Discover what makes an adventure with Maggie’s Tour Company truly unforgettable! Here, our guests share their stories, highlights, and memories from safaris across Tanzania. From thrilling wildlife encounters to heartfelt cultural experiences, these testimonials offer a glimpse into the unique journeys our team creates.
Read through the stories, and be inspired to start your own adventure with us!
My name is Sophia Cole. I volunteered with Maggie as a single college student in 2015. While I was in Tanzania we went on a safari, which ended up being one of the most exciting aspects of the trip. It was amazing!! I went with a small group, consisting of myself and two gentlemen from Norway. Maggie is so personable and truly takes the time to get to know you on these trips. Not only is Maggie extremely knowledgeable about the field and loves explaining any question you may have, she takes precaution to ensure your safety at every point.
I had the amazing opportunity to have Mrs. Maggie as my tour guide. It was best five days of my life! Mrs. Maggie is so professional, fun, inspirational, and intelligent. She made the safari so rich and exciting. I felt so supported and enlightened by Mrs. Maggie’s energy and knowledge. What an unforgettable and life changing experience.
Taking a safari with Maggie was an absolute dream come true! We had to postpone our honeymoon trip because of the pandemic, and she was amazing to work with. Extremely understanding and flexible. Our actual trip was incredible. Both the game drives and cultural experiences were life changing. Maggie is so knowledgeable and so caring. She truly makes you feel like family. I’ve never been on another trip like this in my life!
My friend and I just returned from a two week trip with Maggie and crew through Kenya and Tanzania. It was fabulous! Together we designed a balance between safaris and learning about the culture. We met with local people at markets, visited and interacted with tribal members, and learned from Maggie about women’s issues and the safari “business”. Highly recommend Maggie’s Tours!
When many people plan a trip to Tanzania, they only have wildlife in mind. Maggie and her team showed us the beauty of Tanzania’s people, the beauty of the landscape, and the wildlife! Professional, Welcoming, Friendly, Fun, Flexible, Affordable are all the different ways I would describe an experience with Maggie’s Tour. But most importantly, I would say that Maggie and her team make you feel at home and like FAMILY!
We, Conservation VIP®, have been collaborating with Maggie on a project in Tanzania for over a year and postponed our initial trip due to the pandemic. This January, we finally made it there! Thank you, Maggie, for collaborating and helping to plan this special project that will be a dream come true!
Maggie made us fall in love with Tanzania… she was a big part of the reason we decided to come back. Every day she showed us just how involved she was with the community and how passionate she was to make change which inspired us. She has such a big heart and always puts other before herself. On safari, she was nothing short of amazing – she always made us feel safe, happy, and informed on our environment and the animals a part of it. We hope that everyone can come to Tanzania and have the opportunity to meet her and work with her. She will truly change your life.
Celebrating my birthday in Tanzania with Maggie’s Tour Company and Dare Women’s Foundation was the finest month of my life. I’ve dreamed of visiting The Serengeti since I was a child. Grateful this dream came true with Maggie Duncan Simbeye and Praygod Ndanshau. My experiences were unique and beautiful because of Maggie’s uniqueness, beauty, intelligence, knowledge and love of nature and people. All experiences, including my birthday party with people I now love as family, were pure magic I will carry in my heart forever. I will be returning to Tanzania because of these magical connections.
Our ten days with Maggie and our knowledgeable and intrepid driver Richard were an experience that will be with us for the rest of our lives. By the end of the first day, we felt that they were not just guides, but dear friends.
Not only did we see and identify over 125 species of birds and animals (including cheetahs, leopards, lions, rhino, elephants and giraffes), but — even more memorably — our interactions with Tanzanians were enlightening and authentic.
I appreciated the variety and uniqueness of the accommodations as well, from spa resorts to bush camps to park lodging. A fantastic experience!
My wife, Connie and I went on a Tanzanian safari in 2016 where we met Maggie. From the moment we entered the land rover and heard her say “I am your mama. I will take good care of you!”, I knew she was a special lady. Her knowledge of plants, animals and the natural environment is deep and her love of all of Tanzania is always apparent. Maggie possesses a fun, inquisitive and highly engaging personality which added to the specialness and uniqueness of our trip.
I recently visited Tanzania to volunteer at Dare Women’s Organization and also go on a safari. Maggie is an amazing, talented, intelligent, warm, kind and caring woman. She welcomed our group with open arms. The care and love we received was overwhelming. She arranged our safari; taking in Serengeti, Tarangire and Ngorongoro. Our guide was warm, friendly and knowledgeable. Every care and arrangement was taken to make this a memorable trip. I would not hesitate a second to highly recommend Maggie’s tours.
My family (mom, sister, brother) and I had the privilege to take a safari in Kenya and Tanzania with Maggie and her amazing team. Seriously, the warmth and kindness and good vibes pervaded our whole 10 days. I know wildlife is wild and it’s never guaranteed, but we saw EVERY single animal possible on this blessed trip. God is so good and Maggie and her team brought such expertise and patience to put us in perfect spots to find and see animals. We got to see the Big 5 in both countries!!! 10 days was a great amount of time to explore multiple areas. We even interacted with local people groups through the trip and being part of the local culture was essential to us.
