Estleon Adventures
- Office In:
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 2017)
- Tour Types:
- Customizable private tours and fixed group tours
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $100 to $352 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Daniel Beyer | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A fantastic trip
We went on a 13 day private safari with Esteleon, and it was absolutely fantastic. Our driver, Tony, was extremely knowledgeable and provided a great experience for us.
We saw all of the big 5 as well as Cheetahs, hunting Mongooses, White and Black Rhinos, all three subtypes of Giraffes, a wild newborn hippo, and even a mother Spotted Hyena and her cubs in their burrow.
I personally preferred the Tented Camps over the Brick and mortar hotels because they were cooler at night and you could hear the sounds of the animals and rivers as well! If you are going to visit the David Sheldrick Wildlife trust, I would recommend adopting an elephant so you can go to their adopter hour, which is much more intimate with the baby elephants than the 11am visit.
Favorite Places: Ol Pejeta, Maasai Mara, and David Sheldrick's Adopter visiting hour. Ol' Pejeta's tented camp was my favorite lodging and had the best Rhino viewing. Maasai Mara was incredible for seeing predator animals such as Lions, Cheetahs, and Hyena.
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Email Ratchaneekorn Chamrat | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing and wonderful trip !
Very helpful and flexible guide/driver "Tom". Even with more than usual amount of rain, he was able to manage trip really well. I would recommend this tour/guide. Definitely going back again.
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Email Venkatesh | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Experienced, cost effective, flexible, friendly, committed & good English speaking Driver.
Esther was very responsive and responsible. We had an issue with couple of accommodations and she changed it to make us happy. She also paid for the Masai Village tour and the boat ride in Naivasha. We never expected this. Though November is not a good month for Safari due to rains, the Driver Tom went the extra mile to show us as many animals as possible. He also spent extra hours to drive us around in Nairobi and helped us fill the time since our flight was late in the night.
I would recommend Estleon Adventures for anyone planning to Kenya.
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Email Isabelle Hiemann | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Well organized and easy communication
Our Safari was amazing. An experience one should not miss out. Our driver was a very good guide who could tell us lots about animals and nature. Communication with Esther was easy going and very kind. She put us together an offer that would come up to our expectations. The accommodations were all very fine. And we had a really wonderful hearttouching time plus saw the big five.
We went to lake naivasha, lake Nakuru, Maasai Mara and Ole Pajeta. The Lodge in Sweetwater Seaview was really luxurious as for we had a tent with view to waterhole where all animals met. So in the morning at 5:30 we could see Sunrise and the wildlife from bed in our tent.
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Email Sara Gouveia | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Estleon Adventures: the more professional and friendly team that you could ever ask for!
Esther is amazing she helped us in every step of the way even in things she didn't have too. From visas, to booking hotels when you arrive to Nairobi, to making sure that we had the best time of our lives ( she even baked me a cake and arranged for the masai tribe to dance for my birthday! Who does that???). The only sad part was that we didn't meet her personally. Our huge thanks to you Esther!
Tony was our driver, and once more couldn't have had a better one. He has hawk eyes and is able to find any animal you ask for, he tries his best to get you the best shots and he even helped us with the culture differences between theirs and our country. Don't have any problems in booking with them, they are amazing people you won't regret it! Thank you Tony and Esther!
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Email Rui Ferreira | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderfull
Did a 4 day safari to Lake Nakuru and Massai Mara and it was wonderfull.
Asked the staff for a special night with my girlfriend since it was her birthday and they got me a cake with Massai tribe dancing for us!!!
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Email Marta Diago | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Simply perfect!
We went on a 7-day safari tour including Amboseli, Lake Nakuru and Maasai Mara and we couldn't have asked for more! Esther was really helpful, kind and understanding from the first moment and helped us design our custom trip adjusted to our budget. When you visit Kenya from abroad you are always worried to find an agency you can trust and Estleon Adventures is that and much more: Tony (our driver, guide and now new friend), was perfect from beginning to end. Always with a smile on his face and making jokes, we could notice he was respected and loved by the other guides and lodges stuff. Great knowledge about animals, he gave us many curious facts about them and made the impossible till we were satisfied with what we saw (lions, cheetahs and even leopards). Awesome driving skills even though the road was really bad due to heavy night rain. We are no experts but we have been in several safaris in countries like South Africa and we can say this was by far the best of all: we have no doubts that without Esther and Tony out trip and experience could not have been as incredible and perfect as it was.
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Email Ajith K R | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing experience..
The best thing with Esther was that she was the first one to respond to my queries on Safaribookings. All the responses were prompt & clear and she made sure that everything is taken care of. It was a complete package (unlike quoted by few others)- right from pickup to drop off at Nairobi airport. The selection of lodges were also good. Her quick responses were indeed the game changer.. all requests were taken care of promptly which was great since we were travelling with kids (including 2 yr old).
The driver/guide was Tom - another fantastic guy.. knowledgeable and friendly.
I highly recommend trying Estleon at least once. This was one of an amazing and memorable tour we had.. thanks to Esther & Co.
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Email Patrizia | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A Masai Mara safari full of surprises and emotions
The safari was organized by Esther, always available. After having clarified my requests, she sent me some proposals among which I found the one I preferred. Esther answered all my questions and so everything went very well. Tony, our driver, was great at leading us into the park in search of the big five. Thanks to him and his keen eyesight, we have seen: cheetahs, lions, lionesses, a leopard, buffaloes, elephants, hippopotamuses, crocodiles, zebras giraffes and thousands of wildebeest and more. Three very exciting days.
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Email Sanja | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Unprofessional, unorganized and not having appropriate car
1- We arrived at Nairobi airport at midnight, no one was waiting for us, we have to call the Esther to arrange a transport
2- We booked for private game ride but one day in Masai Mara another car broke down, the driver asked us if we can help them to get them to their hotel, we said its ok but we ended up whole day with 5 people in our car. They completely ruined 1 day of our trip. When we complained the agency sincerely apologized and said it will not happen again. We asked for refund for 1 day but they refused.
3- The driver was just a driver, he didn't know anything about the animals, nature or culture, this waisted lots of our time.
4- The last accomodation had nothing in common with pictures, the rooms were absolutely dirty, it seemed they never washed them since they built the camp. No internet access although wifi signal was available.
5- The car was not appropriate for luxury safari tour. It stuck several times in the field, waiting several hours of our time.
6- In the itinerary there was a lunch for the last day but the driver dropped us at the airport without lunch.