Good Earth Tours & Safaris
- Located In:
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United States
Canada
- Size:
- 20-50 employees (Founded in 1995)
- Member Of:
- ASTA, TATO, IMEC, BBB & KPAP
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $220 to $550 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Alex | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Committed to serving their clients
We had a most wonderful experience with Good Earth Tours in Tanzania in October 2016. First we did a 4-day climb of Mt.Meru, then a 9-day-climb of Kilimanjaro via the Northern Circuit route, and finally a 3-day "comfortable camping" safari to Tarangire and Ngorongoro, and before, in-between and after each trip we always stayed in the Planet Lodge in Arusha. We were a group of 4 friends on the first and last trip, with a 5th friend joining us for Kilimanjaro only.
When planning the trips, I asked for an offer including the Northern Circuit route on Kilimanjaro, and even though it was not officially mentioned on the website, I soon got a good offer which we were happy to proceed with. On the trips, everyone was always committed to serving us in a great way, always cheerful and eager. We were well-supplied with good food, especially the warm meals were very delicious, so we did not need most of the snacks we had brought along ourselves. Needless to say, we all made it to both summits. The Northern Circuit was a great experience, we were able to avoid all crowds for at least 3 days, being totally alone then.
Our safari guide was extremely knowledgeable and skilled, so thanks to him we had some thrilling wildlife sightings that I believe most other park visitors miss, including seeing endangered species such as cheetahs.
We really loved the Planet Lodge that Good Earth Tours uses: the hotel rooms are actually in small bungalows scattered in a beautiful tropical garden, very peaceful.
I believe we really got an exceptional value-for-money deal with Good Earth Tours and I can highly recommend them.
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Email Yan | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Glad We Chose Good Earth
Planing a once in lifetime Tanzania trip, I was very serious. I communicated with top 8 Safari tours together, and I end up with Good Earth!
Reasons:
1. They take my time seriously
Baraka replies emails promptly, answers tons of my questions patiently.
2. They are knowledgable
After Baraka found out my expectation quickly, he gave many wise advices.
3. They offer the Best Price
I sent my final itinerary to other companies to compare price. Good Earth beat others!
4. Their local staffs are helpful
Our flight was changed at last minute, their local contact Rose was able to reschedule a pick up seamlessly.
5. Tour Guiders are well trained
Our guider Eliaza's eye are better than my binoculars! We always surprised how could he see animals were there. I am sure he can recognize hundreds kinds of animals.
Eliaza always found the best angle to stop for my husband taking pictures.
He cleaned our car everyday, and gave us the highest comfort level.
It was very appreciate that he truly respected my mom during the whole trip.g
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Email Brad | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Sensational Serengeti Safari
We just returned from our 8 day Northern Tanzania safari and the experience provided by Good Earth Tours and our guide, Prosper, from start to finish went above and beyond our wildest expectations. Prosper did an incredible job throughout the entire trip spotting animals and doing his best to get us close to the action while still being respectful of the animals. He also had a ton of knowledge about the wildlife and the local tribal cultures. We saw so many amazing sights and animals, we feel truly fortunate to have gotten to experience such a beautiful country. In fact, we were sad to leave at the end of our trip. We felt like Prosper had become part of our family and Tanzania our home away from home! Even though the roads were quite rough getting from Ngorongoro to the Serengeti (as others have mentioned) we were glad our itinerary enabled us to get all the way to the Northern Serengeti. The scenery and wildlife up there were like something out of a movie. We would highly recommend anyone planning a safari to Tanzania to make sure they can get all the way up there. Also, don't pass up opportunities to check one of the Masai or local villages as it really helped give us a sense of what life is really like for those that live in the area. If you do choose to stop, just come prepared with some extra cash as you might be encouraged (especially by the Masai) to donate to their water fund and patron their little jewelry "stores" to support the village. We chose the "Premier" level of accommodations for our trip and every place we stayed was amazing. Friendly, attentive staff, good food and amazing views at each location. Our two favorite stops were the Maramboi Tented Camp on Manyara Lake and the Ang'ata Tented Camp in the Northern Serengeti. Before our trip we thought it would be a once in a lifetime adventure, but after our time there, we're already talking about wanting to go back! Also, given everything we experienced and the accommodations, the price was beyond reasonable. Thank you again Good Earth and especially Prosper for helping create memories for our family that we'll carry with us the rest of our lives!
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Email JeanMarie | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
awesome safari experience
my safari trip with my three daughters was the trip of a life time! We went on the recommendation of a co worker because choosing a company from the many available was overwhelming and frankly scary. She did not steer us wrong. Good Earth was helpful from day one, accomodating our scheduling requests and answering all my questions. Our driver- Moses- was amazing. His English was outstanding and he was knowlegeable about all the wild life, plants and birds in the various areas. He accomodated our requests and catered to our needs. The accomodations were nothing short of amazing and staff everywhere were wonderful. we were able to see animals that we never expected- and experienced the great migration first hand, many lions and their cubs and a high point of my trip- a lion taking down an animal. I have already recommended Good Earth to several of my friends and i fully plan to return to Africa during a different season, using Good Earth.
