Gilmag Safaris' Fleet of Safari Land Cruisers
Gilmag Safaris
- Office In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2016)
- Member Of:
- Tanzania Association of Tour Operators
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $250 to $1,200 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Lucy Samsonow | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Five Star With Gilmag Safaris
Gilmag Safaris were very helpful in planning our safari, giving us advice on where to stay, where to go. Mary was very well organized from start to end. She made our whole adventure very comfortable. We wanted a private safari and it came with a clean 4X4 Land Cruiser.
Our guide Nickson was very interesting and knowledgeable. Our favourite place was Ndutu. We saw lots of young wildebeests being born.
If anyone is looking for a Safari company in Tanzania, then choose Gilmag Safaris. We highly recommend their excellent service.
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Email Addie Adalwolfa | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
5 Star Safari
We had great pleasure travelling with Gilmag Safaris. Our trip was customized by Lillian. She was very responsive and efficient. Upon arrival in Tanzania, we were met by Mary and guide Nickson. Thereafter, we drove to Arusha and stayed at Gran Melia, a true gem in Tanzania.
We loved our 5 star accommodation and food was excellent everywhere. The safari itself was awesome and unforgettable. We visited Tarangire, Manyara, Ngorongoro and Serengeti. Finally we flew to Zanzibar from Arusha. Every logistics was perfectly organized and planned.
Thank you Gilmag safaris for this trip of a lifetime, very memorable. We are planning to be back and will definitely book with you again.
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Email BK | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Awesome and well organized your firm!
This was our second safari with Gilmag Safaris. We went in the end of February. We did a 6 day safari which was planed according to our needs. Mary from Gilmag Safaris suggested the schedule and I must say it was perfectly planned. We tweaked our itinerary so many times, but every query and request was met with enthusiasm and professionalism.
Gilbert and Mary promptly picked us up at the airport in a spotless Land Cruiser. They have great personality. We started in Tarangire, then Ndutu and Serengeti. Gilbert who was our guide was very knowledgeable about the parks and the many animals and birds. The Serena Lodges and Karibu Camps were incredible. The food on this trip was absolutely delicious. Every person we met was friendly and welcoming. Gilbert kept the vehicle clean and comfortable throughout the entire trip with plenty of cold water and assorted soft drinks on hand.
Overall, I was super happy with our experience and I would highly recommend that anyone wanting a customized private safari to use Gilmag Safaris. They are the best.
Email Sylvia | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
AWESOME EXPERIENCE WITH GREAT SAFARI ORGANIZERS.
This feedback is long overdue and well deserved, I had dreamed of this trip for more than 2 years and it did not disappoint! We contacted Gilmag Safaris online and their response was prompt. Our emails were answered back in a flash, we wondered if the staff of this company ever slept . This gave us the confidence to book with Gilmag Safaris.
The trip was excellent and our jeep was in good condition and looked well maintained, our guide Nicholas was phenomenal. Besides his excellent driving skills, he was passionately talking about the parks, the animals and always looking for the best spots to see as many as possible.
The entire trip, we stayed at Serena Hotels in Arusha, Manyara, Ngorongoro, Serengeti and Zanzibar.
The food and services exceeded our high expectations.
We also learnt that a percentage of Gilmag profits is channelled to assisting the less fortunate families.
If you are looking for a truly exciting trip to Tanzania, we recommend that you consider going with Gilmag Safaris. We loved their service and will definitely come back again.
Email Kenneth | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Unforgettable experience
During the last part of our volunteering trip in Arusha, we planned to do a wildlife safari before returning home. We did a lot of research and settled on Gilmag Safaris due to all the positive reviews and recommendations. We made a phone call and physically went to their office to book the safari. The staff were welcoming, friendly and professional. We were taken through different carefully customized itineraries to choose from. With the assistance of a very able tour consultant (Priscilla) we settled on a 6 day safari. Priscilla recommended Kessy as our lead tour guide.
The safari itself was simply amazing. We saw lions, cheetahs, hippos, elephants and every other kind of big and small creature in Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro crater; unforgettable experiences! We stayed at Marera Valley Lodge, Serengeti Serena and Tanzania Bush Camp. All were very comfortable, in excellent locations and with great food! Our guide Kessy was great too - extremely knowledgeable and very flexible in terms of helping us get the most out of our experience and try to see the wildlife we were most interested in.
I would like to thank Gilmag Safaris for putting together the trip of a lifetime and highly recommend this company to anyone looking for a tour operator in Tanzania.
Great experience, fair pricing and excellent services.
Timely and effective communication, excellent services definitely live up to their expectations.
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Email Ted | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Professional and knowledgeable
I met Mary years ago when she was a business professional at a luxury hotel in Arusha, Tanzania. She was friendly and professional even back then. She left the hospitality industry to work in the Tanzanian countryside. She is knowledgeable of wildlife/safari and she's a business pro. Plus she's intelligent, friendly, and personable. What more could you ask? Go with Gilmag. She'll treat you right.
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Email Brenda | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful experience, great service and team
Excellent communication services, great services, fantastic staff. Unforgettable experience.
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Email Zlata | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Exciting experience
Wanted to say big thank you to the Gilmag agency for the organization of a beautiful safari and very qualified skilled and experienced guide Junior! We enjoyed Tarangiri, Ngorongoro and Serengeti parks. Junior has more than 15 years of experience and showed us a lot of animals, helped to make them move sometimes and told us a lot of interesting and special things about animals. Thank you! We will come back
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Email Anna | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Unforgettable Safari Experience with the best Team ever!
Me and my husband are great fans of traveling, and safari is one of our most loved experiences. We have been traveling with Gilmag Safaris in August 2020, which was very hard time for the Tanzania people working in the traveling industry, as there were very few travelers due to Corona, but at the same time it was great for tourists, as the parks were not crowded with the people, and there were no queues of jeeps watching the animals.
We booked our safari tour with Gilmag Safaris, as advised by our tourist guide in Africa, and we were absolutely lucky and happy to get Mary arranging our unforgettable tour! We also had the best guide Nickson, who has become our great friend during our trip. We felt like we had known each other for the whole life:)
We visited lake Natron, which is an amazing place! It is absolutely worth visiting even though the road is quite difficult. We went on the lake at the sunrise, which was the best decision, as the view at the sunrise is so spectacular. There are a lot of flamingos there, and the colors are so beautiful!
We've also visited Ngorongoro and Tarangire National Parks, where we saw a lot of animals and even the lion hunting a zebra. Fortunately, zebra managed to escape:) The parks are very cool!
As for the tribes we highly recommend to visit Hadzabe tribe. They are true hunter-gatherers, the people are very friendly, and it is very interesting to see how they live.
We have had very nice lodges and hotels. They also served very delicious food!
Thank you Mary and Nickson for making our trip so unforgettable!
Anna and Pavel.
