Safari Multiways Staff at the office in Arusha
Safari Multiways
- Located In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2009)
- Member Of:
- TATO, ATTO & TLTO
- Tour Types:
- Custom budget & mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $160 to $900 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Tom | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing tour operator, great value for money!
We did a 7 days safari with Safari Multiways, Patrick being our guide. During planning, I had contacted around 20 tour operators asking a quote for the same tentative itinerary and requirements. Romeo was the only one who immediately understood our needs and came up with an almost perfect itinerary and unbeatable price. Only a few minor updates later we were ready to go for an adventure of a lifetime.
The safari vehicle was in good condition, serviced the day before starting the safari. We had no break downs at all despite the bumpy and muddy roads. And we think this was a bit of luck but mainly due to hard work of Patrick the entire time. He was not only an excellent driver guide but also a mechanist, who checked the car every night despite driving 12 hours non-stop. He noticed and changed a flat tire in the evening while we were enjoying our drinks. He is really a tough guy who doesn't get tired and works approximately 18 hours a day during safari tour. We felt great respect for him and his endurance. He was also great in spotting the animals. We made a wish, and he made it come true beyond our expectations. We wished to see a male lion, he found 3 of them within a pride with cubs and all that, up close. We wished to see a leopard, he found one with 2 cubs. We wished to see a cheetah, he found 4 of them planning a hunt. And the list goes on...We were also lucky to see lions having a buffet on a rhino, a rare thing to spot according to Patrick. He is also very friendly, and funny. All in all we had an amazing week with Patrick with loads of precious moments of laughter that we will remember forever.
If you are considering a safari in Tanzania, look no further and go with Safari Multiways - and ask for Patrick as your guide.
Romeo booked also our domestic flights, he is an official Coastal Aviation agent at the same time. It was very convenient to have everything organized by him.
Thank you Romeo and Patrick for such a marvelous experience!
Email Hanna | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Couldn't have asked for more!
Had a five day safari with my husband in Ngorongoro and Serengeti at the end of September. Just two of us in the car. Car was in a good condition. Our guide Donald was very knowledgeable, flexible and easy to get on with. Safari multiways organised everything very well, the email communication with Rweza Romeo prior to our trip was timely and clear. We would fully recommend Safari Multiways to everyone!
Simply put we had a GREAT experience
Safari Multiways delivered what they promised and beyond. I travelled with my family that included two young children. Romeo contacted us the day before our scheduled arrival to check if everything was still as planned. They were there waiting for us in the airport when we arrived. All the accommodations were excellent. Our tour guide (Amos) was so great in knowing where to look for the animals. He was such a gentleman and so keen to the whole group needs(there was seven of us). We saw a lot of wild animals and got up close with lions. It was a trip to remember.
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Email Hilary G. | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Our outstanding safari guide provided an incredible experience.
Safari Multiwayz made booking, and going on safari super easy. We found Multiwayz almost by accident after inquiring on tours with some of the larger companies, but we are so glad we chose Multiwayz, the price was more affordable than many of the other quotes, and I think we ended up with a more intimate experience as a result. We were a party of 2, and so we ended up with a private guide, for 4 days and some of the most memorable experiences of our lives.
Tailoring the safari to our liking was very straight forward. Program director Romeo replied to email very promptly and we were able to pay with a credit card online. Our booking included transport to and from the airport, accommodation with breakfast and dinner, and a box lunch on the go. We chose to stop at a Masai village and paid that extra expense out of pocket. (bring USD cash!!)
Our guide Amos met us at the airport and transported us to our overnight hotel in the nearby town of Arusha. The next morning we began our safari, that started with a day in Tarangire, 2 days on the Serengeti and finally the Ngorogoro crater.
The safari accommodation was superb. Our favourite was by far the Serengeti Tortilis Tented camp, a literal camp in the middle of the Serengeti - you can hear the lions in the middle of the night!
