JOCKY TOURS TEAM
Jocky Tours and Safaris
- Office In:
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 2002)
- Member Of:
- AMREF & KWS
- Tour Types:
- Custom budget & mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $50 to $200 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
for a custom tour
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Reviews
Email Henry | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Very friendly and considerate
Good tour, guide was very good at finding animals. We saw everything we wanted to and are very satisfied
AE
Email Santiago | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent experience
We had a great experience with jockey tours specially with our safari guide Tribon. Thanks for the experience !
AE
Email Alejandro Gomez | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Jocky tours and safaris is an amazing tour operator I would go with again!
The trip was quite well organised, I want to especially thanks Tribon for all the information provided during our game rides and his unwavering determination to spot all big 5!
SE
Email Henrik Palmquist | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic Safari with Jocky Tours
I booked this tour from Sweden based on the reviews I saw at SafariBookings. I booked the tour 3 night / 4 days. We visited Masai Mara, Lake Navashu and Lake Nakura national park.
I must say that everything worked perfectly from pick up at hotel in Narobi until drop off at the same place. Our guide / driver was David with 18 years of experience from Masai Mara. His guiding and driving was absolutely world class. He knew his way around Masai Mara like no other. Thanks a lot. I can only give my best recs !!
CA
Email Braeden | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Overall an amazing safari experience with a great guide, but company lacked some professionalism
Communication: from the beginning our communication with jockey was sufficient but not perfect. When we would ask questions, only some of them would get answered. Leading to more follow up emails until we just left some unanswered.
Service: when we arrived at the office our transaction was handled smoothly, but we think it helped to have our exact cash payment ready (even though this wasn’t ideal to carry around large amounts of cash). A day into our safari, the office called us to say that some of our currency was “dirty” or “marked” even though it just came from an ATM. They asked that we exchange $200 for different bills at our next stop. Our guide spoke with them, assured them we were nice people and they called back to apologize and say they made a mistake..
Value for money: overall we were happy with our accommodation and value for a private tour with 4x4 Land Cruiser when compared to other companies. Out of several accommodations, our favourite was Manjaro Tented Camp near Amboseli.
Reliability: overall good, but we did show up to one hotel that we were told we would be staying at (the same one our guide was told), only to be notified that they didn’t have room for us and the were told we had to go elsewhere. In the end, not a big deal, but felt unorganized
Tour itself: overall an amazing safari! We did ann 8 day tour tour to Maasai Mara, Lake Naivasha, Lake Nukuru, annd Amboseli. Even with some of the shortcomings mentioned above we had an amazing safari experience! Our guide Kaseini was from a local Masai village and navigated the parks extremely well, particularly in the Masai Mara, his local insights and cultural pride made our safari experience special. We saw the big five, and many other animals and birds—everything we were hoping to see and more.
CN
Email Jason | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
This was the best for the best one I am looking for another one, it was good.
I'd like to tell them this was the best and it would be the best is value for money and they keep time they make sure you're all right, uh Oh, don't forget about seeing the animals.
DE
Email Ela | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very professional and kind
Our tour to Amboseli Park with John Walter was an excellent experience. John was warm, professional, and humorous. He looked after our group with great care and attention, and made sure all our requests were met. We would be delighted to travel with him again. Asante John!
IN
Email Sneha | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
It was great experience. Even though I had 3.5 days, Francis ensured we saw everything.
It’s a great safari. Brilliant landscapes and breathtaking animals. We had a great experienced guide Francis who ensured we saw everything. Even a short visit to Kenya is very worth it. Great accomodation and food, simple, healthy and comfortable.
Email Michele Naka | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Exceeded expectations!
I’m completely amazed by the service provided and accomodation for the budget option - Sankale camp (good food, amazing staff and the tent was way more than what I expected)!
The driver - Bernard Mwai - was a true king! He went over and above to show us as many animals as he could, as well for the ones we asked for.
Also, we luckily had the opportunity to see a buffalo vs lionesses action, and he got us a pretty amazing angle to watch it!
10/10!!!
US
Email Matthew Marposon | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
TWO AMAZING SAFARIS with our incredible guides PAPA & DENNIS through Amboseli, Nakuru & Maasai Mara!
JockyTours is legit.
First time travel to Africa can be overwhelming and filled with unknowns but JockyTours was never a problem. They were frequently available to chat via email and Whatsapp, they were accommodating and transparent regarding prices, itinerary, and services and they flexibly adjusted to and adapted to our plans as they evolved! JockyTours are an incredible value in not only the services they provide but also the accommodations they arrange and most of all in the skill and knowledge of their guides.
