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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Reviews
Email Melissa & Sharon | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Absolutely amazing safari tour company!
Every single person we dealt with, from the Owen Hilari, Manager Ali, transfer drive Eli and our guide George we’re friendly, attentive and welcoming. Our guide was particularly knowledgeable, passionate, caring and fun - thank you again for an unforgettable experience George!
CH
Email SC | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great experience
We had a great experience with Suricata Safari. They responded quick and organised everything for us. Jimmy, our driver was great! He‘s fun and always answered all our questions and stopped everytime we asked him to. Thanks to him we got to see the big 5 really close up.
Pius, the chef was great aswell. His cooking was so great! Always something different each day.
We did the camping Safari. One night there were Zebras right next to our tent and some Elephants just a few steps further down, drinking from the camps watertank. In the morning during sunrise you could see some Giraffes feeding on the camps trees. Spectacular view!
If we come back, we‘ll book with Suricata Safari again!
CH
Email Christoph | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazong Tour with james
My girlfriend and I booked a 3 days safari trip- serengeti and Ngorongoro. The safari was amazing. We saw all big five.
Our tour guide James made sure we enjoyed our trip and was fun to have around. Our chef Pius always surprised us with the dish he would prepare.
I would highly recommend surocata Safaris for your safari trip.
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Email Yvette Clark | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
This was the trip of a lifetime!
SURICATA
My son sent me a round trip ticket to Tanzania, but I was reluctant to go. Three days traveling? Forget that I would be traveling business with Qatar, I had been feeling every day of my seventy-eight years.
I began reviewing the vast number of safari companies online. I made a list of the parks I wanted to visit and the minimum number of days it would take to accomplish. I reviewed my budget and found four companies that fit the parameters of cost and destinations. I emailed each one.
They all answered promptly. I was drawn to Suricata and was soon What’s Apping Hilary, Suricata’s representative.
Hilary was efficient, polite and very professional. I was able to contact him at all hours despite the seven hour difference in time. He provided me with essential information. I paid the required deposit via a credit card. Hilary assured me a driver would pick me up at the Kilimanjaro airport even though I would not be staying in a hotel.
Coming from a culture of fault-finding, judgement, never being satisfied, skepticism and criticism. I had to suspend lifelong habits and view my experience from a new perspective. I have nothing negative to say about my African experience. Not a thing! This is very alien to me. But here I go.
Skeptical me, was pleasantly surprised to find Ellis, from Suricata, at the airport. With a smile and reassurance, he was easily delivered me to my son’s residence.
Hilary and I met at the 4 Points Sheraton, an old hotel proudly touting Hemingway as one of its guests. Set amidst lush gardens, very regal and quite staid, the hotel reminded me of colonial days.
Hilary surprised me. First, he’s young. I do not usually trust young people. But Hilary has a reassuring air about him. He is a very enthusiastic and energetic young man. He keeps his word and is incredibly responsible. Everyone in his company is ultra-punctual, very amiable and kind.
My experience with Suricata was unique. Having traveled to India, Nepal, Tibet, Indonesia, Egypt, Morocco, Central and a few countries in South America, I considered myself a little experienced in foreign travel. Never had I encountered the kindness, punctuality, professionalism and excellent service I received at Suricata.
Our tents were set up by the crew. Tito was in charge of the preparation of our home-cooked meals, prepared with fresh vegetables and fruits, tasty and colorful and very nutritious. My fellow travelers and I dined at a table set under the stars and toasted with local wine.
We slept in tents, serenaded to the sounds of laughing hyenas , who needed no wine to chat the entire night. Sounds in the camp, next day turned out to be zebras roaming about and leaving the remnants of their visit scattered throughout the grounds. I was in Africa! The experience of my lifetime.
