Monkey Adventures
- Located In:
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United States
- Size:
- 20-50 employees (Founded in 2017)
- Member Of:
- Kilimanjaro Association of Tour Operators
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $150 to $1,350 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
Email Mike Blatch | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Monkey Adventures is good value, efficient, friendly and highly professional.
Our safari with Monkey Adventures was fantastic. From the moment we were picked up we were looked after really well. Our safari guide, Roger, was a really nice guy, incredibly knowledgeable and had the ability to spot wildlife that we would definitely have missed, and quite a few other safari groups didn't spot. The accommodation was really good and every process was smooth and easy.
I looked long and hard to find a safari company that I thought would meet all our needs without breaking the bank. We chose Monkey Adventures and they have met and exceeded all our expectations. I honestly cannot recommend them highly enough - Fantastic.
IE
Email Aiste | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing experience!
I am very happy that I chose Monkey Adventures for my trip in safari. I was traveling alone, female and had a private 5 day tour in Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru and Lake Navaisha. I provided my budget, days, wanted itinerary for the agency and they created a trip accordingly. Their communication was amazing, very fast responses, quickly reached on WhatsApp, they would also follow up with me while waiting for answers from lodges. When organizing a trip, they provided several options for stay, I checked all of them, every accommodation had more than 4.7 stars on Google, with amazing reviews, so they really allowed me to choose the best from the best. I had a jeep 4x4 which was brand new, no complaints at all, the car was very great. My guide was David, excellent driver and guide, his knowledge is amazing, he explained me about animals, Kenya, but also was perfectly reading the room and let me rest when I was tired. He was also very punctual and nice, polite driver, getting me the best view of the animals yet not blocking with the car for other groups. Overall, approved for female solo traveler, will remember this for a long time!
GR
Email Mr T Kilgannon | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
They were very professional during the booking process offering sevaral itineraries for us to choose
The booking process was really simple. We were given several alternate itineraries to choose from. Once we had booked they answered all our questions concerning vaccinations, visas etc usually on the same day.
Everything went exactly to schedule from transfers between hotels etc. The driver/guide Shem on the safari was excellent finding animals for us to photograph and providing knowledge of the different species etc. The hotels - and yes even the tented accomodation - was first class. Meals and service were brilliant and all the staff were attentive and extremely friendly - nothing was too much trouble.
I would reccommend Monkey Adventures to anyone as good value for money and they tailor the itinerary to your needs.
Email John | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
I would highly recommend Monkey Adventures for an unforgettable Safari experience
I couldn't recommend Monkey Safaris highly enough.
The booking process was very straightforward and they where very flexible in building our package around exactly when, where, what and how long we were looking for. Fauziah was very helpful during this process and communicated fast and informatively to any questions we had.
The trip itself was very smooth sailing. We were picked up from our hotel in Nairobi in good time and initially explained the whole itinerary for the trip. We spent 2 days in amboseli before flying to the Masai Mara for 3 days. The tour guides in both locations were extremely informative about the locations and wildlife, easy to talk to and really made the experience. Most importantly they are clearly very experienced and missed no opportunities if finding the best wildlife around.
The tented lodge style accommodation in both locations were quite incredible with the opportunity to see an abundance of wildlife before even leaving the camps. The staff and service was also top quality with more food being provided than you would expect in any top hotel.
Overall I would highly recommend the whole experience to anyone and Monkey Safaris did an excellent job at making it an even better experience than we had hoped for. We will definitely use them again for a trip in the future.
FR
Email Antoine | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Asante sana (Thank You) Tanzania !
Very nice tour !!
I did trek Kilimanjaro Lemosho 7 days + safari 5 days, the organization went perfect, all the transfers between towns, and the guides.
All the guide and the porters during Kili were amazing, they are so helpful and kind.
The cook during Kili was truly something too, incredible food.
The guide during safari was awesome, He KNOWS. He is often the first on spotting something, before all the other cars. He's respected, everybody listens to him. He is the only one that goes really deep in the park, drive one hour, where we see nothing, no animals, no other cars, and casually stop out of nowhere to say "there, lions" like they were waiting for us :)
Thanks Monkey Adventures !
IN
Email Rajoshree | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Sincere,loyal,hardworking and excellent service with fantastic guide
I am very much satisfied with Monkey adventures…..
HU
Email Helga | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
precise, helpful
They were extremely helpful. They responded to all our questions via email immediately. Everything happened as we had agreed. We were informed about everything in a timely manner.
It was perfectly organized, with a kind and helpful tour guide.
I can recommend them.
SE
Email Rade Indic | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Family trip safari
Monkey travel was assigned the task to help me out with this trip. This is second time I’m doing it and can just recommend them. This time it was family trip and I had some requests cake for birthday, hippo breakfast, sundowner and it was pure magic. Al questions where answered before our trip and all deals kept like promised. The guide Roger is professional, kind, caring and this is second safari with him and I can promise you he won’t disappoint you.
