Celeste le Roux sent her guests, Julia Kittle & Katherine Amato, on an adventurous safari trip to Tanzania where they stayed at Arusha Safari Lodge in Arusha National Park , Burunge Tented Camp in Tarangire National Park , Kati Kati Tented Camp in Serengeti National Park, Bougainvillea Safari Lodge in Ngorongoro Crater, Maramboi Tented Camp in Tarangire National Park and Dongwe Ocean View in Zanzibar. Celeste’s guests had the following to say:
“Hi Celeste,
We had an amazing trip, and could not have asked for more. Our trip was fantastic and services generally exceeded our expectations (with the exception of the first night trying to find the new Serengeti camp). Our guide was perfect. Zanzibar was nice, and I am glad we went, but the real highlight was the safari.
We had a wonderful time, and we too would love to go back some day.
All of the hotels were amazing; they were clean, had friendly staff, great food with a nice variety, and they were all beautiful
We did encounter a problem with Kati Kati Hotel in the Serengeti, we had arrived at 6:30PM (right before sunset) to check in, and the hotel manager told our guide that they had moved our reservation to their new hotel which was across the park (an hour away), without notifying Nature Discovery first. Our guide had never been to this new camp, and when he asked for directions, the hotel manager informed him he also did not know how to get there – which left us to drive through the Serengeti Park in the dark for 1.5 hours.
Our guide was truly amazing; he spoke English incredibly well, he was very knowledgeable about Tanzania and the towns/national parks we visited. He was friendly and personable, and we felt like he was really looking out for us (we never felt uncomfortable being two young women alone) which I didn’t think would be an issue until we realised how lucky we had been having him around once we arrived in Zanzibar and were “on our own”.
Sun Safaris was very responsive and was a great resource for us while planning this trip, but I didn’t realize that Sun Safaris had outsourced our trip to Nature Discovery until we landed in Tanzania. Luckily, Nature Discovery turned out to be a great company, but I would have liked to have done my own research on them before agreeing to work with them, I think this was important information that was left out of our conversations.
We saw a lot more animals than I ever would have imagined. We saw lions, elephants, zebra, giraffes, leopard, cheetahs, buffalo, wildebeest, mongoose, ostrich, monkeys, hippos, and many birds.
I hope you find this feedback helpful, overall we had a great experience and hope to come back one day!
Best,
Julia & Katherine”