Maggie is a simply wonderful East African guide! She is marvelously friendly and helpful, and is very knowledgeable about the peoples and culture of Tanzania. She took me to a remote location to visit the Hadza people. She organized and ran the trip very professionally and flexibly to meet my interests and needs. She has many stories to tell and is passionate about her work as a guide and about the country and people. She made my visit both fascinating and a lot of fun.
This was a very special trip that I shall always remember.
If you have ever met Maggie, you know she is an amazing woman! The purpose of our trip was to collaborate with Maggie’s Tours in scoping out possible volunteer work areas in Karatu so that ConservationVIP.org and Maggie’s Tours might be able to contribute hands on labor in reforestation and tree planting efforts in Tanzania. Maggie aced and toured us through the worksites, Lake Manyara National Park and Ngorongoro Crater. Everything was well organized. My personal heart touching moments were when Maggie had us meet with Masai and Gekrum Village community members.
Our Safari with Maggie in the National Parks of Tanzania was a highlight in our lives. Maggie is so very personable, knowledgeable and has a great sense of humor. She carries the whole picture on Safari – the Animals, The People, and the Environment. She was always conscious of our needs and our safety. Time with Maggie was a true African experience and it was so much fun! We would love to travel with her again.
I have being safari with Maggie. We visit Tarangire National Park and Ngorongoro Conservation area. Through safari we learn lots of things like environment conservation, empowering woman through different ways like me. I was learning how to be a tour guide because my big dream is to be a tour guide so through that opportunity I learn lots of things. We share lots of stories and much enjoy to having opportunity to have Maggie as our tour guide. It was real fun and amazing. She is a loving woman and strong woman.
Two years ago, two friends of mine from Boulder twisted my arm into organizing a safari for them, while I was on business in Tanzania. Naturally, I turned to Maggie for help. A few months later, we had the incredible experience of a five-day private Safari tour of the Serengeti, Ngogrongoro and Tarangire National parks, with Maggie as our guide. She did and amazing job organizing all the logistics and leading the tour. Maggie’s hospitality, knowledge of the terrain and the business were exceptional. Besides, she is an amazingly loving human being. I have since recommended a couple of friends to her and would return to do business with her in a heartbeat.
We loved our 5-days Safari and cultural tour with Maggie! It exceeded our high expectations. It was easy to plan the tour by e-mail, Maggie had many great suggestions and was very attentive to our wishes.
We felt comfortable with Maggie and her team right away, and it was awesome to be with a local company with focus on sustainable tourism and a guide full of passion and knowledge about Tanzania, the people, the nature, the animals, birds, etc.
Maggie is an incredible person and perfect guide. Don’t miss out on the opportunity of a tour with Maggie!
Recently spent two weeks with Maggie in Kenya and Tanzania. It was a very special journey. Maggie’s tours include learning about the culture, and insight into the lives of Tanzanians. Maggie has an especially deep knowledge of women’s needs and supports many women trying to improve their lives. The safaris were spectacular, and Maggie employs local guides to enhance the experiences. Spending time with tribal members, exploring local markets, and feeling free to ask any question made this trip especially meaningful.
I recently returned from a truly “trip of a lifetime” to northern Tanzania. The trip was arranged by Maggie’s Tour Company. Our guide, and now, lifetime friend, Maggie is a funny, knowledgeable and all round lovely woman. She is also one of only six licensed safari guides in Tanzania and the ONLY woman to have her own tour company. I HIGHLY recommend travelling with Maggie. I travelled with another female friend and we saw every animal we hoped, but didn’t expect to be able to see. We also visited tribal villages, something so important to me. Maggie was sensitive to our needs and expectations. I can’t imagine a more sensational experience than the one Maggie provided for us.
What began as a safari vacation eventually became an unforgettable experience, in large part to Maggie and Dare Women’s Foundation. During this time I had the opportunity to tag along with Maggie and other members of Dare from Arusha to Tanga, as they collaborated with different groups that all shared a goal of making positive changes in their local community, eventually leading to great changes for the welfare of the country at large. Despite all the challenges that come with being somewhere new, I never felt so welcomed by and connected to a group of friends. While I know that the road ahead is long and there is much more work still to be done, I will always carry the memories of dance, laughter, and smiles that I shared with DWF.
The journey to Tanzania and safari was a trip of a lifetime! We went out in a fabulous jeep everyday and had close up experiences with animals you can only dream of seeing. We also visited an orphanage, went to markets, talked to people by the side of the road and spent many hours talking with Maggie about life in Africa. We felt so comfortable with Maggie, we had her arrange a volunteer opportunity, a home stay and a climb on Kilimanjaro for our 24 year old son after we left. By going on safari with Maggie you are supporting home-grown development and the survival of both human and animal species.
