343 holiday reviews from our travellers of holidays which include Dar es Salaam.
Mr & Mrs R
Edinburgh
"Better than we dared to hope"
I visited Tanzania between 30 Oct 2008 and 12 Nov 2008
"A thoroughly magical experience - the best holiday we have ever had. We fell in love with Africa and the African people that we met.
Suggestions for improvement:
None. Anyone we met who had dealt with Expert Africa (in particular Claire) was delighted with the whole experience." Read full review: 13 nights in Africa; 12 on a Tanzania safari
Suggestions for improvement:
None. Anyone we met who had dealt with Expert Africa (in particular Claire) was delighted with the whole experience." Read full review: 13 nights in Africa; 12 on a Tanzania safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr & Mrs F
Valmer
"A great holiday"
I visited Tanzania and 1 other country between 13 Oct 2008 and 29 Oct 2008
"We look back on our holiday as a wonderful memory. It was certainly all we had hoped it would be, and felt that our wishes had been well understood and catered for.
Suggestions for improvement:
The only thing that springs to mind is to stress to clients the importance of having proper reef shoes for this kind of holiday. One doesn't appreciate how sticky the sea bottom is at low tide, and many people only have flip flops, which are disastrous.
Thank you for organising such a stress-free and enjoyable holiday!" Read full review: 16 nights in Africa; 9 on a Tanzania safari
Suggestions for improvement:
The only thing that springs to mind is to stress to clients the importance of having proper reef shoes for this kind of holiday. One doesn't appreciate how sticky the sea bottom is at low tide, and many people only have flip flops, which are disastrous.
Thank you for organising such a stress-free and enjoyable holiday!" Read full review: 16 nights in Africa; 9 on a Tanzania safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr & Mrs G
Kent
"Si' s feedback"
I visited Tanzania and 1 other country between 11 Oct 2008 and 29 Oct 2008
"I'm a terrible winge. Thea thought it was all fantastic & is now depressed. I got a couple of bluebottles off Echo which was educational. So did Andy which cheered me up, except mine wouldn't go down. Off Unguja it was like swimming through clouds of used condoms which were also a bit pricky, so I got spots on my spots. Elies gave me some anti histomine which calmed them down a bit. Also my guts gave out. Luckily everybody else was on honeymoon so mozzies were no problem. Up in Selous we copped some bad patches of tetse which came up very nicely & set off my jelly stings to perfection. Luckily these have all lasted quite well & Ive been able to show the girls in the office. By chance I read the blurb on Rufigi so we shot round Stone town pillaging the cash machines. A suitcase of Tshillings just about covered our bill at Rufigi but we were not prepared for Madze to be back in the 50s too & we just scraped by with a mottly mix of currencies. Richard was not happy. & neither was I. I hate paying real money. Not that Tshillings is real money. When I was a lad you could get a tusker for 3 bob, at Madze its 8124."
Read full review: 18 nights in Africa; 9 on a Tanzania safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr B Dorset
UK
"Tanzania (this year)"
I visited Tanzania between 9 Oct 2008 and 19 Oct 2008
"A very enjoyable trip. Selous Impala camp and Magwusi make a very good 'pair'. Four nights was a good time to stay.
Suggestions for improvement:
We, again, enjoed our safari. Everything was as it should be. Unfortunately the prices keep rising." Read full review: 10 nights in Africa; 9 on a Tanzania safari
Suggestions for improvement:
We, again, enjoed our safari. Everything was as it should be. Unfortunately the prices keep rising." Read full review: 10 nights in Africa; 9 on a Tanzania safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr & Mrs C
Barkestone
"Unforgettable!!"
I visited Tanzania between 18 Sep 2008 and 28 Sep 2008
"We had the most amazing trip.
Expert Africa lives up to it's name. Expert in the help and advice we were given when planning this trip. Expert in booking and making all the necessary arrangements, which went very smoothly, and expert in picking out superb camps for us to stay at. We are not quite sure how we got an upgrade at Sand Rivers, but thank you anyway, it was wonderful.
We had the pleasure of meeting and spending some of our game drives at Mwagusi with Marushka and Peter, who were on a fact finding trip for Expert Africa. We hope that we were able to give them some of our impressions of Mwagusi at the time." Read full review: 10 nights in Africa; 9 on a Tanzania safari
Expert Africa lives up to it's name. Expert in the help and advice we were given when planning this trip. Expert in booking and making all the necessary arrangements, which went very smoothly, and expert in picking out superb camps for us to stay at. We are not quite sure how we got an upgrade at Sand Rivers, but thank you anyway, it was wonderful.
