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243 reviews:
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243 reviews, showing 151-160

By Margrit on 10 Jun 2018
DE | Age: 35-50 | Experience: first safari
Excellent Trekking with Benson Safaris
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This was my first Trekking holiday in Tanzania. I travelled with a group of 6 people to the Kilimanjaro (Marangu route). I were scared before because I never travelled in the mountain. After I had a long talk to Benson (owner from this company) every doubts were removed, felt save.

We had a good guide: His name was Shabani. He explained the whole Marangu route and told us he is doing this Hikin ... Read moreg different times since he is a child. The chef "Waziri" prepared a real deligous African food for us!

Before travelled to Tanzania we heard a lot about crime in Africa and also about visiting East Africa. In this holiday I never saw crime and felt safe. I really recommend Benson Safaris to have a good, authentic holiday: He takes the responsibility for every client individual.

By Werner on 10 Jun 2018
DE | Age: 65+ | Experience: 2-5 safaris
Natural Tanzanian Holiday with Benson Safaris
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Me and my wife went to Tanzania first time after we travelled in different countries in Africa. We decided for Benson Safaris Tanzania because of the good offer (price), personal contact and they spoke fluent English. Every time I could contact them for questions, wishes and details for our trip.

Thank you all from Benson Safaris for your very good caring of me and my wife, the big pleasure in ... Read moreour Safari and the great African food. We never tasted food like this and had the feeling we are "closed integrated in the Tanzanian culture". We really recommend Benson Safaris and would be prefer to travel to Tanzania after we saw a lot of different African countries.

By Katharina on 30 May 2018
DE | Age: 20-35 | Experience: first safari
Unforgettable holiday
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On this way I want to say >>Asante sana<< to the whole company Benson Safaris in Tanzania.

I had a first great and impressive time in Tanzania. I were looking for my first holiday in Africa to make some safari. During my searching found Benson Safaris Tanzania and got a quick response from the owner Benson. He really made a good offer staying 14 days in Tanzania. At all my time in Africa I fel ... Read moret safe on my own, had a nice lodge (booked from Benson Safaris) and an excellent Safari.

After they picked me up from the airport I met the owner Benson at the lodge. I really appreciate that he cares of his clients personally-I didn't know something like this from all my holidays. It isn't naturally - I am really greatfull for this personally caretaking!

Special "thanks" to Paul (my safari guide). He really made my time in safari, we lough a lot and he explained everything about my preferred animals as well. We had a great break in Tarangire and a really good African lunch. I really enjoyed this experience.

All in all I can recommend Benson Safaris to have an unforgettable time and stay in Africa, learning about culture, have a safe trip and organization for your holiday! This won't be my last stay in Africa...

By Heinz and Christina on 4 Apr 2018
DE | Age: 50-65 | Experience: first safari
GREAT!!!
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Four days Tarangire, Ndutu, Serengeti, Ngorongoro. An unbeleavable adventure with the Big Five and so much more. Best accomodation and Service. And Paul? An excellent Driver and guide, prudently and always with a fine flair for places of interest. Indroduced as our guide, gone as our friend. Chapeau, Benson - Five stars!

By Dominic on 28 Mar 2018
AU | Experience: over 5 safaris
Designed a perfect schedule to fit our itinerary and in two days saw masses of animals.
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Excellent. Our guide was experienced and brilliant at locating and then spotting animals no matter how well camouflaged.

By Emanuela on 13 Mar 2018
CG | Age: 35-50 | Experience: 2-5 safaris
Wonderful Safari!!!! c
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Everything was perfect. Thank you Benson for making my birthday really special.

By Randi and Sveinung on 1 Mar 2018
NO | Age: 65+ | Experience: 2-5 safaris
Efficient online contact and booking. Extremely competent guide on animals and nature
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For us this tour to Serengeti and Ngorongoro was an adventure for life. The guide was a fantastic animal spotter, he knew where he could find the various species and had very good knowledge about nature and history of the sites. The idea to overnight in tents seemed a bit scaring for us in advance, but proved to be the best way of exploring the animal life in the parks. Also the standard in the te ... Read morent camps were outstanding.

Thanks to Benson company for giving us this experience!

The communication with the company in advance were excellent, since they had appropriate routines for providing offers and efficient financial transaction practices. The responded rapidly to any questions from our side.

By RH on 1 Mar 2018
CN | Age: 20-35 | Experience: first safari
Good experience and seamless arrangements
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Benson has been helpful throughout the arrangement of our safari & trekkinh trips. It took us a while to fix the whole plan and it was well worth it. We would recommend Benson safaris for your coming travel, and in particular, Peter as your safari guide.

By Nico on 6 Jan 2018
CH | Age: 20-35 | Experience: first safari
Our honeymoon could not have been more perfect.
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After reading Benson’s reviews on this website, we contacted him about a two-week honeymoon in Tanzania (one week Safari, one week in Zanzibar at the beach). Benson responded within a few hours with two different offerings, each containing additional options we could pick. Although he is specialized in Safaris, he managed to organize a very beautiful hotel in Zanzibar, too.
After discussing som ... Read moree details with Benson, we booked our trip nine months ahead and payed a deposit. Benson sent the confirmation that he received money, which is a very good service, as it was not an insignificant amount.

Our plane landed in Arusha with almost 3 hours delay, but the driver, Zablon, had been waiting for us that long. He was very welcoming, helped us with the baggage and gave a quick and funny introduction to Swahili while driving us to our hotel.

On the next day, Goodluck, our safari guide and driver for the upcoming week picked us up. While driving to the first national park, we realized that we forgot our wallet (money, credit card, bank cards, identity card) in the hotel safe. Within an hour, Benson himself went to the hotel and looked for it. He kept it in safe custody for some days. This is exemplary for Benson’s commitment to his job. Thank you very much!

Goodluck showed us around the national parks with great knowledge about the animals, plants and the history of the country. He drove very securely and listened to the ranger’s radio to know where to look for animals. Without him, we would have passed a lot of animals without notice; he has really good spotting capabilities. Goodluck let us as much time as we liked to observe the animals and did not hurry from one spot to the other. We enjoyed that and often saw lot more as other tourist groups stressing around to mark the “Big Five” with a tick as fast as possible.

The jeep was designed for 7 people (+ driver), so the two of us had plenty of space. We were provided with cold water, cola and other drinks all the time and there even was a (good) binocular we could use. Extra cushions helped to soften the “african massage” on dirt roads.

All the hotels somehow knew that we were honeymooners and gave us their most beautiful rooms with very romantic flower decoration. We were really amazed!

After the safari, we flew to Zanzibar for another week. Again, we were picked up at the airport. The next day, we had a very informative tour around Stone Town before we were taken to our hotel at the east side of the island. For this drive, we met Taib from “Authentic Zanzibar Tours & Safaris Ltd”. He was contacted by Benson to care for us while in Zanzibar and he did an excellent job. Taib told us so many things about politics, the ups and downs of the country and generally about life in Tanzania. With Taib, we did day excursions to the Spice Farm, Cheetah’s rock and Jozani Forest.

To summarize, we had a perfect trip to Tanzania and Zanzibar. We are really glad that we booked our trip with Benson and can highly recommend it. He and his crew cared about us very well! Thanks again!

By Julia on 27 Dec 2017
GB
Excellent safari with a very experienced guide.
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All was fantastic. The service planning the safari was patient and responded to all our questions. Good range of parks with sensible amount of driving each day. Hotels excellent. Particularly liked hotel in Stone Town although tour a little too long.

Francis was an outstanding guide. His knowledge of animals/birds was outstanding and made the trip[.