Reviews of safaris to Tarangire National Park
133 holiday reviews from our travellers of holidays which include Tarangire.
"Fantastic Trip"
We were meet at Arusha by our guide /driver Jackson who looked after us for 8 days. At all times he was absolutely excellent . Endlessly cheerful, he did his utmost to fill our game viewing desires. The vehicle was cleaned after every day and with the amount of mud we collected in and out that was no mean feat. Somedays we out practically out from dawn til dusk , always looking for the next sighting. Tea ,drinks and lunch stops he took in his stride , putting out the tables and chairs in some fantastic locations
Many thanks to Claire for all her advice and planning the trip for us.
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It was our eight trip with Expert Africa and everything as usual was immaculate" Read full review: 14 nights in Africa; 14 on a Tanzania safari
"Expecting more"
The beginning didn't start off well. In our packet of papers sent by Expert Africa, they didn't give us a local phone number to reach the tour company. They gave us one that didn't work and it was an office number even though the tour company has an emergency cell phone. Thus when we missed our connecting flight, we weren't able to get in touch with the tour company.
Then the hotel on the packet was the wrong hotel so when we took a taxi to the hotel listed on the packet, it was not the right one. We ended up getting to our right hotel at midnight. Also on the packet it didn't tell us what the tour company's name was so nobody knew what tour group we were with.
The first guide was more of a driver and a person that could identify things. But didn't give us much more. Overall, if I had more time, I would have preferred to book things myself instead of going through Expert Africa. I don't think we needed to go to any of the smaller parks except for Ngorongoro and then on to the Serengeti. The way it was arranged, we were getting to the smaller parks in the middle of the afternoon when all the animals were asleep and hidden." Read full review: 10 nights in Africa; 6 on a Tanzania safari
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See you next year" Read full review: 9 nights in Africa; 8 on a Tanzania safari
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2 days in Manyara and 4+ full days in Tarangire is a good balance.
When asked about their private guide, these travellers commented:
Martin was an excellent driver-guide.
Martin Mollel was our driver/guide for a week so was indispensable for a good holiday. He showed just the right conbination of knowledge, skill, efficiency and friendliness.
He made the holiday a real pleasure and we would recommend him warmly to other visitors.
Gwyn [Ed:m one of the travellers.] was interested in birds and he went to great lengths to find and identify any birds we came across. We knew little Swahili and he taught us a lot more." Read full review: 9 nights in Africa; 6 on a Tanzania safari
"I dreamed of Africa & Expert Africa delivered"
We travel frequently but nothing like this holiday as we were celebrating 3 memorable birthdays. A trip such as this was expensive and extensive from the US and Ellie handled everything for us in not only a professional but a very personal way as well. She answered every single question perfectly and believe me there were many!
Ellie, this trip was taylored to us perfectly. Each stay offered such diversity, excitment, and charm we were entirely enchanted with each and every choice you suggested and help us select. You budgeted our money in all the right places. Keen in planning!
Every single transfer, company, guide, accomadation and parks went off without a single hitch.
Perfect in every way possible from first contact to follow-up to holiday to home!
Tanzania tourist board has just recently began an advertising program on US tv chanels, most specifically CNN.
We would not hesitate to recommend Expert Africa to any of our friends.
Thank you for giving our travel money such great value. Money well spent makes you Expert Africa.
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Just wanted to advise specifically about shopping in the Arusha area of Tanzania. Not sure where to note this.
The cultural center outside Arusha town was fantastic in price, extensive merchandise, service and even offer shipping via DHL which has an office on site. Much easier and better priced than one could ever haggle for at other markets. I tried! Allow travelers a few hours to shop after safari bush flights on the way out of the country. This place was truely great." Read full review: 12 nights in Africa; 11 on a Tanzania safari
"Best ever safari"
The internal flights meant that we lost very little precious time in the bush. We were on a game drive at 9.30 am on day 1 after a short flight from Arusha to Kuro and we saw a leopard in a tree before lunch.
Our morning flight to Kogatende gave us time to see a river crossing before lunch.
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Difficult to improve on the best." Read full review: 9 nights in Africa; 8 on a Tanzania safari
"Best holiday ever"
Thank you so much to Ellie and the rest of Expert Africa for putting together such a fantastic itinerary. I will (and have already) recommended you to friends. You listened to what we wanted and made thoughtful suggestions. I really appreciated the personal knowledge of the team with regards to places and activities." Read full review: 17 nights in Africa; 10 on a Tanzania safari
"Family trip to Tanzania"
Wish we had spent at least a day in Arusha NP.
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No - I think your advice was excellent
Only thing for us would be if you could help customers who come a cropper with BA like us!
Thank you for your help in setting up a brilliant trip." Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 12 on a Tanzania safari
"A fantastic first experience of Africa"
The itinery arrangements (meetings, transfers, accommodation, transport and filights) worked well - without exception.
We would definitely recommend Expert Africa, and Ellie - who always responded very promptly, patiently and knwlegeably to all our queries. We would also recommend our guide, Ayoub. He was very friendly, efficient and looked after us very well in addition to being an excellent wildllife guide.
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Not really! - outstanding overall trip thanks to Expert Africa and Sokwe/Asilia." Read full review: 8 nights in Africa; 7 on a Tanzania safari
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There did seem to be a breakdown in communication though with dietary requirements (some places weren't aware and then struggled to cater accordingly).
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We have no further comments other than to say we've never hesitated in recommending Expert Africa." Read full review: 13 nights in Africa; 6 on a Tanzania safari

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