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Arthur Goudard   –  
France FR
Visited: August 2023 Reviewed: Sep 18, 2023

Email Arthur Goudard  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

These caring, professional, entertaining and kind people gave us the most amazing travel experience
5/5

Always there to help and make you smile, these guides are incredible and love their country. They made us discover Tanzania's culture, animals, people, food in the happiest and safest way. The experience was core memory. I will never forget these golden moments with everyone. Kilimanjaro, Safari, long rides, long hikes, amazing food, dances, discoveries, everything was perfect ! Thank you MAFIE ADVENTURES !

Alice   –  
France FR
Visited: August 2023 Reviewed: Sep 18, 2023

Email Alice  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

Great guides that will take you too some mindblowing sightings!
5/5

We spent two weeks with Mafie Adventures' team, exploring the northen part of Tanzania and had a wonderful time. We saw some beautiful national parks, countless species of animals and unique landscapes. It was truly the safari experience we all dreamed about. The team that came with us (guides and cooks) was lovely and made sure we had everything we needed. I would absolutly recommand Mafie Adventures for your next trip in Tanzania!

Benoit Villien   –  
Canada CA
Visited: July 2023 Reviewed: Sep 19, 2023

Email Benoit Villien  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

One of the best out there !!
5/5

Not sure where to start to be honest as everything was just perfect !!
We started our trip with the climb of Kilimanjaro with Erastus and his team. Everything went above expectations with the guides and the cooks going the extra mile to ensure we had everything we needed during the ascent.
We then transitioned to a 10 days Safari including visits of local villages. Once again, Erastus and his team were just perfect in making every moment a great memory! They were extremely knowledgeable about both the Tanzanian culture and the wildlife. We had a blast every day in our la driver !!!

I think Erastus liked us a lot (

Elodie   –  
France FR
Visited: July 2023 Reviewed: Sep 19, 2023

Email Elodie  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Excellent ✨
5/5

Kilimandjaro + 10 days of safari ! A magic and amazing trip with Erastus and his team. The whole organization team did everything possible to be sure we went up to the top of Kili & that we could enjoy seeing the maximum of animals, always having also a great time around, eating super well and having fun !
They are all very nice, attentive, professional and also very qualified about animals and Tanzania.
i strongly recommend Mafie Adventure, they are great and local!
Hakuna matata - Asante sana

Fanny   –  
Canada CA
Visited: August 2023 Reviewed: Sep 20, 2023

Email Fanny  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

The trip of a lifetime
5/5

This summer, we did an amazing trip with 30 of our friends. It was incredible! Mafie Adventure made sure that we traveled safely all the time. The knowledge of the guides was spot on. The guides were kind and joyful.
Thanks to Mafie Adventure for this unforgettable experience!

Oliver   –  
Denmark DK
Visited: October 2023 Reviewed: Oct 30, 2023

Email Oliver  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Very flexible, friendly and good service
5/5

We booked the tour to Ngorongoro crater the day before. Erastus was super helpful and quick to arrange the tour. The staff was great and the tour was amazing!

Andrew   –  
United States US
Visited: October 2023 Reviewed: Oct 31, 2023

Email Andrew  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

An amazing journey with wonderful guides and excellent food
5/5

I read some reviews about Mafie adventures when I was researching budget safaris. They were the first to get back to me with details of the several tour operators I contacted. I chose a two day safari to Tarangire and Ngorongoro. For those two days, everything was included. I expected a boxed lunch that we would eat in the Safari jeep. But instead, we had a beautiful meal of rice, grilled chicken, and sautéed vegetables in a delicious sauce. All laid out on a table cloth under the shade of trees at a picnic site in Tarangire, and then the following day by a small lake inside the Ngorongoro Crater. There was plenty of cold bottled water, Coca Cola, and even Kilimanjaro beer and a bottle of Tanzanian Dodoma red wine. But maybe you’d also like to know about the game drives and the guides. Simion was our guide in Tarangire. He was fun, enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and professional. He scanned the radio for word of animal sightings. Though luck played a part in seeing all of the animals we did(leopards, cheetahs, secretary bird, ostrich, and more), Simion worked hard to get us to the right place at the right time. Then there was our guide Matcha for Ngorongoro. He was friendly and very knowledgeable about the flora and fauna. He made our day in the crater a wonderful and relaxing experience, somehow exhilarating when in pursuit of seeing yet another of the big five, all while creating a warm and familial feel among our random group in the jeep that day. The lodging in Mto Wa Mbu (the point between the two parks I visited) was clean and comfortable, and again, the food was delicious and served in very generous portions! And I love to eat. So I was pleased.

I was a total newbie to African travel, and the communication and organization put me at ease and allowed me to just relax and effortlessly enjoy the adventure.

I had such a good experience on Safari, that I booked another short tour with Mafie Adventures for after my Kilimanjaro climb. And again my guide and chef were amazing, generous people. Everyone embodied the Karibu(Welcoming) spirit that I’ve come to love about Tanzania.

Go have an adventure.

Dominique   –  
Germany DE
Visited: March 2024 Reviewed: Mar 13, 2024

Email Dominique  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Amazing day trip to Ngorongoro
5/5

I made a day trip to Ngorongoro departing from Arusha. Omar was our driver and he did an excellent job. The roads inside and outside the Ngorongoro crater area as well as the 4x4 vehicle used were modern and comfortable. We had been a group of 8 people in the car - some of them were on a multi day safari. I met the others of the group for breakfast in a town close to the crater. We entered the crater at about 9.30 am and left at 4 pm. That gave us enough time to see many birds, zebras, wildebeests, bonobos, … and all the animals of the big five except for the leopard. The scenery of Ngorongoro in itself is already worth the visit. Having our picnic with delicious food at a lake was just the icing on the cake.
When I come to Tanzania in a few years, I would go to the Ngorongoro crater with Mafie Adventures again.

elodie   –  
France FR
Visited: April 2024 Reviewed: Apr 3, 2024

Email elodie  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Great day
5/5

Great day, the guide was on time, and friendly, good atmosphere and the meal was very good. Everything was fine . Thank you so much

George   –  
United States US
Visited: February 2024 Reviewed: Jun 10, 2024

Email George  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

The review below is the personal opinion of George and not that of SafariBookings.
Nice safari, but the overall interaction with the company was terrible.
1/5

The safari was a great experience, however, the experience outside of that was horrendous. The tour operator that we dealt with was very inconsistent and unreliable, not keeping agreements that were made prior to travelling to Arusha. Following from that, there were certain shady behaviours that were displayed throughout the experience, such as never confirming transfers post-safari, demanding cash the night prior to the safari (rather than at the beginning of the safari - as agreed upon), intimidating us on the way to the airport, asking for a sum of cash for the transfer to the airport, even though it was agreed that this sum was apart of the lump value we paid prior to the safari. All these actions left a blight on what was a great safari, so if you can go with a better operator I would highly recommend that for a bit of peace of mind that it may go a bit smoother.

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