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Female avatar icon Sheela Bhattacharya Tanzania flag TZ       Visited: April 2026 Reviewed: Apr 26, 2026

Email Sheela Bhattacharya  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

Every season brings new charm

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Tanzania is pure magic for anyone who loves wildlife. The sheer richness and diversity of animals here is unmatched—every game drive feels like stepping into a live documentary. From vast open plains to dense forests and crater ecosystems, the landscapes constantly change, and with them, the wildlife experiences.
Seeing large herds of elephants, graceful giraffes, powerful lions, and endless varieties of birds in their natural habitat is both humbling and thrilling. What makes it special is how untouched and raw everything feels—nature operates on its own terms, and you’re simply a quiet observer.
The scale is breathtaking. You don’t just spot animals—you witness entire ecosystems in motion. Whether it’s predators on the hunt or herds moving across the horizon, every moment feels real and unscripted.
If you’re looking for an authentic, immersive wildlife experience, Tanzania delivers in the most unforgettable way.

Avatar icon Rod United States flag US       Visited: March 2026 Reviewed: Apr 22, 2026

Email Rod  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Exceptional wildlife, beautiful sunsets, wonderful hospitable people. Definitely worth visiting.

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We were blown away by the amount of wildlife that we saw up close including lions playing, elephants, giraffe, zebra, buffalo, baboons and gazelle along with other animals at Mikumi National Park. The waterfall we hiked to was beautiful in the Mount Udzungwa region and reportedly the longest one in Tanzania. Be prepared for muddy roads and hiking during this time in Tanzania.. The accomodations that Going Green Safaris (our contact was Lenard) set us up with were billed as being "budget" but definitely seemed much more luxurious. We also found the contact with the Maasi Village to be very interesting and thought provoking with the diachontomy of ancient traditions with those of today's society.

Going Green Safari Tours provided us with wonderful customer service and a very comfortable tour vehicle.

Our time in the Tanga region was also lovely but in an area that is much quieter, with a wonderful snorkeling expedition in Pangani as well as
Read more enjoying the town, the church service we attended and the beautiful sunrises/sunsets over the ocean.
Male avatar icon Shabani Tanzania flag TZ       Visited: March 2026 Reviewed: Apr 20, 2026

Email Shabani  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

is very good country

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We had a fabulous experience with plex africa safaris, got to visit the incredible mikumi national park on a day visit. Brilliant, educational and friendly tour guide, Erik. It was a jam packed day and we saw the most incredible wildlife, elephants with calves, giraffes, lions, warthogs, zebras, gazelle, hippos and many amy more.
A truly enjoyable experience and recommended trip to do on a visit to tanzinia or zanzibar.

Female avatar icon Helga Ruhland Germany flag DE       Visited: March 2026 Reviewed: Apr 17, 2026

Email Helga Ruhland  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Visiting Tanzania was the right decision

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I went on safari with my adult daughter in Tarangire and Ngorongoro Crater. We weren’t sure if going on safari in March was the right decision. But it definitely was! The landscape is green thanks to the rain, which sometimes starts but never lasts long. And above all because of something we realized afterward: If you go during peak travel seasons, you’ll find yourself in the Ngorongoro Crater surrounded by an overwhelming number of other safari-goers. We were glad that we were relatively undisturbed. My daughter—like many others—preferred the Ngorongoro Crater to Tarangire. I, however, preferred Tarangire because of its vastness. You’ll see plenty of wildlife in both national parks.

Female avatar icon Robert G United States flag US       Visited: March 2026 Reviewed: Apr 14, 2026

Email Robert G  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

A bucket list adventure that didn't disappoint!

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Booked with Amshari Serengeti adventures and had a great trip! Over two weeks including Zanzibar. accommodations were top notch. Most importantly, ALL transfers, connections, pick ups, drop offs were flawless, creating a much more relaxing and engaging vacation. March weather was wet, more than normal that created some road conditions more challenging than normal. Aloyce was really skilled at navigating the conditions, and made us feel part of the family. As for the scenery and animals, we've never seen so many (and have been to Africa before). Guessing we saw well over 500,000 wildebeast and zebras....awesome. Buffalo, Lions, Rhinos, Elephants all seen plus many more.
All in all a spectacular trip.

Female avatar icon Stephanie McGlynn Ireland flag IE       Visited: March 2026 Reviewed: Apr 11, 2026

Email Stephanie McGlynn  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

A must see

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We had a fabulous experience with plex africa safaris, got to visit the incredible mikumi national park on a day visit. Brilliant, educational and friendly tour guide, Erik. It was a jam packed day and we saw the most incredible wildlife, elephants with calves, giraffes, lions, warthogs, zebras, gazelle, hippos and many amy more.
A truly enjoyable experience and recommended trip to do on a visit to tanzinia or zanzibar.