We had the pleasure of meeting and spending some of our game drives at Mwagusi with Marushka and Peter, who were on a fact finding trip for Expert Africa. We hope that we were able to give them some of our impressions of Mwagusi at the time." Read full review: 10 nights in Africa; 9 on a Tanzania safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr & Mrs W-J
UK
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I visited Tanzania between 23 Aug 2008 and 5 Sep 2008
"We put so much time and energy into this trip that it could easily have been an anti-climax ......but it wasn't!!!!! We had a wonderful time and all our negative feelings from 10 years ago have been swept away."
Read full review: 13 nights in Africa; 9 on a Tanzania safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Nightjar Family
UK
"Fantastic Holiday in Tanzania"
I visited Tanzania and 1 other country between 21 Aug 2008 and 5 Sep 2008
"Well organised, all ran to plan, enabling us to have a fantastic holiday with a great standard of game viewing and accomadation.
We will use Expert Africa again." Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 7 on a Tanzania safari
We will use Expert Africa again." Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 7 on a Tanzania safari
Overall trip
Excellent
The bee-eaters
Cyprus
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I visited Zambia and 2 other countries between 4 Aug 2008 and 24 Aug 2008
"Not the best we have done due to circumstances but enjoyable all the same.
The arraangements made by Expert Africa were first class." Read full review: 20 nights in Africa; 10 on a Zambia safari
The arraangements made by Expert Africa were first class." Read full review: 20 nights in Africa; 10 on a Zambia safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Honeymooners
New York
"Comments on our trip"
I visited Tanzania between 3 Jul 2008 and 12 Jul 2008
"Overall this was one of the best vacations I have ever had.
No major complaints.
The ExpertAfrica staff was a pleasure. Ellie provided recommendations and booked a great trip.
While she was out of the office, Ann Lederman helped with some last minute details. Then, when our flights were screwed up and we arrived in Dar a day late, Ann re-worked our itinerary quickly and saved the trip!" Read full review: 9 nights in Africa; 4 on a Tanzania safari
No major complaints.
The ExpertAfrica staff was a pleasure. Ellie provided recommendations and booked a great trip.
While she was out of the office, Ann Lederman helped with some last minute details. Then, when our flights were screwed up and we arrived in Dar a day late, Ann re-worked our itinerary quickly and saved the trip!" Read full review: 9 nights in Africa; 4 on a Tanzania safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr H & Ms E
London
"Elephants!"
I visited Tanzania between 30 Jun 2008 and 11 Jul 2008
"We'd done a big trip to Tanzania with you 5 years ago. This one to new corners of Ruaha and Selous was just as good!
Your recommendation on the order of the camps - starting with Mdonya and working up to Beho Beho - was spot on. Trips to Tanzania (especially if you include Beho Beho) are not cheap, but well worth it. The logistics worked well, with Kearsley and Coastal doing there bit. We've rarely been back to the same camp twice but we did it with Mwagusi - and it remains our favourite of the 3 we visited this time.
We had been a bit worried about the new information about the Health Desks at Dar and the need to show your Yellow Fever certificate. You gave us some helpful info on your own experiences. And - after all that - we were never asked for the certificates! I think it would have been different if we were going to Zanzibar or coming from Kenya.
Many thanks - and look forward to travelling with you again." Read full review: 11 nights in Africa; 10 on a Tanzania safari
Your recommendation on the order of the camps - starting with Mdonya and working up to Beho Beho - was spot on. Trips to Tanzania (especially if you include Beho Beho) are not cheap, but well worth it. The logistics worked well, with Kearsley and Coastal doing there bit. We've rarely been back to the same camp twice but we did it with Mwagusi - and it remains our favourite of the 3 we visited this time.
We had been a bit worried about the new information about the Health Desks at Dar and the need to show your Yellow Fever certificate. You gave us some helpful info on your own experiences. And - after all that - we were never asked for the certificates! I think it would have been different if we were going to Zanzibar or coming from Kenya.
Many thanks - and look forward to travelling with you again." Read full review: 11 nights in Africa; 10 on a Tanzania safari
Overall trip
Excellent
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