Silver Spark Team at Ikigai Office Westland
Silver Spark Africa Safaris
- Located In:
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 2018)
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $400 to $2,000 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Vinod | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
I do not recommend Silver Spark Africa
Our highly anticipated 5-day private safari, costing over $4000++, with Silver Sparks was a complete disaster. After full payment, we were subjected to:
• Substandard vehicle.
• A seemingly new and potentially unpaid driver.
• Unpaid entry fees at tour sites (despite our full payment).
• The driver's concern about not being paid, jeopardizing our return.
• Last-minute cancellation of our return airport transfer via text leaving us stranded.
• Unacknowledged overpayments for dinners.
• Zero communication or proactive updates from Silver Sparks during our trip.
• Unauthorized itinerary changes.
Silver Sparks takes your money and fails to deliver on their promises. This unprofessional and unacceptable experience ruined our first visit to Kenya. We strongly advise you to seek other reliable tour operators.
Silver Sparks never acknowledged returning the monies we paid twice due to their negligence. Seems to be their standard way of operating.
A formal complaint has been filed with the Nairobi tourist board.
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Email Petr Taborsky | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
very good experience, friendly, informal, reliable
Pros
- good communication, all e-mails were answered in a few hours
- flexibility, they organized an unscheduled day in Nairobi for us including visit of former US Embassy destroyed by terrorist blast in 1998, one of the highlights of our trip besides national parks
- we probably got to see as much as we could in such a short time thanks to the great itinerary
- reasonable price for this category of safari trip
- excelent driver and guide David, always in a good mood, helpful, never tired of answering our questions or satisfying our endless need for the best picture spot, wonderful character we will never forget
Cons
- even though they say on the website that they do accept credit cards they do not, after we refused requested cash payment, we finaly agreed on Wise money transfer, cashless procedure which worked out fine but wouldn´t have to be so complicated, only dissapointment in otherwise perfect service and only reason for not giving five stars
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Email Milli Gupta | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Extremely Accommodating and flexible with good team of excellent employees
Extremely Accommodating and flexible with good team of excellent employees.
David - our tour guide who was our driver for the whole trip was very very helpful, knowledgeable and made sure every single opportunity to see if and any and all wildlife. He made our whole Kenya experience the very best. We all loved Kenya and the safari.
Our overall experience with Silver Spark Safari was extremely good. The reason for giving 4 stars is -
out of our whole trip of 10 days - 3 accomodations were extremely good (Samburu- Nakuru and Kibo(Amboselli). These made our experience unforgettable.
but 4 accomodations were really bad (the 1st night hotel in Nairobi, Milili Hotel- Maverick Camp in Aberdare- Lake Naivasha and the last camp at Amboselli).
We had to pay extra out of pocket to get another accomodations from Aberdare and move to Lake Nakuru.
Would highly recommend even if the ratings say good but please please check them more in depth).
If we keep the accomodations aside, Silver Sparks on the whole, Abongo our main point of contact from beginning to the end and on top of everything David made our Kenya safari the best.
Highly highly highly recommend this company.
Thank you Silver Sparks for everything for making us our family unforgettable memories of the lifetime.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Email Adrian | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best tour guides in the industry!
Our tour guides David and Maluta on our 9 day safari through Kenya (Lake Nakuru, Maasai Mara, Amboseli) and Tanzania (Tarangire, Ngorogoro Crater) were incredible! They provided an amazing service and knew a lot about the best spots to find the animals during our trip. They were extremely professional and made sure we were well looked after throughout our trip.
The tour operator (Abongo) was ok. A few logistical issues throughout the trip which were not handled very well, and could have been dealt with more professionally, but overall we were happy with the service and the trip we had.
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Email Amada | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Dream safari with an exceptional experienced guide.
I travelled with my wife and our mum to Kenya. We did a 7-day safari organized by Silver Spark Africa Safaris. We had the most adventurous and memorable tour to the three iconic national parks, Maasai Mara, Lake Nakuru and Amboseli. The tour itinerary was laid out perfectly and we enjoyed it all. We got the best of everything throughout the trip and also our accommodation was all good. Our guide was exceptional and the days we spent in the parks were very relaxing away from town commotions. We enjoyed the landscape and all the animals we spotted for the 7 days in Safari. To the wonderful drivers who was also our guides David and the beautiful places that we stayed in, was perfect. I would 100% recommend travelling with Silver Spark Africa Safaris.
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Email Eddie | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent planning and execution of our safari and so helpful!
Our trip went very well, right from the start Silver Spark helped us. Special mention to Kepha and Abongo who made our trip really memorable.
We booked an 8-day safari with Silver Spark Africa. Abongo, responds quickly to inquiries. This was my first safari in Africa, so I didn’t know what to expect: a competitive quote, excellent service, integrity, a reliable vehicle and a world class experience that is both unforgettable and safe all I could have asked for from them.
