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Tanzania Mwangaza Safari
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- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 2008)
- Tour Types:
- Custom budget & mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $120 to $600 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Stacey | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent Experience with Hello Tanzania
From beginning to end, we were very well taken care of by Mwajabu and Hello Tanzania. Two members of our group had food allergies - soy and gluten - and they did a great job taking care of us. In particular, we loved our guide on the safari - Richard. We were in great hands, saw amazing wild life, and never felt unsafe.
Thanks for a wonderful vacation!
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Email Julie | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
experience was great , communication was good , guides were very helpful and experience was great
safari did live up to expectations , communication was good and guides were timely , no issues.
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Email Jane | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
one-day to Mikumi excellent
We thoroughly enjoyed our time with driver Godlisen -- he is an excellent host and skilled driver. We felt well-taken care of at all times on a one-day drive from Dar to Mikumi National Park. We only had time for a one-day trip and definitely wish we could have done a longer safari with him. We got caught in Dar's famous traffic on the way back, and Godlisen's good humor and charm allowed us to feel comfortable during the long day. He was willing to answer our endless questions and to anticipate many of them. Godlisen is a godsend!
The owner Bi Mwajabu is a great person to work with as well - always positive and always communicating - which is exactly what one hopes for in life and in safari. We had the added pleasure of being accompanied by her son on our trip.
Highly recommended.
Bookings, drivers
It was so reassuring when I arrived at the Dar es Salaam at 10 p.m. to see someone holding up a card with my name on it! As it turned out, the driver, Godlisen, had apparently been there for two hours before my flight was due to ensure that he would not be late. The traffic in Dar is horrid, and believe me...you want a reliable, safe driver for any rides that take you across the city. Throughout my visit, Godlisen and Mwajabu (owner) provided reliable and reassuring service for driving, bookings, and transport to Zanzibar and back.
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Email David | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Outstanding experience
Hello Tanzania took 4 of us to Mikumi National Park for safari last weekend, and it was amazing! They coordinated the entire trip for us, from pickup at our hotel, to drop-off back at our hotel. They gave us choices for camps to stay at (Tan-Swiss was great!). The safari game drives were incredible. Our driver was a young man who had trained for 2 years to become a tour guide and he was quite knowledgable and fun. We saw all animals including lions! From top to bottom, we tremendously enjoyed our trip, trusted our guides, and can't recommend it enough. In fact, we passed on Hello Tanzania's info to our friend who plan to use them for Safari this weekend. Thank you Hello Tanzania!
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Email Marko Komac | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A perfect 2-day trip from Dar Es Salaam to Mikumi
I decided to take a quick, 2-tay safari trip from Dar Es Salaam to Mikumi before my meetings and I did it less than a week before my travel. Personnel at Hello Tanzania were extremely helpful and effective.
The guide at the Mikumi was really great. He exactly knew where to go during our cruise through the park to find different animals and we got to see lions too!!! He was also very knowledgeable about different animal species and their way of life. Great and I really recommend this trip to everyone that only has two days/one night to escape from Dar into the Tanzania’s inland.
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Email Sobi | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Ngorongoro-Serengeti
Me and my friends went Serengeti and Ngorongoro on Easter Holiday with Hello Tanzania Tour and we really enjoyed during our holiday! They were so punctual and attentive. The foods were excellent! Thanks to cook and to lovely guide! we had a great experience!
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Email Ricardo Chaloub | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
An excellent operator of safari tour
The operator give me all the necessary support related to transfers from airport to hotel, air tickets, very good accommodations and a very nice guide. In resume, the safari tour was excellent.
