Reviews of trips to Stone Town
351 holiday reviews from our travellers of holidays which include Stone Town.
"Incredibly satisfied with Expert Africa"
I am 110% satisfied and will recommend you in Canada!
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Keep up the good work!" Read full review: 16 nights in Africa; 10 on a Tanzania safari
"My Jan 2016 trip"
The interesting one is the comparison between Saruni and Elephant.
We gather most people spend 3 days in Samburu and then move on to the Mara.
Somewhere we find a little busy while Samburu remains relatively quiet.
Most game drives centre around the river on your doorstep at Elephant a good hours drive from Saruni
but for us Saruni had the best location but only just!
These two camps compliment each other perfectly, the big bonus because Saruni is in a concession area it affords night drives something you cannot do at Elephant.
This opens up a whole new amazing nocturnal experience and for me filming a pair of stunning Aardwolf for the second year running was special.
So there you go the choice is yours! Some say the wildlife is better in the Mara and of course there is an element of luck
But we saw Lion everyday inc a mating,Leopards every day,Cheetah and the 5 unique animals that live there (google it!)
Sadly missed the Wild Dogs but only by a few days! And we love this park!
Cheers" Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 7 on a Zanzibar holiday
"Tanzania safari during the 'short rains'"
The safari section of our trip was quite tiring, with early morning game drives and moving camp every couple of days, although this is exactly what we had expected, so were prepared. This was the first time that we had visited Africa during a rainy season, so expected a different experience to our previous trips. It was lovely to save the best safari camp to last and then to relax in Zanzibar for a 3 nights - even though the heat and humidity hit us hard.
It was very helpful to have the experience and suggestions from Expert Africa to help us plan the trip as their knowledge of the individual camps and hotels is extensive.
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This was our seventh trip to Africa booked through Expert Africa, which precisely sums up our view of their expertise.
Looking forward to number eight!" Read full review: 14 nights in Africa; 10 on a Tanzania safari
"My Oct 2015 trip"
We have had the most wonderful time. Too many highlights to mention.
Fishermans tours are also very reliable, always on time.
It has been worth every penny." Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 8 on a Tanzania safari
"Fabulous holiday"
All the hotels and actives were well chosen for us. All our transfers worked very well.
Needed some advice from James about how much cash to take-and got it just right-thank you.
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May be worth adding in the information booklet that only need to pay departure tax for international flights from Zanzibar - but not from Dar
Can't think of anything else" Read full review: 11 nights in Africa; 6 on a Zanzibar holiday
"Awesome!"
It's going to be hard finding holidays to beat this one!
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Everything was so professional and informative and exceeded expectations. Worth every penny spent.
Thank you to James for being so down to earth and helpful in his approach" Read full review: 11 nights in Africa; 6 on a Tanzania safari
"My Tanzania trip, September 2015"
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Not really, it all worked very well. Fishermans Tours were very helpful also" Read full review: 14 nights in Africa; 6 on a Tanzania safari
"An amazing and unforgettable experience"
I would strongly urge anyone thinking of going to Africa to work with you guys. The reviews we had read to help us decide and plan were all accurate which is alway a bonus as well.
If I had to do it all over again, there are minor ( and I mean minor) things I would have changed. The first day was an extremely long day of travel. After 21hrs of traveling we were a bit surprised by a four hour drive until we got to our hotel. We certainly sucked it up and at the end of the day it was fine but I may have opted to stay a bit closer.
I may have also done one less day of selous. Not sure if it was our location, luck or combination of the two but we we could have done one less day there. Again, this is being super nit picky it really was amazing.
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My only suggestions is a bit more detail around the flights and the distances of the transfers." Read full review: 13 nights in Africa; 8 on a Tanzania safari
"Our trip to the Mafia archipelago"
Very impressed by Expert Africa, without whom we'd never have discovered Chole Mjini - such a magical place.
Diving was great and as the non-diver I was very well entertained at both Chole and Pole Pole by their daily dhow trips.
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Very impressed by Expert Africa and will definitely recommend and use again when possible." Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 12 on a Tanzania safari
"My 2015 trip"
Very glad we spent more time at the beach than Stone Town though. Great to have visited Zanzibar and i would certainly recommend the island - but some travellers might find the poverty in Stone Town a little surprising at first.
Would certainly return - though would want to visit Pemba and get to some of the more remote beaches." Read full review: 8 nights in Africa; 8 on a Zanzibar holiday
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