We are patrons of the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, so this safari was customized to allow us to spend time with foster elephant babies at both Ithumba and the Voi Stockade, as well as the Nairobi Nursery. Peter was also our driver, always punctual with our visitation schedule at the orphanages.
Ithumba must be the only place on earth where one can view wild elephants in such large numbers as they mingle with the orphans and other support workers, such an extraordinary experience.
We enjoyed several game drives in Tsavo West and East National Park. Peter, has a good eye and strong instinct when it comes to viewing wildlife.
For anyone planning a Kenya / Tanzania safari, Silver Spark Afruica should be your first contact.
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Email Aram | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing 6 days Kenya Safaris!
On our first day in Nairobi at JKIA, we met at the airport and taken to the hotel in Nairobi on the first day with Afternoon Nairobi excursion.
We began our journey with a scenic drive to Naivasha. After checking into our lodge, we enjoyed a tranquil boat ride on Lake Naivasha, getting up close with hippos and a dazzling array of birdlife. The highlight was seeing African fish eagles swooping down to catch fish. The serenity of the lake set a peaceful tone for the trip
The official safari was on, our safari guide, Peter, who took us to Lake Naivasha our starting point. The car was nice and comfortable and Peter was a very safe driver, so you can sleep the whole way and don't bother about anything. We stayed at Mar Jambo, which is amazing in Maasai Mara. The trip was amazing and highly recommend Silver Spark Africa safaris.
Email Trecy | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing experience and service!
Great value for our money, we did 14 days safari with husband, really enjoyed it from the start to end in Zanzibar.
We booked with Silver Spark Africa and Abongo helped us planned the entire 14 days for us, from Kenya to Zanzibar.
The tour satisfied us completely and David respected the planned program from park to park. The communication between us and the Abingo, was excellent and he proved to be very reliable, kind and punctual to sort any issue. David made sure, we saw all animals as possible and not let us get bored by always proposing valid activities, like we had an early morning game drive in Lake Nakuru which was a bonus to us.
In Tanazania, our guide Waziri (Minister). We cannot thank him enough for giving us the trip of a lifetime too. He picked us up at Namanga boarder, after drop up by David, and we started our Safari. Making our way to Tarangire national park then to the Serengeti and finishing off Ngorongoro. This was wonderful and well planned. The guide shared all about every possible big5 animal and birds we came across. He actually had a knowledge about them from his explanation to showing us his small diary book where he normally refers. I do recommend to try out 14 days as you can really have a good experience of Kenya, Tanzania and their national parks, with the diverse culture what's the point of going all the way to Africa and not spend enough time on the experience!
In all the accommodations we had a hot shower, the food is enough and basic but I recommend to buy some snacks from supermarkets as well to have some snacks during your parks or hotel to hotel transfer.
Overall, I recommend you to go for it, it's a unique experience that you will never forget.
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Email Melanie und Markus | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An unforgettable experience with a good tour operator and guide!
We booked an 8-day-private Safari (Aberdere - Nakuru - Massai Mara - Naivasha - Amboseli). It was our first trip to Afrika/Kenia and our first safari. We were really excited. Our tour operator answered all our requests promtly and was very friendly.
We asked for a german speaking guide, because our english isn't the best. And our Guide Titus spoke german very well. He took good care of us the whole trip. Everything was very well organized.
We saw the big 5 - 4 of them on our first game drive in Nakuru :-) - and the huge herds of wildebeest an zebras in the massai mara, even though we missed crossing the river - and the huge herds of elephants in Amboseli. It was incredible. All the parks were impressive in ther own way. We would skip the stop in Naivasha next time, even though the lodge was really great. It was really exciting to see the variety of landscape and it's people as we drove from one park to the other. the lodges our tour operator choosed, were good, we just can't recommend the AA lodge in Massai Mara.
We had a small problem with the car twice but they were solved immidiatly. Titus drove carefully, but sometimes it was still exciting for us, especially during the game drives on the washed out paths through ditches. But it was exciting to see and get to know everything.
We can recommend the silver spark team and Titus and a safari in Kenia.
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Email Stefano and Chiara | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic experience
My girlfriend and I did a 7 days Safari around Kenya (Masai Mara, Nakuru, Naivasha, Amboseli). Abongo was very helpful and correct during the booking pre safari. Always here for us during the organization and also during our trip. I agreed some changes on the program based on our interests and everything went good. The lodges were to our expectations. Our guide Peter was the best person we could find. He was always with us and take care of us like sons (we're 26yo). He wasn't only a good and safe driver but also a kind and prepared guide about Kenya and its parks and animals. He is an awesome Person and we will take him in our Heart. We succeeded in see 4 out 5 of the big five and had beautiful Game Drives.
The price for what we've done was honest and Fair.
Thanks a lot to Abongo and Peter for this fantastic experience.
Stefano and Chiara from Italy