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 | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great value, great quality Ngorongoro/Serengeti/Zanzibar combo tour
Maturaf and his team provided us (2 people) with a great 7 night/8 day Arusha-Lake Manyara-Ngorogoro Crater-Seregenti-Zanzibar package. He was really straightforward, flexible to listen to our trip needs and adjusted our itinerary accordingly. All of the accommodation was of high quality, exactly as described. The food and service at each hotel/lodge/camp were great. We had our own jeep and guide - the car was very comfortable and our guide was really knowledgeable, not overbearing, and very flexible and accommodating. Our hotel in Zanzibar was perfect. There is nothing I can complain about and from my research of other options, Maturaf and Regional Tours offer one of the best options for quality at a good price. Will definitely consider booking future trips when we are back in Tanzania.
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Email Gerry Melino | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
www.regionaltours.co.tz Excellent friendly organization by Maturaf Maanfou and Alex Kenga!
From Arusha we spend 9 days in Serengeti, in a tend, including also an excellent visit to Ngorongoro crater. Both were fantastic and very well organised. Hotels outside Serengeti were excellent. Visit of lions/leopards/hippos/giraffes/etc was an amazing experience.
Following that we spent time in Zanzibar, at Villa Kiva. That was a much need relax on the sea side. Also really excellent.
Strongly recommended!
Fantastic Tanzania Safari
Fantastic safari. The itinerary was perfect, our guide Emmanuel was very knowledgable and showed us all the animals. Learning about the culture through the tribal visits was most interesting. The accommodations were all great, very clean and staff were very friendly and service was excellent. Overall the trip was a wonderful new experience for us and we would recommend Regional Tours to friends wanting a safari experience. Thanks.
Email Rohit Nigam | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Well organised, friendly staff
Overall a very good experience and would recommend the company.
Took a 5 day Tanzania private tour during start of June 2016
Maturaf got in touch with us 1 week prior to the trip to confirm our flight timings etc (booking was done in April). Staff was present at the airport to help with the immigration, followed by pickup from Alex who outlined the tour while driving us to Arusha. He was very friendly and explained all the key points quiet well.
Our guide (Didas) was quiet experienced (more than 15 years in the job) and was honest about the possibility of seeing animals (he told us on day one that all the big herds have moved on and hence its all down to luck to see the main wildlife). While we were initially disappointed, we appreciated his honesty and were lucky enough to see substantial wildlife.
The accommodation provided was as stated in the itinerary and of excellent quality (in particular the tent inside Serengeti). The itinerary was very well structured and covered the major parks in a reasonable time frame.
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Email Janine | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great experience!
We did a 10 day safari and beach vacation with Regional Tours and Safaris. Although communication was sometimes slow or nonexistent, we definitely got the tour we hoped for, with no budgetary surprises. Our driver (a contractor) Athuman was very helpful as our luggage didn't arrive and we needed a few basic items before leaving on our safari. He was very knowledgeable about the birds and mammals we saw, as well as local history and languages. The accommodations ranged from basic to 5 star(imo). The tour was very well organized, no stress. We saw everything we wanted to see except rhinos. The hotel in Stonetown had a few issues, it was a spectacular historic building but our room had plumbing issues, so we were relocated to another room. The African Tulip hotel in Arusha, Serengeti Kati Kati, Tloma lodge and Villa Kiva were very relaxing after long drives. I would definitely recommend this company for anyone planning a Tanzania tour, and actually am already saving for another tour myself!
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Email Racheal-lee | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Overall our experience was an excellent one with good lasting memories
From previous travels we came with no expectations! so everything became a great blessing and experience. The communication with Regional Tours was overall very helpful. Although at times there were slow responses and follow up emails were needed, everything that was discussed came into fruition and we were very happy with all aspects of what was planned for our trip. When changes were needing to be made regarding our accommodation there was no hesitation for Regional Tours to personally escort us to new accommodations and sort out the delivery of our luggage that did not arrive with us. The Safari guide that was with us was most excellent, very attentive to what we were looking for on our Safari, engaging, good humored and very perceptive and knowledgeable. He made every effort to give us the experience we hoped for and will remember!
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Email Anne E | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great experience- great guide
Went with regional tours because others had used them. Was not disappointed. The guide we had on safari was amazing , Allen was his name, he did ever thing he could to make our experience great. He had information on hand and if he did not he found out the info for us, which he did not have to do often as he had the knowledge.
Will return to Africa again and would use regional tours with out hesitation. Our stay in Zanzibar was different would have preferred to be placed on a tour of some sort in stow town but when we got to our resort on the other side of Zanzibar it was amazing. Regional tours made sure we had transport between accomodation and all our domestic flights were sorted. Only negative comment would be that regional tours need to understand the client eg we were two single girls and twice our accommodation was not accomodating this fact but each time hotel sorted for us.
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Email Franklin | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Regional Tours & Safari organized the best experience!
My wife and I are so grateful of Regional Tours & Safaris for organizing the most memorable experience of our lives! Maturaf was very responsive and attentive to our inquiries, and Emmanuel (our guide) was friendly and knowledgeable. We were able to see the Big 5 during our safari, and driving at dusk to our tented camp in the Serengeti was breathtaking. The Ngorongoro Farm House was absolutely beautiful and hearing the wild life at night at the Ikoma Bush Camp was amazing. Our stay at the Z Hotel in Zanzibar was relaxing and a perfect way to end the trip. However, walking along the beach might be a little overwhelming. We also opted to do the Spice Tour while in Zanzibar, which was great. We would definitely recommend doing some sort of activity while on the island.
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Email Benjamin | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great value, amazing safari- saw the big 5 plus more! Guides were all great! Also went to Zanzibar.
My wife and I went on a 4 day safari with Regional Tours and then we went to Zanzibar for 4 days (also through Regional). We could not recommend Regional Tours more! Throughout the entire experience the logistical process was easy and strait forward. We used a credit card to pay (with an additional %5 for fees) and everything went smoothly. We were greeted at the airport in Kilimanjaro by our guide, Emmanuel, and from the beginning everything was taken care of!
He was our guide for the Safari portion of our trip and he was amazing. His English was great and he was an expert on the ecology and biology of the three locations (Lake Manyara National Park, Ngorogora Crater and Serengeti National Park). He was very educated and an experienced guide. He was respectful of the animals and he somehow always found the best viewing locations of the animals (we saw the Big 5 plus a lion hunt of a wildebeest). We would highly recommend him for your safari.
Our transition to Zanzibar was organized by Regional Tours and it was flawless. We took a small plane directly from the Serengeti to Arusha and then from Arusha to Zanzibar. We arrived in Zanzibar and we were welcomed by Regional staff (Omar) and he took us strait to our hotel with no problems (Blue Bay). Per our agreement, we were at Blue Bay for 3 nights and for an additional payment (negotiated upon arrival- fair price) we went to a spice farm and visited Stone Town. Everything was smooth.
This was a great way to relax after a safari. Would recommend Regional Tours for everything! What an incredible trip to Tanzania and Zanzibar! We hope to return someday.
Email Caroline and Keith | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
the most amazing holiday to date, specific to our needs
I would like to congratulate and thank regional tours for a perfect holiday. it was seamless and fitted or every needs. the guide we had was specifically chosen for his birding expertise and did not fail to impress. the safari was spectacular, (one night we had 2 lions chuffing outside our tent, another a water buffalo grazing outside. the sights and the sounds were truly amazing and our meeting with tribes too.
Zanzibar was the treat after the safari to wind down.
the whole safari and Zanzibar was seamless. Thanks so much I wish you did holidays in other parts of Africa.