Team Shemeji Safari Tanzania
Shemeji Safari Tanzania
- Office In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2015)
- Tour Types:
- Customizable private tours and fixed group tours
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $180 to $800 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
for a custom tour
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Reviews
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Email Florian | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic experience
Very knowledgable guide and a good cook! Similar route to what most people do on a 4 day safari in that area. Luxus Camp on day 1 was a nice addition.
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Email Nadine | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Perfect Safari!
We (two couples from Germany) booked the 6-day midrange tented lodge Safari with Shemeji Safari in early November 2019. The route was Tarangire (day 1), Lake Manyara (day 2), Serengeti (day 3-5) and Ngorongoro Crater (day 6) and it couldn’t have been better:
Already through the whole decision and booking process the Shemeji team replied to our emails quickly and answered all our questions comprehensively, which gave us a good feeling right from the start. Along with all the great reviews online this made the decision to book the Safari with Shemeji very easy for us.
During the six days of our trip we had a great time with our guide Andrew, who was very friendly, funny and patient, knows everything about the wildlife and has the eyes of an eagle to spot them. He was able to find any animal from incredibly far away and could answer all our many questions. We felt absolutely safe with Andrew who is a very good and experienced driver. Many other tour companies drove extremely fast and unsafe and we were wondering how they can spot anything like that. Andrew always found the best position to park our car so we had the best view on the animals and got many incredible pictures. Even the two of our group who had done a Safari before said that they never imagined to see so many animals in such a short time and so close.
We saw all the big five, most of them from a very short distance and more than once. Only the leopards were very well hidden in a tree and the rhinos were quite far away. But most animals were so close to the car that we could nearly have touched them: lions, elephants, giraffes, cheetahs, gazelles, hippos, ostriches, hyenas, wildebeests, zebras ... many of them even had babies and we were able to watch lions eat a couple of times.
The accommodations were all very comfortable, clean and beautiful, and the staff was charming everywhere. We had a particularly good time in Asili Camps Serengeti where we were the only guests and the team really welcomed us and cared for us with exceptional warmth.
The breakfasts and dinners were delicious everywhere and even I as a vegetarian could always find a good choice.
The lunch boxes were ok, for our taste they contained a bit too much “dough” (bread, pancakes, cookies...) and too little fruit or vegetables, but when we asked the staff in the hotels they responded to our requests and put in more fresh stuff.
We can only recommend you to book your Safari with Shemeji and Andrew as your Guide - special thanks to him again for this awesome experience!
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Email Matthias | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Perfect
We had a lot of fun with our driver and very nice game drives. The communication was very good and we can plan everything like we want to do.
I will book again
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Email Carlos | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing experience!
We had a great time during our stay in Tanzania.
They picked us up from the airport and took us to the hotel.
Michael picked us up next day to start the 6 day safari. It was amazing. Michael was our guide in Spanish, explained a lot of interesting things and he has a good eye to find animals.
We only have a little problem with car overheating but the agency arranged another truck to pick us up really quick.
Overall very satisfied with the safari tour :)
CA
Email Sebastian | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great overall experience, trip of a lifetime.
Throughout the entire planning of this trip Emma at Shemeji was extremely responsive and tried to accommodate us with every request. Whether it was selecting the best options for accommodations, the itinerary of our trip or any extras that we wanted to consider she was responsive, informative and just overall a pleasure to deal with. Our guide himself, Michael, was very knowledgeable, friendly and enjoyable to spend five days with. I have nothing to say about Shemeji and would recommend them to anyone looking at doing a safari in Tanzania.
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Email Audrey USA | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing safari, well organised!
