The BEST TOUR OPERATOR AWARDS
Usambara Trails Expedition
- Located In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2008)
- Member Of:
- TTB & TANAPA
- Tour Types:
- Custom budget & mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $100 to $600 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email yann | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent first safari in Mikumi
We made our first safari with Usambara Expedition in Mikumi Park
It was a very nice and good time with Mike!
We had everything booked by internet, we were always in touch with the agency, very responsive and very serious: no worries!
They picked us up at the hotel in Dar es Salaam, then headed for Mikumi
Mike was an excellent driver and a very good guide! And we spent 3 lovely days with him
We were staying at the Camp Bastian, a very nice establishment 20 minutes from the park
Everything went very well, we loved this beautiful experience!
I highly recommend!
Thank you Usambara Exp and thank you Mike !!
If in the future, I return to make a safari in Tanzania, I will go back without hesitation by this agency !!
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Email Paula | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Beautiful trip!
We had the best safari trip with our guide Mike. He was the best guide you can imagine. We did see a lot of animals and it was a beautiful experience! We went to Mikumi National Park. The banda's were great, the food was good and we had a beautiful view from our banda's. Everything was good arranged and everybody from Usambara Expeditions is so kind and sweet to us and they wanted to make sure we had a lovely time at the park, and we absolutely did!! We really recommend Usambara to everyone!
Thanks Alex for the good and nice service, Mike, thankyou so much for everything and Zacharia thank you also for everything you did for us!
We had a wonderful safari with our guide Said at Mikumi
- we definitely recommend the guide Said. He made our Safari as excellent as it was.
- better book directly with Usambara instead of Moji which organize the tours with Usambara. We booked it via Moji and didn't get the support which we would have gotten by booking directly with Usambara
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Email Georgiana | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Really nice experience in Ruaha and Selous
We had a great experience with Usambara Expeditions. We visited Ruaha National Park and Selous Game Reserve in 5 days. The car was great, safe and comfortable for our group of 5 people.
Yunus, our guide and driver has done such an amazing job with bringing us safe from place to place, being flexible with our requests, showing us a lot of animals in the little time we had. His driving skills are also really good :). There were times when we were looking at the road and it seemed impossible to pass it. However, Yunus always handled it really good.
Moreover, we have been so lucky to have a great cook with us. Alto provided a lot of food and everything was really tasty. More than that, he is really nice to talk to, very fun and outgoing.
Yunus and Alto did a great job together.
The company helped us with buying the ferry tickets from Dar to Zanzibar and they also brought them at the ferry, as we were short on time. Thank you also for that. Also, it was nice to have Zacharia around in the first days.
Staff is incredibly experienced, friendly, knowledgeable, lighthearted, and creative.
Usambara provided fantastic services over the course of 3 months to our group of 25 college students. They offered travel plans and guides for a variety of day and overnight trips in Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar, Serengeti, Bagamoyo, and Arusha. Safari drivers were incredibly experienced, friendly, knowledgeable, lighthearted, and creative regarding routes and problem solving along the way. Alex and Zacharia were particularly relatable, genuine, and caring.
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Email Peter | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Tours of Serengeti, Zanzibar, Bagamoyo, and Dar es Salaam
We used Usambara to guide our class of 25 students studying abroad in Tanzania for 3 months. We used Usambara for tours around Bagamoyo, Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar, and a 4 night stint through the Serengeti. We had Alex and Zechariah as our guides. Both were exceedingly helpful, courteous, knowledgable, aware of risks, and sensitive to foreigners' needs. Both were extremely generous with their time and went above the call of duty to make sure we were comfortable.
AE
Email David | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful guide, great with children
Communication before the safari was good. We made some adjustments to the itinerary and it was all successful. We had a slight issue with cash payment, as we paid in USD (as is common in Tanzania), and the administrator wasn't able to provide correct change. I would recommend to bring exact change!
We had a wonderful 4 days in Rufiji area, with Afra as our guide. We stayed in Rufiji River Camp which was excellent. Afra was patient, very knowledgeable about plants and animals, and his country. He also had obvious pride in his Land Cruiser, and always made sure it was clean, and well supplied with drinking water. We really do think we had a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and immediately recommended the same company and driver to our friends upon our return home, who booked straight away!
DK
Email Sebastian Ledgaard | under20 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Three weeks in Tanzania
Last month i went on a student trip along with my classmates. The trip was coordinated by Usambara Expeditions, and they did a fantastic job. Their busses always arrived on time, and always supplied us with good drivers. When we went on the safari, our guides were skilled and they were able to tell a lot about the different animals. Overall I (along with my classmates) are very satisfied and could definitely recommend them.
Thank you!
Excellent service
My experience with Usambara expeditions was a very big succes. The service was on point and the personnel was very friendly and service-minded. I will fully recommend Usambara Expiditions.
Best transport arrangement
The transport that we were offered was amazing, we were driving on time, and arrived on time, thank you very much!