Serengeti Wakanda Team
Serengeti Wakanda Tours and Safaris
- Offices In:
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France
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2018)
- Tour Types:
- Custom budget & mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $300 to $1,500 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
for a custom tour
Your request will be sent directly to the operator
If preferred, you can contact the operator directly
Reviews
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Email Tim | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Felix is a very kind and knowledgeable safari guide who loves the nature
We spent a total of 6 days on our honeymoon safari with Felix and Wakanda Tours, and it was an unforgettable experience. Felix is
a very kind and knowledgeable safari guide who effortlessly shares his extensive expertise about wildlife and the environment, making the tour both educational and enjoyable.
Day 1: We spent our first day in Tarangire National Park, which was a wonderful introduction to our safari. Felix asked from the beginning which animals and plants we wanted to see and tailored the experience to our preferences. The lunch on the first day, prepared by Dhula, was the best meal of the entire safari (though the rest, provided by the lodges, was also good except for one lunch).
Day 2: We explored Lake Manyara National Park. Although it was more challenging to spot wildlife here, Felix made the most of the park. If we were to do another safari, we might skip this part and spend more time in other parks.
Day 3: We transferred to the Serengeti with a brief afternoon game drive.
Day 4: We spent a full day in the Serengeti, and on Day 5, we enjoyed morning and early afternoon game drives. The Serengeti was truly impressive, with vast herds of zebras and wildebeest. Felix also managed to show us lions, a cheetah, and a leopard up close.
Day 6: Our final day was in the Ngorongoro Crater, where we started very early to avoid the crowds. We observed a rhino from a distance and had many other wonderful moments, such as watching hyenas fight and laugh wildly over food.
Overall, we are extremely satisfied with Felix and Wakanda Safari Tours and wholeheartedly recommend them.
Accommodations:
Night 1+2: Ngorongoro Marera Mountain View Lodge (The food ranged from good to okay)
Night 3+4: Signature Serengeti Luxury Camps (By far the best lodge, with excellent food and outstanding staff)
Night 5: Angata Ngorongoro Camp (The night was short, but the food was good, and the proximity to nature was beautiful)
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Email Chiara | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best safari with the best guide
My husband and me booked a 7 day safari with Wakanda Tours for our honeymoon. We read a lot reviews upfront and they were all absolutely right: You will have the best safari you can get!
Our guide Felix was awesome. He knows everything about the national parks, plants and the animals. And he is also a very good driver. He drives fast when there is nothing to see, but you will feel safe all the time. It’s impressive how he is multitasking (driving, explaining, spotting animals). We were super happy with him as our guide!
The accomodations were all clean and very comfortabel. The staff was always helpful and friendly. We liked the Signature Serengeti Luxury Camp the most. The food was also good, sometimes very good. Maybe next time we would book a mix of camping and tented Lodges, because the food cooked by the Wakanda Cook was the best :)
Thanks for having us!
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Email Hyrran | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
It was the best
I played a game drive for 3 days and saw many animals.
The guide Bashr who made us comfortable.
Thank you so much
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Email Jay | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best ever experience
One of the memorable experience with Bashir as our expert guide. We were able to spot a rich variety of animals and birds at Ngorongoro. Bashir is the best driver and expert at navigating through the parks and finding animals. And also explain about lots of professional knowledge about wild life. It was very useful to understand more about animals. I hope to come again some day later.
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Email Claire Kim | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best Safari tour!
I choose this company because there was good review from Koreans. Now I know I had right choice :D Our tour guide Bashir is best driver and took care of us very well - find different types of animals, drive car to close to see them and safe. We had nice food and coffee time with nice view! Strongly recommend!!! Asante!
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Email Nejc | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing
Our experience of safari is unforgettable. Our guide Andrew told us many interesting facts about the animals and the region itself. He always got us to the best place to see the animals. If i went again i would choose the same company and ask for Andrew. We had lots of fun
Email Sabi | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A life-changing experience
The safari with Serengeti Wakanda was amazing from start to finish - Beatrice made all the arrangements beforehand, and was always available to answer our questions.
When we landed in Seronera, Andrew was there to greet us with a smile and begin our safari - he’s a fantastic person and the best guide! We saw lots of animals during our safari, but Andrew was able to spot them from hundreds of metres away, all while navigating the roads and chatting to us at the same time. Andrew is friendly, polite and has a great sense of humour, and this made our time together even better. He’s also very knowledgeable about Tanzania, the Serengeti and the different wildlife that live there. One of the highlights of the trip was getting to see leopards up close and walking around our truck, as well as seeing lions and a cheetah on an early morning game drive.
We also stayed in some amazing lodges, namely Serengeti Sametu, Nyumbani Collection and Ngorongoro Farm House. The accommodations were different but they all provided impeccable service and delicious food.
We would recommend Serengeti Wakanda to anyone thinking of booking a safari, and ask for Andrew to be your guide - he really made the experience even better! Asante sana to all!
