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
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Email Wayne | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Professional and polished despite hiccups
We understand that unexpected challenges can arise during travel. The true measure of a company is how it responds—and to their credit, Monkey Adventures took full ownership of the issues we encountered.
What started superbly on an eight-night safari went awry when we had to change guides. Richard and his vehicle were superb. He clearly knew all there was to know not only about the wildlife but also about Kenya. Regrettably, musical chairs of guides followed, none of who met the standard set by Richard.
This caused undue stress and uncertainty. As seasoned travellers with experience across Africa, our expectations are high. Communication lapses and inconsistent service led us to question whether we’d book with Monkey Adventures again. In a competitive market, consistency and clarity are essential.
However, Monkey Adventures did not make excuses or deflect. They provided a transparent breakdown of what went wrong, acknowledged their atypical need to subcontract under pressure (something they won’t do again--lesson learned), and offered generous compensation. Their accountability and professionalism went a long way in restoring our trust. For that reason, we would still consider booking with them again, especially with a new fleet of land rovers. I would recommend them, especially for their flexible itineraries, responsiveness, and commitment to customer satisfaction.
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Email Monica | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great experience
We had a 7 days safari in Tanzania in Aug 24. From the very beginning I really enjoyed Monkey Adventures: the booking process was easy and clear and we received several options to choose from. We received all the information we needed (emails and guidelines were completed and crystal clear).
The day we arrived in Tanzania we had a 30min briefing to be prepared for the safari. Accommodations were all very good; I must say that they all overcome my expectations as we opted for what we thought were budget solutions but they resulted to be very nice, very clean and comfortable. Tasty meals (side note: I'm allergic to diary and I had never troubles to get proper meals). The guide we had was very experienced and we saw a lot of animals. We really enjoyed the experience. Really pleasant also the trip to Materuni Falls and coffee plantation on the last day.
Great value for money.
We definetly will be contacting Monkey_adventures_africa again if we have the opportunity to travel in the countries they operate.
Efficient, responsive, pleasant.
We had an amazing safari. We had some questions to clear mid Safari and they were extremely responsive and ensured for a very pleasant few days. They chose a good tour guide for us to work with and organised everything excellently at very short notice. Highly recommend!
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Email Giulio | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Tim knows how to give you an excellent experience
I had my first Safari experience, with Monkey Adventures from 23 December to 30 December.
The Safari least 8 days, we started with 4 days at Masai Mara, staying at Julia's River Camp, we had a tent experience in the VIP camp, right next to the river. Julia's River Camp is surrounded by the river and it's open to wild animals, nothing that you have to take care about it because security does it for you, escorting you from and back to the tent, after dinner or when you need it.
We enjoyed our stay at Masai Mara mostly because of the game driving, thanks to our guide Timothye, it was easy to see a lot of wild animals, also see Zebras crossing a river with wildebeest and some
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Email Vishal & Yesenia | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing and Professional staff!!
The most amazing safari experience!! A life changing experience!! We saw everything that we wanted to and more! The guides Charles and Albert were amazing! They were so kind and knowledgeable!! They really made our trip!! The whole staff was amazing!
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Email Mari Forbes | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
This company deserves no less than a 5 star rating. Trustworthy and reliable!
We had a great time on our first safari in Kenya with Monkey Adventures! From the moment I got in touch with them through Safari Bookings, John was very responsive to my emails and answered all my questions about our safari. He helped us plan our 3 day private safari in Amboseli National Park. We were picked up at our hotel in Nairobi on time by our wonderful guide in a 4x4 Land Cruiser. We absolutely enjoyed the convenience of being in the center of everything by staying at Ol Tukai Lodge! Yvonne and Robert from the main office were also very helpful and responsive when we communicated with them regarding our delayed baggage on Whatsapp. They went above and beyond in making sure our luggages got delivered to us, even though we were already across the border in Tanzania! I cannot emphasize how helpful they are during this crazy time of travel. We had a similar experience in the UK which was the next leg of our trip where our luggage was delayed once again in Amsterdam. Our tour operator or anybody really was not able to help us recover them while we were still in the UK.
Over all, we thoroughly enjoyed our trip because of this company and it certainly was money well spent. Do not hesitate to book your East African with this company! 5 stars all the way! Thank you John, Faizah, Yvonne and Robert!
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Email Gabbi | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Exceptional
Monkey Adventures were professional from start to finish. Their service and advice during enquiries and booking was very quick and helpful during the safari itself our driver was extremely knowledgeable and friendly, this really made the trip memorable for us. The accomodation and vehicle were all to a high standard and we were very comfortable throughout the whole trip.
With so many companies out there it is hard to decide on what one to go for. I would highly recommend monkey to anyone planning a safari.
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Email Michael Sabzevar | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Mount Kilimanjaro
The trip was great, and Monkey Travel was excellent. Our guide, Remmy, our assistant guides, Peter, and Bura were most helpful as they come. Out porters, Kevin, and Aman were also most helpful to our group. They provided every thing we asked for. I highly recommend Monkey Travel.
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Email Anna | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Everything was great
John our travel planer, was very helpful, quickly answered all our questions and tailored the perfect safari for us.
Basecamp in Maasai Mara was awesome. Personals was lovely, very comfortable accommodation with great food. Highly recommended!
We spent un unforgettable week with our guide Letoloi. He was friendly, he knew a lot about animals and he was sharing the information about Kenya. He knew where to go to see all the animals without to be surrounded by another tourist cars. He has a lot of respect for animals, we saw all the animals so close but without feeling that we disturb them by our presence. Every day we had fantastic breakfast or lunch in savanna. Road from Masai Mara to Amboseli was so dangerous, we have seen many car accident, but Letoloi drive so carefully that we felt safe.
If we will be back to Africa for safari in future we will not hesitate to choose Monkey adventures. And if we will back to Kenya we would like to have Letoloi as our guide again
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Email Bill | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic experience
Monkey Adventures allows you to customize your trip - both the duration and the accommodations. This way you only pay for what you want. They provide links to the different hotels so you can easily chose among them. John, our trip planner, was great with arrangements and changes and responded promptly by email answering all questions, no matter how minor. He also provided links to easily gets visas, etc.
Our guide/driver, Dickson, was fantastic, taking efforts to have us see as much as possible including the big 5, black rhinos and a wildebeast river crossing. He was very knowledgeable and helpful.
All in all, we had a great and very affordable safari with Monkey Adventures.
