EE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Thank you!
Our (Erle, Anneli, Aivo, Kalmer) safari took place in January 2024. We were very satisfied. The kids, the cook and the driver were great. We saw most of the animals we hoped to see. Thanks to Ene for a correct and meaningful safari!
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DK
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Well organized safari tour
We were very happy with our trip and were glad we booked with Siafu Tanzania Safari.
The safari tour was really well organized, everything has been taken care of: game drives, accomodations, food. We did a private safari and our driver did everything according to our wishes and needs. We saw amazing animals from super close, had nice lunches in the nature and we also liked staying at Osero Tented Camp and Hhando Lodge, both of them was very clean and the food was delicious. We would highly reccomend Siafu Tanzania Safaris to anyone!
EE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Professional
All the tour was very professional!! Guide Adam was amazing! He answered any questions what we ask and knows everything! History, biology etc… They care all of us very good. We seriously recommend Siafu Tanzania safari tours !
Eeri
CH
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
the team was very curteous and answered our questions quickly.
The whole experience at Mikumi was unique! Our driver and guide Junior absolutely exceeded our expectations. His knowledge of the animals on the safari was impressive and his fun and open manner made the experience even more enjoyable. The other guides were also very helpful and made our time at Mikumi unforgettable.
RS
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Zero star
I hope you guys who are interested in traveling in Uganda find this review useful and won't make the same mistake as me and my friend did. In this review i will share the part of my experience with Karumuna Safaris and it's owner Richard who we believe is a fraud and a thief.
From the first moment i contacted Richard he was very fast in answering my mails and whatsapp messages,which i liked because that is how an agency should behave with clients. I applied for the journey inDecember and was supposed to arrive in Uganda in March!! It was like that until the moment I paid him the 50% down payment which he requested because he wanted to make sure the gorilla tracking permits are secured. The same story was with my friend who applied for the trip one month after me. The moment I paid him the money, no answers no mails, nothing! Every info I needed I had to wait 3 or 4 days for a response i called him and told him this is not professional. I asked him to make me another trip plan because i had less days in Uganda because of my ticket.
He sent me the plan 2 days before my trip and also found a guide for me and my friend day before our arrival. When we arrived and gave him the rest of the money the problems started. In the Lodge in Queen Elizabeth our guide approached us and told us thar Richard had an accident and hit the boda boda (motorcycle taxi) with his car and the motorcycle driver didn't survived so Richard was detained in prison. My friend and me were concerned but as the gorilla tracking was approaching i was starting to be suspicious about everything because Richard couldn't be reached on any phone and they apparently didn't know which prison he was detained and he was the only one who knew where the gorilla permits are. Our guides brother was searching for permits in his office and he was able to find only one permit. This one permit was paid on March 8th the day we arrived! And he told me in December to pay so he can secure the permit. At this point we knew that we were scammed! With the help of our guide Herbert we managed to pay for another permit 700usd because we came in Uganda specifically for the gorilla tracking. Richard was not answering any calls from our guide and the warden in the gorilla tracking office told us that he know Richard and that the chief of tourist operations in Uganda are awared that he scammed people before.
There was a lot more happening which I could write and if anyone is interested in hearing this can contact me.
This is not a fake profile, which he claims on other reviews of people that were also scammed and according to him want to damage KARUMUNA SAFARIS reputation. If you look the negative reviews it was never his fault!! . The ranger in Kibale national park told us that his driver by the name Dona went to Chimpanzee tracking with fake permits left the clients there and ran away with the car keys. If you don't want things like this to happen to you avoid Karumuna Safaris and Richard.
God sees everything, if Richard is really in prison he should stay there. But if he lied about hitting someone with his car in order to get 700usd speaks volumes about him as a person.
I tried to attach valuable photos (the payment of the permit,screenshots of our chats and more) but the site won't publish them, so if anyone needs to see them I can send them.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A great safari experience
I had a great experience with Asante Bibi. Straight from my delayed arrival at the airport right up to arranging a flight directly to Zanzibar from Mikumi Godfrey was super helpful and accommodating, I couldn't ask for more.
My experience was split between a games drive for one day and another day hiking the waterfall trail in the Udzungwa mountains. I saw so many amazing animals and landscapes over these days that will last a lifetime and gained so much insight from the helpful guides.
I would highly recommend Asante Bibi to anyone looking for a wonderful safari experience in Tanzania.
FR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great guide
Great hike specially if you want to prepare for Kilimanjaro. Izack is a great local guide, taking care of all the logistics ensuring a smooth trip.
HU
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Exellent program organizer!!! He organizes anything,even connected tours,and takes you almost anyhe
We participated in a series of excellent programs. He was happy to answer any questions we didn't understand and explained. He fulfilled all our extra requests. He always showed up and waited for us at the pre-arranged time, but rather before. During our travels, we had no problems and got to excellent accommodation and restaurants with his help. In fact, we can have dinner together with the locals as expats.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
The best tour guider😘
Thank you so much for your help in organising our Mombasa trip. We had an absolutely fantastic time at The Reef Hotel, helped by your company's great staff.
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
This was an experience of a lifetime thanks to Richard!
My group and I came to visit for a week and from the airport pickup to drop off on the last day we enjoyed. Richard was very pleasant and knowledge. We had many things we wanted to experience and he was patient with us and made provisions for us to see everything. He communicated well and made sure that we were safe. It felt as if we had known him all of our lives. He provided us excellent customer service and always made sure that we were please. We definitely will be back and we would not travel there with another else but HEKIMA Safaris!
