US
Amazing experience!
Short version: I cannot recommend Meru Slopes enough! I went on the 5 day budget safari. The safari itself was fantastic and the food was delicious and plentiful. Jacob (guide) is amazing!
Long version: I found Meru Slopes online while planning my trip to Tanzania. I found Geofrey (owner?) to be responsive and helpfully answered my endless questions. He arranged pickup from the airport and was at the hotel to greet me upon arrival. The hotel is centrally located in Arusha with immaculately clean rooms, good free breakfast and helpful staff. Day 1 of the safari, Geofrey was there again to personally introduce me to the safari guide, Jacob, and cook, Richard.
Throughout the five days, Jacob was kind, charismatic, and incredibly knowledgeable about animals, plants, and local cultures. His eagle eyes spotted everything while still managing to masterfully navigate African roads. Richard consistently delivered delicious meals that were varied and massive! I frequently felt bad for the other groups we saw eating dry sandwiches from their packed lunch boxes. Not one member of our group had a single complaint for the duration of the safari. After the safari, geofrey provide additional assistance and transportation to the bus station. Book your safari with Meru Slopes!
NE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
It's very nice and recommend able
Honestly speaking, Tanzania exclusive travels and tours is very awesome and mind blowing, it's also recommendable to everyone irrespective of your location
RU
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The best safari organizers in Tanzania
I can totally recommend Safari 56 and Akida personally for organizing any safari in Tanzania. Thanks to Akida our 3 days safari in Mikumi park was an unforgettable experience. Everything was so well planned that all we had to do is just enjoy every day! If I ever go back to Tanzania, I wouldn’t trust the organization of safari to anyone else but Akida and his team!
Thank you one more time and warmest greetings from Russia.
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing!!
I can’t say enough about our recent trip to Kilimanjaro and our experience with Great Lake Expedition! From the guides meeting us at the airport to the owner spending the day with us with absolutely no obligation, helping us get COVID tested a week after our climb. Every porter was so friendly and Simon as they sped past us hauling our camp ahead of us each day. Our five guides were all so positive and supportive of us all. My daughter was a bit nervous the day before the summit attempt, one of our guides Flavi sat with us and explained how we would feel physically and to be nervous was totally normal and that the guides were there to help in and way. She felt so much better mentally and ended up having a much better summit experience because of his kind knowledgeable words. It really felt like we were all in it together “one team, one dream!” The summit was great however, one of my favorite memories was when one of the two porters that summited with us held my daughters hand on the way down the mountain. Another special moment was having all the porters leaving base camp in the rain, sleet and snow to climb up part way to greet us and congratulate us in our accomplishment. The last 30 minutes of our decent into base camp was continuously meant with big smiles, offers to take our packs, hand shakes and encouragement. At every camp site out tents were pitched and our duffel bags in the tent. One of my biggest surprises was the quality of the food. Every morning and evening we gorged ourselves on multiple course meals with fresh delicious ingredients. We had a glutton allergy and a vegetarian in our group and the chefs made excellent extra dishes for them that we all joined in and ate because the portions were huge. If our lead guide Simon overheard something we desired it would just appear, be it a birthday cake at over 16,000 feet, to popcorn awaiting out tired arrival at camp, to individual pizzas and beer awaiting us for the van ride after the end of our climb! I would recommend Great Lake Expedition to anyone who want a wonderful experience with very qualified local guides, local porter, and a wonderful local owner.
PT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great safari experience!
We made the booking with Karibu originally for October 2020 but had to postpone it due to covid 19 and I am grateful to Robert from Karibu for always assisting me with his prompt replies and for accommodating our volatile travel plans.
When the new date finally came in June 2021 we unfortunately missed our flight and had to again change our safari plans last minute. Karibu was quick to help us out and even when our arrival time was later than predicted. They picked us up from the airport and from then it was a smooth ride!
Our safari guide was Edward and he was the best guide we could wish for. He adapted the safari plans according to our schedule and with his swift knowledge and driving skills we had a great time and even saw all of the big 5!! Quick shout out to Miti Mingi Eco Camp and it's staff who helped us organize the PCR test and always made sure we had everything we needed.
I highly recommend Karibu.
IN
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Committed to creating the best experience
Best decision of our trip to book with them. Maureen was always available to help us plan, make changes on the go. Our guides were super helpful, and knowledgeable it was such a fantastic experience. Thank you guys!
FR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The organization and the team were great.
I totally recommend this team for your safari. The communication before the safari was very fast and efficient. Our guide Youssef knew where to find the animals, in a few days we could see a great diversity of animals.
The organization and the team were great.
PT
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Salehe was a real asset to our trip
With eagle eyes, Salehe could spot animals from afar. He had a true passion for birds and was always eager to identify them.
We had to change our plans last minute and Lion King did everything for us. Not a problem unsolved the whole trip.
FR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
5 days safari, an experience of a lifetime with Suricata Team !!
We were 4 Friends from France and we choose Suricata safari team to make a 5 days safari
Suricata team was very professionnal those 5 days were perfect from the beginning to the end. Everything was very well planned and scheduled.
Ouf guide Fredrick was the best, thanks to him we learned so much things about the environnement, the nature, plants and all the animals we saw. He was very patient, nice and he took us to the best places to be able to see a lot of animals ( the.big five also ! )
The chief Chales made us awesome meals during the whole 5 days, it was delicious we ate very well and we had great times with him
Ally the driver took us to the airport at Time he was very professional
I highly recommend Suricata Team to enjoy a nice and very well organized safari
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Thorough, responsive, and comprehensive trip planning
We originally booked 4 nights in Zimbabwe and Botswana for April 2020. The original planning and booking process was simple. Megan at Discover Africa provided a variety of options for durations and locations, and we were able to select the number of nights and the hotels that worked best for our budget and what we wanted to see/do. It was easy to add excursions such as boat tours and a helicopter flight over Victoria Falls.
When Covid derailed our trip, we were able to defer all the bookings indefinitely. In Spring of 2021, we put everything back on track for May 2021, and Megan got us set up with appointments and the information we needed to get Covid PCR tests in Zimbabwe and Botswana.
Everything went off without a hitch. Victoria Falls was extraordinary. The land transit to Botswana was complicated, but handled adroitly by the Wild Horizons drivers. We would have had a real headache figuring out those specifics without an experienced guide on the ground. Our time in Chobe National Park was wonderful; we saw so many animals from pretty close-up! Again, the guides here were great. All of our covid results came in very quickly, and we had no worries about making our next transit to another country.
Can't recommend Discover Africa enough for getting you to and around Southern Africa. Even in these uncertain Covid times, it's very doable (check local conditions frequently though, as things seem to change rapidly).
