35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Experience of a lifetime!
Gordy our tour guide was superb! He was attentive and professional at all times. He made sure that we were able to see everything and then some. He was also quite flexible which is important in the Serengeti. We were pleased with everything from the service to the value. We always felt safe and now we have a connection to another part of the world. We have already recommended Kojuu to others!
CA
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Look no further for a Tanzania safari tour company
Tanzania/Uganda/Zanzibar September 2-18, 2025
We were referred to Chasing Dreams Safaris Ltd. by Kellie, at Adventurelust Travel, to arrange our Safari Tour in Tanzania and Uganda. Chasing Dreams is a small company; we were well looked after and made a priority.
The team consists primarily of Heather, who does all the ground work prior to the trip and Heaven, who is the safari guide.
There were three of us on this trip. Heather was exceptional in staying within our budget, while at the same time offering us luxurious accommodations. She gave us many options from which to choose and helped us narrow down the many choices. She was extremely patient with the voluminous number of inquiries we made throughout the course of planning, which was over a year. She arranged all the intercontinental flights, booking of accommodations, ground transfers and made great suggestions for tours outside the safari. She recommended a must do, which was a hot air ballon ride and bush breakfast. It was amazing and gave such a different perspective of how vast the Serengeti is.
From beginning to end, everything went very smoothly. We were our own group and our tour was personalized and tailored to our requests and interests. She checked in throughout the trip to ensure everything was going according to plan.
Heaven greeted us at the Kiliminjaro Airport with a warm smile and promised we would enjoy every minute of our time there. He was not wrong. Heaven is professional and knowledgeable but also likes to have fun and we laughed… a lot. He was ready easily 15 minutes before our agreed pick-up times. It didn’t take him long to figure out who we were as people and what would be relevant to us. He didn’t spend a lot of time on things that did not interest us but he would still educate us and let us take a quick picture. In just four days, he was able to scout out “The Big 5”, which we all wanted to see. He was flexible to last minute changes, responsive to our questions (and there were a lot) and patient enough to let us sit as long as we wanted while keeping us on schedule. The lunches in the parks were not the typical boxed lunches we saw with other tour companies. We were treated to full meals of rice, meats, salads, sweets, tea, coffee and various alcoholic beverages. The cooler was well stocked with water and even a little cake for me on my birthday.
When a wallet was left behind at one of the lodges, we were well on our way to our next destination. Heaven immediately stopped and made numerous calls to have the wallet delivered to us, on the road, so we could stick to our agenda.
We called him the Lion Whisperer as lions seemed to be falling out of the sky. He just knew where to look and did what he could to make sure we saw everything on our long and sometimes impossible list. We all had a different “moment we’ll never forget” but Heaven’s was that we were happy and excited about everything we saw. We feel like we made a lifelong friend in Heaven.
When the safari was done, my sister and I went on to Zanzibar and her husband went to Uganda to do a golden monkey trek and gorilla habituation trek. All the flights, ground transfers and accommodations were arranged by Heather for both of these trips. Once again, the accommodations were first class and my brother-in-law said the habituation trek was the highlight of his trip.
If you find yourself looking for a tour company for Tanzania, use Chasing Dreams Safaris Ltd. Our expectations were exceeded in every way. If we were fortunate enough to plan a return trip, Chasing Dreams would be our first call.
Lanita, Carol and Doug
Canada
BG
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
unreliable, payment for services that wasnt delivered, not refunded
Communication at the very beginning was good, and you had the impression that you were dealing with a reliable partner. However, after some services were not delivered to the group, only promises for a refund remained.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Well organized and communicative!
We spent 11 days on safari (Kenya and Tanzania) and 6 days in Zanzibar, organized by Kay Adventure tours. Moureen made the entire planning process easy. We were provided options for different luxury levels, and were always able to tweak different hotels, lengths of stay in the parks, and add on extras like a sunrise balloon safari. Moureen was very good at communicating quickly and put us at ease by offering Paypal for payment for the safari. After arrival in Nairobi, Moureen set up a time to brief us on our safari- she is very thorough and well organized. Apparently she has been working in tourism for approx 20 years! Our guides were fantastic- thank you, Josh and Brian! While there was a lot of time driving between parks, we knew what we signed up for and were able to see a great sample of different environments and unique animals. We chose Kay Adventure Tours because it is one of the few companies that offers trips to Samburu Park in Kenya, which didn't disappoint. While out of the way, it ended up being our favorite park of its diversity of wildlife and lack of crowds. The rest of the trip was seamless, from transportation to border crossings and the flight to Zanzibar. I will definitely use Kay Adventure Tours for planning the next time I am in Kenya.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
This was an excellent experience!
We had an amazing time being taken on safari at Massai Mara. Kelvin, our tour guide operator, was phenomenal. He was very friendly and made all of us feel welcome. Would definitely do a tour with him again!
DE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
excellent with vast experience
Short trip back home
on a pressed schedule back home we exprecienced an exclusive adventure through the maasai mara. We enjoyed every moment right from the pick up at the airport in Nairobi to the conservancy at Mara. Silas is very experienced and handled the reservations swiftly prior our arrival and professionally throughout the journey. We manourvered through the park on a landcruiser viewing wildlife exclusively at close range and were amazed at Silas' vast first- hand knowledge on various animals. From a pride of lions preying on bufaloes to vultures feasting on elefant cadaver.
A stop at a traditional manyatta with interactive dancing to maasai Songs culminated our safari.
We took a day relief at our home in Migori enjoying nyama choma and delicacies before embarking on the road trip back to Nairobi on the fourth day.
We will be back soon, Silas 😉
BG
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Realiable, flexible and going above and beyond
We gad the greatest experience working with Jackie when planning and booking the safari trip.
Then Sadam was our guide and we managed to see all of the incredible animals in Massi Mara and Lake Nakuru! Definitely recommend both Jackie and Sadam.
PT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Peaceful
It was really nice we saw many wild animals including the ones that are very difficult to see like chitas and leopards. It was an awesome experience
IT
Timely, organized, friendly
Our guide Carson was very friendly and competent. He provided very interesting information throughout the tour and catered to all our needs.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Serengeti to Ngorongoro - an unforgettable short trip
Our trip began with a curiosity - how to see the wildlife of Africa in just three days? But I've found that every moment of this trip has been amazing. For the first time in Tarangire, the sight of a huge herd of elephants in such close proximity caught my eye. The children were screaming in excitement, and we were all capturing the moments on camera. The view of the stars under the African sky at the lodge at night - it was absolutely fascinating. This safari is great for those who want to experience wildlife even if they have little time.
