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Splendid Vacations
- Office In:
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 2023)
- Member Of:
- AMREF & TOSK
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
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The Splendid Vacation team guarantees you an unrivaled African travel experience by offering safaris to unequalled tourism destinations in Africa. Our collection of safaris and lodges are advantageously located in Africa's most sought-after National Parks and Game Reserves.
Reviews230
CN
Great Experience for Chinese Travelers
Among the many quotes from different travel agencies, we chose Splendid Vacation because Brenda's quote was very carefully prepared and the communication was very smooth. After landing, the guide Tim and Brenda picked us up together at the airport. From the very first day, we could feel that Tim's driving skills were superb—he was overtaking cars the whole time. Throughout the entire safari, Tim's driving skills were also outstanding, and he was very patient, taking us to see so many animals. In less than four days, we had already seen all of the Big Five and the Ugly Five. The overall experience was great! There's no problem for Chinese people to choose them either!
PT
Excellent guide, private car, and every animal we hoped for
Booked a safari with Splendid from Portugal and it has been great so far. Janet answered everything fast, before and during the trip, which made a big difference.
Ol Pejeta gave us the last two northern white rhinos on earth, Naivasha was full of hippos and fish eagles, and the Mara has been incredible. Leopard, three cheetahs, a whole pride of lions, hyenas, the lot.
Gabriel, our driver guide, is excellent at finding animals and knows exactly where to position the car. Private vehicle the whole way, so we stop whenever we want and stay as long as we want at every sighting, which matters a lot if you are into photography.
Highly recommend them.
Excellent safari trip in Kenya and Tanzania
Our main contact Alice was very responsive and professional. She helped customize our trip in Masai Mara and Serengeti smoothly based on our needs. The drivers/guides in both countries (Rono and Edgar) were very nice and strived to find as many animals as possible. We had a great time and the value for money was high!
MT
Extremely attentive, flexible and professional in creating a fantastic customized Safari holiday
We started planning our holiday a year in advance and were in touch with a number of travel agents / tour operators both at home and also from Kenya. Splendid Vacations was one of two or three which we came across on TripAdvisor. We received information and quotes from all them, but it was clear from the beginning that Splendid Vacations seemed to be the most professional in terms of the communication and assistance to provide a number of options when creating the itenary for the week. As it turned out, Splendid also offered the best pricing.
James Kilorit was our primary contact, and patiently helped us with the planning as early as 9 months prior to our holiday. Once we had agreed on the destinations, James proposed various hotels / lodges, ranging from luxury to budget. However, we were not restricted to his suggestions. We actually found some additional accommodation options ourselves and he was able to include them in the package.
Our guide and driver for the week was Alex, who was great. Passionate about his job, his knowledge of the game parks and animals was impressive. Alex was polite and helpful. We were able to witness the Big 5 in their natural habitat within the first couple of days.
Some advice on the actual game drives - whether you are staying in a luxury or budget accommodation, the guides are always going to take you to see the same animals. So the choice of accommodation is not going to impact your 'animal spotting' experience. What will make a big impact, however, is 1) your choice of vehicle ; 2) whether you have it exclusively for yourself or are sharing with others. We had a Toyota Land cruiser to ourselves (family of 5), and this was great. We saw others squeezed into smaller vehicles, and we did not envy them at all.
At the end of the safari we spent 1 1/2 days in Nairobi to relax before our flight back. We had been offered to go to a beach resort in Mombasa, but as we travelled in September we were all beached out and preferred to give this a miss. Nairobi, however, is chaotic and not a city you can casually walk around. If you want to relax, you need a good hotel which you are happy to stay in for most of the time. We did venture out to a very good restaurant called Inti (Perivian / Asian) and also visited the Utamaduni Crafts Village. Nairobi of course has its own game park and also Elephant and Giraffe sanctuaries, but after a weeks safari we were ready to give those a miss.
In summary, it was a great holiday and I would happily recommend Splendid Vacations to everyone.
IT
Everything was plannend perfectly.
We saw lots of different animals, the tour guide called Augustine was very friendly and spottet all different kind of animals before we did. The hotels were on a high standard and made us feel very comfortable.
