Caracal Tours & Safaris
- Located In:
- Size:
- 1-5 employees (Founded in 2010)
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $120 to $1,000 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Marc-Grégor Campredon | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
More than driving
If you are looking to make a Safari, you have to make a difference between "Driving" and "Guiding".
Ben, the owner, is an amazing guide ! I know most of the animals, and he know where to they are.
I love Lion and others felines. Ben, always found them. Not from far, but very close. I remember one of the last day in Serengeti, we got to be at 2meters (6ft) of a beautiful - amazing Cheetah.
It is very rare to be that close of the animals, and we were the only car !
Of course some time, we "fight" with other car. But Ben with is professionalism always found a spot, an access, an angle.
With my different experience with them, I can see how they adapt the way they work to your need and to your expectation. As a Photographer, my approach is not the same than other customers. Ben have totally understand my need, and my wish. After the two first day our relation become very strong, and Ben have always give me the "place" to make my pictures.
And what about them ? Outside the Safari ? Caracal is a family running business. And I believe that we are now a part of their family. They are easy on going person, always happy, and open to speak.
A reference !
I can not wait to go back in the trail with them.
Email Ron, Angella and Rens | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent
We contact Marion for our wish to make a once in a lifetime experience.
We give her our wishes, wildlife, nature and meeting locals. We told her our budget and she proposed a beautiful trip.
Our guide Good Luck and Marion wait for us at the airport and next day
Good Luck was taking care of us for the next 10 days. He knows everything of the animals and plants we saw. He knows the right places to watch the animals and where to make a good photo. He was very kind and friendly. The variation between nature, animals and culture was perfect. Our lodges and tented camps where all perfect. All clean, good food and friendly staff. We had a beautiful time.
After 10 days they had arranged the flight, the transfers and hotels at Zanzibar and that was also more dan perfect.
Everything was excellent. We will definitely recommend Caracal!!
Specially thanks to Good Luck and Marion.
Fantastic six day safari
In July 2017 we (a family of 4) went to Arusha. From there we wanted to visit some National Parks and so I contacted Caracal Tours & Safaris, a company that I had found on the internet. The contact was very pleasant. After we had submitted our wishes, Marion suggested a six day safari with a visit to Lake Manyara, Serengeti NP, Ngorongoro Crater and Tarangire NP. We chose to go camping (basic campsites, good, but sanitary facilities not always clean). Caracal arranged the camping gear for us: 2 man dome tents, field beds with extra mattresses, pillows and sleeping bags. We slept very well, although it was very cold at Simba campsite at the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater.
Ben was our guide/driver and Albert our cook. We really enjoyed our trip: the beautiful nature and so many animals, some of which we saw really close to the car! While driving, Ben spotted many different animals, often long before we saw them. He usually knew exactly which animals we saw and if he did not know, he looked it up in a book. We saw many big animals, but also smaller ones like rock hyraxes, African fish eagles and a dwarf mongoose. On route we could stand still as long as we wanted and had plenty of time to take pictures or simply enjoy the view. Exceptionally beautiful were the hunting lions, the cheetah with cubs and the sunrise over the Serengeti.
Our meals were fine as well. Every morning a good breakfast (toast, peanut butter, jam, honey, eggs, sausages, pancakes, fruit). In the afternoon sometimes a picnic, sometimes lunch at the campsite. And in the evening a nice meal with soup beforehand. (I'm not a lover of soup at all, but they were all delicious!) And as far as I know, all made on a single burner cooker!
Marion, Ben and Albert, thank you very much for this fantastic unforgettable trip.
Email Martina Mariki- Ngowi | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
honeymoon safari that blew our minds!
Just before our wedding my husband Kennedy told me we will have a safari honeymoon that he is planning! Honestly I was a little bit worried how can he pull that off. While I was anxious to know how will the safari be, where will we go and sleep, my husband was so relaxed and and excited. So he chose Caracal Tours and Safaris through Marion who is our good friend to organize our safari.
So on the day of safari Caracal Safaris picked us up with a bag of gifts as a newly weds, that was so beautiful and thoughtful of them. Max was our guide, a very nice person who constantly made sure that we are comfortable and enjoying our safari to Maramboi tented camp which is a very beautiful place where zebras, wild-beast and antelopes were around us while enjoying our surprise sunset dinner and Champagne from Caracal.
Then the next days we had a game drive to Tarangire and Manyara National Park where we saw a lot of animals including the King of the jungle himself Mr. Lion, Elephants and Buffalo. We enjoyed very beautiful views from the mountains and Lake Manyara. Max our guide made sure that we visited every corner of the national parks to see as many and different animals as possible. We learned so much more than we could have imagined about the animals,plants and the national parks in general.