Female avatar icon Sara Silvestri United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: March 2026 Reviewed: Apr 9, 2026

Email Sara Silvestri  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

The review below is the personal opinion of Sara Silvestri and not that of SafariBookings.

Absolutely horrible experience for female solo travellers

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My experience has been FAR from pleasant. I have travelled across different regions using 2 different local tour operators and different accommodation providers and the overall feeling was the same: everybody pressures you into giving them money, overinflated prices for basic necessities (you can't even get a bottle of water without paying more than what you would pay in London!), constant harassment on the beach or anywhere touristy for tips, and the worst part is that the tour providers DO NOT PROTECT YOU from it, they are COMPLICIT. They will take you around to gift shops that will demand extortionate prices because they get a cut from it, they will demand tips daily because their employer doesn't pay them enough after you have paid THOUSANDS of pounds for the trip already. I was travelling alone and they took full advantage of that, especially at the beginning. I have used Jambo Safari Tours for visiting the national parks in the north and Mwanamshiki Tours And Safaris for
Read more chimp trekking in Gombe National Park. The second operator was a complete joke, tents at the park are regularly attacked by baboons and despite the park authorities knowing they do not provide any security to ensure your personal belongings are safe. All they do is sleep all day while you pay $100 a day to be there in a semi-destroyed tent that they call "luxury". My operator refused to pay for any damage despite paying over $2000 for 4 days (FOUR DAYS!!!) of trekking. Once they get their money, you can forget about it, whatever happens they won't have your back.
Not only I was heavily disappointed by the tour operators, especially the second one, but even the state of the National Parks was in shambles. Demanding foreigners to pay $100 a day entrance fee to a park in a third world destination where basic facilities are not provided. Imagine how many millions the government is making off tourists and then look at the state of the country and their citizens. If you wanna fuel this corrupted industry go ahead, if not, honestly I had a MUCH better experience in South Africa in 2023, where national parks fees were actually HONEST and PROPORTIONATE to the cost of living, camps were very well maintained and organised, and they even organised game drives through the national park, which means you didn't need to rely on private scammy tour operators who demand thousands of pounds to drive you around barely once a day in the middle of the heat when animals are sleeping, but you could actually do several drives a day for less than $20 per drive and you could book sunrise drives, sunset drives and night drives. All of that through the OFFICIAL national park website and for very little money.
I'm not saying it was the perfect experience, I think when travelling to Africa there is always quite a big margin for error and dangerous situations and south africa was definitely not a stroll across a meadow but at least I paid half the money and got way more out of it!
I also went to Zanzibar at the end of my trip and even there nothing good to say. I felt sick possibly from food poisoning and had to get some antibiotics and the hotel manager told me I'd have to pay $80 dollars for it cause it was coming from Stone Town. My insurance doctor had it delivered to me from a local pharmacy and guess how much it was? Less than $5. I did a snorkelling trip where the boat was sailed by a barely legal young boy, no safety whatsoever, 30+ boats all around the same spot trying to chase dolphins. The island is extremely dangerous to go around so you can only stay in the resort, the seaside is indeed blue but not crystal clear, you can barely see anything as it's always very murky. Beach boys harass you continuously, taxi prices are CRAZY due to the island being dangerous for tourists and tours were quite the disappointment as I explained above. So I'm sorry but heavily not recommended!
Female avatar icon Ashlie Ludick United States flag US       Visited: March 2026 Reviewed: Apr 1, 2026

Email Ashlie Ludick  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Beyond our wildest dreams!

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Amazing! We thought we would maybe see one lion and it would be difficult to find. It was beyond our wildest dreams. Bucket list item!

Female avatar icon Radhika Isola United States flag US       Visited: January 2026 Reviewed: Mar 30, 2026

Email Radhika Isola  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

Very beautiful

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No doubt Tanzania is a beautiful country. We visited 8 national parks. Tanzania has most animal, bird viewing compared to other countries in Africa. Go to any national park here we can see all animals easily. Ngorogoro crater is absolutely a blissful place. Serengeti had all the animals including big 5 easily seen. But accommodations around parks like mikumi , Ruaha are terrible. The roads are absolutely a nightmare. The road from Ruaha to Mikumi parks took 10 hours long drive. These conditions of the roads discourage tourists. The tour operators are not customer friendly. While the country has abundant animal life in the parks, tourists have very limited decent accommodation around small national parks. Also tourists are not treated the way they are treated in Kenya. Animal viewing is much much better than South Africa, Kenya, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Rwanda. Given opportunity, will definitely choose Ngorogoro and Serengeti over any place in the whole continent.

Male avatar icon David Hong Kong flag HK       Visited: March 2026 Reviewed: Mar 25, 2026

Email David  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Brilliant wildlife and Safari / so many animals during the migration - exceeded my expectations.

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We did a short Safari 2 nights 3 days with Serengeti and Ngorngoro / it was spectacular and while a little short we saw so much wildlife up close and even some action.

highly recommend