Selous Explorer
- Office In:
- Size:
- 1-5 employees (Founded in 2013)
- Member Of:
- Tanzania Tourist Board
- Tour Types:
- Custom budget & mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $135 to $1,500 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Pawel | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Smooth experience
An amazing time , great place to visit. Guided by a very friendly staff. The drive and the tour guide were great crack. I strongly recommend the tour.
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Email Dennis | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Good communication, reliable, very nice and definitively worth it to book with this operator
Communication and coordination with Nestor before booking the tour was very easy, no pressure, we had a good feeling, which is important becauae you don't know each other in this phaae. He answered all questions which were important to us prior our booking clearly so that we decided to book with his company. He was picking us in our hotel and we had a safe ride and nice and interesting talks during the ride to the National Park area. The Safari tours we did with his colleagues, mostly with Nickson who was a really nice friendly and funny tour guide with a lot of knowledge and initiative to explain a lot. We appreciate very much his high effort to find elephants for us in the game drive. We had a lot of fun and are so grateful for Nestor, Nickson and all other colleagues involved for giving us an unforgettable Safari experience which was much better than expected.
Also a lot of thanks for the staff at the lodge. The both girls were so kind and friendly, were preparing delicious breakfast, dinner and lunch and made our stay very comfortable. The lodges itself were clean, beds comfortable and very nice atmosphere.
We would definitely recommend with this operator, you will not regret it.
Email Luca | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Professional and organised and offering a good deal
Did a three days safari at the end of November. It has a wonderful experience! In the first day I arrived from Sar es Salaam and after been greeted by the personnel at the Selous River View Lodge, I went to the boat safari on the Rufiji river. The second day I did a car safari all day long and the last day I did the walking safari and came back to Dar. Everyone has always been professional and the food was really good and the guides were always fun and engaging!
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Email Carla | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful Experience
I really enjoyed my three day safari in Nyerere with Selous explorer.
Everything went smoothly from the pickup up until the drive back.
We had really nice condition for observing the animals on the Rufiji and inside the National Park.
The riverview lodge is very special and you can observe hippotamus and blue monkeys just while eating breakfast. Buffaloes and elephants come quite near the lodge too.
The comfort there was excellent and I enjoyed the food very much - always very flavourful vegetarian options.
The lodge to sleep is very spacious and and comfortable.
My only criticism is the walking safari. I expected a quiet early morning walk to find animals in the bush and learn about botany. But we got this performance by a “bush man” which honestly made me really uncomfortable. I really hope Tanzanians don’t believe Europeans have this view of rural Tanzanians and want to see this kind of thing (gnawing on tree bark, wearing animal skulls, eating insects, climbing on things etc.). You could tell the actor knew a lot about botany and medicinal usages of the plants. He even told us about accompanying professors to date the Baobabs. That made his act even more confusing to me. Others in the tour seemed to found it entertaining though…
I still enjoyed the safari over all and wish Nestor and his employees all the best!
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Email Pia | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Very nice trip
We went to selous nationalpark with Nestor. He is a very good guide. His knowledge about the park end the animals is fantastic. We were lucky to see most of the animal in the park.