Anda African Adventure
- Located In:
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United States
Italy
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 2010)
- Member Of:
- TTB, ACTA, AMCHAM & Trip Advisor
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $250 to $1,000 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Irem | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
9 day Active Educational Safari with a 10 year old
sorry but i keptgetting the following error: please don’t write the review in all caps and had to make all lowercase after 10+ times trying… this was our first time on an african safari and our 1st time in the continent, but we are otherwise well traveled. i for one never wanted to do a safari to begin with, not wanting to inhale dust and get tossed around in a bumpy vehicle for days without exercise, but budged when hubby and daughter got interested and we could customize our itinerary due to the amazing anda african adventure staff. we probably worked on our itinerary for weeks and ended up combining several to come up with a 9 day pretty active educational safari program in tanzania which was very reasonably priced and the socially responsible way that anda constructs its itineraries made us feel good. zoe, christine and charina of anda are three powerful ladies who walk the talk. planning was a breeze and the physical and 7 hr time difference between mi and arusha didn't put a dent in anything. the lodging choices were perfect for us (nothing luxurious, but clean, local, and comfortable), we enjoyed every single one. our guides were wonderful, especially peter who is a great spotter on the wheel! we saw all the big five including the hard to see baby & mom rhino and the leopard. our itinerary included base camp 1 hike at kilimanjaro, running behind the hadzabe hunters, walking safari with wayo africa, several game drives in the serengeti, tarangire, and ngorongoro, and many cultural walks. we are still sorting through our 3000+ photos & videos. and yes, this one who was dead-against this safari would go back in a heartbeat!
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Email Nir | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Outstanding experience, great guide, excellent attention to details, and on top – great contribution
We just finished a 10 days Safari with Anda, which was top notch, excellent experience. From the very beginning, the communication with Anda was excellent. They helped us understand the alternative options, and conclude on what will be best for us. We had a warm welcome and the airport, and then outstanding 10 days Safari, with a superb guide and driver, who was able to find the right places and moments where we were able to spot the variety of animals from literally less than 5 meters away. During the Safari, we had a need (due to personal reasons) to change plans. The Anda staff worked diligently and found great solutions to all that was required within hours. We finished the 10 days Safari with a great satisfaction. It is also worth mentioning that Anda is involved in community work and contribution. If you want to have an outstanding Safari experience, and you are also interested in helping the community, Anda is the company to work with. Many thanks to Charina, Peter, Christine and Zoe for such a great experience.
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Email Catherine | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Great company!
When choosing a safari tour operator, I started with a list of twenty companies and Anda ended up among my final three choices. Among my firm criteria were that I wanted a company with a USA office, and would answer my emails in a timely fashion. I was enormously impressed with the cheerful detailed emails I got from Anda and their prices were great. They never pressured me and were always able to give me clear explanations and answers. In the end I eventually needed certain items/services their company did not offer and I ended up booking with a different tour operator instead. I would still heartily recommend Anda for professional, cheerful prompt service and would still happily consider them for future trips when I will have different needs during those trips.
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Email Balazs | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing Safari! Thank you ANDA!
My girlfriend and I have contacted several safari companies around Moshi / Arusha to plan and organize a 6 day safari on the northern circuit for us. From all the offers we got, we chose ANDA mostly because of the excellent email communication through which they have answered all our questions (we've exchanged about 50 emails) and helped us figure out the best itinerary for us. Of course the price offer was also very good.
Our final schedule was the following
1st day: Tarangire NP
2nd, 3rd and 4th day: Serengeti NP
5th day: Serengeti in the morning, then drive to Ngorongoro Crater Rim
6th day: Ngorongoro Crater
Regarding the schedule, we are very glad we have added an extra day in Serengeti and regret that we have only stayed a half day in the Ngorongoro crater.
We have chosen a camping safari, so 4 nights out of five we've spent in a tent.
We have paid for the safari in advance via bank transfer,it felt good that we didn't have to walk around with so much cash until our safari started.
We've met our guide Peter and chef Habibu on the first morning, they picked us up from our hotel in Arusha. Peter was an excellent guide! We have learned a lot about the national parks, animals and Tanzania in general from him. The game drives were simply perfect, he has the eye of a hawk and spotted several times animals very far away or hidden in the shrubs. Without him, we would have probably missed about 50% of the animals we've seen. He always made sure we spend as much time as possible on game drives. One day, the car's radiator had a small problem and he went to fix it before eating his lunch to make sure that we can continue in the afternoon, despite we've started at 6 AM in the morning. Also it was never a problem to drive us to a shop to buy some beers to wash down the dust of the road or to drive back and forth 10 times 1 meter just to get that perfect shot of the giraffe. :)
Chef Habibu was also doing an excellent job! The last thing I had hoped for was eating delicious food while on the safari so I was very surprised when I tasted the first dinner, which was very delicious. This became the norm after that. All the meals served by Habibu were plentiful and tasted excellent, despite the very limited equipment he had available for cooking.
It was very nice to also meet Christina at the end of our trip! She is a very kind an energetic person and she even offered herself to drive us to the bus station to buy our tickets to the Usambara mountains and Peter was kind enough to drive to the bus station the next morning, although our safari was already over.
We are very glad we've chosen ANDA for our adventure in Tanzania, and we can highly recommend them to anyone planning to visit Tanzania.
