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Right Choice Tours & Safaris
- Located In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2005)
- Member Of:
- ASTA, KATO & KWS
- Tour Types:
- Custom luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $130 to $345 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Kenji | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great Birding Tours
The 18 days tour was excellent and very pleasant. The guide, Tom was an expert for safari and a skillful driver. He did safari, safety first, and solved a couple of car troubles well. He was also flexible for modification of accommodations and our demands. He is not an expert for birding, but followed our stop-and-go instructions very well, and assigned proper local birding guides. The cook, Alan was a very good chef, his cuisine was much better than restaurants and lodges. As a result, we got many bird species, over 300, plus many animals.
Our accommodations were not high class and some of them were modified one day before, but very comfortable. I appreciate George, he arranged a total plan. I think the tour cost was proper. I did recommend this tour company to my friends.
Email Lee G | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A dream holiday
After coming across Right Choice Tours & Safaris by accident, we can honestly say that it was one of the best trips that we have ever taken. They were prompt with messages and organised our trip at very short notice. Our guide Jacob Otieno was superb, helping us to both spot the animals and safely drive us from destination to destination. Our trip was made up of Nakuru NP, Lake Niavasha, Maasai Mara NP, Hell's Gate & Amboseli NP. I thouroughly recommend the company and in particular Jacob our guide.
Email Jon | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent tour company at great value prices
We had a fantastic 10 day Kenya and Tanzania safari with Right Choice Tours in September 2015. George (the director of the company) was always prompt with his replies and fully answered all our questions throughout the booking processes. He was also able to customise the tour based on our requests and budget.
Tom, our driver/guide on the Kenyan part of the tour was punctual and professional throughout our trip. Right Choice used a partner company (Kili Slopes) for the Tanzanian leg of our tour and our guide, Fadhili, was particularly excellent. Fadhili was very knowledgeable and enthusiastic and we learnt a lot about the wildlife, people and culture of Tanzania from him. He worked very hard to ensure we had the best possible experience and game viewing on the trip.
Overall, I’d highly recommend Right Choice Tours and Kili Slopes for future bookings.
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Email Aira | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Memorable experience, highly recommended company
Communication prior to our arrival in Kenya was excellent. George was friendly and prompt with his replies. Once in Kenya, we were fetched on time from our hotel by the driver who was courteous and professional. The 7-day safari itself was well-organized from food, accommodation and game drives, and all the transportation in between. Minor Changes and delays were mostly caused by things beyond the driver's control. Overall, a most memorable experience with a highly-recommended company.
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Email GRV | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Warm responsive operator, great on ground experience
We decided to go with Right Choice and we were not disappointed. To start with, during our planning stage, George was most reponsive. He answered each and every query with patience, understanding and reassurance.
I'm glad to say that the trip exceeded our expectations. Jacob, our guide and driver was perfect. He seemed to know the Masai Mara like the palm of his hand. He was most cordial, got us to see all the big 5 and much more. He answered all our questions and quite endeared himself to the group with his sincerity and sense of calm.
George advised and guided us in choosing the right camp and that really helped too. The Camp was nice with clean beds, clean toilets and nice ambience overall.
Just one key area which we found wanting was food: We were accompanied by a cook whose food or services are not much to be talked about. Clearly hygiene was lacking. I came down with a dysentry and so did our guide, on the very 1st day of our trip. Thanks to a Doctor in the nearby village, I was back on track. Meals were rather dull and the cook clearly lacked imagination.
We did give our feedback to George after our trip was over and he was very positive in receiving the feedback. Full points to George and Jacob for a most memorable trip.
I wouldn't mind going again with Right Choice. As George says "you can book with confidence".
Email James Otieno | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great experience at Right Choice Tours & Safaris
I had my first trip with Right Choice Tours and Safaris in 2012 and promised to you use them again after an excellent tour guiding and drive across Nairobi National Park. This time I decided to go big with my July Holiday at Maasai Mara National Park, and again, I could not resist but score a 5 star service and excellent tour guiding. I can't wait to have my next safari with Right Choice
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Email Lissette Chapa | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent safari!
We booked 6 days Safari to Kenya visiting Lake Nakuru, Lake Navaisha, Hells Gate and Masai Mara. I must say our experience with Right Choice was incredible. We had an excellent trip in Kenya. George (the owner) was very professional and he offered a very customized itinerary according to our specific needs. You can absolutely trust him and the company for your travel plans. They took care of eveything from the moment they picked us up from the airport up to when they dropped us back for departure.
Our trip wouldn´t have been the same without our driver Jacob, a very kind person and knowledgeable. We strongly suggest you request for him to George when making your trip. His driving and game-spotting skills were incredible, he showed us the best places and we felt very safe all throughout.
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35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
friendly and working efficient
I just happened to meet George at Right Choice Tour & Safaris in Nairobi. He is an amazing person. He helped my friend and I arrange a 6-day safari for Serengeti and Ngorongoro in Tanzania within one hour, which fits completed both my wish and budget. He also called me after my Safari to follow up if everything was going well. It was a great experience. I strongly recommend this company.
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Email Mark Egge | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Trustworthy Operator - Great Safari
Though many safari operators offer similar packages in terms of it itineraries, the intangibles really make a difference. If you have a good driver / guide, you'll have a good safari. It helps, of course, to have a fair price, good accommodations and food, and great organization. I'm please to say that my safari with Right Choice exceeded expectations on all counts. If you need a tour operator you can trust to give you a great experience at a fair price, I highly suggest Right Choice.