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Email Carlos | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The best experience in Africa with the best
We booked the Safari with Wakanda after a very exhaustive searching and after comparing many companies and it is the best decision we could make. Wakanda is a company that takes care of its customers, communication with them has been close and attentive from the beginning, they have attended to all our requests and questions without any problem. We arrived in Arusha and they came to pick us up at the airport, we also booked two nights in Arusha with them, they chose the Karibu Heritage House and it was a very good choice, we didn't have to worry about anything.
I would also like to remark that we lost our suitcases on the way so we did not have clothes or toiletries to do the Safari, but both, the company and our guide, helped us to buy everything we needed.
Our tour started from Arusha, and we did Tarangire first, the second day a cultural visit in Mto Wa Mbu (very worth it), then two days in Serengeti and finally the Ngorongoro crater and back to the airport. The Safari experience is incomparable, the accommodations were all very good within the category we chose, even the last day when we decided to sleep in a tent camp was great, an unforgettable experience.
Regarding the guide and the cook (we had a cook just for us) it has been the best part of the trip. Benji and Dullah, thank you very much. Benji speaks Spanish very well, he has taught us everything, answered questions, helped us and made things very easy for us from the beginning; Dullah has cooked us an excellents meals, it is not right to compare with other tourists, but seeing what they had on their tables we felt very lucky.
Thank you very much Wakanda and your entire team, we are lucky to have been able to count on you. It is an experience that we will not forget, we take a little piece of Africa to Spain in our hearts.
Ashante Sana.
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Email Vivek | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Expert and Helpful
Memorable and fruitful experience with Bashir as our expert guide and Ashraf as our amazing chef. We were able to spot a rich variety of animals and birds at both Serengeti and Ngorongoro. Bashir is an expert at navigating through the parks and finding animals. Arshad is an excellent chef and kept us well fed through his culinary artistry. Would love to do this once again!
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Email T A | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Highly recommended - request for Felix and you will not be disappointed
We decided to go for Serengeti Wakanda Tours and Safaris because Ushma provided us with the best quote for our itinerary. This is our itinerary for the trip:
Day 1: Arrival
Day 2: Tarangire NP
Day 3: Serengeti NP
Day 4: Serengeti NP
Day 5: Ngorongoro Crater
Day 6: Waterfall, coffee workshop, hot spring tour
Day 7: Departure
The trip was amazing and we couldn't recommend the operator, and our guide Felix enough. The highlights of our trips were:
Lioness stalking a group of zebras at Serengeti
Serval cat during the day at Serengeti
Close encounter with two cheetahs at Serengeti
Signature Serengeti Luxury Tented Safari Camp - amazing accommodation
Lioness successfully hunting a wildebeest at Ngorongoro
Black rhinoceros at Ngorongoro
(We didn't get to see a leopard though, guess another reason for us to visit again!)
Felix was very knowledgeable and always on the look out for animals throughout the whole trip. Also, recommending us to leave quite early for the morning game drive (at Serengeti and Ngorongoro). Those were the days that we get to experience the parks with very little tourists and many animal activities.
Must-haves:
Telephoto lens (slightly heavy but worth it)
Warm clothes (especially for Ngorongoro - we were freezing at 6am when the temperature dropped to 8C!)
Eye drops and scarfs (masks) for dusts during the whole game drive
Lens wipe - not just for your camera for also glasses/ sunglasses
Final tips:
Be prepared for the "African massage" - it was relentless. After leaving Arusha there is no paved road until the last day when we got back again. The guide will do everything possible to make the trip more comfortable but just a heads up that it will be quite an adventure.
Stay at least 2 nights in Serengeti! We wished we extended our trip to include an extra night - especially when we got to stay at Signature Serengeti Luxury Tented Safari Camp. During dinner we saw a hyena ran across the plains. The location, amenities, meals, accommodation are all on point. We cannot recommend staying here enough. An extra night would also allow for an evening game drive (or extra time to relax) so that you will have more opportunities to see different types of animals. If it was 1 thing we could change about our trip it would be this.
Be patient. The only reason we got to have a close encounter with the cheetahs and witnessed a successful hunt was because we waited. Some people gave up as soon as they arrived and didn't see any action. We are in the middle of National Park, not a theme park. Patience is a virtue.
Skip Lake Manyara National Park, we were told that the flamingos have not been spotted in this lake for at least 5 years due to water pollution. We made the right choice to spend more time at other parks instead.
Pack light. The space on the jeep is limited and the more you pack there more you need to carry and store throughout the whole journey.
Finally, have fun and relax when you are at the park. Do not stress over what animals you will see, and when. It is nature so nothing is guaranteed. As our guide Felix always said "You never know what is around the corner". There is so much to see, so many activities happening. Nobody has the exact same experience and that is the beauty of this trip. You will get to have a unique personal experience at one the Africa's best game reserve.
