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Email Marianne Nabaloum | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
One of the best experience in my life.
We booked a three day safari at Selous Game Reerve with Hippocamp adventure rufiji river and we spent one of the best moments in our life.
Everything was perfect: the agency, the camp, the wildlife, food, transportation, and specially the guide who was the best who could have to live the great expérience.
He wasn't only a guide. He was always availabe and wanted to be sure that every minutes of out trip was good for us.
He constantly get managed to find all animals to satisfy us.
He was helpfully, always smiling and very professionnal.
We were very sad to leave him after three days.
Donatus was very reactive by email to give us all informations from France before the safari.
Mickael picked up us at the hotel at Dar es Salam with the 4×4 and we drove directly to the camp during 6 hours.
And we arrived, we have been welcomed by the staff.
All food and water is including expect soft drinks and alcohool.
The first day we made a boat safari on the rufiji river during 2 hours. There, we met hippos, crocodiles and a lot of birds.
The sunset was beautiful.
The day after, we made the safari in the reserve near the camp. We spent all the day from 8 am to 6pm.
We saw girafes, hippos, waldos, crocodiles, elephants, zebras, antilopas , birds, monkeys, lions, buffalos.
The landscapes were so beautiful that you have the feeling to be on another planet.
The last day, very early in the morning, we did a walking safari with a traditional hunter, Didi. It was an amazing meeting. Very impressive and unforgettable.
After the safari, we spendt 7 days at Zanzibar, so the agency was very nice to book the tickets boats and to leave us at the port.
The bungalow where we spendt 2 nights was very clean and confortable.
The electricity is cut off the night from 10 pm to 7 am.
To conclude, it was a big experience for all of us and we are glad to have it in these conditions and with this agency.
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Email Marzia | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
the land of tips
The wildlife was the best we have had from this country. Italy is knew in the world for sly people but tanzanian were worst than us. I've never knew something similar. The land of tips, the land of "surprises". I am really sad because i think that this will kill the tourism there. Last but not least, you make fool prices for all about tourism. In the rest of the world we are not so riches as you think. For the most of us, the 50$ that you ask like chips are a day of work!!!!!!
P.s. the weather was good, the foid was good, the accomodation not so bad, but when i think about my trip, FOR YOUR FAULT, i think about you CRAFTINESS for first.
Do not go with Open Africa Safaris, they are thiefs. Took the money and were not there.
The contact was nice, but then there were no bookings, no one at the airport. We had to make last minute arrangements and pay all over again.
Oen Africa Safaris are a scam!!!
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Email Marc Eeckhaut | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fantastic safari with "Soul of Tanzania"
It was not our first but our certainly our best safari experience...
"Soul of Tanzania" is a very good company which organized everything in accordance to our wishes.
Very quick and good contact by email and organisation was perfect.
Our driver/guide "Edward" was super good, safe driving and very good knowledge of wildlife, it was a pleasure to spent 4 days with Edward.
We visited Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro, with start and end in Arusha, did about 1000 km in 4 days, a lot of driving, maybe it should be better to fly to Seronera and start the safari there with end in Arusha.
Thanks to Soul of Tanzania and Edward for this beautiful adventure.
Email Michael | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A great experience
The safari was well planned and an amazing experience. The wildlife was great but the scenic beauty with Kili, Meru and Ngorogoro crater was the best part of the safari. Camping facilities were comfortable enough.
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Email Marlène | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastique
The whole safari was amazing.
We've seen a lot of animals: lions, elephants, hippos, baboons, giraffes... And so many beautiful landscapes!
The team was waiting us at the bus station 2 days before the safari, even we were late. They drove us to our hotel and were very kind.
The driver Florian was amazing, very patient, listening to all our demands and drove carefully.
The cooker Benson was incredible. We ate very good food all the time.
All the program was respected and the accomodation were ok. We although had a swimingpool the first night (even in tent camp!!!).
Thank you for these unforgetable memories.
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Email Eric H. | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Remarkable wildlife and wonderful guide
Excellent time in Selous. The start of the rainy season brought some neat sights and great safari on foot. The landscapes of Selous are not as imposing or awe-inspiring as some of Tanzania's other parks, but the wildlife did not disappoint.
Email Monika | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Interesting, varied - nothing negative to say.
We have seen all of the big five on our visit in Tanzania and many, many animals overall (although leopard was a bit shy hidden in a tree as well as Rhino's we very far and has it not been for binoculars we wouldn't have seen much - having said that we saw them chasing a hyena). We visited Tarangire, Lake Manyara and Ngorongoro Crater.
Having visited three different areas the scenery was very different and very interesting. Our guide Isaac was good. In terms of accommodation on our Safari we opted to stay in a lodge outside the parks. We stayed at the Farms of Dreams Lodge which was excellent. Personally I don't see the upside in staying inside the parks, not sure how much more can one see if staying inside the park and it feels like you can get better accommodation at lower price if staying outside.
Overall, for us Safari is probably something we would only do once but if the opportunity was there we would definitely visit again.
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Email Brigita Volk | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A wonderful experience
We will remember forever the memories of beautiful moments we have experienced in Africa.
And that was also really good for fixing the schedule we wanted.
Impressie wildlife in great nature!
We made two tours, ons in the northern part with Tarangire NP, lake Manyara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro CA. Travelling by jeep means long distances and many hours on the road, but we loved to watch daily live, throughout roads sometimes were bad with lots of dust and of course the magnificent nature and wildlife in the parks. Facilities in the public camps are quite poor. Afterwards we drove to Selous NP, Mikumi and Udzungwa Mountains and particularly enjoyed the vast, beautiful and quiet parks with lots of wildlife and only few visitors.
