clients' testimonials 2007

Dear Corina,

Just a brief note to say how much we enjoyed our Safari / Zanzibar holiday which you arranged for us.

The very wet conditions in the Serengeti and the problems this created made it a real 'adventure' and we would like to record our personal thanks to your driver / guide Melchiory who was excellent both in his care for us and his knowledge of wildlife, birdlife and general info on Tanzania. He worked extremely hard to ensure that we made the Ikoma Bush Camp and when the vehicle became stuck he impressed us by not standing and directing the helpful locals but by being very actively involved in digging the vehicle out, waist deep in the mud! We would recommend him to any of your future travellers. We are also grateful to the staff amd manager at the Bush Camp for the care provided during our stay again in difficult conditions, they made us most welcome and comfortable and it was a real change from the previous hotels. Having said this we also appreciated the comforts of the various hotels and lodges particularly liking the Moivara Coffee Lodge and E Unuto Retreat.

The transfers to Zanzibar with Air Excel were also a very good experience and we really enjoyed both the Hakuna Majiwe lodge and the Dhow Palace Hotel. Also thanks to our guide in Zanzibar, Ali Baba, for his very good tour of Stone Town. Finally thank you for managing to change the flights for our departure which we really appreciated and meant that the holiday was not spoilt by a long layover in Nairobi.

With best wishes to all for the New Year from two very satisfied customers,

Phil & Heather Woodcock (1.1.07)

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I just wanted to let you know that we had a FANTASTIC time on our safari! Thank you for everything you've done to help make this dream come true. All of our accomodations were wonderful, and of course our driver Loy Laizer was really amazing! He kept us entertained and was able to show us all of the animals-including all of the Big Five. It was incredible. Our drive through Ngorogoro Crater was simply breathtaking as there were more animals than the eye could see! When we got in the Serengeti the animals were spread out much more, but Laizer has the eyes of a hawk and found all of them! We also had the experience of meeting the people of the Maasai Village, which I can only descibe as eye opening and fascinating. Please make sure you tell him that we had a great time with him, and for putting up with us (Im sure he thought we were pretty crazy as there were a few incidents with insects=). I will also be emailing him with some pictures we took together.

Also please thank Gibson again for me, for meeting us in Arusha on our way back, to give me a stuffed animal that I had left at the hotel on our first night. I know it seems silly but that stuffed animal means a lot to me, and I thought I'd never see it again. I was thrilled to know they found it and he was able to bring it back to me.

The only thing that was less than ideal was that we were the only single people at our lovely hotel on Zanzibar! Three single ladies on the vacation of a lifetime in the midst of all these romantic couples! Hahaha! I just hope we didnt disrupt thier vacations. We had a great time at the great hotel there too, with a room right in front of the gorgeous beach, and I was able to go diving as well. Too bad we didnt get the chance to meet, but thanks again for the trip of a lifetime!

Leena Mahdi, Joyce Nelmida, Erica Johnson; USA (24.1.07)

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I agree 100% with what Lynn has already said. It was an amazing holiday
made even more special by the staff of Tanzania Adventure. Your
arrangements took away all our travel worries and your staff were friendly,
but professional at all times.

Otis was very knowledgable and showed a great respect for the wildlife he
was showing us, which certainly made so much of a difference to me. He took
us away from the "busier" routes around the parks and did not "chase"
animals, like some other companies did, when they clearly had had enough
attention and wanted to be left alone.

I too would recommend Tanzania Adventures to my friends.

Please let me know if you plan to venture into holidays elsewhere.

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Hi Corina,
Thanks for your mail, and ofcourse i will fill in the questionnaire, sorry that i havent contacted you since my return from africa.
Everything was wonderful, we are very happy about your services and we would like to make such a trip again.
After we arrived in cyprus a few days later my father had a mild stroke, so i had to arrange a lot of things here in the hospital,. it is unbelievable, first my mum had a stroke in november and now my dad!! Anyway, it turned out ok, he is totally back to normal, ok he has some medicines he has to take.
In the mean time i have put my pictures, at least some of them, in picasa website, and i will sent you an invitation to have a look at some pictures.

