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- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2015)
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- $150 to $400 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
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Reviews
Email Jenny | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
We loved our safari with Soul of Tanzania - i would rate it 5 out of 5!
I traveled on a private safari with Soul of Tanzania - with my 2 daughters, aged 12 and 14. We had such a wonderful trip - the trip of a lifetime! Our guide Herman was knowledgeable and patient, and knew how to find animals, how to wait for animals and what to expect of their behavior. His command of English was fantastic, he was a great driver and he was good with the kids. The safari itself was wonderful - we saw so many animals, including lion, cheetah, leopard, black rhino, elephant, hippos and much much more - we couldn't have been happier with what we were lucky enough to see. Of the 4 parks we went to (Serengeti, Tarangire, Ngorongoro and Lake Manyara) the girls' favorite was Lake Manyara - I think because there was a magical forest element as well as the lake. Elephants materializing out of the forest in front of us will be something we will never forget. In Serengeti NP we saw a lion pride coordinate a hunt right in front of us - then bring 13 cubs back to eat their kill. In Taragire NP we saw a herd of more than 100 elephants in the dry riverbed digging in the sand to access water and then spray it around. We saw a huge pride of 16 lions and cubs in Ngorongoro Crater cross just meters from us, and a big male lion digging like a huge dog trying to flush a warthog out of it's den. We got some great photos even with just our phone cameras - and our guide Herman cleverly took some with our phone and ipod through the binoculars - which were amazing! The food and accommodation exceeded our expectations - with Burunge tented lodge, looking out over Lake Burunge conservation area from the beautiful restaurant deck and pool area was our favorite.
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Email Roberta&family | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Perfect Safari with Soul of Tanzania
We just came back from our safari through the parks in the North of Tanzania: Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Lake Eyase, Ngoro Ngoro Crater, Central and Northern Serengeti.
I was travelling with my family, and it was the first safari experience for my 2 kids, aged 13 and 14.
It has been a stunning experience.
After some research we decided to go for the proposal of Soul of Tanzania, and we can only recommend this safari company.
Our guide, Dominique, was top-class: very knowledgeable, attentive to our needs, very experienced and an expert and careful driver, always willing to look for the best spot to view the cats or a river crossing.
The itinerary was very well designed, not too tiring and with a variety of landscapes.
The proposal to fly back from northern Serengeti instead of driving has proved to be a very good choice.
The accommodation resulted in a perfect mix of permanent camps, lodges and mobile camps, which was exactly what we were looking for. We particularly loved Chaka Mobile Camp in Northern Serengeti: unforgettable!
The hot lunches served every day during the game drives were much appreciated: we always were offered a wide choice of excellent food, and we were using steel dishes and cutlery, which were not only nice, but also are not producing tons of waste like the lunch boxes many other safari companies are providing.
At first I was a bit sceptical about the proposal to meet the tribes at Lake Eyase, we were in Tanzania for the wildlife and I was scared we would end up seeing something really just set up for tourists. After having met the Hadzabe, I must admit that it was just like entering in a time machine.
The wildlife we encountered in the parks just left us speechless: not only the big cats, but also the hundreds of flamingos and pelicans in Lake Manyara, the hyppos fighting for the territory, the thousands of wildebeests crossing the Mara River and the crocodiles hunting for them.
We enjoyed every second of our trip to Tanzania.
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Email Neha And Harshal Vora | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fantastic Experience with Soul of Tanzania
We, a group of six people are just back from the dream Safari Trip to Tanzania.This trip was on our mind for a long long time and finally realized.After an extensive research, we decided to take the safari company,”Soul of Tanzania”. And I must say, what a correct decision it was.Everything started falling in place with the selection of the right company.
Soul of Tanzania is a luxury line Safari and they have all the new vehicles.Right from the first email to the pick up from the airport till they drop you to the airport, everything is extremely perfect and no chance of complain arises. They give you the best recommendations of Lodges and Camps and The best of the Drivers cum Guides.Let me name a few of the wonderful people, we came in touch with.They are Iris, Bennedict ,Dominique and Rachel They are thourouly professional and pleasant people. Since we were on the luxury Line, we were served hot meals during the lunch time while in the Safaris.We were the center of envy and attraction by the other tourists when we were served Royally with wines,hot meals in proper settings with table clothes and plates and cutleries.And last but not the least, freshly brewed coffee. I have to write a separate para for the experiences we had and how amazing our guide cum driver was.