We were fortunate enough to book TWO (2) separate private & custom safaris with a 4 day break in between for a conference in Nairobi.
-SAFARI #1-
Amboseli & Lake Nakuru
We spent 5 nights and 6 days across Amboseli (2 full days/2 half-travel days) and Lake Nakuru (1 full day/ 1 half-travel day)
Our guide Papa was incredible. Papa's intimate knowledge of the areas along with his experience as a guide he confidently tracked and found rare wildlife events not common in each area for example a pride of lions hunting in Amboseli as well as a baby black rhino in Nakuru. Papa committed to giving us every opportunity to see Mt. Kilimanjaro making sure to keep an eye on visibility throughout each day as well as tracking different herds of elephants that would cross its view as well as exactly where and when to provide us with exceptional viewing and photographing conditions. He invested a lot of effort into our experience, often sharing useful knowledge, interesting history and trivia, and more often than not a good joke! He was a wizard on the road in how he weaved and navigated difficult roads, congested areas, and getting us to see everything we wanted, he not only knew how to solve mechanical issues on the fly but he also was Mr. Popular within the network of guides and communicated on the fly to get us to see the most out of each day. Papa truly felt more like a good friend you have known for a long time who you were visiting as he was showing us his incredible backyard, Papa rules and you would be so lucky to have him as your guide!
Thank you Papa, you started our trip off with a positive attitude that never left!
We stayed at the INCREDIBLE Manjaro tented camp with an intimate and authentically warm and kind camp staff while listening to wildlife out our door all night as well as the Hillcourt Resort and Spa complete with luxury amenities, a gym, pool, bar, spa, and restaurant dining.
-SAFARI #2-
The Maasai Mara
We spent 4 nights and 5 days in the Maasai Mara with Dennis from JockyTours and every day felt like a brand new adventure across completely different worlds!
We were picked up early and were accommodated as our group was split at 2 different locations, the drive from Nairobi was extremely smooth and safe as Dennis might be one of the most cool and chill human beings I have ever met, when we ran I to some traffic he calmly took a shortcut and saved us easily an hour!
Dennis was exceptionally patient, accommodating, and kind as we decided how we wanted to spend each day, he met us as early as the sunrise and stayed out just long enough to turn the headlights on as we pulled up to the lodge. Dennis knew where to find everything, from baby elephants, to lion prides, to active hunts and fresh kills-we almost never stopped snapping pictures and picking our jaws up off the floor! Dennis also paced out each day to see different things in varied environments to keep the trip fresh, and he continually spoke with Rangers, guides, and locals to help us track down the elusive Leopard which had evaded us for our entire trip, he knew it was our last of the big 5 to see and he made it his mission to find it for us -while at the same time not sacrificing any exciting moments to do so.
At the LAST TURN of our LAST NIGHT we saw it, we were out later than we should have been from watching a hunt and Dennis drove us by a know Leopard tree one final time, and sure enough after 2 weeks in Africa across two different safaris, Dennis nailed it and the Leopard stood up out of the tree and gave us a brief show to end our incredible first experience to Kenya and Africa!
Dennis always had a smile on his face, and a calm ease about him that was truly infectious in the best way. I couldn't help but feel like Dennis was really looking out for our family and it really made the difference from planning meals and bathroom breaks ahead to completely reading my mind on game drive itineraries.
Thank you Dennis, for the Buzzer-Beater Leopard! We will always cherish the memories you gave us!
We stayed at the Serena Mara Lodge complete with an AMAZING restaurant, spa, gym and pool each with vista spanning views and the MOST attentive resort staff I have ever experienced. We had immediate access to wildlife at the lodge like Baboons, Bushbacks, Hyrax, geckos, frogs, and mongoose as well as only minutes away from the Mara Triangle as it was located in the heart of the Mara.
Jockytours additionally was able to help us with our lost luggage with a service that was able to track our bags down as they arrived at the airport and then deliver them to us way out at our first safari. Truly exceptional service, if you have doubts, I can assure you, this company is as legit as it is excellent.
To anyone considering JockyTours, look no further, they are everything you need and if Papa and Dennis are any proof of their quality then you can't go wrong! & When booking ask for Samuel, and he will take care of your plans and make sure you lock in the trip you are looking for!
We couldn't be happier with how JockyTours treated us.
You won't regret booking with JockyTours!