What our guest say about us, 2006

I just wanted to drop you a quick note to say that absolutely everything about that trip was excellent! The guides, Luka, Michael and Liza, the accomodations and the food were all better than we ever imagined! I will send a longer, more formal when I get caught up at work! We also took some fabulous pics of all of the lodges/tented camps, guides etc that I will mail to you on CD!

Thanks for all of your help!

Natalie Dale (9.1.06)

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Just wanted to say thanks so much for everything while we were in
Tanzania. We had a great trip and would definitely recommend Tanzania
Adventure to others.

Take Care,
Adam & Maria Glickmann (26.1.06)

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Ronny,

Now that we've been home for a few days, are nearly over our trip fatigue and jetlag, and have made one pass through our 700+ photos (!), we wanted to tell you how awesome the entire experience was, due as much to your incredible staff as to the natural wonders and beauty of your country.

Kilimanjaro was more than we ever expected in terms of both its size and beauty and the sheer pleasure of the camping experience. I dreaded five nights of camping, but it was "hachuna matata," thanks to the very comfortable tent and, especially the excellent cooking by our chef, Obedi Makara, and the attentive service of our waiter/porter, Paulo. The food was great, and the dish of hot water and bar of soap before breakfast and dinner were a real treat!

Of course, we owe most of our success (Linda to the summit, me to 4700+ meters) to our fantastic guide, John Nnko. What an amazing person to do what he does, and with such good spirits. He did his best to get me to the summit, too, but I knew when I awoke at 2300 hours that it was going to be tough. It was the first morning I hadn't felt well, and the first hour of hiking was all my lungs could handle. I just didn't have a good day, whereas I had felt very strong from Barranco to Barafu. Too bad, because Linda's photos at the top are fantastic! But, I'm just happy to have had the experience and to have seen as much of the mountain as I did. In fact, I feel worse for Paulo not being able to summit, since he had to go back down with me, than I do for my own failure.

Anyway, John was great, and we especially enjoyed having him join us for the meals -- an unexpected treat. His English is great--as is Obedi's--making the experience easier than we had thought it might be. Being biologists, we especially appreciated John's knowledge of the flora and fauna of the mountain.

Also amazing were the porters. What athletes! We'll never forget a point on the trail from Shira to Barranco, when we were passed by Paulo and Benjamen, walking fast and singing, with our duffels on their heads -- all smiles, while we were doing that "pole, pole" tourist walk and maybe looking a little grim.

In looking around at the other groups camping and hiking on the mountain at the same time has convinced us that we had by far the best staff, food, tent locations, and overall experience.

Also exceeding all expectations was the safari. We couldn't have had a better week. Everest was amazing in his skill at spotting wildlife and his knowledge of the obscure roads of the parks. We especially appreciated his knowledge of birds, which we enjoy watching. We feel that most of the safari vehicles, which passed by everything but the large mammals, missed much of what was to be seen. We also enjoyed having him join us for dinner at the two lodges where it was permitted. We learned much from him--about Tanzania and its people as well as its wildlife--and never grew tired of our time in the vehicle. Our only regret is that we didn't book an additional day at Serengeti. So much to see!

All of the lodges were great--especially E Unoto and the Serengeti Sopa. Great food, and more than satisfactory rooms (E Unoto was one of the best lodges we've ever experienced--awesome!). All of the staff at all of the lodges were great: very friendly and helpful, and with surprisingly good English.

Finally, thanks to you and your office staff for the great job you did of pulling things together for us--including last minute changes to save us money at the lodges. From Gibson's meeting us as the airport, when we were tired and bewildered newcomers, to Everest's gracious additional work to get us to the airport early, it was the trip of a lifetime.

We hope to return to Africa someday and see some of the other parks. I don't plan to try Kili again--too great a chance the result would be the same--but Linda might have her eyes set on Mount Meru! If so, please be assured that we will turn to you. We speak highly of your company whenever we get the chance.

Thank you again for everything! Please pass our thanks and warm feelings on to John, Obedi, Everest, and the others. We'll never forget them.

P.S. Our porters were Paulo, Benjameni, Loidi, Godueli, Meshaki, Godifrei, and Braison.

