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BuyMore Adventures
- Located In:
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 2012)
- Member Of:
- Kenya Association of Tour Operators, Ecotourism Kenya, The International Ecotourism Society, Travelife & Kenya Association of Women in Tourism
- Tour Types:
- Small & medium group tours (Budget & mid-range)
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $100 to $380 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Nab Zid | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
One of the best 10 days of our life
For our honeymoon, we wanted something special and different.. so we choose to visit Kenya for 3 and half weeks.
And obviously, a safari was on our plan. So we sent a mail to KATO ( Kenya Association of Tour Operators ) with our wishes : safari duration, languages, prices, dates..
We had, after that, about twenty responses of twenty different kenyan tour operator.. we just had to compare.
We finally decided to go with Buymore Adventures (funny and weird name! ). Nadzua was so nice, very quick to response and to adjust our safari. She made us a unique travel with all our wishes. We went for 10 days safari from north to south, east and west. We were with the best driver/guide Kaka and the best french guide Joseph (as we requested, we are both good in english but it was so much better to have someone who can explain to you everything in your language).. they were both very complementary and made those 10 days very special.
We started a very beautiful and special park named Samburu, one of our favorite ! Chetahs, zebras, girafes, elephants, leopard, oryxs, crocos, etc... We missed the lions ans rhinos for the Big 5 but this park is so much more than that ! Then we went to Nakuru, very beautiful landscape.. and the RHINO, black and white.. speechless. Some Rothschild girafe, flamingo, buffalo, jackal.. After that, the one and famous Masai Mara. If you want to see it all, and you have only few days, that the one you must go. We saw the big five in one day.. CRAZY ! We spent 3 days there so we also saw a hunting chase, the great migration, the birth of a baby zebra ( one of the best moment of the trip) and so much more. If I had to give the one negative point it will be the crowd. That the price of such beauty, there are a loooot of people around. And some time it feels more like a zoo than a reserve. The worst part was for a leopard, they were about 20 jeeps around it.. It felt bad.
It wasn't easy to leave it but the trip must go on! So we went to Lake Naivaisha. Not much to see, it just and only a way to go to Amboseli (they are no road straight from Masai mara to Amboseli). DO NOT DO the boat tour, it's expensive and worthless. We were in a nice lodge (Sopa lodge) where you can walk with wild animals around the garden (waterbucks, zebra, hippo, girafe).
We went to Amboseli for 2 days.. the weather was terrible the first day so it was a little bit frustrating.. The park was ok, but with the rain few animals were around. The second day, we woke up and WAOUH the Kilimanjaro was welcoming us.. speechless ! We saw elephants, elephants, and elephants mostly ! But it was very nice to do.. sometimes you can see lions, hyena, etc..
And we ended our trip in Tsavo for just one and half day.. So, not much for this big park. But just for the landscape it was worth it. The red land, the green and yellow grass, the blue sky, the baobab, the red elephant/zebra/oryx/girafe .. Very beautiful. We did a footsafari for one hour which was nice in contrary to the night safari.
So to end this very long comment, we were very pleased with the safari Buymore and Nadzua made us, from the beginning to the end we have had such a wonderful moment, such beautiful memories and photos, 10 perfect day. Thanks ten times to Kaka and Joseph, and there bionic eyes.. we would have missed so much without you guys !
If I have to make just one "negative" point, it's about the duration of the travel between parks! It's very, very long.. because of the road, the traffic, the maximum speed allowed, the villages you cross, the pause, etc... You can easily add 1 or 2 hours to every forecast Nadzua made on the time-travel document.. But we won't change a thing even if we knew the real time road between parks, so..
Just enjoy every second of every time of it.
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Email Raja | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very professional and personable
Took 6 day and 5 night customized tour. Nadzua provided quote for us. She is amazing in every way. She was patient, very professional, prompt and communication with her was a breeze. She made the changes as requested and got back promptly. And pricing was reasonable. When the lodge got sold out, as proposed in quote, she promptly communicated and gave options and adjusted pricing accordingly (up or down, based on the lodge choice). I had experienced no hiccups in the pre-process.
Once we landed, Nadzua and our guide/driver Charles came to pick us up. And Nadzua was as pleasant to communicate in person as she was on emails. Coming to Charles, he was a gem. He got connected with my family right away and everybody was comfortable with Charles. Over the next 6 days, he made every moment as best as he could make it. When we ran into vehicle issues, he ensured it was repaired during evening time so that our game drives were not impacted. He made detours as needed/as asked for. We ended up staying in a conservatory in Masai Mara and he got the help for local guide to make sure we had the best possible sightings. And sure enough, we spotted all big five, including leopard which is very hard to spot.
