AE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
What a regret to have chosen Hello Tanzania. Amazing country though
Last minute free lance guide not aware of the plan, angry at hello Tanzania the whole trip. So not in good mood to show us the beauty. Dirty and old 4x4. Permits to national parks not done on time. 3 activities cancelled on 6 because permits were not done. Had to argue with Sylwia and SAlum during the whole trip. 2 weeks of mails and complaints after our return to get refund. We finally received the due amount. Unprofessional company, giving fake excuses. I would say almost a fraud. This company should not be listed on your website. I saw after our trip so many bad comments on trip advisor, half of them were deleted. Just a pity to have trusted this company named hello Tanzania .
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Good communication, caring staff, quality tour
This was a very fun tour. Did a city tour of Kigali, went chimp trekking, gorilla trekking, and a few other things. It was a great experience and the guides were very caring and accommodating. Shout out to our driver Franchis for making all the long drives and getting us everywhere safely. We stuck to the itinerary for the majority of the time and everything went smoothly. My favorite hotel was Virunga Hotel Musanze. I had a great time on this tour!
AE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Efficient and sincere local tour operator for all budgets
Our family of 3 with teenager son. Nairobi, Samburu, Aberdare , ol Pageta, Nakuru, Masai Mara in peak season. Private tour was arranged with a English speaking, friendly, non inteterfering English speaking driver/guide in a 4 wheel drive. Allaccommodations were very good except Lake Nakuru lodge(the management provided a dismal room with not even hot water). Later the manager apologised and tried to set things right but it was too late. Even the Flamingos were a distant sight.
Best accommodation was Sweetwater serena(lucurious) but food was mediocre. Best food was at Aberdare country club(chef Anuj) and it was a cool place to relax. Samburu had good game viewing. Masai Mara was a lavish accommodation with good game viewing. It was a 12 day safari. We were lucky to see Leopard on first and last day.
Fresh air and relaxed time in nature with wild animals at very close proximity in their natural habitat. Wildebeest migration too was witnessed at Masai Mara.
Will definitely recommend the tour operators.
Money transfer/ payments, whole tour , was smooth. Felt safe.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Very good experience with all arrangements taken care of
Everything was very well arranged. Except for our first gate entry which took more than 1 hour everything else was perfectly planned and done. Excellent professional and polite service through out our stay.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent drivers; incredible trip
I had an absolutely amazing trip, where I saw lots of animals, incredible sunsets/landscapes, and met great people.
What made the trip even more amazing was my driver Salim/Simon. He was full of jokes, always happy, and incredible at finding animals. He adopted the itinerary to my taste and even offered hilarious extra's such as a local experience of eating ugali at a roadside cafe :') Spending 7 days with someone non-stop is a large commitment and Salim made it easy and fun; I would highly recommend any trip with Salim. I also had a chance to spend a day with Ziggy, who is great as well.
Only caveat for safaris in general: you should be very specific with your lodge/camp selection. Make sure to check the accommodation websites and to make sure you like the suggested properties, if not, ask for alternative suggestions that match your expectations. When you spend so much money on a trip, you want to make sure you are happy with all aspects of the trip :)
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Namib-Naukluft National Park by Hideki Mizuno
Location is excellent
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great trip to the oldest desert
Location was good, accommodation is nice, guide was professional. Good place to calm my mind.
SG
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Absolute bliss
People were amazing... animals were surreal as there were herds of them! Lovely weather although it was very hot in the afternoon. Guide was very knowledgeable. Overall it was just heavenly!
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing and wonderful .
Heading ' Truely a Wonderful and Fantastic '
Shammah Wonders are real doing wonders! From day one, since we ware communicating with Justine, the owner of the company, he was real committed and intact to answer all our querie. He assisted even booking for our rest place before tour day.
The tour to Mikumi was very greaty and fullfilled our dreams. The team was very organised, pactual and professional. The Guide was very charming and he did all efforts to make sure we saw any animal possible. We recommend it highly.
CA
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Spectacular and fabulous experience, espacially thé Tanzanie part with our guide Peter Damasi Mimja
I appreciate all the experience, the guides (Peter on Tanzania part especially), the animals, lodges and services, transport, the amazing nature and the beautifull landscape.
The lunch were so so... chicken all days, in the sun in the jeep during 4-5 hours ! The Explorer Nature Mara Lodge was the worst lodge (no hot shower, broken bed, not enough food...). I appreciate to be upgrade twice, it was nice places (with pool and really good food), thank !