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Gundua Africa Adventures
- Located In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2018)
- Member Of:
- TLTO & TASOTO
- Tour Types:
- Custom budget & mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $180 to $1,200 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
Email Ruth Macpherson | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Incredible Family Journey
I found Pius and Gundua on Safaribookings.com as well as a few other companies and contacted them all with a rough outline of what we wanted from our trip which was a family trip for 2ad and 2ch (13/10) for my 50th.
I met with Pius on Zoom and then chose Gundua as our operator as he was efficient, provided good advice, responded quickly to enquiries and adjusted accommodation to accommodate our budget.
We started in Kenya, travelled to Masai Mara, across into Tanzania to experience Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Tarangire. Our guides (1 in K and 1 in Tanz) were outstanding, made us feel comfortable and were able to provide invaluable information in response to our many questions on culture, politics and of course animals.
The accommodation Pius arranged was fantastic, I would recommend staying in the parks or just outside as we lost valuable time in the Crater by staying further away. The meals and packed lunches were really good quality and varied enough, without exception. I would have happily stayed longer everywhere, especially Serengeti and Lake Manyara, to enjoy the surroundings at a more leisurely pace.
The game viewing was completely nuts, I have done this before a few times in Southern Africa but K&Tanz were another level. I had warned my family not to expect any cats… Masai Mara offered up lioness, cheetahs galore, leopard but sadly no migration crossing as I think we were too waylaid en route to the river…so disappointing but I guess we have to have a reason to return one day. The shrieks of the children (& my husband!) as they first encountered giraffe, zebra and elephants were unforgettable and worth all the work for the trip in those moments! Serengeti was my birthday and the quality of up close and personal viewings that day were incredible, quite moving. Osinon Camp was just a beautiful place to wake up on a special day. Ngorongoro, a place I had learned about 25yrs ago, was worth waiting for, the geography of being in a caldera rather than the plains of the Serengeti, was unforgettable, and we were rewarded with male lion and a rhino! So lucky. Elephants galore in Tarangire and beautiful baobab trees, watering holes providing wonderful interaction between animals after a night on the shores of Lake Manyara with wildebeest and zebra accompanying us to breakfast at sunrise.
The trucks are comfortable and well maintained, given the super challenging terrain they cover, our guides were professional, well informed and did everything they could to help us see whatever was willing to be spotted that day! The roads are tracks and the timings not always accurate, so add 30-50% to have realistic drive times and allow for the fact that between parks they drive fast on tracks meaning a bone shattering experience! If you have more time, or are happy to just experience one park, that’s the way to reduce travel times.
It’s not a trip we could keep affording to do every year but if we could then I would book every time with Pius and Gundua. Excellent comms, excellent advice, excellent value all made a superb week. We then travelled on to Kili and Zanzibar independently but felt Pius would have been available had we encountered any issues whilst in Tanzania.
Thank you Gundua and Pius!
Reply from Gundua Africa Adventures
Posted on Sep 1, 2022We appreciate your concern and thank you for considering us to be your host on the trip, i am confident and happy to say that we have got you as our new friend and wish to have you as well as your entire community back again. You are warmly welcome.
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Email 'Dmitry Markevich' | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
5 days safari
The trip was well organised - transport, accommodation, food and etc.
Our guide had great experience and did his best to show us wild nature of Africa.
Reply from Gundua Africa Adventures
Posted on Sep 1, 2022Thank you and welcome back
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Email Dagmar | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Good value for the money
We are two people who booked Kilimanjaro and safari with Gundua.
Overall we had a good experience.
Our Kilimanjaro climb was a great and very challenging experience and we are very proud we made it to the top. And a huge thanks to our team for this. Our guides were very knowledgeable, nice and experienced and the team as a unit was well functioning and helpful. And the food was good! We booked the 7 days Machame (whisky) route, but be aware that it is only 6 actual days on the mountain because the first day is just the arrival day in Arusha, which is a little misleading. We would not recommend doing Machame in only 6 days since the route is very tough and challenging - we would recommend 7 days on the actual mountain. We choose Gundua because of the pricing. This means, that with Gundua you get a tour with simple facilities, but you have what you need. But it is not a luxury tour so ex you don’t have a private toilet tent and you need to use the camp toilet which are not so clean. So you have to be fine with this (which we personally were satisfied with).
The safari we booked was not one of those that Gundua normally offers, so we were in a car with people who booked the Safari with other companies. The tour satisfied our expectations.