Our Safari started with one trilling experience.Our guide, Benedict spotted two cheetahs and took us there.As we were watching them,one cheetah decided to climb on our vehicle and sat on the open roof of the vehicle.We had our heart in our mouth but Ben was so calm and assured us that if we don’t trouble the animal, it will not harm us.The Cheetah had fallen in love with us I guess,so it refused to get down for almost 10 minutes.We got some amazing videos and pictures and Ben managed to pass our camera to the next vehicle to get some shots too. We still can not overcome the thrill of that once in lifetime experience.Due to Ben’s patience and experience of wildlife, we could witness many of such thrilling moments. To name a few, 3 river crossings of wilderbeasts on Mara river, a humongous crocodile gulping the baby wilderbeast while crossing, the gorgerous tuskers of Africa and their cute babies,the mating of Lions and hippos,the hunting of a gazzle and a Zeebra by Lions, A gazzel giving birth to the baby, the majestic girraffs… On the last day of our safari, one lioness brushed pass our safari vehicle early in the morning just outside our lodge.Also we spotted nearly 80 lions.Ben took us to the authentic Masai village to make us understand the traditions.Also he makes amazing coffee and he is a wonderful human being who truly loves his profession.Deeply attached to the wild animals and understands their behavior.
We are sharing some fantastic shots we got.And I really wish,I can go back to Tanzania once again. We would highly recommend to go with ‘Soul of Tanzania” and ofcourse try and request to get Benedict as your tour guide cum driver….
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Email Henry, Hock, Eric & Kelwyn | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent guide Azaria Mwanga who went the extra mile to ensure we get to experience in 3 day Safari
Everything was perfect from the moment we enter the Safari parks … We get to experience the different animals behaviour and Azaria ensure we capture the best moments of these animals, zebras, wildbeast, lion, leapoard … Most interesting is the lion
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Email Angela | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Highly rated and reviewed by safari goers
We just successfully reach the summit of Africa yesterday with Soul of Tanzania and 15 members of an amazing team lead by Omary our main guide to reach the summit. Omary is an highly
skilled guide that reached the summit for the 363 times yesterday. We felt that he truely care for our safety, he was knowledgeable about everything related to the mountain and Tanzania, he is also a devoted father of 2 and pretty much the father of most porter and lot of guide with less experience on the mountain. He truely love his job. Sam,our assistant guide on the trip was also an important part of our success with his contagious energy and help at all time. Sam is in fact a licence guide so we felt lucky to have 2 amazing guides with us. Our cook Thom was also great listening to comment about the food and adapting to our sometime modified taste because of altitude gain. We add the chance to have Kassim with us that played a central role in our confort. He was listening to us and provided anything possible to make our summit possible. He event climbed to the summit with us as a third member of the team to reach the top with us. Kassim is 24, the world belong to this amazing men and we are happy he keeps studying at the guiding school. Gosheni was more high end then other agency. For exemple, in all our acclimatisation hike, Kassim for carrying a table with 2 chairs and food and beverage. We felt vip and customer from other agency eating a basic snack on a rock look at us with envy. We had the perfect time reaching the summit but more important then the summit we reached, we add the chance to get in contact with 15 individuals that made this adventure memorable. Big thanks to Omary (guide) Sam (guide) Thom (cook) Kassim (porter, waiter, Suisse knife of the trip) Issa (porter and toilet man) Ibrahim (porter) Mosses (porter) Baraka (porter) Salim (porter) Frank (porter) Nickson (porter) Samora (porter) Prosper (porter) Malkiadi (porter) Omary (porter) you guys are amazing and of course thanks to Soul of Tanzania
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Email Kim | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An Unforgettable Honeymoon!
My husband and I did an 8 day safari with Soul of Tanzania for our honeymoon. It was incredible and everything we could have hoped for and more!
From the beginning, Marta was responsive to all of our emails and requests and put together a great itinerary for us. We arrived at each of our hotels on schedule with no issues and thoroughly enjoyed the stay at each. We also had a beach extension at Zanzibar following our safari, which Soul of Tanzania planned for us. The beach and resort at the Melia were beautiful!
Our safari guide, Omari, was awesome! He was clearly dedicated to giving us a fantastic experience. He would routinely stop along the safari routes and point out unique or interesting wildlife. Some days, we would get up before sunrise and Omari would drive us for 12+ hours. He always made sure we were comfortable and put our safety as a top priority throughout the trip. We had a couple of issues with our vehicle along the way (e.g., flat tire, which could be expected) and Omari problem-solved without any impact to us or the trip. He was also dedicated to finding us the Big 5 which we did by the end! He was friendly, fun, knowledgeable, and made our safari honeymoon an unforgettable experience!
