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Afrishare Trekking & Safaris
- Located In:
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 2009)
- Member Of:
- TATO, TTB & USTOA
- Tour Types:
- Custom luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $150 to $300 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Viv | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A photographers dream come true !
After an extensive online research we contacted couple of tour organizations and finally decided to go with Afrishare because of the competitive price. We had explicitly asked Ibrahim for Freddy to be our guide after reading up reviews and I think it was the best decision ever !
Our itinerary was 2 days at Tarangire (Tarangeri Safari Lodge), 3 days at Serengeti ( Tortillis tented Lodge), Ngorongoro Crater ( Serena Lodge), one evening at Tiloma Lodge and one evening at Lake Eyasi ( Ziwani Lodge).
Our guide Freddy would brief us about the upcoming trip every evening, be on time to pick us up (our car was cleaned up and ready for us every day). Since I am into photography , Freddy would wait patiently and park the landcruiser for me to get the perfect shot. I would like to highlight one fact that Freddy was very respectful of the animals and would never go off-road unlike some other guides. At one point while we were parked clicking pictures, a pair of lion and lioness decided to sit right under the shade of our landcruiser taking refuge from the scorching heat. Freddy handled the situation with extreme caution. It was an experience I can never forget.
During our long road trips Freddy would crack jokes , sing songs , let us know where we could take bathroom breaks, bought us some local fruits (must try the red banana's , mangoes), took us to local store for shopping local artifacts, taught us basic Swahili.... Freddy made our Safari trip a memorable one. Hands down to Freddy and Afrishare!
Ibrahim you have to send Freddy to USA :) , we want to meet him again!
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Email TMo | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
WOW! Just wow!
This was a true, once in a lifetime experience for me. I don' think I could have possibly imagined a better way of experiencing Serengeti and Africa without Afrishare and our awesome guide Freddy.
We did Tarangire, Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Lake Eyasi. Both Ibrahim and Feddy took care of us exceptionally well. Ibrahim gave us a very warm welcome at the Airport with Freddy and explained what to expect for the next several days. Before we even reach Africa he has done an exceptional job in making sure that we were comfortable and super accommodative of our varying dietary and lodging requests.
Freddy - our guide - made the trip even special by taking good care of us throughout the safari with briefings every morning, being a great spotter and super flexible to cater to our every whim. We had an amazing time spotting the big 5 and other wildlife and the landscape was just magical. He took great care in ensuring that our dietary needs are met, the vehicle is safe and clean before every day. He also introduced us to some awesome Tanzanian music which I will be listening to for rest of my life.
All in all, I couldn’t have thought of a better way of doing this trip, major shout out to Afrishare and Freddy!
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Email Gaurav | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing Safari and a fantastic experience
We had once in a life experience thanks to Afrishare and Freddie.
We emailed a lot of safari companies along with Afrishare. Ibrahim was very responsive and he gave us a quote which was substantially lower than the others. We decided to visit Tarangire, Serengeti, hot air balloon in Serengeti, Ngorongoro and cultural visits. Ibrahim was very responsive and accommodated changes in schedule we asked for prior to booking. Based on previous reviews, we asked for Freddie to be our tour guide.
Upon arriving at the airport, Ibrahim and Freddie were there to welcome us and took us to our car. The safari vehicle was exactly as described and was nice and clean.
Freddie is an amazing tour guide. He is organized, funny, patient and last but not the least, an amazing animal spotter. Every evening he would give us a brief overview of next day’s schedule and activities. Because of him, we were able to see all of the big 5 animals.
The balloon safari in Serengeti was the highlight of the trip for me and would highly recommend to anyone who has the chance to do so.
I will highly recommend Afrishare and Freddie to my friends and anyone planning a safari in the future.
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Email Pita | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Perfect Safari Trip and a life time experience!
We were a group of 7 friends for our Tanzania trip. We had the perfect vacation thanks to Afrishare and Freddy.
Ibrahim was very responsive and offered us the itinerary that we wanted. Ibrahim and Freddy (our guide) came to airport and picked us up. Our trip included Tarangire, Serengeti , Hot air balloon ride at Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, Lake Eyasi. We also visited Hadzabe and Datoga tribes. Freddy would brief us about the morning trip every evening during dinner time. He was very punctual and too care of us like a big brother (Kaka in Swahili :) ). Freddy was a great animal spotter and made sure we saw the big 5 and more. He was really patient and gave us ample time to enjoy the beauty of surrounding and animals. He also took us to local stores for shopping.
