Bush Routes Adventures
- Located In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2008)
- Member Of:
- TTB, TANAPA & TTGA
- Tour Types:
- Small & medium group tours (Mid-range & luxury)
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $185 to $1,500 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
An Excellent Three Days
I cannot fault any part of the experience with Bush Routes, everything was exactly as described and they more than lived up to our expectations.
Email Annabelle | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unforgettable safari experience!
We initially selected Bush Routes because we had a limited budget and it was the cheapest offering for a 3-day safari in Selous reserve. It was supposed to be a group safari but we were lucky to get a private safari as it was low season! Our guide Joshua drove us to Selous reserve (approx. 6h from Dar Es Salaam) and we arrived at Hippo Camp lodge along the Rufiji river. The room was simple but clean with a great view on the river; we were very happy with the service, the staff was welcoming and the food was very good. We had a boat safari on the first day, then a full day in the reserve and a walking safari the next day. We would recommend to stay one more day to enjoy another day for game drive.
A big thank you to our guide Joshua, who made this experience amazing, he is very kind and passionate, we will always remember the lunch break with the elephants in the background! I would highly recommend Bush Routes to anyone coming to Tanzania.
BR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
2-day Mikumi Safari, great experience!
We had a Great experience with Bush Routes!!! We took the 2 day Mikumi Safari, and it was a great choice! You really get what you pay for! Everybody from Bush Routes were very kind with us, and our guide was very good and attentive! The dinner and overnight at Mikumi were great as well! We really recommend Bush Routes!
ES
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
African Dream!
Bushroutes offered to us the safari that suited us the better. We are a young couple that travel a lot and we got the opportunity with bushroutes to tailored our journey to Tanzania having the exact amount of wildlife experience, view seeing, hiking, volcanos exploration... Among all that experiences, the most valuable experience we got with bushroutes was that traveling with a local agency allowed us to get to know local reality and traditions! Our driver Julius was like a travel buddy for us and we'll never forget him! He also help us getting ready with our backpack route after finishing the safari.
We highly recommend any visitor to contact Bushroutes!
EG
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent safari
I went to Mukumi national park and Udguah mountains with Bush Routes they were very professional not expensive , my overall experience with them was outstanding.
BE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Bush routes takes care of everything
They organize your trip from the beginning till the end. They take care of good accomodation, save transport, guides with expertise...
BE
Email Wouter | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great experience!
We had a very nice tour to Mikumi NP, a Masai Village, Ruaha NP & Iringa. Everything was arranged well.
The staff is really great and very helpful. We had a great cook and wonderful drivers. Really loved them all! The only minus was the poor maintenance of the jeeps. We unfortunately had several breakdowns.
Email Michael and Margot | 65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Good guide, very competitive prices
Initially we had language problems on telephone, expecting to go to Ngorogoro Crater, whilst when we arrived tour was for Mgorogoro area!
However it worked out very well visiting Mkumi and Nsungwa. seeing all the animals we wanted to, and the Colobus monkeys as a bonus! Alfonce our guide was very good, and a very good driver. The accommodation was budget but clean and food was good.
With the short time we had, James had worked out the best tour for us! Thank you!
CH
Email Jens | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Basically a well-organized safari, but tour description was not correct
We were a bit late to book the safari tour, but the communication of Bush Routes was fast enough to have the tour fully planned before our vacation started.The price however was a bit higher than initially displayed on safaribookings.com. Due to our late booking we should pay the safari at the time we got picked up in DAR, but unfortunately we had some problems with the ATMs there (and did not bring enough money with us to pay the whole tour). Thanks to Bush Routes that they drove us to several ATMs, so we still could manage to start the tour just with a little loss of time.
The tour itself then was well organized, with just one drop of bitterness...:
Actually in the tour description it was written that we will have a "knowledgeable English speaking driver/guide". And we cannot confirm this at all! Okay, we had a very knowledgeable driver (thanks Alfons) and he always brought us to very good places to see all the animals and made the Safari fantastic. Unfortunately he cannot speak English very well, so he could not share his knowledge with us... And we had another guy who was said to be our guide, but actually he was a trainee and was just starting to become a guide. For him it was the first time in the National Park as well and he had no knowledge about all the animals. His English was better than the driver's one and he understood the basic things, but did also not understand us when we were asking something about the animals or environment or anything else. That was a pity, because we thought (and we wanted) to get some more background information about everything. Anyway, he tried his best and was very friendly, was always looking if everything is okay, organizing the meals etc...
Nevertheless, this was not part of the tour description and if it would have been written correct, we would probably have booked another tour. For us it was important and this costs 1 star of the overall rating... The rest was fine and if someone is not very interested in the background information and just wants to see animals I can recommend this operator with no doubts.
ES
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Nice tour with boushrotes
I contacted Bushroutes for a reccomandation of a friend, and I want to recommend now the agency to you. They are really friendly and the prices are good for all budgets, the are really professional. Our driver was Living Ramen and with him we spend really good times.