Anyway, i will stay in touch for sure.

Bye bye, marit (29.1.07)

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I just wanted to thank you for all of your efforts in organizing our trip! We had a fantastic time, and everything went as well as it could have for both the climb and the safari.

We were delighted with Gibson’s hospitality, and his willingness to make some subtle adjustments along the way! We also thought all the guides were excellent – Massi and Godfrey on the mountain (as well as Richard the porter), and Melkior on the safari.

We are already talking about ‘next time’, and we just wanted to make sure you knew how much we appreciated your help making it all happen!

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Dear Ronny and the whole team of Tanzania-Adventure!

Back in cold and grey Switzerland, we are still dreaming of our wonderful vacation in Tanzania and Zanzibar... Now, that we are sorting out our pictures and swapping stories starting with: "do you remember when..." it is hard to believe that paradise is only a few hours away. We had an absolutely great time - and that is thanks to YOU guys of Tanzania-Adventure! Everything was organised and taken care of in such a professional way that we could totally relax, sit back and just enjoy. The Lodges (especially E Unoto!) were great and our stay at the Ikoma-Camp unforgettable! Please send our thanks and best wishes also to the Ikoma-Team with Shabani and all the others who made our stay there so pleasant (we will never forget the hot shower in the tent and the cold beer by the fire after the game drive!!!). Our walking tours with Fadhili and his Masai friend at E Unoto as well as the one with Justin at Ngorongoro were two of the highlights of our trip. It was enormously interesting to hear about Masai living and culture while walking with them trough their homelands - many thanks! We also enjoyed the Ocean Paradise in Zanzibar very much! Thanks to Rashid's organisation we could also do the Stone Town and the spice-tour without having booked in advance. It was a great experience again and Abraham did a wonderful job explaining all the spices to us and of course his wife, who cooked the most tasteful and special lunch we had on the whole trip!

A very special thanks goes to PETER! For June and Dagmar he already is an "old friend" as we had our second safari together - with Johanna and Urs he definitely found two new friends from Switzerland! It is just amazing how much Peter knows about all the animals, the nature and the country and its culture. And he is a great storyteller, too. Take care of him!

Please keep up your spirit and your great work! We will keep on sending our friends to you....
Asante sana!
Dagmar, June, Johann & Urs (9.2.07)

P.S.
A CD with pictures of us with Peter, Abraham and the Ikoma-Team will follow!

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Hello Corina, we are happy to be home safely but we absolutely loved every minute of our trip to your beautiful country. We felt totally safe, we thought that all of the Tanzanian-Adventure guides that assisted us were wonderful. Isdory, Abraham, Masud, Abdul and anyone else that I have forgotten - they were all terrific and we will be sure to tell all of our friends that we would highly recommend your company. Thank you again for a very memorable vacation and all that you did for us to make it "happen".
Respectfully yours,

Judy and Herman Meixner
Gillian and Tony Abbott m(25.2.07)

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Hello Corina,

Well, we're back now in Holland and it is not very pleasant to get working again.
But, it has to be.

I still wanted to express my thank you very much for the trip that we've done.
I think everything was very well organised: with Liza we had a great driver, who wasn't making any troubles regarding our requests of stopping at strange places, where no other tourists would stop. I think, that he has never had to deal with 2 idiots like we are (were): one long gamefrive from 5h45 in
the morning till 6h00 in the evening. And I thinkl that secretly he did enjoy the trip with us.

We had a great trip and the upgrading to the tented camp was really nice, thank you!!
However, we preferred the 4 nights in Seronera, being very basic and in the midst of all action.

I will surely recommend you to friends, if they have plans of travelling to Tanzania.