Freddy was always communicating with other guides and made sure we reach the spots where something interesting was going on : we saw Cheetah Stalking an Impala, Sleeping Rhinos etc. He made sure the car was inspected after every trip, cleaned up the car, refilled water. We learned quite a bit about Tanzania from Freddy. He was the highlight of our trip, very friendly , funny, humble.
The trip was fantastic and I would totally recommend Afrishare + Freddy !
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Email ansamsoon | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Can't wait to go again!
I had a wonderful life experience with Afrishare, it exceeded my expectations at every turn!
During the booking process, Ibrahim was always quick to respond, open to specific hotel requests and itinerary changes, while offering a very competitive price. I received quotes from more than a dozen safari operators before selecting Afrishare, and am so glad I did! Our itinerary included tarangire, serengeti with hot air balloon, crater, and lake eyasi with cultural visits to Hadzabe and Datoga tribes, starting and ending the trip at Arusha. Ibrahim patiently reconfirmed each point a week before the trip. It all flowed smoothly during the trip, an entirely hassle free experience with only wonderful surprises.
Both Ibrahim and Freddy were waiting for us as expected at airport arrivals. We then headed on with our guide Freddy. The landcruiser had all the features mentioned including pop up front roof, and was clean and comfortable. Freddy definitely made the trip a fantastic one. Very professional, gave clear directions and answers, and let us know what to expect everyday. Great attitude, very patient with our repeated questions and outrageous animal sighting requests
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Email Tobias | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Poor planning, no responsibility for their mistakes.
I'm sad to write that unlike most I had a poor experience with Afrishare.
The guide was ok, but manager Ibrahim was not. Because of poor planning on Ibrahims side we didnt meet the agreed itenerary on the first day. I call Ibrahim with whom I planned the itenerary and tell him that because of this i wnat to pay the last 30% on the last day, so Im sure that I will get what I paid for. This he is absolotely NOT ok with, and he accuses me of trying to avoid payment.
Also he claims that I should pay more than agreed upon in the written agreement. We only managed to reach a solution late on the third day meaning that the first three days was marred by hours of discussion and IT-mistakes by his company leading to us not having time for the planned game drive.
The arguments got very childish on Ibrahims part:
1) He argued that I made up IT-issues in order to avoid payment, when in fact his online payment-system was not working, which he in the end admitted, and I was made to make a bank transfer (I had to pay all 80USD bank charges).
2) He said that he knew my "personality type" and that I was making up issues to avoid paying - he said he had had many bad customers like me before.
3) In the end he kept switching between that I should only pay 700 USD in what he sarcasticly called a "free safari" or, that I should pay 2200. I stuck with the 1900 that was in the written agreement in the e-mail.
4) after spending the first three hours of the second day discussing and trying to work out his IT problems, I asked if we could part ways, and I could pay some of his expenses + take the paid hotel stays with me to another operater. He declined this offer saying I had to pay 2200 because he had paid everything already. Later I found out that he had NOT paid all expenses incl. the 300 USD park fees to Ngorongoro crater.
I ended up paying 1900 + 80 USD bank/creditcard charges + 50USD tip for the driver for a genuinely bad experience, only after involving hotel manager and threataning with police. My four year old son and I had been looking forward to this for months, and this was both the worst and most expensive holiday ever. Luckily - and most importantly - my son seemed to enjoy most of the safari. Writing this, however, I feel like I should have accepted Ibrahim's 700 USD "free safari", though I doubt he would have kept his word.
Reply from Afrishare Trekking & Safaris
Posted on Sep 29, 2018I feel very sad to read this review from Tobias as I know he could do this, he was very stubborn from the beginning changing hotels one after another as well as itinerary in which we were patient to accommodate him , he ended up choosing 5 star hotel and refused to pay the 30% advance payment required instead he paid few hundreds and we went ahead and paid for him his bookings, then he promised that he would pay upon arrival before the safari.
