African Scenic Safaris
- Located In:
- Size:
- 100-250 employees (Founded in 2009)
- Member Of:
- ATTA, TATO, IMEC, KPAP, Travelife, CARBON TANZANIA & FAIR VOYAGE
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $150 to $1,000 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Risa | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
This was a perfect adventure, which was well organized and well worth the money!
I recently returned from a camping safari organized by African Scenic Safaris. It was 5 days/4 nights and we visited three of the parks in the north of Tanzania; Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area, Serengeti National Park and Tarangire National Park. Our guide, Rashid was very knowledgeable about the all aspects of the environment (including animals, vegetation, birds and variables that are impacting the environment). He was personable and had a good sense of humor. Our cook was more like a chef, using only basic cooking equipment to create his magic! There were 5 of us in the group which was a perfect size. I did not have a traveling partner but quickly made new friends with the cook, guide and other travelers on the trip with me. We saw the animals close up as Rashid knew the best places to view them and he had a clear understanding of how to identify where the animals were, based on the environment (water conditions, birds and other factors). Before going on the trip I found other safaris that were less expensive, but I am VERY glad I went with African Scenic Safari! It was well organized, comfortable, food was delicious and well worth the money!!! It met all my expectations and then some!! I highly recommend this company! Thank you African Scenic Safaris. I would definitely take another trip with you!!
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Email Jeff | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful Guides for both Kilimanjaro and Safari
I contacted African Scenic based on recommendations from my daughter's friends, and have been very well pleased. From first contact through trip planning to leading me to roof of Africa, then assembling our party for 6 days of game safari they were flawless and very professional. Their guides were great, accommodations great, food overwhelming. I absolutely recommend them, and in fact have already done so to friends thinking of their own trip.
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Email Mike Y | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An Experience of a Lifetime!!
African Scenic Safaris provides exceptional service that will leave you impressed. They are professional, experts in their craft, trustworthy guides, and very responsive. I took a group of 4 on a 4 day safari trip in Tanzania. The exceptional service began with planning the trip with Amanda – she is very responsive and provides detailed feedback to your questions. You can tell right away that they place high value on you as a customer and that their goal is to make sure you walk away with an experience that you’ll remember for the rest of your life. Our tour guides were very skilled and knowledgeable. You can tell they love what they do. They even dressed for success and stood out among their peers. I highly recommend their company and I will be referring them to my friends!
Awesome trip
I had a great time climbing Kili on the 6-day Machame route.
We had a lot of fun with my guide and porters and made it all the way up in great conditions :)
I ate such great cuisine during the whole trip ... I was impressed by the quality (and quantity) of it.
If you need any additional info do not hesitate to contact me.
I understand that it is very complicated to choose the right agency being in his home country but you will definitely not regret going for African Scenic !
Email Mary | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Kili by Rongia route followed by safari
In June/July2016 I had the privilege of a Kilimanjaro climb followed by 5-day safari with African Scenic Safaris.
First Kilimanjaro Rongai route - we did this over 6 days and it was an incredible journey from start to finish. The support we got from our expert guides Ami and Antipas for the whole climb, the great food and the lovely porters made our trip safe and really a trip of a lifetime. On the night of our climb our small team of 4 had 3 guides between us and enabled all of us to get to the top safely.
I cannot thank them enough. The porters also are heroes. I would suggest any group consider the merits of getting their own toilet - it is an additional cost but we thought it was worth it.
Part 2 of our trip 2 of our group went on to a safari. The Crater, Serengeti and Tangere , the tents were bigger which was great, while some of the camping equipment was tired it still fit for purpose . We saw all animals hoped for with exception of the rhino. Grayson is an eagle eyed mild mannered guide and Mr M was an amazing cook and our food was even better than the food on the climb.
I have no hesitation recommending this company for a value for money and the combined climb and safari was a simply amazing and special trip .
Email Barbara | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Very efficient agency and beautiful experience
great experience with African Scenic Safaris. Everything was organised in details. we had a 6 day trip from Kilimanjaro to Serengeti and Ngorongoro. All the lodges chosen in Ndutu, Serengeti and Ngorongoro were beautiful. Every one was distinctive and peculiar.
