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Dudley
GB
Visited:
June 2010
Reviewed: Jul 21, 2011
20-35 years of age
Loved Tanzania. The people we met were friendly and fun-loving, it felt very much like the cliched postcard view of Africa but was none the worse for it. Plenty to see and do there and, as you would expect, a tried and tested tourism industry.
gem and stu
GB
Visited:
February 2008
Reviewed: Oct 26, 2011
20-35 years of age
Big beasts, big leaves, big spices
Anyway, we still didn’t really know what to expect – so we met with our guide for the three day safari (Beerman) and rode off towards the Serengeti National Park. The drive up took about 5 hours and we first had to go through the Ngorongoro Crater Conservation area (Ngorongoro means “cowbell” in Masai because apparently that is what the word sounds like.) We didn’t go into the crater on the first day, instead we drove around the rim and down into the plains of the Serengeti. First of all we were so excited to see anything we stopped to take pictures of whatever we saw, no matter how
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far away they were. But once we got down onto the vast plain, there were no shortage of things to look at – especially wildebeest, impala and zebra, which are in total abundance.Approaching dusk, we pulled into our campsite for the night – not exactly completely in the bush (there was at least a toilet (long drop, not very pleasant) but there was no fences and nothing to stop the animals coming in…
Beerman and some others from the safari company cooked us dinner and we were a little disconcerted that they slept in the caged off area that served as the kitchen while we were out in the open!! We managed not to get eaten alive although everyone (apart from me) heard a pride of Lion killing a buffalo scarily close to our campsite.
And that was just day one!!!Day two in the Serengeti started (after swapping stories of hearing lion in the night – some other group got a little over-excited and claimed that the lion were walking in between our tents!!!) with an early morning game drive – we left about 6.30 so any notion of this being a relaxing holiday soon got abandoned.
It wasn’t looking like being a terribly successful morning – we saw a herd of elephant in the distance, a water buck and some interesting birds (as well as the ever present impala and a few buffalo).
Then possibly the highlight of our tour thus far; going back through the main plains of the serengeti we spotted a cheetah in the distance. There were three about two hundred metres to our left and we watched them walking for about 10 minutes. Then, when we thought they were just going to wander off, they suddenly changed direction and headed towards the road. It turns out that they had spotted an Impala standing on a termite mound 300 metres to the right of our road. We watched them, a mother and two young, cross the road right in front of us and then slowly approach and stalk the impala right up until the final chase. The kill happened just over the brow of the hill so we did not see that (and neither impala or cheetah were seen again so we new they had made the kill) but that didn’t stop it being an amazing site!!!
That night we camped on the crater rim, which was alot colder than we had been used to. Also the campsite (another bush camp) was also occupied by an old (and grumpy) buffalo who grazed the site during the night and chased anybody who dared to go to the loo.
Surviving the night on the Crater rim with the not-so-friendly buffalo, day three of our Serengeti excursion started early again (6am) and straight after breakfast we descended through the mist into the crater itself, a massive caldera. David Attenborough could possibly tell you why but there is but there is an unbelievably amount of animals in the one location. Unlike the plains of the Serengeti, these animals do not migrate so there is always alot to see. The first thing we say as soon as we reached the bottom was this massive bull elephant. We had a distant view of a black Rhine, saw some Zebra giving themselves a sandbath and then spotted the aftermath of a lion kill. The Hyena were fighting over the carcass.
Gerrit Lachaert (Nossegem)
BE
Visited:
September 2014
Reviewed: Sep 25, 2014
Ruaha National Park, the best hidden secret
After several safaris in Kenia and Uganda, we decided to go to Southern Tanzania to visit the still unspoiled Selous and Ruaha parks. Ruaha National Park is a beauty. From the landing at the airstrip, you see elephants, zebra, giraffe,... This park is totally uncrowded, you can drive around for several hours without seeing another vehicle. Wildlife is therefore not disturbed by jeeps and is very relaxed. We saw at least 12 lions (even up to 10m), cheeta, leopard, and of course dozens of elephants and hippos. Ruaha is a must for game drive lovers... We stayed outside the park at Tandala Tented Camp. A beauty...very comfortable tents, great bar, excellent food, very friendly staff. Masai protect you as wildlife come into the camp and every evening many elephants come to the waterhole in the camp.
