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Email Mr. Algwaiz | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Peaceful, quite, thrilling and pleasant.
Tanzania in one of the top places to go for Safari. since the country is doing it's best to protect and preserve the nature. the weather was very pleasant during the time I visited. Accommodation can vary according to your preference and budget, but overall it is clean and comfortable , considering the environment you are in , resources are very limited and expensive in Africa. Food was good in all the places we stayed in, and again it vary from a hotel to another. But, overall it is clean an sufficient. The Transportation provided to us by the Safari company was good and suitable for riding the Safari bumpy roads. The Guid (Zaburi) was punctual , and Knowledgeable about the Wilde animals and its habitat. The Tour operator ( Afrishare Trekking & Safaris) delivered exactly what was in the plan, in fact they provided additional items that were not in the package ,for Free.
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Email Urs | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Tanzania would be nice - with good roads and less dust.
Hello.
I was surprised that 2019 Dar Es Salaam still has bad roads, almost no modern supermarket and some people living in a box of the size 2x1x1 meter (next to the bus station at the fish market)!!
Arusha has some good roads - from the Kilimanjaro Airport to Arusha and from Arusha in the direction of Tarangire and Ngorongoro - and some bad roads. But WHY are there NO paved roads from Ngorongoro to the Serengeti?? Now in July the dust on the road was so massiv, that you COULDN'T see the cars crossing your way - and that IS VERY DANGEROUS! My driver was caughing every few minutes. He had a chronic caugh, because he was inhaling this dust since months - or even years (he is doing this job since 15 years). For him it's like working in a mine!
Please pave those roads!!
I might visit the Serengeti again - but I will NEVER EVER drive in to the Serengeti again! Next time I will take the plane from the Arusha Airport to the Seronera Airstrip.
The wildlife inside the Serengeti and in the Ngorongoro Crater is fantastic. You can see a lot of animals. Ok, sometimes you feel a bit like in a "drive in zoo".
The accomodation was superb - better than I ever expected, even in the tents. Hot shower, very nice furniture, great food and so on.
Food: Well, I am NOT a vegeterian, but in Tanzania i didn't eat meet anymore. The quality of the meet is not like in Europe. But that's ok - the rest of the food, the dinners e.g. were fantastic. I just had more potatoes, rice and mash potatoes... :-) and vegetables.
My driver was a very good driver and his English was fantastic. I'm glad, in Tanzania English is important too :-)
So - all in all - I have a bit mixed feelings. The Serengeti is very nice, but the distances to get there are too long. On a nice road - like they have to the National Parks in the USA - it would be much more comfortable. The reason why the USA has nice roads in to the parks is that older people, retired people with a lot of free time, can drive in to those parks as well and be close to the fantastic nature.
Best Regards
Urs
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Email Neville Lidford | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
A Tanzanian Safari should be on everybody's bucket list. Not to be missed.
Went to the Selous Nature Park and stayed at the Serena Mivomu River Lodge flying from and back to a hotel in Zanzibar. Every part of this trip was expertly arranged. The flight was in a single prop plane landing on a dirt strip - an experience on it's own! The lodge was built in a way that was sympathetic to the landscape at plant life but came with a five star amenities and service. As many game drives or boat trip as you chose were available and all were with very informative guides. The food was great and plentiful with a dated printed menu for each meal. The weather in August was very pleasant as it is not too hot.
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Email Nuno Pinto | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
What could have been a dream trip, ended a disaster
The wild life, the sun stets and sun rises, the scenery were spectacular. All this, that could have been the trip of our lives, was immediately reduced to a "not doable again", because of the following history. This was a 2 week trip to Zanzibar with a passage on Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater. Every days were scheduled, by the minute. The Safari was scheduled for 3 days and 2 nights. We were arriving at Arusha at 9 o'clock, and we were supposed to join a group for the safari. In the day after the safari, the agency called us, saying that we couldn't join the group, because we were arriving at 9 and it was not possible to delay the safari because of us. We were really disappointed because we had the written confirmation by the agency, and now it was not possible... We force them to get a solution for us because everything was planed, and at the time, nothing was possible. So we managed a solution with another jeep just for us, but we had to pay 800 dollars more for this solution. In the day we arrived at the airport, there was the guyed and the agency lady, that in the moment asked us for the money of the safari, and the extra money for the change that it was not our mistake, it was theirs. We pull out a credit card, and we were about to have another problem. The machine wasn't working and we had to go to the near bank, that it was a 50 minutes drive. So if were late at 9 we were late 3 hours more for this trip to the bank. At the bank we couldn't withdraw money in the bank, we had to do it form an ATM machine. we had to use the card 8 times to withdraw money and we paid 12 dollars of taxes more for each withdraw. It was an extra 300 dollars for the safari. After this we were really late to arrive at the park to set up the tent. The trip was a completely adventure, the pour guyed that showed us the park had to drive like mad to get to the park on time, we had to lunch during the drive, we had to stop to pick up our materials for the tent.