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Email Gabi Helfert | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing 3-day safari to Mikumi National Park
We booked a 3-day safari in Mikumi National Park in March 2016 for two persons with Hello Tanzania. It was a last-minute booking, as we started the inquiry on Friday and wanted to leave already three days later on Monday. Originally we wanted to visit Selous too, but as we leaned from Ms Mwajabu of Hello Tanzania, that is impossible in March, as it is rainy season and the lodges are closed. Ms Mwajabu was very pleasant to deal with. She reacted immediately, sent a complete itinerary, consisting of transfer from and to Dar es Salaam, two half-day and one full-day game drives, all meals, soft drinks and snacks on the way, and a stay in a mid-rang lodge. She answered all our questions, booked a very nice lodge for us (Camp Bastian Lodge), and arranged a driver and a car to pick us up where we stayed in Dar Es Salaam on Monday morning. She also made sure that the staff at the lodge knew about our dietary preference which is vegan, so absolutely no animal products. We paid the fee, $600 per person, in advance, plus a 5% service fee, via the online payment provider Ms Mwajabu selected.
The drive from Dar to Mikumi took about 6 hours, including two bathroom breaks on the way. Mikumi is a beautiful national park, with vast open landscapes and mountains in the background. There is so much wildlife that you can literally spot animals at almost every corner. Already during the afternoon drive on the first day of our safari we saw baboons, impala, shoebill, giraffes, elephants, warthogs, gnus, and zebras. On the second day we also saw hippos, lions, vervet monkeys, a monitor lizard, water buffaloes, vultures, marabous, superb starlings, crowned lapwings, and many other birds and butterflies. We visited during the beginning of the rainy season, so not all roads were possible to drive on, but we definitely saw a lot of different animals and species in those three days and took hundreds of beautiful photos through the open roof of the safari vehicle, a 20+ year-old Toyota Land Cruiser Prado. Watching the animals in their natural habitat was what we came for, and we were rewarded with an absolutely wonderful experience, which we will certainly remember for the rest of our lives. The driver had good knowledge about the different species we saw and did his best to answer all our questions about the animals, their English and Swahili names, their behavior, and all kinds of peculiarities.
We also enjoyed our stay at the lodge very much. The staff was friendly and attentive, the property is situated in a beautiful garden, and our dietary preferences were met by providing us with delicious vegan meals. The room was clean, if a bit small, had two beds, a fan, mosquito nets, and had a shared bathroom (which we didn't have to share as the other rooms in our cabin weren't occupied) and a veranda with deck chairs. The property includes a restaurant and a bar with comfortable seating around a little fire pit, which keeps the mosquitos away from the guests.
Unfortunately the old vehicle broke down twice on our trip: on the first afternoon due to a defective fuel injection which kept us sitting in a mud hole at a 30-degree sideways angle for almost two hours in the middle of the park, until the driver had arranged help and the safari car of the lodge picked us up. The second time it was because the battery had died during our drive back to Dar. We were stuck in Chalinze, 120km from Dar, for another two hours, until the driver had bought and built in a new battery. Also, one of the rear passenger doors didn't open, and the air conditioning wasn't working either, which is a bit of a drag on a 6-hour drive at 34C, especially when sitting in Dar's traffic jam. The driver was very apologetic about the vehicle incidents, but it would have been a more pleasant experience in a more reliable and comfortable vehicle.
While we were very happy with the game drives, the driver tried several times to cut them short. On the second day, he wanted to drop us off at the lodge already after lunch, even though we had booked a full-day game drive. On the third day, he wanted to leave for Dar already in the morning, even though the itinerary had promised us another park entry and half-day game drive. Although we had already seen animals of all species after the morning of the second day, we enjoyed watching the animals very much, so we had to insist that we wanted the full program as booked. The driver was also not aware of our dietary preference and on the way to the park stopped at a place in Morogoro that had chicken soup for lunch. We rejected and waited until we were at the park, where we had a nice lunch made of rice and cooked vegetables.
Apart from these small glitches the safari was a truly great experience, and I hope we will be able to return someday to Tanzania to see more of the gorgeous nature and wildlife this fascinating country has to offer.
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Email Marco | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic and unique experience
it was the first time for us in africa. unfortunately we didn't reached the camp booked due to damaged roads caused by bad weather and got stuck in the Ruaha Nationalpark. But soon we got another camp and were able to do our safari. it was a really fantastic experience and a great adventure. the driver was very professional and we felt very safe in all the roadtrip. the safari is exciting. we saw a lot of animals in one in a half day and the guide had a huge knowledge of the animals and plants.