Sunnycreek Safaris Team
Sunnycreek Safaris
- Located In:
- Size:
- 1-5 employees (Founded in 2017)
- Tour Types:
- Small & medium group tours (Budget & mid-range)
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $50 to $400 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Cay | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Kenia tour
Very well organized with Great accomodation and day trips!
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Email Andre | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
5 Stars for Salomon, 4 Stars for Sunny Creek
We have spent 3 days (2nights) at Masa Mara.
1st day Pickup in Nairobi and go for the payment to the office. Once done, dispatch with the driver and team for the days.
The price paid was the one communicated over WhatsApp exchange.
We would prefer if Sunny creek would have gave us other option for accommodations, only the camping one was propose randomly.
There are also a more “luxury” version. But was not propose actively unfortunately. And it’s not that expensive.
Regarding accommodations. It’s tents ⛺️ with a bed and bathroom (individual). Standard is acceptable for the environment and location. Electricity available in the morning and night. Some hours.
Food is a bit limited.
Salomon was an amazing guide. He did all for us to feel comfortable and found the best spots.
He was always in the good spots. Good connection I guess with others drivers. Always moving to find the action in the park. His skills of driver and explanations during the 3 days were also really appreciated !
He really cares and have interest for what he is doing. And as client, we appreciate that.
We had the chance to see a lot of animals. Big 5… much more.
Masai Mara is an amazing reserve.
Count around 350.- usd for each for this 3 days. (Tipps not included)
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Email Kaibo | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great value, excellent communication, the budget Safari company to choose!
We did our Masai Mara and Nakuru tour with sunnycreek and are very happy with everything. From the smooth communication to the very competitive pricing, to the good tour guide, the accomodations and the willingness to be creative to fulfill our personalized requests. It was a 10/10. We recommend sunnycreek and the remarkable back office lead by Maureen
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Email Paula | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing tour
My husband and I had an amazing time with our guide John. He is very knowledgeable and answer all our questions. Besides that he was the best on the game drive, giving us the best spots to see all the animals. We got very close to all of them and it was amazing.
We loved our tour and recommend for everyone. It's an amazing company with fair prices, and their partners like restaurants and hotel's are all amazing.
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Email Samanta | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing experience
I looked into booking budget safari last second, so I send some inquiries 5 days before departure and decided to go with Sunnycreek as they seemed most upfront and knowledgeable about my questions, and without constant calling and pushing. Communication was amazing, everything went as planned. Land Cruiser was a definite go to, and our driver and guide Jeff was amazing. Super knowledgeable, kind, shared good moments with us, but wasn’t too much in our space which was appreciate. I am a solo traveler so it was great meeting other people in jeep, and our team was so great! Jeff took us to places where we were not always surrounded with other vehicles, as it’s busy season, and that was amazing, because he knew where to go, and those times we saw lions on multiple occasions. He as well always got us in the best positions for picture taking, and to close proximity as able to animals. Amazing experience.
Accommodation was honestly better than I expected. First two days tents was good, even with bed and bathroom inside, and following accommodations in hotels was really good for budget safari. You will not regret going with Sunnycreek and Jeff.
Email Rosie Ashworth | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Professional tour operator that excelled our expectations
We highly recommend Sunny Creek Safaris. Maureen is an excellent communicator who replies quickly to emails and ensures that your safari is completely tailored to your requirements. John was a fantastic guide and always made sure we were one of the first to arrive at any big sighting. We saw an amazing number of animals including a leopard, numerous lions, elephants, giraffe, buffalo, cheetahs, a huge wildebeest crossing and even a close up kill. This was all thanks to John's knowledge of the animals and the Masai Mara terrain. Thank you Sunny Safaris for an absolutely amazing trip. We will definitely be back for another safari with you in the future!
Email Christelle | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Sunnycreek Safaris offers a professional service of the highest quality.
From the beginning of my contact with Maureen at Sunnycreek Safaris I was put at ease. She responded quickly to my emails, and answered all of my questions. I travelled as a female by myself, and I can honestly recommend Sunnycreek Safaris to anyone who is considering traveling solo. You will be in safe hands, and experience Kenya and all that it has to offer to the full! Thank you for such an amazing experience!!! Charles, our guide was also extremely professional. He answered any questions we had of the wildlife or area, and he was accommodating of everyone who was on the safari. He is a very good driver and you will be in safe hands with him as your guide!