My husband and I enjoyed every bit of our well organized honeymoon safari. It was everything the best honeymoon can be!
Good job Caracal Tours and Safaris and keep it up!
NL
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Five day safari and trip to Zanzibar
In the beginning of 2014, we wrote to Ben and Marion of Caracal Tours and Safaris: We will arrive on April 17th and depart on 3 May. Could you put us together a trip including a safari and Zanzibar? Marion asked us some questions about our needs and very soon we got a tailor-made proposal from her, including hotels, lodges, transfers and flights to Zanzibar. Marion has compiled a wonderful trip for us. The first days we stayed in Moshi, followed by five days safari, then again a few days Moshi and finally five days at Zanzibar.
This period falls in the rainy season, but we have not seen much of that. A few cloudy days with occasionally a shower, but during the safari we always had nice weather. Only in Zanzibar we had one day with a lot of rain. The advantage of this period is that it is quiet in the national parks. Also prices of hotels and lodges are much lower than in the high season.
The highlight of our trip was definitely the five-days safari. Go to http://www.caracalsafaris-tz.com/reviews/Gerrie-en-Gerald.html for a photo impression. In particular, the Serengeti is truely unique. The reality is much more impressive than anything we had seen on the internet and TV.
Ben is an excellent guide who really discovered all things to discover. Again and again he shows you things you were not able to find yourselves. And do not forget: he is a great driver. We have had five great days with him.
Ben and Marion, thank you very much for this wonderful holiday. Tanzania has become an unforgettable experience to us.
Gerrie and Gerald
NL
50-65 years of age
Once in a lifetime experience
Thanks to Caracal Tours and Safaris our stay in Tanzania became a once in a lifetime experience. The parcs we visited were of a stunning beauty, especially the Ngorongoro Crater. We not only saw the Big 5, but also a great variety of other animals. Ben was a very knowledgable, reliable and careful guide and driver. We enjoyed having lunch and dinner with him in the lodges and hear about Tanzania and share his view on the developments in this wonderful country.
NL
Email Koen | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing people for your perfect safari experience
We booked our safari with 10 people at Caracal Tours & Safaris. 9 days of safari and 4 days at Zanzibar. The organisation was perfect. Marion arranged every small detail perfectly and was very responsive and thoughtful. The contact with Marion is very nice and she is very accessible and flexible. For example, 2 months prior to our journey we wanted to add one more person. Marion arranged every overnight stay and every journey to make the addition of our extra person possible.
The overnight stays were all fine, ranging from luxury to more of a glamping style in the middle of all the wildlife. Because of personal preferences we wanted to sleep in beds, which was taken care of very well by the organisation. Especially the overnights stays on the Serengeti in Gnu Migration Camp and Mawe Tented Lodge were an absolute wildlife experience. The atmosphere was very friendly and a cake got baked for the birthday of our daughter. We also got a cake, arranged by Marion, for the 35th anniversary of our wedding, a very nice surprise. In these camps, you are escorted to your tents at night where we had a nice meet & greet with a hyena and buffalo at approximately 10 meters. However, at no point we felt any fear, because of the great expertise of the camp crew.
Also the visit to the Masai was a very cool experience.
The structure of our journey was very good and we kept on seeing more and more impressive things. The expertise of the guides (Ben and Julius) was outstanding and they entertained us very well. They both speak English fluently and were very enthusiastic. The cars were fine and included a refrigerator for cold drinks. Moreover, the guides were very flexible to our preferences. The organisation and its' guides distinguished themselves in their respect for the animals and their nature. They sometimes chose to stay leave sooner at certain animals because of the extreme overcrowding (read: 2 lions, 20 cars). Of course they did this in consultation with us, but it did show their respect for nature.
All in all, we greatly advise Caracal Tours & Safaris to everyone who wishes an unforgettable journey in this amazing area. You will not regret your decision.
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Email Anabel | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Exciting, beautiful, cheerful and exceptional
A great knowledge of the fauna and the parks, kindness and joy and a very good organization. Great people and great professionals (Bernard and Godi)
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Email Paz | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Wonderful
Magnificent organization, a very fun trip and wonderful attention. Charming guides with extensive knowledge of the parks. and wildlife
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Email Ana | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fantastic
Muy latest experience in Tanzania has included a photographic safari.
Through a friend I met Caracal tour&safaris. Although It has not muy fiesta safari, it has been excellent. A personalized attention. The two people Who accompanied us seré verte friendly and witha verte good este foro spotting animals. Se hace serena lot of variety.
I reccomend them.