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Edith
HU
Visited:
January 2025
Reviewed: Feb 16, 2025
Email Edith | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wide variety of wildlife
We went on a 3 days safari to the Masai Mara with Axis African Travel. The organisation was excellent, everything went as agreed. Unfortunately we were given a bad tour guide, James, who didn't inform us of anything, just sped us around the national park for 2 days. He had a hard time even stopping for a photo. Whenever a special animal appeared, all the tourist jeeps would rush up and chase it, surround it, block its way. They literally do animal cruelty.
We spent 3 days at Diani Beach. The sea is crystal clear and warm, the beach is fine sand and the water is slowly deepening. We took a glass bottom boat to nearby Robinson Reef to see
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corals and colourful fish. The locals don't take care of the marine life. Most of the corals are dead, the fish are fed bread for tourists and the boat crews collect red starfish for visitors.Walking through the streets we felt in no danger. We did not go out in the evenings. There were panhandlers, but not to an excessive extent.
The Nairobi - Mombasa railway is clean, cheap and punctual.
Overall, Kenya is well worth a visit.
Schenja
DE
Visited:
January 2025
Reviewed: Feb 5, 2025
Email Schenja | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Definitely worth visiting for the animals
Fantastic experience for safari to see the Big Five and beyond
Claudia C
HT
Visited:
January 2025
Reviewed: Jan 28, 2025
Email Claudia C | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Good experience, attentive staff
My safari experience to Maasai Mara was well-organized and enjoyable. The staff was attentive, responsive, and always made an effort to ensure our needs were met, which made the trip comfortable and smooth.
The drive from Nairobi to Maasai Mara is long, but the scenic views of the Kenyan landscape made it an adventure of its own. The staff ensured we were comfortable throughout the journey, which helped make the ride pleasant.
The tour guides and drivers were incredibly skilled and knowledgeable. They were dedicated to helping us spot wildlife and shared detailed insights about the animals and their environment, making the game drives both exciting and informative. Their professionalism, patience, kindnesd and effort were evident at every turn.
Overall, the safari was a memorable experience, and I would recommend it to anyone planning to visit Maasai Mara. The team’s competence and attentiveness made it worthwhile.
Mark Holdefehr
FR
Visited:
January 2025
Reviewed: Jan 27, 2025
Email Mark Holdefehr | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Kenya is amazing, if weren't for so many people
I went to Kenya for the first time, having only been to Tanzania about 15 years ago. The Mara was great and I saw lots of game, but there were many vehicles, even though I went in the off season (early January). 20 vehicles every time saw a leopard...
I still had a great time, but the experience is certainly a lot less wild than other parts of Africa I've been to in recent years
Vibeesh Sundararajan
QA
Visited:
December 2024
Reviewed: Jan 7, 2025
Email Vibeesh Sundararajan | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A good place to visit.
We were there in Kenya for 06days covering Masai Mara, Lake Naivasha, Amboseli and Taita hills. The stay was good - some places lacked WiFi connectivity, some places the food was mediocre. The game drive was very interesting, wildlife encounters were exciting. The journey between different places was a bit stretchy and consumed half of the time we stayed in Kenya.
The people was kind and sociable. The Masai tribe were welcoming and all the hosts from different hotels were very accomodative.
Family Leisure Africa Safari tourism was our tourism provider. They organised the tour well and our tourist guide was knowledgeable.
Overall, a very satisfiable trip and would repeat it if the moment comes.
Markus Hetterich
CH
Visited:
November 2024
Reviewed: Dec 31, 2024
Email Markus Hetterich | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Safari
Unfortunately no view on mount Kilimandscharo, but contact with guide and organization was top.
Cindy
US
Visited:
December 2024
Reviewed: Dec 29, 2024
Email Cindy | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Beautiful Country - Lovely people - Eradicate Government Corruption
Enjoyed the parks! However, entry took 40 minutes of struggle to buy a ticket through the https://www.kws.go.ke/. Website kept erasing username and password. Visitors do NOT want to keep track of passwords. They want to enjoy vacation. Need to be able to just pay with credit card and there will be a record of the purchase for the government without all the hassle.
Ellen Bertelsen
DK
Visited:
October 2024
Reviewed: Nov 17, 2024
Email Ellen Bertelsen | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Lovely country
A great experience all in all -wildlife, tourquide, scenery
Lisa
GB
Visited:
September 2024
Reviewed: Oct 1, 2024
Email Lisa | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic experience
Recently got back from a 2 week holiday in Kenya . We travelled around 6 national parks on a safari trip with Meektrail safaris followed by 4 lazy days at The Swahili beach hotel on Diani beach . All of the national parks offered something different and we thoroughly enjoyed everyone however the Masai Mara , Amboselli and Lake Naivasha were my personal favourites and the ones I would highly recommend . We did a lot of travelling about by road and really enjoyed seeing a different way of life . We found the Kenyan people to be very friendly . Nice to have the lazy days by the beach at the end of our trip o the lovely Diani beach . The only slight negative I had about the entire trip were that the beach boys and beggars in Diani became a bit tiresome at times making a nice simple walk on the beach or into town feel like hard work .
Merima Avdagic
BA
Visited:
August 2024
Reviewed: Sep 2, 2024
Email Merima Avdagic | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing wildlife, stunning sunsets.
One thing about Africa is that everybody asks for tips (at Axis even this was awesome and Kelvin was awesome). But people ask for tips that you don't even know what you are tipping... like we served you breakfast, tip us, we picked p the dishes tip us, we are going to the restaurant bathroom tip us etc. It is very extreme and strange for us coming from Europe. You can tell that Africa is a third world country and that there is such a corruption and poverty as people talk about it. Yet the prices are
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high and it makes you wonder how people manage to survive.The country itself is so stunningly beautiful. Wildlife, coastline, everything.