Tanzania Safari Reviews

Once in a Lifetime Experience

Ok, so for most people an African safari is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. There are so many companies and ways to do it, so how do you choose The Best Tour Operator in Tanzania for this epic event? Well, I was fortunate to get a personal recommendation for African Scenic Safaris. I was Not steered wrong. All communications were prompt and straightforward. All details were expertly handled. All accommodations were great and everything that was in their control went smoothly. We visited Tarangire National Park, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Crater, central Serengeti and northern Serengeti for a spectacular hot air balloon ride and to see the Serengeti Wildebeest Migration across the Mara River. While a lot to fit into 8 days, I wouldn’t change a thing. Seeing the animals in these varied environments was so amazing!.

Excellent experience

I organised a 6-day Safari in Tanzania (Tarangire, Ngorongoro, Ndutu, and Serengeti) through African Scenic Safaris and was very happy with the entire experience.

Shelley arranged good accommodation in or near the various Tanzania National Parks and was always helpful and prompt in replying to emails during the booking process.

Great Safari

We were on an 11-day Safari in Tanzania. Amanda from African Scenic Safari was prompt in correspondence in organising the Tanzania Safari Tour.

We arrived in Moshi & met by our guide Mr.Rasheed Kihiyo who was with us for the entire safari.
Visited Tarangire National Park, and saw lots of elephants.
Amanda had recommended visiting and staying in Ndutu to witness migration and Wildebeest calving which was an excellent suggestion. Thanks, Amanda.

Outstanding Adventure

We used African Scenic Safaris for our first-ever Tanzania Safari Tours. I was a little worried, but the guide they assigned to us - Tom Ninah - was so experienced (16 years guiding, plus previous professional hunting experience, and he spent some of his formative years growing up in Serengeti National Park where his father was warden) that my concerns quickly washed away.

We stayed at three of the Angata Camps in tents. Tom took us to Ndutu, Serengeti and Ngorongoro. He is encyclopedic on animals, birds, plants and Tanzanian Cultural Tours.

Simply amazing!

We bought Tarangire Safari Packages for a 7-night safari to Tarangire National Park, the Serengeti, and Ngorongoro Crater. We loved every minute of it.

Safari

Wow!!! I can’t say enough great things about this company! Shelley was great to work with to help plan our entire Tanzania Safari Tour from start to finish! We exchanged multiple emails to get every detail perfect for our Tanzania Honeymoon Safari! She had great recommendations and everything was beyond perfect!

Tom was our driver and I just can’t say enough great things about him! He understands English and American humor so joking with him was so much fun! He was amazing at pointing out all the animals and was so joyful the entire day!! He has the best personality and really made us feel so comfortable (my husband and I). We were great about listening to our wants and accommodating them! I loved that he came on our walking safari in the Tarangire National Park!

Better than we could have imagined!!! Can I do 6 Stars !!

I read the Tanzania Safari Reviews on Trip Advisor and after numerous emails with Amanda of African Scenic Safaris our group of 4 decided to go ahead and book our 7-day Tanzania Safari with Amanda. That was a great decision! Amanda answered all questions in a very timely and thorough fashion and the payment process was a breeze.
We were picked up promptly at Kilimanjaro Airport and transferred to a beautiful lodge on the edge of Moshi.

We spent a couple of days there adjusting to the time zone then we were off on a great adventure. Bushmaster David picked us up in a perfect Toyota Land Cruiser that had a pop-up top for viewing scenery and wildlife.
We went to Tarangire National Park for a day and the wildlife viewing was outstanding.

 Bushmaster Dave knew exactly where to be to get the best views without interfering with the animal's behaviour. He explained all the interactions and habits of the animals and birds and helped us understand the intricate relationships in this environment.

Recommend highly!

Everything about this Tanzania Safari Experience was amazing and truly the trip of a lifetime stuff. So why did we rate them 4 out of 5 if we recommend them highly?! Well, the only issue we had was on the payment side. As we were travelling to Tanzania, we were notified that our final payment, which we'd sent months before, had not been received and we still owed them the payment. Long story short, the first three days were spent with emails, phone calls and the pressure of resolving the issue for them to finally find the payment that had been made months before.