Every location had large, comfortable beds, running water, and some even had wifi. The food was generally not fussy, though not strong on local flavours (sticking closely to blander hotel palettes) and we were provided with a box lunch every day. We are in our 30s and live in Los Angeles so we are not afraid of trying new things, but all the hotels feed all the guests the same meal at the same time so they hedge their bets toward offending no one. This was fine for us. Everything was fresh and hot and offered a full breakfast too.
Our guide knew EVERYTHING. He answered every question abut the landscape, wildlife, culture, politics and media. He was friendly, knowledgeable and very capable driver. He has incredible spotting abilities and has a pair of binoculars (bring some of your own if you're a larger group!) The job must be exhausting as most of the roads are not paved, and in some parts the cloud cover and fog made it impossible to see more than 2 feet ahead. Despite this he met us every morning with a smile and seemed to know exactly what we wanted to see and do.
If you are thinking about a safari and want a very authentic, private, but not "protected" experience (do you really need to be met on an airstrip with champagne?) please try Multiwayz. We are so glad we did.
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Email Jyotinath Ganguly | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A Dream Trip (according to 16 y/o Junior)
About us: Son (16 y/o) and Father (myself) duo
Our previous safari experience: Kenya, April 2013
Why Safari Multiways: Recommended by an experienced traveler via a Safari forum
The planning process: Romeo of Safari Multiways was prompt with email, open to suggestions, and above all, fully transparent with the costing; that is, the quote for every line item per day was clearly detailed out. Romeo bought the Nairobi - Arusha - Nairobi shuttle bus tickets as well as Flying Doctors' insurance cover.
Type of safari: 9-night basic Camping and Hiking (though Romeo included tented camps on two nights for a change) plus 1-night each at Arusha, before and after.
Experiences:
Wildlife: Tarangire, Serengeti, Migration at Grumeti-Kirawira, Ngorongoro Crater, Lake Natron (Flamingos)
Hiking: Empakai Crater, Lake Natron Waterfall, Lake Natron
Local life: Massai villages, Mto Wa Mbu vegetable markets and "Nyama Choma" (Local BBQ).
Camping: Tarangire Small Camp site, Serengeti Nyani Camp site, Ngorongoro Simba Camp site, Lake Natron River Camp site. It was great fun, including the cold evenings at Simba Camp site in Ngorongoro. Some sites like Roika Tented Camp (Tarangire), Panorama Lodge (overlooking Lake Manyara) and River Camp site (Lake Natron) allow you to pitch your tent on their grounds or use their lodges. You can cook your own food in the area provided, if you wish.
Driver-guide: Amos was our driver guide. He drove expertly not only through typical game-drive dirt tracks but also over the brutally rough, often non-existent tracks in the Lake Natron area. His spotting abilities kept us engaged continuously, with sightings of Lion, Cheetah, Leopard, Rhino, Hartebeest, Topi, Eland, Antelope, Tortoise, Hyrax and numerous types of Birds. The only wildlife we generally found easier to sight on our own were the common and/or the larger species like Elephant, Giraffe, Gazelle, Zebra, Baboon, Crocodile, Buffalo, Ostrich and Wildebeest. :)
Cook-help: Moses cooked a variety of excellent breakfast, lunch and dinner (Western and African, Soups, Ugali, Pilaf, Kachambari, Stew, Grills etc etc). Our breakfast and picnic-box for the afternoon was promptly ready before we left early morning, and tea/coffee and dinner were ready when we got back. Stove, food, utensils and tents were packed up and ready well in time whenever we moved camps.
Both Amos and Moses are lovely, caring people!
We carried everything in our 4x4, and stopped occasionally to replenish supplies.
We drove through and hiked around amazing landscapes, including game parks, mountains, meadows, 'endless plains', lakes, extinct volcanoes, crater lakes, waterfall and rivers. We got wonderful insights into the life of the beautiful Maasai people, and how peacefully they coexist with nature and wildlife. Personally, those were among my greatest eye-opening or 'a-ha' moments during our trip.
At the beginning of our safari, Amos asked us, "So, how many Lion did you see in Kenya?". We told him proudly (it was in the single digits, actually). He then asked us, "You mean you could count?". That left us wondering what we were in for!
