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GreenHippo Travels
- Located In:
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 2018)
- Member Of:
- TATO, TALA & Travelife
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $350 to $800 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Thomas Mentjox | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The perfect trip!
Went on a great safari with my family. Stayed in Tanzania for 3 weeks, with 16 full days of safari. Went to all the great parks, saw everything we hoped for and more, stayed in lovely lodges and met amazing people.
The Green Hippo put a great trip together. Not once did we feel bored or did we feel like we were repeating a previous day. Every new day had something amazing to look out for and to enjoy.
This was all made possible by maybe the best safari guide ever: Valence. I doubt there's something or somewhere in the national parks Valence doesn't know about. Always anticipating our needs and helping us to make an already great trip even better. From taking great care of his landcruiser every day, organizing extra trips and excursions, spotting every single animal on our list, greeting us with a happy smile every morning and mainly just being an overall great guy!!
If you have the chance to go on a Green Hippo safari you should absolutely take it. And don't forget to ask for Valence.
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Email Mark en Lonneke | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
AMAZING
You have those trips that you only experience once in your life. From A to Z everything was arranged down to the last detail. From picking up, with a nameplate, at the airport to saying goodbye at the Maasai. They thought along with our wishes, additions were made and adjusted so often until it was completely customised. During one of our fantastic park tours we had a breakdown with the car so we stood at a garage for 2 hours. Totally unexpectedly we got an app a day later in the evening that we would get a special breakfast at the Maasai the next day. We were picked up and, together with the Maasai, had to walk a bit and in a beautifull place a chef was on site making breakfast for us. Never been so happy with car problems ;-)
Also certainly because of Simon, our driver, we were allowed to see the big 5 and the trip was really crazy so if we may give 1 tip: book at Green Hippo.
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Email Eline | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Outstanding organization with the perfect safari options
Wow. What a life-changing experience we had with Green Hippo Travels!
The fast response from Astrid, Heleen, and Karin was great. We decided last minute to make a booking, and they did an amazing job giving us the perfect offer.
We had a 6-day safari with the best driver, guide, and friend you can imagine: Clever.
Not only did he show us the Big Five and many other beautiful animals, but every single day he greeted us with his big smile, making sure we had the best day possible.
He is a very smart young man and knows so much about the areas we visited.
He wasn’t just the perfect guide for us as adults, but also for our young son, who was in tears when we had to leave.
Clever didn’t just teach us about the animals and nature, but also shared beautiful insights about life in Tanzania.
He even arranged an unforgettable proposal for us, since my future husband asked me to marry him.
It was truly a dream setting, all thanks to Clever.
Everything was just perfect, and we would 100% recommend Green Hippo Travels to everyone!
Email Scott | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great guide with a nice vehicle that transported us to great camps and lodges.
We started with an informative hike on one of the sections of the Mt Kilimanjaro trail. We stayed at the Wonderful Simba Farm and Lodge. What a great start. We met our guide Omega and we started our safari. Omega is very smart and informative as well as a very safe driver. I was amazed how he knew all of the dirt roads in all of the different National Parks. We saw many different animals in all different settings. Green Hippo also set us up with some very cool cultural activities and campsites. Not only did we learn a lot about animals, we learned a lot about Tanzania, its people and the land. What a great experience that we had and I still think about experiences on trip every day. I highly recommend Green Hippo for your safari adventure. Henry and the rest of the staff listened to what we asked and wanted and they followed through.
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Email George | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Green Hippo 's unforgettable life time experience
Coincidentally we came into contact with Astrid from Green Hippo, when we planned our 22 days travel to Tanzania, and this contact worked out in a unforgettable journey for our family in August. Based on our wish to not only visit the great national parks, but also to meet people, Astrid made a varied travel from Arusha, Tarangire, Lake Natron, Ngorogoro, Serengeti, Mkomazi and Pangani Beach. All the lodges were excellent, beautifully situated and small scale. The social projects at Watoto, Africa Amini Maasai lodge and Chanya School were outstanding and the cycling tour and visit to a rice and banana plantation in Mto Wa Mbu and coffee excursion and waterfall hike in Materuni very informative. The park visits were all above expectation, because our tenacious guide was not afraid to leave the beaten track to avoid traffic jams and ‘mass’ audiences to find exceptional animal encounters including the Big Five and a great variety of (predator) birds. Although Astrid supplied us with a Travel Key app with all details from our trip from the moment we landed till the last day, we were able to make last minute changes during the trip. This resulted a.o. in an unplanned Moshi Tuc Tuc town trip and a half day visit at a Masai family at their Boma. Valence was not only our driver for our whole trip, but also an outstanding, very informative guide and above all a super friendly and humoristic trip manager who made sure that we didn’t have to worry about anything. Valence was more or less part of our family.