Take care and all the best,
harm (6.3.07)

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Corina-
Sorry that we did not get to meet you in person. I should have taken
a quick trip to Zanzibar to see you and enjoy the countryside.
The opinion form was difficult to read and use so I will put some
comments below:
Travel Dates: 3-16 February, 2007
Accommodations: We enjoyed the atmosphere and excellent food at the
Oasis Lodge the night before our trek up Mt. Kilimanjaro. We were
very happy with the spacious and relatively new North Face tents that
we slept in for 7 nights on the flanks of Mt. Kilimanjaro. The night
after our trek, we stayed in the Impala Hotel which was in the
center of Arusha. The hotel was satisfactory, but without character,
but the meals were very good. The first night of the safari we
stayed at the E Unoto Retreat which is just outside Lake Manyara and
run by a Maasai village. Everything about this place was great-the
setting, the individual bungalows, the food, and the service. The
second night we stayed at the Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge which was
pleasant with a great view into the crater, but very modern and
without character. The last two nights we stayed at the Ikoma Bush
Camp just outside Serengeti National Park. This camp was great with
very comfortable tents with toilets and showers, peaceful setting,
great food, and super staff. It was a great place to stay while on
the safari.
Transportation: For the trek, we went to and from the trek in a bus
with the rest of staff and supplies. The bus was more than
adequate. For the safari, we had a land cruiser which provided
plenty of room for the five of us, plus the guide/driver.
Guides: Godfrey and Aaron were our guides on the Kili trek and both
were great. The "pole pole" pace enabled us to acclimatize and by
the summit day we were passing all of the other groups. Both were
very pleasant and knowledgeable and knew the mountain and everything
about it. Peter was our guide for the safari and he was great. He
was a very good driver (the driving conditions were not very good
because of recent heavy rains in the Serengeti), very knowledgeable
about wildlife including birds, and vegetation, and had the ability
to take us to see all of the major wildlife. He was a pleasure to be
with.
General comments about Tanzania Adventure: Tanzania Adventure did a
great job putting together a trip which included a trek up Mount
Kilimanjaro followed by a safari. Everything, including the
itinerary, accommodations, transportation, and guides, was
outstanding and we recommend them to anyone planning an adventure to
Tanzania, including beach time at Zanzibar. It was obvious that a
lot of effort went into planning our trip and everything was carried
out in a very professional, yet entertaining manner. Thanks to
everyone who made our trip a huge success!

Dudley Rice (7.3.07)

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Corina – from the moment you first emailed me I felt comfortable with my choice. It is scary wiring thousands of dollars to someone you don’t know in another country, but you were always so quick to respond to all my questions that I felt comfortable doing this. Also everyone we met with your firm, Gibson, Frank, Alex & more were all just amazing. I didn’t have to think at all, someone was always there for us – even changing planes on the way to Zanzibar Gibson met us at the Arusha airport, bought us soda and got our tickets organized for us. Thank you! It really softened the blow of the cost of the whole trip and I can say I’d do it again in a minute!

Karen Schaan (7.3.07)

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Dear Corina
I would like to thank you for a most fantastic organisation of our trip.We
had a super time.
Can't fault a thing.
We arrived safely home yesterday morning . Just wanted to let you know.
Please thank from me your co-workers : Lisa (spelling?) our driver & guide
from Kilimanjaro airport to Ngorongoro to Marangu ; our guide in Zanzibar
( did not catch his name); our driver in Zanzibar ( again did not hear his
name). They were friendly and competent. Laizer's car could do with a new
battery though!!

I will recommend your firm to my friends. Am about to write a little story
of our journey and will slot in your e-mail address.

