NL
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great organization
We contacted Sondre in February to ask his advice on safari in Tanzania, climbing Kilimanjaro and seeing gorilla's in Rwanda. Being a group of nine persons, living in 5 different countries, wanting different things before the safari we would do together, we were not easy to manage :). We finally decided and booked in June.
Sondre handled everything very patiently and thoroughly. Very good and detailed advice and excellent service and logistics, both before the trip and during.
He advised us to do the safari in the southern, less touristic, parks of Tanzania and we are very happy that we followed his advice.
We landed in Dar (were picked up), stayed at the excellent company apartment, and were driven by Paul and Rashid to Mikumi, Udzungwa Mountains and Ruaha NP. We flew from Ruaha to Zanzibar at the end of the safari, where we were picked up and brought to our hotel by Banja.
The safari lodges (Vuma Hills, Hondo Hondo and Ruaha River Lodge) were of very good standard and served great food.
The game drives were amazing! We even saw a leopard in Mikumi, which is supposedly quite rare. Mikumi is more of a savanne, where Ruaha is greener.
We spend most of our time in Ruaha and we saw leopards and lions every day (up close and personal) and of course giraffes, elephants, hippos, zebras, bat eared foxes, jackals and many birds, big and small.
A fantastic experience!
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
First safari - the best
Helen, Tom and I went with Ernest on overnight safari and had the most amazing time. Ernest is extremely knowledgeable and informative, patient, funny and kind. He knew where to go for sightings, including wild dogs which was a really find on a first safari. Would highly recommend the company and Ernest. Thank you so much!!
FR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
My first travel east africa
I am happy to have achieved my first safari experience with you. The relationship with clients, service and value reports is ecxellent!
AT
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Perfect trip to Serengeti and Ngorongoro
The Safari was well organized - from the pick up at the Airport until the drop off in the residence. The guide was well experienced, very friendly and willing to tell us a lot of background information about the animals and the surrounding. He also leaded us successfully to watch a great variety of wild animals. Even in heavy rain showers we found good spots for observations. Meals have been good and the cook was delighted to get driven by a masungo :-). Due to park regulations it was not possible to provide this service more often :-(. The 4 wheel drive was very ok. All together a great vacation! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9WChSO-qug
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Tarangire National Park by Kaitlin
This was our first safari day and it made us feel like we were at a zoo because there were sooooo many animals and they were so close to one another. We got an amazing video of a male and female lion mating and then fighting.
NO
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Perfect Christmas and NewYears Safari with Tanzania Explorer
Last christmas me and a couple of friends traveled to Africa. The thought of seeing and experience the wildlife on the African savannah have always been a dream of mine.
We picked out Tanzania after reading online reviews about the area, the parks, the variation of wildlife and off course chances of seeing a lion.
We contacted Tanzania Explorer, gave them our ideas about the trip, our budget, the duration of the holiday and what we wanted to see and experience. After a little time, they came back to us with a plan, combining safari and high luxury at Zanzibar perfectly. Local and serviceminded guides and staff at the resorts made the safari so good. The guides local knowledge about the different parks, the animals and speaking english made the safari even better. Elephant, lions, crocodile, giraffs, we saw it all :) After the safari which lasted 5 days, we ended the holidays with 5 more days at Zanzibar. We lived at a place called Fruit and Spice which Tanzania Explorer recommended to us. High luxury, great service, food and a perfect place to start of the new year.
Tanzania Explorer provided us with all neccesary info about the trip on advance, vaccines, local currency, prepayments, what to expect when arriving at the airport in Dar es salaam and so on. I felt in control and taken care of throughout the entire trip. If you have plans going to Tanzania on a safari, I would definetly recommend Tanzania Explorer.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Serengeti National Park by Kaitlin
This was by far my favorite park! It was insane to see the sun rise and set over the serengeti! This is how I pictured a safari would be. It felt like being in our own personal lion king. The amount of animals that we saw here was insane! We saw a leopard up close...baby cheetahs played on our car...we saw a mom and baby leopard from afar...we saw baby lions everywhere and they got super close to our car many times...there were elephants galore..hippos abundantly....basically you name it we saw it! Every 5 minutes we had to stop and take incredible pictures.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Ngorongoro Crater by Kaitlin
Loved Ngorongoro! The crater itself is incredibly beautiful even if it wasn't full of animals! We saw a water buffalo be taken down by a pride of lions....incredible!
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Lake Manyara National Park by Kaitlin
We had a "poor" day in Lake Manyara in comparison to the rest of our safari days. The scenery was beautiful and felt like a jungle, but it also meant that animals were often hard to see. The flamingos were very far away to the point where you could only see them on the horizon.
AE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Thank-you Vayeni for taking our hearts back to Africa
Vayeni did an amazing job of assisting my wife in organizing the most magical surprise 40th birthday holiday. My wife was provided with great options and ideas to suit our needs which we were able to enjoy with our two young children. They provided us such professional yet at the same time such personal service from start to finish.
Thank-you again for your knowledge, passion and the best birthday ever.