Email Srividhya | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Kenya: Home of the African Safari
My first safari experience was in Kenya's Masai Mara, an unforgettable week that brought sightings of each one of the Big Five and to date my only glimpse of lions on a hunt. Kenya is the archetypal safari spot, boasting flat savannah land dotted with acacia trees. Overall its very nice trip & enjoy lot.
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Email Uno Rull | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
I really liked it!
I wanted to see & photograph animals & birds. That's what I got! On such a trip, I do not think about food, living, or anything other than enjoying nature. Of course I was happy with everything.
Excellent
Excellent guide Kennedy who really wants to help you spot all the animals. And we did spot them all! He has great safari and driving skills.
Chef at the camp was superb also!
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Email Howard L Fiorella | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The Trip of a Lifetime
My trip to Kenya was the trip of a lifetime and it lived up to my expectations. Africa Travel Waves provided great guides (Tom, Isaac and Evans), great places to stay with great food. The animals we saw were amazing.
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Email Jorrit & Berber | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Kenya in april, buy a lot of adventures!
Kenya was really overwhelming. It couldn't have been better! Our goal was to see as many as possible different animals, which we did. Animals were really close to our car. Due to the fact that it was low season, the experience was even more intense. Not a lot of other cars around. Sometimes we were wondering, are we the only one here?
Our safari was in April, rainy season. Although we were lucky with the weather. The raining season was late. Some rain in the evening, but the mornings and afternoons were clear.
Accomodations were really good. Clean and up to date. Nice staff and good food. Locations were beautiful.
We travelled with Buy More Adventures, and we can really recommend this company. Charles, our driver, is a nice guy, with a lot of experience and knowledge about Kenya and it's wildlife.
The parks we visited: Samburu, Mount Kenya, Aberdares, Lake Nakuru, Masai Mara and Lake Naivasha + Hells Gate. This is a really nice trip. A lot of variation in landscape and animals.
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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.
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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!
A must do trip
I recommend without hesitation. Mr. Otieno of Safari Walking is highly and promptly responsive to inquiries. It all went well. Ask to have Benson as a driver if you can. Benson is a safe driver, he is polite, patient, dedicated and will get you to see all the animals, some in action. I got to see an entire hunt from start to finish. I just returned from a safari with them. Though I was alone, they proceeded and I had the car and the guide, Benson, to myself for 9 days. That was great. Not all companies proceed when they only have one participant.
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. 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.
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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.
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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.
