357 holiday reviews from our travellers of holidays which include Dar es Salaam.
Mrs S & Family
UK
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I visited Tanzania between 13 Dec 2010 and 28 Dec 2010
"great time had by all. would recommend.
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
no" Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 14 on a Tanzania safari
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
no" Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 14 on a Tanzania safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr & Mrs B
Cornwall
"Second time around"
I visited Tanzania between 4 Dec 2010 and 14 Dec 2010
"Yet again an excellent Africa trip.
We have yet to be disappointed with any of our trips, we do our research and choose our agents carefully, and have again been pleased with Expert Africa. Thus trip was arranged with short notice and no hitches.
The allocation of a trip advisor as "one port of call" is what we expect and the fact that there is a team of other experts to assist is also vital in our choice of agents - both these points were met and we would not hesitate to contact them for future trips.
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
None" Read full review: 10 nights in Africa; 9 on a Tanzania safari
We have yet to be disappointed with any of our trips, we do our research and choose our agents carefully, and have again been pleased with Expert Africa. Thus trip was arranged with short notice and no hitches.
The allocation of a trip advisor as "one port of call" is what we expect and the fact that there is a team of other experts to assist is also vital in our choice of agents - both these points were met and we would not hesitate to contact them for future trips.
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
None" Read full review: 10 nights in Africa; 9 on a Tanzania safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr & Mrs S
Oman
"some excellent some not"
I visited Zanzibar and 1 other country between 12 Nov 2010 and 20 Nov 2010
"Zanzibar was lovely, getting there and back had its downsides.
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
Dont send people to Dar hotel." Read full review: 8 nights in Africa; 7 on a Zanzibar holiday
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
Dont send people to Dar hotel." Read full review: 8 nights in Africa; 7 on a Zanzibar holiday
Overall trip
Good
Dr M & Dr S
Middlesex
"Selous and Ruaha 10day safari Nov 2010"
I visited Tanzania between 4 Nov 2010 and 14 Nov 2010
"We had a great trip to Selous and Ruaha which was well reccommended and organised by Liz.
Ruaha has made it into our top 5 parks now and is definately my favorite within Tanzaina. Selous unfortunately was a bit of a dissapointment as there is a so much more potential there, both in the management of the game reserve and the lake manze camp set-up.
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
just one little thing... a reminder for when we have to pay off the final balance would be great... this is the second time i have forgotten!" Read full review: 10 nights in Africa; 9 on a Tanzania safari
Ruaha has made it into our top 5 parks now and is definately my favorite within Tanzaina. Selous unfortunately was a bit of a dissapointment as there is a so much more potential there, both in the management of the game reserve and the lake manze camp set-up.
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
just one little thing... a reminder for when we have to pay off the final balance would be great... this is the second time i have forgotten!" Read full review: 10 nights in Africa; 9 on a Tanzania safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mrs R
Bath
"Tanzania: 4 camp safari holiday"
I visited Tanzania between 26 Oct 2010 and 9 Nov 2010
"Very enjoyable experience. We do wish there were more guides from the local communities being trained up."
Read full review: 14 nights in Africa; 13 on a Tanzania safari
Overall trip
Excellent
G & G
Glasgow
"Wonderful trip to Southern Tanzania"
I visited Tanzania between 23 Oct 2010 and 7 Nov 2010
"A wonderful trip for our 10th wedding anniversary and we've had some really great trips to other African destinations with Expert in the past but this was a bit special at times - particularly as Claire had notified the camps of our anniversary.
We were fortunate to have had some of our best ever wildlife sightings. Mwagusi and Beho Beho certainly are best in class in our experience and Pole Pole made for a lovely relaxing option on the coast.
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
Keep doing what you do and we'll keep being customers" Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 14 on a Tanzania safari
We were fortunate to have had some of our best ever wildlife sightings. Mwagusi and Beho Beho certainly are best in class in our experience and Pole Pole made for a lovely relaxing option on the coast.
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
Keep doing what you do and we'll keep being customers" Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 14 on a Tanzania safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr & Mrs J
WMD
"Excellent."