The Best first safari experience in Kenya with Monkey Adventures
We loved our experience with Monkey Adventures from start to finish.
The communication with Fauziah was great - she came back so quickly and profesional to all our emails and various requests helping to create the best personalised trip for us.
Payment was nice and easy - we were a bit nervous about the bank transfer, but it was quick and easy transaction that reached Monkey Adventures in a few minutes.
The safari itself was just perfect. Our guide Dave was so knowledgeable (16 years of experience) and told us all about not only animals but also Massai culture, his own tribe’s traditions and where he grew up etc. His knowledge of the parks was second to none - in Masai Mara, whenever he heard a simple mention on the radio of a lion, cheetah or even leopard - he took us there right away! We were always there before the queues for cars arrived. He’s also just a genuinely lovely person and already miss his company! We’ve seen all the big 5 but also many animal babies!
The places we stayed in were great - we went for the budget option and were so surprised that all accommodations were much higher standard than we expected with our absolute favourite being the Basecamp Adventure in Masai Mara where we could watch hippos, crocodiles, monkeys, various birds and even hyenas and an elephant from our tent!
Food was great - very abundant in each of accommodations and plenty of water was provided during game drives.
Definitely recommend adding the bike tour of Hell’s Gate national park if you’re around Lake Nakuru and arriving to the park very early - we were first there and had all park to ourselves and our lovely guide. Seen giraffes, zebras, buffalo and many other animals from the bike! What an amazing experience! It’s a lovely downhill ride - approx 8km and you will walk around the stunning canyon at the end for another approx 45 min. You then get collected by your driver at the end so don’t need to cycle back 😅
If it’s your first safari, we’d definitely recommend bringing large brim hat and plenty of sun screen - although you’re in the car a lot, you get sooo much sunshine you can easily get sunburned 😅
Overall - we absolutely recommend Monkey Adventures for your safari!
Thank you sooooo much!
EG
Email Kerensa Clark | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great responsiveness
I booked both a private safari and a Mt Meru trek over 4 days. The safari was amazing, over three days with guide Devie and cook Eloise. Devie was very knowledgeable about birds and animals and very patiently drove me around while I reveled in photography over those three fabulous days. We had great luck seeing animals that no one else saw as they walked across our path into the surrounds. I have Coeliacs disease and the cook created delicious meals for me, set up my tent and generally made me feel comfortable. I spent a lot of time asking many questions prior to the trip and people were very responsive. Can highly recommend a private safari even though its expensive as you can dictate the pace, stopping, starting and do not have to fight for the views.
The Mt Meru trek followed the very next day and due to some sort of communication breakdown perhaps, instead of meeting me and the guide at 9, we did not get away until about 11 in the morning, meaning we were late to depart for the walk (I think about 2 pm). That was fine actually but a bit of a messy start.
Every day was great - i wasn't feeling 100% but my guide Livi was very attentive as was the main porter/waiter Khamees who took great care of me always with a big smile. Again I had fantastic food (probably too much actually), and felt well taken care of. the only thing i would say is I did not know that I would have to walk with the entire group every day due to needing the armed guard, so at times it didn't feel like a private tour, so much as a group within a bigger group. Summit night was great - pole pole we made it up and down reasonably quickly, even though i think the entire team thought I would be unable to summit as an older (59 at the time) female. They under estimated me a bit I feel.
One aspect that caused me some confusion was being told I could not take more than 4200 usd onto the mountain, and yet i would need more than that in order to pay tips. The tip schedule as a private, was confusing. there were 5 in my support team; guide, cook + three porters and one of whom also doubled as my waiter - bringing food, water (and a smile). Monkey told me tips for this trek were from $185 to around $250; but between 5 people i didn't feel like this was adequate so I gave a total of $300 USD plus about 48,000 TS. I felt as if the crew was not overly happy with this additionally because I couldn't carry cash the poor guys had to drive all the way to Arusha with me just to get their tip. The vibe for me felt as if they were unhappy with me about this, and so I felt bad. I may have been misreading it? But my thoughts are this - it was $1200 USD for the 4 day trek, and my tip ended up being 25% of the total cost. As far as tips goes this is actually huge. If these guys rely so heavily on tips, then I can question are they being paid enough? The general attitude is that us tourists are rich and we can afford these huge tips. When on a budget, an additional 25% is a very large increase. Whilst I am more than happy of course to pay a tip, as these guys work their butts off, I think this needs a lot of clarification in your documentation prior to starting a trek or safari, on an EXACT figure that should be paid so we leave the guess work out. Yes a tip comes from the heart but that then leaves it open to also giving the very least (which for me actually $185 is all I really could afford yet ended up giving much more than this). And there needs to be a better way of paying the tip if we cannot take more than $200 onto the mountain OR, limit tips to $200 - as the majority of their earnings SHOULD be coming from you, not being supplemented by tourists - our tips should be an offering ON TOP of what they earn. That's my only bug-bear. Aside from that - amazing.