The team
Aanika Karibu Safaris In Kenya
- Located In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 1986)
- Member Of:
- KATO, Tourism Regulatory Authority & Eco Toursm Kenya
- Tour Types:
- Small & medium group tours (Mid-range & luxury)
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $80 to $280 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
Amazing safari with Karibu!
We had an absolutely amazing experience with Karibu safaris! Personally I think we got the best guide with Aruni. So experienced, knowledgeable, and friendly. He went out of his was to assure we got the best views of everything, and saw every animal we wanted including the big 5! Cant praise him enough and wish everyone would be lucky enough to travel with him. The last day we parted from Aruni and the group for our finally day of the tour and quickly learned we were in very safe hands with our next guide, victor. He was so welcoming and friendly and made the rest of the tour wonderful. Willing to go out of his way to meet all of our needs and felt like chatting with a friend. We feel to lucky to have met both Aruni and Victor and would recommend Karibu Safaris to anyone!
Email Tamara | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best safari experience - could ask for more !
Amazing experience and lovely staffs. They arranged for someone to come pick us up and drove us back after the safari. In addition, we had the most amazing guide, Aruni! A real passionate safari guide, ready to try everything for us to see all the animals with the best view - and we did, our pictures look amazing! He also answered all our questions about the animals and Kenya. Really nice guy and he knows his stuffs for sure !
Sadly as we were doing a 5 days safari instead of 6-7, we had to leave our group and guide .. thankfully, Victor (another guide for the same company) met us and finished the trip with us. Again, we were so luck to meet another amazing guide ! Funny, friendly, caring and passionate!
Both Aruni and Victor were EXCELLENT guide - I highly recommend joining them on their safari tour !
DE
Email Audrey | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
It was a wonderful experience in Kenya with Karibu Safari.
Communication were great , service also ( food , infos , accomodations..).
Also the visited areas and time spended there was perfect. Driving around with our guide aroni was always really nice and secure. Thanks for this organisation.
DE
Email Tom | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Perfect trip, all was super!
Communication was super, service was always perfect and our questions and askings were always good solved, the doorms were okay, the safari tour itself and our driver aroni were the best you can get in the world! I would book direct again and recommend this to everybody.
QA
Email Tori | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
My experiences with this tour operator was very positive at each step of the tour.
My expectations have been exceeded. It started with helpful and speedy correspondence before the tour and only got better after that. Our guide Arony was absolutely fantastic. He is very knowledgeable of the area and always ensured that we had the best experience possible. He consistently positioned us to allow us to see the animals from a fantastic vantage point and was so patient with us as we were being awed by the animals. There were long days of driving and he always answered us with a smile. It was a great trip.
PT
Email Paulino Freitas | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excelent performance by the tour operator and the driver
The sacaria was great, lots of fun. Everybody stuff was great, like in the campo, village.
Communications, service like we expect. About expections well it went more then our desires.
Special thanks to James (tour driver) for is profissional and charecter, also provide the fun se need.
Thank you Karibu Safari
TH
Email Lauren and Joe | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing experience!
My husband and I have just returned from the 5 day Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru and Lake Naivasha tour. This really was an incredible experience for us from start to finish.
We were picked up ans dropped off directly from where we were staying in Nairobi. Accomodation was as described. I felt comfortable and safe wherever we stayed.
We managed to see lots of animals and our tour guide James really went above and beyond to make sure we were at the best spots to see the animals.
We really have no complaints and would recommend this tour to anyone interested in exploring this part of Kenya.
Thank you so much to the staff that supported us throughout our trip. James, Victor and Sera - you are brilliant!
BA
Email Marin | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing service by these guys, Castro is great, nice, funny, skillfull. Highly recommended!!
Amazing service by these guys, Castro is great, nice, funny, skillfull. Highly recommended!!
AE
Email Voke | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
It was an amazing experience from start to finish.
I was referred by a friend so I already had high expectations and I wasn’t disappointed. From the pick up point to the transfer, everyone was really helpful, I met Sera during this period and she gave me an insight into what to expect etc. I also got to see the big 5 all in one day and our tour guide Edward was amazing, he literally went all out to ensure we saw everything. The tent was very clean and the meals were very tasty, we also got to interact with the Masai people and learn more about their culture. It was an amazing trip and I highly recommend to anyone that’s still trying to make their minds up.
MX
Email Laura | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing experience
The communication before the trip was borderline bad. I never got a description of what the safari would look like or more details about the company or experience as a whole so I was pretty much betting on the descriptions in this site. I also got really worried because they never asked for my phone number or anything to contact me for pick up except the name of my hotel.
Regardless of the unclear communication at the beginning of the trip the Safari itself was amazing! The lodges where we stayed the first two nights were incredible and very comfortable. Given that I was traveling solo I shared with someone else who was also traveling solo (another girl). The cabin was very spacious, each bed had it’s own very well set mosquito net and we even had a nice shower and toilet inside the lodge with warm water! The food was good, the drives were the best. Our driver was James and he went above and beyond to make our Safari an unforgettable experience. On the first day alone we were able to spot Lions, Cheetah, elephants and giraffes along other animals. On the second day we say a leopard as well which he mentioned was a rare sight.
Our van broke on the third day on our way back to Lake Nakuru and be speedily arranged for us to be driven by someone else to our lunch area so we wouldn’t waste time while he fixed it.
As promised, he picked us up after lunch and we were back on our way to lake Nakuru. So tip here: there is the possibility to do Naivasha on the way to Nakuru. I think he insisted on it because one of the new passengers had it included in his tour, he didn’t force it on us though. I do not recommend doing Naivasha unless you are into birds a lot. It’s very plain and the boat tour lasts nothing and is pricey (20usd). The main reason we agreed to it was because there is nothing planned for the afternoon of the third day. This was very very lame. We initially thought we would be doing an evening game drive as we had on Masai Mara but apparently the ticket is not good for two days in Nakuru. I would recommend changing the departure time from Masai Mara so that it doesn’t feel like the afternoon is wasted. I would recommend booking with them but definitely think something should be added to the afternoon on the third day for those doing the 4 day safari as it ends up feeling more like a 3 day safari than a 4 day safari.