We had the best time on our 5 days safari tour with Shemeji. We went to Arusha National Park, Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro. The communication with Emma and the staff was easy and quick response. Very helpful and able to make last minute changes. Gerald was our driver/guide. He was very knowledgable, drove safely, we had a great time with him. He did his very best to find animals we wanted to see. We saw tons of animals, about 50 lions, big heirs of elephants, zebras, giraffes, hypos, worldebeasts, crocs, flamingos, etc. The accommodations were perfect. Nice big tents and lodge, well located. Food was good too, plenty food and water. The jeep was a little old but worked without problem, no air conditioning but didn't really need it. We had an amazing experience and would most definitively recommend it. Wish we could have stayed longer. Thank you to everyone at Shemeji, special thank you to Gerald!
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Email Dennis | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great 4-day trip that exceeded our expectations
Communications: Communication prior to the booking of the tour was very easy and uncomplicated. Although we were a bit late with our inquiry, Emma was very fast to provide us with a suitable tour perfectly designed to our needs.
Living up to expectations: We had a great tour and it was better than we could possible expect. Especially our guide, but also our cook contributed a lot to it. Both were very friendly, always checking on our needs and providing us with a great experience of the landscape, wildlife and food of Tanzania. We are vegetarians and the cook supplied us with delicious vegetarian food and insights into the Tanzanian culture and society.
Safari tour: It was amazing to see all the animals in their natural habitat. Already at the end of the second day, we saw the so-called Big 5 animals and many more. The driver was very patient with us, and we spent two hours following a hungry and hunting cheetah. Our guide was very knowledgeable and knew many secret spots and the behavior of the animals so that we were often one of the only cars watching an animal.
Overall: Looking back at the two weeks that we had in Tanzania, the tour was our favorite part and the best possible experience we could get.
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Email Beata & Axelle | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Brilliant 6 days Safari Experience
We had a great experience from the start to the end of the tour. The communication was very good. Our driver David was fantastic. He was very knowledgeable and happy to share his experience. The tented lodges were great, the food was amazing and we were always very well looked after. We highly recommend Shemeji Safari Tanzania!
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Email Alex | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unfreakingbelievable
We went with the 5-day tented lodging safari with Shemeji which took us to Tarangire NP, Lake Manyara NP, Ngorongoro crater, and the Serengeti NP. It was unfreaking-believable! Very difficult to describe and put into words.
I have nothing but wonderful things to say about our time on the safari with our guide. This trip is literally out of the Lion King. Our guide/driver, Sele, was very knowledgeable, patient, friendly, funny, and able to spot wildlife from incredibly far away. He taught us the Swahili term for each animal, he knew the gestation period of basically every animal, and was able to answer all our questions that we asked and there were a lot. In addition, we never felt our safety was compromised. He was always conscious about our well being. We saw many other tour companies who drove dangerously fast and unsafe (in my opinion) during our safari. We never felt unsafe with Sele. He always asked if we wanted to stop for pictures and if the spot was good enough, (if the spot wasn’t good enough, he would predict where the animal was going and angle our jeep accordingly).
We were able to see the BIG FIVE and SO many other animals up close: elephants, gazelles, hippos, ostriches, hyenas, giraffes, wildebeests, zebras, cheetahs, lions AND ALL OF THEIR BABIES. It was amazing to see how protective each species are with their young. One of the more memorable moments was to actually see a rhino up close, a very rare occurrence. We were also lucky enough to see a little cheetah hunt, VERY COOL…...and, and, and we got to see a pack of vultures attacking a carcass (unreal!).
The accommodations were all very comfortable and the staff very welcoming. The lunch boxes were filling and full of different snacks each day, the breakfasts and dinners were also delicious. Sele also brought along hot water in thermoses for our picnics during the day so that we could have a coffee and/or tea for lunch!
We cannot recommend Shemeji enough. Some would say this was a “once in a lifetime experience,'' however, we hope we will be able to experience this type of adventure again in the future!
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Email Kate | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Incredible safari!
Our experience with Shemeji was incredible! We had an absolutely amazing guide who really loved what he did. He found us animals without millions of cars around and took us out from super early daybreak until the sun was setting.