Amos constantly punctuated our game drives with, "See the lion(s) out there?", "See the leopard(s) out there?", "See the cheetah(s) there?". "See the bird(s) there?". Until Amos pointed it out, most of the time we could see none. It was as if the animals and birds appeared out of nowhere! We lost count of our Lion sightings and the number of Lions (and Lionesses and Cubs) we sighted. Probably 60 or 70 across more than 20 or 25 sightings?
After some time, we stopped counting and just admired the magnificent animals in the early morning light or under the shade of a tree at noon or in the slanting light of the setting sun. We drove, on an average, a little over 200 km per day. Our game drives were from 6 AM to 6 PM, and often stretched beyond 6 PM as we raced back to camp.
Today is June 2, 2014. I will be adding to my blog "Travel and Food Tales" shortly, by June 15, 2014.
Please visit http://feni-and-amok.blogspot.com and look for the Tanzania posts under "2014" and "May".
Thank you for reading my review. We wish you a Tanzania experience that will be as mind-blowing as ours was.
Junior has called our trip "The Dream Trip" on his Facebook page. It was, indeed!
Our huge thanks to the Safari Multiways team of Romeo (owner), Amos (driver-guide) and Moses (cook-help) for making this our "Dream Trip", a real "Trip of a Lifetime".
We wish you "Safari njema" and "Kwaheri"!
-- Jyotinath Ganguly (Senior) and Adit Ganguly (Junior), Bangalore, India
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent safari experience
Safari multiways was booked for me by a tour operator. I was travelling alone and was met at Kili airport, then driven to Lake Manyaya NP with a stop for packed lunch along the way, overnight at a lodge and all day in Ngorongoro crater, overnight in the same lodge and back to Kili next morning. Amos, the safari guide, drove well and was informative about the places we visited and the animals and their behaviour- I learned several things. During dinner on the first evening we discussed the plans and timetable for the following day to ensure I was happy with the arrangements. Although there is always an element of luck on safaris and you cant be sure you will definitely see certain animals,Amos knew good places to go and was a good spotter - and thanks to his efforts and being in the right place at the right time we were lucky enough to have had lions right next to the safari vehicles and also got to see Black Rhino which isn't always possible. Packed lunches and plenty of water provided. Haven't done any other safaris to compare but was very happy with my experience (and friends who have done safaris thought it sounded good afterwards) and I would recommend it.
Email Erin Boake | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Value for money but saw all the same animals as the big paying companies
We were a family of 5 (2 adults & 3 children aged 11, 12 & 14) who did a 10 day camping safari with Safari Multiways. We had the most amazing, life changing experience. Our personal chef cooked up the most fabulous meals with so much food that the whole family loved. Our drive went above and beyond to find the animals everyone had on their bucket list. Multiways offered great value for money. The bonus was that it is a locally run family company so all the money is going back into Tanzania.
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Email Bee Ling | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Professional, helpful
Overall very good service, as I had joined a safari in Kenya just before this n definitely much better, operators n drivers helpful n go the extra way to make your vacation fruitful ie in terms of animal sightings etc
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Email cf | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Awesome !!!!!
3N fabulous experience in Serengeti Park. Good accommodations, clean food, and above all safe & fun safari game rides. We feel safe with the team, and who always trying hard to show us more. The bonus: witnessed hundreds of wildebeasts crossing Mara river. Asante !!
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Email Sankalpa Bhattacharjya | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Just book it!
I spent 2 weeks reaching out to and speaking with over a dozen safari providers. Romeo was by far the most responsive, honest and detailed. He welcomed us personally at Arusha airport and things went like a breeze from there on. Our driver cum guide Freddy as a bundle of energy and knowledge. We had many a long drive (some lasting up to 8 hours), but I never saw Freddy’s energy flag. We sighted 23 lions, saw a live kill just feet away from us and pretty much saw all the wildlife we wished to see (except cheetahs and rhinos!). The vehicle was clean and well stocked. There were absolutely no surprises in terms of extra charges or oversights. My strong advice is to avoid the other agencies (most are actually more expensive too) and go with Safari Multiways. You won’t regret it!