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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic tour operators - highly recommend!
I took a 4 day safari through the Serengeti and Ngorongoro crater with Soul of Tanzania tours and had an excellent experience!
My group had a delayed flight and had to shift our entire safari start/end time back by a day (separate note - Qatar airways has terrible customer service - do not use them if you can avoid!). Soul was extremely quick on response time through the ordeal and managed to rebook our entire trip on extremely short notice. They didn't charge us a penny for all the rebooking, and they frankly saved the entire trip.
The trip itself was excellent. The hotel in Arusha, as well as the two tented lodges we stayed in were across the board perfect. The food in the lodging was great, and they accommodated all of our special dietary requests.
Our guide, Pius, answered all of our *many* questions, and did an excellent job spotting animals and navigating throngs of safari vehicles to get us the best possible views.
It's difficult to distinguish between the many options for tour operators, but we would highly recommend Soul for a few specific reasons:
* Extremely fast response time in communication - this was critical during our travel issues
* Delicious food - other operators provide boxed lunches while out on game drives, but Soul provides hot meals. We were the envy of all other tours!
Thank you Soul for an unforgettable week!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A unique experience! Best Safari
Jambo Jambo!
We booked the tour 5 days living among lions. Our guide Kennedy was super friendly a fantastic driver and an extraordinary safari guide. Kennedy has years of experience and every other guide comes to say hi to Mr Kennedy he knows how animals are going to behave and were they will probably be. The entire team of soul of tanzania has made this Safari the trip of a lifetime they are professional, quick to respond and take care of every detail. There are many company out there but if you want to have a fantastic experience go with Soul of Tanzania
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Magical, unique and perfect safari experience
My husband and I booked the Living Among Lions experience, as we wanted to celebrate our anniversary with a completely different trip.
This safari tour was incredible, 100% perfect. No errors, no mistakes. They know what they are doing. From the beginning when we approach Soul of Tanzania, the booking team was kind, polite, fast, and helpful. The experience with our Django Master; Kennedy was superb, he has an impressive knowledge of the parks, animals and also experience when driving, as a tour guide and as a local. We had an amazing time during the 5 days safari, we saw all the animals including the big 5: lions, elephants, leopards, rhino and buffaloes. The hotels they recommended us were impressive. We stayed at the Lake Manyara Lake camp, Pumzika Lodge and Rhino Lodge. All of them stunning, and in perfect conditions. Our favourite: Pumzika Lodge, the true “glamping” experience. The food provided was delicious. The tours they recommend also very on top. All safe and with clarity in times and details. This eye-on-detail-company, has an impressive professional approach, they are friendly, organised and experts doing safaris. No doubt we have chosen the bests! Thanks you for touching our hearts!
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Trip of a lifetime!
I can’t thank Mr O enough for giving us the trip of a lifetime. His staff were amazing and everything was much better than I could have ever anticipated. Each driver we had was curtious, kind, informative, respectful and hard workers.
His patience with our changes was very much appreciated and his insights were right on. Each and every one of us were very well taken care of and we felt safe everywhere we went.
I can’t recommend him enough!! We were 4 couples and not one of us had any complaints!!
I can’t say enough to express my gratitude for his hard work on our trip. It was very much appreciate.
We went to Nairobi, Masai Mara, west and central Serengeti, Ngorongoro crater and Zanzibar.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Very nice experience
All services are nice. The guide is really nice. We saw lots of animals.
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
100% delivery as promised!
Jackie was a great contact. She was responsive and she delivered EXACTLY as she promised. No glitches and the description of everything was exactly what we received. Jackie is also a good source for everything Rwanda and Ugabda, if you want to make it a destination. We visited Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Ugabda and although the Safari in Uganda is not the Serengeti it was much cheaper, prettier and not far off. Uganda was our favorite country and we felt safe the entire time. We are a family of 6 and everyone loved the gorilla experience the most! The hike to the gorillas was easy and not an uphill. The area is beautiful and the village below is a worthwhile destination. We had 2 guides with guns and 2 porters and the gorillas were located by a team of 6 and they too had guns (to protect from wild animal encounters, which we didn't have).
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Thank you for making our honeymoon the most memorable holiday ever!
Esther organised the most wonderful holiday and honeymoon for us and our family. She worked so hard to craft the perfect experience for us that exceeded all expectation and was well in our budget. The accommodation that was chosen for our holiday was hand-picked and each location was perfect, the staff, the food, and the surroundings. We were living the dream! We had the most amazing driver - Tony - highly recommend him. He was very kind and incredibly knowledgable about where to see the animals. He would tell us a lot more about each of the animals we saw so we could fully understand how they lived in the wild and what their different behaviors meant. He looked after us very well and found us the big 5! We cannot thank Estleon Adventures enough for our honeymoon, they went above and beyond to create the most incredible bespoke experience for us on safari. Esther and Tony are brilliant and we hope you choose to safari with them- you won't regret it!
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
We had an amazing experience from Kigali to Kivu to Bwindi national park
Our guide who drove us to kivu, Kennedy was good. Then our 2nd guide Hannington took us from Kivu to Mwindi Uganda. He was very knowledgeable calm and helpful always.
We really enjoyed our gorilla trekking experience
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Tour guide n operator review
A very experienced and knowledgeable tour guide Hannington did an amazing job of managing our trip and guiding us as required and working with us to meet our changing requirements given that we were a large group.
The vehicle was decent but could benefit from some investment as we did have a low battery situation once and the vehicle needed to be pushed...part of the adventure but need not have to happen...
Hannington has great personality and is very easy to get along with and is very sensitive to people's moods and adjusting the tempo accordingly. Very important to have good EQ.
under20 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Was an amazing experience, took scenic routes across Bwindi and Rwanda, saw huge family of gorrilas
Hannington was our guide and he made sure that we had the best safari. He accommodated all our needs and took time to ensure adventure, fun, and a well worth safari.
