BR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fraud
We booked a 4 day safari with Mr Otieno on May. It was supposed to start on August 4 at 8:30.
We kept contact with him throught email until August 31. On August 2 we tried to contact him without success. The website was off. All the telephones off. We read coments on trip advisor and safari bookings that he disappeared since August 1.
Today he didn’t show up to pick us up. We are going to the tourists police.
FI
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
very interesting new experience!
Safari and game drives was very new adventure for us!
Jacob the organizer put all our needs and wishes in to a same package. Arrival and departure hotel, tented camp accommodation, transportations and safari game drives. Thanks for that! Everything went just how discussed and communication before and during the trip was fast. Tented camp was great, with those silly staff people and our driver Isack many thanks for him for teaching us a lot about animals and their life but also telling about local people life, culture and history. Isack was just right guide for us, although he learned Finnish very slowly :) Arrival and departure hotels was B&B so they were what they were.
One star we have to take away, the reason really is the cost. Safari is quite expensive. And we never really got a clear idea of what the sum consists of. Afterwards, I wondered if I had paid too much, too little or just right. Well, usually you can't make new adventures without money.
DK
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fantastic 3 days safari in Selous
Me and my family had an excellent communication with this company before deciding to go on safari. This clear communication was key for us to secure the expectation alignment on forehand. We had a detailed description of all 3 days: First day, river boat safari, second full day of private game drive and third day walking safari with a bushman.
The trip fullfilled all our expectations.
We saw a lot of animals, and our driver, William, made sure our safari trip already started from Dar Es Salaam and ended here, spiced up with all his knowledge about Tanzania. The villages and the landscape driving to the nationalpark was spectacular.
Ngalawa camp is basic, but beautiful, as we had hoped. Clean tents with toilet and shower. The camp will soon be equipped with a swimmingpool, but this was not ready yet.
Food was local and delicious, “far better than what what we expected” - qoute by our kids, 17 and 8 years old.
We will recommend this tour to everyone.
IL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful 4-days family tour with Hans!
Just came back from the best family trip trip I ever had. Hans was the best guide you can dream of. Knowledge, care, organized, trustable and more... The most nice guy we met in Tanzania. Was worth every dollar we paid.
LK
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
It's simply amazing. Worth every single USD we paid for the safari
Great communication. Service was More than expected. Our driver usuf was amaizing
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fake company
We booked in June for a 5 day safari in the mara. The communication was poor but they did answer the questions. Soon the day nobody turned up so we rang the company. They said that there had been a problem and that there would be a taxi picking us up to meet them at Maai Mahui. The taxi took us to where we were to meet the guide but they never turned up. We had to pay the taxi and we were stranded in the middle of nowhere. The company turned off their phones not long after we arrived at the meet point. The police have said that this is most likely a fake company with fake reviews. DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY.
IL
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The Trip of a Lifetime
I felt compelled to sit down and write this review right away, while the impressions and memories of our amazing 7 day safari trip in Tanzania are still fresh in my mind.
We were a group of 10: ages 9-78, some of us with sever life-threatening food allergies. That being said, you can imagine the concerns and complexities involved in the preparations for this trip, that took us to Manyara, Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Tarangire.
However, all of our concerns disappeared the moment we landed and met our two wonderful guides: Amani and Rajabu. From the moment we met them at Kilimanjaro airport and throughout our entire trip, these two spared no effort to make our trip an unforgettable experience and a complete success.
We felt welcomed, safe and happy knowing that we are in the capable hands of Rajabu and Amani. They took care of everything! From insuring our food is allergy-free all the way to somehow managing to arrange for a pair of forgotten headphones that were left behind in one lodge, to make it all the way to our next stop-without us knowing about it, or even telling them we’ve lost it...
Amani and Rajabu’s hospitality and attention to details can only be matched by their professionalism when it came to the safari itself. We got to see a huge amount and variety of animals, including rare sightings of a leopard and cheetah with cubs from very close range. Their insights and guidance regarding the things we saw were very rich, interesting and helpful.
A good guide makes all the difference when it comes to trips of this nature, and in our case we couldn’t have wished for better ones than Amani and Rajabu.
Our accommodations were also great. The cars were comfortable and very clean (thoroughly washed at the end of every day) and fully stocked with a fridge loaded with cold water, electricity sockets etc.
I warmly recommend Friendship in general and particularly Amani and Rajabu to anyone who is interested in experiencing Tanzania at first hand in the best possible way.
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
DURING MY VACATION
i was on vacation march this year was really enjoy with my family by Faustin Tours we go Zanzibar and Mikumi national park, the servive was very good, enjoyable and comfotable time during all time we visit Zanzibar and Mikumi Natinal park from the all hotel resort food transport and communication was exellent, experience drivers and guide during transfers and excursion during all time on my vacation with my family create a good memorable vacation
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Adventure of a lifetime!
Highly recommended Safari tour!! We had the most amazing time on this 8-day-7-night tour. We were three families (11 in all, including 7 adults, 1 teen, and 3 kids) split between a minivan and a land cruiser. Both our guides were great - Kevin was easy to talk to, and very accommodating of our needs, and Anthony was knowledgeable and chatty. They were great at keeping in sync with each other's vehicles as well as at networking with other guides during each of our game drives and ensured that we saw all of the big 5 and the ugly 5 over the course of the tour (Samburu, Ol Pejata and Mara)! The hordes and hordes of wildebeest and zebra crossing a ravine was a remarkable and unforgettable sight.
A big shout out to our tour organizer, Malini, who was a super reliable contact point, and put together a great itinerary for us, that also included Nyahururu (Equator crossing) and Lake Naivasha (where we saw hippos and a ton of birds). Each of Simba lodges at Samburu, Lake Naivasha and Masai Mara were comfortable and catered to our dietary restrictions (with the one at Naivasha offering water bucks right within the confines of the lodge!). Serena house at Ol Pejata was beautiful and gave us an opportunity of seeing animals from our dinner table, and the Panari resort was just awesome! With Julia's camp in Mara being the icing on the cake - the tent experience was superb.
We were all impressed with Malini and Mwema, including the littlest member of our group - my 5 year old niece - who had a wonderful time.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Trip of a lifetime
We had the most amazing and unforgettable safari experience with Seven By Far. Sylvester made the booking an easy and straightforward process, and communication was always friendly, prompt and informative. He was also very flexible in arranging our itinerary, allowing us to tailor aspects of the trip to our interests - nothing was ever too difficult!
We did a 20-day private safari through Kenya and Tanzania covering the following parks: Samburu, Ol Pejeta, Lake Nakuru, Lake Bogoria, Lake Navaisha, Masai Mara, Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Lake Manyara, Tarangire, Amboseli. We opted for 4x4 Landcruiser with pop-up roof, and found the vehicles to be comfortable, well-maintained and perfect for game viewing. We were so lucky to have seen so many animals, many up close (including the big five, multiple times over).
We had three guides over the course of our trip - Hassan, Alpha and Peter. They all had great local knowledge and went above and beyond to make sure we got the most out of our experience. We developed a great friendship with our guides which made the trip even more memorable.
We were also very happy with our accomodation (which was a mix of tented camps and lodges, all with great food) and felt our package was excellent value for money. Everything was so well organised, and the trip ran completely seamlessly from start to finish. We felt completely safe at all times and were blown away by the kindness and hospitality of the Kenyan and Tanzanian locals.
We are grateful beyond words to Sylvester and our guides for the experience. It was the trip of a lifetime and we couldn’t recommend Seven by Far Safaris more highly. We will be telling our friends and family to book the same trip, and encourage all to add this to your bucket list!
