Anda African Adventure
- Located In:
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United States
Italy
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 2010)
- Member Of:
- TTB, ACTA, AMCHAM & Trip Advisor
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $250 to $1,000 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Alma | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
What a wonderful experience!!
We met Anael at BIT exhibition in Milan and he immediately captures our attention with his competence and professionalism. Then we arranged all by e-mail, we have personalized our safari as we wanted and ANDA gave us all the suggestions to optimize time and destinations. When we arrived in Tanzania Mr. Ramsey ( ANDA manager ) was at the airport to welcome us and introduce us our guide Mr. Six.
Mr. Six, from the beginning, was very kind, helpful and showed us a big competence. During transfer he supplied a lot of information and solved all our requests. During the game drive Mr. Six was able to exceed all our expectations, to see animals we were always in the first row, in the right position for the photos and sometimes the only jeep to see something special as the black rhino in Serengeti Park . . . and not far away but very close to our car !!!
After three days we had already seen all the big five, many animals, many enchanted landscapes and also the great migration. We saw the wildebeests crossing Mara river, two times the rhino, leopards, lions, cheetahs, elephants, buffalos, giraffes and . . . more !!!
All our accommodations was very good, and we have never had problem. We always eat well, the rooms were clean and comfortable, also the experience in the tended camp was great.
Mr. Six, in addition to being a great professional guide, will be always in our hearts as a great friends, him and ANDA will be our choice also for our next experience in Tanzania. We'll recommend to all our friends ANDA Africa Adventure.
Thanks Six, Anael and Ramsey, for the wonderful experience!!
AE
Email Ashley | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing team to help plan our trip of a lifetime!
What can I say bad about ANDA African Adventures? Absolutely nothing! All I can say we had the most amazing trip of a lifetime! Our group was able to work closely with ANDA to customize a perfect trip for our budget, interests and length of time. Here's a breakdown of our trip:
2 adults and 2 kids (12/14)
6 nights, 6.5 days in mid-June 2016
Flew from Dubai to Kilimanjaro
Private tour, 4 days game drives, 2 days cultural
Working with Zoe, Christina, and Charina was delightful. Out of all the tour companies I explored, they were the most responsive, the most flexible, and the best value for money. We decided on Tanzania over Kenya (although the just a bit more $$) since we felt it may be a bit less touristy. To be honest, we only saw a few other cars per day! Except when we saw 4 cheetahs hunt an impala (yes, really!!) we were usually alone on the beautiful drives.
Overall the hotels were great- Octagon lodge with amazing food and hospitality, Lobo lodge in Serengeti on a hilltop with baboons climbing the trees 5 feet away and an amazing morning sunrise, and the Rhino lodge with Cape buffalo grazing just yards away from your room's back porch!
On tour, we were lucky enough to see 4 of the big 5 except the leopard. Our guide for the week Athuman was very professional, fun, and patient with all of our photo stops. He comes highly recommended! On the tour, the Serengeti was amazing but my personal favorite was driving down into Ngorongoro crater. Talk about beautiful!!
We all wanted to do something active on one day of the tour, and ANDA didn't disappoint! Our guide for the day Bruno was fantastic! He took us through the village where he is from and we got to walk through the back streets, meet some local children, visit a school, drink banana beer, eat a home cooked meal in the banana groves, and end with a great canoe trip with local fishermen!
When it comes to booking an African safari, you want to make sure you go with a trusted company, with tested itineraries, and great customer service since this is both a once in a lifetime trip for most, and one in a location that is much different than western countries. Ask questions, ask for ideas, and get creative together for a perfect trip.
Asante ANDA! Thank you for an outstanding experience!
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Email Lisbet and Hans | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great Safari combinated with socially conscious projekt and local culture.
ANDA's team, communication was very good from the start, they provided the most detailed itinerary and responded quickly on our question's. Guide Peter were waiting at the airport upon our arrival. Peter is a great guide and is a talking book learned us alot about all animal's, plant's, tree's. He was punctual and a great driver taking us safely around on all various paths.It was a great safari. After the safari we got to visit a local Moshi organization Tafcom, that help poor and vulnerable people. This was very interesting and by diffrent project, as give children education, famely's get micro loan so they can start some businiess. We also visit the local Chagga people, residents around Kilimanjaro's foot. All accomonodation's Anda provided was excellent so even the food. We are very pleased with our trip as Anda provided and also special thanks to Charina, Christine and Zoe for all.
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Email Torbjörn | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing awesomeness
I dont know what to say excellent simply is not enough to describe how great i Think my safari was!!!
It started with the superb customer service Before the safari even started!!!
The office team of zoe and christine is great even the most trivial question is awnsered with speed :)
Then my parrents arrived and of we went on the safari our guide was very good and knowledgeable.
On the second day we had 2 flat tires in a day but this was trivial matters.
Because on this day and the days following i got to see lions hunting, cheetas killing an impala i got up close and personal with lions on a walking safari.
with up close i mean 10-15 meters closer to the cubs cause we noticed the lions late and they saw us late wich meant we got charged by the lioness wich was freaking awesome abit of an adrenaline rush there!!!!
We also went to tafcom an Tanzanian run ngo wich does great work in the poor part of moshi.
we also went for a day trip up towards the start of the kilimanjaro hike on that day christine and zoe joined us it was so much fun.
The Point i´m trying to make at some length is it was freaking amazing use anda!
