Regional Tours & Safaris
- Located In:
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 2008)
- Member Of:
- TATO, ATA & ZATO
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $100 to $300 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Julie Schultz | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best Vacation Ever!
I cannot say enough good things about Maturaf and Regional Tours and Safaris. We had a group of six people for safari and Zanzibar trip and everything was amazing and easy from the booking of the trip all the way to the end of the trip. We all became friends with our guide, Peter who was absolutely wonderful and found the "Big 5" for us while educating us on the lay of the land. All of the lodging was top notch and in fact every day got better overall. Two thumbs up for Maturaf and our guide Peter. I will be back for another trip next year.
Email Barry | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
BIG 5 Safari - Tanzania / Zanzibar
One of our best holidays to-date. Was a little nervous at first due to booking communications (a little different to booking with your local Travel Agent), but when we arrived Emanuel (our safari driver/guide) was there waiting and ready to start our safari in Tarangire, Lake Manyara, The Serengeti, Ngorongoro Reserve & Crater. Quite a few of our friends and clients have recently been on Safari and they have commented on our Facebook photos, jealous of the quantity of wildlife we saw and great photos we were able to take. I know everyone says their driver was excellent, but by observing other drivers when the Safari Landcruisers congregate around an attraction or at the camps our driver was well suited to us: friendly, professional, knowledgable, punctual, patient and spoke good English. After an excellent Safari we spent 3 nights in Zanzibar. We did not find Zanzibar as friendly as the locals we met on Safari and were a little bored after our full-on 5 day Safari. Only one negative ...our transfer on arrival at Zanzibar was late and we got attacked by the taxi vultures.
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Email Anne | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great Safari and Beach Experience!
We had a great time on our safari. Everything went smoothly and we felt very well taken care of. We were picked up as promised at the airport and everything was provided as shown on the itinerary with no worries. All of the accommodations were clean and comfortable and quite luxurious. The service was fantastic everywhere and the food delicious. Our safari guide, Allen, was friendly and knowledgeable and made sure we saw everything and had water enough and answered all of our many questions about animals, birds, plants, etc. We really enjoyed our time with him. Our hotel in Zanzibar was very nice and although we could have booked some tours around the island we were so enchanted by the beach and village we just chose to relax. Next time we will happily try some more activities on Zanzibar. We were completely pleased with the entire experience!
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Email Amr Dalei | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great experience with a well organized and friendly tour agency.
Every moment of the trip was met with professionalism and a friendly attitude. The care to ensure a pleasant stay and experience was warming. The bookings and safaris were moments not to forget, through the serengeti and Ngorongoro reserve, as well as the lovely beaches and food in zanzibar. I recommend going with regional tours to experience the maximum of adventure, comfort and great friendly guides.
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Email Grahame | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
A trustworthy and flexible tour organisor who pulled together a super safari and beach holiday.
Maturaf and Regional Tours did an excellent job of customizing a 2 week break for us, including a safari through Ngorongoro, Lake Manyara and Serengeti with a connection to Zanzibar and a stay at a beach lodge there. He subcontracted the Safari to Savannah Tours, and safari accommodation to Tanganyika Wilderness Camps, and booked our choice of beach lodge in Zanzibar. The financial and administrative transactions were very straight forward and satisfactory, and the airport connections were faultless, with quality, clean vehicles. His service was great, right up to and including the very last day, when we changed our return travel plans, and he kindly arranged and had delivered to us, ferry tickets to Dar es Salaam without batting an eyelid.
Savannah Tours ran the safari extremely well - Emmanuel (driver/guide) was the consummate professional: punctual, friendly, extremely knowledgeable and courteous, even pressing his own powerful binoculars on us when he saw ours weren't up to the job of spotting a far-off rhino in the Crater or a leopard in an acacia tree. His Landcruiser was far from new, (and we missed the seatbelts and air-conditioning on some of the roads), but it didn't miss a beat and was clean/tidy every morning, facing the trials of the distance and rugged tracks with confidence. The Game Drives were absolutely spectacular, and he clearly knew where to find what we were looking for and get us up close.
