Tanzanie Rodrick safari — Local services in Arusha

WARNING - Nightmare Safari Experience in Tanzania with Peter Roderick I paid for a 10-day safari with my two children (ages 7 and 9), and it’s been a disaster. The itinerary was completely unsuitable, with hours of driving and missed activities. The vehicles were too small, unsafe, with worn-out tires – we had two flat tires and two breakdowns in just three days! The spare wheels were not inflated !!! The car has no air conditioning. The windows are closed manually and you have to guide the window by hand to close it. it's too hot, we have to drive with the windows open, full of dust while my son has breathing problems. it's not serious

At Tarangire, instead of a safari, we spent the afternoon waiting for repairs. Three days wasted and unsafe conditions for my kids. I am demanding a full refund and strongly discourage anyone from booking with this agency.

I want a full refund because I want to be able to find another agency to complete my stay and see at least something of Tanzania.

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I never received a refund for the activities not done. But I received insults via WhatsApp from one of our guides following my review. My program was well defined beforehand but nothing was reserved. The day before the activity, Rodrick found a guide by telling them that they "will at least get my tip instead of not having a mission planned tomorrow". As a result, we left every day hours late... in 10 days, 4 different guides and 4 different cars. Each time, unpacking and reloading everything... one of our guides only spoke Swahili. I chose this agency so that my children could speak French with someone there! It was a failure. Only Rodrick from the agency speaks a little French. And it's all lies.

We were supposed to spend a day in a Maasai village, a maximum of 2 hours away and close to the Tarangire safari. Due to poor planning, we drove from 9am to 4pm to pitch our tent and sleep in an improvised place. And drive for hours the next day and miss Tarangire Park (even though I paid for the entrance fees)... To drive for 7 hours the next day to go to Terengeti, even though it was right next to the so-called Maasai village that we were looking for! This is one example from a very...

Un safari incroyable !

Ma cousine nous avait recommandé cette agence locale par laquelle elle était passée il y a quelques années.

Une agence au TOP ! En contact avec Rodrick pendant plusieurs mois pour organiser ce séjour, définir le programme, choisir les lodges, ... Rodrick était très gentil, à l'écoute et réactif !

Pris en charge dès notre arrivée a l'aéroport par Rodrick, c'était "rassurant". Nous avons eu un souci de bagage pendant le vol et les différentes escales: 3 valises perdues (génial!) Elles sont arrivées 2 jours après et Rodrick les a récupéré à l'aéroport et nous les a amené... merci !!!

Nous avions demandé un guide Francophone mais celui ci étant malade, nous avons eu Livingstone, anglophone, malgré notre niveau d'anglais pas exceptionnel nous avons réussi à communiquer, rigoler, comprendre les explications... Livingstone était au TOP : gentil, drôle, discret, arrangeant, respectueux de l'environnement et des animaux, super conducteur et super guide. Nous avons fait grâce à lui 5 jours incroyables dans les parcs Serengeti, Ngorongoro et Tarangire où nous avons pu voir tous les animaux et de très près ! C'était magique !

Les nuits en lodge très bien, la 1ere lodge (Flamingo à karatu) un peu moins bien que les autres. Mais Tukaone (en tente dans le parc!

Too expensive for just a dala dala ride and a walk. The guide was nice but Rodrick himself took most of the money. Total costs were 240,000 TSH, nothing included. No food only a black coffee.

All in all, very bad experience.

After a discussion about the money and the true costs of the trip gave roderick...