Have a nice day :)
Regards Torbjörn
CR
Email Jorge Suárez | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Solo latinamerican in northern Tanzania and Kenya
I Was a solo latinamerican traveler from Costa Rica, Anda gave me the best price for a Budget /camping Safari /Kilimanjaro hike and Nairobi Kenya (x8 days ) personal designed with a lo of help from Anda. The out come was beatiful feelings and pictures of contact with nature. In camping nights at Serengeti we had hienas aproaching near by.
I had the best guide! Gleizer, made friendship with him and the cook ÑaPuta, so we had great dinners and lunchboxes. Totally recomend Anda, they made a great job.
Saludos desde Costa Rica.
Safari honeymoon
We had a great time on our Safari. The Anda staff were very friendly and accommodating. They were quick to resolve any issues that came up along the way and always did so with a smile and a good attitude. We felt well taken care of and would not hesitate to recommend Anda to our friends and family.
Email Mr Roy | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Guiding us to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro
Yep, they did what the promised! Good communications right throughout. A happy team, who backed us all the way to the top. Transport was perfectly adequate in the terrain, and on time to and from the airport.
Hospitality was very good, with thanks to Saddam for being our waiter for 8 days.
The guiding was excellent thanks to Gerald and Andrew, who looked after us with a smile through even the tougher times of the trek. We were given realistic targets, and support at a level that helped all 4 of us achieve our ambition of summiting.
The food, thanks to chef Paul, was great, given the "kitchen" was a tent etc. Varied meals were welcomed, although perhaps running short of variation at the end, not quantity. We all craved a bacon sandwich for breakfast by the end! But the presentation of chocolate cake made up for that.
The whole team were magnificent, and were clearly a few notches above some of the other outfitters we came across on the mountain. The kit was absolutely fine, and the attention to detail cannot really be faulted. Thanks again guys. It'll be a long lasting happy memory!
ps And thanks to Remsi for answering all our emails efficiently before arrival.
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellt support, a lot of attetion to our needs, smart and polite, excellent guide. Great
Very good communication since the beginning, support for choosing alternatives, quick feed back on everything, patient and polite people, perfect organization and excellent guide, smart and polite.
Traditional tour through north east parks, good combination of different enviroments, good timing and transfers. A lot of animals everywhere thanks to our guide, excellent in catching even the more difficult ones (black rhino and leopards). No problems occured with reservations, food, water, car (except for too much dust sometimes). Thank you all
Reply from Anda African Adventure
Posted on Aug 7, 2014Dear Enrico,
Thank you for all the compliments and the review, this really helps us to challenge ourselves. We are working with all our vehicles to make sure that we re-check the rubbers and that no dust enters inside the vehicles. We are also discussing to see if we can add some few other vehicles with AC to add up so that can be available when others are on safari. This helps to switch on the AC and close all windows while en-route to the destinations.
Welcome back please.
Remsi.
Email Phoebe | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Overlanding with Anda was brilliant
I have nothing but praise for Anda African Adventures. Originally planning a trip to Africa I found 3 different overland tours I was interested in doing, but each was from a different company and at different times. I found Anda at some point on a google search and upon realising they do custom tours I sent them an email.
From that point on the service was outstanding. I had a good chat to Remsi and Anael about budget and sent them a list of the various cities and sites we wanted to see. We discussed accommodation and transport between places and soon I had a sample itinerary to look over incorporating almost everything I wanted to see, mixing camping with accommodation, and fitting within the budget. A few changes made here and there and we had the itinerary, our plan was set.
As Anda are a Tanzanian company, we were booked through a different company (SA Tours and Safaris, who booked us with Nomad Tours) for legs from Johannesburg to Victoria Falls, then from Victoria Falls to Dar es Salaam. A few hiccups along the way in the form of accommodation changes or dispute as to whether or not we had paid the activity package. A few phone calls to Anda, and the activity package was sorted, and the changes in accommodation was no hindrance at all. The criticism here is for SA Tours and Safaris who not only failed to tell ANDA we were booked with Nomad, but also gave us an outdated itinerary (at least 12 months old) which led to being sent to the wrong departure point also.
Anyway once we got to Tanzania and met with the Anda drivers everything went super smooth and perfectly. Everyone involved was enthusiastic and helpful when I said I had 40kg of school supplies I was hoping to donate to schools visit along the journey even though it would take time and effort out o each day. The car and equipment were all in good condition, the driving was great and the food was plentiful (almost too plentiful) and delicious.
Everytime there was a hiccup with the journey I called either Remsi or Anael, but if I could not get through, I called my mum in Australia and asked her to call them with all the details, within minutes she had answers or a call back if she left them a message. Everything was sorted the moment there was an issue.
Anda are very professional and extremely good, I would recommend them to anyone and everyone.
Reply from Anda African Adventure
Posted on Aug 7, 2014Dear Phoebe,
Thank you for your review, we do appreciate. Regarding South African tour Part, i have contacted the Tours SA and highlighted to them all the hindrances we noticed, and asked them to rectify in future departures. We agreed this will not happen again in future.
You are all welcome back again to experience more.
DK
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Memorable safari
It was a very memorable safari with Anda African Adventure in the middle of the ongoing large immigration. We was there for the for the first time with my husband and two teenage boys. Thanks for Remsi Sungwa, the trip was well organized with detailed info on safari from trip planning, good overnight all with good food and an experienced and friendly driver / guide David Maro from Arusha.
I am very thankful of service and I will not hesitate to recommend any friend .