Tanzania Travel Agents

I had a successful and fun trip to Kilimanjaro. The Truly Swahili team was responsive and accommodating throughout the planning process and shaped the trip exactly how I wanted.

Everything about the logistics went smoothly: I got a warm welcome at the airport and a cheerful send-off at the end, all the transfers ran on time, and the hotel recommendations were spot on.

The trek itself, especially summit night, was challenging and rewarding. The team was fantastic: clearly experienced, efficient, and genuinely friendly.

I'll happily work with Truly Swahili again the next time I travel to East Africa.

From the planning stage with Liz to the on the ground experience everything was fantastic.
Liz included all our requirements including a last minute request for an additional member. She and Estha always replied very promptly to all our queries before and during the safari.
A special mention of our guides Rafael in Kenya and George in Tanzania.Rafael saw to it that we saw all the big five in Kenya. He already had a roadmap in his brains about what animals to see everyday ,we had to just sit and wait for the surprise.It was an awesome experience. George did not believe in listening to the chatter of the radio but looking out for the animals himself, I suppose that was his Masai background but that was fun too and we landed up seeing two groups of about 18 tiger cubs each ,one with no other jeeps around in Serengeti .A big Thankyou to all the above people for making our first trip to Africa memorable and now we are looking forward to going back again.

Booking our 2 week Tanzanian honeymoon with KimKim was an absolute breeze! Our local specialist, Liz, was such a delight to work with! She was extremely friendly, knowledgeable, easy to communicate with and made everything about booking a big, overseas trip so much easier than we could have imagined. The hotels were incredible - beautiful, clean and everything we could have imagined and the transports were all seamless and everything was on time. She fine tuned all our requests and feedback throughout the booking process and everything came out perfectly - plus, she was checking in throughout the trip and the communication was greatly appreciated. Our guide (through KimKim partner Sense of Africa) was Freddy and he was also incredible. He was extremely friendly, polite, helpful and he made our safari trip one that we'll remember forever. He was so knowledgeable about everything we did, knew all of the best spots to go and we simply cannot say enough good things about him and how great he was. I would HIGHLY recommend booking a trip through KimKim, especially an African safari (specifically to the beautiful country of Tanzania) as it was so simple to do and ended up being the best honeymoon vacation we could ever dream of.

Hotel Reviews

Kahawa House

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Farm House Valley

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Ang'Ata Serengeti camp

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Bluebay Beach Resort & Spa

Zanzibar

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Maasai Village Visit

Ngorongoro

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Ngorongoro Crater Tour

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Afternoon game viewing drive

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Full day game viewing drive in the vast Serengeti National Park

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This was the our best vacation thus far. All the lodges we stayed at were amazing and the luxury stays we requested. While we missed the migration, the game viewing was what made this an unforgettable experience. We were able to see the big 5 and there is really no way to explain how it feels to see these animals in the wild.
Our guides - Anthony in Nairobi, David from the Ol Seki Mara, Hola in Arusha, Kaka and Jambo in Tanzania - were the best. They were very friendly and helpful. We’d like to callout Kaka and Jambo specifically. They work really well together and pay attention to customer needs. Our son happened to mention early in the Tanzania section that he loves coffee and missed his afternoon caffeine. On our next all day game drive, they arranged for him to have coffee. It was extremely thoughtful. They also figured we didn’t want to have lunch in a crowded environment and they made sure we got to the Ngorongoro break spot ahead of the 50 vehicles that turned up an hour later. Their attention to our needs was noticed and appreciated.
We appreciate the time Stephan and Irene took to meet with us. And the accommodation for the last minute changes we made during our travel. The giraffe center experience in Nairobi was amazing.
We do have some feedback. The driving distances listed in the itinerary are very different from what we experienced. Getting the total distance travelled and not just what it takes to get to a place would have helped with our decisions on what we want to do. For example, on Sept 12, it shows 3 hours for travel time. It was actually a total of 6 hours or more and with the 5 hours it took for the hike, we had no time for anything else. We left at 6am and were back at 8pm. It was unfortunate since we didn’t get to spend any time in the coffee lodge itself. We had been looking forward to the tour they offer. We noticed similar travel time discrepancies in other places as well, including Zanzibar, which is what led us to cancel the tour we had scheduled.
Overall, we had a wonderful experience and looking forward to returning to our favorite places.

Hotel Reviews

Villa Rosa Kempinski

Nairobi, Kenya

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Hemingways Ol Seki Mara

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Beautiful views of the conservancy and opportunities to spot animals. We heard lions in the night by our room.

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Arusha Coffee Lodge

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Beautiful property in the middle of the coffee estate

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Lemala Nanyukie Lodge

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Beautiful views. We heard lions by the lodge in the night.

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Sanctuary Ngorongoro Crater Camp

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In the middle of a forest. We had an elephant walk by the dining area in the evening. Amazing experience.

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Luxury glamping with a hot water shower and heated blankets

Zuri Zanzibar

Beautiful location and the beach is amazing. Need to be aware of the additional taxes and charges levied by the government. This was unexpected and took us by surprise when we were checking out.

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Activity Reviews

2nd Day Full Day Safari at the Maasai Mara

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Day Hike on Mountain Kilimanjaro

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Full Day Safari Experience at Serengeti National Park

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Maasai Culture and Heritage Tour

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Full Day Safari Experience at Ngorongoro

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We had used Kim Kim lin 2024 for the tour of Brazil so we used KimKim again in June 2025 to experience the incredible diversity of African wildlife in their natural habitats in Kenya and Tanzania. The itinerary included visit to Amboseli National park with Majestic snow capped Mount kilamanjaro in the background and Maasai Mara reserve, Nakuru Reserve and Lake Naivasha in Kenya and world famous Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Caldera in Tanzania. To rest and recharge, we stayed at beautiful lake Victoria in Tanzania. Jospeh worked very well with us to complete the itinerary to our satisfaction.

This is a truly an unforgettable trip of lifetime. June weather was perfect with cool breeze, and partly cloudy conditions helped us throughout our tour. Our Tanzanian guides Festo and Godbless and Kenyan guides George and Sano ( Stanley)
were so special that they made the entire trip an informative and fun. The places to see picked were unique and gave greater insight first hand to life of many beautiful animals in their natural habits to find food and survive in the wildlife . Kudos to KimKim for making the itinerary so that we could see lions, lionesses , and their cubs, cheetahs, leopard, elephants, Buffaloes , giraffes, Rhinos, Hoppos, gazelles, impalas, Zeebras, wothhogs . Despite the change in the rain patterns, we did see a part of Wildebeests migration in Serengeti . Hot Balloon ride over Masai Mara Reserve was awesome.

The sound smells, and the side of African bush will stay with us forever, along with amazing people with the warm and open hearts. Spending a night at the Maji Moto Maasai Cultural camp (Kenya), on traditional leafy beds under the stars in sleeping bags (provided), with the protection of warriors throughout the night is a once in a life time experience.

The range of emotions that we experienced in Safari has always been refreshing for me and to witness as well as share the emotions that are being exhibited by others in the safari vehicle is satisfying to me. Being out in nature for hours, watching raw African wildlife as it unfold in front of our eyes, unedited unscripted unplanned can never be replicated anywhere else. A place where mother nature plays for her role in every outcome.

Only blemish we experiennced in the tour was no hotwater in Serengeti Heritage Luxury Tented Camp. It was challenging to navigate two nights without running hot water or flushable toilets. KimKim should work with Heritage Camp to resolve these issues so that the future traverls will not have challening experiences.

Thank you KimKim for our making dream come through. We are using Kim Kim for our next tour of New Zealand.

Marur Dev,