Amazing Experience
We loved our time with Elly! He was so personable, knowledgeable, and wanted to meet our needs. We had lots of questions and he would answer them. He would also share his books to point out more about the animals or trees. He was also good at talking to other guides to help them when needed and find animals for us. Twice another guide got stuck and he helped them. You can really tell Elly has a big heart and loves his job! We enjoyed eating meals with him and our conversations! He has a calm and caring presence! His knowledge and how he presented information to us was so valuable. He shared his story about the ties with Access 2 Tanzania. You can tell that he is a loyal, dedicated, and hardworking person. He shares many values that we do and we really enjoyed connecting with him. He truly made the safari experience outstanding!!! At dinners he would ask what the best part of the day was. All of us would think and share! We would then come up with the animals we wanted to see and he would help us devise the plan for the next day. His knowledge, communication, and English was great! I also enjoyed learning Swahili words from him and about the history of the Serengeti. I can’t speak highly enough about Elly and our amazing experience! You have a gem with him as a safari guide!
“Access 2 Tanzania was awesome! Visiting Africa and going on Safari was on my bucket list and A2T fulfilled it completely. My husband likes spontaneity but I insist on long term planning so when my husband told me he wanted to go to Tanzania in just over 3 weeks I laughed. Two days later he came to me with a plan that Casey and he put together. I was dumb-founded. It was not a canned tour planned by A2T for a group. It was a private itinerary planned by my husband and Casey to accommodate exactly what WE wanted to do and where WE wanted to go. We left for Tanzania 3 weeks later! Amazing!
We changed plans many times after the initial plan and Casey was very patient and accommodated us with no resistance. Casey always had answers to our questions and gave us recommendations that we would never had thought of. A2T didn’t just give ‘lip service’ they provided what they said they would and told us what they could not. I questioned this because they offer so many wonderful options and I wondered what we would actually get when we arrived. Another thing I was pleased with is that during our planning Casey did not constantly try to ‘up sell’ us.
‘Wilfred’ was our guide and he was wonderful. He is such a nice, good and fun person. We felt so lucky to have him. That said, we spoke to others from A2T and they also felt the same about their guides so it is clear A2T chooses their guides carefully. (We still feel lucky to have Wilfred throughout our safari!)
I wish I could remember the names of all the others that we met and who helped us from A2T. We didn’t run into one bad seed. It’s been 5 months since we returned from Africa and although the names are not clear in my mind the warm, wonderful and exciting feeling of Africa will never fade.
If you have the opportunity to go to Africa go with Access 2 Tanzania! AMAZING!!”