Our experience with Tanzania Specialist has been great and unforgettable. An incredible trip, well organized and attention was paid to every detail during our whole stay. The conditions agreed upon... See more
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Overall our trip was amazing and Tanzania is incredible! Unfortunately our Representative was very difficult to reach (would usually take a week to get back to us) and our Guide wasn’t very knowledgeable and didn’t tell us much, which precludes us from giving this 5 stars.

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We booked this amazing trip on our own, with the kind and professional support of Tanzania Specialist. In the end, everything went perfectly, even better than we had expected!
We enjoyed every moment of our vacation. During the safari, our guide and driver, Dotto, was exceptional. He helped us spot the Big Five, along with many other animals and breathtaking landscapes we had always dreamed of seeing.
The organization was flawless, and all the accommodations where we stayed exceeded our expectations. The staff at every location made us feel completely at home.
Moving on to Zanzibar, we found a true little paradise, exactly what we had been looking for.
In the end, we can only thank Tanzania Specialist for helping us fulfill a lifelong dream. We will definitely recommend you to everyone we know!

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Our 9-day trip to Tanzania with the family was extraordinary. We visited three parks: Tarangire, Serengeti, and Ngorongoro. Our driver did his utmost to get us as close as possible to the Big Five while ensuring our safety. We saw them all, some even multiple times. From there, we went to Zanzibar, where everything was also perfect.
A fantastic holiday.

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Absolutely first class from start to finish! Ibrahim was very patient with us planning and juggling accommodation until we were happy… nine months later we were off! Kopa, our driver was great. What a fantastic experience. You will not be disappointed!

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Our driver Shaban was incredible, he was very friendly, sweet and compassionate he knew his way around very well, and was an excellent driver. Communication was also very good.
I’m taking one star out just because the car seemed a bit dated, some of the windows won’t open, and we noticed that other cars from the same company offered free WiFi on board but our car didn’t, it would’ve been nice to know about that option before and have it available.

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We did a 5-day private safari with Tanzania Specialist. Joshua was a great guide and we were able to see the great migration across the Mara river in the Northern Serengeti as well as seeing all the big 5 and much more. The accomodation options were all wonderful, with really kind hosts. Don’t hesitate to use Tanzania Specialist to make your itinerary - it was a trip of a lifetime!

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From welcoming us on the airport to saying goodbye was an unforgettable experience. All the drivers was excellent. Ramadan was our guide, driver and became a friend. His driving skills on difficult dirt roads and hectic traffic with crazy drivers and silly motorbikes were impressive. Ramadan made our holiday unforgettable, he was calm, friendly and you could ask him anything. Our accommodation was great. Moon bow lodge was a highlight, the staff there was exceptional. Our first stay was too far from the airport. After long flights you don't want to drive another hour in the dark to accommodation. The accommodation was far from everything and we were there for two days. We thought you can walk into town when we booked. Recommend to guests when they make the mistake that I did, that it would be better to move on after the early flight around Kilimanjaro. Wich I will recommend ,it was fantastic .we feel we waisted a day. That was the only negative feedback which is minor. The rest of the tour was excellent planned and we all had an unforgettable experience. When we had a request for a vehicle to pick up friends for an airport drop off, the reply and help was promptly and very helpful.
We all will recommend Tanzania Specialist . We are already planing to come back when our grandson turns 10. Thank you so much for a wonderful unforgettable holiday. It was a privilege to visit your beautiful country. May God bless you all until next time.

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Excellent travel planning, extremely proffessional and effiicent. Highly recommend to anyone!

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By far the BEST trip of our lives! Its preparation and organization was not easy at all as we did have a lot of ambition and requests for TANZANIA SPECIALIST and they (Eunice - our very best agent!) accomplished every single one of them with admirable ease and dedication... I just have amazing words for these people... Outstanding were our local choices for housing that absolutely overpassed our expectations, AMAZING experience with local food and life for the whole trip among the people... We had a BLAST with our safari guides Mathias and Amadeus who were absolutely WONDERFUL to and with us; we can call them FRIENDS today as well as our gang at SIMPLY, our tanzanian lodge! What a BRILLIANT human experience! The warmest welcome and stay making us feel at home since we arrived, as adding surprises and extra loving services with no requests made. WHAT A JOURNEY, my people... Please, do this with TANZANIA SPECIALIST before you die...
Much, much love to our people and y'all. D