Only bad things we have to say is that we were not informed forehand, that card payment was not an option and also not informed on the tipping recommendations for Kilimanjaro which put us in a very awkward situation in the end of the climb after an otherwise very good experience which was quite a shame to finish up in this way.
Reply from Gundua Africa Adventures
Posted on Aug 1, 2022Thank you and welcome back.
Email Sean Verhoef | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent
We had a fantastic tour to Tarangire National Park for 1 day. Frank was our guide and he knew so much about the nature and all the animals. The ride to the park was 2 hours from Arusha and back as well, it was well worth it. We almost saw all the animals in the park! We really recommend an trip with Gundua Africa Adventures. Friendly and helpful people.
Reply from Gundua Africa Adventures
Posted on Aug 1, 2022thank you so much and welcome back
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Email Irmtraud Wegener | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
the same written like yesterday
please correct in my already written review insteed of Guanda the right way GUNDUA. Thank you
Reply from Gundua Africa Adventures
Posted on Aug 1, 2022no worries, we appreciate
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Email Mrs Irmtraud Wegener | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Guanda Africa Adventures is the best operator I ever saw. Reliable, nice,individual,flexible.
Our tour was in every sense positive, we had the best driver and guide in one person with so much knowledge about all the animals , tribes, country and culture of all Tansania. The treatment was very individual and all our desires were satisfied. Iff we would make a second trip to Tansania, I hope it will come true, only with Gundua.
Reply from Gundua Africa Adventures
Posted on Aug 1, 2022Thank you and welcome back
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Email David and Sara | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Gundua is a reliable operator, flexible with your trip and cares that you get the best experience
After asking several operators, we finally decided do our Tanzania trip with Gundua. Reason? They were always responding emails fast, adjusting our trip with our suggestions and money limits. Our trip was not an easy one to organize as we were doing 15 days with lots of activities but the selection they made was perfect to get best experience. Our Spanish driver and guide, Saidi, was also very polite, always looking for animals and with lot of experience. If we would repeat our trip (who knows :)) we would choose them again with no doubt.
Reply from Gundua Africa Adventures
Posted on Aug 1, 2022waaaoooooh! thats good to hear from you, thank you and welcome again
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Email C. Shang | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Attention to Detail and the true Safari experience
I traveled with Gundua African Adventures twice this year, once in July of 2021 to Ngorongoro and Tarangire Parks and again in October in Nyerere National Park/Selous. Both times I had an amazing time with guides Charles and Michael respectively. I've traveled on Tanzanian Safaris for nearly two dozen times over the past 15 years, either for personal travel or for work (I am the service learning coordinator at an international school in the middle east so I have taken student groups to East Africa many times on safari) and both of these two trips have been highlights of my safari experiences. Incredible attention to detail on all experiences and I would highly recommend this company.
Reply from Gundua Africa Adventures
Posted on Aug 1, 2022Thank you and welcome back.
Friendly, trustable and very professional safari company
My wife and I did a 5-days safari with this company called ‘Gundua Africa Adventure’ from Arusha. We chose to repeat with them for we knew the owner Mr. Pius from years ago and were very satisfied. What a pleasure to see again after 15 years! That time he put all our services together for a memorable Kilimanjaro climb and a trip to Tarangire NP. Also this time we were not disappointed at all. Actually, we had not confirmed our tour until the day of arrival because we were in doubt if for weather conditions we should visit Ngorongoro and Serengeti. We took the chance and, incredible, we called Mr. Pius from the Kilimanjaro airport to arrange the tour for us last minute after we locally checked the weather and travel conditions with him and his staff. After a day of planning and relax we were on the move. Gundua gave us what easily could be his best driver guide, Mr. Facus who found much more than the Big Five for us, a 4X4 vehicle sized as if the 2 of us were VIP and a fine choice of the fine hotels and tented camps in strategically good places suitable to watch the wildlife migration at the proper place at this time of the year. Just what we wanted: not a luxury trip but also not basic. Gundua adjusted to our needs. Best is to find out yourself with Gundua Africa by tailor making your safari according to budget. We have the feeling they give you a bit more than what you actually pay for.
A gift from Mr. Pius at the end of our holiday were the suggestions of visiting nature and cultural places in the Pare Mountains. Thank you guys! We loved it.
Email Msechu | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
It was an amazing experience! I could see the amount of work put in to make my family comfortable.
They were beyond my expectations! Everything went smoothly and according to plan.
Reply from Gundua Africa Adventures
Posted on Aug 1, 2022Thank you so much and welcome back