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Email Rafael | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The experience of a lifetime, trustworthy and professional.
Our safari trip was amazing!
From the booking, Maureen was very attentive and assured us we would have vegan options available for all meals included in the tour.
For strict vegetarians, the breakfast on the camping site could be improved, for example, with an option of spreadable as peanut butter and a vegan pancake. The package lunch for the sexond day could be improved too, but we saw that they were making an effort to accommodate us and they came to ask us what could and could not be included in it, which we appreciate. Dinner on the camp-site itself and the meals on roadside restaurants and the hotel all had a decent amount of vegan options and everything was very tasty. We loved the Kenyan cuisine!
They picked us up at the hotel on time and after paying for the tour in the office, we met our fellow travellers and went off to Masai Mara. We had to wait a bit since one other guest was a bit late, but everything worked out well.
We stayed 2 nights at a tented camping site outside the park, near the Masai Village. The camp was really nice, organised, clean, secure and had very good food! We literally felt like going to an expedition into the wild (tip: bring a small paddock to lock your tent against local tree dwelling thief's, aka baboons.. They would run around in the camp in the mornings and eventually try to go inside the tents looking for food, which only added to the whole experience!)
Our driver and guide, Charles, was the best! He was very knowledgeable about the animals and very good at finding them in the savannah. We felt safe the whole time and had fun on the way too. It was definetely the adventure of a lifetime and the expectation of not knowing what animals we would find next was thrilling, when driving throught one of the more remote locations, we felt like on a Jurassic park movie (on the beginning of the movie, when all is going well... Hehe)
On our third day we drove to our hotel near Lake Nakuru. The hotel was very nice and also had very good food, and the game drive on the park the next morning was also amazing.
We were not sure about booking 3 or 4 days and in the end we loved having booked the 4th day at Lake Nakuru. The park is much smaller than Masai Mara, and has denser vegetation and higher trees, but we were lucky enough to get a much closer encounter with a family of white rhinos.
Also, Charles told us that because the water level of the lake has been rising lately, there are not as many flamingos as before, but there were a lot of them and we loved it nonetheless.
On the way to and back from the safari, we stopped for lunch and also on a giant gift shop with a huge variety of arts and crafts, prefect to bargain for that souvenir to take home.
In the end, we were dropped off at the airport on time and will definitely miss Kenya a lot.
Overall, we couldn't have asked for a better experience. They were very professional and made sure we could enjoy the trip to this marvellous piece of preserved wild nature.
There are only two last things to point out: 1) on the safaribookings website, it was advertised 6-7 people per vehicle and we had 8 in ours. Everyone in the group was very nice and easy going, so we had a great time and, 2) the communication prior to the trip could have been a bit better, since we had our tour combined with another safari company who actually handled the payment, which per si is not a problem and Maureen was there on the day so we had no problems at all, but it would have been nice to know that ahead of time. Anyway, as they say there "hakuna matata", after such an unforgettable experience, we definitely recommend them for your safari on Kenya and also do ask if Charles is available to guide you, again, he was the best and made sure we had the best experience possible!
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Email Brady | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Great experience
Service was excellent! Kikutu was our driver and did an excellent job accommodating our family. He had to work with constant changes to the schedule because of other guests, but he handled it very well.
Email Isabelle | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Incredible experience with Richard, the best tour guide ever!
I done the 4 day safari with Lake Nakuru - cannot describe how amazing an experience this was! I've seen so many wild animals, met some amazing locals and Masai Mara Tribe! I sat and watched a pride of lions eating a buffalo and huge parade of elephants playing doing their thing. It was so good for the soul - I highly recommend. Richard our guide went above and beyond to offer us the best experience, he drove for hours and hours with a big smile on telling us anecdote on different species of fauna and flora. Lake Nakuru was not as impressive as I thought but not the sunnycreek's fault - I think if I was to re-do it I would go for the Gates of Hell instead!