​User Reviews – Tanzania

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Chiara   –  
Italy IT
Visited: June 2023 Reviewed: Jul 17, 2023

Email Chiara  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

The review below is the personal opinion of Chiara and not that of SafariBookings.
Very beautiful destination
Overall rating
3/5

The Ngorongoro Crater and Tarangine Park have been amazing, instead we have taken a bad decision going to Manyara lake, because we expected to find flamingos but it wasn't the correct season.

Nicholas J D'Anna   –  
Portugal PT
Visited: June 2023 Reviewed: Jul 8, 2023

Email Nicholas J D'Anna  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

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Not as great as the first time
Overall rating
3/5

Returned to Tanzania after 18 years hoping to recapture the magic. Not quite. The first time was during the Great Migration and it was glorious. Huge herds with hungry predators picking them off. This time in June it rained both days in the Serengeti, there were no real herds, and I didn't see a single kill. It didn't help that my tent was leaky or that our guide was more interested in yelling at other drivers and on his phone than being a guide. The overloaded vehicle didn't help nor did the fact that he seemed uncertain who he was supposed to take on which tour.
Also getting into and out of my Airbnb in the center of Arusha was an adventure in itself because of the awful roads, one of which was blocked, forcing us to reverse a long way.
The one highlight was Zanzibar. I stayed in Kiwengwa at The Kichwa House, a locally-owned place, for three glorious nights. The beach was gorgeous, the locals friendly, the food great.

Zeituni   –  
Kenya KE
Visited: April 2022 Reviewed: Jan 1, 2023

Email Zeituni  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

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It's a country which has honest people and a beautiful environment
Overall rating
3/5

People in Tanzania are good and they treat visitors like their king's.they have a wonderful culture and they know how to cook delicious meal, and they are surrounded with a good environment

Hugo   –  
Belgium BE
Visited: July 2022 Reviewed: Aug 29, 2022

Email Hugo  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

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Great people, great country, terrible government
Overall rating
3/5

Generally, the people in Tanzania are very helpful, friendly but poor. Corruption level is very high (especially with police and government positions). I got the impression that Tanzanian government want to keep its population poor for their own benefit. This did not feel very comfortable. Country is very rich in natural resources and has beautiful scenery, parcs and beaches. The high corruption level is a disturbing factor however

Luca   –  
Germany DE
Visited: February 2020 Reviewed: Mar 12, 2020

Email Luca  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

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The time of your life!
Overall rating
3/5

The main purpose of my trip to Tanzania was climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. But since I had few days between my arrival in Tanzania and the start of the climb I decided to book a Safari. I picked three agencies through safaribooking and asked them to provide me an offer. The reservation and payment process was quick and easy. I arrived in Tanzania on February 2nd, it was the end of the rainy season and I was struck by the beauty of the landscapes around Kilimanjaro Airport, with a wonderful tropical forest. Unfortunately along the street which takes to Arusha there were dozens of slums and unpaved roads. Arush itself is nothing special at all, but it's the perfect starting point for any safari headed to NgoroNgoro and Serengeti. I had booked a four days group Safari to Serengeti and NgoroNgoro but as I was the only one willing to sleep in a Lodge I found my self alone with the Safari Guide/Driver. He was just amazing ! Serengeti it's simply unforgettable, pure magic, amazing wildlife and landscapes. The time of your life! NgoroNgoro didn't tell me much, but seen from aboveon the terrace located on the way down it's beautiful- The lodges I slept in were simply perfect, two nights inside Serengeti, with the Lions roaring during the night and amazing thunderstorms in the far distance. The food as well was always good, nothing special or typical from Tanzania, but absolutely okk !
But Kilimanjaro again was the time of my lifw!

Leanne Torio   –  
Turkey TR
Visited: January 2020 Reviewed: Jan 30, 2020

Email Leanne Torio  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

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Bucket List Ticked
Overall rating
3/5

I loved my Safari with Best Day Safari...they were terrific ...magical experience...thankyou to all that made such a great trip!

Carola   –  
Germany DE
Visited: October 2019 Reviewed: Nov 7, 2019

Email Carola  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

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National parks good, accommodation and catering (for vegetarians) in need of improvement
Overall rating
3/5

Rainy October, Saadani NP flooded, therefore alternative route to Selous and Mikumi.
Vehicle in good condition and very suitable for difficult weather conditions, responsible driver. Accommodation in Selous good but food needs to be urgently improved (especially for vegetarians). The non-vegetarians saw it the same way. Accommodation in Mikumi not as planned in the chalet of Camp Bastian, instead in a tent with shower (cold) and external bath on Camp Bastian Ground. Very disappointing!

