Vimat Safaris
- Located In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2012)
- Member Of:
- Tanzania Association of Tour Operators
- Tour Types:
- Customizable private tours and fixed group tours
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $40 to $910 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
Email Caroline Fanthorpe | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A very well organisd trip from start to finish and a great guide. We saw the big 5 and so much more.
From the first email of enquiry that I sent to the start of our safari communication was excellent with Vincent always responding swiftly and with great patience and knowledge.
Vincent and Peter, our excellent guide, came to meet us at our accommodation in Arusha the day before the safari was due to start in and explained the whole trip to us and expectations of what we might see.
It is quite a long drive to the Serengeti but an interesting one and the reward at the end is worth it. We saw so many animals on the first afternoon drive fighting ostriches and a cheetah mother with her four cubs being the highlights particularly as one of the cubs jumped on the spare wheel of the Land cruiser.
After a very comfortable night at the beautiful Serena Lodge we successfully had a second day of animal viewing elephants, lions, zebras ,giraffes a leopard and many more. We stayed again at the Lodge and following another game drive with Peter who has extensive knowledge of the Serengeti we travelled to the beautiful Ngorongoro crater.
Rising early the following morning we were some of the first into the crater at sunrise and again saw fantastic wildlife including a very close up rhino.
We returned to Arusha and Vincent came to met us and we had an excellent debrief and arranged a lift for us to Mount Kilimanjaro airport when we left two days later.
Overall a very efficient,friendly and professional tour company who do everything to make the experience unforgettable,definitely one to recommended.
JP
Email Ryosuke | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
the most unforgettable experience !
My wife and I had a fantastic time on safari with our guide George.
The setup of the tour was amazing, the accommodations were fantastic and George was the perfect guide!
We loved it and will recommend Soul of Tanzania to our friends and family.
I especially love Ngorongoro Crater. There was really fantastic, magical world.
NO
Email Asle Jossang | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Professional throughout
Thoroughly reliable and service-minded, professional in all aspects. With the added touch such as bringing along table and chairs, and preparing fresh coffee on the spot when taking packed breakfast out in the bush. The vehicle was specially outfitted for photography needs, with a driver/guide who could anticipate and position the vehicle for getting good angles for shots without us having to ask or instruct. The management prepared an excellent itinerary based on our wishes, including pick-up and drop off in Nairobi.
Email Ivan | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent fully customised safari!
Vimat Safaris in retrospect was an excellent choice. Starting with the initial communication and quote to the actual tour everything exceeded our expectations. Our tour guide Peter was incredible knowledgable and experienced meaning we were often times the first one to find animals through our safari.
We are still dreaming about our days in the Serengeti and can only highly recommend Vimat Safaris to anyone that wants a personalised Safari experience (rather than one of the more mass tour operators) with experienced guides. 5 stars from us!
HK
Email Lulu | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A great choice that meet expectations
Vincent from Vimat is a great and responsive trip planner which was very reassuring to our first ever safari trip to Tanzania. We love the plan and the activities arranged for us for a 11-day luxury safari trip, from Tarangire- Lake Manyara - Lake Eyasi(visit 2 authentic tribes- Datooga & Hadzabe) - Serengeti - Ngorongoro Crater.
The trip plan is totally flexible according to the budget, days of visit, style or standard of accommodations needs, routes and activities.
Since it is our first time to Tanzania and safari, we needed more options and game plans on the journey. I recommend the first time goers could ask for more options from the guide/driver, for example- getting up early to see more animals or sleep-in for the morning to go for a longer game drive for the day. So to ultilze the trip plan, your energy/interests during the journey.
Strongly recommend Vincent and his team. They are very flexible and also very experienced. We have had a wonderful experience.
Email Paul | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A perfect, professional tour that exceeded all expectations in all aspects.
Our tour was tailored perfectly to our specific requirements in terms of what we hoped to see and do. From our first enquiry and contact Vincent always replied very promptly to my many enquiries and even came to meet us at the start and end of our tour.
Peter, our driver and guide was simply exceptional. His knowledge is astounding and he took us the places other drivers would not visit so that we saw animals and scenes only we witnessed. It was clear other drivers looked up him, he rescued 3 of them stuck in mud! His driving was first class and safety conscious.
If there is a better company or tour guide out there they must be really something.
Thank you so much Vincent & Peter!
PS I don’t normally write reviews but these guys deserve the best I can write.
AR
Email Luis Sojo | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent Tour
We took a 5 days safari in Tanzania and we expend excellent days. All the tour was acordant with the programa. I really recomended Vimat Safari
US
Email Michael | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fantastic Trip with Vimat Safari!!!
Vimat Safari was an amazing experience! The planning with Vincent was great as we had many questions and wanted to make sure our Safari was the schedule we wanted since we wanted to take advantage of every minute. Vincent from Vimat was kind, professional and accommodating to every need. The planning was perfect! We had our guide with Bonaface who was on time every morning he made sure we saw all the animals, personally my dream was to see Lions, cheetah and leopard.. I had no expectations as I know from previous Safari in South Africa that it’s not easy to spot the cats. Our guide did a phenomenal job as we saw 34 lions .. 10 cheetah and 2 leopards up close and personal. It was incredible!!!!!! This was the most amazing Safari experience I have ever had.. the car also had chargers for your the phone, drinks and snacks... super comfortable.. we did the private tour and it was worth every penny. I highly recommend Vimat Safari as they are well prepared, professional, accommodating with great experience to find the animals. The Safari did not disappoint.. they gave us a dream come true Safari!!! Tanzania!!! Wow!!!
CA
Email Stephanie | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
From start to finish........amazing!
Wow, I can not say enough about Vimat Safaris. We had to book last minute (the day before) and Vincent was fantastic. He managed to secure all the accommodation and provide us with THE BEST guide.
The value for money can not be beat and the expience will last me a life time.
The whole experience was great; from my first communication with Vincent to being dropped off at the airport by our amazing guide. EVERYTHING ran smoothly.
Accommodation was mid range (as per our request) and awesome. The guide, Godlizen, knew exactly where to go to find all of the big 5 (and more!) I would highly recommend Vimat Safaris.
Stephanie (from Canada!)
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Email Beth & Tim | 65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Excellent private safari with experienced and reliable company - highly recommend!
We are not new travelers to Tanzania or Africa. This was our 10th African safari and 4th in Tanzania. From our first email and phone conversations we knew we had selected the right company. Vimat Safaris was highly recommended to us, and they did not disappoint us in any detail. We were very specific about our interests and expectations for a guide. Not only did the owner Vincent pair us with an excellent wildlife guide, he made excellent suggestions to our itinerary and ensured that every detail was covered from our arrival at Arusha airport to our departure 21 days later. Our accommodations were choice with excellent locations. Our guide was expert in both tracking the wildlife and making us aware of unique and interesting behaviors. We enjoyed his humor and knowledge. Even though this was our 4th migration experience, we learned much from him and appreciated his excellent driving skill in rough conditions. It was by far our best safari experience ever. Thanks to Vincent and Peter for the experience of a lifetime!
