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 Simona | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
excellent
I went to Mikuni National Park in December with a friend.
Our first time to safari. Three days and two nights with Usambara Expeditions.
Fabulous park where we saw many animals, our excellent accommodation in cottages and excellent our guide Afra. Prepared to our every question, explained everything about the animals and their living.
I was enchanted by the landscape and more than satisfied by Usambara with which I hope to organize another safari.
I advise everyone to contact Usambara Expeditions for safari and ask alex have Afra as a guide, you will not regret and don't forget .... magical!
Thank you very much Afra and Alex!
SE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great safari experience!
We got a very good safari experience. Our guide picked us up was very nice and good at their cause. The trip from Dar es Salaam to the camp would take about 6 hours, but it took almost 9 hours for us when it was very many stops on the way to buy various things such as food, fruits, etc. We were not informed about this, which pulls down the score a bit when it became stressful when we arrived.
The camp is very close to nature. We had paid for a "luxury tent", which had its own shower and toilet. However, very basic and no AC / fan. Are you prepared for this it works very well, but we got a slight surprise.
The safari was at all really good! We were ourselves in the car with the guide and got to see a lot of animals, such as zebra, lion, giraffe, buffalo, crocodile, wildebeest, hippos etc .. We are very pleased with it.
The food at the camp also get good grades. We had a private chef who cooked three course meal that tasted really good!
We want to add extra weight to our guide who made the experience into something extraordinary! He was very knowledgeable and could answer any questions we had.
RU
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
That was more than just a safari trip. We've found really good friends !
It was a great safari trip. All equipe was friendfull. Communications, service, living, meals, all our expectation was exceeded. Most important that safary agency was helpful after safari trip was ended. So, we thank Alex for his help during the all vacation's time.
AE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Dealing with Alex online and meeting Afra as our tourguide is like a breath of fresh air.
Im such a perfectionist when it comes to booking and dealing with people. Difficult i am not but i make sure everything is arrange according to plan. Alex made it so easy for me. I have been checking online for several options just to get the best deals and Usambara didn't fail! All my queries and request were answered and granted seamlessly! I love how personalized yet professional they deal with clients. We had the best vacation and safari experience ever and I highly recommend Usambara! Kudos to you guys!
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Email Hector Benitez | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unbelievable experience with Usumbara Expeditions
we went to Mikumi National Park with Usambara Expeditions, it was a unbelieve experience, we really enjoy the mini safari, the owner Alex is very helpful and honestly person. Our driver guide named Afre is a great person, and he localized all animals very fast. I recomende this companie because they have very good relation quality - price., and they are very seriously persons.
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Email anna | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A customized trip with good price
We arribed in Tanzania and we knew what we wanted to do, but we did not contract any agency from Spain because it was too expensive.
So we found Usambara Expeditions, we explained them the trip we wanted. It was a little bit special, because we were 5 people in the group and some of us wanted to climb the meru and some not. But we explained them everything and they planned what we wanted and the price was good (if we compared the prices people was giving us in through internet).
We wanted a low cost trip and we did not need any luxury, and the trip was like this! no luxuries! But it was what we were expecting! they were with us all the moments!
RO
Email Bogdan Stoica | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An amazing safari experience
This safari was a memorable experience. We had the chance to live in the middle of nowhere in a traditional camp, surrounded by forest, pretty close to the river and with a bunch of babbons in the trees around us. The food in the camp was decent, nothing fancy but good. There was even a traditional swimming pool which was unexpected so we took full advantage of it.
Said is the best safari guide you could get. Very friendly, he speaks very good english and it's obvious that he really loves what he does. He is very knowledgeable about the plants, the animals etc. He took us with the safari jeep literally everywhere, in places that we didn't even imagine we can go. We were able to see: lions, zebras, giraffes, warthogs, elephants, a lot of monkeys and birds (this was the 2nd day of the safari). 1st day was on the river and we were able to see the crocodiles and a lot of hippos.
It was an amazing experience!
Email Arek | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
True fantastic experience
Absolutely I can recommend ths company.Excellent service,nice people.They really worked hard to keep us happy.
Thank you guys
Arek &Ewa
Email Jennifer | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Lovely guide great short safari
I booked a 2 days Safari to Mikumi for me and my mum leaving from Dar.
Our guide Tony was a very sweet and knowledgeable man.I really enjoyed that the company gave us different options for accommodation and different prices to choose from.Even thou the drive to Mikumi was quite long (7h) it gave us the opportunity to see the mainland landscape.
Overall very good experience and would recommend it
DE
Email Charlotte | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
We had booked a very special tour, because we visited some private people/places on the tour. 4 peop
We had a very nice Safari-tour with Emanuel -starten in Arusha. First day Tarangiere - it was very hot this day, we had enough water and good support. Evening/nigth at Panaramacamp nearby Manjara Park. Good meals from a Cook (Rama!) - he cooked only for us! Lunch packet for the next day in Ngorongoro - very nice day! We saw a lot of animals! Back to Panoramacamp; next day to Manjara-park - again a nice Safari-day! Eveline in Arusha, private hotel. Next day to Moshi, evening in Hai, private house. Next das Drive to Lushoto - a Tour Guide was waiting for us and we had a nice Walk to Irente-lodge. Nice Place, but we werde the only guests there! Next das Walk with the Guide Anna through the rain-Wood — very, very nice and Special! Anna is a very nice guide! Irente Farm was a good experience! We had lunch there. Evening at Irente lodge- next das Drive to Tanga - Airport. Emanuel Never has been there, but we found it! Very small plane to Sansibar! Everything was good and in time - Sansibar was nice, but very hot. Thank you for helping us to have a wonderful time in Tansania! See you again in 2-3 years!