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35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very good game drive with Right Choice
When I was looking around for a good tour, I have contacted several tours as their prices all fell within my consideration. I did not consider the tours for which the prices were too high.
I like the Right Choice Tour because the manager George was always provided very quick responses. Based on many researches that I did and experiences from other people that I gathered, I proposed my own route and requirements. George always helped and supported. For example, I really wanted to see is flamingos; I asked if I couldn’t see them at Lake Nakuru, I would want to go to Lake Bogoria. I also asked to add one hour boat ride at Lake Naivasha, etc. In terms of the price, George was very fair. So that’s why I decided to pick this tour group.
My trip was seven days plus the first day of arrival. We were three families going together. We arrived at Nairobi with 3 different times. George picked us one family by another to our hotel without charging us very much. We made a mistake booking the hotel in the center of the city and this was paid for the first night ourselves. We thought that we had some time to sightsee in the city so it would be more convenient to book the hotel there. But we didn’t expect such big traffic from the airport to the city center. It took us two to three hours to get to the hotel from the airport, which got us really exhausted. The hotel also really sucked. It’s 75$/per night and we’ve never lived in such a bad hotel before. It really hit us hard on the head. We didn’t even dare to go out to eat since there were so many homeless beggars on the street so the street looked really unsafe. Not only that, the second day we had to get out of the city center, and encountered the same bad traffic. If we had lived near the airport we would’ve avoided the traffic both times. It would’ve been nice if George could’ve made some suggestions beforehand.
Our game drive ride was a minivan. The vehicle is resilient although it was not as good-looking as the jeeps. We thought that there would be Wi-Fi on the van also the van has a sticker saying Wi-Fi on boat, but there was no Wi-Fi. So we were a bit disappointed about that. Due to the fact that going to every single route took a long time, approximately 4 hours, it would’ve been nice if we had Wi-Fi. Because then we could contact our family and friends about how we were at the moment.
Tom was our driver and he was professional, drove fast but also safely. Every single time we arrived earlier than I expected. He also constantly consoling us that the destination was near and that there were no more bump road ahead. That made us feel more comfortable.
We stayed in Masai Mara National Reserve for three nights. The arranged lodging that George made for us was the Masai Mara Sopa Lodge. It was a very comfortable stay, food was good also. We also had a formal dinner which made us really happy. Everybody said that the lodge and its service were out of their expectations. There was also WiFi in lobby.
During the two-days game drive in Masai Mara. Tom was very fast in finding the animals and was very diligent in helping us finding everything that we wanted to see. Under his guidance, we saw a lot of animals, especially lions. We actually saw lions mating twice and saw male lions many times. We also had a really rare encounter with cheetahs in pre-breakfast game drive. Tom also negotiated with us regarding changes. For example, if we go to see Masai Mara river he suggested us to bring our lunch, so that we save time going back and forth. He also took us to another lodge for resting and eating lunch. The surrounding environment was really nice. He cared about if we were not happy about something by constantly asking us if everything was okay. He was also humorous at times and made us laugh. We really liked him and thought he was an honest person. We were very satisfied with our Game Drive at Masai Mara.
When we left Masai Mara, we went to Lake Nakura and stayed there for one day. George arranged that we stay at Lake Nakuru Lodge. The place was also really good, only that there was an extra charge for WiFi so that was a big disappointing. At Lake Nakuru Park, we have seen black and white rhinocerose. This completed seeing the “Big Five” from our top wish-list for this trip. But I was disappointed that we didn’t get to see the flamingo at Lake Nakuru. Tom drove very far distances and tried to see them on the side of the lake with no luck.
After reading so many other people’s trip diaries, I learnt that apparently the chances nowadays for seeing them at Lake Nakuru is rare. That’s why from the beginning I asked to go to Lake Bogoria if we don’t see flamingo in Lake Nakuru. I thought I have I had a back-up plan that if I couldn’t see them at Lake Nakuru then I’ll try Lake Bogoria. That was what we agreed in the contract. But I wasn’t notified until that point that apparently we had to pay 50$/per person out of our pockets. But that wasn’t what was written in the contract so I hope in the future I would be made clear on this. We did not go Lake Bogoria. I felt upset that the fact that I did so much homework finding them was wasted, especially I have promised my friends we could see them either in lake Nakuru or Bogoria. Another thing is that the trip route that day was not reasonable and I didn’t find this out until we got there. If we came out of Masai Mala we had to go straight to Lake Bogoria to first see the flamingos and then come back to stay at Lake Nakuru, wouldn’t there be a lot more chances. Also from Masai Mala to Lake Nakuru, why did we have to pass Nairobi city center for lunch? Was it because we need settle the accounts? We met a lot of traffic passing through Nairobi again. If in this trip when we settled the contracts, George can be a bit meticulous in helping us fix these little things that would be good.
The last part of the trip we stayed at Amboseli National Park for two days. We wanted to go see Mt. Kilimanjaro. Staying two days was also a back-up plan for me because many people who stayed one day did not get to see Mt. Kilimanjaro. We finally saw Mt. Kilimanjaro on the second day evening and that is really existing and nice. The lodging there that George arranged for us was also really good. It was at Kibo Safari Lodge but too bad that it didn’t have Wi-Fi at all. Compare to Masai Mara, Amboseli National Park didn’t have a lot of exotic animals, mostly elephants so it wasn’t as exciting. But Tom still worked really hard helping us find animals that we’ve never seen before so we still saw a few animals that we haven’t seen at Masai Mara.
We finally successfully finished this entire itinerary. We rate the tour 80 points. Overall it’s pretty good. How many people wanted to go to Africa to see animals, it came true for us!