Grassroots Safaris
- Located In:
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 2013)
- Tour Types:
- Custom budget & mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $160 to $400 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Patrick and karine | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
South Safari Tanzania
We grew up with the lion king, so our expectations for a safari were very high. But they were met, thanks to Grassroots Safaris and its crew! Everything was well setup, we had a blast to every game reserve we visited. We slept well, the food was delicious and everyone was kind. We had the chance to see rare species and to learn about wildlife! Our guide Henry (the Eagle Eye) was very resourceful and well connected with rangers and other guides so that was very helpful to get lucky during the game drives. By far the best and most exciting trip of our life. Definitely worth it!
Everything we were hoping for!
Thanks to the organisation by Grassroots and our excellent guide and driver, Fikirin, the logistics and travel were all completely trouble free. This allowed us to relax and enjoy a very individual and personal safari experience. We had close encounters with an amazing range of wildlife: elephants (right outside our hut), lions, hunting dogs, hippos, giraffes, zebras, hyenas, many different types of antelope, bush babies in the bar, and we were lucky enough to see a leopard and a huge python. The walking safaris with local guides were fascinating and gave quite a different perspective on the environment. We loved the accommodation in bandas and guest houses and the food was very good. What a great way to experience the landscape and wildlife of Tanzania!
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Email Parker | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A wonderful, customized safari experience!
My husband and I had a fabulous experience with Grassroots Safaris. We did a three day trip to Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater. Many other safari companies would not do that combo in just three days because of the long drive, but Grassroots gladly accommodated our wishes. They were very helpful during the planning process and always quick to respond to my emails. The safari itself was incredible! We saw the Big 5 in just two short days in the parks. We lucked out and ended up with two guides, which was awesome. Both were very knowledgeable, personable, and professional. They somehow avoided most of the crowds and still found some truly amazing sites. I would certainly recommend Grassroots Safaris and hope I have the opportunity to use them again in the future!
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Email Thomas (Vienna) | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Comfortable Individual Tour with both cultural and natural insights
Very well organized tour, only employing locals and high awareness referring to environment. The driver guide was very professionell (and tough!, given the long ways travelled). Accomodations were comfortable and food was always good. High recommendation particularly for travellers attempting to avoid tourist mainstream hotspots!
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Email Friederike | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Phacochère
We wanted to do the southern parks to be away from mass tourism and a tour that is affordable for a family. And with Grassroots we did a very good choice. Micky arranged our 9 day trip as we wanted it, he is well experienced and mailed us without delay. We had a very safe driver with an outstanding knowledge of wildlife, good English and a perfect "picture hunter". We saw the big five (besides the rhinos, they are only in the north), lots of birds and lots of other animals. Our accommodations were all comfortable, even the one night in a tent. We loved Hippo Camp; sleeping by the sound of hippos snorting in the river is something unforgettable. Our cook was the best. He prepared the most delicious meals.
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Email Martí | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing expirience in a 9 day southern safari
We chose the southern safari because we were told the nortern circuit was more crowded. We talk to many agencies and finally we decided to go with Grassroots because of the easy communication with Micky and the profesionalism he showed during our mailing.
We are really glad of our choice. The southern circuit is amazing and we didn't find many tourists. The parks are spectacular, the whole landscape is amazing and, of course, the wildlife. We were really lucky with the guide and the cook. The guide speak excelent english and has a huge knowladge of wildlife and the cook is absolutly an amazing cheff. Both have good sense of humor and a lot of patience. We really got along and we hope we will travel with them again in the future.
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Email Scout | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Can't beat it for the price
My friend and I went on the budget 6 day safari tour with game drives in Ruaha and Mikumi, a hike in Udzungwa (with a really nice swim at the bottom of Sanje falls) and a walking safari in Ruaha. We're both very active people and the idea of sitting in a car for 6 days did not sound appealing - so we were happy to find an inexpensive tour that included some physical activity. Fikiri, our guide, was incredibly knowledgable about the flora and fauna of the region. His English was very, very good (my travel companion is American but lives in Tanzania, and she was "shocked" with his command of the language.) and he was professional and helpful. Considering the price (this was literally the cheapest safari I could find for the number of days we wanted), we thought we would be roughing it, but the accommodations were actually much nicer than we were imagining. We camped 1 night which was perfectly comfy for tent camping and stayed in bandas or other indoor lodgings for the rest of the trip. Particularly nice was Hondohondo, were we spent our last night. We were created with cold avocado smoothies, the garden and grounds were beautiful, the shower was nice and hot and the staff were very nice and friendly.
Of course, the animals were amazing. Lions, giraffes, impalas, wildebeests, jackals, elephants, hippos, hyraxes, baboons, skyes monkeys, vervet monkeys, warthogs, hyenas, kudu, and about a million bird species (including the very beautiful lilac breasted roller, superb starling and paradise wydah bird). I saw more variety that I thought I would and took home some truly incredible photographs.
I would highly recommend Grassroots for young, active people looking to do a budget safari with an active component.
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Email Scott and Deirdre johnson | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Southern Tanzania adventure excellent 100% recommended
Trip was well researched and facilitated by the company and especially by our awesome guide and our sensational chef, not a cook people a proper chef who fully exceeded our expectations.
The vehicle was comfortable , well maintained and fit for purpose.
Fikirini our guide and driver was sensational, well versed in all aspects pertaining to the tour and made the overall experience fantastic.
I can not recommend grassroots safaris enough our expectations were exceeded on all levels and I look forward to using this company again in the future.
Thanks again guys we had an absolute blast.
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Email Sylwia and Tomas | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Awesome experience
Grassroots safaris is a great company with brilliant service. Everything worked perfectly from the first to last day, i.g from the pick up to hotel drop off. There is nothing we would want to be different and one day when we're back in Africa (with our kids) we will definitely use Grassroots safaris again.
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Email Petra, Verena & Bernhard | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
More than a safari...wonderful!
After some research in the internet we found Grassroots Safaris and we've decided to book a safari with this company. There are such a lot of very positive testimonials on their website – but are they real? Or manipulated? Our doubts disappeared immediately when Fikiri, our wonderful guide, picked us up at the hotel in Dar – perfectly in time, very friendly, with a good 4WD car. Now I don't repeat all the positive things mentioned in the other testimonials – they ALL happened to us, too! Fikiri is a very safe driver (even on the very bad roads – no problem to him!), he is extremely competent (no question without a good answer) and knows the places where you'll find the animals. We (3 persons) visited Mikumi NP, the Sanje waterfalls at Udzungwa Mountains and Ruaha NP. Two things have been extraordinary on our trip:
1.We wanted to change the route. Instead of returning to Dar we wanted to go on to Mbeya. No problem to Micky who managed the trip. The contact to him was very friendly and he always answered very quick. So for a very little money more we reached Mbeya right in time – perfect, thank you very much!
2.Our daughter was getting 18 – just when we had our stop at the Ruaha bandas. In the evening Fikiri improvised a birthday party supported by Asha, our cook. We don't know how they managed it – but after diner Asha came in with a selfmade birthday cake (of course with candles...!!!) which was extremely delicious. Fikiri has found a really good bottle of wine and introduced us to the Suaheli version of HAPPY BIRTHDAY – sooo funny! Thank you for an unforgettable evening and a wonderful trip – we'll see you again when we'll come back to Tanzania!!!