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Tekko Tours and Travel
- Located In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 1998)
- Member Of:
- KATO, Eco Tourism Kenya & JATA
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $200 to $1,000 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Quang Nguyen | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
14 Nights/13 Days Wildlife and Beach Holiday
Maggie was extremely helpful and attentive from my initial inquiry all the way to the end of our vacation. She answered all of our questions and also arranged our stay in Nairobi at the conclusion of our tour package. Our driver, Jackson, was very informative and knowledgable as well. He answered all of our questions and also provided with information about the National Parks we visited and the various animals we saw on our game drives. We were able to see the big 5! and were able to capture exceptional camera shots. Tekko Tours was very attentive from the our initial inquiry outside of Kenya and in Kenya upon arrival and departure. I would highly recommend Tekko Tours!
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Email Isikcan | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
They were incredibly professional and well organised. It was truly a wonderful experience.
I contacted Tekko Tours 2 months prior to our travel and they sent us every detail including pick-ups, hotels, meals, safari programs and everything. Everything turned out to be exactly as they informed us in prior. There were no surprises. Our driver Jackson was very professional but warm and friendly. He knew all about the parks and all about the animals. He made our first safari and Africa experience an incredible one. I would definitely recommend Tekko Tours.
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Email Yamen | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
we don't recommend this company
we just done Safari with this company, and it was very bad experience:
we booked a Land cruiser, it was very very slow, and it has almost no power, when overtaking its very dangerous, and the driver need very long clearance distance to overtake (sometimes it takes 20 min waiting behind a big truck who is driving 30km/h).
Driver was not exceeding 50-55 Km/h on the highway, for 6-7 long driving hours everyday ( this is according to my accurate Garmin GPS)
the worst part of the trip is the driver himself, we don't feel comfortable at all with him, he speaks English well, but he doesn't want to talk or explain anything about the country or the trip,and the way he answers any question it will make you think 100 times before asking him again.
he complains every time we ask him to stop for toilet, and he claimed that there is no toilets all over the way, until we forced him to stop.
he never ever give any straight answer when asking for the distance or timing to arrive to the camp,
we drive daily 6-7 hours from park to park, whenever we ask him where are we, or how long we still need to arrive?he answer ( we are not far). this is so annoying, so we start asking the locals when we stop in the petrol stations, and he also complains, and he said ( stop asking them they will not know).
we been in many many countries with privet drivers, but nothing was like this.
the driver is very important in such a trip, because you are all the day with him inside the car, and its serious problem if they make you feel uncomfortable.
Reply from Tekko Tours and Travel
Posted on Sep 11, 2017Dear Yamen,
Thank you for taking time to share your experience and feedback on your recent safari tour with us. We regret to hear that our driver was not pleasant and could not answer your questions and that your experience with him made you NOT enjoy your safari. This is very unfortunate.
I would request you to contact us directly and look forward to the opportunity to welcome you back to experience the high standard of service we have become known for. I take this opportunity to thank you again for the feedback.
Sincerely
Eliakim Okiddy
Managing Director
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Email Hesham | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing Tours and Amazing People
Without Exadoration this is by far the best trip I have ever had in my life, I strongly encourage to have a trip with Tekko Tours to Masai Mara and Lake Nakuru. Make sure you tell them to let you stay at Lake Nakuru Lodge.
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Email Evy and Wim | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful experience thanks to Tekko tours
We would like to thank you for the excellent organisation of our wonderful Safari!
We would like to thank Jackson, excellent guide and driver, he gave the maximum of himself to spot wildlife and we really had fun with him. Many many thanks for giving us this wonderful experience!!
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Email Steven & Patricia | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic Safari
We enjoyed a fantastic and memorable 10-day safari with Tekko Tour. From our first email contact with Tekko Tours, we felt welcome and in excellent hands. Carol was instrumental in helping us plan our trip. She customized our itinerary to fit our needs, always answering our many inquiries and requests timely and with the most patient, professional and kind attitude.
We ended up visiting 6 national parks and managed to see the Big Five and many more beautiful animals. Our driver Jackson was amazing, always working to ensure that each game drive was filled with new animal sightings. One of our highlights was observing a Cheetah hunt. His seemingly endless efforts in showing us Kenya made this safari a great and successful tip. Jackson’s knowledge of the animals, local areas, history was never ending. He seemed to know just about everything and everybody in Kenya.
Thank you Tekko Tours, especially Carol and Jackson for a memorable trip. We highly recommend you.
EE
Email Ingrid | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent
We did 8-days drive in 5 different NP-s. It was really amazing. I can highly recommend Tekko Tour for the organisation of your Safari in Kenya. The booking was handeled incredibly efficiently. Carol answered all our questions very quickly. Our guide , Jackson, was great: a very careful driver, polite and he was always in time. We travelled with kids and always felt safe. We saw everything, and I mean everything... 27 lions , 2 leopards, 3 gepards, elephants, hippos, crocs, buffalos, gnus, rhinos (both black and white).... Every game drive we saw something new. Jackson - you are the best!
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Email Soumyakant Dash | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Trip of a lifetime and my honeymoon..i am returning to Africa soon
Tekko was excellent.Maggie was very patient in dealing with my repeated requests for customizing the trip. Our Guide Steven was excellent and always enthusiastic. We saw everything that we wanted to from black rhinos to white rhinos to lions to leopards to cheetah. Highly recommended
Email Diana&Dario | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unforgettable experience!!!
It was our first experience of as safari in Africa and it was unforgettable!
Our guide, Jackson, was always very friendly, polite, positive and had a lot of experience that was keen to share with us. Very skilled he was so he helped us in exploring the marvellous fauna and flora in Kenya.
Everything from timings to hotels, was well organized and confortable.
Maggie was very professional and she prepared all what we need and was very quick in replying us through emails during trip organisation.
We sure will ben back in Kenya to discover our parts of the country and we will ask them to be our tour operator.
Thanks to them we had an awe-inspiring experience in Kenya!
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Email Rich and Nancy | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing experience
We did an 8 day safari in Kenya and could not be more pleased. Our driver (I'm probably butchering the spelling) Undolo/Gordon was fantastic. He knew just where to go to see certain things that were hard to find and because he had friends everywhere we went he was able to quickly get tips to show us tons of animals. He'd get a call on the radio, take off towards the location of the tip and moments later we're seeing a family of lions, cheetahs, leopards, etc. If you're thinking about doing a self driving tour, don't do it. Beyond getting terribly lost out on the dirt roads of rural Kenya there's no substitute for the knowledge and experience of a professional guide.
We spent a lot of time on the road going from place to place which wasn't ideal but was necessary as our tour covered quite a few different places in the country. Covering all of that distance meant we got to see certain things in certain areas that were only available there. You just won't see the whole big 5 in one park so traveling is key. Also, the differences in climate and terrain from one area to the next was unbelievable.
Here's our itinerary: Amboseli Sentrim Camp (1 Night), The Ark Lodge (1 Night), Samburu Game Lodge (2 Nights)., Flamingo Hill Tented Camp (1 Night) & Ol Moran Tented Camp (2 Nights)
Best part of this trip, it was a private tour so it was just us in a big safari van. It was our honeymoon so it was perfect that we weren't crammed in a van with a ton of people. Seeing other vans out there in the parks that were full I'm so glad we had a private tour, felt like being a VIP.
If we do another tour in the future it will definitely be with Tekko.