JOCKY TOURS TEAM
Jocky Tours and Safaris
- Office In:
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 2002)
- Member Of:
- KATO, AMREF, KWS & TRA
- Tour Types:
- Custom budget & mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $135 to $1,800 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
for a custom tour
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Reviews
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Email Rosie | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very smooth, and our safari guide was fantastic.
The booking process was easy and clear, and Gideon kindly and patiently picked us up from the airport after a very long wait because of immigration. Everything went well from then: we arrived to do an evening game drive and all of the other activities were fun. I would like to highlight our guide especially. We are a group of one English girl and two Spanish boys and our guide, Geoff, spoke both languages excellently. He was kind, thoughtful and passionate about the animals and landscape. He answered all of our questions and gave us so much knowledge about Kenyan people and culture. It was a pleasure to be guided by him. I would only recommend that Jocky Tours make the extra costs a bit clearer when giving a quote. For example, on two occasions we paid about 30$ when we weren’t expecting to. This is not the company’s fault, but a bit more transparency would have been good.
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Email javi | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very comfortable and experienced
We did the Masai Mara, Nakuru, and Naivasha package. A very positive experience, thanks in large part to our guide Geff (Geoffrey O. Ondu), who treated us wonderfully, showed us the best places, and helped us in every way he could.
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Email Pedro Mota | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Unforgettable experience from start to finish!
Our guide Jimmy Waweru was absolutely fantastic! Extremely knowledgeable, friendly, and had an incredible eye for spotting wildlife. He made us feel safe and shared so many fascinating facts. An unforgettable experience from start to finish, which would not have been possible without David Wanyeki handling all the preparations prior to our arrival. Highly recommended!
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Email David | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great
It was a great experience, Geoffrey was an amazing guide
Email Erin | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent safari, but poorly organised
Jocky will arrange your pick up in a normal car and bring you to their office where you get in the safari vehicle (this was not communicated at all, but is sensible).
Good value for money - a day and a half of safari in MM, plus accommodation, park fees, food and transport. MM is totally worth it - we saw so many different animals. My guide also helped me join a hot air balloon ride.
However, I had some concerns about the way our guide treated both the rules in the MM and the animals - he often drove off road, right into/up to the big cats in the bushes, skipping the lines of other vehicles and getting in trouble from rangers. A lot of the time he trapped a lion between our car and other cars and made them uncomfortable enough to move. We got great photos but I would have been happier being more compliant. He also spent lots of the time on the phone.
Our final day was a total mess - two people on our tour were staying an extra night so Jocky gave them the guide and the car and tried and failed to organise other transport for 5 of us. We ended up taking a total of 4 other cars, with limited communication and my bag was left behind in one of the transfers and needed to be retrieved which meant the whole trip back to Nairobi took a few extra hours.
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Email Christian Ettrich | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Ben showed us all we want to see and bring us everytime in the best position. Best guide ever!!!
Communication was good, the driver was always punctual, and we felt safe at all times. There was plenty of water, and it was in original sealed packaging. We really got our money's worth—it was a fantastic safari where, in addition to the Big Five, we saw many, many other animals. Many thanks to Ben from Jocky Tours.
Best Guide for the tour
We had a truly wonderful safari; thanks to our fantastic guide Ben, we saw all of the Big Five. We always felt well looked after and very welcome.
Solid but too hasty about the itinerary. Frequently rushing us to the car by waving and clapping han
The itinerary is overall fine since we are in the budget group. In Chinese old saying “一分钱一分货” the overall accommodation and food is just fine for budget group. I won’t complain about that. It’s the attitude that I want to complain about.
This is a lifetime experience for both of us. We wanted to enjoy. But the guide has been kind of indifferent about this. When we were taking pictures, he kept rushing by waving us and clapping hands. We didn’t have the chance to take some photos we liked. The photos with qilimanjaro and photos with some animals. He kept scrolling on his phone while game driving, watching local news. He was not keen about finding animals for us just follow the fixed route.
As in the same group, we two and other Indian friends were picked up earliest and dropped off the lastest. I don’t know if it’s discrimination against Asians or what. I didn’t want to pay the tips at the end, but since the guide asked I paid 100usd for me and my girlfriend for the 7days trip. I paid it not for recognition but just because he asked.
Besides maybe it’s budget group Some of The workers in hotels are not so friendly either. In Naivasha. I found two bags in our room which were ours. I asked the manager. They said that they have to switch our room from double room to twin room since the original room was others without even apologising, my girlfriend was quite sad about this. In the camp at ambosali. This happened again but in a worse way. The manager waved me over and kept me waiting until he finished talking on the phone than than me they have to change our room. I’m okay with the reason because again this is a budget group. But I don’t like the way I am treated
I will come to Africa again. But not Kenya maybe some where else
I guess the lesson is choose your guide if possible and be ware of the bad attitude
Email Sowmya | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent
We had an amazing 7 day safari experience with Jocky Tours and Safaris. Mr.Geeman is our guide through out the trip and showed us the animals with utmost excitement and carried that excitement throughout the trip and gave us one of the most memorable experiences in the trip.
Email Venkata | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Memorable Experience
We had an amazing experience with Jocky Tours on our Kenya safari! Everything was well organized, and we got to see incredible wildlife and beautiful landscapes. Our driver, Geeman, was excellent—very knowledgeable, friendly, patient, and always made sure we had the best views and experiences. Highly recommend Jocky Tours and Geeman for an unforgettable Kenyan safari!
