Lead guide Rufus preparing for a night of camping
Gametrackers K
- Located In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 1981)
- Member Of:
- KATO & Ecotourism
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $100 to $1,000 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Awesome Adventure
As a "last hurrah" family vacation with our University attending children we selected a safari with Gametrackers. It was what we hoped for and more. We saw a tremendous range and quantity of wildlife. It became quite a game to spot the next animal. Our driver/guide was very knowledgeable and personable. He made sure we saw all the highlights. Our accomodations and meals were excellent. My husband and I had been on safari 22 years ago so our expectations were low. We were very pleasantly surprised by the top quality lodges and wide variety of food available. We were very well looked after. Thank you Gametrackers!
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent. With their staff and equipment we tailor made our own private camping safari in the Mara.
Fantastic. Would use again. Highly recommended.
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Email Vanni | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
GREAT OPERATOR!!!
My experience was amazing,great operator with great staff everytime,during the day and during the night,cook,driver,guide...excellent,one of my best experince in Africa along difficult ways...
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Email Richard & Martha | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
In Such Good Hands With Gametrackers!
Planning our safari with Judy's helpful assistance was easy. We were in Kenya for business but wanted to spend the week beforehand seeing some of Kenya's wildlife. Not wanting to spend too much time just driving from place to place, we decided on visiting Nakuru, Naivasha and Masai Mara. One of the highlights was walking Crescent Island out in the middle of Lake Naivasha. There are no apex predators there, making it possible to walk among such creatures as giraffe, zebra and waterbuck. We also enjoyed seeing rhino and flamingos in Nakuru. Our driver/guide Zach was extraordinary. He is very knowledgable about the wildlife, an excellent driver and good and easy company. Anyone lucky enough to have him for their guide, will be very well served. Our accommodations were just what we wanted--comfortable but not luxurious. Dea's Gardens felt like an oasis offering warm, genuine hospitality. Enkorok Mara Camp is a comfortable tented camp where our accommodations were surrounded by birdlife. We were interested in a moderately priced experience and Gametrackers delivered on that as on everything else. We have absolutely no hesitation in recommending them.
Email Nicolas | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Above expectations: exceptional guide and planning support
In short: I found Gametrackers to be a very strong local company to help you plan an exceptional safari: excellent throughout, from the planning phase all the way to the actual safari. I will recommend it any family member or friend considering a safari, and would definitely choose them if I return to Kenya to do another safari. More details below.
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1) PLANNING
When I started planning a safari in Kenya, I wasn't sure which company to go with - there are MANY operators. I reached out to 10-15 companies listed in well-known guidebooks such as Lonely Planet and Rough Guide to review a few proposals/quotes based on my initial thoughts for a 2-week trip. Gametrackers already stood out at that point: Stacey was responsive, understood my requirements well (we wanted to put together a highly customized itinerary), provided good advice, and was VERY patient (we went through quite a few iterations of the itinerary).
I was able to pay by credit card in USD through a local portal called Pesa Pal.
A safari is expensive and this was no exception, but I found the rates Gametrackers quoted fair, without the very high mark-ups I saw from other operators (especially those who are NOT based in Kenya). Gametrackers was also one of the few operators able to provide a clear breakdown of the cost - this was very helpful in ensuring our trip stayed within the budget we had assigned.
2) SAFARI
I think a huge factor in the experience is the guide who will take you to all the parks you have chosen (e.g. Masai Mara, Amboseli, Lake Nakuru etc.). We got VERY lucky as we got Zachariah (Zack), a Bronze-certified guide (see KPSGA) who has been a guide for 18 years. He was very dedicated, knowledgeable, patient, friendly, and fun. He always made sure we had the best possible experience and spared no effort for us to see animals (e.g., we were able to see multiple white rhinos and a (rare) black rhino in Nakuru, we watched a cheetah eating a Thompson gazelle a few meters away in Masai Mara, we witnessed 2 lions mating...) and patiently answered all our questions on wildlife or Kenya.
Most days, he was driving pretty much the whole day on full day game drives so we have more time in the parks themselves as driving back to the lodge for lunch would waste a lot of time in our opinion (and he agreed).
We were sad to part ways in Diani where our safari ended and can't thank him enough for helping us create memories for life.
Asante!
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Email John Ulferts | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Reliable, excellent company
We have completed three trips with Gametrackers K in Kenya and each trip has been exceptional. Gametrackers makes your Africa dreams come true. We put together an itinerary of parks we want to visit, and they make it happen. Gametrackers always maximizes game drives so that you have as much time as possible with the wildlife. Whether camping in the bush or staying in lodges, Gametrackers makes sure you have a quality experience. I highly recommend the company. Request Rufus as your driver if you can and Benard as your cook if you are camping.
