Marvel in the majestic Serengeti!
Seven Wonders Safaris
- Office In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2011)
- Member Of:
- TTB & TLTO
- Tour Types:
- Customizable private tours and fixed group tours
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $160 to $550 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
for a custom tour
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Reviews
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Email Katrina | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Good value for money, customer friendly
We totally enjoyed our experience, this tour is for smb who’s not afraid of challenges of camping trips. All the campsites were beautiful, especially the Serengeti one. Everyone is helpful, great team. Special thanks to our guide Hozza! He really made a difference with his experience & great personality. Chef Nathan’s food was tasty, especially pancakes & soups! Many thanks for making this trip amazing.
Email Vidan | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Reliable and good company, good people
Tour guide Hozza and chef Nathan are really amazing, i would recommend you to choose them. We had really good experience with them, they were very helpful.
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Email Mira | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fabulous management and guide made our trip perfect!
We chose Seven Wonders because they were so responsive when we first started putting our trip together. All along they way, Evelyn listened to what we were looking for and put together the perfect itinerary, making sure that we saw the game we wanted to see, saw a variety of ecosystems, experienced local culture & food and had the perfect place to relax at the end. Our guide George was amazing, like a walking encyclopedia and so in tune with our needs, making us comfortable. We could not be happier and would recommend Seven Wonders completely.
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Email Louis | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
7Wonders was competent, creative, and accomodating at every stage of a wonderful trip
This trip was a great combination of exciting encounters with amazing wildlife, geography, and ecology on the one hand, and wonderfully accommodating arrangements by the management, guides, and drivers on the other. Every day was a new highlight, from the amazing zoological and botanical cauldron of Ngorongoro Crater to the spontaneous cocktail hour on the Serengeti Plains. Every night's lodgings were simple but comfortable, and the food was ample and excellent. When scheduling complications at the end of the tour made us delay our return flights, 7Wonders arranged and paid for us to stay two more nights in Arusha before departing. We could not have been more pleased!
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Email Colin Fardy | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Incredible Experience!!! 100% Recommend!!!!
My wife and I went on the 3-Day Serengeti and Ngorongoro African Glamping Safari offered by Seven Wonders Safaris. We had an unbelievable experience!
Evelyn made the entire booking process stress free and was always happy to answer all of our questions with prompt responses.
Our Guide Nestory was incredible. Not only was he kind and funny, he was extremely knowledgeable about the land and wildlife (he provided many interesting facts along the way and knew exactly where to go to spot animals) and was also passionate about his job. We really enjoyed spending time with him throughout the entire journey and became genuine friends by the end. So HUGE thank you to him! We were lucky enough to see a ton of wildlife including the "Big 5"!
Our accommodations were fantastic. We stayed at the Serengeti Heritage Luxury Tented Camp our first night and the Rhino lodge our second night. Both were absolutely beautiful with friendly staff and great food!
This trip really made our dreams come true and Seven Wonders played a huge role in making this an unbelievable experience. I 100% recommend them to anyone looking to have an amazing safari experience!!!
Email Shelley | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Fantastic tour, amazing staff
We booked a tour of Tarangire, Serengeti & Ngorongoro with 7wonders through another company in Kenya. The Kenyan company were pretty useless with communication & details, but Evelyn at 7wonders was amazing. She picked up the pieces and organised the left-out details. She deserves heaps of praise. Prompt communication, with kindness, understanding & humour. Wouldn't hesitate to recommend them.
Our driver/guide Nestory was also superb. He was a great game-spotter and had good knowledge of birds too. We would not have seen such amazing wildlife without his knowledge & telescopic vision!
Chef Steve was excellent.....how do you put together so many great meals with such basic tools???
Thank you for a fabulous trip.
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Email Elliott | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing tour operator with friendly management and staff
7 Wonders Safaris is an amazing tour operator. I fully recommend them.
We did a private safari of 6 days : Tarangire - Manyara - Serengeti (2days) - Ngorongoro - Lake Natron. Acoomodation in a tent.
What was amazing :
- Our guide/driver Nestory was amazing. So much knowledge about the fauna and flora, the culture and everything. None of our questions weren't answered.
He did everything to make sure we see what we wanted too. I really wanted to see the lionesses hunting, and he make it possible : we were able to see it less than 10m in front of us. I would highly recommend to ask for Nestory as your driver.
- The cook was amazing, we had plenty of tastefully food at each meal.
I would really recommend doing all those parks. I think having two days in Serengeti if possible is really nice, and it is what allowed us to catch the hunting scene.
Thanks again to 7 wonders management and staff, this was an amazing experience thanks to all of you.
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Email Manuel | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Tanzanian tour operator with fantastic value for money
I can fully recommend 7 Wonders Safaris as a tour operator for both group and private safaris.
My route was Tarangire-Manyara-Serengeti-Ngorongoro (6-days group) and LakeEyasi-LakeNatron (3-days private). Accommodation in tents. What I found particularly great:
1. Our driver Reuben and our cook Kevin were both excellent. Especially Reuben went above and beyond to make sure we see what we want (we did lots of early morning safari drives, had some fantastic safari moments). Also, I had an additional guide at Lake Natron (Moses) who was great.
2. Overall, the safari was well organized with nothing to worry as a participant. E.g. one of our group had to take a PCR test for traveling and that was very well organized while in Serengeti.
3. I had a briefing before and a review session after the trip with 7 Wonder management --> they are really concerned about feedback and are keen to always improve
4. Overall, really great value for money!
In terms of destinations, I can recommend all places except Lake Eyasi (to my taste too much "cultural zoo", not really an authentic encounter with locals). On the other hand, Lake Natron is a fantastic experience, make sure you get some hiking in (e.g. up the Rift Valley Wall or up Ol Doinyo Lengai).
