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Explorer Kenya Tours & Travel
- Located In:
- Size:
- 20-50 employees (Founded in 2006)
- Member Of:
- ATTA, KATO & EAWS
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $200 to $600 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Kevin | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amboseli
Hi,
I used this company 3 times.to.visit Nakuru lake, Masai Mara and Amboseli park.
Serious company, they have a high acknoledge and they answer to you very quickly by email compared to others guide tour.
Amboseli have been done with Jonathan, perfect guide tour. He will answer to all your questions.
KM
Email Fabienne Drout | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
great time. Jonathan is a great driver, he knows the place and animals and behaves very respectfull
great time. Jonathan is a great driver, he knows the place and animals and behaves very respectfully with them. He's also helpful, discreet, smiling and a good company. The lodge and its staff are very nice. I highly recommend the place.
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Email YM | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Truly amazing, once in a lifetime experience with Explore Kenya!
We had Jonathan as our guide who is very professional, always on-time, never says no to any request + very experienced and knows where to find the animals and predicts how they would behave. The company also has a very professional service, super responsive and had no hassle at all at any point. They were flexible enough to make changes to the itinerary to improve our experience.
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Email Shreya | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Awesome!
Douglas was our tour guide for our safaris and he was amazing! He knew a lot about the wildlife which was quite helpful. As I am a wildlife photographer and because of his knowledge and skills about wildlife I was able to get good images. He was courteous and always on time ... I highly recommend him as a safari guide.
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Email Dipan Patel | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Awesome safari
It was excellent trip we really enjoyed the safari for 7 days,we have seen all big 5 during our safari. Our tour guide Jonathan was amazing he did fantastic job to show us all the animals. I would recommend everyone to use them.
Thanks
An experience unlike any other
The trip was unbelievable from start to finish. Before the trip began Explorer Kenya gave us a indepth itinerary of the entire week and were responsive and detailed in all our email correspondence. When we arrived our tour guide and driver David was there and ready to go. We drove to our first resort and it was an exceptional beautiful place with an extraordinary staff. We saw such incredible scenery and so much wildlife, and the whole trip was made even better by our fantastic tour guide David, who was charismatic, funny, and very knowledgable about all the wildlife as well as the country and its people. Over the course of a week we traveled to Maasai Mara, Hell's Gate National Park at Lake Naivasha, and Amboseli national park. During that time we saw lions, giraffes, wildebeest, crocodiles, elephants, and even a cheetah. It was truly an experience unlike any other.
Email Rich Hudson | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great Experience, Fantastic Time
Big Thanks to Jonathan for a fantastic Time at Ol Pejeta Conservancy
What a fantastic start to our time in Kenya, a few days up at Ol Pejeta Conservancy, where our guide Jonathan Maina was always on hand to help in anyway. We were collected from a hotel in Nairobi, and driven up to the Conservancy in time for lunch followed by a game drive that afternoon. Those roads of Nairobi are something else, but Jonathan manoeuvred his way through skilfully. We had a stunning time at the Conservancy, the location is great with a water hole overload by the accommodation, which was visited by a whole range of animals. Jonathon took us out on drives each morning and afternoon, and was full of knowledge about the animals and the area, and good company. Nothing was too much trouble and he was always on hand to ensure things went smoothly. Our trip was well planned to ensure we got the best experience at Ol Pejeta, and it was sad to take the trip back to Nairobi for our next adventure at the Maasai Mara.
I can totally recommend Jonathan as a guide, he was great fun, I have never seen as many Zebra Crossings!!
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Email Nitin | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The best way to explore Kenya .. explorer kenya
The communication by Robert , the service and driving and attentiveness of our guide and driver David all was very exceptionally good. The tour went very smooth and we saw Everything on the Safari..the big 5 and much more.. thanks a lot again David , my kids still sing the African song u taught them ..
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Email Aatif Kakajiwalla | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
David was an excellent driver
Good driver with knowledge of the parks. Was also a great help.
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Email Charlie | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic 6 Days 5 Nights Trip for 2 with David
Myself and my girlfriend (now fiancé but more on that later) have just come back from 10 day trip to Kenya. We spent a big portion of those days (Private tour for 2 people, 6 days/5 nights - 2 nights in Masaai Mara/ 1 night in Lake Nakuru/ 2 nights in Amboseli in a Land Cruiser) in the hands of the company and our guide David.
Before we booked the trip, Robert was always very prompt and honest in his responses, which was the difference maker for us, as we did talk to a few tour companies for comparison. Robert also never made us uncomfortable with hard selling - something we don’t really appreciate and something which we experienced with other tour companies.
On with the journey- After arriving at the airport, we were picked up by David, who greeted us with a friendly smile and off we went on our adventure! The trips by road to the parks are quite long and the roads are a tad rough - so be prepared for some bumpy moments but we were lucky that David was a fantastic driver so the trip was smooth and we even caught some sleep along the way. He also made sure that we always arrived on time as scheduled.
As we went in April during the rainy season, we did get some rain during some of our game drives but we were able to experience the safaris in all their glory. On Day 1 of our trip in the Masaai Mara, we were lucky enough to catch some cheetahs in action as well as Hyenas picking the bones of the corpse! The Masaai Mara was definitely our favourite spot and our only regret is spending only 3 days/2 nights here. We stayed at the Mara Ashnil and it was very good, although not as great as our latter accommodations in the trip. Mara Ashnil is a luxury tented camp but hot water and electricity is not 24/7, which can be uncomfortable for some but we managed alright.
After a 6 hour journey, we arrived at Lake Nakuru which is a smaller park famous for the Black and White Rhino, and pink flamingoes and we did get to see them. However, as good as the park is, it pales in comparison to Masaai Mara in terms of the sheer awe factor of the landscape and wildlife. The hotel, Nakuru Sopa Lodge, was absolutely terrific with a stunning view. We were pleasantly surprised and had a great night’s stay here.
To the final leg of our journey, and the longest drive. After 8.5 hours, we arrived at Amboseli and saw the majestic Mount Kilimanjaro. It was here that I proposed to my fiancé at sunset with the view of Kilimanjaro in the background and David was kind enough to capture those moments with my camera :)
Amboseli is absolutely stunning for the aforementioned view of Kilimanjaro (clearest in the early morning and late afternoon when there are no clouds), and for the various families of elephants. David’s vast knowledge of the safaris taught me that almost 200,000 elephants use to roam the grounds in the 80s, whereas now there were only around 2,000 left, such a shame! However, David got us very close to the elephants and we saw families of elephants bathing and crossing the road right in front of our car! We stayed at the Kibo Safari Lodge, which was perfect and with a view of Kilimanjaro right outside our window! Amboseli is second to Masaai Mara on our list of favourites. And thus ended the trip for us with the company, safe to say the experience was massively enjoyable.
Food on the trip was very good - hotel buffets for breakfast, lunch and dinner at Mara Ashnil and Kibo Safari Lodge, and set courses at the Nakuru Sopa Lodge. During the long drives, we had takeaway lunch boxes and plenty of water along the journey. We were fed tremendously well!
Our guide David was very knowledgable and gave valuable insights into the Safaris, animals, and the country and culture of Kenya throughout the whole trip. He was always on hand to answer all of my queries (and I consider myself a curious person so I asked a lot of questions!) and one of the highlights of the trip was just getting to know him and also the country and culture of Kenya through him. His friendly demeanour and enthusiasm rubs off on you and made our trip very enjoyable. He is very highly recommended by us!
After the tour was over, we were dropped off at Wilson airport where we flew on with our own agenda to the coast, with wide smiles on our faces from the highly memorable experience of this safari with Explorer Kenya :)