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Email Jill | under20 years of age | Experience level: first safari
We saw so many different and unique animals, for example geopard and leopard and the team is amazing
It was wonderful. Excellent food and service. A trip I will never forget.
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Email Joon | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Truly an adventure of a lifetime.
We booked a trip with Anda after reading some wonderful reviews. Turns out it was the best decision we had ever made. The three blessed ladies of Anda were ever so helpful in planning our trip and made sure to cater to our every need. We were greeted with hospitality that was well beyond our expectations.
Our guide, Six (yes that's his name) picked us up from the airport and drove us through the entire 7 day journey. He was extremely patient and knowledgeable from his numerous (he said thousands) trips to Serengeti. We were treated to breathtaking views of wildlife and culture everyday. From lions, to gazelles, right into the middle of a large herd of migrating wildebeest.
I kid not when i say there were wilderness as far as the eye could see.
Accommodations were extremely well chosen. We felt very safe and were very comfortable right up to the last day.
If I were to travel to tanzania again, I would definitely choose Anda again. (:
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Email Ashley | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing team to help plan our trip of a lifetime!
What can I say bad about ANDA African Adventures? Absolutely nothing! All I can say we had the most amazing trip of a lifetime! Our group was able to work closely with ANDA to customize a perfect trip for our budget, interests and length of time. Here's a breakdown of our trip:
2 adults and 2 kids (12/14)
6 nights, 6.5 days in mid-June 2016
Flew from Dubai to Kilimanjaro
Private tour, 4 days game drives, 2 days cultural
Working with Zoe, Christina, and Charina was delightful. Out of all the tour companies I explored, they were the most responsive, the most flexible, and the best value for money. We decided on Tanzania over Kenya (although the just a bit more $$) since we felt it may be a bit less touristy. To be honest, we only saw a few other cars per day! Except when we saw 4 cheetahs hunt an impala (yes, really!!) we were usually alone on the beautiful drives.
Overall the hotels were great- Octagon lodge with amazing food and hospitality, Lobo lodge in Serengeti on a hilltop with baboons climbing the trees 5 feet away and an amazing morning sunrise, and the Rhino lodge with Cape buffalo grazing just yards away from your room's back porch!
On tour, we were lucky enough to see 4 of the big 5 except the leopard. Our guide for the week Athuman was very professional, fun, and patient with all of our photo stops. He comes highly recommended! On the tour, the Serengeti was amazing but my personal favorite was driving down into Ngorongoro crater. Talk about beautiful!!
We all wanted to do something active on one day of the tour, and ANDA didn't disappoint! Our guide for the day Bruno was fantastic! He took us through the village where he is from and we got to walk through the back streets, meet some local children, visit a school, drink banana beer, eat a home cooked meal in the banana groves, and end with a great canoe trip with local fishermen!
When it comes to booking an African safari, you want to make sure you go with a trusted company, with tested itineraries, and great customer service since this is both a once in a lifetime trip for most, and one in a location that is much different than western countries. Ask questions, ask for ideas, and get creative together for a perfect trip.
Asante ANDA! Thank you for an outstanding experience!
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Email Lisbet and Hans | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great Safari combinated with socially conscious projekt and local culture.
ANDA's team, communication was very good from the start, they provided the most detailed itinerary and responded quickly on our question's. Guide Peter were waiting at the airport upon our arrival. Peter is a great guide and is a talking book learned us alot about all animal's, plant's, tree's. He was punctual and a great driver taking us safely around on all various paths.It was a great safari. After the safari we got to visit a local Moshi organization Tafcom, that help poor and vulnerable people. This was very interesting and by diffrent project, as give children education, famely's get micro loan so they can start some businiess. We also visit the local Chagga people, residents around Kilimanjaro's foot. All accomonodation's Anda provided was excellent so even the food. We are very pleased with our trip as Anda provided and also special thanks to Charina, Christine and Zoe for all.
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Email Torbjörn | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing awesomeness
I dont know what to say excellent simply is not enough to describe how great i Think my safari was!!!
It started with the superb customer service Before the safari even started!!!
The office team of zoe and christine is great even the most trivial question is awnsered with speed :)
Then my parrents arrived and of we went on the safari our guide was very good and knowledgeable.
On the second day we had 2 flat tires in a day but this was trivial matters.
Because on this day and the days following i got to see lions hunting, cheetas killing an impala i got up close and personal with lions on a walking safari.
with up close i mean 10-15 meters closer to the cubs cause we noticed the lions late and they saw us late wich meant we got charged by the lioness wich was freaking awesome abit of an adrenaline rush there!!!!
We also went to tafcom an Tanzanian run ngo wich does great work in the poor part of moshi.
we also went for a day trip up towards the start of the kilimanjaro hike on that day christine and zoe joined us it was so much fun.
The Point i´m trying to make at some length is it was freaking amazing use anda!
Have a nice day :)
Regards Torbjörn
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Email Jorge Suárez | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Solo latinamerican in northern Tanzania and Kenya
I Was a solo latinamerican traveler from Costa Rica, Anda gave me the best price for a Budget /camping Safari /Kilimanjaro hike and Nairobi Kenya (x8 days ) personal designed with a lo of help from Anda. The out come was beatiful feelings and pictures of contact with nature. In camping nights at Serengeti we had hienas aproaching near by.
I had the best guide! Gleizer, made friendship with him and the cook ÑaPuta, so we had great dinners and lunchboxes. Totally recomend Anda, they made a great job.
Saludos desde Costa Rica.