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Kima Adventures
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- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 2012)
- Member Of:
- Tanzania Tourist Board
- Tour Types:
- Custom budget & mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
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TZ
- Price Range:
- $140 to $800 ppper person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
Reliable, professional, always good and quick contact and very friendly.
The whole trip was well organized. The food and the accomodation were much better than expected for the really unbeatable prize. And Allan the driver was a very experienced guide and, very important on Tanzanian roads, a safe driver. All in all a perfect Safari.
Email Oliver and Katja | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
A trip full of beautiful experiences
Thomas is a very experienced guide that fullfilled more than the normal expectations.
He is able to drive safely, having good eyes at game drives and figured out every problem that came up throughout our trip.
He is also a nice guy and can tell you everything about the people and the country.
I can highly recommend to book a trip with this company no matter where you want to go. Even in the lesser known and travelled parts like Katavi, Ruaha or Gombe Stream National Parks.
Email Amélie | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An incredible experience in ruaha park
Our guide Thomas was really nice, always trying to give us the best experience ever. In two days, he proposed us a view of everything, each day something different. The people were nice and thoughtful.
I recommend it and I recommend Thomas as a guide, he will make sure you enjoy every moment
Email Claire | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Safari in Ruaha National Park
First Safari experience, everything was perfect! Thomas was a great guide all along the trip, always thoughtful and knows a lot about wildlife over there. It was a 2 days Safari within the park and it was enough to bring back a lot of memories. I would contact again Thomas for any experiences in Tanzania (safari or other) with no doubts!
Email Steffen Guthier | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Perfect trip with a perfect agency!
Thomas and Kima Adventures is more than just an agency. Thomas lives his job, loves his land and shows this to us as his more than welcome guests.
If you wanna see and feel the spirit of this wonderful country.... if you wanna see more, than the stuff you can book in every travel agency, you should ask thomas and his team. Best service, nice accomondations, deep views into the real life of the people and for sure actions in the wildlife...
Thanks a lot! We will be back again!
Your friends from germany!
Email Dominik | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent
It was an unforgettable event. He did a great job and we all had fun.
Email Craig | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Warm and friendly Guide willing to do whatever was most important to us
Thomas was Great in setting up visits with the wild dogs and rhinos in Mkomazi. His vehicle was clean and comfortable. Wonderful visit to the park where are we saw lesser kudu and oryx as we had hoped. Great trip!
Email Anna | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Mkomazi National Park
The tour guide Thomas was so nice and we had a really good time with him!
Sadly we were not informed before we paid that the animals in Mkomazi are very shy. Therefore the animals were far away. That wouldn‘t have been a problem if the tourguide had provided a binocular, but on both days we had none eventhough we asked…
But to see the rhino was a once in a lifetine experience!!
Email Valerio | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Terrible experience
Attention! do not go to any of these safari agencies (Kilimanjaro Adventure Safari Club, Kima, Safari Moja Matata) especially not to Mister Thomas. I think they are scammers.
We paid Mr. Thomas 3800 USD to have a 8 days safari, at the end of July 2023: Serengeti, Lake Natron, Olduvai Gorge, lake Maniara. Starting from Arusha. He promised us the new car which pics he sent us by whatsapp when we contacted him, but a very old Toyota was used for our safari. The car was very very old and dangerous and Mr Thomas put us in a very serious DANGER and RISK for our LIVES! AND HE KNEW IT. That was a criminal way to work with people.
First of all, we paid Kilimanjaro Adventure Safari Club; the safari program was by KIMA company, and to enter the parks the name of the company was Safari Moja Matata. We don't know what happened.
The Toyota Prado sx 30 turbo (plate T457 ANR) had very worn tyres, left windows and doors didn't work (we can't get out of the car, we can't close the windows when the road was dusty), brakes didn't work and produced smoke and bud smell, brake fluid came out from the left front wheel, rear shock absorbers didn't work so the car skided dangerously and the engine made strange noises. The car was very very dirty and rusted. The driver (Juma) had to drive very slowly because the car swerving when improved the speed, so we lost a lot of time for visiting the parks. We were very afraid for our safety.
After a day driving, we wrote and phoned to Thomas to ask him for changing the car for a better one as those in the picture he sent, but he said it was the only avaible car. He said the car was ok, but it wasn't at all.
In fact, on 25th July one of the bald tyres broke. They mount the spare wheel but he broke after 20 meters! The spare tyre was very bald too.
We stand on the road for hours to wait for new wheels. I called Thomas to protest, he said we was right and he would refund us for that day, but he didn't it. That was the last time he answered at calling or sending messages.
Finally Thomas sent a private car that carried us to Lake Natron but we arrived in late and we had only 2 hours to visit the side in a great hurry.
By night, the driver Juma arrived to Natron with the same old car again and 2 new tyres and we continued the safari on the same old car.
The safari continued driving always very very slowly and we always must wait 2/3 ours for the payment for entering the parks because Thoms were always in late in that. We lost a lot of time every time.
On 27th July in Serengeti the brake fluid came out from a wheel that made bad noises. So we couldn't arrive to Serengeti Central and we had to pass the first night in another camping near the border of the park. Because of the slow driving and the in late payments we arrived on 28th July to Olduvai Gorge only 1 our before the closing! INCREDIBLE! We have no enought time to visit all we wanted.
On 29th July, during descending Ngorongoro slope, brakes caught fire! The company put us in a great danger! We could have a serious accident during the deep descent. A lot of other drivers stopped to advise us about the dangerous situation.
On the way back, climbing the Ngorongoro slope, the car stopped because the engine produced smoke. We all pushed the car trying to restart the car unsuccessfully. Another car gave a ride to the top of the slope. The old and dangerous car broke definitely and our driver left it in Ngorongoro.
We remained with no safari car, and we continued our safari changing different private cars for the remaining 2 days with great discomforts and delays, while you disappeared at all!
On the way back to Arusha we went to the Arusha Tourist & Diplomatic Police station to make a report to the police.
The police said that surely one of the three safari companies was a fake.
Our safari and our holiday are ruined, and we risked our lives!
After the report at the police, Mr Thomas promised to refund us 1500 USD, but he disappeared without doing it.
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