We are so pleased that we chose Meru Slopes for our 6 day safari (Tarangire, Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Lake Manyara). We would highly recommend Meru Slopes to anyone else planning their safari, especially to support them as a local company (based in Arusha).
Jacob, our guide, was exceptional! Not only does he have endless knowledge about the local wildlife and environments (brilliant at answering my many questions!), he has such a great sense of humour, so we laughed a lot too on our 6 days together. He found out which animals we wanted to see most and really worked hard to find them for us. He is also a great mechanic, fixer and all round great guy - everybody knows and loves him!
We saw all the animals we wanted to see and more! We never imagined being able to see cheetahs so close, leopards in the distance, a serval, rhino, lots of hyenas, some jackals, mongoose, so many lions and huge groups of elephants, zebra, wildebeest, hippos, birds of prey, primates etc. We were very, very fortunate (especially to have such an amazing guide!)
Every lunchtime we were provided with a delicious Tanzanian cooked meal (much to the envy of most other tourists who were eating cold packed lunches!). The food was different everyday and we thoroughly enjoyed it! (A mixture of grilled meat, curries, rice, salads etc).
We stayed in lodges for 5 nights (plus 1 night before and 1 night after the safari in Arusha Planet Lodges included) and they were all excellent! The Serengeti stay (2 nights) was in a 'tented lodge' which we particularly enjoyed - being able to hear the wildlife (especially hyenas!) directly next to us while having the comfort of a bed & en-suite room was perfect! All of the accommodation was set in stunning surroundings with super friendly staff, which really added to the experience for us.
We wholeheartedly recommend Meru Slopes (and especially our guide Jacob!) for the most incredible Tanzanian safari experience. I'm just gutted our trip is over! Asante sana!
Awesome experience! Everything went smooth, from our pickup at the airport to the amazing safari we did. Our chef Salim cooked very good tanzanian food in great quantity, and our guide Iddi was knowledgable, friendly and available. During the safari we got to see the amazing gnu migration through the river and a lioness hunting an impala from very close. We also had a nice bike tour in a local village during which we enjoyed a masai village and drunk banana beer and wine in a banana plantation; the lady guiding us during that tour was very nice too.
Strongly recommended!
Wir haben eine 6-Tage-Safari gebucht. Edy war unser Fahrer/Guide. Edy ist ein professioneller Guide, der sich sehr gut mit den Tieren und Wegen auskennt. Er konnte uns alle Tiere, denen wir begegnet sind, vorstellen. Durch seine gute Vernetzung mit anderen Guides über Funk hat er uns sehr viele unvergessliche Erlebnisse ermöglicht, und uns ganz nah an die Tiere gefahren. Edy hat sich an unseren Wünschen orientiert und hatte ein super Zeitmanagement. So hat er uns auch mit großer Ausdauer und Geduld die Great Migration in Nord-Serengeti gezeigt und die Flussüberquerung der Gnus abgewartet. Es war wirklich beeindruckend, wie gut er sich orientieren konnte, insbesondere in der unendlichen Savanne der Serengeti. Meru Slopes kann stolz sein, Edy als Guide zu haben, da er ein großer Gewinn ist und seinen Gästen eine tolle Safari ermöglichen möchte. Über die 6 Tage hinweg hat uns Rashidi, unser Koch, täglich drei Mal lecker mit vielfältigen Speisen bekocht.