Keep well.
Bye
Maddalena Bucher (16.4.07)

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Dear Corina,

Hopefully you will hear from the boys themselves but I can only tell you that Cody could not rave enough about Tanzania Adventure. The accomodations, the food, their guide (Lucas?), the service...above and beyond their expectations. Cody wonders what Lucas thought of those 5 yakking Americans but they were so curious and all of them knew that they were experiencing something so great and so special....never to be repeated. I hope they made a good impression as to being very respectful and appreciative Americans. We Americans have much to apologize for with too much of the horrible things we do as a nation but there are many of us who grieve our excess and our arrogance. It is important to us that our son show other countries respect.

Cody's enthusiastic report has only made Bob and me all the more excited about our upcoming trip in Aug. He loved all of the accomodations and he wanted me to check with you that we will get to stay at the Oasis and the Sopa Lodge. He also wants me to ask if we could have two days on safari and an extra day in Zanzibar. He said they were exhausted after two days of safari and thinks we could stand the rest in Zanzibar.

Thanks to everyone for taking such good care of our son and his friends.

Blessings,
Candi Larson

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Hallo Ronny

Erstmal möchte ich dir herzlich danken für die sehr gut organisierte Reise! Ich bin jedenfalls total begeistert nach Hause gekommen und würde am liebsten gleich wieder die Koffer packen. Ich habe selten so unbeschreiblich schöne Momente erlebt wie in der Serengeti, aber auch auf Sansibar. Die Safari war leider zu kurz, resp. zwei Tage auf dem Ngorongoro waren uns zuviel, möglicherweise wegen dem Wetter, aber auch weil man den Krater nicht zweimal besuchen muss. Die Unterkünfte, die du ausgewählt hast, waren wirklich alle überraschend schön und sauber. Am besten hat uns das Maasai Village gefallen, dort waren wir auch nur 4 Gäste :-). Die Serena Lodge auf dem Krater war okay, aber irgendwie nicht gemütlich, weil man dauernd gefroren hat. Beim Abendessen sassen alle mit dicken Pullis da, anders ging es ja nicht. Nach meiner Frage, ob man die Feuerplätze heizen könnte, meinte man, dass es dazu zu wenig kalt sei....Dafür wurden wir ja dann auf Sansibar mit viel Wärme entschädigt und konnten uns richtig aufheizen. Wir waren auch glücklich mit dem Führer, den du uns für die Safari zugeteilt hast. Er weiss und sieht einfach alles! Sogar die beiden Flüge mit den Propellermaschinen hab ich überlebt!
Das Hotel Beach Breezes war ein Traum für mich und meine Vorbehalte waren im Nu weg als ich das Hotel und das Zimmer sah. Es war genau nach meinem Geschmack eingerichtet. Die menschenleere Strände waren natürlich ein weiteres Highlight, wahrscheinlich sehen diese in der Hochsaison anders auch. Ich hatte jedenfalls bei meinen Strandspaziergängen das Gefühl, dass Robinson nicht weit weg ist :-).
Die Reise war das Geld jedenfalls wert und ich komme wieder! Tatsächlich wird meine nächste Reise nach Selous führen, vielleicht schon diesen Herbst. Ich möchte die Weite Afrikas auf den Luxus Campingplätzen spüren und nicht mehr in den Lodges. Ich werde mich jedenfalls wieder bei dir melden.

Ich hoffe, dass du bald Zeit findest, wieder mal in deine Heimat zu fliegen und wünsche euch weiterhin viel Erfolg und Glück mit Tanzania Adventure.

Herzliche Grüsse und danke!
Claudia Kineberger (2.6.07

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I hope everything is fine and business is going well.

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Best regards from rainy Norway
Cathinka Busch (8.7.07)

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Hi Ronny,

Thank you for your e-mail.
We are looking back on a very good trip to Tanzania, also due to the good organization of Tanzania Adventure. Especially the driver/guide in Arusha, Manzani was his name, did a very good job. We was very friendly and helpful, he was really interested in nature and animals and knew a lot about Tanzania. No complaints about the safari, we saw numerous animals and all of the big five.
Mafia was also really nice, more the 'real' Tanzania than Arusha and surroundings, due to the fact that there are way less tourists there.

