CN
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
highly efficient
money for value and always supportive. I had a good saffair with Josana tour.
CN
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
The staff are serious, responsible, and diligent. They also help customers provide some additional services with the purpose of customer satisfaction.
We had a great time and were especially pleased with the service provided by the company's staff. Their dedication and dedication are touching. We will introduce them to our friends in the future.
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35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent safari capped off by Wild Dogs at Naitolia Camp while on a early morning walk.
My wife and I did a 12 night safari in August 2014 with Eastco (East African Safari and Touring Company) starting in Mwanza and ending at Boundary Hill Lodge Tarangire. The various accommodation were excellent, food great varied and plenty. African soup is special.
The high light of the safari was the night spent at Naitolia camp ( 1 night) and the walk to Boundary Hill Lodge the next morning, we saw while walking wild dogs running along the road in front of us before they slipped off into the bushes and grass. Even our guide was amazed.
Boundary Hill Lodge perched on top of a steep bluff provided beautiful views over the conservation area below. There were a lot of elephants in the area and even some we saw drinking out of the pool.
Boundary Hill also offered Masai village visits and Tinga Tinga painting.
We also stayed at Speke Bay lodge (5 stars) Mbalageti (5 also) We camped at Eastco's Horizon camp, simple, clean but very nice wildlife everywhere but then again this was the Serengeti.
Perhaps the only disappointment on the trip was our stay at Sopa Lodge, I agree the descent road is an advantage but the lodge is extremely large and what I would call part of the institutanlized safari accomodation so often offered by Tour Companies. We preferred the smaller more boutique lodges and camps. These camps are a speciality of an Eastco trip. The communication before the safari was excellent, the service from the guide and all staff at Eastco also excellent. The trip exceeded our expectations to such a degree we have booked a 30 day trip for 2015 again with Eastco.
Simon certainly knows how to design a private trip to suit individual needs.
The 4 x4 was clean and excellent for the type of bush roads we went on.
All in all Tanzania is an excellent safari destination and Eastco (East African Safari and Touring Company)
an excellent Tanzania based tour operator
Excellent, exceeded my expectations
Well coordinated. I would like to comment tour consultant by the name Real Munyiva. she made my bookings easier with all required information i did not have difficulties. the transfers were made on time with no delay. will use again
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic 5 day camping safari with an excellent guide!
Our group of 6 --> Footslopes tour: Lake Manyara, Serengeti, Ngorongoro, and Arusha National Park 5 day safari.
The BEST part about this tour was our guide Nixon. I had seen his name mentioned in the tripadvisor reviews but you have to truly meet the man to appreciate his awesomeness. He was full of energy and truly loves his job as a safari guide. Beyond studying wildlife management at university, he is planning to get more training as a safari guide in a summer course to be, in his words, “even better.” He has the eagle eyes required for a guide, is attentive to his clients’ needs, and a warm heart. When I asked him why he chose Footslopes, he said a big reason is that the manager Gabriel is “a good man”. A company where the staff respect each other is sure to provide excellent service, which is what we got!
Highlights:
Comprehensive customer service -
1. Whatsapp messages and emails were replied to within 1 hour. I don't know how they did this, but someone must be always working in the office. My friends from Hong Kong said they also had rapid replies.
2. We got a complimentary pick up by the manager Gabriel and driver Nixon from Haidom, a small town very far from their office from Arusha, where we were doing some medical work. This was included in our safari price, as was a separate airport pickup for one of our party. They also dropped us off at the airport the day after our safari ended and we were all staying in different places. AMAZING.
3. Our cook Rama met my special request and made chapati, a roti-style pancake, on our last day which was delicious!
Competitive pricing -
I had done some field research and asked about 5 other companies for quotes for similar itineraries and Footslopes was by far the most competitive. I learned that it was because they own their own gear, so prices can be quite low for camping. The main office has 10 desk employees, excluding the field operators.
Fabulous itinerary
Totally worth it for 5 days, as each park features slightly different animal viewings. Of course, this is nature, not an enclave! But we saw very different things in each park, including lions hunting and feeding, tree sleeping lions, flocks of flamingos, and of course the hugely entertaining baboons.
Lodging Notes:
1st night at a tented lodge - the tent was comparable in size to our camping tents, with slatted beds. The beds were not my favorite but the view of Lake Manyara was stunning. Also entertaining after dinner show.
2nd night - camping at the Serengeti Nyambi site. There were hyenas at night, a bright full moon and a beautiful sunrise/sunset. SUPER COOL experience. Cold showers + toilets on site.
3rd night - camping at Ngorongoro Hills Simba A site. African buffaloes at night grazing next to our tents, an even larger moon over the mountains, and lukewarm showers.
4th night - a hotel in Arusha (?!?!?!?!) I didn’t realize this was included but the Venice hotel was FABULOUS and the best place I stayed in Tanzania. Really updated interiors, nicely designed mosquito net, new showers with plenty of hot water. The dinner was slow to come out (we missed our camping cook Rama!).
TL:DR;
Safari of the amazing East African wildlife with an BEYOND amazing company and staff. I strongly recommend Footslopes!
ES
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unforgettable experience!
My experience with Foot Slopers Tour & Safaris was amazing.
I organized my holidays in Tanzania by myself and it was hard to find the right safari tour.
After contacting a lot of company I chose Foot Slopers Tour & Safaris as they are really professional, flexible trying to suits my needs ( I had some issue paying the activity in advance from Europe).
The tour itself was amazing. Our guide Victor had good eyes catching animals and we saw all big 5 and lot of other rare to see animals.
I highly recommend this tour, It was an incredible experience!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
a great experience, life chsanging
excellenrt service and good clean envuronment. also the safari was exceptional.
MX
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Hi everyone, i am gebo from mexico i want to say that the Kihindo safaris was awesome and beautiful
The service was so good Isaiah is a good operator, i recommend him.
My safaris experience was so beautiful. I was six days. I recommend the safari.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Bonfire is great! You get very many travel options, both locally and internationally at reasonable r
We went to Maiyan in August as suggested by our travel agent from Bonfire, Grace. She was absolutely amazing in the way she communicated the full travel plan. The place was beautiful as promised and we had an amazing girls trip! Looking forward to our next trip with Bonfire!
PL
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Affordable, well organized and delivered even more than promised
We booked 2 days Tarangire & Ngorongoro safari. Everything went smoothly from the booking process to drop off at the airport in Arusha. The guide was very kind, always on time, took care of us. We really enjoyed it, we had great time.