Reviews of safaris to Ruaha National Park
510 holiday reviews from our travellers of holidays which include Ruaha.
"My Aug 2014 trip"
"5 National Parks and a Beach - perfection!"
The highlight was really the private tour through the Central Serengeti were you really do get to see a wider range of landscapes and wildlife - the guide (Elisa Ngonya) and camp (Kati Kati) just acted to amplify this experience.
Our private guide, Elisa Ngonya, was amazing - he was entertaining, knowledgeable and will to tailor each day we spent with him to meet our needs - this included drive over 350km to find Cheetah! He made a massive difference to the experience we had on safari by through the detailed knowledge and understanding he had of the different areas we travelled to. There is no question that without him we would have seen a lot less during our time in the north.
The camps in the south (Lake Manze and Mdonya) were much quieter in terms of jeeps / visitors but still offered great animal viewing as well as different activities (e.g. boat safari / hot springs). The atmosphere in these locations was also more of the old fashioned camps - eating we all the guests, sharing Jeeps which was a nice change from the north.
Pongew was just very peaceful and relaxing and a great way to end our trip.
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The only changes to the whole trip that I might have made looking back at it was to maybe to have one less day in either Mdonya or Manze and add that to Zanizbar but that is a very minor change!" Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 11 on a Tanzania safari
"My Aug 2014 trip"
I was particularly impressed by the ease of my transfer in Dar es Salaam between the International and Domestic terminals.
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None, because everything was just perfect." Read full review: 10 nights in Africa; 10 on a Tanzania safari
"My trip August 2014"
Flying around with Coastal Aviation is also a superb expierience.
Many thanks to James and expert Africa for putting the trip together,who we would highly recomend." Read full review: 16 nights in Africa; 16 on a Tanzania safari
"My Jul 2014 trip"
Expert Africa coordinated everything with no hassles and responsive feedback to any questions I posed. The trip went off without any problems, and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
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None, everything was informative and communication about the trip was timely." Read full review: 6 nights in Africa; 6 on a Tanzania safari
"Tanzania 2014"
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Not much to say here. It was really Ellie who walked us through the process. Well done Ellie." Read full review: 14 nights in Africa; 13 on a Tanzania safari
"Tanzania July 14"
The country, the people , the climate, the places we stayed and food and other facilities outstanding - would recommend Tanzania as a holiday destination
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You might want to warn people who go to Mafia that their Marine Park payment receipt will need to be available when they leave" Read full review: 12 nights in Africa; 12 on a Tanzania safari
"Our special family holiday"
This holiday provided something for everyone, busy week safari followed by relaxing week on the coast. Perfect exceptional and memorable holiday." Read full review: 14 nights in Africa; 7 on a Tanzania safari
"A wonderful honeymoon"
All our accommodation was luxurious, but Sand Rivers stood out as exceptional." Read full review: 14 nights in Africa; 6 on a Tanzania safari
"Great Trip to Tanzania"

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