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Douglas Xia   –  
China CN
Visited: July 2018 Reviewed: Aug 15, 2018

Email Douglas Xia  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Experienced guide and mindful tour arrangement
5/5

Before the safari Spirit of Kanya giving us whole detailed schedule which is seamless convergence to everywhere and anytime so that we enjoyed the whole safari with no any worry for our first trip to Africa later on. During the tour they provided smoothly communications let us much easier travelling.

sara   –  
China CN
Visited: July 2018 Reviewed: Jul 27, 2018

Email sara  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Reliable agent!
5/5

Just coming back, Spirit of Kenya arranged everything perfectly for us ,esp thanks to Susana and Jose who answered my tons of mails with so much patience, and also our guide,George,who reacted so quickly that morning when we asked him to send us to the take off point of hot air balloon safari,which is obviously that the hot air balloon company forgot to take us. Killed some rest hours of George. And he also give us a really near sight of a group of lions. So much thanks. Fantastic experience! Definitely recommend to my friends.

Laura   –  
Belgium BE
Visited: July 2018 Reviewed: Jul 19, 2018

Email Laura  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Excellent tour operator! From beginning... Till the end.
5/5

It all started with the great costumer service! I had so many questions about planning this trip to Kenya. Vanessa answered all my questions very fast! They want you to feel comfortable with you choices and give you all the information you need.

We are just back from a 15-days trip to Kenya. We booked our 4-days Safari with Spirit of Kenya (Masai Mara national park) and our pick up from and to the airport + flight to Mombassa. Everything was well organized from start to finish. Even when there were changes, they did their very best to solve it and to fulfill your wishes.

Our guide, Josef, was fun and had a lot of knowledge about the animals. I really liked Masai Mara and we saw all the animals (more than once) except the rhinos. When an animal was spotted our guide brought us right away and could always bring us very close!
Even the route from Nairobi to the national park was quite an experience. He was a good driver and I always felt safe.
I love Africa, I love Kenya and this is certainly an experience to never forget!

We highly recommend Spirit of Kenya!
Thank you to make this happen for us.

Rodman   –  
Japan JP
Visited: July 2018 Reviewed: Jul 16, 2018

Email Rodman  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Spirit of Kenya delivers ... from start to finish.
5/5

Spirit of Kenya delivers ... from start to finish. My wife and I just finished 3 weeks in Kenya with 12 days of well invested time being with Spirit.
It all starts with their quick, detailed and friendly responses in the planning stage. There is no question they could not answer, no problem they could not solve and no request they could not accommodate.
From the pickup at our hotel in Nairobi, it was nothing but non-stop laughs and informative input about Kenya as a country, the history, the wildlife and the parks themselves with our ace driver Simon. He was like a living breathing version of Wikipedia, and knew boundaries well. He knew when it was time to join in and when it was time to give us space, and the man would simply not rest until he knew we were satisfied and all logistics had been sorted for the following day.
We took on about 7 National Parks / Reserves (Nairobi Park / Elephant Centre / Giraffe Centre / Lake Nakuru / Masai Mara / Lake Naivasha /Hell's Garte / Amboseli / Tsavo West ) and it was worth it to see the variation of landscape and the difference in animals. Simon has this uncanny ability to know where the animals would be before the animals themselves did. We were in a constant state of being surrounded by elephant herds or alongside lion prides. The number of animal crossings we had to wait for were countless. There wasn't a single animal we were hoping to see that we missed out on. He had us parked beneath a tree with sleeping leopard within minutes of entering the Mara. He seems to be mates with every driver in Kenya and this works to his advantage in getting tips where to look for wildlife. Also worthy of mention is how mad some roads in Kenya can be and how smoothly he navigated them - let alone Nairobi and Mombasa traffic. Always felt safe.
We also had a superb time visiting a Masai Village which was a far cry from touristy - this was the real deal- with no harassment or overpriced costs. We learned so much.
The accommodation process itself allows for a lot of choices and more often than not Spirit upon our inquiries pointed us in the direction of cheaper places they they thought would be to our liking. And it all comes with zero pressure. We had no problems with any of our lodges. That and Simon seamlessly timed all game drives with meal and break times. We were never a minute late for anything, did everything and missed nothing. Spirit is the way to go. Would use them again in a heartbeat.