We really enjoyed the trip and it opened our eyes about Africa and it's culture. It was very good!

Thank you for your services,
Marjolein Hovens (8.7.07)

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Hallo Ronny,
hat alles perfekt geklappt. Ich hatte es mir genauso vorgestellt. Everest,
unser Fahrer hat einen super Job gemacht. Es war alles sehr individuell und
bestens organisiert. Euer Camp liegt wunderschön, in der Nacht sind
tausende von Knus vorbeigewandert - ein tolles Erlebnis.
Fürs nächste Mal habe ich Ruaha geplant. Muss nur meinen Mann noch
überzeugen, der nicht unbedingt uneingeschränkter Naturliebhaber ist.
Vielleicht mache ich das auch alleine, dann gibt es sicher die Möglichkeit,
mich zu einer Gruppe dazu zu buchen.
Dazu melde ich mich dann, wenn es soweit ist.

Vielen Dank nochmals für alles

Beste Grüße
Beatrix Most (9.7.07)

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Dear Ronny
Just wanted to say a BIG thank you for arranging the trip for us. We had a wonderful time . the little hick up in DAR was frustrating but least we got the NBO in the end. Swissport will be getting a visit from KQ after talking to my friends there !!!!!!

All the staff at your tented camp we met were professional and friendly, and wonderful game viewing. I still cant believe in going to a place in the middle of no where I met people near to us in Italy and people who know the same people as me!!!

The lodge in Pemba was as expected remote and wonderful beach , was a pity it rained at times . The lodge is in the process upgrade, so there were some minor problems, but to us was fine. Others got a bit upset but then the unexpected its part of being in Africa LOL!!

We very much enjoyed ourselves, hope we can come back soon

Very best regds

Linton and Stephanie Bell (11.7.07)

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Thanks again for an amazing time in Tanzania!!! We really had the best time of our life’s!!!

You really organised it very well and we thought it was all just perfect- just what we needed.

Have to say our guide Melkiory really made it to something extra special- he was wonderful!!!!

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Having been back from our trip to Tanzania, I would like to thank you very much the excellent organization of our four-day safari in Manyara/Ngorongoro/Tarangire. It was really perfect and we, with my wife, are very much satisfied. Our guide, Godfrey Evarister, was great in everything: in driving, in finding hidden animals and in explaining things. Thanks to him we have got an unforgettable Tanzanian experience.

Many thanks again for all. I will strongly recommend your company to anybody I meet preparing a trip to Tanzania, and hopefully ourselves could also come back one day.

Very best wishes,
György Foti (6.8.07)

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Corina, sorry it took me so long to get back to you, been very busy at work.
Todd and I had a wonderful time. The only regret we have is being stuck
at the Breezes resort for 5 days with nothing to do and not being able to
see more of Stonetown which is an incredible place. Other than that, we
loved the guides. Please feel free to give my email address to anyone that
may have questions. To be honest with you, I had so many concerns in the
beginning as I saw so many outfitters and didn't know which ones were
ligetimate. At the time I was shopping around, I don't beleive there was a
section on the website that provided testimonials or an option to contact
previous clients. I know this would have been very useful, so yes I think
it is great that you are providing that option to contact previous clients.
Thanks again for a wonderful time.

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I just posted this message in Trip advisory and though you might want to read it. I will write a more lengthy report in a week or so and send it to you as well. I am also planning to write one about our experience at Bawe to send to the managers. Thanks so much for making this the trip of a life time!!!
Kind regards!

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We have coming back from our holidays in Tanzania and Kenya and I would like to send you my thanks for the great safaris organised by you in Tanzania.

We had spent a fantastic time in tanzania in very good lodges with a very nice and professional guide (Good Luck). The lodges booked by your team only 1 week before our trip were very nice and we cannot complain about anything regarding our stay in Tanzania.

You can be sure that we will strongly recommend Tanzania Adventure to people in the future.