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We have just returned from an epic holiday/adventure that was carefully curated by Tanzania Specialist.
To start, our travel consultant Joseline was extremely patient with us, especially as it involved a lot of changes over a period of 6 months. Then a friend of mine decided to join us at a later stage(on the 12th hour) and Joseline managed to match his itinerary as closely to ours as possible, despite lack of availability. The properties were all fantastic, please see separate reviews of the properties to be posted later.
On tour, we had round the clock help from our ground support Riziki and Janeth, who were readily available to answer any queries or issues we had during our trip. The only issue we had was that our internal flights were changed by the airline, but this was managed and communicated very effectively.
Finally our kids' heroes (our guides between two families): Nashiri and Kaana who collectively made our trip one of the most memorable trips we have had. Nashiri, our guide, was extremely knowledgeable about pretty much everything we could see from wildlife to trees to landscape. And his explanations were detailed yet very engaging. Kaana, my friend's guide, was equally engaging and knowledgeable with abundance amount of energy. Through their teamwork, we managed to see 3 of the big 5 on the 1st day of our safari, followed by the river crossing on the second. It wasnt too long before we saw all big 5 and eventually a black rhino at Ngorongoro. By end of our safari we had fully ticked our wishlist.
Over all, despite Tanzania Specialist being such a large organisation, we felt personally cared for at all times and i wouldn't hesitate to recommend them to friends and family.

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Everything went smoothly, when there was an occasional glitch with the jeep due to the bad roads Remy managed to sort things out so we were not inconvenienced and we also received a text from Janeth to check that we were happy with the safari. The accommodation was excellent. The only thing I would like to have been different was the seating arrangements for the meals. I would have liked us to have been seated with other travelers so we could share experiences

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Tanzania specialist was a brilliant company to book our honeymoon with! We had the absolute holiday of our lives! The safari was the best experience and our driver Tobias was incredible and so experienced! The hotels/lodges were stunning and if you are decided I would highly recommend!

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Modest was a great guide. He paid attention to the sightings that were shared over the radio and then he got us there as quickly as he could. He was awesome.

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All went well. The Safari was very exciting with a great variety of game. The driver was very good and did his best to make us feel comfortable. The holidays on Sansibar were also great. Problems with the lodge though, but they could partially been resolved.

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We travelled through tarangire, manyara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro and had an unbelievable time thanks to our guide Jonas. His knowledge, conversation and experience meant we had so many amazing experiences, seeing over 70 lions, 10 chetahs, 3 Rhinos, and 5 leopards, not to mention hundreds of elephants, hippo's and giraffe and thousands of zebra, wildebeest and gazelles. He seemed to have a sixth sense for finding everything we wanted to see and generally when there were hardly any other trucks around. He was an absolute pleasure to meet, completely made our trip and made us feel safe across the whole week. Thank you Jonas!

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Our incredible driver/guide Wilson made our experience one we will never forget. He was the best guide we have ever had on any tour we have done anywhere in the world.
Angel was excellent and very helpful throughout the process and the organisation overall was first rate.
There was a mix up with our Stonetown tour starting in Zanzibar but I believe that was a simple miscommunication between Tanzanian Specialist and Destination Specialist TZ.
Acommodation exceeded our expectations with one exception which fell well below the service we experienced in all other lodges. Enkutoto lodge was very disorganised and disappointing with service. The staff were friendly enough but really seemed to have very little understanding of what they should be doing. Payment for the extras we consumed while staying was made very difficult with the electronic payment system having "broken"the day after we arrived and the only method left to pay was in cash. This meant we were left with no cash for the rest of the safari tour.
This did not spoil our expereince but certainly we would not recommend any of our friends to stay in this lodge.
Overall with only one exception, Enkutoto Camp, I would highly recommend Tanzanian Specialist to our friends and family

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One of the biggest tour operators in Tanzania, which made us feel safe all through our journey. The planning and booking process was smooth, TS was flexible and managed to adapt the proposal to our requests 100%, eg changing hotels better meeting our needs. The pre-holiday brief was really helpful with all the info about the country, what to expect, tipping, etc. The trip was well organized with no mishaps, we had a fantastic holiday, would recommend this adventure definetely!

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Our experience was on the whole great! All the accomodations were very good with the exception of the Mateves lodge which was average. The people everywhere were very nice, polite and extremely accomodating. Our guide was great, good natured, good driver and most importantly experienced! The booking process was well organized and the communication with the personnel very good! The total cost was slightly high. However on the whole we were very satisfied.

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We spent a fantastic 7-day safari through 4 beautiful parks. The organisation was spotless from day 1.
We had a great guide, Emmanuel Swai, knowledgeable, always helpful and safe driver.
Choices of lodges were good even if quality was differing from one to another.
We had only our iPhones to take pictures... good enough !
Experience of a lifetime !

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