Overall we had a fantastic trip with Soul of Tanzania in general and Omari specifically. We felt safe and cared for and truly had a once in a lifetime experience. We would definitely recommend!
The best, very knowledgeable ❤️
For those of you in doubt, please consider Soul of a Tanzania as your tour company. We were linked with Jose (our journeyman) who put together a tour that not only met, but exceeded our expectations. Initially I was concerned because I was working with someone from another country and corresponding through email only. (We corresponded over fifty times) . Jose answered all of my questions and concerns, making me feel at ease. He was very patient and informative. Our trip was tailored to our specific wants and went as smoothly as one could imagine. From start to finish we had amazing accommodations, delicious food and a guide, Hassan, who made sure each day we were on Safari was a memorable one, he flooded us with information and educated us on the history of his country. We truly enjoyed his stories. Seeing all of the animals in their natural habitat was an amazing experience. We did a seven day Safari with a Zanzibar extension. Thank you Soul of Tanzania, Jose and Hassan for your expertise. By far this was the most memorable experience we have ever had.
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Email Hao | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Beyond expectation
We had a two-week trip in Kenya and Tanzania in August.
Our tour advisor Water (or Walter) covered the entire trip on the Tanzania side, including Tarangeri, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro, and Serengeti parks. He is one of the best guides we have ever had.
He is very very experienced. We had many many amazing moments (good timing, good parking positions to observe animals) which absolutely depended on Water's experience.
He was carefully hearing what we were most interested in and made our daily exploration plan accordingly. (Instead of making all decisions for us) Sometimes we left the lodge very very early and returned late. Water always provided what we need.
It's an unforgettable experience given Water's professional service. We truly appreciate that we met an amazing guide.
Email Ding and Zoe | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Incredible honeymoon safari with Wilson and Soul of Tanzania!
We went on a 5 days safari with Wilson to Taranagire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro as part of our honeymoon. We had such an unforgettable time and can't recommend Soul of Tanzania enough! Right from the start, Sandy communicated with us regularly and promptly and we felt secure in the package we were paying for. They even sorted airport transfers from Kilimanjaro and to Arusha airport for our onward flight to Zanzibar.
Wilson was a true gentleman and was a great safari guide and driver. He was so knowledgeable with everything about the trip and we felt incredibly safe with his driving too. He showed he has a lot of experience and knew where to drive/look for animals as well as being respectful on the road, he really did make our trip special. We saw lions hunting zebra, cheetahs feeding as well as the black African rhino!
Thank you to all at the company, we loved our trip to Tanzania! The people were so welcoming and friendly and we can't wait to come back!
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Email Ravi | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Enchanting Experience- The Great Migration at Serengeti North
Our family went on a vacation during September 2023 to Tanzania, especially to visit Central and North Serengeti National Parks.
We did had an opportunity to witness "The Great Migration" thrice of the wildebeest and also a hunt by the big cat. The whole experience was amazing, unbelievable and splendid and looked like once in a life time opportunity.
Thanks to our guide, Simon, who was efficient enough to spot and predict at which spot the migration would take place, all he used to say was, “be patient”, the formation of the herd would happen, few Zebras were the navigation masters and they would decide if it’s safe to cross the river or not, a safety feature to avoid the predators like crocodiles and thereafter the migration takes place. The narration by Simon was so good, it was like a bedtime storytelling to a small kid , and the migration took place just like his script.
It was a week full of adventure and action, our family enjoyed the stay in the middle of the parks, in the tents , it was amazing to have variety of food in the midst of the jungle and the roars of the lions. In total, it was an “enchanting experience” and the best value for money, for me and my family.
However, there was a small hiccup to our Mandaru Huts, Kilimanjaro trek as the time was insufficient to trek up certain height and return back same day to the hotel, as the hotel chosen was very far from the Kilimanjaro base camp and it took us half a day to reach the base camp, a hotel nearer to the base camp would be better to avoid travelling and utilise the full day. Barring this, the rest of the trip went like clock work precision.
Thanks to Jose, the trip designer, for his patience in designing the trip to our requirements and to Simon the guide for his bushmen knowledge and to all the back end team who coordinated so well, to make our trip flawless and memorable.
Best wishes,