Chenia Satler   –  
Brazil BR
Visited: October 2017 Reviewed: Oct 27, 2017

Email Chenia Satler  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Extraordinary!
5/5

The company is excellent! They made our stay in Masai Mara feel easy, fun and safe. Thank you for all the attention and reliability. I will recommend you for my family and friends.

Donna   –  
Mexico MX
Visited: August 2017 Reviewed: Sep 14, 2017

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Trip of a lifetime dream come true
5/5

From my first contact with Vanessa in reservations until we were dropped off at the airport this company was excellent. Vanessa was ever so patient answering my 10000+ questions, she offered choices of parks/accommodation and then suggestions when we went over each of the tented camps/lodges that I chose.
We did a 25 day road trip safari thru Kenya and Tanzania. We had 2 guides, one for each country. I cannot say enough about them. They were professional, knowledgeable, patient and truly interested in us. Their knowledge of the animals made a cheetah kill possible, lions and leopards in trees, lions mating, river crossings, the Big 5 several times, birds, repitiles etc etc. Just when we thought we had seen it all, they would find something else to amaze us. My husband became ill and we thought we would have to come home early. The guide contacted the office who suggested changing from our tented camp to a hotel closer to a hospital in case he needed to see a doctor. We did, at no charge to us. The company absorbed the cost of the hotel. They saved our trip. Every pickup when as planned, all the accommodation was exactly as planned and expected. There were no unpleasant surprises. My husband was not excited about this trip, he went for me. But he would go back in a minute, and we would book with Spirit of Kenya again.

Anita   –  
United States US
Visited: August 2017 Reviewed: Sep 8, 2017

Email Anita  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Trip of a lifetime!
5/5

We cannot say enough great things about our experience in Kenya with this tour group. From the very first quick response email and detail to our customized trip, to our guide (John is awesome!), to all the accomodations at different locations and the amazing parks we visited. Pricing is tailored to you. We had so many options to build around our budget which was so nice to not have to have just one limiting package. This group made it so easy to plan and we were very confident arriving in a new country for the first time and being in their hands for our entire safari. We felt very spoiled and truly had the most unique unforgettable experience all the way around. Absolutely exceeded my expectations. We have been on some amazing journeys but do not know how to top this one! We took over 1500 pictures of every beautiful creature you can imagine and then some! We now have several friends wanting to visit Kenya now. And we WILL be back!

Hichem G   –  
Ivory Coast CI
Visited: March 2017 Reviewed: Apr 6, 2017

Email Hichem G  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

The experience was just perfect. Wonderfull Experience...
4/5

The experience was just perfect. All the hotels that were listed and recommended by Its starts in Africa were good and especially Mahali Mzuri. We have appreciated a lot the interaction that we had with (i) the team of Its starts in africa but also with the guide, the staff of the hotel and the local people.
Thank you again for all the arrangements and looking forward to talk for a new adventure 
Best regards

Danny, Kathryn Bryant, Terry and Dot Goulding   –  
United Kingdom UK
Visited: March 2017 Reviewed: Feb 16, 2017

Email Danny, Kathryn Bryant, Terry and Dot Goulding  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

The Magic of Safaris
5/5

Now safely back at home we have had time to reflect on our recent Safari with you. We can safely say without any doubt that we had a great time, your organisation of our holiday was perfect. The two drivers, firstly Joseph and later Chicho worked their socks off on our behalf to ensure that we got the most from each day; in fact the final piece fell into place at the very final day, the Rhino! We saw two which made our sighting of the big five complete.

Our accommodation be it a camp or lodge location all came up to our expectations-and beyond. Our friend Terry will be visiting Trip Adisor for each location as well as for yourselves-with very favourable remarks.

Once again thank you so very much for organising our trip to both Kenya and Tanzania.

ANIL   –  
India IN
Visited: December 2016 Reviewed: Jan 31, 2017

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4 days safari without any other companion
4/5

My experience was awesome and the things which I felt was beyond my expectation as a first time visitor. I have experienced the value, beauty and diversity of wild life and had fantastic opportunities to shoot the big fives and all. I enjoyed a lot everything there, also appreciate that you provide me Antony as my guide/driver, he is superb.

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