Our team
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 Tomo | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing experience and excellent safari tour guide!!!
Amazing 3days safari tour!!!
Our honeymoon is the best trip in our life thanks to Afrishare, especially amazing safari guide Rama.
Rama is really really great guide. He provided us so much support and made our trip very nice.
We were impressed by the safari, of course, but we were most impressed by his personality and his driving skill.
Also, our sales representative Ibrahim was always very quick to reply.
he patiently replied to over 50 emails and listened to our many requests to make our honeymoon better.
We highly recommend to choose this company.
CA
Email Sean | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent
The perfect tour exists here. Guides and staff are so nice and I would book again in a heart beat. Initially only booked for trekking but was extremely impressed when we asked to book a safari a day before departure and they executed.
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Email Amber | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Truly the trip of a lifetime!
My husband and I just got back from a 6 day safari with Afrishare, where we did game drives in Tarangire, Serengeti, Ngorongoro, and Lake Manyara. This was honestly the most incredible trip, start to finish! Our guide Karim went above and beyond our expectations and he had so much knowledge that he shared every step of the way. He knows the parks inside and out and was able to take us to many less crowded spots where we spotted many animals. Karim was so personable as well and always made sure we were getting the experience we wanted. We had so much fun with him and are lucky to call him our friend!
Booking safaris can definitely seem overwhelming with the amount of tours out there, but I have zero regrets picking Afrishare. It was clear they are experienced, which is important because there are a LOT of intricacies that go into a safari and you want a company that knows what they are doing. The tours are flexible and can be changed to make it what you want and they take the time to make sure you are happy. The main thing that made me decide to chose afrishare was Ibrahim’s communication. No matter what questions I asked and when I asked them I always received responses quickly and detailed! This is a huge trip and isn’t like anything I have done before so it means a lot to have someone be so responsive. We definitely hope to book again someday and will definitely recommend Afrishare to all our family and friends!
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Email Afreen | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Phenomenal 3 day experience!!
Had the most amazing experience with Afrishare team. Ibrahim was extremely responsive, diligent, and flexible during our booking. Our tour guide, Atif bhai, was great - had the eyesight of a hawk and the wisdom of an owl.
The safari itself was full of great weather, and we enjoyed riding in the jeep with the top up while we scouted for animals in the pleasant breeze. The Serena lodges were beautiful and would highly recommend. Overall, putting your trust in Afrishare safaris will be a great start to any trip!!!!
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Email Jan | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
10 days private Safari - unforgettable vacation
We have visited several national parks with afrishare in a 10 days Safari. In our best dreams we have not expected such a wonderful and memorable trip! We have seen so many different animals and managed to see all big five! Our driver Freddy was great and we highly recommend him. The cars are a bit older and we had one flat tyre but it was changed very quickly. The communication with Ibrahim (owner) before the trip, especially after we paid the deposit, was improvable.
CA
Email Marius | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
There's room for improvement (2.5 Stars would be more realistic)
June – July 2019 – 8 Days safari
PROS
- Unique experience
- Amazing people
- Beautiful sceneries/places
- Rich wildlife
- Awesome driver (Atif)
- Awesome cook (Rashidi). Always smiling and whiling to help us with loading the car and so on. Great guy!
- Ibrahim has offered competitive prices
CONS
- Poor communication with Ibrahim (the owner) especially after paying few thousands deposit, he wasn’t interested in answering my emails very fast.
- No one waiting for me at the airport at 5.00 AM on my arrival. After 10 minutes of waiting while thinking that I was scammed, Atif, the driver shoved up.
- Atif, (driver and guide) as I mentioned above, very good driver but not such a great guide. First of all, he was very quiet. Most of the time we had to spot the animals and ask him questions.
- I was promised by Ibrahim that his team goes the extra mile, but I didn’t feel that during my trip.
- I’ve politely asked Atif to stop as I can take some pictures and he rudely informed me that he is the driver and he knows where to stop, telling me to “calm down”. He supposed to tell me instead: Just wait 20 more seconds and we'll get to a nicer lookout.
- I’ve asked the driver if he has a map as I can better visualize our trip and he said “I don’t have a map. I don’t need a map.” I am 100% he doesn’t because he knows all those places in and out, but the tourists don’t.
- Ibrahim didn’t provide me with a clear itinerary and plan. I always had to ask the driver what’s next. Including my commute to Zanzibar, I expected to find an envelope with instructions about it, at my hotel front desk in Arusha. Surprise! Nothing was left for me there. More than that, he didn’t even get in touch with us at all during the trip to get feedback.
- We spent too much time at the park entrances. I got the logic behind it but spending 2.5 hours at the Serengeti park entrance I still think is a bit too much. I would rather spend that time in the wild spotting animals.
- Other small things that I am not going to mention anymore. I am sorry for the CONS, not trying to affect his business in a bad way but I am trying to help other people with my experience that I had with Afrishare. The main reason for choosing Afrishare was the good reviews, not the competitive price. It didn't work for me.
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Email Jim Brown | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A Magical Experience in Tanzania
I don't even know where to begin. This trip was amazing. From the ease of customizing and booking with Ibrahim, to the incredible conversations with our guide Haj, the awesome tent in the Serengeti, the wonderful food, and, oh yeah... the ANIMALS!!! It took us right until the end of our time in the Ngorongoro crater on the last day to complete the "Big 5," but we did indeed get to see the rhino!
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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.
DK
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.
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