 day safari with Serengeti Smile and we loved every moment of it.
We visited Tarangire, South and Central Serengeti and the Ngorongoro Crater. Our guide Champion and his intern/lookout Dominic kept telling us that safari is all about luck, but the two of them seemed to have an awful lot of luck. With them we managed to see 2 leopards, 3 black rhinos, 7 cheetahs, 20+ lions including 4 cubs, 150+ elephants and giraffe as well as 1000s of wilderbest, zebra and gazelle.
The car was a Toyota Landcrusier with a removable roof for better watching and sockets for recharging phones etc. as well as a small fridge in the back stocked with water and coke.
We stayed in tented lodges in Serengeti and at a lodge outside Tarangire and Ngorongoro. Everywhere we got great service and great food. On the safari we got served lunch boxes with fruit, local food and a small desert. Always plenty and always tasty.
Champion and Dominic made sure that our wishes were heard but was also not afraid to tell us "let's move on now, something interesting has been spotted up ahead". They took responsibility for our experience and was very attentive to our preferences and made sure to look out for animals we were especially interested in. Moreover they knew a lot of interesting facts about birds, animals and flora.
Overall an A+ experience that can't be recommended highly enough.
For the 5 days (4 nights) we paid 3620 USD excluding tip for 2 people. We transferred the money via bank transfer before arriving and we had no issues. Our contact person was Erick, who answered all our questions in an expedient manner.
Ps. If you fly out on a domestic flight, consider leaving from Arusha Airport instead of Kilimanjaro since it is much closer to the national parks.