Go Makini Tanzania Expedition

4.9/5 – 131 Reviews

$1,770 pp (USD)

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Makini Tanzania Safari a signature of excellence

Makini Tanzania Safari a signature of excellence

Go Makini Tanzania Expedition

4.9/5  
(131 Reviews)
Office In:
Tanzania Tanzania
Size:
1-5 employees (Founded in 2019)
Tour Types:
Custom budget & mid-range tours that can start every day
Destinations:
Tanzania TZ
Makini Tanzania Safari a signature of excellence

Makini Tanzania Safari a signature of excellence

We are true experts when it comes to Tanzania. We live, work and travel here. Makini Tanzania Safaris arranges Lodge, private and camping safaris, trekking and hiking tours and beach holidays. We carefully select our well trained guides, drivers, cooks and porters and have a fleet of well-maintained 4×4 vehicles as well as supply gear and equipment for camping safaris and climbing adventures

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An unforgettable safari with the unique "Safari Monster" – simply perfect!
5/5

From our very first meeting with Simon, also known as The Safari Monster, we immediately felt welcome. He greeted us with a thoughtfully prepared package containing a lunchbox, T-shirts, and a traditional Masai shuka – a fantastic start to our safari.

Simon checked the well-maintained Toyota Land Cruiser daily, ensuring our safety at all times. During the drives, he shared fascinating insights into the animals and culture, answered every question knowledgeably, and always maintained a cheerful demeanor.

Thanks to his extensive network, we were often among the first on the scene for special sightings. He always made sure to give the animals ample space, allowing us to experience them respectfully yet up close.

We would particularly like to highlight the personalized approach to the tours. When our camera malfunctioned, Simon stepped in with his professional equipment and took some amazing photos for us.

During our five-day safari in Tarangire, Serengeti, and Ngorongoro, we were able to see all of the Big Five – an unforgettable experience. Simon was always punctual and professional, and he also shared captivating stories in the evenings.


... A guide with experience, heart and passion – we can wholeheartedly recommend Simon and Makini Tanzania Safaris and are already looking forward to the next tour with him.

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Incredible experience with Makini
5/5

We had the most wonderful time during our 7-day Safari. It started with Naomi, who organized everything beforehand. Our very varied schedule was organized professionally. Thank you to Adrian our guide. You made the whole trip very fun and exciting. We were so happy with the way you took care of us. Also big thanks to Richard for cooking the best food for us.
Sonni & Luc

It was an incredible Safari Experience
5/5

The Safari was amazing!!!
We saw so many different animals in just 5 days in the parks (including the big 5 and the ugly 5). Our guide Adrian is such a nice guy and was really professional. We've had so much fun with him.
He found every time good spots to watch the animals as close as possible. --> Elephants and Lions just half a metre from the car.
The food from our Chef Richard was also excellent. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. He did a great Job too.
Furthermore it was an incredible experience with so lovely guys around.

Amazing Experience - Guide, Hotels, and Itinerary!
5/5

We organized a private safari for four people through Makini for 7 days and 6 nights. Nancy was wonderful in helping us plan and organize the trip, helped to choose excellent lodging and was responsive and helpful with questions leading up to the trip and checked on us during the trip. She even had our vehicle fridge stocked with beer and wine which was a nice treat.

The first day we were picked up right in time from the airport and had a lovely tour of Arusha seeing some local markets and a great museum. Some of the stops seemed designed to get us as tourists to purchase tanzanite, spices, or local art items. Remember haggling at these markets should you choose to purchase is expected. Then we had a good protons the day to relax at our hotel which was beautiful and get adjusted to the time and unwind from two days of flying.

Our guide Godfrey met us the second morning and he was fantastic throughout the entire trip. I genuinely don’t understand how he spotted some of the animals he did. We could not believe how many sightings we had. Godfrey was knowledgeable about the land, the wildlife, and knew all of the trails around the Serengeti and Ndutu so well. He also seemed to know and be friendly with most of the other guides and would get heads ip on the radio or phone when there was significant activity which I’m confident led to how many big sightings we were able to enjoy.

Our trip took us through Tarangire, the Serengeti, Ndutu, and the Ngorongoro Crater. In our 6 days actually on game drives we saw a ton of lions including cubs and an attempt at mating, leopards, many cheetahs, cape buffalo, hyenas, warthogs, elephants, giraffe, zebra, black backed and golden jackals, black rhinoceros, antelopes, baboons, dikdiks, gazelles, hippopotamuses, impalas, vervet monkeys, agama lizard, dung beetle, Nile crocodile, eland, topi, bushbuck, hartebeast, wildcat, and of course the incredible wildebeest migration. Godfrey even spotted a wildebeest in labor and we were able to watch her give birth and see a new wildebeest take its first steps which was a highlight of the trip. The size and scope of the migration is truly indescribable. We didn’t do a balloon tour but I’d bet it we old have been incredible in seeing the migration in large scale from above.

In terms of birds we saw greater and lesser flamingo, helmeted Guinea fowl, kori bustards, ostrich, fish eagles, tawny eagles, vultures, marabou storks, grey crowned crane, African golden-weaver, black headed heron, secretary birds, hammerkop, and more.

We stayed at the Arusha Farmhouse, Suricata Boma Lodge, Misako Luxury Camp, Safari Haven Migration Camp, and Ngorongoro Marera View Lodge. The food on the trip was exceptional. There were delicious hot lunches packed for us each day.

Not sure how this worked out, but we didn’t even see a mosquito the entire trip. The price we were quoted and paid was unbeatable. Makinindid an exceptional job for a great price- I would highly recommend to go with Makini.

Incapable of correcting problems in a proffesional way
1/5

We went on a 7 day budget camping Safari with Makini. On day 1 we found out that the order of the parks had been changed, no one ever tolled us until we were already in the jeep. We booked a camping safari because we love camping and we were looking forward to camp for 4 days. The first day they brought us to a lodge without checking if that was okay with us. This happend again in day 4. The driver/chef were always late, this caused us to start the game drives very late (costs us valuable park time). The driver/guide lied to us about his experience, he said it was 3 years but really it was 9 months. When we contacted the company about this to ask for a partial refund (50-100 usd pp) they refused. They blamed us and told us that everything had been payed so they could not give us anything. They also said that we agreed to stay in a lodge : “you said you would like that”, that conversation never happened. After ignoring us for days (I called multiple times) they agreed to give us 25 usd pp, only 2,5% of what we payed for the safari!!! We refused to except this!

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