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50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Beyond Spectacular!
Our safari experience was AMAZING!! Odyssey Safari did an outstanding job communicating prior to our safari with what to expect, pack and travel itinerary. Our guide Simon was an absolute pleasure, and accommodating. He was extremely knowledgeable and happily communicated this knowledge and answers to our parties many wildlife and cultural questions. Through Simon's efforts we were able to view successfully the Big 5.
We can't wait to come back in the near future with our young adult age children.
Experience level: 2-5 safaris
wonderful experience with papio Africa holidays
Our experience with papio Africa holidays was simply extraordinary, we went for 6 days Kenya safari we were well taken care of since the moment we arrived in Nairobi Airport till the last day
Everything went smoothly and according to the itinerary. Jose was punctual, kind, very knowledgeable and he did all he can for us to finds all animals accommodations were great. It was simply incredible
Thanks to Tabitha
Recommend papio Africa holidays
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Trip itself was wonderful
Overall we had a great experience, and definitely feel we got good value for the price we paid. I can't say much about the booking process, as I wasn't really involved. I did find the
payment method a bit odd, as I was told simply to "carry cash" the first morning, and then it turned out the idea was that we carried $3000 USD to make the payment. It worked out with visa, but cost extra money and time on the first morning.
The only other issue we ran into was that the itinerary we were given was completely unrealistic on a few of the days (meaning we weren't able to see/do all the things we had expected). It would turn out that there were 10+ hours of driving (which in itself we didn't mind), but the itinerary had said there would be a morning game drive/visiting of various sites etc but realistically there was zero time for that.
Other than these things we had a wonderful experience! Seth arranged for us to see all the parks we asked for, and we were able to stick to our budget. Our guide in Kenya, Ruben, was so kind and knowledgable and wanted to make sure we had a great trip! He was excellent at his job, and we were so happy with him as our guide. He went out of his way for us, and we feel very lucky to have had him take us through Kenya. We also had a great guide in Tanzania, Salim, who was equally knowledgeable and managed to find some very impressive animals for us!
I would recommend Seth for booking your trip, he delivered on what we asked for an we had an incredible and unforgettable experience! Just be very clear in your communications, and make sure you let him know what things are most important to you (we did this, and had no disappointments when it came to those areas!).
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100% refund
We have book and paid 100% our safari in December for do it in October. 2 days before to go all was cancelled, we need to find in rhe last minute a safari and we was praying for our money come back. I confirme today we have receive 100% Refund of booking, that really prove KWSS are a firm professional . And thanks for refund.
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65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great trip despite difficult circumstances for KWSS.
We arrived 9/5 and after very long flights and a 90 minute wait for our visa were so pleased that our driver from KWSS was still waiting to take us to the EKA hotel at 11p.m. We had booked a 12 night mid-range package that included Masai Mara, Samburu, Elsemere and a flight to Entebbe where we went to trek with gorillas. I must admit, I was a bit apprehensive, but the outstanding reviews for KWSS eased my mind so we followed through and went with KWSS. We had the trip of a lifetime. Our experiences, the lodges, and the food were all outstanding. Gorillas by far the best for us! The only down side, being in our 60’s, the drives were much longer than we anticipated so it made it challenging for us, but then we would have missed the countryside and cultural experiences if we had not driven. When we were on our way back to Nairobi on the 14th we were told OT had been in a serious auto accident. This had us very concerned, but our driver took us to the airport for our flight to Uganda, and everything went as planned. More long drives, but beautiful countryside and the gorillas were worth every minute. On our return flight to Nairobi on the 17th our driver was there to meet us at 9:30 at night. He told us more about OT’s auto accident and that he was in a coma. We were concerned for him since we had met him and found him to be a very nice man. We also realized that we had been extremely fortunate that this did not happen before or at the beginning of our trip. I have read the nightmare stories from others since our return, and we know those stories could have been us. We believe OT and KWSS were a very good company before OT’s accident. I understand how this situation created nightmares for others, but am so grateful that because of the timing ours was so wonderful.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Wonderful and Professional
Wonderful and Professional , Would recommend it for your adventure African safari in Kenya and Tanzania
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Truly an incredible experience helped along by professional guides
Communication was clear and concise from pre booking right through to our drop off in Nairobi.
The service provided was fantastic and had everything needed for the 3 days. The accommodation offered was of excellent standard, as was the meals on both days at the campsite.
The Safari was excellent as they usually always are. Our driver was brilliant and also had vast knowledge of the area and the wildlife we were viewing.
I would defined recommend this safari experience to anyone interested in this sort of thing!
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35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unforgettable experience
Me and my boyfriend went for a 5 days safari in august visiting Tarangire, lake Manyara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro parks. Everything was over our expectations, from the organization up to the staying in Tanzania!! Roberto e Floriana always answered fastly to all our requests and made all changes we have required to the program. During the safari, we were accompanied by Paulo, a very expert guide and a very kind person: it was a pleasure spending our safari with him. Our jeep, a Land Rover Defender, was absolutely comfortable and provided with everything we needed, water, beverages and a binoculars. All the accommodations were excellent and clean. We would recommend everybody to book a safari with Savannah Explorers.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
What a breathe taking experince!!!Anytime anyday I will advise and take Papio Africa Holidays
To start with the receptionist, very friendly and willing to assist.
The driver was just the best getting us to laugh all the way.
Personally I can't forget the experience.
My next safari to Masai mara on November is with Papio still
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65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Absolutely fantastic experience,highly recommended
We booked a three week trip starting at the Victoria falls (2 days) ,Chobe in Botswana,flying from Kasane into the Okavango delta and driving through Namibia visiting Caprivi gamepark,lodges on the Okavango and Cuando riverside,Bushmanland,Damaraland,Etosha national Park,Grootberglodge,Swakopmund,Sossusvlei (Namib-Naukluft) and Windhoek.CrissCross provided a Guide-driver,an airconditioned 4x4,reserved all our accomodationes,and visits.
This experience totally exceeded our expectationes.During the safaris we saw the big five, sometimes hundreds of animals together, in Etosha fighting rhinoceros,a hippo in the garden of the Xakanaxa camp where we received the unexpected visit
of a waterbuffel during the night.In between this animal festival we visited the bushmenvillage,the Damara people and the
engravings in Twyfelfontein.We searched for hours in the desert for the desert-elephants and found them.We drove over the dunes near Swakopmund( hundred meters high) ,admired thousands of sea lions in Walvisbaai some of them jumped onto the boat
meanwhile we ate the marvelous oysters cultivated in the bay.What a beautiful coast,thousands of flamingos,pelicans,whales,
and schools of dolphins. CrissCross continued surprising us.On our way to Sossusvlei we slept in the desert under the starlit sky
and the accommodations had organized fantastic sunset parties.We climbed the dunes and enjoyed the valley of Sossusvlei.
We did not expect a lot of Windhoek ,but even here our guide surprised us with a great city trip (our regards to Maria) and
a lovely dinner at Joe’s Beerbar.
Thanks once again to CrissCross,it’s fantastic guides and organization.