Franco with happy clients In Mara :)
Spirit of Kenya
- Office In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2014)
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $150 to $300 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
for a custom tour
Your request will be sent directly to the operator
If preferred, you can contact the operator directly
Reviews
US
Email Liz | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing!!
We used ISIA to book a 10 day Kenya/Tanzania safari and then a 6 day Kili climb. Everyone was amazing from the planning process to the execution. They are quick to answer emails, their prices are very reasonable and our whole trip went off seamlessly. All of our guides were excellent as well as the porters on the Kili climb, funny and happy and so personable! We did Rongai route and I would recommend it as it was beautiful and not crowded. On Safari we saw all the animals and our budget level accommodations were extremely comfortable and exceeded my expectations. Try camping - it is more fun than you know to lay in a tent and listen to lions roar from afar ! We even had a group of hyenas visit our campsite in the serengeti one night and that was great fun!
I can't recommend this company more strongly! Just go, you will have the time of your life! Thanks so much to Joao and everyone at ISIA for an amazing trip!
A lifetime experience!
We did 5 days and 4 nights of safari according to the advice of It Started in Africa team. It couldn’t be better. We saw all the big 5, the chosen parks were awesome as all the staff (guide and chef). I don’t have words to describe how careful ISIA team can be, I honestly felt that for them our experience and satisfaction is a priority and they were able to adapt and deliver it. They also helped us with everything in our Zanzibar’s trip and what a huge help it was.
Please keep up the passion you have for this and for sure i will to do it again!!!
For those who are searching to have this kind of experience, don’t think twice to do it with It Started in Africa.
Fantastic climb of Kilimanjaro
Myself and three friends booked the eight day Lomosho route up Kilimanjaro. We could not have wished for a better time, we are all quite experienced mountaineers but the whole team looked after us from bottom to top and back to the bottom again. Everyone one of the team from the guides to the porters were great guys who went the extra mile to look after us and with a big smile on their faces as well. Could not have wished for a better experience.
NL
Email Anneke | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great experience!
We really liked the safari, all of it! We saw so many animals and all were so close by!
It really was a great experience. And we saw all of the big five and even a lot of little ones! Our driver, Dickson, was great and our cook, Obed, made excellent food! We would recommend It started to Africa to everyone! We stayed at the campsites which were surrounded by the beautiful nature!
It started in Africa: thanks for all!
PT
Email Bruno Santos | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best Adventure Ever
Awesome tours with really professional staff!!
From the first day to the last day, everything was perfectly arranged.
it was for sure the best trip i ever made, from the transportation, food , people, camps, amazing places that we've been, everything seemed like taken from a movie.
I am really thankful to It started in Africa company for giving me such a fantastic trip with such prefect condition.
I want to give a special thanks to David, our driver, for everything, he was restless to giving us the best possible experience.
And to our cooker, for the amazing meals that he prepared us.
Thanks "It started in Africa" for everything!!!
Fantastic!
I did many safari, in South Africa, Namibia and Kenya, but I never saw so many animals like in Tanzania.
We also had a good time with hadzabe tribe.
A special thanks to Isaack that was a super good guide!
NL
Email Koen Joosse | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great 9-day safari to Tsavo, Amboseli, Lake Nakuru and Masai Mara
All was very well organized by It Started in Africa and we found it good value for money. The correspondence with the office is very smooth, prompt and clear and they lived up to their promises.
We liked the proposed combination of Tsavo - Amboseli - Nakuru - Mara. It's a nice variation of scenery. Mara was a highlight of course for the great variety of wildlife, but the more quiet parks in the east have their charm as well.
We opted for the most basic accommodation offers and we found them all very neat. Especially in Rhinovalley lodge in Tsavo is located beautifully and quite luxureous. The tent camps Punda Milla in Nakura and Wajee Mara were more basic, but we found them fine and all had very friendly staff.
Our driver/guide, Evans, was excellent, a pleasant travel companion, a great driver and very knowledgable on the safaris and everything else Kenya. He really tried to make the most out of all game drives.
In short, we would definitely recommend It Started in Africa to anyone wanting to do a similar journey.
PT
Email Isabel | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Massai Mara (fantastic game drive) - Zanzibar (the best vacations in my life)
At first i loved the trip, well worth it flight times!
About the tour operator "I Started in Africa" liked the monitoring of Helder throughout the logistics of reservations (flights, stays, visas, vaccines, etc.). Excellent!
About the trip was a dream, it was little short, but very rewarding.
Africa has civilization and a lot but a lot of poverty. I felt a lump in my throat several times ....
On safari, the best treatment possible, camp at LOYK MARA (nor should call camp for luxury;)), good food, good reception, loved the Masai tribe.
The guide of the best, always ready to help and clarify, good traveling companion!
Animals ... veryyyyyyyyyyyyyyy ..... the big five .... we saw almost all (except the rhino that is very hard to find) was a unique experience ... probably the only of its kind that I will have in life .. . the nature reserve of Masai Mara is huge with Kms out of sight, out of words to describe such a vast expanse of land and wildlife.
If something changed, yes, changed the hours of shipping out the nature reserve Masai Mara to Zanzibar ... it was a long day, really tiring. However, after waking up in Zanzibar the next day everything changes, that beach, sand, people, sea, sun, hotel ... a paradise ... I changed also stay in Nairobi .. in Confort Suites .... it was not the best ... the opposite.
Overall returning there for sure ... one day maybe ... by the same agency of course;)
TR
Email Tolga | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great Vacation. Reliable Tour operator.
All was very well arranged. It was a great vacation.
Email Schalk Opperman | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Great Maasai Mara & Nakuru experience... from a South African that knows the Kruger Park well.
I have to start by saying that "It Started in Africa" handled our booking well from the start - good communication and even went the extra mile when payment from my side was a problem.
They arrived (which was critical) and even on time for our departure... had a great guide Joshua - which I now deem to be a friend. Saw the big 6 (including Cheetah) in our full day in Mara.. as well as great views in Nakuru National Park.
In hind sight - I may have cut out the day to Naivasha & Nakuru and spend an extra day in the Mara - but then you see less of Kenya.. tough decision? Maybe we did well to stick to the recommended plan - with limited time - we saw a lot.
The roads are horrible - but we learnt to even appreciate that - in Kenya a Safari means that you have to endure bad roads ... so in that sense we had a great Safari. For me, I wanted to see animals & landscape (typical Savannah) - and I got more than I bargained for! Saw thousands of Wildebeest, Zebra etc - big 6 in 1 1/2 days - 22 Lions etc etc.
This is one tick on my "bucket list" done .. the only question is when can I come again....