Claudious Tours & Safaris
- Located In:
- Size:
- 20-50 employees (Founded in 2006)
- Member Of:
- Magical Kenya, AMREF KENYA & EXPERINCE KENYA TOUR OPERATORS
- Tour Types:
- Small & medium group tours (Mid-range & luxury)
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $70 to $250 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Jess | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Caring, carefully planned and excellent tour
An excellent and well planned tour - it was easy for us because everything was planned and organised. A very relaxing time! The food was amazing, the guides were well trained and so knowledgable - we learnt a lot.
Overall a brilliant trip and it helped to not to have to organise anything, guides were always on time and very reliable.
Excellent tour and brilliant staff.
CN
Email John Snow | under20 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful Trip for Life Time!
I have never write any review before, but this time I write it for everything Claudiours have done for us (my mom and I). When we start to discuss the trip, I wrote down names of some places in Kenya and told Claud these are the place I hope to visit. On the following day, I got three possible schedules with everything inside: transportation, view, accommodation. I imagined many times what Africa will look like before we set off, but it will only be imagination if it is not Claud who help with the whole plan. Our driver Ken is also really professional. Our safari went out for two weeks. For most of time we are at middle of no where! literally! Ken kept our safe while explaining the culture, the animal, and the place around. Many times, Ken wake up 3 hours earlier to make sure our car will work well on the following day. In all, my trip was wonderful, and Claudious helped made it come true.
SG
Email Stella Zhang | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
we were lucky to have Claudious Tours & Sarafris guide us the tour
good service overall; good Chinese Speaking Guide, knowledgeable about everything; good driving skills and eyesight to find animals; good accommodation arranged for us.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
It was fantastic!
It was the highlight of my friends' visit to Kenya, and in fact first time in Africa! The van had slight mechanical problems but the driver was very calm and assuring! Otherwise, all was fantastic!
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent Tour & Safari Experience!
Claude has been doing this for years and it shows. From his laid back and honest manner to be able to match our needs with our budget. The driver/guide he connected us to was wonderful and the beautiful campsite as well as food went beyond my expectations. The Safari itself was lovely and we saw more than we dreamed of. I highly recommend booking through Claude for any travel you do in Kenya!
Email Miroslav Provod | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Solar eclipse safari
I went on an eclipse safari to Kenya to witness the total solar eclipse that occurred on 3rd November 2013 in north Kenya. My trip was arranged for by Claudious tours. Everything on the trip worked very well. I was picked up from the airport straight after landing, taken to a really nice "European Standards" hotel, where I stayed for the first night. The next morning I was picked up and went together with Claudius and one other eclipse observer to the airport from where we had a flight to Lodwar, a small rural town in the north of Kenya. After landing in Lodwar, we were picked up and driven to the last village before the eclipse, where we switched for a 4x4 tourist truck in which we continued with several other groups of eclipse observers to the center line. One of the tourists knew the exact and correct co-ordinates of the center line of the eclipse so we stopped on the way, checked by GPS receiver several times and then continued until we were in the right place, where we found a tree to sit in a shade and waited.
The weather was good at first, but there were a few clouds passing during totality, which blocked the sun. Even because of that, it was still a very interesting experience as it got dark very quickly and we still saw the majority of the eclipse as the clouds moved fast and were quickly gone. After the eclipse we drove back to Lodwar, where we had a dinner in a hotel. Claudius checked the standard of that hotel and didn't like it so he found me a room in the best hotel in town. The hotel was full (because of the eclipse), but we managed to find enough beds for everyone. The next morning, everyone had to leave by road towards Nairobi, but for me, Claudious Tours managed to get me a flight so I could fly in the afternoon back to Nairobi and then back home, which was very good as the trip takes about 2 days by road, but only 2 hours by plane.
Overall, I was very satisfied with the whole Safari. Everything was very well arranged and prepared and even that I could only go to Kenya for only 3 days, I still managed to enjoy my time to the best and experience and document the eclipse as I wished (except for the clouds, but nobody has control over the weather). I'd certainly recommend Claudious Tours for anyone who is wishing to go on a safari to Kenya. There is no eclipse for the next about 130 years, but I'm sure the other safaris are as interesting as the eclipse and there is a lot to see in Kenya. Claudious is a very friendly person, nice to talk to and tries his best so that his clients enjoy their time, stay in clean hotels and feel safe for the whole duration of their trip.
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
For the trip of a lifetime, book with Claudious Tours & Safaris!
After just returning from my Kenyan safari, I just had to write and thank you again for the trip of a lifetime. I have wanted to go on a safari since I was very young. When I became disabled with Rheumatoid Arthritis, many of my dreams disappeared. However, when I found Claudious Tours on the internet, things changed for me. Your company went above and beyond all of my expectations in arranging my trip. The accommodations were beautiful and very accessible to me. The people were wonderful and so willing to give me the extra help I needed. Best of all was the incredible guide, Phanwell Obama, who you hired for us. He is just amazing. He built me a small step to get in and out of the van, helped us with gear and is most pleasant. His knowledge of animals and their habits is astounding but most of all his understanding of photographic angles and lighting made my trip fabulously successful.
Thank you for caring about those of us who face physical challenges. Thank you for making travel possible for disabled people and thank you for making my lifelong dream come true!!!
Sincerely,
Moe Mullen
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Email Ellen | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Scam.
Would not answer phones when we called. Only would talk with drivers...in Swahili...our itinerary was not followed and 5 days left with ZERO experiences. The positive reviews are bogus, for sure.
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Email Dianna | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
SCAM
NOTHING ABOUT THE CLAUDIOUS TOURS & SAFARIS WAS AS ADVERTISED. Our accommodations were substandard based on the amount of money we paid for. Our gorilla passes were for the wrong month and so we never got to go on our adventure! We were never reimbursed for our $600 dollar passes, Uganda VISA's or other expenses based on Uganda. The food was horrible. Never again with Claudious Tours.
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Email Jeremy | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Worst travel agency ever!!! Do not book with these guys
We booked an African safari package with Claudious Tours back in February. The trip was supposed to be from 28MAY-06JUNE. We spent $1800 on the tour and unfortunately forced to cancel because of the COVID-19 crisis. We requested cancellation back in March and they have consistently given multiple excuses and lies for not returning our money. They originally refused to give any refund, but then we looked up their refund policy for cancellations.
Claudious Tours policy states that they take a certain percentage of the cost for cancellations. For which we do understand that, but even after that they still refuse to give us our refund back through Paypal. They eventually said that they would start giving us installments of our money beginning 07May, then every month after until paid. They still have NOT given us our refund and continuously keep giving us lies and empty promises. This is unprofessional and it literally takes 20 minutes to do a refund on Paypal.
The last email we received from Claudious was stated they have been issuing refunds to other customers. Attached to the email was a ‘refunded reciept’ as so-called proof from another customer saying they were processing refunds. The receipt had this customer’s private information, address, banking info that WASN’T redacted. Anyone could’ve taken that information and committed identity theft on this person. Please DO NOT book with this agency, there are way better places to book with in Nairobi.