Email A.P.R. | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
WONDERFUL trip with Seven Wonders Safaris, in every respect an incredible experience, A+++
TLDR Version: Thanks to Seven Wonders Safaris, our budget family safari was in every respect an incredible experience, A+++, did not have a ‘budget’ feel to it at all. Evelyn and her team are professional, experienced, responsive, and will go the extra mile for you. I highly recommend them, and plan to book with them again.
Background: We’re a family of 4 (two parents and two college-aged kids), and this was our first safari.
Safari: 9 Days Kenya and Tanzania Budget Safari, July 2021
Initial Contact and Selection: We used SafariBookings.com to select several companies based on what we wanted to see. Seven Wonders Safaris responded with a quote for the requested safari and with some other options tailored to our needs. This was very helpful, and the company's 5-star rating meant a lot in our selection process. When it was time to pay for the safari, Evelyn assisted in giving us the options regarding payment, including the wiring instructions.
First Portion - Kenya: This segment was operated by a company contracted by Seven Wonders Safaris, I believe due to regulations about who can operate tours in each country. We had an experienced safari guide in Kenya, and saw many, many animals in Masai Mara. The accommodations for this leg of the safari were modest, but we were not expecting more than that for a budget safari. The guide allowed for options to see other sites, which we did (e.g., Lake Navaisha boat tour, Great Rift Valley overlook).
Second Portion - Tanzania: Evelyn greeted us at our hotel in Arusha shortly after our arrival. She answered all of our questions and let us know what to expect the next morning. Evelyn told us that she changed two of our lodging sites because the existing ones were getting mediocre reviews. I was glad to hear that because I had read those reviews as well, but remember, we paid for a budget safari and did not expect luxury. The two changes turned out to be noticeable upgrades - I would say those new lodging sites far exceeded what I expected in terms of the actual beds, hot showers, food, and overall ambiance. We really enjoyed staying in those places! The food was delicious, service was outstanding, and the settings were memorable.
The vehicle used by Seven Wonders Safaris was significantly better than that used on the Kenya portion of the safari, and that was a welcome improvement. Our guide was Hosea (pronounced HO-za), a long-time, very experienced safari guide. He was personable, knowledgeable, very understandable speaking English, and he ultimately proved to be a top-notch guide for our safari. Hosea found a currency exchange business for us on day one, which we needed to change our Kenyan shillings into Tanzanian shillings. He always kept us informed of the tour agenda, and he knew the names of every animal we saw, including all of the birds. He often spotted things we did not see, and directed our attention to those animals. Thanks to Hosea, we were able to get as close as allowed to the animals (from our vehicle), resulting in excellent photos for us.
Hosea also made sure to explain to us the history and cultures of Tanzania. This was very interesting in its own right, and generated many questions from us - all of which Hosea could answer. Example: as you travel through Tanzania, you’ll often see young children tending/herding animals such as sheep, goats and cattle. We asked Hosea about the school systems, compulsory schooling, etc. Not safari questions, certainly, but Hosea answered them all.
The Seven Wonders Safaris difference: We saw Lake Manyara, Serengeti N.P., and the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania. Each location had its own unique flavor, and we enjoyed them all. Instead of going on about those parks, this is what I noticed: you can pay a LOT for a safari, but ultimately the point is to see certain animals in their native environment, as they have existed for time immemorial. When you go see the animals, you need an aggressive guide who will get you on site to see them quickly and up close. We had that with Hosea and Seven Wonders Safaris. The only difference I saw between our budget safari and what appeared to be luxury ones during the game drives was the age and type of vehicle people were in. The bigger differences are probably in the accommodations and what is included there. But even on our trip, our food and accommodations in Tanzania were perfectly fine, and sometimes outstanding. When we stopped for lunch, we saw other tourists being served a boxed lunch. Seven Wonders Safaris served us a cooked, hot meal each time, more than enough food for all of us. I could see other tourists enviously looking at our hot food! There was a cook (Kelvin) who joined us during the Tanzanian portion of the trip, who made the food. This was a great touch. I could have spent much, much more on this trip than I did, but I don’t think we would have had a better time than we did. If I had spent less, the food and accommodations would have been too meager (we could see some of those camps as we passed). Seven Wonders Safaris = just right.
Extra Mile: Due to COVID and also due to changing visa requirements, we had several moments on this trip where we thought it would end from lack of the right test/visa. Each time I was able to contact Evelyn, and she helped us fix things. All of those things were beyond her control to begin with, but she helped us get through them all, including arranging a PCR COVID test for us on our return to Kenya, so we could return to our home. She met us again in Arusha before our departure and made sure everything had gone well. Her customer service was excellent, and I plan to contact Seven Wonders Safaris again when we plan a different trip.
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Email Giuseppe | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Ideal company, great experience
Great experience, Evelyn was very helpful from the start and designed the trip around our needs.
Our guide, Nestor, was ideal, very professional and of great company throughout the whole experience, worked really hard.
We saw all the animals we wanted to see, had a great time at the lodges(the one in the serengeti was AMAZING, could have been part of a luxury package in my opinion) and delicious dinner every evening.
Lunch was a bit bland and repetitive but it's no deal breaker, especially considering that breakfast was always good.
We were really thankful when they helped us arrange a covid test which became suddenly needed for our trip back, they really went the extra mile and we managed to do everything on time.
I made the right choice booking with sevenwonders and I would certainly book again!