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Africa Flash Mc Tours & Travel
- Located In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2008)
- Member Of:
- KATO, Ecotourism Kenya & Travelife
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $100 to $500 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Sharon | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Dream Safari
We just got back from a 9 day safari tour covering Amboseli, Lake Nakuru, Lake Bogoria and Masai Mara with Africa Flash McTours. Due to some problems with the original tour operator we got, we were able to book very last minute (like 3 days before arriving Kenya) with Africa Flash McTours.
My friend was the one who interacted with Peter for the booking of our tour. I met Peter when we arrived in Nairobi and on our last day in Nairobi. He is very accommodating with our requests. On our last day, we spent some time with him before flying back. He eagerly listened to our feedback on our hotels/lodges, meals, etc
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Edward was our driver/guide for the entire 9 days. I believe having a good guide makes a whole lot of difference in the safari experience. I think that what you’ll get to see in your safari tours depends pretty much on the following: experience of guide, his network/connections (link to other guides) and luck.
Experience - You need an experienced guide to know where to go inside the parks. The parks are huge! Like Masai Mara is around 1,500+ km2. This is not Disneyland where there is a Lion Kingdom, Elephant Land or Giraffe Center. There are no street names inside. It’s all grass, bushes and trees inside. Every morning, we would joke Edward on our wish list. But he makes it so easy to show us stuff on our wish list that we tried to make it harder and harder. I wanted more than just spotting the animals. I wanted to see more of animal behavior (like hunting, mating, playing, etc) and Edward did not disappoint.
Network/Connections – I think Edward can run for mayor of Masai Mara National Reserve! Lol. It looks like he knows everyone inside the park. He does this hand raising wave whenever he recognizes the driver/guide of the vehicle across us. Sometimes he stops briefly and shakes the hand of the other driver/guide and have a quick chit chat. He would call friends and I know when the other person on the line tells him something interesting (they speak in Swahili so I don’t understand what they were talking about) coz he drives faster. Hahaha. One time, there was another van who got stucked on the mud and our 4x4 Land Cruiser was the one who helped pull the other van. Small things like this show that Edward is a good person and always helps other guides out. I think it is important to have that network so everyone can share what they see while on the road.
On our 9 days with Edward, the Top 10 things we saw:
1. Big 5
2. Migration of wildebeest and zebras in Mara River
3. Lioness carrying its cub and hiding them (there were 2 cubs!) in the bush
4. Lioness hauling its kill (zebra) and hiding it in the bush
5. Fighting buffalo (this is so intense I was afraid 1 of the buffalo would die)
6. Leopard up on a tree with his kill (wildebeest)
7. Mating baboons (they were too quick for our cameras!). Edward saw the behind of one female baboon and said it’s a bit reddish so it’s possible they would mate soon. True enough they did after about 5 minutes of waiting.
8. Zebras playing
9. Breastfeeding zebras and elephants
10. Family (dad, mom, baby) of hyenas going for a walk. Edward says it is rare to see a baby hyena outside. They are usually kept inside the hyena den.
I truly enjoyed our safari experience with Africa Flash McTours. I will definitely recommend them to family and friends and will book with them again when I go back to Kenya.
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Email Charissa | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unforgettable safari experience
My husband and I just concluded an 8-day safari tour in Kenya and were super lucky to have connected with Africa Flash McTours to help plan our trip. Knowing little about the country, we found Flash Mc via random google searches and it worked out great! We had an incredible time.
From the initial inquiry, Peter was extremely responsive, normally replying within a few hours. With prompt and helpful insight, he designed a custom and private itinerary for us based on our budget, accommodation preferences and travel schedule. He provided suggestions when necessary and was also able to fluidly change our itinerary as we fine-tuned our choices.
