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35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Our safari experience can be summed up in Wild, Beautiful, Dangerous, Peaceful, Delicious
We traveled with Thomson Safaris and stayed in their tented camps. The camp accommodations were first rate and the camp staff, food, fellow travelers, guides, etc. were amazing. They really made the trip enjoyable. We were usually out on our game drives by 8am and didn't usually return until after 5pm, so we got tons of game viewing and were able to sit still for extended periods of time to just watch the animals interact. The elephants were the best.
One reason we chose Tanzania for our safari was to see the Serengeti. It was so vast; we only saw a tiny part of it and still what we saw was immense. We were lucky in that the Wildebeest herds had moved north into the Seronera region of the park because of rains that had come just before we arrived. That was a bonus, being surrounded by hundreds of thousands of animals.
The Thomson guides were excellent. We had 13 people in our group split among 3 Rovers and all 3 guides were amazing.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
shamwari
just wonderful the accommodation and other visitors were great
CZ
As wild as possible
When I was thinking about visiting Tanzania, it was primary because of marine reservation park in Mafia Island and whale sharks. But when you travel half the world you want to see as much as possible right? So visiting one of the inland national parks was obvious. And the I saw a BBC documentary about Ruaha, and it was clear as a sky where to go.
Ruaha was my second Africa national park (Kruger was the first one) and I have to say I was blown away by the nature and the wildness. Right the day when we get to accommodation we saw two lioness close to the watering hole and we where there alone. Just me and my wife, sitting silently in the car listening to the birds and the breathing of the two lioness. And then herd of elephants come to the same watering hole and drove the lions away. I guess that is what watching the wild means. During the whole week we saw around only 8 other cars cruising the park, rest of the time it was just us and plain nature. The best way how to enjoy the park is to pack some supplies, drove early morning to some place where the animals gather (watering holes, fords, pools, river) sit and watch the animals coming and going and you will be rewarded for sure. Of course you need your own car.
I have been there during dry season - November - and the temperature was enormous - 50C during the day and 35 during the night. So be aware of this while there is no air conditioning in the accommodation and zircon in the car is useless while you drive so slowly through the park that it is not working well. The accommodation is basic. We stayed in the cottages (run directly by the NP). Two rooms, toilet + shower. Price 50USD pp/pn. Yes, I know it is quite a price for basic accommodation. The cheaper type, bandas, 30USD pp/pn, don’t have toilet and shower and basically it is just a metal hut with bed. And metal hut in 50C degrees during the day quickly change in to an oven. So the accommodation and the services absolutely do not match the price, but you have to accept that you pay a lot because there is no other way. In the whole Ruaha there is no proper shop, just two dinning places, where you get mostly chicken and rice or potatoes. So if you can, bring a lot of your own supplies. The only thinks you can buy there is bier, water, coke, rum and gin. Hope they restock the rum and gin while they had only one bottles, which we bought out. And of course in the cottages there is no fridge, I never drunk so much warm bier as in Ruaha.
The great think about staying few nights in Ruaha is, that the accommodation is not fenced. So you sit a front of the cottage enjoying the view and suddenly there is a herd of kudus just five meters a front of you, or hyena. Regular guest every evening, looking for some leftovers.
You wanna stay in the wild and under proper roof at the same time? You have enough money to spent? You have your own car (our 4x4 Toyota Rav 4 was OK)? Than Ruaha is perfect place to spent few days and watch and listen.
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Review about Tanzania by cnm collection
we safaried in kenya and tanzania and enjoyed both equally
CH
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Review about Namibia by fabuloustravel
Remoteness and desert scenery are prime reasons to go to namibia. Every other place I have been to offers better Wildlife, like Kenza, Tanzania, South Africa
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Tanzania by Matthew
Iconic safari destinations like the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
ES
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Kilimanjaro Marangu Tarangine Ngorongoro Manyara
just arrived from Tanzania. We are very happy especially with choosing Kilimanjaro Brothers. We made the ascent of Kilimanjaro by the Marangu route, which was hard but very rewarding, we chose Kilimanjaro Brothers despite having read about other top agencies but was mostly a success, they treated us wonderfully, George looks like a very good person and he helped us all time before and during the travel. Our Kilimanjaro guide did not speak Spanish very well but the Safari´s, Yona spoke it very well and knew a lot of animals. Accommodations "farm of dreams" and "Planet Lodge" luxury .. Thanks George
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Trip of a lifetime! Perfectly planned as we asked, and exceeded expectations!
The trip was perfectly planned with little input from us. All of the accommodations were top notch. We wanted to have a safari as well as cultural opportunities. We saw many reserves, all selected were vastly different which kept things interesting and afforded us the opportunity to see a plethora of animals and Tanzanian countryside. Our guide was extremely knowledgable about all of the flora and fauna and the local culture in all areas. Not to mention the fact that he engaged each traveler, and met all of our individual needs. He even modified some of the routes due to the weather. We were up close and personal with all the animals! And what a driver! There were some terrible rains with roads washed out, yet he got thru them or around them. The last two nights were at an amazing lodge run by the Maasai, the experience was priceless. The whole experience was perfect from planning thru implementation. We could not have asked for more! I have already started working on a return trip, my recommendations and appreciation could not be higher.
FR
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
We are completely satisfied: compétence, availability and kindness of our guide.
It is our friends who made the reservation. I saw the exchangesof e-mail : Safari Star Tours (Roger) asked us for our wishes and realized them. This "safari operator"is well tuned in to his customers and respected its commitments. Our guide Roger made all the necessary to make us this very pleasant stay in Tanzanie.
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