Ecobushman International Expeditions
- Located In:
- Size:
- 20-50 employees (Founded in 2000)
- Member Of:
- EAWLS, ETT & NK
- Tour Types:
- Custom budget & mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $100 to $800 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Delivering the magic of East Africa
Our Team at Fisherman's Camp and The Rift Valley festival on Lake Naivasha have been sending our clients on Safari with Issac for many years now. None are disappointed with the quality of the Safaris on offer, the service delivered and the unique, as well as vast knowledge of Issac himself. We can only highly recommend anyone to Eco-Bushman Safaris. Happy journeys guys!
Email Yvonne Katchor (Birding Aboard) | 65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Issac Ouma an amazing guide
WE met Isaac in Kenya. We were interested in Birding as well as animals but had little budget.
Ouma's knowledge of not only the birds we wanted to sight butactually where each specimen could be sighted amazed us. Everytime we saw a bird he would flip the page on our bird book and thus give us posetive identification. We walked amongst many animals with his guidance.
In ten years of doing nothing but looking for the world’s birds Isaac Ouma is the most dedicated birding and animal guide we have enjoyed. He is as capable of organising a 3 country all inclusive luxury safari with air-conditioned vehicles, the best hotels or , chefs, food and wines as he is in organising a budget four day safari.
His only wish is that his clients return home glowing with knowledge of his Kenya and its wildlife.
We highly recommend him. Now we will return to Isaac in 2014 with our grandchildren
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Email Elisabet Zöttl | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Best of Africa's nature & wildlife served with contageous entusiasm and great knowledge!
Since I myself am a biologist I expect quite a lot of knowledge from my safari organiser. With Isaac Ouma as guide to several destinations in Kenya - The Great Rift Valley with Lake Naivasha and surroundings, Lake Baringo, Lake Victoria with the fishing village Kitale, Saiwa swamp and Kakamega forest as well as the world known Maasai Mara national park, all my expectations were met and more.
Isaac's bird knowledge is second to none and his enthusiasm for his country and African wildlife and nature highly contageous. Visiting these destinations showed the multitude of habitats and animals that Kenya has to offer. Isaac is humble and flexible and will go the utmost to reach any wishes, be it monetary restrictions on accommodation, specific wish sightings, off-track destinations, including cultural aspects such as having local brewed beer in town etc.
I did my safaris with Isaac in 2005 and if I were to plan any future trips to Africa I would definitely do them with Isaac and Ecobushman.
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Email Marilyne & Alexis | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Picturesque African learning adventure with the excellent Isaac Ouma as knowledgeable guide. Superb.
Greatly enjoyed our wildlife explorations with Isaac, and therefore honoured to be able to recommend his services.
We shared 10 days in total with Isaac, and were able to craft a range of inspiring experiences - watching the behaviour of pregnant animals, and with walking, cycling and driving tours! Cycling in the footsteps of Zebra, through to tracking Hyena! We also got to see certain birds that are on the brink of extinction - with Isaac both recognising their cry and mimicking their songs to grant us this opportunity.
Not only is Isaac keen to share his vast knowledge of the Natural World, he is also seeking to instil sustainable safari practices. This is obvious from his engagement with local communities, where he inspired the youth through awareness of both the natural resources and risks.
If your objective is simply to take photos of "The Big 5" game animals, then perhaps you could opt for any of the tour operators. Often those
"Wildlife Guides" cannot track the animals, and rely on their radios to inform one another of sightings; and therefore congregate as multiple vehicles around solitary or small groups of animals... Not our approach. We prefer to learn through observation, to see the animal behaviours - and as a result to catch glimpses that are far more unique. Our experiences were far more tailored, and far from anything "off the shelf".
We went with open minds, and returned with superior knowledge and new friendship. Thank you Isaac, we hope to return for new adventures with you!
ps: ask Isaac for the story about how his vehicle obtained a small dent in the bonnet (hint: it was me!)
Breathtaking experience!!
I personally know Ecobushman, a very professional and well spoken gentleman to whom we share the same vision “responsible tourism can be the positive force for conservation of wildlife and indigenous cultures”. As one of the people who have shared experience with Ecobushman International Expedition, I am very honored to write this review and recommend everyone to this lifetime experience with Ecobushman and his crew to embark a journey to the most beautiful places in African continent. Ecobushman, Isaac and Abuu are very professional, talented and organized gentlemen and they offered us an impeccable services including amazing tour to places like Tanzania, Kenya and Rwanda and we were fed too well. Being in- experienced travelers, the fact it was a mixed age group of seven people which this help blend us nice together helped a great deal in building other network of friends. We have no hesitation in recommending Ecobushman International Expeditions to others.
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Email John | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
No response
FYI- This company answered my email asking what type of safari we wanted then never responded again.
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Email Stephanie | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Do yourself a favor and use any other company!
We do not recommend using Ecobushman, Isaac Ouma and Shelley McCarthy if you go on Safari. We paid $568 per day and stayed in hotels that were filthy, had no water, and unsafely locked us in the hotel with bars. Many of the restaurants we ate at were dodgy at best and many meals were cookies on the road. The car was constantly in the shop which caused us to lose over a week of our 5 week trip. Everywhere we went they had trouble accessing our money so this trip seemed to be a lot of waiting for a lot of money. Isaac and Shelley have said that it’s the roads, the banking and Africa’s imperfections. We have never heard of such calamities with any of our friends that have traveled to Africa. Do yourself a favor and go with one of the many other companies available. Feel free to contact us with any questions. steph@mammothsoul.com
Reply from Ecobushman International Expeditions
Posted on Nov 28, 2018Thank you for your feedback Stephanie. We do admit there were some issues, however this is to be expected on a 5 week driving safari when crossing many countries in East Africa. Things operate very differently to your lovely comfortable home in America. Prior to the beginning of safari we did mention that the safari is not rigid and due to road conditions may change slightly.
On occasion we did stop at some sub-standard hotels, this was in a bid to relieve you of further driving, though we did offer to change hotels if you were unhappy. You refused. Yes, money can be an issue, when park authorities do not accept cash and their card facilities are having difficulties. Something out of our hands.
We wish you all the best with your future travels and are sincerely sorry you seem to forget all the wonderful experiences you had on this trip with us. We know we won't forget enjoying your company and sharing some incredible animal interactions with you.