50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Awful vehicle
After checking potential tours and their providers through the African Safari website, my husband and I recently booked a 3 night, 4 day safari tour to Selous and Mikumi with African Sunrise Travel. Their price was USD 980 (incl bank fee) per person +USD40 for the driver-guide, similar to other quotes we received.
Not everything was as described ( e.g., the Mpingo Lodge did not have WiFi), but the vehicle was a modified Landcruiser. However, we needed two vehicles: the first one was ancient (mid-eighties?) and a complete wreck. Rundown, inside and out. No thread on the tyres. Dangerous and not road worthy. It broke down within 15 minutes, and we had to wait for an hour before we were back on the road again with a replacement car.
The second vehicle was also very old but marginally better, at least the tyres were good. However: the air conditioner was not working, and therefore we were exposed to breathe in dust for most of the journey from Dar Es Salaam to Selous and from Selous to Mikumi (I am not referring to the game drives!). Our near new suitcases, other luggage items and ourselves were coated in a thick layer of dust. Nothing worked on the instrument panel. The odometer’s reading was stuck at 467000 km, no idea when that was. The seatbelts were only lap belts and therefore inadequate. There were no hand grips to hold onto.
In short: the tour was uncomfortable, unhealthy and unsafe.
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
My Heart is full with Happy World Safaris
My Son and I spent a week in the jungles and national parks in Tanzania. We saw all the Big 5 animals (including 1 of remaining rhinos in the country) and countless other animals. We slept in tented lodges, used "bush toliets," and solar panel for electricity. The animals were fun to see, but it comes as no surprise, meeting the local people was my favorite. We visited several tribes and played with the little children. My heart is full. It was an amazing time to spent with my wonderful son.
Joseph the Owner of Happy World Safaris was so special in making our trip a remarkable one, replying all our emails, the information offered was precise and very resourceful for our trip. Joseph who was our guide on safari too, was very Professional, Knowledgeable on Wildlife, Culture, Landscape and many other, He real took good care of us and with very good communication skills with the Local People. We had Johnson whom was a wonderful Driver driving us through tough roads, well familiar with the park, humble person and very knowledgeable. Every time traveling with my family on any country we prefer to eat on an America Big Restaurant and Joseph took us to Pizza Hut Arusha where we had a chance to meet Joseph's Wife and Johnson"s Wife, we had another interesting moment before flying out back to USA.
Joseph and Happy World Safaris I rank them the best (5 Star) and I highly recommend them to all who are planning a travel to Tanzania.
Amna
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
nice tour
Maryo tours Highly Rated
Our time in Tanzania was great and our guide Innocent i and the rest of the crew were amazing during our climb. The food was wonderful a and abundant and the crew made us feel really important. Their interaction with us made the trip more interesting and we couldn't have succeeded without their help.
Larry the waiter was great about teaching us Swahili and Danny our lead porter took great care with set up each day. I am still amazed at the way this group of men took such good care of us. They even sang to us on our last night as a celebration of our making it to the top, it was so fun at a time when we were totally exhausted.
CN
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Wonderful birding trip,including mammals exciting playing in the wild
It's a wonderful birding trip,21-day. Thanks lot to Joseph,our birding guide.We've got more than 480 bird species and more than 50 mammals,6 reptiles. We espcially had deep impression about various behaviors from Lions,Cheetals and Leopards. Joseph is very sensitive with the bird's sound. He is a very professional birding guide in Kenya and familiar with the birds site.
Joseph and his colleges, the drivers, Antony and David, give us kindly service. The arrangements are very good,I especially like the arrangements in Rondo Retreat and Massi Mara.
Wish we could have chance back to Kenya! Best wishes to you all!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Chaz Tours is a prolific planner and organises lifetime memorable trips
Chaz tours organised a two tier tour for me and my visitors from the UK 6 days in Kenya and 8 days in Namibia. From the excellent planning and communication to delivery of the trip, we enjoyed ourselves to the brim. I can safely say this is the best trip of our lives. Memorable and delivered with care and skills. My friends were thrilled with game drives in the Mara, the train ride through the famous Tsavo game park only to be awestruck by the blissful beaches on the nothern coast of Shanzu.
For me the trip through Namib desert, the sand dunes and the out of this world scenery just became my most memorable trip ever. I will definitely go for more tours with Chaz tours and thank the amazing team. I highly recommend Chaz Tours, good job they are doing!
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
The Expert Holidays arrangement was awesome!
The Company has a very well organized way of treating its clients to meet their holiday expectations. They are very well concerned about each part of a promised deal from the very first day till the end of the tour. I did book my family Zanzibar holiday tour and all of us had a wonderful time at the Island of Zanzibar. The hotels we stayed were very good particularly Gold Zanzibar Hotel and the staff are very friendly to the clients particularly to our children. We will definitely book again with The Expert Holiday whenever we go back for another holiday in Zanzibar. We had a very nice and thorough explanation about the history of Zanzibar by our guide Mr. Muharam starting from slave trade,Colonialism till today,the several activities offered such as snorkeling,Diving,swimming with dolphins,sand bathing at Nakupenda beach,Prison Island,spice tour,evening tour at Forodhani garden etc etc. All in all a visit to Zanzibar Island is one of the Earth's paradise visit one should never miss out!
Thank you very much The Expert Holidays for making our dream come true. Please keep up the good work in treating your clients very nicely.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing tour with an amazing company!
Natural World Kenya Safaris did an excellent job of making arrangements for a friend and myself to go on a 3-day trip to Masai Mara. Communication with Pauline was detailed and prompt and she answered all of my questions. Our driver was right on time, giving us a call just before arriving. We had an amazing safari with a very professional and knowledgable driver. Our accomodation was the "economy" choice of the Enkorok campsite. Economy is not the word that I would use, but rather luxury tenting; it was fantastic. The tents were spacious, clean, and the food was excellent, especially the soups! Our driver was able to find an incredible number of animals and coordinated with other drivers to find the more rare ones like a leopard! I have been on safaris with other companies, but so far Natural World Kenya is the best one without a doubt.
NZ
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Karl from DA certainly hit the nail on the head with our itinerary. Perfect
Karl's communication was faultless, he replied immediately with information to our Questions. Everything from the vehicle, driver, accommodation, meeting and greeting, food, company, safari our tour was everything and more than we expected. We had the most amazing and memorable time ever. David Anatory our driver was perfect, his communication, his safe driver with a little adventure every now and then :) made the trip for us. He certainly picked up our vibes for what we liked and what we didn't want to experience. We enjoyed his sense of humour, knowledge of and passion for Tanzania. I could go on and on forever about our experience. We rate it 100 out of 100 and if we could afford it we would definitely do again. Thanks DA your great, but a special thank you to David, see you in NZ sometime soon.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Reliable and efficient;We loved it!
They communicate effectively and provide prompt reliable service.They exceeded our expectations on the trip.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Tanzania safaris and Kilimanjaro Climbing from Kenya
We partnered with Africa Endless Cruising from Tanzania, they have been handling our Clients safaris and Mt Kilimanjaro Climbing trips in Tanzania for the past 6 Months, All trips went on well it’s been amazing! Chacha is a very experienced in Advising us, Tailor making Programs and organizing the Safaris and he does very well making sure the Itineraries are professionally executed. Excellent Safari and Mountain Guides. I highly recommend Africa endless cruising
James Kariuki Tour Agent at Arch Treks & Safaris- Kenya