Our only real disappointment on this whole tour was on arrival, tired and dirty after a long journey, for our first night in Arusha, at Zawadi Guest House, which proved well below the standard of everywhere else we stayed in terms of location and amenities. The staff were polite but in the face of Tanzania's (renowned) recurrent power outages, were unable to keep their generator online for most of our stay, and this inhibited, in addition to the air-conditioning, lights and beer fridge (!), the water pumps - and so the shower and lavatory flush ... First impressions!
By contrast, the subsequent, more remote accommodation exceeded expectations - Ngorongoro Farm House and Tloma Lodge were completely delightful, and the Kati Kati Tented Camp in Serengeti a truly fantastic adventurous experience. Food and staff faultless.
So overall, very happy to recommend Regional Tours and would choose them again.
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Email Arnold & Laura | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wow, what an excellent adventure!
We took the nine day Big Five tour with a stop in the Zanzibar Islands (Beach & Stone Town). First off, all of our arrangements were first rate, everyone was on time there to meet us at every stop as promised, very pleasant and easy to deal with. We requested and were lucky to get Emmanuel as our guide and driver. He was outstanding, great work ethic and genuinely caring person. Not only did we see the big five, we saw just about every animal you could imagine, Leopards, Hyenas, Cheetahs, Hippos, Crocs, Lions, Elephants, Giraffes, Gazelles, Baboons.....I could go on. Emmanuel knows where to be and when to be there and we caught some rare sightings, we came across a family of cheetah (we were very close), big prides of lions, so close that a large lioness, rested in the shade of our vehicle. We caught a couple of leopards (one youngster) feeding on a carcass that they had dragged up a tree. We even got to see a pair of lions matting (apparently very rare).
We actually spent two nights in a tent camp in the middle of the Serengeti...how crazy is that. Anyway, we never felt in danger although we could hear a hyena yelping all night. I wish we could post pictures. We have such great pictures that our friends think we cut them out of a National Geographic magazine. We are fairly well traveled but this was truly the trip of a lifetime. We then flew from the Serengeti to Zanzibar for some beach time. The resort was clean and provided great service. We met Maturaf at his office in Zanzibar and he was very friendly and welcoming. If you want to get in touch with him after you paid the deposit, best bet is to call instead of email.
Regional Tours significantly exceeded our expectations as everything was as promised, actually better than promised. Our guide, Emmanuel, was absolutely top notch. Thanks Maturaf, Emmanuel and Regional Tours for the best vacation yet!
Email Fiona | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
fantastic once in a lifetime trip
communication brilliant throughout the organisation and booking process. once deposit paid less communication but no problem as all was booked. tour was well organised and the actual guys on the ground in Arusha /Kilimanjaro were fantastic and they rearranged a few things to make the trip run even smoother . Great time of year to go saw all we wanted and great interaction with local tribes . Accommodation was outstanding and well organised with what we had arranged, great glamping!(posh tented accom) even with the close night live making a few interesting tales. Fantastic overall trip would recommended this company as they seemed to be reasonable priced for a great small group . Note need to remember to add tipping costs.
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Email David | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
We enjoyed the trip. was exciting, interesting, different from what we had done before
only before traveling we had slow answers,but they respond us all questions. The safari was very funny! we saw animals and stay in very nice hotels, and we had a very attentive and servicial driverguide,thanks Ewa Moshi!
A highly recommended trip!
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Email Tonya | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing experience and fantastic service
Just back from a mid-range Safari and Zanzibar tour with Regional Tours which is a local company. Maturaf was really helpful and his responses were timely. The price was not over the top for the tour that we got. The accommodations and food were fantastic. Emmanuel, our guide, was fantastic. We couldn't have asked for a better guide. He is extremely knowledgeable about the wildlife, birds and parks. He has the best vision and pointed out things that we could until we got the binoculars out. He went out of the way to ensure that we had the best trip and also suggested changes to the itinerary to maximize our time. Thank you!! We had the best time.
Email richard d | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
amazing safari
We had an amazing trip with this company. Pricing was competitive, our itinerary was completely personalised (response times from Maturaf were extremely quick). We stayed in amazing accommodation. However most importantly we had the best guide. Ask for Ewa. He showed us everything. We saw three different animals mating. And two 'near kills' - one cheetah and one lion. Couldn't have asked for a better trip. Thoroughly endorse Regional tours and safaris - get your trip booked you won't regret it