Email David Hensley | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Wonderful - and varied - safari experiences with a first-class guide
On a recent trip to Nairobi we booked a trip to Naivasha with Gametrackers which was so good we booked a trip to Amboseli for the following weekend. On both occasions we were really lucky to have Adrian to guide us. He has a degree in wildlife conservation, and knows a remarkable amount about the birds and animals, and about conservation and the ways in which the human environment is encroaching on the wildlife. Adrian also has quite remarkable eyesight, with an ability to spot and recognise animals in the distance that we could hardly see, which hugely enhanced our experience of the trips.
I would also recommend all of the trips we took.
The boat trip on Lake Naivasha was wonderful, not just seeing fish eagles, king-fishers and hippopotamus on the lake, but also seeing game onshore from the lake.
We took the cycle tour of the Hells Gate park, just near Naivasha, which is an extraordinary trip. Not only the freedom of being able to cycle through the park, past warthogs and buffalo, zebra and wildebeest, but also the geography of the park, with dramatic cliffs and gorges.
The the second weekend we went to Amboseli - a four hour drive but well worth it. The Amboseli reserve has a range of environments from marsh and swamp to dry savannah, all under the enormous presence of Kilamanjaro. We saw lions after a kill, elephants walking past the camp at breakfast, and most memorably, when Adrian spotted some bat-eared foxes with cubs, a Martial Eagle flew down and took one of the cubs.
I'd strongly recommend Gametrackers for putting together a custom tour to meet your needs. We had tremendous trips.
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Email Christopher Buchel | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
4-Day Masai Mara Safari with Accommodation at Crocodile Camp
When searching for a safari in Kenya, it is very easy to become overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of safari companies available, especially when booking from abroad, with no real possibility of face-to-face communication. Compounding this quandary is the lack of online reviews and resources with which to evaluate choices in a decision in which one is likely to make a significant investment.
What originally drew us to Gametrackers, therefore, was the fact that the company has existed for over 35 years, is an Eco-Tourism Kenya Corporate Member and is a member of KATO, a key tourism trade association in Kenya that has instituted high standards and a code of conduct that must be upheld in order to retain membership. Such safeguards protect against unscrupulous tour companies that deceive and exploit potential clients.
At a customer service level, however, Gametrackers proved to be superior in both response time and thoroughness. Our contact via e-mail, Judy, always responded to our messages the business day after receiving them and was helpful in addressing any of our questions and concerns. With such care, it was easy to place our trust in this safari company. Adding to this was the multitude of options of safari packages of varying length and location.
Concerning the safari experience itself, we will both easily state that it is and will remain one of the most memorable experiences of our lives. Lending to that was, of course, our sighting of a multitude of animals, from wildebeest, to lions, to hippos, to cheetahs, and elephants, all in their natural environment of the Maasai Mara, a landscape breathtakingly beautiful in itself. However, none of such sightings would have been possible without the expertise of our driver, guide and tracker Tim, whose knowledge, professionalism, and attentiveness to our needs were paramount. Tim is an encyclopedia of wildlife knowledge, able to answer almost any of our questions regarding the wildlife we spotted on our trip. And if he did not possess the answer himself, he was quick to extract a book that did or made a note to answer the question after returning to camp in the evening. He is also an incredible resource to two curious travelers, such as ourselves, who wished to know more about Kenyan culture, politics and society. But beyond that, Tim is an amazing person, whose intellect, care, eloquence, and affability contributed to our experience more than we could ever state. He is someone we were happy to spend our meals with, and who we would gladly continue to do so if he were not a continent away.
Accommodation at Crocodile Camp exceeded our expectations in both amenities and service. We expected to be sleeping on the ground in a small, pop-up tent, but instead spent each night sleeping in a mosquito-netted bed in a large, screened permanent tent with an attached bathroom, lulled to sleep by the sounds of the Maasai Mara night. All meals were home-cooked, and tasty, perfectly fitting to nourish after a long day of safari.
We would, without hesitation, recommend Gametrackers to anyone seeking an experience in Kenya to be remembered for a lifetime. We feel it is important to state that there certainly are accommodations available surrounding Maasai Mara with fancier rooms in 4-star resorts, more modern vehicles to drive around in, a pool to swim in, et cetera, and if such things are important to you, we were told that Gametrackers would gladly meet any of these requests. Simply stated, this is a company that deserves your business and will work to meet any of your needs.
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Email Pawel | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Friendly and professional
I chose Gametrackers to organize a 10-day safari in the parks: Masai Mara, Naivasha lake, Serengetti and Ngorongoro.
Communication with Gametrackers was excellent. They answered all my questions usually very quickly. Thank you Stacey.
All the team were friendly and professional. Peter's dishes were delicious.
Everything was just as I imagined. If I could change something, I wouldn't change anything.
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Email Alisa Krinsky | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Gametrackers is a great safari company with highly skilled and professional staff.
My husband and I would highly recommend Gametrackers for your safari in Kenya and Tanzania. The communication with the staff during the planning phase was excellent. Stacy and Judy were responsive and helpful in answering all of our questions. Our guides during the safari were fabulous. We did a 10 day excursions with our own guide and cook and both were amazing, If we ever returned, we would request both of them by name, Daniel and Benard, as they were the ones who made our experience phenomenal.