I truly believe it was a genuine mistake on their end and no dishonesty or ill intent was involved but the stress it produced had a real impact on the beginning of our Tanzania Safari Trip and therefore the 4 instead of 5 rating.

Outside of that everything was fantastic, Rasheed, our guide, was truly exceptional. We felt safe with his driving, he was cautious and safe unlike most of the other road users in Tanzania! He was incredibly knowledgeable of all the animals, landscape, fauna, insects, history, you name it and if he wasn't sure he had a bag full of reference books! It was clear he enjoyed his work and sharing his knowledge and experience. An incredibly likeable guy and a big part of why the trip was so memorable.

Amazing high-quality safari on the Northern Circuit

From pick-up to drop-off this was... No, from getting in touch until handling a tiny issue a week after drop-off it was an amazing experience to travel with the Best Tour Operator in Tanzania, African Scenic Safaris. I booked an 8-day/7-night Safari on the Northern Circuit (Tarangire, Ndutu, Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, Lake Manyara), staying in tented camps.

Communication with the head office was excellent, Priyank answered all my questions within a short time. Especially liked the suggestion of going to Ndutu (which turned out to be the best part of my trip). The Tanzania Safari Itinerary suggestion I received was very detailed and well-presented.

The best trip in our lives!

My wife and I had an amazing safari. It has overpassed our expectations, and they were really high.

Since the first moment, Simbo has been really helpful and flexible in finding the Tanzania Safari Tour that best fits our desires. Everything on Tanzania Safari Planning went smoothly from when they picked us up at the airport until the last day.

Great alternative camping safari with African Scenic Safaris

African Scenic Safaris put together and delivered a fantastic eight-day alternative camping safari for us. The Tanzania Safari Planning was superb from the start – they were very happy to listen to our particular requests – Tarangire, Lake Manyara and Lake Natron/ Ol Doinyo Lengai - before taking on Kilimanjaro (see separate review).

And implementation was perfect! Rashid (our guide and driver) and Charles (our cook) were there to meet us as we emerged from Kilimanjaro International.

Incredible Manyara-Ngorongoro-Serengeti safari!

African Scenic Safaris allowed my wife and I to have an incredible Tanzania Safari Experience during our first East Africa trip last February - covering Lake Manyara, the Ngorongoro crater and Serengeti over five days.

Mary Charles was extremely helpful and responsive in organizing the Tanzania Safari Tour for us and finding us an additional travel companion in the months leading up, and then we had a great time during the safari itself with our driver/guide Jimmy and chef Aidano.

An inspired adventure!

I recently participated in the 'Kilimanjaro Challenge 2017', a fundraising challenge in support of the Leukaemia Foundation. Travel and trek logistics were handled by Inspired Adventures (Sydney, Australia), who specialise in fundraising adventure travel. Inspired Adventures partnered with African Scenic Safaris on the ground in Moshi, Tanzania.

From the moment I arrived in Tanzania until the day I departed, African Scenic Safaris, under the very professional, friendly and extremely helpful Amanda :D, looked after me and our team of 18 Australians.

Oh, so good.

It's an adage that it's all about the people, but nothing could be truer in the case of African Scenic.

From the first contact to the last, they were outstanding. Emmanuel, our driver-guide, was fabulous - excellent driver, incredibly knowledgeable guide, friendly and warm with an engaging smile and sense of humour, and overall, a wonderful human being. Thank you, Emmanuel.

Amazing Safari and Kilimanjaro Experience

We enjoyed a 16-day camping safari and Kilimanjaro climb with African Scenic over Dec-Jan 2022-3.

The company and staff were professional, organised knowledgeable, and able to organise part of our safari in Kenya as well as a stay with a local Maasai tribe.

One for your bucket list!

If you are strapped for time this is the perfect way to see the best bits of Tanzania. The crew made our Tanzania Safari Trip one I will never forget. Emmanuel was an excellent guide and very knowledgeable about the areas we visited.

I also loved his respect for the wildlife, at no point did I feel like we were bothering the animals and they were completely unphased by our presence.

