Oct 6, 2024
A great Safari experience - Had a great experience on Safari in Tanzania with Duma Explorer / Alika Africa. Msangi is an excellent and experienced guide who was very knowledgeable about the areas we visited and all the animals (which we fortunately saw a lot). Everything was prepared for us and you can tell he really takes care of his Land Cruiser which made the driving component comfortable and felt very safe. I can see how the guide for a safari can really make the experience since you spend so much time with them and I’m glad we were lucky enough to have Msangi. All the best!
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Oct 5, 2024
Magical Memories - We had the most amazing Safari which was definitely helped by the fact that our driver/guide Msingi was so experienced and knowledgable. He also looked after us like family and was extremely caring.
He managed get everything possible out of each day but the highlight was being present for the birth of the Wildebeasts
on Valentine’s Day!
Unforgettable holiday of a lifetime. Cannot recommend highly enough.
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Sep 11, 2024
North Tanzania Safari - After the trekking on Kilimanjaro, we spent our second week of holidays visiting the north of Tanzania. Duma Explorer/Alika Africa offers the possibility to customize the tour and the the agency was very kind to provide us all the support in order to better organize the tour. We visited Tarangire NP, Lake Natron, Serengeti NP and Ngorongoro conservation area. Thanks to our guide Isack we discovered amazing places and saw so many animals. It was incredible to see lions, hippos, zebras, giraffes so close. Moreover he taught us a lot and he was very prepared to satisfy our curiosities.
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Sep 11, 2024
Safari with Isack! - The second part of our travel consisted of a 6 days of Safari. Again Duma explorer was the best choice!! Stacy during the travel organization was so helpful in defining the best tour possible!! Choosing very particular and amazing place where to stay during the travel! We visit Tarangire Lake Natron North and Central Serengeti and at the end Ngorongoro. Our guide Isack made these days unforgottable!!!! He taught us so many very interesting things on all the animals, the nature and environment!!! He is so prepared and has amazong eyes!! He can see (and show to you) a very small bird eating a snake on the top of a tree!! Or even a group of cheetah in the yellow grass! But to us the most important thing was his GREAT RESPECT OF ALL THE CREATURES AND NATURE! And trust me is not so obvious (we saw very bad things just to obtain a good photo!). ASANTE SANA ISACK!!
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Aug 9, 2024
Book The Trip! - Get ready because this is going to be a long review! When looking to book an african safari there are LOTS of choices. We reached out to multiple companies and found Duma to have everything we needed! Stacy worked so diligently for us, helping to customize our trip to EXACTLY what we wanted. I made multiple changes to the itinerary to fit our wants and our budget and she was so great in helping the entire time! As the trip got closer I had so many questions that she graciously answered and never seemed bothered! From the second we landed to the second we left, Duma Explorer was with us every step of the way to guide us and keep us safe. Now, when I tell you we had the BEST guide I do not say that lightly. Ibrahim is the absolute best of the best!!! You must request him because he is that good! In fact, in my opinion the company you pick is not as important as the guide you end up with. You spend all your days with your guide so you want someone you can be comfortable with, you feel safe with, and who is knowledgeable about safari! Ibrahim checks all the boxes. He is soooooo knowledgeable I was in awe of how much I learned. He was very good at tracking animals and knowing where to be at the right time. We are big into photography and he always knew the correct angles and lighting to position us in too! We had so much fun during our trip and it truly would not have been the same without him. Whoever runs the company should definitely give him a raise hahaha we visited Tarangire national park, serengeti, ngorongoro, and zanzibar across two weeks and really could have stayed forever. We will 100% be back! It was the trip of a lifetime!
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Jul 29, 2024
Trip of a LIFETIME - Trip of a LIFETIME. This was our first time to Africa and Duma Explorer went above and beyond putting this trip together for us. Stacy answered numerous questions via phone calls and emails and created the most detailed itinerary. My dad (71) mom (61) and myself (29) felt absolutely safe while adventuring on this 10 day safari. Every night while looking at pictures we’d ask ourselves “how can this get any better?” And it DID! We experienced everything the Serengeti had to offer and more!
