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Swahili Paradise Tours & Safaris
Swahili Paradise Tours & Safaris
Swahili Paradise Tours & Safaris
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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday
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We offer a big range of Safari trips & Beach Holidays across Africa. We specialized on Group Safaris and Tailor made trips. And we have average of 2,000 clients per year. We operate in East and South of Africa.
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45 minutes
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3–4 hours
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Port Transfers
35 minutes
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Adam S
11 contributions
Jun 2024 • Couples
We signed up for the 8-day Lemosho trek of Mt Kilimanjaro with Swahili Paradise Tours/Africa Tours and Safaris and the experience on the mountain was beyond anything we ever could have imagined! I’d highly recommend our guides Angelo and Felix who were always smiling and helping us along the way. Our chef James also cooked amazing vegetarian food on request and we never went hungry. It was honestly some of the best food we’ve had during our travels in Africa. The entire mountain crew paid so much attention to detail… there were so many little things we didn’t expect that made camping on the mountain more comfortable like hot water bottles for bedtime, popcorn and hot milo for snacks, hot tea and coffee inside our tents to wake us up in the morning, while a table and chair set was always waiting for us at each camp when we arrived. We really could not fault the mountain crew. Their energy was infectious and it felt like we were one big family by the end of the tour. They even organised a birthday cake for my husband who had his birthday while on the mountain!
For anyone wondering about the physical nature of the hike, we have done a few occasional multi-day hikes over the years and overall we found the hike was actually quite gradual and very doable. The only difficult day is summit day, because at the summit there is some snow which makes it cold and to get to the top in time for sunrise you need to start hiking before midnight, but you can always take it slow and trust me when I say the views are so worth it!
Obviously expect that with the nature of camping on a remote mountain, you’ll be encountering mountain toilets and you’ll want to bring adequate clothing, pills to prevent altitude sickness and aquatabs to purify the drinking water (or boil it), regardless of how clean the mountain water appears. If you don’t mind camping and you love nature then this is definitely a wonderful trip to consider. We had clear starry nights on the mountain too. Push yourself to take a look outside your tent at sunrise and sunset, otherwise you’ll miss some magical views!
For anyone wondering about the physical nature of the hike, we have done a few occasional multi-day hikes over the years and overall we found the hike was actually quite gradual and very doable. The only difficult day is summit day, because at the summit there is some snow which makes it cold and to get to the top in time for sunrise you need to start hiking before midnight, but you can always take it slow and trust me when I say the views are so worth it!
Obviously expect that with the nature of camping on a remote mountain, you’ll be encountering mountain toilets and you’ll want to bring adequate clothing, pills to prevent altitude sickness and aquatabs to purify the drinking water (or boil it), regardless of how clean the mountain water appears. If you don’t mind camping and you love nature then this is definitely a wonderful trip to consider. We had clear starry nights on the mountain too. Push yourself to take a look outside your tent at sunrise and sunset, otherwise you’ll miss some magical views!
Written June 30, 2024
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Lily C
4 contributions
Jul 2024 • Friends
Our safari experience with Swahili paradise tours is really worth every penny. It was also the cheapest price. Peter our guide was amazing! So friendly, funny, kind and knowledgeable. We saw about 20 different animals, including some of the Big 5. The hostel camp site we stayed at was really great too, very social, good food and good entertainment. I would recommend this experience!
Written July 23, 2024
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glandetemartinez
4 contributions
Jun 2024 • Family
We had 2 tours with Swahili Paradise Tours and Safaris (the same as Africa Tours), and both were excellent.
One was the city tour of Dar Es Salaam with very good guide and very good driver. Friendly, friendly and professional people. The other was the stone town of Zanzibar, this time with Zamir as a guide in Spanish: didactic, professional and good person. Another tour success.
They are flexible in the hours to make the tour, are not in a hurry, and accommodate your
requests. Fully recommended. Ask about Jimmy.
One was the city tour of Dar Es Salaam with very good guide and very good driver. Friendly, friendly and professional people. The other was the stone town of Zanzibar, this time with Zamir as a guide in Spanish: didactic, professional and good person. Another tour success.
They are flexible in the hours to make the tour, are not in a hurry, and accommodate your
requests. Fully recommended. Ask about Jimmy.
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Written June 25, 2024
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Solveig K
2 contributions
Jan 2024 • Couples
We did a 3-day safari in the Serengeti and Ngorongoro.
Originally we were told that we should pay $540 per person and that we could pay at their "office". So we withdrew the money and then paid around €50 in fees. Since you can't withdraw USD in Tanzania, we withdrew the local currency. When we got to the "office", we had to pay even more because they didn't use the current exchange rate from shillings to USD and extra for them to change the money in the bank. It wasn't communicated beforehand that payment should be made in USD.
It is advertised that the tents are waterproof, but they aren't. It rained on the first night and the tent got a bit wet!