All in all we can recommend Green Hippo to anyone who wants a tailormade Tanzania trip, off the beaten track and based on your own desires. As Green Hippo is a local company, all the revenues stay in Tanzania. Astrid and Valence, thank you for supporting us in this unforgettable life time experience.
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Email Viggo | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A Tour operator Everyone wants
We had a Amazing experience, we want to thank green hippo travel And especially because of our tour operator Novatus.
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Email Hilde DL | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A magnificent trip, customised on our needs by Dutch people living in Tanzania.
Last week we went on a Safari in Tanzania with GreenHippo. It was fabulous!
The trip was completely put together as we wanted: a rather short stay with our four grown-up children. The Dutch people from GreenHippo are living in Tanzania and called us to hear our wishes and needs: timing, tour, lodges. They proposed a very specific tour and after another call we booked our flights and they adapted the stay on the timings of the flights. They are very clear and open in their communication.
On the first day in Arusha they welcomed us in person and gave us good tips on the way of living and visiting Tanzania.
It felt secure to know that they are around when something goes wrong (luckily that was not the case for us!)
The tour itself was overwhelming, fabulous, magnificent! GreenHippo works with local drivers and ours was the best! The trip depends on their motivation to get the most out of the safaris and when/where a stop is made to shop or use the washroom/bushroom ;)!
The accommodations they work with, are all special and sustainable, clean with good food and beautiful views.
A great thanks to GreenHippo for our trip.
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Email Nicolas | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A fantastic eco-responsible tour operator with customers at the heart
My family and I had a fantastic safari with Green Hippos. Already at the time of travel preparation, quite issuance and pre-departure contacts, we found the team pro-active, super friendly and eager to listen to our needs
During the trip we had the chance to interact face to face with Astrid and this makes a whole difference as she gave us all kind of tips and was ready to make our experience unforgettable
Our safari driver, John, was just amazing. He spoke great French and was adaptable and super friendly
Everything went beyond expectations and we highly recommend Green Hippos should you want to visit Tanzania. For sure we will recommend to all our friends in Europe
With them you can have a customizable experience, as close as you can from nature, away from the beaten tracks…
Don’t hesitate
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Email Lotte | under20 years of age | Experience level: first safari
everything was perfectly arranged
it was a wonderful holiday. we didn't have to think about what we would do because everything was arranged. in the app we could see what was on the schedule and what we could possibly do extra. in the lodges everything was good and also in the safari car there was everything from snacks to charging points for charging phones. the service was great everywhere. when we arrived we were already awaited with a welcome drink and a warm towel. exchanging money is easy at the airport and there are also enough ATMs to withdraw something. in the tourist places you could also just pay with dollars. we enjoyed the holiday, Tanzania and greenhippo!
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Email Durkje | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent Safari Experience
We did a safari for 8 days. Pick up was from our hotel that we separately booked. All the prior communication with the people from Green Hippo was clear, with quick responses from the team at Green Hippo. We had a lot of conversations to create our dream safari schedule, in which they implemented our wishes very well!
We ended up spending 2 days in Tarangire national park, 1 day at Mto wa Mbu mountain biking trip, 3 days in the Serengeti national park and 1 day in the Ngorogoro conservation area. Our driver (David) was very experienced, and gave us a lot of information about the parks, the animals, the area and culture. The driver was very friendly, helpful, felt responsible for our safety and tried to show us what we were interested in seeing. Because of his experience we got to see everything we wanted to (big 5, big migration among many other things).
The accommodations were good, with good friendly service and food. Overall we are very satisfied with our safari, especially considering what we paid for it.