Our guide, Sifuni, truly became our friend and we admired his respect for the Serengeti, his knowledge of the wildlife at each location and kept us safe at all times.
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Jun 29, 2024
Amazing safari in Tanzania with Duma Explorer! - We just returned home from our trip to Tanzania - we did a safari at Ngorogoro Crater and the Serengeti, followed by five nights in Zanzibar. Stacy at Duma Explorer planned the trip for our group perfectly. Our safari with Duma Explorer's Tanzanian partner Alika Africa was fantastic - our guides were incredible, as were the places we stayed both on safari and in Zanzibar, I honestly wouldn't change a thing. Duma Explorer was spot on with all their recommendations and bookings. Everything ran smoothly, from airport and hotel transfers to check-ins and everything in between. We all had a wonderful time and we will never forget this amazing experience! Thank you!!
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Jun 29, 2024
What an amazing experience - The 5 day safari was very interesting. Ebenezer was my guide and his 30 years of experience made it so wonderful. He was able to show us the interaction between animals. For example, he found a lion walking with his new catch of food, and then explained that a hyena tracks it to try and steal the lions food. Sure enough, a hyena shows up looking for the lion. The zebras were all watching as it happened. We were able to see first hand how the circle of life unfolds. Ebenezer could spot and find animals so easily and had so much knowledge about each animal, bird, flower and the history of each area we visited. He was a treasure and I hope he’s paid very well for what he brings to tourists with his years of knowledge. He was a very conscientious driver which made us feel very safe and he was very respectful to make sure the animals were not disturbed by our presence.
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Jun 28, 2024
Amazing experience in Northern Tanzania! - This was my third safari with Duma Explorer/Alika Africa. Stacy at Duma Explorer/Alika Africa planned a memory-packed, fantastic experience of a lifetime for my family (6 of us) and friends (8 more)!
Stacy arranged all of our pre- post- and on-tour accommodations, and they were second to none! Every staff provided service that was over-the-top! They made us feel like family everywhere we stayed. Tumbili Lodge and Rivertrees Lodge were fabulous pre- and post-tour places to stay – gorgeous suites, delicious meals and beautiful grounds! While on safari, the Tarangire Safari Lodge provided spectacular views, Sound of Silence Camp had incredible, cozy tents that felt like we were living on a Hollywood set, and Lion’s Paw Lodge provided glamping at its best! All had in-tent hot showers, flushing toilets, sinks and vanities, comfortable beds and attentive staff members. We snuggled into our professionally turned-down beds, after 5-star meals, and listened to the animals sing us to sleep every night.
And then, of course, there was the actual safari! Most of the people with us were experiencing safari for the first time. They were all hoping to see A zebra, A giraffe, AN elephant, and A lion. Their first-timer wow-moments, gasps, awe-inspired expressions, and daily most-memorable moments were so fun to experience with them! Our guides, Joseph and Ebenezer were so knowledgeable and patient with all of our black-rock rhino, dirt-mound lion, lumpy-tree leopard, wart-hog cheetah sightings:) I’m sure we wore them out with our questions, but they never quit answering them or educating us with their knowledge from their years in the bush.
What an adventure we had - we will be talking about it for the rest of our lives.
While I thought this might be my third and final trip to Tanzania, I find myself already yearning for my return to the most amazing place on Earth. And, of course, I will be contacting Stacy at Duma Explorer/Alika Africa to help me plan my next Tanzanian expedition!
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Jun 28, 2024
A dream come true! - Joseph and Ebenezer were our two guides for our group of 14. Amazing trip into the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater and Tarangire National Park. We started out slow and then bam! Animals everywhere. We have a birder in the group and she had a list so long at the end of the trip. We watched a lion escape from hyenas with the leg of a zebra, pools of hippos, a bunch of crocodiles, thousands of zebras, many giraffes and quite a few elephants..the list could go on. The keen eye of our guides made sure that we were maximizing our time on Safari. Joseph and Ebenezer are so friendly and such safe drivers, we never felt in uncomfortable at any point of our trip. Bravo Alika Tours and Duma Explorers for making this dream come true.
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