Hilary and Martin - owners of Suricata Safaris
Suricata Safaris
- Office In:
- Size:
- 20-50 employees (Founded in 2016)
- Tour Types:
- Custom budget & mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $190 to $600 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
for a custom tour
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If preferred, you can contact the operator directly
Reviews
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Email Isabella | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic
I chose Suricata because I had read some good reviews and despite my initial skepticism I can confirm after 5 days of safari that it was a unique experience. I chose to sleep in the tents because I wanted to try this experience and I was hoping to see some animals in the field and I did. The night I slept around ngorongoro crater I saw lots of zebras, buffaloes and impalas. They were lying there. Close to me.
I arrived on the 31st evening at the kilimangjaro airport. There was Mr T. who took us to the hotel in Arusha and the next morning our ranger, Fred arrived and took us to the camp for resupply. We saw Lake Manyara, Tarangire, Central Serengeti and Ngorongoro. Our chef Saleem has always cooked exceptional dishes for us. Every day for lunch and dinner there were 4 dishes. Rice, meat or fish, legumes and vegetables. Plus dessert or fruit. African cuisine is outstanding. All good and in large quantities. We all saw the animals multiple times. Elephants, zebras, impalas, waterbuks, monkeys, servals, warthogs, giraffes, baboons, hyenas, buffaloes, impalas, leopards, flamingos, lions, and even rhinos. A unique experience that I would do again 100 times. Thanks Meerkat
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Email Andrea | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful tour l, thank to suricata safari for this magic experience
Beautiful Safari, exceptional guide and cook, maximum cleanliness and fantastic tour, we were able to see all the animals possible and spent some spectacular moments, I recommend experience in a tent to be even more in contact with this magnificent and fantastic land.
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Email Alice | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
100% recommended from beginning to the end
The Safari has been an amazing experience. We were able to share it with a very nice group. Our driver and cook were available for questions and helping us to live the experience to the fullest. We also shared good moments at the public campings.
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Email Alex | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing
We had a great experience with Suricata Safaris. Before the safari started they picked us up in the airport, offered a hotel in the centre of Arusha and we could visit the city with a guide, who showed us the main spots and recommended a great restaurant for eating. During the safari we could meet very cool and nice people, and our driver Flori always looked for the best spots to see the animals, we saw a lion less than 2mt away!! Musa, the cook, did his job in perfection and we could enjoy all the typical dishes while in the camp!
The worst part of the adventure was the cold shower we had to take every day in the camp to take all the dust from the sabana out, but it was really worth it!
100% real adventure, 1000% recommended!
Email Eduardo | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Made experience easy
The experience is amazing. On top of that Suricata made everything easy. They joined us with a very nice group and the food from their chef was AMAZING.
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Email Xavier | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Highly recommended!
My wife and I wanted to do a safari tour as soon as we were in Moshi/Arusha. We then organized suricata fond and everything with them just a day before our trip!
Great experience: the transport back and forth from Moshi/Arusha worked, we were well looked after by the guide and saw the Big 5 and more!!! We traveled with a great group and there was no shortage of food!
Suricata is recommended!!!
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Email Sofia | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Incredible experience
I went on a two-day Safari trip with Suricata safaris and I am still amazed by how great it was. The morning of the first day, their driver picked me up at the airport and made sure I was on time to join the group. We went to the Ngorongoro conservation area first, which is a breathtaking place. The guide was very knowledgeable and kind, was telling us facts about animals and plants that we saw. In the car there were snacks and water. The lunch was delicious as well. At the end of the first day the guide drove me to the lodge, which was one of the most beautiful lodges I've ever been to. The next day we continued to Tarangire national park and saw even more animals. At the end of that day the guide drove me to the hotel where I left my bag and then they arranged transport for me to get to the accomodation I booked. Overall it was absolutely worth the money spent. The communication was also efficient, the team answered my emails with questions promptly and were helpful. Thank you Suricata safari for this incredible experience.
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Email Jared Thomas | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The BEST operator in AFRICA
My girlfriend and I did the 5 day safari with our amazing local guide Rocky. He was able to show us the BIG 5! The tour, accommodation and food was all 10/10. |recommend this safari to anyone coming to Tanzania and wants a trip of a lifetime!
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Email Will & Leo | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Simply Outstanding
Simply outstanding. From the beginning, Suricata tailored the plan to my girlfriend and my specific requests (we wanted extra time in the Serengeti and to camp in the parks, over a 6 day tour), and they offered detailed insights as to their recommendations on times and locations. When our flight was delayed by 12 hours, they worked around the issue and picked us up directly at the airport.
We also cannot say enough about our guide Ezekiel. He was exceptionally kind and funny, and knowledgeable about his country and about all four of the parks we visited. He knew every animal and plant we saw, with endless fun facts about them, and navigated the parks with ease, taking us to spots he knew were often best for extraordinary sightings. We saw multiple of virtually every animal imaginable (the big five plus many more), often without the annoying presence of 20+ other cars because of his ability to find them in spots far from the main roads. For example, we saw a mother cheetah hunting with her two cubs, a family of lions feeding on a kudu, a leopard sleeping in an acacia, and countless 20+ herds of elephants, all completely isolated from other cars, or with just one other car in the vicinity. He took time to bring us to particularly photogenic landscape points, as I enjoy photography, and was also friends with seemingly every guide we passed, stopping to quickly chat and catch up about any special sightings, which often led to further exceptional finds.
As we had selected the camping option, Suricata also provided us a chef for the entire trip, Chef Tito. A master of his craft, and using the minimal utensils and space afforded by campground facilities - without electricity or running drinking water, and in remote places without access to additional foods, he cooked up feasts for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, mixing local specialities with international fare, always giving us far more than we could eat (4-6 distinct plates for each meal, with a starter, fresh fruit and dessert at lunch and dinner, and never repeating any except those we specifically requested again!) - and always absolutely delicious. The food was regularly of higher quality than we receive at restaurants in Europe, despite highly challenging cooking conditions. He even made us a unique cake every night, using charcoal fire and a Dutch oven, and showed us his techniques and recipes.
The logistics were managed without a hiccup, despite our flight delay, and they helped us get sim cards, essentials, and fresh breakfast each day, despite regular 545am starts to see the best game. The tent they provided was spacious (pictured in our camp at Ngorongoro), the cots very comfortable, and the campsites the selected were amazing - we had giraffes, buffaloes, and zebras pass just by the camp on multiple occasions, and lions and hyenas pass by in the night - perhaps not for everyone, but amazing to us!
Can I say more? Book with Suricata today, you will not be disappointed!
(Brief comment just to say that we posted the same review here and on TripAdvisor to make sure it is seen by viewers in both places! We checked both when looking for our safari)
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Email Silvia | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unforgettable adventure
The safari was an exciting and unforgettable experience!
Everyone always friendly and helpful... fantastic driver and great food prepared by a good chef!