Allan Crocket (28.1.06)

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Hallo Frau Wiedermann,

Der Trip war wirklich traumhaft, wir sind sehr froh die Reise in dieser Form und Länge gemacht zu haben. Durch das Campen und den langen
Aufenthalt konnten wir Tanzania in allen Zügen intensiv genießen.
Der Urlaub war echt unbeschreiblich. Wir haben nicht nur die Big Five gesehen, wir konnten auch in der Serengeti jagende Löwen beobachten, wir haben einen Leoparden beim Zerlegen eines Wildbocks gesehen, wir haben
Herden von Elefanten gesehen, wir haben ein Löwenrudel mit vielen Jungtieren gefunden, wir haben Löwen bei der Paarung beobachtet, in der Ngorongoro haben wir ein Maasaidorf besucht und von deren Lebensweise gelernt, wirhaben mitten in der Wildnis Afrikas völlig alleine gecampt, auf Zanzibar haben wir mit einer Delfingruppe geschnorchelt, wir haben bei wildem Wellengang getaucht. Dazu kommen noch viele Hyaenen, Giraffen, Flusspferde, Krokodile, ein Gepard und die Migration der Gnus und Zebras in den Serengeti-Plains. Aber das kennen sie ja alles.

Laizer war ein super Guide. Er konnte uns durch seine Kompetenz sehr viel über das Leben der Tiere beibringen. Er war extrem motiviert, obwohl
wir keine Ansprüche an die Tierwelt stellten (ist ja kein Zoo). Roger war ein spitzen Koch, der uns immer wieder überrascht hat. Es gab eigentlich nur
ein einziges Problem - Wasser. Die Wasservorräte scheinen knapp zu sein. Wir hatten leider auch manchmal den Anspruch uns mit Wasser etwas zu waschen, was eigentlich jedoch reinster Luxus war.

Peter Zimmermann und Myriam Waleschkowski (4.3.06)

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Just arrived in HK today after my magical trip to East Africa.
Thanks so much to Tanzania Adventure Company for arranging such a comprehensive tour, my mom, sister and I had an awesome time.
In particular we really enjoyed our safari with Orrie Mollel, he is so knowledgeable! We were also very impressed with Abrahams tour.

Kind regards and best wishes to all.
Liza Koster (11.3.06)

Hello Corina,
I was on holidays till yesterday but wanted to say a great THANK YOU to you
and your organisation. My friends from Uruguay/Congo had absolutely great
holidays, enjoyed it very much and only had compliments for the excellent
organisation !
Thank you very much ! Will keep your references and hope to make use of
them myself some day. Thanks again and take care !
Marijke Matthijs

Although we are back for some time and when we look at our pictures we
can not believe it was us and not National Geographic on a TV, we are
very thankfull to you and your company - that was one of the best
holidays in our life.

Looking forward to the next opportunity to visit you.

Mikhail Volkov (22.6.06)

Corina,

Thanks for your email, we both had a fantastic time, thank you very much for helping to organise.

Please pass on our thanks to the rest of the team as well.

I have also left my comments on the following website, hopefully people will read my comments instead of Mr Wang's.

http://www.myholidayreport.com/country/Tanzania

Regards

James Paton (20.6.06)

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Dear Ronny,

Just to say what a terrific holiday we had in Tanzania and Zanzibar. Everyone at Tanzania Adventure looked after us very well and it was a real adventure not only for the children but also us adults. We were very pleased with all the arrangements, the internal flights, transfers and hotels and a Tanzania Adventure person was always there when they were supposed to be-not only one but often 2 and even 3 people!

We shall remember Tanzania and Zanzibar and its couteous and friendly people for a long time. Manase was very patient with us!

Perhaps we set a record-a Safari of 5 days wearing the same totally unsuitable clothes-in my case a black silk skirt, torquoise silk blouse and wedge heeled sandals. Boy was that hot water bottle welcome at Ngorongoro!

British Airways let us down again on our return journey as there was a 2 hour delay and we missed our internal flight connection so had to stay overnight in London before we got home a day late. But they did reorganise things as well as could be expected.

We shall recommend you to anyone we know thinking of a trip to Tanzania.

Thanks again.