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Email Phillip nordstrom mason city Iowa | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best trip ever
We were very well taken care of from the second we arrived. And our guide Aaron, you would be lucky to find one better! He knew everything and everyone, and he is a good person. We saw things that we had only dreamed about, got some killer photos and videos. This was a once in a lifetime trip for us and Aaron made it memorable, things we will never forget.
Incredible Luxury Adventure
From the planning phase working with Baracka to the execution phase Good Earth Tours shined in all aspects of our month plus adventure in East, Central and South Africa. The logistics, the accommodations and our guides, especially Good Luck exceeded all our expectations. We have traveled to over 50 countries around the world and there is no doubt that this trip has been our best.
Asante-sana Baraka, Good Luck and the entire Good Earth Tours organization.
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Email Loretta | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fantastic Safari in Central Serengeti
My husband and I are independent travelers having gone to Africa three times previously. We used Good Earth Tours for a Central Serengeti Safari and were very pleased with our choice. I communicated with Baraka for several months before our trip and found his replies to be fast and helpful. He even helped us arrange delivery of a suitcase of donations to Huruma Care Development in Arusha. Our guide Joseph was great at finding animal sightings, we even watched two lions take down a zebra! This whole outfit is tightly run. The local airline had a glitch with our reservation even though we had all the paperwork and Joseph had it straightened out before we barely knew there was a problem, actually got us on a plane immediately instead of the longer wait we should have had. I said to my husband, look how quick Joseph did that, I might have been looking for a sympathetic person for quite some time had I been alone.
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Email Kirstin | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An Amazing Trip from Start to Finish
My husband and I and our 8-year old daughter recently returned from an 8-day Northern Tanzania safari with Goodluck as our guide - it was from start to finish an amazing trip with seamless planning and preparation by Good Earth Tours. As many reviewers have mentioned, Good Earth is responsive and organized from start to finish. We arranged everything over email with Joyce and she was quick, informative and extremely helpful. Joyce prepared us well ahead of time and there were no surprises or hiccups at any point before or during the trip. We visited Tarangire, Serengeti, Ndutu, Ngorongoro Crater and Lake Manyara during our trip and saw everything - lions every day, cheetahs, leopards, 3 rhinos, water buffalo and enormous numbers of zebras, wildebeest, elephants, giraffes and more. Our guide Goodluck has 20 years of experience and he was incredibly knowledgeable and informative, in additional to being enormously respectful of the animals and the parks. He's also a lovely person and a wonderful companion on an 8 day trek. All the lodges we stayed at were superb, the food was good and plentiful and the facilities were excellent. For everything that is included, the cost of our trip with Good Earth was extremely reasonable and well-priced. We loved our time in Tanzania and are already talking about another safari, we would not consider going with anyone other than Good Earth! We cannot recommend them highly enough.
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Email Lori S | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
5-Day Safari
I never dreamed our safari would be as awesome as it was! And thanks go to our Good Earth Tours driver/guide - Aaron Richard. Aaron seemed to have an intuitive sense when it came to finding animals...even the elusive ones, like the rhino, cheetahs, and leopards. He has been a safari guide for 13 years, yet he seemed genuinely as excited to see the animals as we were! We saw pretty much every animal living there; we saw the Big-Five many times over! Zebra's, wildebeast, giraffe, hyenas, lions, cheetah, leopard, rhino, hippo, elephants, birds of all kinds, warthog, fox, turtle, crocs, monkeys, and more! We saw animals eating other animals, animals fighting, playing, sleeping, eating, and animals mating.
If you are going to Africa for a safari and want a guarantee that you will see lots of animals, then book with Good Earth Tours...and ask for Aaron Richard!
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Email CMP | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Good Earth provided exactly the type safari we sought and we had an amazing and wonderful experience
My husband, grandson and I wanted to use a local company for our Tanzanian safari and after researching options on Trip Advisor, we settled on Good Earth Tours and Safaris. I’m grateful that we did. Good Earth provided exactly the type of safari we sought and we had a most amazing and wonderful experience. We were able to completely customize our itinerary, so we stayed exactly the amount of time we wished in each of the four national parks we visited and were able to choose our accommodations in each of the locations (2 tented camps and 2 lodges). Our stellar guide/driver was perfect – professional, experienced, reliable and hospitable. The four of us in his Land Cruiser were a team for the duration of the safari, he handled everything perfectly and his knowledge was truly encyclopedic. Our grandson commented more than once that we never asked him a question that he didn’t know the answer. He always guided us to terrific photo locations and arranged the schedule so that we were there at the right time for the best light. The beautiful trip pictures we have are in large part because of him. Our trip truly was perfect for us and our gratitude is boundless to all the Good Earth staff involved with it. This experience always will be one of the jewels in our travel crown.
