7 Tage Gruppencamping Tarangire/Serengeti/Ngorongoro Krater & Lake Manyara

Es ist ein Safari die einen so nah an die Tiere bringt, das man es eigentlich nicht fassen kann. Wir haben Löwen, Gepard und Leopard unglaublich nah erleben können. Natürlich haben wir auch unglaublich viel andere Tiere sehen und beobachten können. Selbst die Grand Migration der Gnus am River Mara mit ihren lauernden Krokodile, haben wir live erleben können. Ein unvergessliches Erlebnis. Unser Guide ( Benzo) war sehr ortskundig und ist absolut sicher gefahren. Unser Koch ( Moshi ) hat für die Verhältnisse uns sehr gut versorgt. Das Auto war wohl schon 10 Jahre alt aber scheinbar sehr gut gewartet, es gab keinerlei technische Probleme. WIFI war zwar im Auto hat aber in der Serengeti nicht immer Empfang gehabt wir waren trotzdem irgendwie immer mal kurz online. Bei dieser Safari handelt es sich nicht um ein Luxus Trip sondern um sehr einfache Unterkünfte. Es gab nicht überall Strom auch warmes Wasser war nicht überall. Besonders die Übernachtungen in der Serengeti und am Krater waren schon sehr speziell. Es wird im kleinen Zelt zwei Personen mitten in der Wildnis auf einen Campingplatz übernachtet, beim Aufbau der Zelte ist man mit aktiv. Sanitärgebäude sind vorhanden und auch nutzbar. Einige Sachen sollte man mitbringen Handtuch, Badelatschen, Hose und Oberteil zum Schlafen und Taschenlampe noch besser eine Stirnlampe. Aber dann so mitten in der Natur zu schlafen und wirklich Löwen nachts brüllen hören das bleibt unvergesslich. Wir haben uns aber nie unsicher gefühlt. Am letzten Abend hätten wir eigentlich noch ein Abendessen bekommen müssen wurde aber nicht vom Veranstalter übernommen ca 20 Euro für zwei Personen aber dafür wurden wir kostenlos zum Flughafen Kilimandscharo ca 50 km gefahren. Die Preis-Leistung ist absolut top.

While planning our trip, the owner Geofrey was extremely helpful and easily reachable. Ultimately we decided to skip lake Manyara and instead spend 1 more day in Serengeti. After landing on Kilimanjaro airport in the evening, we were provided with transport to the hotel in Arusha. Next day we met our guide Douglas and cook Moshi and what a perfect duo this was. It's one thing to have a guide to drive you around, but completely different experience when the guide has such passion and respect for nature and animals, which Douglas definitely has. Even though some sighting places were crowded, Douglas was able to use his years of experience and navigate through to get us the best possible view of the animals. Especially in Serengeti, we covered an area much larger than other tour operators while also learning a lot of interesting facts about animals, so it was never boring. Moshi has never left us hungry either and went above and beyond to accommodate our food wishes/preferences. Tarangire was the first national park we visited and it was a nice tease of what was about to come. From all the animals we saw, the highlight definitely came towards the end when we saw 3 young lions climbing on a tree. Our journey then lead us through Ngorongoro conservation area to reach Serengeti. During our 4 days, there were just too many beautiful sightings to be able to pinpoint the best one: all together we probably saw more than 50 lions, 3 cheetahs, 5 leopards, 2 pythons, great migration and even a serval right after exiting Serengeti. But the most memorable sighting has to be leopardess with 2 cubs. Nature is full of surprises and sometimes stars just align and this was one of those moments. Our last destination- Ngorongoro, didn't disappoint either. The nature inside the crater is stunning and it seems like a paradise for wildebeest and zebras. With the abundance of food, lions and hyenas are thriving. I would definitely recommend sleeping in a tent since it is completely safe and the overall experience is lovely. Being surrounded with animals grazing and hearing lions roar in the distance is something you will never forget. They say that everyone should experience safari once in their lifetime, but we will most definitely be back soon.

Amazing experience with meru slopes! We choose this company because all the good reviews they have in trip advisor. They have an excelent price, quality, reliability and flexibility. To start with Geofrey the mánager would always reply all our questions very quickly. We also had to change the dates of our safari because of covid and he was super flexible about it and get us the new dates that were suitable for us. The pick up at the airport was on time and the driver was super friendly. The hotel was also nice.(Venice hotel) We had an issue with our luggage because the airline didn't send it in the same flight and since we were starting the safari the day after arriving in the evening they help us to get first need products and borrow a backpack and towels. We gave Geoffrey's contact to the airline and he arranged with them to send our luggage to the Serengeti national park. This was amazing considering how far it is and how much we were in need of it. Douglas our guide gave us a great surprise picking the luggage at the Serengeti airport. Regarding the safari our guide Douglas would always do his best for us to spot animals, drive where ever is needed, gave us plenty of time to take as many pictures as we wanted and answer all our questions. He has a great knowledge, lots of experience, is a great driver and amazing person. This makes you feel very comfortable and safe. We would share breakfast lunch and dinner every day and had great talks about nature, african culture and life in general. Of course we got to see the big five and many other animals thanks to him. He made of our safari an unforgettable experience. The food was always plenty, tasty and healthy. Also we had unlimited water. Our cook Buga was a great person and super friendly . He would have all meals ready on time and suprise us with many different and nutritive dishes both from International and African cousine. We also learn from them a lot of Swahili language. We shared the tour with another three people from different countries which made the experience a lot more interesting and wasn't a problem at all with the space in the car. You can charge your phones and have wifi depending reception. We did the 6 days program which we highly recommend to have more chances to spot animals and see the different parks . A BIG thank you to all Meru Slopes staff!!