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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Our amazing experience with Wilderness Insights Safaris
My family and I hiked Mount Meru and went on a safari with Wilderness Insights Safaris.
From the beginning, we had a few special requests: We wanted to do a day summit on Mount Meru instead of the usual night summit. We also wanted to spend the nights in the order Mirakamba Hut – Saddle Hut – Saddle Hut instead of the usual route of Mirakamba Hut – Saddle Hut – Mirakamba Hut. John accommodated all of these requests and planned and implemented everything exactly as we had imagined.
Mount Meru
The hike up Mount Meru was beautiful – you cross different climatic zones, and we saw water buffalo, warthogs, many monkeys, and even giraffes along the way.
John's team was very friendly, and the two guides took excellent care of us. The food was also very good: every morning we had eggs, toast, porridge, and pancakes. For lunch and dinner, we always had soup, a meat dish with a side dish, salad, fruit for dessert, and hot water for tea. In addition, we were given warm water for washing every day after hiking.
On summit day, unlike all the other groups, we set off at 7 a.m. instead of midnight, at our request. This meant we were able to enjoy a stunning sunrise with Kilimanjaro in the background before breakfast. On the way up, our two guides and the summit porter took excellent care of us: They took our backpacks when someone was exhausted and took as many breaks as we needed. Once at the summit, we were completely alone and were able to enjoy the view for 30 minutes in peace, soak up the sun, and eat our snacks.
Safari: We did the safari with John himself. He was already waiting for us at the hotel when we arrived from Mount Meru and gave us a briefing on how the safari would proceed. On the first day of the safari, he picked us up from our hotel on time. The car was great and very clean (John also vacuumed it every day after the safari, etc.). The car also had a cooler with water, Coke, Coke Zero, white wine, and red wine. For the safari itself, we went to Tarangire, Serengeti, Serengeti, and Ngorongoro Crater. We saw an incredible number of animals—far more than I ever could have imagined. John made this already magical experience 100 times better: he explained a lot, had an answer to every question, was extremely knowledgeable about where to find which animals (we saw all of the Big 5), and somehow always managed to get us the best spot among all the safari vehicles, thus providing the best view of the animals. The food on the safari was also much better than expected: most of the other safari groups had boxed lunches, which I also expected. But John brought thermal dishes, which the hotel refilled every day, so we had hot (very good) food for lunch every day. My family and I thoroughly enjoyed Mount Meru and the safari. Both were unforgettable experiences, made even better by John's personable manner, experience, and planning. I highly recommend Wilderness Insights Safaris to everyone.
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A professional, reliable, and passionate tour operator that delivers unforgettable safari experience
An unforgettable safari! Great service, comfortable vehicles, and very knowledgeable guides.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Awesome
Our entire safari experience would not have been the same without Shafino. He has an incredible eye for spotting animals and his knowledge about everything from the Big Five/ Nine to birds, plants, and local culture was impressive. He had an answer to all of our questions and explained in detail. Every game drive felt like an adventure guided by someone who genuinely wanted us to have the best experience possible. What really stood out though was how easy it was to connect with him. He’s one of the nicest guides you could have. He’s funny, patient, and always went the extra mile to make sure we were seeing what we wanted to see and having a good time. By the end of our trip, he felt less like a guide and more like a friend. If you’re planning a safari trip and want someone who will guaranteed give you an awesome experience, I highly recommend Shafino!
ES
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The service was excellent.
A very friendly, welcoming service with great value for money.
ES
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great safari and a fantastic guide
We have a great time with the budget safari that we got. Ally and Catherine are great owners, they help us with everything before, during and at the end of the tour giving us a lot of information. Our guide Geoffrey was fantastic, he was very kind and sweet making our safari a once life time experience.
CR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent
Our guide Peter Nding’ai was excellent. He took care of every detail throughout the trip and always looked out for our safety. We were able to see the Big 5 and more.
IT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great experience
Great experience of safari of 4 days! Our guide Joel funny and always smiling :)
Also the travel guides, Ali and Collin, were very kind and available!
Experience to remember for life!
DE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A beautiful Oasis with incredibly warm-hearted atmosphere
Huuuge thanks to Noxy and the Glamp Camp team.
It is a beautiful Oasis with incredibly warm-hearted atmosphere. Peaceful, lovely garden, spacious glamping deluxe, fantastic cozy sleeping, delicious meals, and most importantly wonderful humans.
Thank you for this unique experience.
TW
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Professional and enthusiastic travel agency
It was a wonderful journey through Kenya and Tanzania. Many thanks to Eric and Gift for their professional and enthusiastic guidance, and to the travel agency team for the well-organized itinerary. We were able to see so many precious animals — truly an unforgettable, once-in-a-lifetime experience. Highly appreciateto Kubwa 5 team for the professional planning, On this trip we see the Big Five, leopard, lion in the tree, and the wildebeest crossing the river!! It was truly moving and an unforgettable memory of a lifetime. Thank you again to the whole team for all your effort in making this possible.
DE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Honest and trustworthy tour operator, excellent service
We are back from an amazing three days safari trip to Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater with Sustainable Safari Tours. As the whole trip was rather spontaneously planned (don’t do that!) we were pretty much stressed out with the preparations. Joshua helped us in several phone calls to take away our fears and answered all of our questions. He offered us a reasonable price and he offered an excellent itinerary and great value for the price. We felt safe from the beginning, and he kept his promises and his word fully. We experienced a superb organized three-day-safari-trip.
Our driver James knew all the good spots, provided us with gorgeous photo opportunities. We stayed in camps (go for the lodges, if you need comfort and if you can afford it) and our tent was surrounded by zebras overnight. Have you ever heard a zebra eating grass? We did! I cannot describe the feeling being in nature among wild animals and still feeling safe.
We have seen the Big Five and many other animals.
It is crucial to have a good and knowledgeable guide and a firm organization in the background. Joshua did a very good job; our tent was always ready when we arrived to a camp and we had a carefree three days just enjoying the wonderful wild life in Tanzania.
John, our cook prepared our meals always on time, doing his very best under difficult circumstances. The meals included a soup, main course and dessert on all evenings. Breakfast was rich and delicious with local specialties, as we asked for it.
The wildlife is amazing, James provided us with information on all animals and spotted them even from very far away. Don’t forget to take good binoculars with you, but as you see on the photos, they are not always necessary to have.
All in all, if you want to support a small independent and honest business in Tanzania and want to have a great time at the same time, choose Sustainable Safari Tours. It is very difficult for small independent businesses to manage nowadays and this is one, that takes hospitability and service seriously and Joshua goes out of his ways to make your safari experience memorable.