Overall, we had an amazing trip and in the smoothest possible manner.
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Email AR | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great adventure in Africa
We spent 10 great days in some Kenyan national parks. The tour organizer was alywas very keen to answer to all our questions and to change the itinerary according to our willingness. The driver/guide was always very professional, and able to spot most of the animals. Accomodations were very beautiful and comfortable, and food very abundant and good. The only (small) flaw was that not all of the accomodations were located inside the parks (this was not fully clear at the moment of the reservation, even if the tour operator provided us the addresses of all accomodations)
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Email Jordan Calhoun | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Nadzua was very responsive and the safari was great
Great safari, responsive staff, amazing value for the price.
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Email km | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
AMAZING HOLIDAYS
Naduza made our trip memorable ! We were a group of 9 people and she arranged evrything even if it was hard sometimes for her, she did her best. The communication was very good because we talked through whatsap, and the trip itself was just amazing.
We went on 2 different safaris and the drivers took us on roads where we were able to see the big 5 and even more !
On the second week, we went on an all inclusive resort that Nasuza selected for us. Everything went perfectly well.
I do recommend this tour operator !
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Email Valerie | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unforgetable adventure
First, Nadzua the tour planner is great , very professional, always available to answer any questions. Then our driver Joel was very knowledgeable, he could spot the animals very easily and told us about them. The roads were bumpy but we had a lot of fun with our skilfull driver. Thanks to him we could see many different animals.
We stayed in very nice accomodation especially in Amboseli and Masai Mara and the staff were very welcoming, plus the food was good.
BuyMore Aventures is the company to choose and I’m glad we chose it !
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Email Elena | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing
I love our safari we had a driver Richard he was so good to find an animals and also he amazing driver it was raining before we came and roads was not good but he did it well. We saw
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Email Giulia | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great! Totally recommended!
Nadzua is great! she is super helpful and always available; I booked 4 days safari, but I was sick and I had to reschedule the departure. She helped me out and gave me information I needed.
During the Safari she also wrote me to be sure I was having a good time.
We were supposed to stay in tent, but we were able to have a lodge. That was very good because unfortunately in the evening it was a little cold and with real walls it was more confortable.
The lodge had private bathroom with hot shower. The food was ok (exceeded my expectations) and we had bottled water.
Thanks to Patrick (our driver) we got perfect pictures of the animals. He's expert and I always felt safe with him driving.
Moreover, I find the prices from buyMore Adventures better than other that are proposing the same services. I reserved my safari from Europe and I paid on the departure day (i could choose to pay in $ or KES), when they pick me up to go to Masai Mara.
Totally recommended!
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Email Satya | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
great experience with Buymore Adventures
Nadzua was there before time to receive and greet us. We made a Perfect choice and are more than happy the way things were arranged. Three cheers to Nadzua Matara....
I took quotes from 4 different safari agents for the same Mara Sarova Camp with same itenary but Buymore adventures gave me the best price without any compromise, and fulfilled their promise to our expectation.
Our tour guide come driver Mr. Bonafice was kind and more enthusiastic to show the wild life.
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Email Tapan Sarkar | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
We had the time of our life !
We three friends did the 9 nights Kenya safari from 23rd August 2017. The planning by Nadzua was impeccable and her correspondence prompt and polite. She along with our gude/tracker/driver Issac met us at JKIA Nairobi and we went on our way to Amboseli, Naivasha, Masai Mara and Nakuru (in that order). And what an experience it was - we saw the Big 5 repeatedly, thanks to Issac! This guy is high energy, knowledgeable and tireless. He would sniff out big and small animals where we would have found nothing.
The quintessential Kilimanjaro, Acacia and the Elephants at Amboseli was exactly as seen on TV. During our 2 nights stay, we saw a very large pride of about 25 lions which even the experienced guides and drivers said they had never seen before. Lake Naivasha with its Hippos (some of whom came grazing into the hotel lawns) were a delight to watch (albeit from a distance). Masai was a vast lanscape, teeming with wild life and we were lucky to catch the migration twice and even a zebra/crocodile drama (luckily the zebra escaped). We rounded off the trip with white & black rhinos and flamingoes at Nakuru - perhaps the most idyllic place amongst all that we saw.
The choice of lodges/hotels by Buymore were very good - full board. The choice of food at these places was wide and appetising. All the coordination work done by Nadzua was top class.
Issac (the Masai) is the guy to be with in Mara and some day if were to return or recommend to a friend, it would be him that we would insist upon as guide.
Thanks to both, we had a great time !