Beyond our expectations!

What a great experience we had with friends thanks to African Scenic Safaris. A huge thank you to Grayson for being such a wonderful guide! It is thanks to him that we were able to live and share such a great time in the middle of the Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro.

Welcoming, smiling, caring, and passionate, he always finds the best spot and loves to share his passion.

Amazing Expérience

We've just returned from an unforgettable Tanzania Safari Tour organized by African Scenic Safari, and we'd like to express our gratitude to the whole team!

Our guides, Emmanuel and Khalid, were exceptional throughout the safari (Tarangire, Serengeti, Ngorongoro).

Excellent team and organisation (safari and Kili)!

Thanks very much to African Scenic Safaris for the Kilimanjaro ascension and the Safaris in Tanzania. We were with our three children aged 14, 17 and 19.

We first climbed Kilimanjaro on the Machame Route - for 7 days with Joel as the head guide;

Unforgettable experience (trek and safari)

We went as a family, with 2 teenagers. We did a trek in the Ngorongoro Park and a small Serengeti Safari. It was an unforgettable experience.

For the trek, the Massai guide was very professional and really interesting; the landscapes were beautiful.

Safari

From the time we contacted African scenic safaris, they were extremely helpful, we dealt with Priyank and Laura who were very knowledgeable and helpful.

They had plenty of options and we ended up with exactly the Tanzania Safari Package we wanted.

Laura took the time to group phone call all of us which was very helpful.

Bush and Beach: Tarangire, Ndutu, Seronera, Ngorongoro and Nungwe (Zanzibar)

12-day camping safari for my wife and me and our three adult children - with a brilliant guide (Grayson) and an excellent cook (Omary). Grayson was very sensitive to our needs and interests and to those of the animals and birds we were trying to see - greatly enhancing the joy of the Tanzania Safari Trip. We were lucky enough to see two cheetah kills, two cheetah chases (the African wild cat and hare managed to get away), one lion hunt (the baby zebra got away after the mother kicked the lion with both back hooves), and after the excitement, Grayson positioned us to see the zebra mother and baby pass in front of the vehicle - with the mother's back leg bleeding but the baby unhurt.

A wonderful trip to create memories of a lifetime

We contacted Simbo at the beginning, who prepared a draft Safari Itinerary Tanzania which he was happy to change a few times with altered dates, and different lodges and parks. We chose this company based on this initial interaction and also considering their charitable work. All the drivers we dealt with were friendly and helpful. Tom was our Tanzania Safari Guide and driver and was outstanding throughout. He has an amazing ability to drive and then stop and identify an animal in the distance. He has a great sense of humour and kept us thoroughly entertained.

4-day safari and a trip to Zanzibar- exceptional service by African Scenic Safaris

We have just returned from a 4-day Tanzania Safari ending in 5 days in Zanzibar.

What can I say, the patience of Priyank ensuring we got everything exactly as we wanted, to the perfect coordination of all fights and pickups. I honestly can't thank you enough...

A special thanks also to Grayson, our guide who was fantastic. His understanding of animal behaviour allowed us to watch lions mate, a cheetah hunting Impala, and leopards up trees, every other guide gave up but it was almost like he knew if we just waited that bit longer it would be worthwhile and on each occasion it was.

6 Day Safari - Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater

Booking a big trip like a safari in a foreign country was a bit of a daunting experience at first, but with African Scenic Safaris we always felt like we were in safe hands. Nembris, our sales consultant, was a great help in all aspects from building our personalised Safari Tanzania Itinerary, with our own special requests, to provide answers to any questions/queries we had.

My wife has a severe gluten intolerance and all hotels had been informed prior to our arrival of the dietary requirement.

A dream came true

I have booked a 4-day Tanzania Safari for me and my two adult daughters. Since I was a child, I wanted to see the Serengeti National Park and now my wish has come true. I am so happy that we booked with African Scenic Safari. Everything was well organized.

