Leadwood Team awaits to show you our Magical lands
Leadwood Holidays
- Office In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2019)
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $200 to $1,500 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 Carla | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Awesome African Safari adventure with Leadwood Holidays!
I highly recommend Leadwood Holidays for your Safari adventure! My husband and I spent 16 days on Safari in Tanzania with them in late November. The team was very professional, .considerate and knowledgeable. The accommodations were lovely with great service and delicious food. We got up close where lions, leopards, giraffes, zebras, wildebeests and elephants, to name a few wild animals, were right outside our safari vehicle window. We could’ve reached out and touched them. John had excellent instincts in where to find them. We saw gazelles, ostriches, secretary birds, a rhino a cheetah, warthogs, water buffaloes, hyenas, hippos, and monkeys. The vast array of wildlife and close proximity to them was beyond our expectation. I only had an iPhone camera but it was sufficient because of how close we were able to get. I have celiac disease and other food allergies and John took great care to introduce me to the chef at each hotel so they could help me to navigate the food. Elias was excellent at helping us plan the trip and customize it to our needs. He readily answered all our questions. We also visited Zanzibar with them for some snorkeling and history. Leadwood Holidays gave us personalized care the whole way through. I highly recommend them! Excellent value for your money!
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Email Patrick & Sarah | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Magnificent human experience and beautiful images in memory
Magnificent 5-day safari during which we were able to see a lot of animals and we had a great human experience with a very friendly and helpful guide in a good atmosphere.
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Email Family A. | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Best safari ever organised by Leadwood Holidays!
Everything had worked out great. Our guide (John) was very nice, friendly and had a lot of knowledge about animals and nature. He drove very carefully and we felt safe. We saw a lot of animals and always had enough time to observe them. We saw the big five. Our camps were excellent with great service and delicious food. We highly recommend them.
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Email Monsieur | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Good
Everything was beautiful
(automatic translation from French)
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Email Charlotte | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Safari
We passed 5 days with Franck, the best guide ever !
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Email Julie | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
KIND, professional and trustworthy!
We had the pleasure of going on a private 13-day Tanzania Safari that was planned by Elias and guided by John. Elias went above and beyond in terms of planning, answering questions, and making suggestions and adjustments to our custom itinerary. We had previously been on Safari so we had an idea of how things worked and what we wanted to see, but Elias’s expertise was invaluable in planning a route that would take us through all of the areas we wanted to visit while minimizing travel time and distances in between accommodations. Our accommodations were a mix of lodges and tented camps, depending on the locations, and all of them exceeded our needs and expectations of amenities, comfort, dining and staff. It’s obvious that Elias has a trusted network of partners that he has built relationships with.
John quickly transitioned from guide to travel companion. It was easy to see his passion for where he lives and what he does as he pointed out wildlife and scenery, looking up anything we had questions about in the reference books that he had brought along. John took us to well known wildlife viewing locations, as well as a few of his favourite quieter spots, expertly navigating us from one destination to the next. John’s knowledge and familiarity with the parks, and his keen eye, allowed us to see everything that we were hoping to see, and more. We sat and observed the animals, birds and trees for as long as we liked, never feeling rushed, only grateful to be in such good hands. He also picked the best spots for us to enjoy our picnic lunches. John guided us seamlessly through every transition, from Park gate entries to check-ins at accommodations and domestic and international airports. He simply did all of the thinking for us.
Each park was worth visiting for its own special reason, but our hearts will always remember walking amongst giraffes in Arusha National park; having breakfasts next to the elephants of Tarangire National Park; the birds, plants and trees of Lake Manyara; the abundance and diversity of wildlife and ecosystems in the Ngorongoro Crater; and the serenity and vastness of the plains of Central and Northern Serengeti, where we were lucky enough to see the Great Migration and two river crossings!!
Elias and John are kind, professional and trustworthy. Planning an adventure of this scope and cost mostly by email can be stressful, to say the least. Elias answered every question promptly and thoroughly and walked us through every single step. Once we saw John smiling and waiting for us in the arrivals area at Kilimanjaro airport, we knew that we had made the right decision to invest our time and money with them. We are so grateful to them both for the adventure of a lifetime and hope to travel with them again (and again) in the future. Thank you, Elias and John!!
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Email Bichouard | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing safari
We passed 5 days wonderful with ours vers kind guide Innocent
Asante sana
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Email Deborah | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Magical Safari
We spent 6 days on a spectacular safari under the guidance of John from Leadwood Holidays. We saw over 40 animals and countless birds. Animals were so close to our truck that we could almost touch them. The experience was beyond our expectations. John was knowledgeable, punctual, professional and an exceptional guide. I also used Leadwood on side trips to Kilimanjaro and Arusha Park. 10/10
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Email Yvette | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
John is EXCEPTIONAL!
Got back from Tanzania one week ago. THANKS to John at Leadwoodholidays for this incredible experience.
We saw tons of animals, UP CLOSE. Real close!!
African cape buffalo
Zebra
Warthog
Black and white Colobas monkeys
Heron
Blue Monkeys
Baboons
Giraffe
Water buck
Pink Flamingo 🦩
Bush buck
Ostrich
Impala
Lion
Elephant
Grand Gazelle
Mongoose
Wildebeest
Vultures
Maribe stork
Kori Bustard
Hyena
Grand Gizelle
Hippo
Ginny. Fowl
Secretary bird
Serbok cat
Leopard
Crocs
Southern ground hornbill
Hartebeest or Heartbeast
Big bats
Dung beetles
Crown crane
Secret Ibis
Amaco
Spoonbill
Rhino
Pelicans
Yellow bill stork
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Email Chelsea | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Professional, patient, knowledgeable
We spent a week in Tanzania exploring the Serengeti and Ngorongoro crater and it was truly an unforgettable experience thanks to our guide John. His knowledge and experience went above and beyond expectations - he was patient, professional, and a joy to be around as we got up close to so many animals and saw everything we dreamed of seeing (including the rhino!!). I would go on this trip again in a heartbeat and 100% recommend Leadwood Holidays if you’re looking for the most amazing safari experience!
