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Alex & Olli   –  
Germany DE
Visited: June 2025 Reviewed: Jun 16, 2025

Email Alex & Olli  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

7-day tour from Kilimanjaro to the Serengeti
5/5

We've just returned from Tanzania. The two of us started with a 9-day safari from Kilimanjaro via Arusha and the Ngorongoro Crater to the Serengeti. After the safari, we added another 5 days on Zanzibar. Our guide for the first 7 days was James from Enchanting Tanzania Safaris. James speaks excellent German and was always able to answer all our questions about the animal species and their habits. He also has a great sense of humor, and there was always something to laugh about. The tour was perfectly planned, as we were always informed via radio with other guides whenever there was something exciting to see. We saw the Big 5 in full, a puma jumped onto the roof of a car, and a male lion leisurely walked alongside our jeep. It was a fantastic experience, and we can therefore 100% recommend James. We would also advise everyone to book a private tour. It's a bit more expensive, but you have much more room to move around in the Jeep when you're out hunting, and you can set your own pace. Thanks again, James, for everything, and best wishes from Dortmund, Alex and Olli!



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Heidi + Karl   –  
Germany DE
Visited: January 2025 Reviewed: Mar 5, 2025

Email Heidi + Karl  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Best guide ever
5/5

We had a safari in Tansania in January 2025.
Everything was perfect and topped by our Guide James. He spoke German fluently and could explain everything about country, people, animals and plants. He was always friendly and humorous. We are very happy about this beautiful journey with James and we can highly recommend him.
Asante sana, James !
Heidi + Karl

Ruthild   –  
Germany DE
Visited: January 2025 Reviewed: Feb 26, 2025

Email Ruthild  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Like a dream
5/5

We travelled in January, James was our Guide during this trip. We still can't realy believe what we saw, so many animals, so wonderful friendly people, perfect lodges. James is the perfect guide to do such a safari. He was always attentive, helpful and responded to our wishes. He had good suggetions to improve the trip when good opportunities to See something special arose at short notice. Thanks a lot James you gave us a great trip.

Natalie   –  
Switzerland CH
Visited: October 2024 Reviewed: Oct 6, 2024

Email Natalie  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

James is the best!
5/5

I can wholeheartedly recommend it!
Great tour and James is the best. He also tells you a lot about the animals during the tour. We felt very well looked after.

Tosca   –  
Switzerland CH
Visited: October 2024 Reviewed: Oct 6, 2024

Email Tosca  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

James is the Best!!!
5/5

We did a 5-day safari tour with James. We saw so many animals and James was able to explain everything to us.

He was super friendly, personable and very empathetic. We couldn't imagine a better tour guide.

The car was super comfortable and we had plenty of space.

There was always plenty of water too.

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Nancy L.   –  
Switzerland CH
Visited: August 2024 Reviewed: Sep 22, 2024

Email Nancy L.  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Our unforgettable safari tour in Tanzania
5/5

We went on a private safari tour with our guide James for 5 days. It was an absolutely unforgettable experience which we can only recommend!
We went to the Tarangire National Park and Ngorongoro crater and we were amazed by the untouched Tanzanian nature and all the various animals. As James speaks fluently German, we had great conversations and we learned a lot from him about Tanzanian wildlife. He was always very friendly, patient and very experienced. James had answers to all our questions and thought us a lot about the ways of living in Tanzania. His humorous personality made our safari a real adventure. He made us feel like to have a close friend.

We can highly recommend our Safari trip with our guide James, it was an unique experience! Thank you for everything!

Caroline   –  
Switzerland CH
Visited: July 2024 Reviewed: Sep 14, 2024

Email Caroline  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

James is a guarantee for a great safari experience - experienced, knowledgeable, humorous, reliable
5/5

Our two-week Tanzania safari was wonderful! We felt very welcome by James from the very first moment.

James accompanied us during both weeks through the beautiful northern parks (West Kililmanjaro, Arusha, Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro, Central and North Serengeti). He was both driver and tour guide and we greatly appreciated his friendly, uncomplicated, humorous and absolutely reliable manner.

His driving style is level-headed, so that we were able to relax at all times, which is valuable on the sometimes very bad roads.

