Hilary and Martin - owners of Suricata Safaris
Suricata Safaris
- Located 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)
Reviews
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Email Julio Cesar | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing experience in Kilimanjaro region
We've done a full day activity with the guide Mr T and I can just say we had a perfect day. We started with a walk from the Materuni village to the waterfall, a beautiful trail surrounded by bananas tree and coffee farms. Then we went back to the village where we saw how the locals produce coffee and we could try ourselves, and in the end we would drink the fresh coffee they just toasted and roasted. They also cooked an amazing lunch using the local ingredients and it was so tasty! We finished the day in the Hot springs, a beautiful place to have a swim and refresh after a long day. Mr T was very helpful all the time, he is very nice, calm and know a lot about the region. I highly recommend the activity and him as a guide.
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Email Margriet | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Suricata is very good
We went on the 5 days great Tanzania Safari.
From the pick up from the airport, the communication and lodges, it was good. Our driver was kind and friendly and he made us feel comfortable. The combination of the different National Parcs makes this trip special. We saw so many wildlife and different landscapes.
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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.
Email Jon Barrow | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
10/10 safari experience with an outstanding tour guide and company!
Our safari was an amazing experience. Ezekiel, our Tour Guide, was an absolute professional with limitless knowledge of the animals and landscape across the Serengeti and other national parks and conservation areas.
The company arranged all food, water, transport and accommodation without any issue. My friends and I had a seamless trip! I highly recommend it to any experienced or first time safari go-ers.
CH
Email Seline | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing Safari Experience with friendly staff and perfect accomodation
The Safari was an amazing experience. We saw all of the big 5 and many more animals. Our guide explained everything we wanted to know about the animals, culture, country etc.
The accomodation were great. One night in a beautiful lodge and two nights in a tent. This was really exciting. Food was good and the staff so lovely and helpful.
Always again with suricata safari.
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Email Adnan Alhuwait | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Life Changing Experience
Ezekiel has been very very cooperative, speaks English, and very knowledgeable about the animals you will get to see! Staying a night in the Serengeti with our exposed tents (with a net of course) was an unimaginable experience, you are surrounded by wild life including: Zebras, hippos, wild beasts, buffalos, lions, hyennas, and so much more that I cannot remember. We also had our chef Tito who really stepped up the trip with his local dishes that were absolutely delicious and rich with coconut flavor haha as he loves it, and so did we. We have visited, the Tarangire, the Serengeti, and the Ngorogoro Crater. Everything during the trip was beyond my expectation from landing at Arusha to watching our first lion pride up closely. (Less than 5 meters away) and they were a pride of 10 lions ! Btw you get to hear lots of animals during your camping at night and our closest night encounter was with a friendly hippo after dinner around 8 pm … 10 meters away!!
I cannot even describe this trip enough because I would not be fair towards the beautiful life and the up-close encounter with Mother Nature. By all means, it was absolutely astonishing. Thanks to all the crew that I forgot to mention for making this beautiful experience possible.
Hakuna Matata!! ❤️
PL
Email Denis | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent and professional
Everyone should experience something like this and suricata safari is the best choice. I have seen the Big Five a few times. The guide says many interesting things. The biggest surprise was the food - excellent cook! I was unexpected that the food would be so tasty
CZ
Email Rasa | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing experience!
We went for 3-day camping safari visiting Serengeti NP and Ngorongoro Crater. Everything was well organized, starting from pick at the airport and ending with airport drop off. We had an amazing and knowledgeable guide Lewis. We saw the big 5 and lots of other animals, some of them really so close to us and just passing by. The food prepared by our chef was so delicious! Everyone from this company we were in contact with was really nice and professional. I had an amazing safari experience. Thank you, Suricata Safaris!
CH
Email Cathy | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Everything was perfectly organized
We had an amazing tour through Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Tarangire. Everything was perfectly organized. We got picked up from the airport and had a transfer to the lodge which is included in the Price! We always had the possibility to contact someone from Suricata and we always received an answer very fast. During the Safari-Tour our guide gave us a lot of informations about the animals and was very friendly. We even had a chef with us and had amazing and fresh food daily.
I definitely would book this tour again!
TR
Email Selim | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Suricatis Safari is the best to make you be happy , comfortable and sutisfied for safari
We made 3 days camping safari with Suricatas Safari and this was the first experince for safari and Tanzania. I want to say that Suricatis Safari supplied and made everything that was defined at agreed pocket. If I will try safari again, I will choose Suricatis Safari. Rocky who was our personal guide and Tito who was our personal chef tried to make us be happy , comfortable and enjoyed. Rocky is a amazing real leader, he always informed us about daily plan, all steps and animals. Special thanks to him , we saw the big 5 by his extrem effort. Our personal chef Tito cooked always delicious, traditional foods and we always ate likely his foods and never faced to any problems. I strongly suggest saferi in Tanzania with Suricatis Safaris with this team.