35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Responsive, thoughtful, knowledgeable and extremely helpful
The Holiday Dealers are the best! Use their services if you’re thinking to plan a trip to Kenya. I started planning this trip four months from when I wanted to visit with my family (2 young kids). David and his team were instantly responsive providing excellent recommendations on where to stay and options for what to do. The Holiday Dealers showed great flexibility when our flights altered from the original plans and when we wanted to make last-minute adjustments to our trip for the final day.
Every driver we had in Nairobi and the Maasai Mara was on time and considerate. Notably, I’m so thankful for going with The Holiday Dealer’s recommendation to use one of their Maasai game drivers, Stanley. Stanley was fantastic and great with our kids. He showed us so much and we learned a lot about the animas, land, and the Maasai tribe.
The Holiday Dealers attention to detail is top-notch. We always felt supported and they went above and beyond to ensure this happened.
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic
We had an absolutely unforgettable safari experience with Ndutu Green Explorers, and we cannot recommend them highly enough!
Over the course of two incredible days in the Serengeti and one day in the breathtaking Ngorongoro Crater, we were lucky enough to see all of the Big Five — and even more impressively, 12 rhinos! Every single day was packed with unforgettable wildlife encounters and stunning landscapes.
A huge part of what made this trip so special was our fantastic guide, Culvet. His knowledge, sharp eye, and passion for wildlife truly elevated the entire experience. He always knew exactly where to go, shared fascinating insights, and made sure we felt comfortable and engaged throughout the journey.
Everything was perfectly organized, from start to finish, and the attention to detail did not go unnoticed. If you’re looking for a once-in-a-lifetime safari adventure with a team that genuinely cares, Ndutu Green Explorers is the way to go.
Thank you for memories we will cherish forever!
MX
Responsive, helpful, FUN!
Had an amazing time with Bienvenido! I did the 4-day Masai Mara and Lake Nakuru tour from Nairobi. Thank you, Bienvenido, for being responsive and helpful since I booked. I'll never forget this trip, you made it just what I needed! Affordable, safe, beautiful, fun.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A very special safari
Tour itinerary: Mercy planned the tour expertly so that we were able to fit Maasai Mara, Lake Naivasha, Amboseli and Diani Beach all into an 8 night trip. The pace was great for us, we saw and did everything that we wanted while not feeling rushed. We had extra down time in the nicest hotels when needed.
Guide: Don is the best! His knowledge on the animals, wildlife and culture was so informative and fun, we learnt so much he really did Kenya, the people and the animals proud! His ability as a guide was clearly excellent as we managed to see all of the big 5 by the second day of our trip. He made the point that who your guide is really shapes your trip and we couldn’t agree more, and truly Don was fantastic. He was flexible in timings and was very accommodating, making great suggestions. We highly recommend Don!
Hotels:
The hotels we stayed at on Safari were all great. We went in march which is low season, so some of the hotels were not busy which meant that the food and the service was excellent (à la carte instead of buffet food, very attentive waiters). The leopard beach resort in Diani was a little run down, but Mercy’s preferred hotel was booked out so this is no reflection on wecam. The sopa lodge in lake Naivasha is a MUST!! Zebras in the compound and we even came across some giraffes on the path on the way back to our room!
Communications: Mercy and Emily were very communicative throughout, quick responses to emails before the trip and WhatsApp messaging while there. When we had left our guide after safari Mercy still messaged to make sure we had checked in and everything was good so could not fault the comms. Additionally it was our birthday during the trip and Mercy planned a surprise and made it so special, showing she really cares about all her clients.
Value for money: We think that the tour was excellent value for money, we paid what we considered mid range and feel we got that in hotels. One thing to note which we hadn’t entirely anticipated was the tipping culture, we had cash ready to tip our guide but we would recommend having small bills to tip hotel staff, we only had larger which made this difficult.
We had a wonderful guide so for what we were able to see, the memories we were able to make and the experience we had was worth every penny.
Finally comments: we want to really thank the team at Wecam for such a wonderful safari, Mercy and Emily for the wonderful planning and Don for being an unforgettable guide. We have already recommended to our parents to use them for a safari trip and we would recommend for you to all do the same!