Unfortunately when he arrived he refused to pay us and he said he was going to pay at the end of the safari after he is sure of his service which is against our policy so we disagreed with him. From there he started to find some loop hole and an excuses to take an advantages for not paying us accordingly as we noticed he was short in Money despite of needing luxury safari. First day our driver went to pick him on time at 8:30am as agreed time and he never showed up later he came at 12:00 with the reason that his son was swimming later he called me and complained that driver did not arrive on time so he wont pay the full amount, when the driver told him why he is lying he told him he did not tell me that, so he was telling me lying and also telling the driver lying. He also said the signal to pay via online was not working
we made invoice and asked him to pay online and he said time is limited he could pay upon arrival at the Hotel after the safari for the fist night, yet after the safari he had another complaint that diver was late but our driver was there on time and reception tried to call him several time he never picked the phone. We had to be serious after realizing that he is a thief trying to get free safari or pay very less against agreement and itinerary under the help of Manger of the Hotelwhere he was staying he had to pay and it is after we decided that we cannot proceed with his service until he pays because our policy is to finalize all the payment before starting the safari. However he also pay less of $300 from agreed money. Despite of all this we proceeded to provide the best service and he had very good experience as we brought him Brand New 7 sitter safari vehicle and one of our English speaking professional Driver guide
Therefore this man did this review on purpose to revenge as he has already done in many other online platform against me and my company. His mission was not successfully completed because he wanted to make fake excuses everyday and use that as a reason /complaint to allow him not to for the remaining balance which was large amount compared to what he paid as advance. We do get such client who think because they are client they can just ruin your business by writing online after they did not succeed to rip you off or still from you. He was looking for the free service or pay very less. Our problems is to trust him and allow him to start the safari without paying the full remaining balance. Please ignore him as you can see we are reputable and respected company from any other travelers.
I ask him to stop writing lies he traveled in April and now he come up with such negative review after writing to other networks as well so he is doing this on purpose.
Thank you for understanding, we promise our client that we will continue to do good job despite of few negative people scammers like this one.
Thank you
Ibrahim
Email Omar and Amani | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
wonderful honeymoon
We started organizing for our July honeymoon in April, 3 months before our Safari. Ibrahim was very swift, and professional when choosing the best accommodation for our trip. We loved some of the accommodations especially the worrier room in Asanja Africa(Serengiti) and Nimali at Tarangire national park. Ibrahim was nice enough to make time to come and pick us up from the airport at Arusha. We then continued the trip with our driverHajj who was very helpful and experienced. We sighted Rhinos twice and saw Cheetas and lions feasting. He also drove us to west Serengeti where we witnessed thousands of Wild beasts migrating across the Grumeti river before then moving north to the Mara river to watch more migrations
Over all I think We planned the best trip possible and Afrishare exceeded expectations
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Email Claudio | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Awesome safari in Serengeti!
The experience of a 5-day safari in Tanzania with Afrishare was absolutely amazing. Everything was organized by Ibrahim in a perfect way: transport, accommodations, meals, beverages. Our guide Haji was excellent in meeting all our needs during game drives! With his experience of more than 10 years in this job, he was able to drive us in the perfect locations and spot animals from far away; he explained us many things and curiosities about the different species we saw and he respected our requests for time while taking photos, being always very professional, serious, available but also nice and friendly. Thanks to his skills and patience we managed to see, besides many kind of animals, the “big five”, including two wonderful black rhinos! The vehicle was also comfortable and spacious for two people, the packed lunches were good and all dinners and breakfasts in the lodges and tented camps were simple but really tasty and genuine. We must say that our experience with Afrishare exceeded by far our expectations on a safari!
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Email Roeland | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Wonderful four park, six day safari, big 5 and so much more
We just returned from a great safari/family reunion in Tanzania. Using two vehicles Afrishare took us to Tarangire, the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater and Lake Manyara, staying in great lodging along the way. Our experienced guides/drivers Fred and Hadji managed to put us in front of an amazing variety of animals, including the big 5, and safely transport us from park to park. They were very knowledgeable about the wildlife, the parks, and the country in general. The entire family had an awesome experience.
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Email Jeanne S. | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Nothing to complain about it, the best guides
Very good, just answering my expectations.
Two very dedicated guides.
They took time to explain and lead us to all the animals. Also very good drivers.