Once in Kenya, we received airport pickup and drop-off which granted us hassle-free service all the way to/from the parks and reserves. Our driver/guide Simon immediately welcomed us and throughout the trip helped give us the best experience. Simon’s expert knowledge on the vast reserve landscape, wildlife and Kenya in general enabled us to enjoy the ideal safari adventure. He was very friendly, really helpful and always on our time. With the excellent scheduling, we visited Amboseli, Lake Naivasha, Lake Nakuru and Maasai Mara on our trip and felt like we had plenty of time to enjoy each destination. Regarding the animals, we saw everything!
Flash Mc definitely deserves recognition for their top-tier service, swift responses and customer-friendly approach. We’d recommend them for anyone planning a trip to Kenya and will certainly refer all our family and friends. To Peter, Simon, and the entire team, Asante!
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Email Riddhi | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great experience. Knowledgeable tour guide and decent stays
Everything was great.. only stay at masai mara could have been better. Tour guide Edward was good.
Reply from Africa Flash Mc Tours & Travel
Posted on Aug 21, 2019Jambo Riddhi,
Thank you for travelling with us on our 6 days Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru & Amboseli Economy Safari, and taking time to provide a feedback on your safari experience.
We appreciate your positive feedback on the guide and the tour.
As for the Masai Mara accommodations, we offered you different accommodation options to choose from, and based on your budget, you chose that one you stayed at in Masai Mara, however I had given an option to upgrade the accommodation at a fee, but that was not possible due to budget constraint.
We shall however keep you observation in mind and advise, future safari prospects on the same.
Hopefully this shall not be your last Africa holiday safari in Kenya. From us to you we say, "Asante & Welcome Again!"
Email Ken Muir | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A great experience for teh family
My wife and I are veterans of quite a few safaris across Africa but this time brought our children with us on a tour of Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru and Amboseli. The service was always clear and helpful. Our guide, Edward, was incredibly friendly, had a wide-ranging knowledge of the many animals/birds we saw and was always very responsive to our wishes and needs. We started in the Masai Mara and were lucky enough to catch the Wilderbeest migration, an awesome sight. Edwards tracked down a full range of animals including, of course, lions and cheetah. He then took us across country to Lake Nakuru, patiently helping us find a charger for our camera in a local town (which was much harder than finding the big cats!). Finding that there were more flamingoes in a neighbouring lake, he took us there too – and found an expert guide with encyclopedic knowledge of the birds and their habitat. Finally, we moved on to Amboseli in the foothills of Kilimanjaro. My personal favourite sight of the entire trip was seeing the animals leave the swamp at the end of the day to move to drier lands – it was a spectalar combination of elephants, giraffe, zebras, wilderbeest and a host of other creatures all travelling together. Our children couldn’t have loved it any more and we will have many memories to share forever. I’d recommend anyone booking with McFlash to ask for Edward as his guidance made the whole trip particularly special.
Email Jeanette | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An amazing experience from start to finish.
We are a family group of 5 adults and this was our first time in an African country or on safari - we had an amazing time!
I thoroughly recommend Africa flash mctours. From the start Peter was always prompt and thorough when replying to emails and through communication with him we negotiated the itinerary to involve a 7 day Masai-Mara,lake Nakuru, lake naivasha, amboseli Safari, with an additional 2 days at the end in Amboseli. Peter was always helpful in arranging things to suit our needs.
All the parks were so different and fantastic in their own way. Anthony, our driver, was brilliant. He was very friendly, always cheerful and really looked after us. We saw so many animals and birds (unfortunately not a leopard) it’s hard to pick out favourites. But perhaps for me the huge numbers of wildebeest on the Masai plains and the amboseli elephants stand out.
All the accommodation was great and all catered for the two vegetarians in our party.
The bike ride and gorge walk in Hell’s Gate and the boat ride to Crescent island (where you can walk amongst the animals with a guide) were also a lovely change from being in the van.
The only downside is that the trip involved a lot of long journeys in the vehicle on some very poor roads. However, it was worth it for us for all the experiences we have had.
Thanks to Peter and Anthony for making this such an incredible trip of a lifetime!
