50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Mr. Kombe is very experienced, friendly and great with communication.
I found Habitat Adventure Travel online after speaking with a friend who suggested Tanzania for a safari. The tour operator was great communicating what our options were and quickly provided a suggested itinerary that fit four of us. We were able to make a couple changes without any issues. We spent 5 days on safari with an experienced driver. The places we stayed, Gibbs Farm and Melia Serengeti were amazing. The safari parks and the animals we saw were extraordinary. Our guide was fantastic and the whole experience was once in a lifetime.
GH
MoAfrika tours is efficient
Tshepo our tour guide was absolutely amazing. He was so patient with good communication skills. Gave detailed information on every aspect of the tour
FR
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Zuriafrica safaris
Trip taken from October 19th to October 31st. Dennis, the owner, is fantastic. A semi-luxury safari. The safari portion was superb, the landscapes and animals breathtaking, with a private photographer. The hotels, the staff, the locations—everything was magnificent. Our French-speaking guide (Jeanette) was cheerful, and Max, the driver, went off the beaten track to give us the most secluded safari experience possible, avoiding large gatherings of vehicles. For the Zanzibar portion, we stayed in two hotels, both equally perfect. The first was enormous with no fewer than six swimming pools, a small town, and delicious meals. The second was facing the sea with two infinity pools. For excursions, we visited Snowtown with Medhi, a very pleasant French-speaking guide who taught us a lot, Prison Island with its giant tortoises, and finally, swimming with sea turtles—quite touristy, though. An excursion that was planned but shortened at our request—swimming with dolphins—I strongly advise against this excursion, which I believe traumatizes the dolphins. Too many tourists, too many boats. However, this is in no way the fault of our tour operator; we had chosen this service. Finally, the election chaos, which paralyzed the entire population, prevented us from attending the dinner boat trip and disrupted communication. But being in Zanzibar, we were able to return to France without any problems. I would, of course, recommend Zuriafrica Safaris to anyone wishing to go on a beach safari. Dennis's prices are more than affordable, and he is professional, able to resolve unforeseen issues quickly, and always available. Thank you, Dennis, to you and the staff who accompanied us, and thank you for the photographer introduction.
Katia
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under20 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Willie was Amazing
Unforgettable safari transfer experience the guide has provided
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Helpful
Had fantastic tour experience with Willy. very informative and very helpful. This was a trip I won't forget
PT
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Not well managed and will no respect to the environment
We booked the 3 day Danakil depression tour with Ethio Backpacker Tours.
Danakil depression is an incredible place, definitely worth visiting. The sights we visited during the tour were great, and our guide Aman was friendly and very attentive. Our driver was great too.
It should also be noted that unlike the rest of the group, we had to finish our tour in Semera. The guide managed to arrange a special agenda for us on the last day so that we didn't miss anything. We are very grateful for that. And the food was also very good.
However, there were many things we didn't like.
1. Gashaw told us the group size will be 15 people max, in reality because of some last minute bookings it was about 30. Which is a huge difference, we would not book it if we knew we'd be in a crowd.
2. On the first day of the tour there was some fuel issue which caused us some 4-5 hour delay. As we learned later, it could have been prevented.
3. The camping sites are very dirty with plastic bottles and other garbage. It's painful to see the nature being treated this way. Nobody seems to care.
4. Travelling long distances with 5 people per car (4 passengers and driver) is quite uncomfortable.
5. The sleeping places in one of the camps were right next to the kitchen, so when the chef started cooking at 2 am, everybody woke up. Almost nobody had proper sleep that night.
My impression is that the operator just took on more clients than they could manage properly. So maybe it was an exception and not a rule.
Throwing out plastic bottles and not cleaning the camp sites is a serious issue though. I hope they will start paying attention to this.
BR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The tour operator was exquisit
The tour operator is very understandimg and on point, Theodore is a wonderful operator when it comes to what he does.
PT
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Incredible experience. We were treated like friends, not clients
We booked a 4day tour to Bale mountains and it surpassed all our expectations. Both Getachew in Addis Abeba and Husen in Gobe were very attentive, friendly, knowledgeable and efficient. We had mind-blowing experience in Bale, saw so many wild animals, enjoyed the magnificent nature. Everything was organised perfectly, not a minute of our time was wasted. Our guide Husen knows so much about the nature and the wild life in Bale, and told us a lot about daily life in Ethiopia, too. We were treated like friends, not clients.
It was especially nice to see how much Husen cares about his land and people.
I absolutely recommend these guys to anyone who wants to explore Ethiopia. I hope their company flourishes.
SE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Super service 👍
We ordered the whole packed from Sweden. We arrived in a time when Tanzania was shaken by the aftershocks of the election that took place in the end of October.
Mwangaza Safari and Mwajabu Sultan helped us navigate through this in a perfect way. We are forever grateful.
All our trips, to safari at Selous and Zanzibar worked perfectly. Mwajabu and all her drivers and guides made our trip wonderful and memorable.
We strongly recommend Mwangaza Safari and Mwajabu Sultan