Our guide Kili was extremely knowledgeable and pleasant. He drove for hours to try to show us as much as possible. He managed to show us all the big 5, also more than once. I forgot my towel at the first hotel in Moshi and he helped me collect it on the way back from Safari.
African Scenic is an agency that is able to arrange a perfect travel in an affordable way unlike most of the agencies that work in Africa.
Amanda, my contact, has always been very nice and very fast in all her replies.
I would definitely recommend it!!
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Email Shahid | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Professionally organized, superbly executed and friendly & knowledgeable guides
Tremendous credit to Amanda who is extremely patient and diligent working with us. We started as a family of 4 and slowly it increased to 9 members and Amanda patiently worked with us to finalize the itinerary. She also helped us to sort out a bizarre problem with an airline booking which I had made on fastjet.com (All the passenger names appeared same as mine though I entered it correctly) and they refused to change it. Amanda was able to get a contact in their head office in UK and helped me to get the names corrected.
We had two jeeps/guides (Themba and Kefa -- I hope I am spelling it correctly) and both were fun to have around. They were knowledgeable and friendly.
I highly recommend African Scenic Safaris and would be happy to answer any pointed questions.
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Email Chantal | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amasing experience!
The tour with African Scenic Safaris was well organised. We had enough time in each of the 3 parks : 2 nights in Tarangire, 2 nights in Ndutu, 3 nights in Serengeti and 2 nights in Ngorongoro Crater.
African Scenic Safari gave us excellent prompt responses to our early enquiries with useful advise. The replies were clearly personal responses to our querries, and were not just standard text.
Tom, our driver/guide, was very friendly, personable and knowledgeable. He had a great ability to spot animals hidden in the grass and in trees.
The drives between parks were sometimes quite long but necessary.
The Hibiscus B&B in Moshi was very basic and security men talked quite loud all night despite being asked not to. We would not choose that accomodation again.
Maramboi tented Camp in Tarangira was very nice. The staff were very friendly, the food was great and we highly recommend the early morning walk to the lake.
Wilderness Camps in Ndutu and Serengeti were amasing experiences. The staff were great, the camp was not crowded and we felt very special there.
The Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge was in a good location, friendly staff and good food. A bit noisy between rooms and from the kitchen (radio blaring)
Overall a well organised trip and we highly recommend this Tour operator.
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Email Joel Dice | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Knowledgeable guides and reasonable prices
We used African Scenic Safaris for a 5 day Ngorongoro/Serengeti/Natron safari and a 7 day Kilimanjaro climb. In both cases the guides and cooks were excellent. Our safari guide helped us see all of the big 5 animals despite a compressed schedule and taught us a lot about everything we saw. The packed lunches on the safari were unexceptional, but the rest of the meals on both the safari and climb were very healthy, tasty, and satisfying (especially important on the climb, where the altitude can affect your appetite). Our climbing guides and porters were very friendly and helpful and made sure we got to the top and back down comfortably and safely. Finally, Amanda was always extremely responsive and informative via email in the weeks leading up to the trip. We'd definitely recommend this company.
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Email Magdalena | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent expierience for both Kilimanjaro 7-day trekking and 8-day safari!
I checked carefoully several tour operators before booking kilimanjaro trek and safari trip for my first ever holidays in Africa! African Scenic Safaris Team was very helpful from the very beginnig by giving us different options and recommendations for our journey! Contact with this tour operator was very easy - we were getting all the information fast and with much more details than from any other company. And then, i can only talk in superlatives about the both - Kilimanjaro and Safari expierience! We had the best guides we could imagine and ate delicious food every day! The crew was very helpful and also fun to be with! We were succesfull on our 7-day Machame route on Kilimanjaro and have seen hundreds of animals on the safari: in Tarangire, Ngorongoro, Ndutu and Serengeti National Parks. If we come back to Tanzania again, we will definitely book next trips with African Scenic Sarafis!