​User Reviews – Kenya

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Caroline Jacoby   –  
Australia AU
Visited: October 2023 Reviewed: Oct 29, 2023

Email Caroline Jacoby  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

Game viewing in Maasai Mara
Overall rating
4/5

Kenya is an easy country to visit. Nairobi is a bustling city and it feels much safer now than it did a number of years ago. Maasai Mara is one of the great game parks in East Africa. It is popular, so often there are a number of safari vehicles sharing a sighting but in general the drivers are respectful of each other so all visitors get good viewing of animals.

Alice   –  
Norway NO
Visited: October 2023 Reviewed: Oct 29, 2023

Email Alice  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

Beautiful nature and friendly people, with some bumpy roads!
Overall rating
4/5

Kenya is a beautiful country to visit- but there is no public transport.
We arranged our safari through “Explore Kenya safari” and had a driving safari. Was picked up at the Nairobi hotel, drove through the amazing Rift Valley to Nakuru park. Birds and animal watching around the lake, staying at a wonderful Nakuru lodge.Then drove on to Masai Mara over the beautiful Mau mountains.
Fantastic place and again a wonderful lodge. Hippos and crocodiles along the river right outside the Mara Simba lodge.
We saw all big five and lots of other animals and birds during our safari.
Nice to end up at the coast. Excellent food all places.

Graham Stubbs   –  
United Kingdom UK
Visited: October 2023 Reviewed: Oct 27, 2023

Email Graham Stubbs  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

A wonderful variety of habitats, the wildlife never disappoints.
Overall rating
4/5

Kiboko Travel for Amboseli.

LLama Travel for Aberdares, Buffalo Springs, Ol Pejeta, Lake Nakuru and the Maasai Mara.

Amboseli. Elephant, Lion, Cheetah, Impala, Grant's Gazelle, Buffalo, Zebra, Wildebeast, Hippos, Water Birds. and Kilimanjaro.

Aberdares. Elephant, Buffalo, Hyena, Forest Hog seen around the Arc's waterhole.

Buffalo Springs. Elephant, Lion, Cheetah, Grevey's Zebra, Beisa Oryx, Reticulated Giraffe, Somali Ostritch, Gerenuck, Impala and more.

Ol Pejeta. White and Black Rhino, Northern White Rhino ( the last 2), Chimp Sanctuary and more.

Lake Nakuru. Greater and Lesser Flamingo, White Pelicans, Buffalo, Hyena, Zebra, Rothchild's Giraffe.

Maasai Mara. Elephant, Lion, Cheetah, Leopard, Zebra, Wildebeast (most back in the Serengeti), Eland, Crocodile, Hippos, Ostritch, a School, and

more.

Christian   –  
Germany DE
Visited: October 2023 Reviewed: Oct 24, 2023

Email Christian  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Nice country for a safari
Overall rating
4/5

Kenya is a nice place to visit for a safari. We were lucky to see all of the big 5. The scenery is really breathtaking. However, some places were already quite crowded.
I can also recommend to book with super eagles travel & tours Ltd. They did a great job.

Mireia Martínez García   –  
Germany DE
Visited: September 2023 Reviewed: Oct 17, 2023

Email Mireia Martínez García  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Amazing!
Overall rating
4/5

We had so much fun! The wildlife was amazing, we could see the big 5 so close to us. The beaches are beautiful, never seen whiter sand before. The night life was rich, safe and great. The people very kind, open and willing to get to know you. The food was exquisite, everything we ate was delicious. We had an amazing experience.

Mike   –  
United States US
Visited: September 2023 Reviewed: Oct 10, 2023

Email Mike  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Overall rating
4/5

Beatiful parks and many many animals.

Gabriele   –  
Lithuania LT
Visited: September 2023 Reviewed: Oct 6, 2023

Email Gabriele  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Amazing wildlife
Overall rating
4/5

It was amazing to see wildlife from so close. The nature is beutiful and each park is different. In some you can come close to animals. Diani beach has whote sand and blue sea. One of the best adventures I had

Chloe   –  
Australia AU
Visited: August 2023 Reviewed: Oct 1, 2023

Email Chloe  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Amazing wildlife
Overall rating
4/5

We were a group of 5 colleagues who had some spare time at the end of our trip and decided we wanted to do a safari in the Masai Mara. I found Hyrax safaris and they were extremely responsive over what’s app which was really handy due to the time difference. Hyrax were good at sorting out our different room configurations and found us great quality accomodation at Sarova Mara. I would recommend the hotel, we had a room looking out over the reserve. We opted to be driven to the Mara (about 6 hours), I’m glad we did because we saw so much on the journey and there were plenty of stops to stretch your legs. Our guide Aaron was excellent, really knowledgeable and was also flexible about what times we did our drives. I enjoyed doing a full days drive as we saw so much but some of my colleagues found a whole day game drive a bit too much. I’m sure you’d be able to split it into two of you wanted. I would recommend using Hyrax safaris for your safari booking.

Mees   –  
Netherlands NL
Visited: August 2023 Reviewed: Sep 15, 2023

Email Mees  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

A beautiful country with beautiful people
Overall rating
4/5

'Habari' after 43 years arrival in Mombasa Port, experienced in that time already a Safari with a big part of the Crew. I was told to take this opportunity as possible will never come anymore in my life. People from Kenya are where I am always looking for as living in a country full expat and found a few always friendly and 'Hakuna Matata'. This time arrived in Nairobi and now with a family, picked up from the airport by a friendly Maasai, 'Jambo Bwana' (Brighte Maasai Adventures). Above all we had two Maasai people who took care of my family, if their own and did everything to have the best time of their life. Thanks to 'from above' we had beautiful weather! (for us temperatures in heaven specific in the summer, as living in one of the hottest places on earth) And so many animals let us make beautiful photos in all 3 parks, to remember as from 43 years earlier 'only in my mind'.
Hakuna Matata, as holidays should be different from our daily 'struggle of life.' Thanks for our great experience, and our kids, both already adults shall never forget.

Preston   –  
United States US
Visited: July 2023 Reviewed: Sep 4, 2023

Email Preston  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Wide ranging wild life in large numbers throughout the country marred by inadequate infrastructure.
Overall rating
4/5

My Blue Mountain Safari 5 day tour was very much as advertised, both positively and negatively and overall quite enjoyable.

Positively, I can say that during the 5 days we say virtually all the animals it had indicated we likely would, often in large numbers and at times close up. In the parks the animals showed almost no fear of man as we stayed within the vehicles as directed by guide/driver and they have been conditioned not to be concerned about them since they have not been hunted. In our limited interaction with the Keyan service workers before, during and after the safari they were always polite and generally quite helpful once the issue was clearly understood.

Negatively, I had chosen a budget level of accommodations and at times it showed more than expected. Also, the Masai Mara tribal visit and vendors were overtly always seeking to profit of one's interest in their tribal / cultural traditions so limiting the quality of the interaction and to a degree diminishing their dignity and limiting what could be learned from them directly.

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