The Team Behind Kenya Walking Survivors Safaris
Kenya Walking Survivors Safaris Ltd
- Located In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2003)
- Member Of:
- Eco Tourism & Kenya Wildlife Services
- Tour Types:
- Custom budget & mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $64 to $490 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Bharat Joshi , President & MD, IGP | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing Safari - Lifetime Experience - Worries? Leave it to KWSS. They will take care.
My wife Hansa and I had unbelievable amazing Safari Holiday experience. I was very much worried about food, stay and vehicle but EVERYTHING was taken care by KWSS with complete perfection. We stayed at Nakuru one day - fantastic rainy game drive with Rhinos, Lions, Zebras..., 3 days at Masai Mara - THIS WAS OUR LIFE TIME MEMORABLE EVENT. We had seen total 39 Lions with every daily activities of their life... it was so close that we could stretch our hand & just touch, Cheetas - great.... Leopard - great, Tens of Hundreds of Zebras - Tens of thousands of Wilder Beasts ....No words to express the feelings - the food - the arrangement and the game drive - never match able. Naivasha - One day, Amboseli - one day - great Lioness hunting chase, One day Arusha + Ngorongoro - Fantastic View of crater and scenic panorama. I have no words to explain as seeing can only be expressing.
All the stays were perfect. Kilimanjaro from Kibo Safari Camp was magical view
KWSS - Director: Mr. Otieno is great friend, facilitator and supporter, he is always smiling and helping hand. He is in the center of EVERY COMFORT of every visitor. He managed excellently our (change of) one day program and returning to Nairobi. ALL THE BEST Otieno:). We are your friends in India you ever need us. Great Work Keep it up!!!!
Guide+Driver : Nguta is the best. He had excellent knowledge and very active in driving and reaching the place of animal presence. He has shown us Leopard driving (fastest) 20 kms after hearing the radio. Never tired and always ON TIME ON DOT. Nguta - All the best.
I recommend 'Kenya Walking Survivors Safari Ltd' to every one who would wish to visit Safari and read my review. I will ask any one of my personal contacts and all the visitors ......."LEAVE YOUR SAFARI WORRIES TO KWSS ....& YOU ONLY ENJOY"
IL
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Eight days private Safari tour through KWSS - excellent experience and mostly recommended
We just returned from 8 days private safari tour organized by KWSS. We got a great driver-guide (Mr. Ochieng, I hope that I spelled it correctly) and a private cook. The views and animals were terrific and the explanations of Mr. Ocheing were on time. We were lucky (and also due to the guide’s experience) to watch all big 5’s several times including eating a fresh prey.
First in my recommendation list is of course the Masai Mara that is a must and I recommend the full day game drive within the reserve as it allows you to get to the Mara River (crossing point of wildebeests). Second in my list is lake Naivasha which you could relax in walking safari tours (Crater rim park is the best if you have only one to take) and the optional boat tour is a must do. Lake Nakuru is good as we observed Rhinos but if you are short in time – you can spare it.
About KWSS, this is my first experience with Africa and with African tour operators and I had a very pleasant surprise with KWSS (managed by Mr. Otieno). I had no previous recommendation and I chose them from Safaribookings.com based on the price and continued negotiations with them because of the quick and efficient email responses from Mr. Otieno. So – I got an 8 days full board private tour in a very reasonable and even cheap price (as compared to other tour operators) and yet all worked perfectly and we very much enjoyed the trip and the sounding conditions.
CY
Email Andreas S | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Kenya Walking Survivor Safaris planned our honeymoon in half a day!
If it wasn't for Mr OT, we wouldn't be able to have a honeymoon this year due to a misfortune with another travel agency in our Country. We were able to trust him almost immediately with his polite and assertive manner and we were not wrong to do that. He planned an amazing trip for us including an 8-day safari in Kenya and Tanzania's national parks, safe drives, nice lodges and an excellent stay in Zanzibar at the end of our trip which tipped of the experience, ending our honeymoon in a relaxed and simultaneously excited mood. We definitely recommend Kenya walking survivors safaris!!!
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
My husband and I loved every moment of the trip. Wildlife just out of the car was amazing.
We were a group of six family members who chose Kenya Walking Survivors Safari (KWSS). My husband and I flew from the U.S., and my parents, and my cousin and his wife flew from India. We were happy with the communication since the beginning. Mr. OT is great at both verbal and written communication. Also, Ngutto, our driver and tour guide was very fluent with English. We really enjoyed being with Ngutto. He is witty, joyful, and helpful. There were a couple of things which makes our overall rating with KWSS a 5-star excellent. The first one - Our group is strict vegetarian and initially we were concerned about our dietary restrictions. But, we were given a cook for part of the trip, places where we otherwise would have had hard time finding veg food. We loved our cook, Byron. He understood us and communicated well to us. He also prepared excellent food! The second one – We were initially planned for the second last day in Tanzania and starting to return back to Kenya very early (2:00 am) next morning, which was still going to cut close to our departure air flight. Since we finished Tanzania earlier than expected, we called Mr. OT to arrange for an earlier return to Kenya. He was flexible with it and ensured us that our comfort was his primary goal. He arranged for our hotel rooms (3 rooms)for a night and we did not have to pay a single extra cent! We were able to return to Kenya plenty in time and stay in a nice hotel room. KWSS took care of our individual needs very well. We highly recommend Kenya Walking Survivors Safari to anyone who is considering a trip to the African Safari!
