Kikwetu CEO, guide and happy clients after a tour
Kikwetu Cultural Adventures
- Located In:
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 2011)
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $80 to $600 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Nicholas | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great experience
Everything went well, I was picked up at Nairobi Airport by Ephy. The accommodations were good, everything went smoothly. The places we visited were lake naivasha, hells gate and masai Mara National reserve. The scenery was perfect and my father and I had a van to ourselves.
The only feedback I have is to improve the accuracy of the itinerary. For example, there were days where I knew of the itinerary changes on the day itself. Also there were some changes to the accommodation but I was not informed prior. There were some hiccups on the last day due to vehicle issues but it was quickly managed by Kenneth. I manage to speak to Kenneth regarding my feedback and he did address the issues he faced.
Most importantly, if you are looking for a tour that is safe and reliable. Trust Kikwetu Cultural adventures with your holiday plans. Ephy and Kenneth were honest and trustworthy and made me felt at home.
AW
Email Saskia Dirksz | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
15 days safari was beyond my expectations and a dream.come true
Kikwetu Tours,
Of the bottom of my heart I am thanking you Kenneth for this tour....
I came on this tour without expectations
and everything was better than I could ever imagined.
I felt that I really really got what I paid for.
I am a solo traveler, and I.did this safari on a budget. So for.me it was very important to know all detailes of my tour. What was included, what was not, how much money for tipping, how much money for souvenirs and so on...
Kenneth help me sooo good in setting up my budget for my tour.
In Uganda,
Augustine my driber and guide was amazing. Lots of information. Lots of fun. I totally recommemd this guy. I had e great time from day 1. I did not like the hotel in Kampala much but it was for 1 night. It was not the accomodation its self but the vibe actually. In Entebbe and Bwindi they were soooo nice. But still nothing to complain about.
Kenya
Today I cried like a left my home instead of going home....
Everything in Kenya was perfect.
Mara was amazing
And thank you for Efi, my driver, guide and friend. He was the best. I did not feel like a costumer but he made me feel like family. The accomodation were super nice and the staff was totally amazing. Kenya felt like home.
I willl sooo comeback 2 Kenya
Tanzania
The accomodation in both Serengeti and Ngorongoro were super. The staff was very very nice 2 me.
Mr Issack was nice and very helpfull.
Everything was nice. He was very attentive
I will always be gratefull for what you did for me. I have to go home now and save again. But I promise you to come back soon and hopefully you can help again with my trip...
Thank you one more time for taking good care of me and to make sure I had a great time ...
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Email Scott and Tammye | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing Adventure
We were well prepared for our trip with the information that was provided to us ahead of time by Kenneth. We had high expectations for our Safari, because our friends had gone and recommended that we use Kikwetu. Even with the wonderful review from our friends, we were amazed with our trip! Our guide, Livingston, was fun, knowledgeable, a phenomenal driver and guide, and accommodating. Livingston knew where numerous animal hideouts were to be found. He always asked if we were ready to move on and catered our safaris to things that we desired to see. We learned that each Safari vehicle only contains the person or group that booked the trip. Kikwetu NEVER puts people or groups together to fill a vehicle. This made our outings uniquely individualized. We also met many interesting people around the hotels.
The hotels were always clean and comfortable serving wide varieties of foods. Each hotel was special in its own way. I enjoyed having monkeys all around us at our first place. The second place had a beach nearby which permitted us to take a powerboat to an island and walk with zebras, Giselle, giraffes—they were a little shy—and more, but get close-up to hippos and birds. Later that day we walked back to the beach and rode a camel. What an amazing day! Our final hotel had a private yard with a river behind it. We saw many four legged visitors on the other side of the river and showered in our attached outdoor shower (There was also an Indoor shower).
We couldn’t have asked for anything more, and we are recommending Kikewetu to all of our friends and family members.
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Email Bettina | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
incredible safari to Tsavo East and West during rainy season
It's the second time that we took a safari organized by Kikwetu (Kenneth) and exactly as the first time we had an amazing 7 days trip. This time we went to Tsavo East and West and even being there during rainy season, we saw plenty of animals and had a very safe trip thanks to our amazing guide and driver Livingstone. We stayed at wonderful lodges :Ashnil Aruba Lodge, Salt Lick Lodge and Kilaguni Lodge, and as of the rainy season, we had sometime the Lodges just for us... We enjoyed plenty of wonderful landscapes and Livingstones experience and determination, allowed us to see lions, leopards, hippos, crocodiles, buffalos, plenty of incredible birds, elephants, giraffes, zebras, ... and many more, as well to learn a lot about Kenia. We would absolutely use Kikwetu again and highly recommend them to anyone considering an African safari.
Email Aussie Steve | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
8 night Kenyan safari
We had such an amazing time visiting Kenya on our 8 night safari arranged by Kikwetu Cultural Tours. We travelled from Australia and Kenneth and the team from Kikwetu Cultural Tours went above and beyond to ensure all our requirements were met. We would absolutely use Kikwetu Cultural Tours again and would highly recommend them to anyone planning a dream safari through Africa!