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Email William | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Breathtaking. Incredible. Will Book Again!
This was my first time on safari and it was absolutely incredible. There is nothing like it! What made my experience top-notch was our driver, Edward. His eyesight was incredible and I often felt like he would spot things that very few drivers would spot. In the short couple of days, we saw over 60 African animals (I counted), including rare animals like the leopard. On that note, Edward kept his eyes on the road as well and I felt safe the entire time. The hatchback roof was often up, allowing us to stand and marvel at the sights in front and around us.
If given the option, it is worth booking accommodations inside the park; doing so will cut out 1-2 hours of driving into the park per day and the scenes at said accommodations are out of this world.
This will not be my last safari, and I will be booking with Africa Flash McTours again!
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Email Sandrine | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
We went to Massaï Mara and lake Nakuru
The service was excellent. Peter is very friendly and professional. He was available every time for all questions.
Patrick our driver was very professional and kind.
We loved our safari with Mc Tours & Travel. They were one time every days.
I recommande.
Sandrine
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Email Typhanie | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
GREAT time, great experience, great guides
Perfect info before departure.
Safari exactly how we expected it... even better
thanks to Peter and patrick
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Email Joana | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
4 DAYS 3 NIGHTS MASAI MARA PRIVATE SAFARI
We booked a 4 day’s private safari in Kenya with Africa Flash McTours and we couldn’t have chosen a better partner. From the beginning, they were always extremely available and ready to adapt the program to our requests. We wanted to stay at a specific camping in Masai Mara where there was initially no availability and Peter was tireless trying to get us to book our three nights at this camping. Thank you, Peter, for all the dedication and kindness from the beginning
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Email CN | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Worked out but stressful
I used Flash Mc Tours to do day trips in Nairobi and to provide driver service as we were flying in and out of Nairobi to Zambia and Tanzania. The first driver went to the wrong terminal. Fortunately, my son had a phone that could make international calls so the driver finally was contacted and provided the ride to hotel. The next day, a different driver picked us up on time and did a great job taking us to Amboseli NP. Our main contact Peter seemed disorganized and wanted us to provide flight information repeatedly. He also forgot to schedule a driver for one day until we reminded him.
The last day we had a city tour. Our driver was nearly an hour late with Peter and the driver pointing out that it was the other's fault. Our city tour driver told us that he specialized in city tours but really turned out to just be a very pleasant driver. He provided very little information.
If you are going to use Peter and Flash Mc Tours, I suggest that you constantly remind Peter about your needs. Perhaps our problems would have been less if we had a continual safari instead of needing services over 2 weeks as we flew in and out of Nairobi. However, I was upfront and contracted with Peter for the services before arriving in Nairobi.
Reply from Africa Flash Mc Tours & Travel
Posted on Aug 8, 2019Jambo CN,
Thanks for choosing to travel with us, and writing us the review. This will help us improve on our short comings. My apologies, and I take responsibility for any delays and inconvenienced caused.
Allow me to give a short explanation,
1) When you made the booking for your transfers, you only shared the details of your arrival time, but not the actual flights details, thus when we sent a driver to pick you up, and did not have the flight details, he may have gone to the wrong terminal, as different flights use different arrival terminals. Thus if I had the actual flight details, it would have helped a lot. The flight number would also enable us to know, if there were any delays with your flight. This is the reason, I would always email you, to request you to send us the flight details even though we had the time of arrival.
2) As for the City Tour, we were meant to begin with a visit to DSWT and only opens up for 1 hour between 11:00 am and 12:00 noon. The schedule was to pick you up at 09:00 am, but since it happened to be a Sunday and there was no traffic, I thought, it would be best to pick you up at 10:00 am, so that you do not wait for long before being allowed for the viewing. I sent an email, but on the change, but it must have been a bit late, as I had spoken to your driver as well.
I can however assure you that, this shall not happen again, and I will work on all the other areas you mentioned. Thanks once more for choosing to travel with us.