So we arrived at the park, and of course it was dark already. For our surprise and one more time the agency lied to us, we had to set up the tent instead of having dinner and have the tent prepared after it. After a dangerous travel by jeep, and a very quick but very taste dinner from our chef, we had to set up a tent. After this we sow that there were no wood beds for us, just like the ones we sow on the picture that the agency sent us before confirming the safari on tents. We sleep on a small mattress in the floor of the tent, that didn't had any time to clear the air inside of it, the smell was really bad. Despite all this in the next day we had to pick up and disassemble the tent for the 1st day in the safari, we were more tired than the day before. We visit Serengeti, and we enjoyed it very much, but of course we arrived at another park, where we saw all tourists with their tents set up, and we had to set up our tent once again and in the next day to disassemble it once again.
What could have been a dream trip ended up like a tiring one.
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Email Rota Orietta | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
magnificent tanzania
I can only express a very positive opinion on our experience of safari in Tanzania.
Wonderful nature, animals in high quantity and in a documentary context. We saw the big 5 and others.
Expert guides and comfortable jeeps, thanks to the Mamasavana tour operator. The Tanzanian people are wonderful, prepared, attentive to the needs of tourists and always smiling. Congratulations
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Email Daniel Sabatini | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Outstanding holidays
We had a fantastic week , the lodges was amazing , the weather perfect, landscapes incredible, but the top was your organisation and the support of our guides . They are so professional and excellent guides to describe nature and animals .
This trip will stay on our minds forever
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Email Diego | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Beautiful experience, definitely a must do!
This was my first safari and was really amazing. I really enjoyed it: I saw many wild animals (elephants, giraffes, impalas, crocodiles, lions, zebras ecc..), the scenery was beautiful, the weather was sunny but not too hot, the accommodation was really comfortable (a bed in a tent with a private bathroom in Hippo Camp), the food was fresh and tasty. The best point was for sure our guide Nestor, he is a real skilled driver, very kind and extremely prepared about everything in the camp. We communicated via WhatsApp and everything was fine, he tried to solve every problem I had and he was fast and clear in every answer to my questions. His jeep is a good one and the travel was nice (even if quite long). I really suggest this experience to everybody (lone travellers, families and couples).
Email Laura Whixton | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
More animals than expected!
We did a four day safari, taking in Tarangire, the crater and Lake Manyara. Tarangire was fantastic with lots of wildlife to see. If you only have a day this would be a great place to visit.
There are plenty of taxis available for getting around easily and safely.
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Email Kaitlin | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Incredible experience
We absolutely loved our safari! We saw the big 5 in the first 3 days of a 6 day safari, saw >15 lions a day and had baby cheetahs playing on our car at one point!! Glamping was incredible....nicer than most hotels in the US! What really made the trip, though, was our incredible guide! Elamus loved his job and it showed. He was great at finding animals so that we could see them up close without a million cars around. He took us out as the sun was rising and we didn't go back to camp until the sun was setting. We thought that a safari would be fun, but it was just absolutely incredible!!
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Email Lina Petraskiene | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Magnificent landscape, astonishing wildlife and welcoming people make it a journey of a lifetime!
Me and my husband were met at the airport by the representative of a safari company and driven to Arusha from where we had started our first safari. The manager Shabani Mbirize welcomed us at his office and explained the safari programme in detail. We had 6 days/5 nights camping safari in Tarangire park, Lake Manyara park, Serengeti 2 nights and Ngorongoro Crater. We were satisfied by the price and the quality of our safari. Our friendly driver Leonard was very attentive during the whole safari. Despite some problems with the battery of the car, he managed to show us everything we wanted :). The chef Saide always made us delicious food and kept saying to eat it slowly, slowly :)).We really enjoyed the time there. Thank you guys! The weather was wonderful, except for a little bit of rain and quite a chilly night on Ngorongoro rim (good sleeping bags are needed). The changing scenery with its mountainous views, bushy savannahs and endless plains was stunning, we were happy to see lots of different species of animals including a cheetah, a leopard with a baby, lots of lions, gnus, gazelles, elephants, giraffes, zebras, buffalos, monkeys, hippos, crocodiles and hundreds of species of colourful and interesting birds. We enjoyed our accomodation with the evening acrobatic and dance show of the local performers and a spectacular sunrise at Panorama Public Campsite. However, Seronera public campsite in Serengeti is a bit overcrowded and dirty with cold showers and lack of toilet paper. But still, the shouts of hyenas wondering around at night around your tent make it an amazing life experience :). Simba public campsite is a special place with zebras grazing around all night long till the early morning and the elephant standing just in front of you by the washrooms :)). Tanzania is a perfect holiday destination for nature lovers!