HU
Email Eszter & George | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The Pearls of East of Africa-Best Discovered with KWSS :-)
We are a couple from Hungary and we took part in a 3- week-long safari visiting 12 national parks in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.
We got on very well with Mr. Otieno (Oti) from the very beginning; he is intelligent, kind, helpful, flexible and very good, and quick at both oral and written communication.
His staff and partners are also excellent-we can only talk about them in superlatives:Mustafa and Obed in Uganda, Martin in Kenya and Uganda, Clement and Jacob in Kenya, Mike Moshi and Saneh in Tanzania did their best to make us happy. We'll never forget the smiley face of Martin, our advetures with Clement :-), the very informative guidance of Saneh and the way Moshi always served our dinners- he always dressed up very elegantly to serve us wonderful meals on 'silver' plates, which he put on tables beautifully set. All the other groups were jealous of us:-D. We learned a lot of life and animals-especially of baboons, who even had a taste of our car:-)- from Obed and Mustafa. We always tried to go together as a team.
We can also highly recommend KWSS, whose tours are not only excellent but also good value and with whom we managed to put together a safari which lived up 95% to our expectations:-).
HU
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing adventures in East Africa
I and my wife went on a safari for 20 days in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania with KWSS this summer.
We were very satisfied from the beginning. The director, Mr. Otieno was very quick and effective in communication-he immedately replied to our e-mails and was available on Skype to-so we could discuss and plan our itinerary together in person which made everything easy and quick and helped us trust him.
We were not disappointed either once in Africa: he has a very friendly,patient, punctual and helpful staff who did their best to make our safari the most memorable. The driver-guides know a lot about the wildlife and do everything to get you to the best spots to view the animals and the cooks are excellent too! We were also absolutely satisfied with the accommodation Oti provided us- we could experience everything from superb lodges to camping out in Serengeti. Even though we were supposed to stay only in tented camps, Oti managed to upgrade most of our accommodations for no extra charges!
All in all I can only fully reccommend Kenya Walking Survivors Safaris, because apart from minor changes everything went smoothly as written in the itinerary. We had a wonderful safari with KWSS.
RU
Email Nadia | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great experience
We have just arrived home from a great trip to Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. What an experience! We saw all big fives and even more! Mr. Ot (the head of the company) organized a very good trip for us. He made a few changes in our itinerary, but all of them were done for us to get more pleasant journey. Everything went smooth. Lots of drivers, cooks, different cars were involved. I thought it should be lots of headaches to organize such trip by ourselves. Highly recommended company! Mr Ot was available 24/7 to answer our questions and concerns. Very reliable company! Thank you very much!
PL
Email Michal | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing Maasai Mara experience
Me and my fiancé went on a 3day safari and 2day Lake Naivasha trip. We selected Kenya Walking Survivors because they gave us the best offer in terms of length and itinerary vs. price. We were positively surprised OT upgraded us from a tent to the bungalow. But what was the best was that we had a private car and a guide/driver dedicated only for us - something we didn't ask for as usually it's just too expensive. Maasai Mara is also the best place in Kenya to do your safari. We were lucky enough to see the wildebeests crossing the Mara river twice. We also saw lost of all the animals you expect to see once you're in Africa :) The camp we stayed at was ok. Clean, food was good and the cook was very nice and friendly.
Lake Naivasha was not as great as Maasai Mara. The water level was high so all the flamingos flew away. But still we took a boat ride (100USD for a couple) and were chased by a group of hippos - was fun :). We also went on a walking trip to the National Park where we saw lots of giraffes, zebras, pumbas, etc. On one hand we saw a lot more on our safari just a couple of days ago, on the other it's a way different when you are not in a car and can approach all the animals as close as possible. Just the guide they hired for that trip was weird as he did not say a single word through the entire day. Fish Eagle Inn we stayed at was ok and the food was delicious. The only thing I would change in the entire trip would probably be to go to Nakuru Lake instead of Naivasha - just a bit further but from what we were told - much nicer.
In general I would definitely recommend Kenya Walking Survivors. If we go back to Africa we will for sure organize out trips with them and we will definitely ask Kenny to be our guide again. He is a really nice guy with a huge knowledge about the animals and wildlife in general.
ES
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful trip!
We had a really nice trip that covered all our expectations. People from the Safari were really nice and friendly. We had a wonderful guide who explained us a lot of things from the country and his lifestyle. Accommodation was also very good and comfortable with all the necessities covered. The visit to the national parks were amazing and we could see all different type of animals from a very short distance. Highly recommended trip!
Review about Mr Otieno
I want to emphasize the great job of Mr Otieno in my family's trip to Kenia. He was always available for us, kind and correct. He certainly improved the quality of the safari and made all the arrangements extremely easy. If I book another safari in Africa, it would very probably be with you because of Mr Otieno's job.