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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
Email Roger Wiederkehr | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
6 day custom safari
Our trip with Africa FlashMC was nothing short of spectacular. From the very first contact, Peter has gone above and beyond in helping us out and redesigning initial itinerary drafts based on our changing ideas. We ended up doing a safari for 6 days, 5 nights with 1 night each on Lake Nakuru and Lake Naivasha and 3 nights in Maasai Mara.
Our driver and guide, Simon, has done an outstanding job driving us to the best places and enabled us to take excellent photos and create long lasting memories. Not only did we manage to see the big 5, but we even saw 3 different leopards, big herds of elephants, groups of cheetahs, ostriches etc. It has been an incredible experience and I will definitely be booking with Peter and Africa FlashMC again!
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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.
Email Alex | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great organisation, great trip, great place.
Our tour Operations Manager Peter was highly professional and lived up to expectations from the website. The safari itself was an overwhelmingly beautiful experience.
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Email Johan | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Well organized, friendly and responsive.
Peter Njenga from Africa FlashMC did a great job of organizing our Masai Mara safari. We sent our requests to several organizers before our trip and Peter at FlashMC always responded promptly with e-mail to all questions and concerns we had before the trip and he was responsive to the changes we wanted to make. We can warmly recommend him and FlashMC to anyone who is going to do a safari in Kenya.
Email Hiroshi | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Quick response and reliability
We went with a private tour for Masai-mara and Nakul lake (4days 3 nights).
Response for arrangement was very quick. We were able to see big 5. Driver/guide were very good. Loges were good. I did’t have any complaint
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Email Bassem | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Helpful, respectful
Peter was very helpful and the company staff is very respectful and flexible.
Email stuart munday | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A fabulous safari with a great company
Peter was helpful and professional from booking to completion.
We had a wonderful safari with our guide Eddie who tirelessly looked after us all from the onset.
Wonderful people, wildlife, transport and accommodation in this beautiful country.
I would not hesitate to recommend this company to anyone looking for a good value but comprehensive safari.
DE
Email Udo | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unique safari experience
I did the 6 day Masai Mara-Lake Nakuru-Amboseli Safari in November 2017. In advance I compared the offers of various tour providers and found the offer of Flash Mc Tours as the best value for money. The communication with Peter was easy and the transfer of the down payment was straightforward.
I was picked up from my hotel in Nairobi and we drove directly to Masai Mara, where we spent two nights at Lenchada camp. We took extensive game drives. I was surprised at the big herds of animals. Lions, cheetahs and even a leopard we got to face.
Then we drove to Lake Nakuru Park. The park is impressed by the large lake with swarms of flamingos and pelicans. We could watch rhinos and the rare Rothschild giraffes. After the half-day game drive, we made our way to the Amboseli National Park, which we reached in the evening.
In Amboseli Park we stayed for two nights in the Kibo Safari Camp. On our game drives we saw large elephant and buffalo herds grazing in the marshes. On the last day the Kilimanjaro passed us, which had shrouded itself in clouds until then.
Now we took the road down to Mombasa. After 10 hours of strenuous ride we finally arrived at my hotel in Diani-Beach towards evening.
Thanks to the perfect organization, the Safari with Flash Mc Tours was a unique experience that exceeded my expectations by far. Although it was supposed to be a budget safari, the accommodations were remarkably comfortable, especially the Kibo Safari Camp in Amboseli.
I saw all of the Big Five. My drivers Edward and Johnny proved to be excellent track readers. They never crowded and there was always enough time to observe the individual animals extensively.
All in all, I can only recommend the Safari with Flash MC Tours.
IE
Email Phil | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Would definitely recommend
We booked a 4 day safari in Masai Mara & Lake Nakuru.