I visited Tanzania between 23 Oct 2010 and 29 Oct 2010
"Dear Chris, Ellie and all the staff at Expert Africa,
Lastly, the hotel for our final nights stay was first class and very much appreciated by all the party.
Overall the trip was a very exciting adventure and all our family would like to express their thanks to Expert Africa, and feels you certainly lived up to your name." Read full review: 6 nights in Africa; 5 on a Tanzania safari
Lastly, the hotel for our final nights stay was first class and very much appreciated by all the party.
Overall the trip was a very exciting adventure and all our family would like to express their thanks to Expert Africa, and feels you certainly lived up to your name." Read full review: 6 nights in Africa; 5 on a Tanzania safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Ms C & Mr S
London
"What a welcome to sub-Saharan Africa!"
I visited Tanzania and 1 other country between 16 Oct 2010 and 29 Oct 2010
"The trip was a dream come true. Everything met or exceeded our expectations. The recommendations [with one minor exception] were spot on and made this one of the best holidays that we have taken.
If I am nit-picking I would say that the hotel in Dar was the wrong choice for what we needed i.e. an evening in Dar before an early flight to the UK. Somewhere in the city centre would have saved us nearly 2 hours of rush hour traffic for a hotel that we barely saw in daylight. Even so it was an experience seeing what was beeing sold as we sat in the traffic so it wasn't all bad.
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
Just think about hotels nearer the airport!" Read full review: 13 nights in Africa; 6 on a Tanzania safari
If I am nit-picking I would say that the hotel in Dar was the wrong choice for what we needed i.e. an evening in Dar before an early flight to the UK. Somewhere in the city centre would have saved us nearly 2 hours of rush hour traffic for a hotel that we barely saw in daylight. Even so it was an experience seeing what was beeing sold as we sat in the traffic so it wasn't all bad.
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
Just think about hotels nearer the airport!" Read full review: 13 nights in Africa; 6 on a Tanzania safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr K & Ms C
Germany
""
I visited Tanzania between 13 Oct 2010 and 22 Oct 2010
"Compared to the prior trips were there were (with few exeptions) no other tourists in sight, this experience was too crowded for my taste - but given the destination, Serengeti during migration time, this is probaely difficult to avoid.
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
See you next year" Read full review: 9 nights in Africa; 8 on a Tanzania safari
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
See you next year" Read full review: 9 nights in Africa; 8 on a Tanzania safari
Overall trip
Good
Mr & Mrs V
Harlow
"Southern Tanzania safari"
I visited Tanzania between 12 Oct 2010 and 27 Oct 2010
"We were very happy with most of our safari, Lake Manze camp excepted, and very happy with how Claire from Expert Africa helped us decide on places to go and the general organisation of the trip. Everything 'happened' as arranged and expected and that is not always the case in Africa so full marks to Expert Africa.
As seasoned African safari goers the Southern Tanzanian circuit was new to us but met our expectations with excellent game, wonderful bird life and beautiful locations in Ruaha and Selous.
If there was any blot it would be that being close to beach resorts means that you get a number of first time safari goers whose interest is superficial and where the safari is bolted on as some sort of exotic extra to a beach trip that is the tourist's main interest and some of the camps cater to this level of tourism. Selous tourism has evidently expanded in recent years and we fear that this will lead to safari tourism in the way some Northern Tanzanian (Ngorongoro) and Southern Kenyan (Mara) areas cater for" Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 14 on a Tanzania safari
As seasoned African safari goers the Southern Tanzanian circuit was new to us but met our expectations with excellent game, wonderful bird life and beautiful locations in Ruaha and Selous.
If there was any blot it would be that being close to beach resorts means that you get a number of first time safari goers whose interest is superficial and where the safari is bolted on as some sort of exotic extra to a beach trip that is the tourist's main interest and some of the camps cater to this level of tourism. Selous tourism has evidently expanded in recent years and we fear that this will lead to safari tourism in the way some Northern Tanzanian (Ngorongoro) and Southern Kenyan (Mara) areas cater for" Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 14 on a Tanzania safari
Overall trip
Excellent
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