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Parrot Safari
- Located In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2005)
- Tour Types:
- Customizable private tours and fixed group tours
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $100 to $360 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
Email Brian | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Mara Road Trip
Wow!! What a great weekend! I enjoyed your professionalism, punctuality and customer service.You have great staff and specifically Mr.Joseph who planned and executed my trip. I must consider travelling with you in my future trips.
Email Danielly | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful trip!
Agnes helped and gave me the best tips since the very beginning! The trip was awesome. Our driver - Jeoffrey - apologies if the spelling is wrong - was driven by our requests, very nice, Smart and reliable. i chose the 6 days package and it was definitely worth it. I traveled by myself and made very good friends!
I saw so maaaany animals and including the big 5! Wonderful experience!
Thanks all!
Reply from Parrot Safari
Posted on Jan 30, 2021That is it ! we deliver as per clients needs and specifications. We also advise accordingly where need be
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Email Supeter | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Good safari with good team
The safari was fantastic. Good for value. Joseph was helpful and friendly to make sure our trip was a success. There was a miscommunication and miscoordination though between the operator and the drivers due to a rare, unrelated incident with another traveler, which resulted in me having to wait in a lobby for half a day. Other than that, everything was brilliant.
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Email Stephanie | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Maxwell is the best safari guide ever!
We had an amazing time on our safari! Joseph helped us with the booking and arrangement of everything, and he was very helpful every time we had any questions! Our safari guide was Maxwell, and he was amazing! He knew exactly where to be for the best views! Every place in Kenya that we visited was absolutely awesome! You can’t beat the price, either! So much cheaper than all of the other safari companies!
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Email Amy | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great safari and very friendly staff
All in all, we had a great trip, here a few highlights:
Staff: All staff at Parrotsafaris was extremely friendly and helpful. I had doubts booking a safari online, but given I was not in Nairobi physically, I had no choice. However, the team made me very comfortable with the transaction, by showing me proof of legitimacy of the transaction in several ways, even up to the CEO giving me a call. Joseph also helped me a lot to accommodate my special requests (e.g. being picked up along the way), and gave me advice for how to travel to Narok.
Safari: Even though it was low season, we had a fantastic safari and Eric, our guide, helped us see a lot of animals, including three lionesses killing a buffalo, which was then stolen by a pack of hyenas, lots of elephants, wildbeest, zebras and giraffes, and even two cheetas.
Accommodation: Miti Mingi Eco camp was also great, it was a wonderful experience to fall asleep to the sounds of nature. The facilities were comfortable and clean, and the team went above and beyond to accommodate any special requests from our group, incl. veggie food, a guest fasting for ramadan and thus having breakfast at 4am, icecold beer, etc.
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Email Bence | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great for Kenya, do not take them for Tanzania
Joseph at Parrot Safaris is a tour organiser that matches passengers to drivers, locations and experiences, and he is quite efficient at it in Kenya. He sent a pick-up for me at the airport, explained the Kenyan part of the trip in his office, and then sent me off with the great driver, Stanley on an excellent six-day safari in Kenya, that was supposed to be followed by a similarly excellent safari in Tanzania.
