FR
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Such an amazing experience!
For our first trip in Tanzania we have selected AT - The Adventure Travelling to arrange a comprehensive tour of the parks in northern Tanzania. our requirements was not just to se the wild life but also to meet local people.
The wild life was just amazing and our guide Elinasi was just impressive to find the way to meet the animals to the closest. He has great knowledge of them including birds and smaller animals.
Our experience became even more unforgettable when we met the local communities of bushmen or Tchagas.
Such a magnificent journey in VIP conditions. Thank you The Adventure Travelling!
PT
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The Experience
Let's get to the facts!
Want an experience? You have hot it.
Leonard is the person that organized everything, at the end we have to thanks for the fact it was a little Sick but did not cancel nothing, we make and delivery.
The driving from DAR to Mikumi is far, and the driving is not the same the European know, for me was ok, maybe for same People scared a little, but for me is a part of the experience.
The car is comfortable, have much room, have pillows, is clean, it's good for this long distance.
The driver and the Safari, well at this point we meet the driver Ladislaus, and what a person! Calm, intelligent, and hard working, he make everything to give you a nice experience, and for my opinion this guy as perfect, impossible to do better.
Dinner at the hotel, sleep and breakfast, this is another part of the experience, the food is very good and the room was nice inside a nice "nature resort" the room is a small house no windows but protected for the bugs, i put a carpet at the door because is have a space form the floor to make it more secure.
You'll listening everything, the sound of the wild, the night animals there.
But again you are slipping in a safari you want wild? This is the best wild / comfortable combo they can get.
5 Star because it was a nice overall.
PT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
The Best experience ever
We did a 5 days safari and it was perfect! Our Guide (Alex) was the Best!! Always doing evertything for us to feel good and happy! You don't have to worry about nothing because everything was very organized and even Better that We though it will be! Thank you for everything
DE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An incredible gorilla trekking experience that I will never forget thanks to Musana Tours and Travel
The planning of the tour couldn't have been better tailored to my short period of just 4 days. This short period of time was perfectly organized and went exactly the same way. Starting with the pickup at the airport, all transfers, lodges and of course the gorilla trekking itself.
Communication was absolutely smooth and uncomplicated and an individual request on my part was also taken into account, which was definitely not part of the booked tour as standard (visiting the city of Kigali, before heading back to the airport).
All of this was available at the lowest price among all the offers I received.
I would like to briefly mention which lodges I stayed in, namely “Bweza Gorilla Lodge” and “Lake Bunyonyie Eco Resort”. These lodges were simply fabulous! With super nice staff, delicious food and fantastic rooms.
And also, a big shout out to Matiya, he got me everywhere safely and quickly and was a great companion.
All in all, I can 100% recommend Musana Tours And Travel! I always felt like I was in great hands, Richard and the entire team were not only very polite and courteous, you could chat with them about anything and have a lot of fun.
I would like to thank you for this wonderful experience and for making my short trip unforgettable.
Both Thumbs up!
IT
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Very positive and beautiful experience
The agency is very professional and punctual. The proposed activities are very beautiful experiences, due to the wonderful nature of the country and precise, careful and safe organisation. Excellent quality/price. They are also very nice. I highly recommend this agency
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
3 day safari
This company was extremely organized and tailored the service to our needs. My mother and I really enjoyed ourselves and cannot fault the people involved. All who work for the company are extremely happy, kind and more than willing to meet your needs. Would highly recommend! Special thanks to James the chef, he's one of a kind, and to Derrick who was very nice aswell:)
ES
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful Safari with Serengeti African Tours
Lovely Safari with perfect help with the booking, before arrival and perfect help from our Guide Ombeni
We visited Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Lake Manyara, Tarangire in 4 days. Many hours in the car but ohhhhh what lovely scens with a lot of beautiful animals and lovley surrondings. Perfect help from the office before arrival wiht helpful informatin regarding Visa, what to bring and how to act in Tanzania. Also great help to change the accomodation so we could have the hotels/tents we wanted.
Picked up at the airport in Arusha and after that we were taken care of in a perfect way until the end of our Safari
RO
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Most amazing experience
My wife and I went on a nine day safari with Safari 360, from Sep 16 to Sep 24, 2023. I will say upfront that this was the best vacation we ever had, by far. And please take this from someone who visited more than 40 countries, including China, Japan and vast natural areas of USA and Europe.
There were two key ingredients to having this amazing experience: the sheer beauty of Tanzania and the very professional services of Safari 360.
Let's start with the first. Each place we visited was unique and each day spent among the wildlife felt us disconnect from the mundane problems of our lives and appreciate how incredibly diverse and wonderful nature is. There is nothing you can compare seeing the great migration to. Or seeing juvenile cheetahs learning from their mother how to hunt an antelope. Or the amazing display of water buffalos, gazing at the Ngorongoro highlands, next from a school of hippos and some lazy hyenas. Not to mention all the lions and the leopards.
The second ingredient was the company we hired, Safari 360, and especially Edwin, who is a fantastic guide, teaching us so many things. His sense of humour, kindness and honesty made us feel like we were travelling alongside an old friend.
We wish to return one day to Tanzania and to explore more unique places together with Safari 360 and Edwin.
The accommodations, the food and the itinerary have exceeded our expectations. Literally, every place we stayed at delivered to its promises, even if they mid-range accommodations. Especially the quality of the food everywhere was surprisingly good, despite the remote locations of many of these camps. Petro Kazi, the owner, was very transparent during the entire process of crafting the itinerary, such that we get to see all the important places, while not spending money on rather useless experiences, such as night safari or walking safari, which are just hyped options, but with close to none chances of making you see something truly amazing.
