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Kihindo Tours and Safaris
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- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2021)
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
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KIHINDO TOURS AND SAFARIS is a Tanzanian tour operator based in Dar es Salaam, offering bespoke travel experiences as an expert of Tanzania’s Southern Circuit. We specialize in safaris to remarkable parks such as Mikumi, Ruaha, Selous (Nyerere National Park), Saadani, and the Udzungwa Mountains, with activities including game drives in 4x4 and open safari jeeps, guided walking safaris, boat safaris, and hiking. We also offer holiday extensions to Mafia Island and Zanzibar. Catering to all budget
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Bespoke, professional, responsive and very accomodating
Overall: absolutely fantastic company that catered to my changing mind very easily and I couldn't be happier. I'll go into detail about the tour operator and my guide.
Having discussed with Pilly the tour operator over WhatsApp my two day safari in the udzungwa mountains from Dar, which is already not the most common package available, she helped me cut cost to what was affordable to me. Later during the holiday I decided last minute on the night before my second day that I wanted to extend my trip to include a safari at mikumi. The next morning this was arranged, confirmed and paid for. I couldn't be happier.
My guide, Willy was a fantastic, welcoming, fun and informative guide. Im udzungwa he helped arrange multiple things including meals and multiple guides as well as keeping them happy. At mikumi he showed a wealth of knowledge of the animals, used his connections with the other guides and rangers to help locate the animals and had no trouble maneuvering the car over very tough terrain whilst simultaneously giving me the best angle to take photographs, all whilst having fun and a good time.
Special mention regarding the accommodation and food organised by the company:
Camp lilac at mikumi was by far one of my favourite safari/national park accommodations I've been to. Its still new and a bit further away from the national park but I adored the accommodation itself, really elegant large tents that have hardwood flooring with fantastic and very clean amenities. The rooms were so elegant and simple i loved it. They're currently building what I think will be a lobby of sorts or an eating area but for now I got to eat outside with a great view of the uluguru hills.
Where Willy took me and the guide for the udzungwas for lunch was by far the best meals I've had on safari. Often safari accommodation try to imitate western food for the western palate and whilst I understand it, I kind of hate it. This place had fantastic good samaki makange na wali na maharagwe and I LOVED it and their chicken was fantastic too.
Thank you so much for a fantastic time and my final message is if you like monkeys please do go to udzungwa and if you want to see the sanje mangabey id recommend doing two days at udzungwa and go on the njokamoni trail the morning of the second day.
Fantastic safari with Maarufu!
My son really wanted to come to Nyrere to see the wild dogs. Even though it’s not a great season for viewing, Maarufu tirelessly searched for us. And with great success! We were able to find the dogs as well as many other wildlife. He explained everything to us and was able to answer our questions, even when about small birds or different types of trees. He pointed out the interesting walking patterns of giraffes and elephants and many more interesting facts. He was even able to make the different animal calls to attract the animal’s attention. I would highly recommend going on safari with Maarufu and Kihindo. We had such a fantastic trip!
Very fun and knowledgeable.
I had Maarufu from Kihindo tours and safaris and it was an amazing experience. We spent 5 days, first night boat then three full days safari then left the last day. I told him I really wanted to see the wild dogs even though it’s one of the toughest seasons to spot them, and sure enough on the last day we found them and spent tons of time viewing them. Besides the wild dogs it was amazing because he was very knowledgeable and knew where to go and view certain animals.
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Saloniki was a fantastic guide with deep knowledge of animals, nature and culture!
We did the 3-day tour in , and the trip was worth every penny!
The communication beforehand was excellent, so there were no questions left unanswered. The transportation was perfectly organized, and our guide, Saloniki, was simply fantastic. He didn’t just do his job — he genuinely enjoyed what he was doing and shared his extensive knowledge with us. Thanks to his great tracking skills, we saw three different groups of lions, several groups of elephants, zebras, buffaloes, countless giraffes, hippos, and almost all the animals that roam the park. Our expectations were exceeded by far.
We can wholeheartedly recommend this trip!
Excellence in providing an authentic experience for clientele
Noah and Johan were out guides and were incredibly knowledgeable,helpful and passionate about sharing all wildlife in Mikumi park. Thoroughly impressed and would recommend this tour and safari company Thank you Michelle and Richard