Unfortunately, Joseph doesn't seem to have a good network in Tanzania and relies on a local partner, Seven Wonders Safaris, with whom the information exchange is not great and who clearly have capacity and organisational issues. Starting on the first day when the shuttle from the border (2.5 hours late) left me at the bus station at Arusha where there was no transportation to my hotel (the Tanzanians blamed the Kenyans for not getting my arrival information, and they did not bother to ask for it), and the company representative was not waiting for me at my hotel as they were supposed to. From there the trip got a bit improvisational as things were organised with about a 12-hour forward look with freelancers doing the pre-arranged itinerary somewhat in reverse and mixing up many of the camp sites. I got a driver for the first day, who then made me get up at 6:30 to say goodbye and wait until 10 for the next driver (scheduled to arrive at 9 or even before) who was supposed to take me on a full-day game drive in Lake Manyara. Well we got about half a day, which I got to enjoy from the navigator's seat as the car was overfilled, and we had to come back at around 3pm to drop of two passengers on their way to the airport and to go back to camp to take my luggage to another camp (as the drivers did not know in the morning that I would be changing camps by the evening) - I got a feeling that the animals were hiding in the hot mid-day period and we effectively missed most of what could be seen. From the third day on the group staid together, but instead of a branded 7 Wonders car we got a freelancer with a broken radio, broken binocular and broken charging outlets (which was a pity given that this part of the trip was in camps without electricity for the next 2 nights). On the last day, we dropped a couple off in a camp, but again the driver could not tell them who would pick them up the next day and at what time... Finally, on my way home, I was supposed to be taken by a shuttle to Nairobi, but instead it was a private car, that waited 2,5 hours after my pick-up for other passengers and luggage. In all this, Joseph had no useful information on what was going on and he could get nothing out of his Tanzanian partners either. While in the end I was never in any danger (apart from being scammed by a taxi driver on the first day) and the elements of the itinerary were mostly ticked off, as Joseph's role is a facilitator of worry-free smooth experiences, I would not recommend his services for Tanzania. Indeed, in general, it might be a better idea to book the two different country safaris with local operators in each country to avoid these communication issues.
As regards the safari, the best experiences are where one can get close to nature and thus bycicling among animals in Hell's Gate in Kenya, and sleeping among zebras with visiting elephants and lions in Serengeti and Ngorongo in Tanzania were definite highlights.
In conclusion, Joseph was a good communicator and organiser for the Kenya part and his information was mostly accurate (he did claim that I would stay in the same group for the whole trip, and he did miss out in listing a number of optional paid activities, or that there would be cook expecting tips in Tanzania on top of the driver/guide that is expected). The driver for Kenya, Stanley was also excellent and while not given the best equipment, our third driver in Tanzania, Godfrey was also very good.
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Email Lina Caicedo | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Really good choice for safari in Kenya
Parrot Safaris was a perfect choice. Since the first contact Joseph was attentive and kind, he answered my questions and helped us to choose the best package. Stano, our tour guide and driver is incredibly passionate about his job and he made sure they delivered everything was offered to us. The trip was memorable, a magnificent life time experience and we were happy we choose this company for that.
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Email Rajesha Bengrodi | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great Experience. Joseph made sure everything is smooth for us
It was great experience. We went there with my family including my 2 year old daughter. Unforgettable. All arrangements from the beginning to end was super cool and hassle free. Joseph was really nice and organized everything and Gibson our driver was great and knowledgeable too. We will visit again.
NL
Email Jasper and daniela | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best 7 days safari tour
We made a 7 days Safari-tour in Kenya and Tanzania with the company Parrots Safari. We were 4 days in Kenya and 3 days in Tanzania.
Joseph (the guy from Parrots) helped us really lot since we were planing our trip. He was hugely kind and always available to answer all our questions.
He gave us the best tips and information. We built together a perfect program what suited us the best. Eerything was just perfect and the trip went smooth. We didn’t had to worry about anything since our journey actually started.
Also the accomodations were we spent the night were comfortable, clean and good!
We are really grateful and happy with Joseph and his company. We would really recommend this company for sure!
Jasper and Daniela.
August 2021
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Email Lin | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Friendly and fast responding operator
We (2 people) booked a 7-Days private Lodge Safari containing Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru, Lake Naivasha (Hells Gate Park) and Amboseli. Josef Muneeni from Parrot Safaris organized all well, and answered immediately if questions arose. Special requests were also taken into account. Overall communication was good. In the design of the course of the safari, the communication could have been improved at some points. For example, we were not aware that we could have switched the Morning Drive of Day 7 to Day 6 and then taken the early train to Mombasa from Emali on Day 7 saving us 5 hours of driving.
Joseph kept contact with us via WhatsApp all the time during the safari and checked whether everything is going well and I am feeling comfortable. Accommodation in Kenya was in very comfortable lodges with good facilities. Especially the lodge in Naivasha was amazing. All lodges hat nice pools and served a varity of good food.
Our guide and driver Martin was a great game spotter and explained all about the animals. He was supportive, funny, punctual and always organized our meals and schedules for best chances to see as much animals as possible. Additionally, he was a very good driver and knows bis car by heart. We can definitely recommend Martin.
