Ngorongoro Crater Trekking Tours 2023/2024

“Firstly, Brian was easy to work with and was flexible to some last minute changes. We had to delay our flight due to some delayed Covid results, and he was able to accommodate our request to push the tour two days at the last minute.The support for the Kilimanjaro climb was great. Everyone from the guide to the porters was rooting for you to succeed.Our guides Fredy and Samwel, were always available and they stuck with us closely. In addition, they were very knowledgeable about the flora and fauna, which we particularly appreciated. They allowed us to take as many pictures and numerous time spotted hard to see animals and birds.The tour company provided great camping tents and they fed us more than enough on every meal. Every campsite seem to be chosen for the best of the clients by the porters who went ahead of us on each leg of the journey.For the safari, our guide and driver, Malaki, was with us throughout the 3 days. He even fought our case when someone jump queue during our Covid test. He was knowledgeable and was accommodating to our needs and wants. He was good at spotting the animals and birds.We stayed in two different accommodations during the safari leg. The first was Ngorongoro Forest Tented Lodge, that was excellent, well above expectation. The second was a result of an unexpected problem that caused a last minute change. It was still nice but a little dated. Brian was apologetic about the situation.It was great that the tour company included 3 different parks to visit, each with slightly different things to potentially see. We had a late return flight and Malaki made the most of the last day.”

“It took us long hours of research and hundreds of emails exchanged before we have decide for your company so I would love to give you my opinion and recommendation. Hope this will help you out! Firstly, why have we decided to go on Safari with your company. Friendly and prompt communication with Steve, flexibility and willingness to meet our needs and kind of gut feeling ;) Booking process was very easy and at the end we put a trust in Steve and sent 75% of the payment - we were travelling to Zanzibar before and we did not want to carry that much cash. My 2 friends and I, we went for 9 days safari with following itinerary: Tanzania starting in Arusha - Tarangire National Park, Lake Manyara with walk, Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, Empakai Crater, Kenya - Amboseli with walk. We had amazing guides, I could not wish for better company, we had a lot of fun and I learnt so much about animal, Masai culture and life of African people. In Tanzania our guide was Godlove Goodluck and in Kenya - Onesmus. We had also cook named Alifa - cooking is really his passion and food was tasty. Much better than in any African restaurant we had been :D Everything was organized and yeah, sure, things did go sideway, as our car got broken, but what I appreciate is how the things were handled and what Steve did to make sure our trip is untouched (new car was sent, meantime rescue car camet to not lose any game drive etc). And to make it up Steve made us amazing surprise. We were flying out of Nairobi at 6 am so he arranged for us home stay at lovely Kenyan family. We had wonderful last night in Africa with his friends. We could not wish for more. Ah, one more great surprise from Steve! We had budget safari with basic accommodation to keep cost as lower as possible, and is like Steve would know us better, he booked for our last 2 nights amazing lodge with swimming pool and view on Kilimanjaro. After diving and 9 days in the car on bumpy roads this was like a dream! I can honestly recommend Steve and his team for organization of your Safari. Steve - thank you so much for amazing experience and providing us great guides, this made all difference.”

“This tour was absolutely AMAZING with local tour company, if you're even considering doing it just take the plunge it's worth every penny! I can't say enough about our safari guide Faza and his Kili team & Our Safari Driver guide Hans. FOR SAFARI PART: Hans is an awesome animal seeker and spotter, well informative with a wealth of knowledge about everything in the National Parks. We cant say enough about Brian who organizes this trip from our first email, the choice of accommodation was breathtaking, we had our recommendations but he advised other cozier accommodations which we trusted and was the best. FOR KILIMANJARO PART: is more about the team led by Faza and his team of porters and chef they are story teller and the trip would not have been the same without them. I went into this excited for the physical adventure but I learned so much which was just icing on the cake making the trip that much better. These guys are amazing cooks (I wish they sold a guide cookbook, I ate way better on the trip than I do at home) and made sure each and everyone one of us was well taken care of. We had a group of 7 plus our two guides which was the perfect size and afforded us the ability to split up into two groups on the second day so part of the younger group could trek fast than the older ones. The hike in and out was not as bad as I expected just make sure you are well hydrated and eat plenty of snacks and drink enough water, which the guides make sure you do. All in all I can't recommend this trip enough! I am a professional travel advisor and will be recommending this trip to all of my clients. We are selective about the companies we work with, only partnering with the most reputable companies who will take care of our clients and have them coming back raving and wanting to do another trip. I am glad I was part of this trips”