Jill Webster, Nick Atkins and family (18.7.06)

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Dear Ronnie, Gibson, Lucas, Everest...and whoever else might read this.
THANK YOU FOR A FABULOUS TRIP TO AFRICA......I COULD NOT FIND THE WORDS TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TANZANIA....AND TO SPEND SEVEN DAYS WITH ONE OF TANZANIA'S FINEST GUIDES. I WILL COME BACK....AND I HOPE TO SEE EACH OF YOU WHEN I DO.
I HAVE MADE SOME PICTURES TO SEND YOU LUCAS AND GIBSON. I AM STILL INTENDING TO WRITE A LETTER FOR YOUR WEBSITE (IF YOU WISH) AND I WILL SEND A CD WITH MY 1,000 PICTURES FROM THE TRIP.......
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MARTHA TAYLOR

RONNIE, SORRY I DID NOT GET TO MEET YOU!!!
YOUR COMPANY WILL BE HEARING FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEEN MY PICTURES AND HEARD MY STORIES.....LUCAS IS A PERSON WHO SERVES HIS COUNTRY WITH DISTINCTION...
THANKS FOR EVERYTHING

MARTHA (27.7.06)

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Dear Ronny,

We wish to thank You and Tanzania Adventure for most unforgettable safari tour the company arranged for us.

I highly recommend Tanzania Adventure for the outstanding manor in which we were treated and for supplying us with a superb tour guide and driver. Everest went out of his way to provide us with landscape scenes and positions to shoot footage of animals in the best possible way. His knowledge of the places we were shown was so interesting and he was not shy to share answers to any of our questions.

We can without a doubt say that we will not hesitate for one minute to recommend Tanzania Adventures to friends and family.

Thanking you kindly
Frans and Colleen Mans (15.8.06)

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Dear Corina,

First of all: THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!
It has been wonderful: the safari, the lodges (especially the ones in Lake Manyara and Tarangire, this last one for me was really exceptional!!) and last but not least the guides!!
Peter was the driving guide, he told me he is the first driver in Tanzania Safari and also told me he knows you very well.
Honek, the Italian speaking Masai guide for my friend Andrea, was such a sweet person. We will both remember and keep them in our hearts because they were so nice, friendly, helpful and great companionship! Infact we will keep in tought with them...!

Best regards
Roberto Staricco & Andra Finotto (5.9.06)

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It is Richard Stephen here from Scotland, I am e-mailing you firstly, to thank you from Sarah & myself for a great holiday & honeymoon.

We had a great Safari, the Maasai village was our favourite accommodation, however the tents in Serengeti were also spectacular & we both summated Kili with a fantastic guide, cook & porters.

Thank you for the hotel once we got back from Zanzibar, it was much appreciated.

We look back at our photos of the whole holiday with so many happy memories & laugh at the Kili tent. Thank you for making it all a good experience.

Please pass our kind regards & praise onto the whole team in Arusha.

Secondly, I have a work friend, Bruce Barrow, who will e-mail you soon for a trip in Tanzania.

I have gave him your contact details, I told him all about our holiday & your business & set-up, he is not going through any other agent so please give him a good price.

I have another two couples who are very interested for next year July/August time I believe, again they have your details so they will arrange through you. Any other people I know I will send them your way also. If you have any questions on these trips please do not hesitate to e-mail me.

I should become your travel representative here in Scotland, Ha ha!!

I hope you are keeping well & business is very good for you with lots of tourists.

Best regards, Richard Stephen (14.9.06)

Myself and Edel wanted to let you know how happy we were with the service provided to us by Tanzania Adventure.

All the administration was extremely efficient and your patience with us trying to decide exactly what we wanted to do was exemplary.

Wilson was a fantastic guide and an excellent driver – he made us feel at ease from the very beginning – and his knowledge of the parks and animals was amazing.

All of the accommodation was of the highest standard – and our awkward vegetarian diet was always catered for.

We will be recommending you guys to any of our friends considering a trip to Tanzania/Zanzibar.

Thanks for a wonderful trip.

Morgan and Edel (23.9.)

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Dear Corina and Lucas,

Your driver Lucas has made such a good impression on our son that he just
now said "Lucas now?"
As answer to our question where is Lucas, he replied "Tanzania"

No greater compliment possible we think!

Many greetings,

Nico, Mage and Olivier Lowie (3.10.)

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Ronny,

We just returned from our safari in Tanzania. I'm writing some feedback for you. You'll be pleased to know that we were very happy with our holiday and had no problems. Our driver/guide Peter was really very good - a nice man with sense of humour. He was knowledgeable concerning wildlife and culture and was sensitive to our needs during the trip. We are really happy to have met him. Accommodation as follows:

Arusha mountain village - very good.
Tarangire Treetops - really excellent, our favourite lodge.
E Unoto Retreat - excellent. very special place.
Ngorogoro Serena - ok but nothing special.
Ngorongoro Farmhouse - excellent, really nice setting with good food.
Ngorogoro Sopa - nice location but nothing special

... in fact the Serena/Sopa (which I was insisting on) were the least interesting places to stay - lots of tourists in large groups. I recommend the other places much more highly, especiall Tarangire Treetops and E Unoto. The farmhouse was also a great choice and we'd have preferred to stay there than the Serena/Sopa if we'd known in advance how nice it is.