Max, our driver, never faltered and tried his best to find the creatures we had traveled so far to see – elephants, lions, cheetahs, leopards, hyenas, giraffes, water buffalo, impalas, hippopotamus, gazelles, baboons, wildebeest, warthogs, zebra, ostriches, and so many others, I haven’t the space or memory to mention. Each one astonishing and found only in Africa. Usually, zoos and circuses are the only places these animals can be seen. Here they roam wild in these incredible parks – Tarangire, Serengeti, Lake Manyara and Ngorongoro Crater. Each park is beautiful and distinct. To find these rare and magnificent creatures in their habitat, unfettered and wild gives hope for the future of the world. They have inhabited this earth for millennia and deserve to enjoy their homes, their freedom.
Africa, the birthplace of our ancestors, is even today a breathtaking continent. It is huge and beautiful and harsh, inscrutable and yet glorious.
No one should die without having visited the birthplace of humanity. Africa, once experienced, will change you forever. The peoples are kind and warm and smile and dance, despite the suffering they have endured for centuries.
Suricata is a testament to that warmness and kindness and joy that abides in the hearts of its people. Until my last breath, I will remember the plains of Africa, bumping along the roads on safari, trying to get a glimpse of a lion or a leopard resting in a tree, a giraffe nibbling on treetop leaves, or an elephant cooling off in a mud hole.
I absolutely loved Africa! My experience in Africa eclipses my other trips. I am grateful to Hilary, his excellent company, Suricata (meaning “lemur”) and my son for insisting on this trip and for facilitating my visit. I wish everyone In Tanzania many blessings for the wonders they provide the world by preserving these glorious and well-maintained parks filled with wildlife, found exclusively in their country.
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Email Harrison | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Professional, polite, and knowledgeable
wanted to do a last minute safari and Suricata helped me fit in Tarangire and Lake Manyara for a reasonable price! They are very professional and knowledgeable about the animals. The food was great! The only problem is that I couldn't stay longer! (had to leave because of work
CH
Email Lena B | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
3 days in Serengeti and Ngorongoro (tent)
100 times better than we expected! We did the 3 day tent safari in Serengeti and Ngorongoro. We saw animals very closely thanks to our excellent guide Floridi. The meals prepared by Chef Tito were delicious and varied. There are sanitary facilities at the campsites (cold water in Serengeti and hot water in Ngorongoro). Be careful, at night it is very cold (5 c).
Great agency, I recommend
Email Laura | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing !
Extremely nice guide who takes the time to find the animals, varied and very good quality food, airport transfers included. Be careful the nights can be very cold so remember to take very warm clothes, nothing to complain about I recommend 100%
CH
Email Leana | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing safari
This safari was amazing. The nights in tents in the middle of the savannah and zebras were magnificent. Thanks to our guide we saw a lot of animals. A chef accompanies us during the trip to prepare delicious dishes. The nights can be very cold (5 degrees at the N'gorongoro crater and humid, be well equipped to sleep in a tent! The cars are for 6, it's nice to be a small group and share these moments together.
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Email Saif | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing
e experience was amazing from the begging we meet ailly he explained everything and was super friendly, to james mandonga he’s was our tour guy the guy love what he does and he have have alot of information always was starting the day with a big smile and good spirit. Highly recommend.
We had the lodges, what I didn’t like one of the lodges have no hot water. And by 9 pm no one will come to your lodges and ur not allowed to leave. Thats it
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Email Sam | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Rocky was incredibly knowledgeable, gregarious, and kind. He is also a great driver!
Truly the best safari you can get for Serengeti. We came from the US and organized the safari a couple weeks before we came. The staff were very responsive and helpful. They picked us up from the airport and gave us accommodation for before and after our safari which was great. Our safari guide, Rocky, was the best! He knew SO much about the wildlife, culture, and communities in and around the Serengeti. Our chef, Puis, was also great and cooked amazing food for us the whole safari. Don’t be afraid of the camping! The camp sites are clean and with beautiful views and wildlife all around. We were in a group of 6 travelers and we all had a great time together and with Rocky and Puis. The best safari that money can buy - I would highly recommend it to anyone who wants a true Serengeti and Tanzania experience.
