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Tom
DE
Visited:
March 2019
Reviewed: May 8, 2019
Email Tom | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Wonderful trip, excellent guide and driver
A really good Safari. Everything was well organised. The guide and driver Raymond helped us in all belongings. Looking forward for my next tour.
Federico Maceratesi
LU
Visited:
March 2019
Reviewed: May 3, 2019
Email Federico Maceratesi | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Top experience, great driver/guide, great group, awesome scenery and the wildlife's incredible!
Wildlife was amazing in Masai Mara - lion's feasting on a poor wild hog, leopards playing with their preys, hippos bathing and protecting their territories, cheetas running, elephants feeding their cubs, we've seen pretty much all there was to see!
The scenery is also one of the things that most impressed me, being unexpectedly green and unimaginably vast.
Weather was good, accommodations was fantastic in the Lenchada camp, especially at night when all lights are off in the camp and you're bathed in an ocean of stars, as clear as I've ever seen them! We could pretty much outline the Milky Way. The guide/driver was very knowledgeable and incredibly nice and available to make sure we'd get the best experience possible.
Overall, amazing experience, cannot recommend it enough!
Lila
A must do trip
There was a hiccup though and I do not doubt Mr. Otieno will see to it this never happens again. I got food poisening in Naivasha in a lodge. I recovered fast as I had no plan to let this incident curtail my trip. However, if you are going to be in a lodge without telephone and the possibility to go out at night because of the possibility of wildlife encounter, make sure issues such as seeking assistance at night if needed are addressed.
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Annoying things could happen, so...be prepared just in case. In my case, the issue was not addressed beforehand and I am just glad I was able to get through a bad night due to food poisening without needing assistance from the lodge reception (closed at night on top of it all). This most important issue must be addressed. This said, look out for your safety and make sure to ask whether the ice is from purified water, and only eat fruits served with a peel or that do not easily harbor bacteria and that look crisp fresh (pineapples), avoid salads unless they are served with vinaigre on the side, and send back food that is warm but not cooked to death and that is not sizzling hot if cooked (right off the cooking pan). Basic stuff and you will be just fine. On another note, the food was always good, balanced and varied.FYI, I think 3 nights in Naivasha is a bit long. Once you have seen the lake and done your drive at Hell's Gate, there is not much more to do and see. All this can be done in one day. Naivasha is a good rest stop driving from Masai Mara to Amboseli but that's all. Visit the market of Naivasha and mingle with the people. I liked going where the regular folks go. An hour at the market should suffice. All in all, I am happy with Walking Safari Survivors and I recommend without hesitation despite the hiccup that I am sure will be addressed. If you want to see how it went, I kept a journal/ blog of it on my Instagramaccount daleelah2018. You will see clips I made of conversations I had with Benson (you will love Benson) and a hunt and kill Benson got me to watch from beginning to end so knowledgeable and persistent he is in finding animals.
Another suggestion: for extra activities that are not included in the safari price, the travel agency should pre-negotiate the prices for us. I was left having to bargain the prices. They try to get the highest price first and you should discuss to lower the price. It would be better if that part was taken care of by the guide for a fair result for all. I find it a bit annoying to haggle each time. It can be pretty expensive, like US prices, which, in my opinion is not always justified in Kenya.
Benson dropped me off at the train station at Emali after visiting Amboseli Park and I continued my journey solo to Mombasa, Diani Beach, Wasini Island then Nairobi for 3 days. Kenya is a special country and it's people are beautiful, gentle and welcoming. I can't wait to go back there and when I do, Safari Bookings and Walking Safaries will be my first choice to arrange a safari. Do not let my suggestions or the hiccup I experienced interfere with what will otherwise be an amazing experience with Safari Bookinks and Walking. Safari.
Olga Sychugova
RU
Visited:
February 2019
Reviewed: May 2, 2019
Email Olga Sychugova | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Beautiful wildlife!
Our Safari tour was great. Everything was on time, the cars, the accommodation were great for it's value. The drivers were very friendly and did their best to show us all the beautiful things in Masai Mara.
Masai Mara itself was an experience completely out of this world. It is beautiful, and we enjoyed every moment of it. I would definitely recommend.
Nikhil Arora
IN
Visited:
March 2019
Reviewed: Apr 29, 2019
Email Nikhil Arora | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The overall your was really good.
The weather was really good at that time. We had visited Masai mara National park. It was hell of an experience. The night we stayed there, the silence of nature and its beauty. What we feel can't be described in words here.
Peter Miozzo
IT
Visited:
March 2019
Reviewed: Apr 20, 2019
Email Peter Miozzo | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Awesome places and lovely people bring you to discover the wild life!
The drivers, the places and al the others things was awesome. I had it 6 days of nice trip and I saw beautiful things. 100% recommend
Christiane Saar
DE
Visited:
February 2019
Reviewed: Apr 17, 2019
Email Christiane Saar | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A wunderful very impressive adventure
Kenia is a wunderful country, whit impressive nature and wildlife. We meet very friedly people and get always nice accommodations. The food was very good and ouer driver was perfekt, we enjoed our holiday very much.
Judith
GB
Visited:
February 2019
Reviewed: Apr 12, 2019
Email Judith | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The most amazing experience of our lives!
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I have ever felt. We then went to Mombasa and stayed in Tequila Sunrise for nine nights, oh my unbelievable, I would recommend anyone going to Mombasa to stay here, We then went to Sands at Chale Island, again I fell in love and were looked after so well. We have travelled many countries and truly Kenya is always going to be in our hearts, We'll be back Kenya.xx
Racheal
US
Visited:
November 2018
Reviewed: Apr 11, 2019
Email Racheal | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing! This was once in a lifetime experience.
The wildlife was just so magnificent. I have not seen such wild animals anywhere upclose in the world! Its just an experience everyone should wish to have with nature. The weather was just perfect for the short duration i was there. I enjoyed the accomodations and loved loved the food. It was a new experience for me and i loved the tour guide. I will be visiting Kenya again, thats for sure. And this time, with some more friends!
Robert Stamm
BS
Visited:
February 2019
Reviewed: Apr 5, 2019
Email Robert Stamm | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent Adventure
This company was absolutely excellent to deal with! From the time we landed until we left Kenya, this company took care of us and made sure we had what was needed. The camps were outstanding as was the service within them. The follow-ups, customer support and overall experience with Somak was a welcome surprise and I cannot recommend them enough! We will be back!
