"Benson Safaris: Thrilling Adventures Await!"
Benson Safaris Tanzania
- Located In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2006)
- Member Of:
- TATO, TTB & IGS
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $4,338 to $20,821 per person per day (MXN, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Wendy Gayton | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing adventure, incredible, beautiful, FUN, wonderful, educational, interesting, safe ~ the best!
Thank you Benson! I booked when I arrived in Tanzania so I cannot comment on the 'communications' pre-trip. However, during the Safari, the communications between our small group and the driver were excellent. Ringo was calm, really funny, organized, patient, knowledgeable and lots of FUN! The service was (mostly) always excellent! Every day was a 8 or 9/10 on the 'perfect' scale ! Safari tour was beyond ordinary, everyday words. Surreal feelings every minute of the Safari....it was so amazing to think I was living one of my dreams, to be out living with those gorgeous animals and wildlife! Go with Benson Safaris to live out your Safari dream. You won't be disappointed ~ you will return home to want much more! James (Ringo) you were incredible. Thank you for an unforgettable time!
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Email Herman Hartvig | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Once in a lifetime experience
Me and my mother went on a 3 day safari with Benson, its was amazing we saw a lot of wildlife and our guide was more like a friend then a guide. He new everything you would ask him and more, I have plans for a new safari one day and i will definitely travel with Benson agian. If you have plan a Safari you wil not regret it!
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Email Jan | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Awesome experience
We did a 8-day safari in September 2016 with Benson safaris. Our trip included 1 day at Lake Manyara, 1,5 days in Tarangire NP, 1,5 days at Lake Natron, 3 days in Serengeti NP and 1 day in the Ngorongoro crater.
We had an awesome time with our guide Issa and our chef Waziri.
Issa is a great guide and able to spot animals at any distance. Thanks to him we saw the Big Five and also a cheetah after a hard days work of finding one. He stopped our car for photographs whenever we wanted and so we could spend time to enjoy the animals close-by. Issa has an amazing knowledge about animals and the Tanzanian landscape as well as the culture. He was able to answer all of our questions in a very competent way. Waziri was our chef for the time. It is amazing how he was able to prepare great meals in the given conditions. We were always looking forward to open our lunch box at noon. We also loved the fresh scones and daily soups he prepared on our trip.
The planning of the trip with Benson was very good as well. Benson was quick to answer our emails and helped us to prepare a great itinerary without pushing us to do things we don't want to do. From beginning to end we had a very good feeling with Benson and always felt safe during our time. The car we had was well equipped and accompanied us through Tanzania safely.
Overall we had an awesome experience with Benson safaris. If we ever do another safari in Tanzania, we will definitely take Benson Safari and ask Issa to be our guide and Waziri to be our chef again.
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Email Kimberly | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Most magical experience of a lifetime
When I first had communication with Benson, I was quite shocked at how fast his response and how professional he conducted his business. I had somewhat of an idea of what kind of places I would like to visit and stay while on our honeymoon, Benson put together an itinerary beyond my expectations with additional suggestions to make our trip that much better. We were blown away on how every little detail was perfect when we showed up in Tanzania. Our guide/friend Frank was the coolest most knowledgeably person. He traveled with us throughout Tanzania, which was great being that we had a familiar face day after day. I really felt like I was in the cool crew when we were with Frank, he knew everyone! Not only that, our jeep was more equipped than any other jeep! The picnic nap folded out when lunching, food more appetizing than the rest of the tourists around , variety of different beverages (including wine :-)) AND outlets to charge our cameras!! Our accommodation for all of the places, Tanzania and Zanzibar were breathtaking. Really all the staff made us feel very welcomed and safe. Again, every detail was on point! Thank you Benson for this trip of a lifetime, I will never forget you, Frack and Tanzania!! A++++++++++
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Email Adele thomas | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An excellent trip from begining to end. Benson and his team were fantastic.
Communication was excellent along with the service. We were looked after brilliantly by our guide Peter and met up with Benson at the end of our safari in Arusha before flying home. I would highly recommend Benson safaris.
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Email Kumari | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
We had the most phenominal safari experience with Benson Tours.
We found Benson Tours online. He was very quick to respond to all email. Our luggage didn't arrive from Nairobi (we were coming after touring in South Africa) but Benson himself was extremely helpful. He arranged one of his drivers to go to the airport the very same evening to pickup our bags. All communications with the airline and airport staff was done by Benson. It was a great relief!