Knut Ole Myrberg   –  
Norway NO
Visited: September 2019 Reviewed: Oct 5, 2019

Email Knut Ole Myrberg  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

The review below is the personal opinion of Knut Ole Myrberg and not that of SafariBookings.
Great experience
Overall rating
3/5

We got to see almost all possible animals. Accomodation was ok. The safari guide was not very good in english, and he did not know how to drive a car with manuel gearing

Urs   –  
Switzerland CH
Visited: July 2019 Reviewed: Sep 6, 2019

Email Urs  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

The review below is the personal opinion of Urs and not that of SafariBookings.
Tanzania would be nice - with good roads and less dust.
Overall rating
3/5

Hello.

I was surprised that 2019 Dar Es Salaam still has bad roads, almost no modern supermarket and some people living in a box of the size 2x1x1 meter (next to the bus station at the fish market)!!

Arusha has some good roads - from the Kilimanjaro Airport to Arusha and from Arusha in the direction of Tarangire and Ngorongoro - and some bad roads. But WHY are there NO paved roads from Ngorongoro to the Serengeti?? Now in July the dust on the road was so massiv, that you COULDN'T see the cars crossing your way - and that IS VERY DANGEROUS! My driver was caughing every few minutes. He had a chronic caugh, because he was inhaling this dust since months - or even years (he is doing this job since 15 years). For him it's like working in a mine!

Please pave those roads!!

I might visit the Serengeti again - but I will NEVER EVER drive in to the Serengeti again! Next time I will take the plane from the Arusha Airport to the Seronera Airstrip.

The wildlife inside the Serengeti and in the Ngorongoro Crater is fantastic. You can see a lot of animals. Ok, sometimes you feel a bit like in a "drive in zoo".

The accomodation was superb - better than I ever expected, even in the tents. Hot shower, very nice furniture, great food and so on.

Food: Well, I am NOT a vegeterian, but in Tanzania i didn't eat meet anymore. The quality of the meet is not like in Europe. But that's ok - the rest of the food, the dinners e.g. were fantastic. I just had more potatoes, rice and mash potatoes... :-) and vegetables.

My driver was a very good driver and his English was fantastic. I'm glad, in Tanzania English is important too :-)

So - all in all - I have a bit mixed feelings. The Serengeti is very nice, but the distances to get there are too long. On a nice road - like they have to the National Parks in the USA - it would be much more comfortable. The reason why the USA has nice roads in to the parks is that older people, retired people with a lot of free time, can drive in to those parks as well and be close to the fantastic nature.

Best Regards
Urs

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Nuno Pinto   –  
Portugal PT
Visited: July 2019 Reviewed: Sep 4, 2019

Email Nuno Pinto  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

The review below is the personal opinion of Nuno Pinto and not that of SafariBookings.
What could have been a dream trip, ended a disaster
Overall rating
3/5

The wild life, the sun stets and sun rises, the scenery were spectacular. All this, that could have been the trip of our lives, was immediately reduced to a "not doable again", because of the following history. This was a 2 week trip to Zanzibar with a passage on Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater. Every days were scheduled, by the minute. The Safari was scheduled for 3 days and 2 nights. We were arriving at Arusha at 9 o'clock, and we were supposed to join a group for the safari. In the day after the safari, the agency called us, saying that we couldn't join the group, because we were arriving at 9 and it was not possible to delay the safari because of us. We were really disappointed because we had the written confirmation by the agency, and now it was not possible... We force them to get a solution for us because everything was planed, and at the time, nothing was possible. So we managed a solution with another jeep just for us, but we had to pay 800 dollars more for this solution. In the day we arrived at the airport, there was the guyed and the agency lady, that in the moment asked us for the money of the safari, and the extra money for the change that it was not our mistake, it was theirs. We pull out a credit card, and we were about to have another problem. The machine wasn't working and we had to go to the near bank, that it was a 50 minutes drive. So if were late at 9 we were late 3 hours more for this trip to the bank. At the bank we couldn't withdraw money in the bank, we had to do it form an ATM machine. we had to use the card 8 times to withdraw money and we paid 12 dollars of taxes more for each withdraw. It was an extra 300 dollars for the safari. After this we were really late to arrive at the park to set up the tent. The trip was a completely adventure, the pour guyed that showed us the park had to drive like mad to get to the park on time, we had to lunch during the drive, we had to stop to pick up our materials for the tent.
So we arrived at the park, and of course it was dark already. For our surprise and one more time the agency lied to us, we had to set up the tent instead of having dinner and have the tent prepared after it. After a dangerous travel by jeep, and a very quick but very taste dinner from our chef, we had to set up a tent. After this we sow that there were no wood beds for us, just like the ones we sow on the picture that the agency sent us before confirming the safari on tents. We sleep on a small mattress in the floor of the tent, that didn't had any time to clear the air inside of it, the smell was really bad. Despite all this in the next day we had to pick up and disassemble the tent for the 1st day in the safari, we were more tired than the day before. We visit Serengeti, and we enjoyed it very much, but of course we arrived at another park, where we saw all tourists with their tents set up, and we had to set up our tent once again and in the next day to disassemble it once again.
What could have been a dream trip ended up like a tiring one.

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