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Email Erin | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Top notch safari experience
My boyfriend and I booked a last minute 6-day safari to Naivasha, Amboseli and the Masai Mara with Kikwetu. From start to finish, we had an amazing, seamless experience. Kenneth was super responsive during the planning phase, our guide, Abou was INCREDIBLE and our driver, Paul was lovely.
Highly recommend booking with Kikwetu!
Email Alexandra | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Planned and executed to perfection with great detail to attention, by very friendly staff.
We were a family of five with three teenagers visiting first the Masai Mara for three nights and then Mombasa beach for five nights, finishing off in Nairobi for two nights.
The trip was planned and executed to perfection with the experienced and friendly staff at Kikwetu Cultural Adventures, with top quality service, food and accommodation at the three hotels we stayed in. Norfolk hotel in Nairobi, Sarova Hotel in the Masai Mara and the Neptune Palm in Diani, Mombasa.
The safari in Masai Mara was the highlight of the trip as we were lucky to see the big five and more. Bring good binoculars, a sun hat and warm sweater for early morning drives.
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Email Ingrid | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent advice, support and customer service on a custom made safari inside and outside Africa
This is the second time I am writing a review of my experience of traveling with Kikwetu Cultural Adventures. Last year, Ken Benson and his team organized an 80 day custom made safari through 7 African countries for me with such outstanding logistics and customer service throughout the safari, that this year I decided to turn again to Ken and his team to ask for his professional assistance in organizing a half-around-the-world tour for me.
I am 71 years old and decided that it was now or never for me to travel to some parts of the world which always have exerted a lot of attraction over me. I communicated to Ken via e-mail my ideas of where I wanted to go and how long I wanted to stay in each place and asked him to arrange flight connection, ground transportation, accommodation, sightseeing, etc. It turned out to be the safari of a lifetime:
31 days and 7500 km by road through rural and religious Ethiopia.
One week in Nairobi with visits to museums and galleries, the Sheldrick’s elephant orphanage,
a hike through Hell’s Gate close to Naivasha, Kibera slum and a very enjoyable walking tour through down town Nairobi which is especially recommendable on a Sunday.
Flight from Nairobi to Nampula and ground transportation to Nacala, Mozambique.
From Nacala, I had arranged for a freighter travel to Singapore with a stop over in Mauritius Island, but with three weeks on my hands while waiting for another freighter to come along and take me back home to Mexico across the Indian and the Pacific Ocean, Ken arranged for a 12 day safari in Indonesia, visiting Central and East Java, Sulawesi and Bali, and one week in Malaysia with highlights in Georgetown, Ipoh and Malacca.
My journey lasted 122 days and whenever network connections were available, Ken kept track of my travels and was in contact with me and/or the subcontracted provider to make sure, that everything went according to program and schedule.
It was a most gratifying experience and I want to thank Ken, Livingstone, Paul and the rest of Kikwetu Cultural Adventures for having made one more of my dreams come true.
There is no doubt in my mind that, if you are interested in a truly custom made safari inside Africa and in neighboring countries, Kikwetu Cultural Adventures is the best choice for getting what you are looking for with regard to advice, support, customer service and price.
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Email Kanika | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An Excellent Adventure of a Lifetime!
OUR TRIP TO KENYA!!!
We had the most beautiful holiday planned for us by the team of Kikwetu Cultural Adventures!!
A haven of wildlife, we had the most enriching experiences of our lives travelling across Kenya.
After all, it’s not every day that you see the king of the jungle being the target of prey by a herd of wild buffaloes or herds of Elephants from the littlest to the largest rushing to get their spot to bathe in the swamp or Lion cubs enjoying snuggling with their mum on a splendid calm morning or flocks of pink Flamingos’ gracefully adorning the edges of the lake...the list is never ending. Gazelles, Impalas, Giraffes, Zebras, Wilder beast, Cheetahs, Monkeys, Rhinos, birds a many...what splendid variety of wildlife one witnessed.
Laudable is the way our driver & guide Msagha took us through it all under tough weather conditions. The trip was planned to near perfection & our Safari to Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru & Amboseli ended with a trip to the fine beach of Watamu. The hospitality was great with comfortable accommodation and delicious food!!
Kudos to Kenneth, David, Msagha & Paul for having arranged it so beautifully for us.
A big thank you! We are sure to come back soon for more!!!
From all of us
Kanika Gulzar Amanat
Mumbai, India
Email Steve Hansen | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Outstanding service and awesome adventure
I feel lucky that I picked Kikwetu to provide a safari for 8 days. I was travelling with my wife and 2 young children and I think that I had sent about 100 emails to different companies. Kenneth from Kikwetu was the only one that took into consideration my young children and devised an itinerary that would ensure a great time for my whole family.
After about another 80 emails backwards and forwards with Kenneth. I decided to book with him.
I am so glad I did because we had an amazing time.
Livingstone our driver and guide was awesome. Driving safely to get us to the parks. And on game drives he worked hard to find animals for us. He seemed as excited as us when we found a cheetah with a fresh kill.
All the accommodation booked for us was awesome, great service and putting us right in the action.
The airline lost 2 of our bags on the flight into Kenya and Kenneth personally picked up our bags and brought them to us in the middle of our safari. Now that is service, he didn’t want us to miss anytime on safari. Thanks Kenneth it was much appreciated.
Do yourself a favour and book with Kikwetu you will be in good hands.