We were impressed by the people of Tanzania and enjoyed the game drives. We liked Tarangire the best because it's a large park and we liked Ngorogoro Crater the least because it feels like a zoo (although we saw the greatest variety of animals there). The trip to Empakai Crater was also a good choice (long journey there from the farmhouse) - and we enjoyed the walking after several days in the car.

Thanks for organizing this special trip for us.

Regards,
Steve Green & Annette Bulant (17.10.06)

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Hi Ronny and everyone,

I'm sorry it's taken so long for me to write (its been over a month since we got back now - scary!), but I wanted to say thank you to everyone at Tanzania Adventure for making our trip such a success. Both Stuart and I agreed that the trip couldn't have gone better, from summiting Kili, catching all the Big 5 on safari (and the rest), and diving in Zanzibar it was a fantastic experience, and I can't stop looking at all the pictures! I'm currently in the process of writing up a trip report, so I will forward the link through to you once its complete. I think a few years down the line we'll be back for more, and quite a few friends have expressed an interest since hearing about our trip. Once again - many, many thanks to you and your team, they really made a difference on the trip.

Bryn & Stuart (17.11.06)

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We've already talked with Xavier and Sandra and they're really happy with
the entire trip in general, especially with the car and the driver/guide.
They've told us that the activities were really good and interesting and
food delicious. The only thing they didn't like so much were the camp sites
in lake Natron and Eyasi but all in all, they weren't bad.

So, we write to thank you for the great treatment and tell you that we hope
to be able to work together again.

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Liebe Grüsse aus Luxemburg. Wir sind gut zuhause angekommen und arbeiten wieder seit Montag L

Ich wollte mich noch einmal herzlich bedanken für die tolle Organisation unserer Reise. Alles hat wunderbar geklappt.

In Matemwe Beach Village war unser Zimmer noch nicht frei die 1. Nacht und so bekamen wir ein Upgrade und haben die Asani Suite für eine Nacht erhalten. Das war toll und wir haben uns so richtig wohl gefühlt.

Das Coffehouse Hotel in Stonetown hat uns auch sehr gut gefallen. Stonetown ist etwas gewöhnungsbedürftig aber unbedingt einen Besuch wert.

Uns haben am besten die Serena Lodge Ngorongoro, Eu-Noto Retreat und auch die Camps (Ikoma und Lake Eyasi) gefallen. Die anderen Lodges waren aber auch alle OK.

Danke nochmals und beste Grüsse

Martine KAPP (22.11.06)

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Dear Ronny,
after our unforgettable holiday in Africa, we are finally back home.
We would like to thank you for the perfect organization of our trip.
Our safari was wonderful, Otis was great with us... everything was
fine, except the POOR lunch boxes we used to get from the lodges!!!
We know it is not your fault at all.... but try (together with the
other safari companies) to get this service improved: it is worth for
you all!
Thanks once again for our beautiful Tanzanian experience. We miss
Africa already...
Greetings from all of us
Paolo, Lia, Silvia and Guglielmo (2.12.06)

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After our come bac at home, we would like to thank very much for excelent arrangement our trip to Tanzania. From our arrival to Nairobi, over care in Arusha and finaly our safari trip. Please, give our regards to Lucy, Gibson and mainly to Frank. We will have a long time in our memory very pleasent and helpfull people from Tanzania.

Viliam Mikulá¹ (8.12.06)

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wir wollten Dir auf diesem Wege noch einmal herzlich für die prima Planung und Organisation unserer Reise danken.
Alles war bestens, hat sehr gut geklappt und uns rundum gut gefallen.

Wenn wir wieder nach Tanzania oder Sansibar kommen, buchen wir wieder bei Dir.

Danke auch für die schöne Holzkiste.

LG Jutta und Bernd (14.12.06)

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Tanzania Adventures,

I just wanted to drop you a note of thanks after our recent safari that your company set up for us. The three families that traveled on your tour had the greatest time of our lives and the professional guide service that we experienced with Bill and Sam was more that we could have asked for. Every one of us will remember the animals, the people and places we saw and will whole heartedly recommend your company as well as Bill and Sam for guiding to everyone in Egypt that asks for recommendations for travel trips.

We look forward to our return and another trip in the future, this time in the dry season with camping as an added adventure.