Motorbike Adventure Travel
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- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 2008)
- Tour Types:
- Customizable private tours and fixed group tours
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $250 to $800 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
Email Steve | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Awesome Experience
My wife and I spent 5 weeks in Tanzania in August 2018 and it was a last minute decision to go on a motorbike tour as we had a few days available at the end of our trip. So we booked a tour with Karanga Tours for my 55th birthday with both my wife and I to ride on separate bikes. Alpha made a huge effort to accommodate our needs by lowering the bike twice for Steph but as she wasn’t confident, she decided not to ride and instead take the 4 x 4. This was also a last minute decision, but it was no problem for Karanga to organise a 4 x 4 and guide on short notice. As we hadn’t planned on riding motorbikes, I’d brought none of my gear with me and they kitted me up with all the gear that I would use at home in Australia.
We left Arusha weaving our way through traffic to fuel up for the first day’s ride. We soon made our way from the bitumen onto undulating dirt tracks. My guide Alphi was very helpful and took me on the best tracks over the Monduli mountains and down into the rift valley. The bikes are old school XR 250’s, easy to ride but required running repairs along the way. This only added to the experience as it gave us some time to stop and chat and take in this part of remote Tanzania. We had time to deviate up mountain trails for views and get close up to wildlife. We caught up with Steph at Lake Natron as she travelled via Manyara National Park. While we both had different journeys, we were given a fantastic exposure to the best of Tanzania. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Karanga Adventure Tours if you want a great motorbike riding experience.
Email Seline | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic tour from start to finish
Great to have a tour guide that made sure that our experience was fantastic all the way through. The views were amazing and it gave us an experience we will never forget.
Definitely will be recommending this tour to my friends and family.
Email Andrew Duane | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great and thrilling
Was a great experience - thanks to alpha and the team
Email Claudine Sithole | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent service, friendly staff, clean car, accommodation amazing and can't wait to go back!
AMAZING!
Amazing service from Alpha and his crew. The car was clean and well maintained. The guide knew everything about the 3 parks we went to, the animals and trivia. The service was amazing, the food was great and all the small details were looked after. We sat back and enjoyed all the amazing service, style and hospitality. So accommodation was the best I have ever had on safari and as a family we have been twice now. The accommodation was rated 4.8 stars, and it was so much more than 4.8 stars. The photos are amazing of the accommodation. Staff were excellent and loved our two kids.
Would use this service again when we go, no doubt in my mind!
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Email Derek | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Incredible way to see the country
Tanzania by motorbike is an unbelievable way to see the country. I took a 3 day drip from Arusha - Lake Natron and back, and the terrain and scenery was incredible. I've been on several traditional safaris (in a 4x4), and in those cases the journey is what you endure to get to where you see animals. But being out in nature on a bike makes the journey the highlight. Also riding next to / through wildebeest and zebra herds is pretty darn cool. If you know how to ride a motorcycle, I'd recommend a motorcycle safari hands down over pretty much anything else you can do in Tanzania.
Regarding some of the comments I've seen from others, I have a few thoughts. First off, I'm an American living in Tanzania, so I may be more more used to the casual attitude that pervades Tanzania, but which may come as a surprise to those who are used to more "polished" tour operators in other parts of the world (Kenya, South Africa, Costa Rica, etc.). That said, the Karanga organization was relatively buttoned up and professional. We didn't have any mechanical issues on our trip (a minor miracle in Tanzania). And since I live in country, I don't have any motorcycle gear with me - they had some spares lying around that worked great (full pads, helmet, goggles, gloves, boots, etc.). Not nearly as janky as other rental equipment I've encountered here. The lodge we stayed in was good, the food was great, and there was no funny business with money. They were efficient with setting up excursions on our 'off' day, and super flexible in accommodating my schedule and last-minute change of plans.
The only point of feedback i'd have for the organization is that their guides are mostly motorcycle focused (eg: bike maintenance and the route), and could use a bit of education and polish on how to lead a tour and better communicate with the people they’re leading (eg: things that are or are not necessary to pack, timing expectations, stopping for pictures, etc.).
Still, probably the best use of 3 days that I've ever had.
Email Drazen | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Tanzania
We are group of off road motorbike enthusiasts with a lot of motocross,enduro and trial rides experience .We have been riding motorbikes across many different countries like Australia,Mexico,Vietnam,Mongolia,Serbia etc .Our goal is to cover in this lifetime as much rides around the globe as possible or to have at least one ride on different continent and squeeze it between our busy lifestyle work and family obligations .This year after meeting Alfa at one of Melbourne motorbike exhibition/show he was working very hard to fulfill our requests even as we preferred specific latest model KTM's 450 he organised them as well in order to meet and satisfied all our demands. So Tanzania was on our list and to be honest we had no high expectations or better say no expectations at all....YES we did it and I can tell wow wow
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Email Emmanuel | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best trip ever!!
Many thanks to Alpha, regardless of organising the trip from Australia he had a taste of what we wished for, there are so many reasons why Tanzania is one of the most special places on earth. The landscapes are beautiful, the people are so welcoming, the food at the Lodges we stayed in Serengeti, Tarangire and Ngorongoro were top on the class ones never regretted to choose Karanga Adventure. Our guide was so incredible - so knowledgeable, entertaining, and passionate. They would explain an animal behavior, and boom! We saw exactly what they had talked about moments before.
I recommend Alphas choice for the African Safaris and we going to come next year 2020 for exploring further down of Southern Africa Parks.
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Email Andrea Mduda | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Amazing adventure
We cooperated with Karanga Tours on a 10 days trip in Tanzania. We had 13 bikers from Norway + tour leader and Karanga crew of 6 members.
We were taken of the normal tourist tracks, into the real Tanzania, crossing sandy steppes, climbing over high mountains on steep and narrow roads, eating lunch with the masasi, driving close to wild animals like Zebra, giraffe, impala, wildebeest, flamingoes and more. The adventure was rough, hot, sandy and amazing. We all made it from start to end, age between 35 to 76, and even if the bikes broke down, it was sorted by the mechanics or new bikes arrived in the evening. Mechanic stops etc just made the trip more adventurous. We do recommend Karanga Tours for this type of adventure and will for sure cooperate in future business.
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Email Lukas Pyrchala | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Trip of my life
Trip of my life, 4 motorbikes, July 2019 from Arusha to Pangwani, amazing organisation, excellent guiders and stunning experience
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Email Tomas | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
fantastic
excellent service, amazing experiences, it exceeded my expectations