There's lots of operators and to be honest, I found information to be scant and had lots of questions, particularly around types of accommodation available, length of drives etc. I contacted a few all through email and more or less got standard replies, which was a little frustrating. Peter from Africa Flash McTours was the one who was fastest to reply to queries and also the most flexible in terms of offering different accommodation options, which was great. Some operators want 10% deposit and balance paid on arrival, with Africa Flash Mctours you pay in full upfront when booking. Part of me was slightly concerned about this but I was issued with a receipt immediately and all was well. Nothing to be concerned about. I asked for a recommendation as to a hotel to overnight in before we set off from Nairobi and Peter gave a great one in Ibis Styles Westfields, which was perfectly clean and modern and inexpensive for an overnight.
As promised our driver John met us bang on time at 8am on day 1 and off we went. We got a detailed itinerary for each day and a checklist so we could tick off all the animals we saw. We got to the hotel at 2pm and after lunch and some down time, went on our first sunset game drive. This was incredible, within minutes we had seen hundreds of Zebras, Wildebeests and Gazelles and within the first hour plenty of Elephants and Giraffes. Then the magic of seeing Lions from about 12ft all within an hour and a half. Genuinely couldn't believe how plentiful the animals were but the Mara reserve is huge and day three is a full day driving all around it, right to the Mara River, which borders the Masai Mara and the Serengeti in Tanzania. We saw every type of animal bar Rhinos, which our guide told us we would see in Lake Nakuru. The beauty of the Masai Mara is you can go off track so can get really close to the animals.
The trip to Lake Nakuru is long on day 3 but the lodge there is fabulous. The game there is not as plentiful as in the Masai Mara and you can't go off track but there's plenty to see. The scenery is really beautiful.
Day 4 is a morning game drive and around a 4 hour drive back to the airport, booking a flight departing around 6pm is perfect.
Overall we really enjoyed the tour and would highly recommend Africa Flash Mctours. Our guide John was an excellent driver, very knowledgeable about the animals and areas, and was really accommodating and pleasant.
Tips:
-Fly in the night before and overnight in Nairobi so you start the tour refreshed after a good sleep. I wouldn't recommend flying in early morning and straight out on the tour.
-Don't scrimp on accommodation - I'd really recommend Sopa Mara & Lake Nakuru Lodges.
-Bring a few dust masks, throughout the safari there's mostly dirt tracks which do kick up dust. Not the end of the world but if I was going again I'd bring a few each.
-Be prepared for lots of driving...from Nairobi to Masai Mara, Masai Mara to Lake Nakuru could be 5 or 6 hours driving. You stop for lunch, toilet breaks etc and get to see lots of villages, towns and the Great Rift Valley. Be comfortable though, there's drinking water provided but some water spray would be worth bringing to refresh yourself.
-The tour guide has binoculars, so no need to pack in your luggage.
-if you bring a phone, our driver could charge in the van if we had the lead.
-Be prepared for some dodgy roads, about 2 hours either side of the drive to Masai Mara are just bumpy dirt tracks. Not comfortable but the only way to get there.
-Theres no toilets on the game drives!
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Email Sebastian | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An unforgettable experience
Me and my girlfriend signed up for an 11-day trip with the best of Kenya and Tanzania. It was supposed to be small group safari but since our arrival to Kenya went 34 late due to flight troubles, we ended up with a private safari except for the first 4 days when we had company by one person. We had to pay some extra because of the private tour but we were glad that Peter could postpone the trip one day.
Our first guide, Edward were truly services-minded and patient. He always made his best to give us good spots where we could take the best pictures! After 6 fantastic days in Kenya where we spent the nights at mid- to luxury hotels, we switched to survival mode and started camping in Tanzania. We think the trip were perfectly planned where we had to test a bit of each. During the Tanzania-part of the safari, we always had company of our private chef Tom who cooked us delicious food! And our guide Ephraim was always glad and positive.
I'am pretty sure we paid less for our trip than many other people out there on the savanna, but we still looked at the same animals, got great guides and slept at nice places. I Never thought I would sit on tripadvisor and write a review but Africa Flash Mc Tours (and Edward ofc.) are worth the best of recommendations!