Our guide and cook deserved 5/5 stars. Benson (guide) and our cook were super nice and the food was delicious! The two of them did a really great job! Unfortunately, both of us only got 20USD per day, even though there were 6 of us.
Originally we were told that we should pay $540 per person and that we could pay at their "office". So we withdrew the money and then paid around €50 in fees. Since you can't withdraw USD in Tanzania, we withdrew the local currency. When we got to the "office", we had to pay even more because they didn't use the current exchange rate from shillings to USD and extra for them to change the money in the bank. It wasn't communicated beforehand that payment should be made in USD.
It is advertised that the tents are waterproof, but they aren't. It rained on the first night and the tent got a bit wet!
Our guide and cook deserved 5/5 stars. Benson (guide) and our cook were super nice and the food was delicious! The two of them did a really great job! Unfortunately, both of us only got 20USD per day, even though there were 6 of us.
Written January 26, 2024
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Jen H
6 contributions
Oct 2021 • Friends
We are booked a Kilimanjaro trek for lemosho route, 6 day northern Tanzania safari including ngorogoro crater, Serengeti, lake manyara and tangire NP for 9 people and an additional southern Tanzania safari. 7 of us stayed at the Swahili house in between, and Jimmy arranged for a hotel for the other 2. Overall a very positive experience. Jimmy arranged everything seemlessly including an alternative tour option out of Dar es salaam for two people in our company not wanting to hike the mountain. He was good with communication leading up to and during the trip. Definitely more engaged before he got paid but appropriately responsive afterwards. We had no big issues or surprise expenses. Everything was transparent. Our food was outstanding. One of our tour guides, John, was exceptional, we enjoyed George as well but John had a real knack for finding the good stuff. Dinner and driver arrangements were great, including airport transfers. This is overall a solid company that treated us well for a budget option. Just a few points we wished we could have changed. The Swahili house is too small for 7 people, seems like 6 max would be the limit. We really wanted a full day in the crater per our itinerary because that was the best spot, but we weren’t super privy to the tour itinerary as it completed flipped to accommodate additional people, discussing this would have been ideal and spare our disappointment. I wish Jimmy had done more tour guiding while with us or split up and gone with George who needed more support. The guide he hired for the trek was amazing tho. Price was the best we could find anywhere. So all in all, happy with our choice and at that price to have one company arranged everything and have it go well really during COVID, we were satisfied. Never seemed to have anything shady happening, we booked local to keep our money local and with this company it went great. We saw all the animals we’d hoped and more!
Written November 9, 2021
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leahmcfly2m
1 contribution
Sep 2021 • Family
I enjoyed my day it was well worth it and loved that the tour was 5 hours we got to see as much variety as we can...would like to have lunch earlier but I recommend anyone to take this tour. We got to see alot zebras,giraffs, water buffalo's,hippos, elephants, lioness and more!
Written September 29, 2021
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Alişan B
BİNGÖL9 contributions
Dec 2019 • Friends
We booked for swahiliparadise safari for budget safari on december 2019 for 3 friends . Before safari contact with Jimmy is very good . We always contacted him when we need assistance . Our plan worked excellent. Driver met us out of airport and we began safari . We were lucky , our guide Steward is the best . Not less but more , he is the best. He is friendly , openmind , warm welcome , smart and very experienced. He made our safari excellent . Thank you for him for a good memories . Our cooker Mohammad is also great person , he always cooked us good foods , he asked us for what he cook and how he cook . Very respectfull and friendly . Thanks for all this guys for they made our safari great . İ recommend them
Written January 14, 2020
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UIJEONG K
1 contribution
Feb 2024 • Couples
I went on a 3-day, 2-night game drive to the Serengeti and Ngorongoro. It was truly a wonderful, beautiful, and unforgettable experience! It's a pity that my wife and I didn't have enough time because 3 days felt short. We were thankful to our friends at Swahili Paradise Tour & Safari for taking good care of us ♡ Thanks to our Swahili friends, we had a safe and enjoyable trip. Friends are the best!
Written February 11, 2024
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DMBT195
Miami, FL1,723 contributions
Dec 2020 • Solo
Did 3D/2N Camping Safari that started at 7am in Arusha with an airport drop-off in JRO in plenty of time to make a 21:35 flight. From start to finish this was an awesome experience beginning with excellent communications to spotting a cheetah and a black rhino. Everyone I dealt with regarding this tour was delightful including Jimmy, Mashaka, Jim's and Paul. A definite recommend for Paradise Tours.
Written December 18, 2020
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Amy D
1 contribution
Nov 2023 • Solo
Charles communicates perfectly. He was able to pass on all the information to me. the driver Ismael is very competent and knows the parks well. the cook made us a very good meal. It’s the best experience of my life. I recommend
Written November 19, 2023
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