Gwendoline Ougad
FR
Visited:
September 2017
Reviewed: Oct 14, 2017
Email Gwendoline Ougad | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
super!!!
Les chauffeurs étaient super! le guide mickael, francophone et tellement gentil.
Nous avons logé à hippo camp , nous pensions faire du camping mais nous avons eu de la chance, il y avait peu de gens donc nous avons eu un bungalow, ne vous attendez pas au grand luxe , mais il y a le nécessaire, pour se laver et dormir.
La nourriture était trés bonne. Concernant le safari, nous avons fait 2 demi journées, nous aurions aimé faire un peu plus, nous avons vus des girafes, des zebres, des gazelles, des gnous, hippopotames, crocodiles , phacochères et des lions ... nous n'avons pas eu la chance de voir des éléphants mais bon ça reste un voyage magique gravé dans nos mémoires .
Petit conseil pour ceux qui iront à selou et qui
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souhaitent finir leur séjour par zanzibar, il y a un avion qui fait le trajet ( 30 mn ) tous les jours moyennant 200 dollars par personne. vu le retour en voiture a dar es salaam ( 5H30 ) et apres en bateau ( 2H) pour aller a zanzibar, nous aurions du prendre cette option.
Ilona Silkaitiene
Visited:
November 2017
Reviewed: Nov 23, 2017
Email Ilona Silkaitiene | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
It was a good time for travdlling. Grass was green and trees with leaves. All aimals had small baby
We had very good guide from WATUs safary. Accomodation and food was good. We saw all big animals and was such interesting moments and situations: lion on the tfee branch, elephants near our cottage doors. Transport could be better in safari, but transportation from airport and return from safari was safety but long 6-7 hours.
Kelly
CA
Visited:
February 2022
Reviewed: Apr 29, 2022
Email Kelly | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unforgettable honeymoon experience in Tanzania with Jiwe adventures
Each stop was very different from the other with new highlights every day. We had wonderful lodges and especially recommend Lemala (Tarangire), Ndutu (South Serengeti) and Kubu Kubu (Serengeti). All of them had great views into the endless African wilderness with Zebra & Co. visiting us at the balcony, luxury accommodation, fantastic food as well as very friendly staff. Our driver Chris was super! He drove us to breathtaking places, made us see the big five (finally the rhinos on our last day in Ngorongoro
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crater), served delicious lunch every day and did not get tired of answering our countless questions from African animal behavior to Tanzanian economy and Massai traditions :) Thanks again Chris, we hope to see you again one day!
Jan Jones
GB
Visited:
February 2025
Reviewed: Mar 2, 2025
Email Jan Jones | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
A 100% wonderful experience
Our Tanzanian safari with the company Safari Soles was better than we could imagine. We visited the Tarangire NP Southern Serengeti NP and the Ngorongoro crater. The wildlife in al parks was stunning and we had little difficulty ticking off the big 5 and so much more.
Whilst in Tanzania we found the people to be kind and helpful at all times.
I would highly recommend Tanzania as a Safari gem and our tour company Safari Soles with Simon our excellent guide knew how to promote Tanzania to its best. Thank you.
John Eriksson
Amazing
I went with Zanzi Trekking and Safaris on a 3 weeks holiday. Kilimanjaro was a great adventure with amazing nature and very cool places. The safari in Serengeti is like a movie. So much animals. Nogorocrater is a very cool place also. Zanzibar is a nice island. But i prefer the safari and mountain. But beaches are of course also very nice.
Jing Jiang
CN
Visited:
January 2025
Reviewed: Mar 11, 2025
Email Jing Jiang | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very worth to visiting
This place is really worth to visiting.This must be one of the best scenery I have ever seen in my life .I met a great tour guide,we saw many animals.Thank you very much for the kindness of the local people.
tip.It's very cold on the grassland, please make sure to bring thick clothes ^^
Susan Tutt
US
Visited:
February 2025
Reviewed: Mar 11, 2025
Email Susan Tutt | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Go!
Age of travelers 66, 69, Loved it! Go! ,…………………"………………..