Welcome to Kearsley Travel & Tours
Our Company

We have offices in Dar es salaam & Arusha, which are the two main tourist centres in Tanzania and therefore able to handle clients where ever they may be in Tanzania utilizing our own staff and not subcontracting other agents and therefore one of only tour operators in Tanzania with a seamless operation. We have a fleet of vehicles including Landrover Defenders, Toyota Landcruisers, Toyota Hiace 4 x 4 Minibuses and 24 seater Toyota Coasters and Asia Combi.

The safaris that we run are very personalised and exclusive without being overly priced. This means that when you are on safari with us you get a 4x4 vehicle which is for your exclusive use only. There will be no other clients joining you in the vehicle. This has the advantage that your safari will be far more flexible in terms of times of departure etc. Times can be agreed between you and the driver guide on a daily basis. It also means that for example on a full day game drive you may want to return to the lodge for lunch instead of taking a packed lunch or you may feel tired on a particular day and want to return to the lodge to relax and enjoy a cool drink by the pool, or you may want to stay at a particular area where there is a specific animal that you would like to view for an hour or more. This is possible on our safaris as it will be you and you only in the vehicle. On other safaris you must follow a fixed agenda for a day as you will be sharing the vehicle with other clients and so there is no flexibility at all.

Our vehicles are equipped with HF radios for communication with our base stations in Arusha and Dar es salaam. This means that you are always in contact with our office should you require any assistance whilst on safari, be booking of a balloon safari to assistance in the event that you get stuck or have a breakdown.

Our vehicles also come with a cooler box and so you can take cold drinks with you for the often hot and dusty day's safari. There are also binocular in each vehicle to assist with locating game or viewing game that is at a distance.

The most important aspect of a safari with us is our driver guides. You will spend alot of time with them and therefore it is essential that they get on well with you. Our driver guides are all hand picked and are very friendly, cheerful, experienced, knowledgeable about the parks and animals. We would like to think of it in terms of them adopting you as their family for the time they are with you. ( We can forward you copies of questionnaires filled by our previous clients, should you wish).

Please note that the best entry point to Tanzania for a Northern Circuit safari is Kilimanjaro airport which you can fly on K.L.M and for Safaris to the Southern Circuit you can fly in to Dar es salaam on Swiss Air, British of Airways, Gulf Air,

K.L.M, Alliance Air, Kenya Airways, South African Airways, Emirates, Air India and Air Tanzania.( Please note that you can fly in Dar es salaam and then connect to a flight to Kilimanjaro for the Northern Circuit Safari-this option may actually involve spending a night in Dar es salaam).

The cheapest option for most people would be to take a flight to Nairobi and then either take a shuttle bus to Arusha to start a safari ( very inexpensive but a little inconvenient), a schedule charter flight from Nairobi to Kilimanjaro ( very convenient but a little expensive) or a private transfer to Tanzania ( This is only worth the extra money for groups of 3 or more people- more convenient than the shuttle and less expensive than the flight).

It is also important to note that there are daily flights/boats from Arusha/Dar es salaam to Zanzibar for extensions for a beach/cultural holiday to Zanzibar.

Please note that we specialise in tailor made safaris and can cater for any type of safari that you would like.

 
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