Tours by Locals (aka Kiliholidays)
- Office In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2004)
- Member Of:
- TATO, TTB, KINAPA, MNRT & TPO
- Tour Types:
- Customizable private tours and fixed group tours
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $50 to $400 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
for a custom tour
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Reviews
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Email Eva Lindvall | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fantastic experience, great guide!
We had a four day tour. Lake Manyara, Serengeti, Ngorongoro. The richness of the wildlife was fantastic, our guide Laurian was a really good guy, had lots of knowledge and was a good driver! We had a life experience!!
If I would do it again I would stay all nights inside the reserves to get more time for gaming and not spend so many hours in the car. That is of course a matter of how much you can spend. It gets much more expensive.
Don’t forget to bring payment in dollars. We had lots of trouble because we hadn’t. Card doesn’t work like home and we lost valuable time because of it.
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Email Tatiana Avada | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An exciting safari
A few days ago, we returned from a Safari that was organized by Kiliholidays, it was an amazing Safari in Selous Park We saw everyone-elephants, zebras, antelopes, giraffes, crocodiles hippos... and even 5 lions!!!
Our driver Paul is very professional.He knows a lot about birds and animals. And of course, many thanks to Mack, with whom I communicated for the organization this Safari. He worked also very professionally and patiently. I very recommend Kiliholidays
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Email Rose | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Professional, responsible, excellent connoiseur of the environment
We enjoyed excellent days of safari with the guide , Eduardo. He is very professional, excellent driver in all kind of complicated roads, and always attentive to our requests. He has shown us the pride that he feel for his land. WE HAVE A GREAT MEMORY of that days
Email Lindsay Chatfield | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great safari, superb game guide
We used Kiliholidays for our trip into the Serengeti, Ngorongoro crater and lake Manyara. Thomas was our guide and not only was he a superb guide but great company too on our 4 day trip.
We saw more than we expected, loads of cheetah, lions, buffalo, hippos, elephants and a wonderful black rhino. And of course lots of other creatures and birds too
Mack has always been very quick to answer our questions and his company offers a very personal service so we would highly recommend
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Email Stefano Bosso | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Perfect trip with a super professional agency.
Kiliholidays is a small but professional, well organized, easy to communicate with and at customizing the trip, agency. Mack, the boss, is very flexible and open to provide customized solutions for your trip, while Thomas was an amazing driver/guide,
Easily the best around, for an 8 days safari, together with a great cook as Daniel, who cooked us a great and diverse selection of vegetarian meals. Also Laurian, referring to a shorter trip, was a good driver, talkative and flexible as the good ones! Definitely super worth to experience!
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Email Howard | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Professional team
Kiliholidays has the most professional team.
No matter the meal, ride, or scene during the itinerary, this team can always surprising you.
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Email Michael and Gabriela | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing experience with Kiliholidays!
Our 5 day safari to Tarangire Park, the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, and Lake Manyara exceeded all expectations! We were met with care and had the pleasure of meeting Edward and Moses, two guides who took the time to answer all our questions and were very knowledgeable. Edward led our safari tour and did an incredible job doing so. He knew how to spot every hidden animal throughout the game drives and provided interesting information on them. It was a pleasure to spend the 5 days with him. Moses took the time to give us a tour around Arusha the day before the safari even started.We highly recommend them and all Kiliholidays guides. It was a pleasure working with Kiliholidays and we hope to meet again!
Reply from Tours by Locals (aka Kiliholidays)
Posted on Jan 11, 2019Short and sweet - Thank you so much for your feedback indeed! We are glad that you chose Kiliholidays
Kind regards
Mack Msechu
Kiliholidays Team Leader
Email Jessica | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unforgettable Experience
Wow! The safari experience we had was indescribable but I will give it my best shot!
From the moment we booked our safari trip we had good communication with Kiliholidays.
On the first day, the drive through different villages gave us a a glimpse of African life, this was accompanied by the information given by our guide.
The African Safari Camp was where we stayed for the first 2 nights it was amazing, all the staff were friendly and accommodating and gave a very enjoyable stay. On the first evening we went on a boat safari, the 2 guides on the boat gave us lots of information about the different animals and birds and took their time to take in the sights. We saw; birds, hippos, crocodiles and a stunning sunset.
The next day, we went on a walking safari. We were taken around by Salume who was a outstanding guide, full of knowledge and was very engaging showing us different games, secrets of the jungle and songs! We highly recommend him.
After this we started our first game drive, we got see so many different animals and throughout the 5 days we saw 4 out of the big 5! Leopard, Elephant, Lion and Buffalo. We never felt rushed on the safari and Paul allowed us to take as much time as we wanted to photograph and really take in what we were seeing.
Paul our guide was very informative and ensured we had a great experience.
The safari experience surpassed all of our expectations, it truly was a holiday of a lifetime.
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Email Johannes | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
got the big five
It was a great experience and especially our Guide Hussein made the trip perfect running. Communication was perfect running and from the pick-up at the airport till the sadly saying "good bye" - perfect running. We could skip the tour and make/fullfill our wishes. Accomodations was brilliant and still talking about the tent nights in the Serengeti. Highly recommend Kiliholidays Tours & Safaris for the Tansania-experience. Thanks a lot and wish you all the best!!!!
FR
Email Anetta | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Everything we hoped it would be
Communications with Mack via email were swift and comprehensible.
We were picked up at the airport on arrival by our guide, Thomas, who would be with us for the whole week. We signed up for a budget camping safari, and we had a great time! The campsites were nicer than I thought they would be, and the Kiliholidays team did a great job of taking care of us the whole trip. Thomas was very accommodating, and our 'stomach engineer' did a fantastic job the whole trip. My partner and I were very impressed by the quality of the food. Thomas was an incredible driver; a few times we had to stop and help other drivers who were stuck! This was my second visit to East Africa, and I will definitely book with Kiliholidays for my third trip :)
A few tips for other travelers: The sleeping mattress was a bit thin for me (my partner had no trouble!), but I found that sleeping on my back instead of my side helped. If you have sensitive hips, I'd recommend bringing something to use as a cushion, or possibly arranging for an extra mattress. The tent was high-quality and the sleeping bags were warm. We stayed in Mto wa Mbu a few nights and it was quite hot there. We brought sleeping sacks (very thin) and used those instead. Bring LOTS of insect repellent and use it often (biting flies in the daytime, mosquitoes at night). Same with hand sanitizer (public campsite toilets don't usually have soap). Granola bars are a good idea, too, if you like to snack between meals. There's not a lot of access to ice, so if you like an evening adult-beverage, just ask your guide to stop before you leave Arusha to pick up some wine. We picked up a 5-liter box of South African wine for about 25euros and it was very convenient (bring your own cups!).