Emmanuel was the best guide ever. He knew everything about every animal we have seen and we have seen a lot of animals. We had three nights in tented camps in Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro. The tented camps were amazing. We could hear the animals (even lions) at night but we had a very comfortable tent with real beds and a very good bathroom. Breakfast and Dinner have been wonderful and the staff in every camp was so nice and we felt very safe.

Unforgettable honeymoon

We decided to do a Tanzania Honeymoon Safari and we chose African Scenic Safaris for this unforgettable experience. Since the beginning Nembris has been very professional and she designed a perfect safari travel according to our requests and animal migration period. Our Tanzania Safari Tour was even more special thanks to our fantastic guide Thom who accompanied us during all the safari. He is a very prepared, passionate and kind person. Thanks to his experience we were always in the right place to see animals very closely and to take wonderful pictures. We really enjoyed spending time with him and thanks to Thom we learned a lot about animals.

Amazing experience! Highly recommended

We were 2 couples and planned a 6-day Safari in Ngorongoro and Serengeti (North included). The experience was beyond expectations, our guide TOM was truly the best, he had a wide and experienced knowledge of the area and the animal's behaviours, therefore we managed not just to spot them, but to truly experience parts of their lives.

Quando La Realtà Supera Le Aspettative

Before talking about African Scenic Safaris, I would like to write something about the driver. Jackson Joseph is the best safari driver you can find worldwide. He is a specialist. He finds always the best habitat to discover animals as part of the Tanzania Big Game Safaris. Finding the Big 5 was a simple thing for him and witnessing the Serengeti Wildebeest Migration was a highlight. We also saw 3 wild beasts crossing in Masai Mara. He reflects the hakuna matata way of living: he is always happy and creates the perfect atmosphere during the game. He has always respected the daily program. Asante sana Jackson. I hope to have another adventure with you. MAMMA MIA JACKSON! MUY BELLISSIMO!.

Safari of a lifetime

We are an Italian couple and booked a 4-day Tanzania Safari to visit Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro parks. Nembris helped us with patience to organize an ad hoc experience, this wouldn't have been possible without her help! The Tanzania Safari Lodges they booked were amazing!

We have no words to express how amazing this experience has been, the animals and scenery were too beautiful to be true such that it was hard to realize that we weren't in a documentary!

Unforgettable experience

We booked a 7-day (6 nights) Tanzania Safari through Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro parks and everything was simply perfect, mostly thanks to our guide, Jimmy, who conducted the Tanzania Safari Tour in an extremely professional way.

Trip of a lifetime!

We had an amazing time in Tanzania! We saw the Big 5 and so much more, with the highlight being the great Serengeti Wildebeest Migration in the western part. We really enjoyed our village visits too and learning more about Tanzania’s tribes, culture and history.

Fantastic Experience - Could Not Ask for More!

We had a great experience with African Scenic Safaris. I found them through this site and turned over almost all the planning for our one-week Tanzania Family Safari (2 parents + 2 college kids) to them. They did a fantastic job in planning and communicating pre-trip and executed flawlessly during our visit. Our diver/guide (Grayson) was so kind, personable and professional.

Once in a Lifetime Experience

Ok, so for most people an Africa Safari Tanzania is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. There are so many companies and ways to do it, so how do you choose THE RIGHT Tanzania Tour Company for this epic event? Well, I was fortunate to get a personal recommendation for African Scenic Safaris. I was NOT steered wrong. All communications were prompt and straightforward. All details were expertly handled. All accommodations were great and everything that was in their control went smoothly. We visited Tarangire National Park, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Crater, central Serengeti and northern Serengeti for a spectacular hot air balloon ride and to see the Serengeti Wildebeest Migration across the Mara River. While a lot to fit into 8 days, I wouldn’t change a thing. Seeing the animals in these varied environments was so amazing!.

Fabulous family adventure climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro and on Safari

Our family (including 2 teenagers) experienced an amazing Safari Trips Tanzania with African Scenic Safaris in July 2021. We were interested in working with a Tanzania-based team to guide us on Mt. Kilimanjaro and Safari and were thrilled with our journey. Part of our group had been to both places before, so we had high expectations, and those were met and exceeded! Guides were knowledgeable, ensured safety (COVID-related protocols and especially summiting Kili)