Benson put together a great eight day itinerary for us. Our guide/driver, Mr. Goodluck is very knowledgeable and spoke English well. He was very accommodating and answered all of our questions about the country and its animals. Accommodation in all places were superb except for Arusha. There was a mix-up but Benson rectified it by paying for our lunch and dinner on the day of our arrival. All in all the safari was beyond our expectations.
We highly recommend Benson Tours!
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Email Vanni | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Amazing adventure expedition!!!
Last August I organized for me and my friends an expedition of three weeks all around remote Tanzania,Selous,Mikumi,Ruaha,Sumba Wanga,Katavi,Mahale Mountain,lake Tanganyika,Mwanza(Victoria lake),Northern Serengeti,lake Natron,Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano,Ngorongoro,Tarangire.
An amazing adventure with a very organized staff and operator.
I highly recommend Benson, with him I have studied a very long and difficult itinerary, but Benson always answered me quickly and optimally;I tried with many local operators,but only Benson had satisfy my special requests for a real expedition with a reasonable price.
I would highly recommend Benson Safaris Tanzania.
Thank you for great holiday!
Email Karen | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent 10 day safari with an experienced and informative guide
After much research, contacting other companies, and reading reviews, we chose Benson Safaris. Benson was very helpful, was quick to reply to emails and provided an itinerary that we were able to change to what we wanted. He offered up suggestions and was able to answer any questions we had. He even changed one of the hotels as our original selection was not up to standard. The safari more than lived up to our expectations as we saw everything we had hoped to see and more. We feel this was down to our excellent guide Goodluck who was particularly knowledgeable and had a sense of what would be where. He was friendly and professional and he took us to what we wanted to see including rare rhinoceros. Our 10 day safari was an amazing experience and I would recommend anyone considering a Tanzanian safari to get in touch with Benson as he offers up an exceptional service
Email Wyatt | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent planning and organization for the trip of a life time
I chose Benson Safaris to organize our safari because of the company's excellent online reviews and his prompt and thorough communications in initially planning the trip; every email I sent Benson was replied to the next day (which is immediate given the time difference between Tanzania and the USA).
We did a safari tour as well as a few days on the beach in Zanzibar. Benson lived up to his positive reviews and exceeded our expectations at every point in planning the trip.
Our safari guide, Richard, was with us for five full days and really made the trip amazing and special. He was knowledgeable, friendly, great to talk with, and knows the parks and the wildlife extremely well. He navigated us thorough the parks with a deft alacrity that kept the trip exciting and entertaining at every moment. Richard showed us all the big five and we saw few cheetahs with a kill and a pride of lions with a kill -- totally amazing to see. The safari camp accommodations were uniformly awesome -- the safari camps in the bush were surprisingly well appointed and the hotels in the cities were really posh, in every place the food was great.
In Zanzibar, everything was handled very well. Hotel pick ups and transit around the island was seamless and perfectly taken care of. Again similar to our safari experience, Benson placed us in great locations with amazing views, activities and staff.
Throughout all the planning, choosing various options for the trip, and then during the trip Benson was available and responsive and a model of superb customer service.
In short, if you are looking for an amazing trip in Tanzania and Zanzibar; Benson is your man. I would recommend him to anybody looking for a quality trip to see one of the most amazing experiences in the world.
Thanks Benson, you made this trip more amazing than we had expected.
Email Madonna and Thomas | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Benson Safari’s provided us a wonderful experience from arrival to departure.
We are delighted that we chose Benson’s Safaris to guide our Tanzania safari experience. We thoroughly enjoyed our safari through Tanangire, Serengeti, Ngorogoro Crater, and Lake Manyara, as well as our cultural experiences with the Maasai, Hadzabe, Datoga, tribes and the Gidangooga blacksmith. We liked the local Mama lunch and agricultural visits in Mto wa Mbu.
Benson was wise and flexible as we fashioned our itinerary. The accommodations he recommended all suited us well and were staffed by friendly and helpful people. We especially enjoyed our stays in the tented camps.
Our driver-guide Paul was fabulous! He knew so much about the animals and skillfully got us to them, often positioning the land cruiser to optimize our camera angle. Paul took great care of us, for examples facilitating our gluten-free eating and helping us get avocado after I injured my knee (as recommended for healing by Tanzanians). He also taught us some Kiswahili, which enriched our connections with the people we met. We enjoyed our conversations with Paul as we journeyed on safari. We also enjoyed conversations with our airport driver Zablon.
Benson Safari’s provided us a wonderful experience from arrival to departure. When you’re planning a trip from 10,000 miles away, it’s important to have local expertise. We wanted to go with a Tanzanian-owned tour operator and we’re happy we chose Benson. We’d go with them again and are already recommending them to our family and friends.