I must confess that in the beginning I felt a bit unsure about how safe it would be us to book a tour directly with a small local company. But it turned out this is just fine. For us, as Europeans, and for other western-culture countries, this may not seem the safest bet, but our experience was literally perfect. And we paid for this a lower price than of we would have contracted one of the larger firms, who have European-based offices.
I was also very positively impressed by the people we met throughout the safari. They are happy and, despite the hardship, have a very good vibe.
And now, key recommendations and facts from our journey. Most important: try to book a private tour if you're a couple. It's so important to have a lot of space around you when you stay 9-10 hours in a car every day, for 9 days in a row. And you have way much freedom to turn around and look for animals in all directions through the pop-up roof.
Must do: Go up to Northern Serengeti, to see the great migration. We saw three massive crossings of the Mara River in one day. Visit the Hadzabe, Datoga and Masaai tribes. Especially the Hadzabe, one of the last tribes of hunter-gatherers in the world. Visit Tarangire and Ngorongoro crater. It's also good to spend one day before the safari in Arusha, like we did, to make sure you have some time to wind down after the long flight.
The only lowlights of the trip was the rather scarce number of animals from Lake Manyara reservation and the fact that we didn't see any rhino, despite spending 9 days looking for them. Seems they are still in pretty low numbers and unless you go to a special kind of reservation just for rhinos, there's little chance to see one in Serengeti or Ngorongoro. Also, the season influences their behavior and in September they are still mostly in the forests of Ngorongoro, rather than in the plain field.
Last but not least, some feedback to the feedback I read on the Internet before our safari. The overall level of danger is minimal, for any type of danger you may think of. You don't need any vaccine if you go directly from Europe to Tanzania, it's fine to have some malaria pills with you, but the chances of needing them are probably 1 in 1000. There were less than 50 tzetze flies around us during the entire trip and it's only 1 in 10.000 that carries the malaria virus. You calculate the odds. The food is very good and more than enough. I was reading reviews from folks saying that it wasn't up to the price they paid for. Let me remind such people that in a safari you pay 3-400 USD per room per night for a mid-range because of its remoteness and scarcity of accommodation places. You can't expect oysters and 100 hotels next to each other in Serengeti, because then there would no longer be anything special about that place. It would turn into a tourist resort. Same story for the quality of the bathroom etc. Still, we had really hot water every evening, some bathroom had even two sinks. What more can you ask in the middle of nowhere?
I will end my review by saying once again that this was the best experience of our lives and we hardly imagine something exceeding it. Maybe a visit to Papua New Guinea and then Borneo, both during the same trip.
And many thanks again to Edwin from Safari 360, our expert guide who helped us enjoy every second of this journey.
Carmen and Dan
IT
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
precise professional web equipped with excellent staff and with hot lunches instead could lunch box
4 Day Private Safari to Tarangire, Ngorongoro and Serengeti Parks:
It's incredible!!! you may have seen all the documentaries in the world but when you find yourself in the middle of those infinite spaces surrounded by thousands of animals you experience unique sensations. It is essential to rely on serious professionals with proven experience.
You are in cosmic nothingness and outside your jeep it is full of ferocious animals: there have never been any risks, but it is important to rely 100% on competent guides with proven experience. In our case there were two guides:
the super expert Mirambo who, from his 14 years of safari, drove the jeep up and down streams, climbs and rocks as if it were nothing, always knowing how to choose among the thousand dirt tracks the one that led to the animals to be seen or to the destination. For us everything seemed the same but he knew where to go and found us many many many beautiful animals to see and photograph. Furthermore, he knows all the other drivers of the other jeeps with whom he exchanges information or communicates via radio so that they are updated on the current position of the animals which are then invariably spotted (often with binoculars) and then reached.
Clement was also super super good, very kind, always attentive in asking us if everything was okay or if we had any needs and always ready to give us a lot of information on what we gradually saw. He got excited and took photos of the animals like us, a sign that every time he you see this nature is always a different emotion even for those who live near it. Both spoke Italian very well, and this is still an important help that allows you to relax further during the safari.
park which has boundless plains, ever new and different landscapes and a quantity of animals which until you see it, you don't believe it.
I would redo the three parks exactly in this order because the beauty is increasing and so is the variability of the landscape and the number of animals encountered.
I thank Safari Avventura because their organization was impeccable from collection at the airport to return at the end of the safari; a truly well-made organization with around twenty guides, around 14 jeeps and above all 7 years of specialization in the specific organization of the safari. It goes without saying that relying on them made the difference in many small things such as the meals which were never quick cold sandwiches (lunch boxes) like customers on other tours had but always hot meals consumed on set tables and with crockery. metal. When you spend 12 hours in a jeep, recovering energy with a good lunch break is the guarantee to fully enjoy the entire afternoon. On the Jeep you have access to chips, snacks, water, Coca-Cola, Orange Sprite, etc. In short, even during the transfers you are pampered and refreshed. A beautiful experience made even more beautiful by the friendship born with those who accompanied and cared for us throughout the safari. So thank you Tanzania, thank you Mirambo and Clement and thank you Safari Avventura for the emotions you made us feel.
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great trip, well organized with our guide Frederica, attentive to all our needs.
After a 25-day trip to South Africa with Frederica, we come back delighted.
We enjoyed the programming, very varied, which gives us a good overview of the country.
Frederica was a good driver, dynamic, highly organized. She adapted the program according to the situation. We liked the choice of very diversified hotels. Both homestays were very rewarding.
Several treks allowed us to admire the magnificent landscapes.
We strongly recommend Shikwaru Adventures for safe travel and thank you again, Frederica, for this beautiful trip.