James is not only respectful to his guests, but also regarding the animals, which we appreciated much. His knowledge and experience are vast, what we benefited greatly from. He answered all our questions patiently and competently.

We had the impression that James really wants his guests to have a great time and feel comfortable. Every morning we looked forward to going on tour with James again.

Thank you very much for everything, James, and we'd be happy to go on tour with you again!

Victoria N   –  
Germany DE
Visited: March 2024 Reviewed: Apr 24, 2024

Email Victoria N  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Perfect Safari Experience - Experience guide, amazing game drives and excellent accomondations
5/5

We experienced a fantastic safari in Tanzania with Enchanting.

The variety of safari companies can be overwhelming when you want to have a once in a lifetime experience. We compared many safari companies. Since my cousin had raved to us about his safaris with James, the choice became easy and we decided to go with Enchanting (which turned out to be A GREAT CHOICE!).

Even though we booked at short notice, James put together a great route for us with wonderful accommodation. When selecting the route, he paid attention to where the Great Migration was during our travel period. We trusted James and our guide and driver Alphayo right from the start. The communication in advance went flawlessly. Alphayo gave us a warm welcome on site.

The atmosphere on our safari was excellent! Alphayo was a very pleasant travel companion. He told us a lot about Tanzania and life in Tanzania. In the end, thanks to Alphayo, we were even able to impress those around us with a few words of Swahili.

We had great nature moments on our safari and got to know the biodiversity of Africa. Alphayo is an experienced guide who has successfully tracked down all the animals you would hope to see on a safari. In response to our desire to see cats, we went looking for rare cats and found them. Alphayo is not only a great guide, but also a very experienced driver, which is very important on the sometimes bumpy safari routes. We always felt safe as passengers.

The accommodations were all great! The facilities exceeded our expectations. The food in the lodges and tented camps was delicious.

We had a great time with Alphayo and can highly recommend the trip with Echanting to everyone.

We say Asante Sana!

Alessio, Rubén, Letizia, Marco   –  
Switzerland CH
Visited: November 2023 Reviewed: Dec 7, 2023

Email Alessio, Rubén, Letizia, Marco  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Assante sana for everything James
5/5

We passed a great time all together! Thank you James! You are a great person and a great guide! God bless you!

Alessio, Rubén, Letizia and Marc

Jutta und Manfred   –  
Germany DE
Visited: September 2023 Reviewed: Oct 13, 2023

Email Jutta und Manfred  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Unforgettable experience and impressions
5/5

With 3 years late due to Corona, we were finally able to experience our safari at Enchanting. Pushing the trip was not a problem at all, so that we were finally able to fulfill our dream of a safari at the end of September.
With James, our guide and Gabriel, we did an unforgettable 6 -day safari to his intern. We visited Tarangire National Park, Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Krater, Lake Manyara, a coffee plantation, Gibbs Farm and Arusha
Everything was well organized and exceeded our expectations. James took us to the most beautiful places with wonderful nature and always knew where the animals were found. We experienced elephants, zebras, gnus, giraffes, lions, impalas, antelopes, water buffalo, hippos, monkeys, monkeys, all types of birds, flamingos, a leopard sleeping on the tree and a sparkling with its prey. It was an insane experience for us to experience this so close.
James is an exceptionally personable and great guide. He is very knowing and was able to answer all of our questions. He succeeded in inspiring us from this wonderful spot.
The lodges selected by James were very nice and we were welcomed everywhere by very nice people and we were very comfortable everywhere.
A highlight was definitely the overnight stay in the Serengeti in the Bush Camp, where we were allowed to spend a night in the tent up close with the animals, very exciting and certainly unforgettable for us.
James is not only an excellent guide but also a very good driver and we felt very safe at all times. The mood in the jeep was always good and funny and relaxed, because James is a humorous person who speaks perfectly German. James and Gabriel tried very hard and we were perfectly looked after with everything every day.
Our subsequent stay in Zanzibar was also organized through Enchanting. Everything was perfect, as on the safari, and we enjoyed a wonderful week in Zanzibar.
You can't put in words what we have experienced with enchanting, you just have to experience it. This journey will always be remembered and we say again ..... Asante Sana, dear James and dear Gabriel ..... you are just the best

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