50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Promises delivered
From UK. Writing just over half way through thirteen night Zambia trip organised by Anya at Pembury Tours. So fellow travellers, why writing now? Easy, every aspect of trip has thus far been spot on. From greetings to transfers and from accommodation to flights, everything, as suggested and organised by Anya has been perfect. Second time Anya has guided our southern Africa trip and second time everything been perfect. Would unreservedly recommend and absolutely if in a position to travel again will use Pembury. Anya, once more, thank you.
FI
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Provided the needed with professional touch
Our guide Jospheat was great. Always punctual, always kept his word and did not make empty promises. Also we saw many different animals, even when other safari guides could not locate them, our guides experience and knowledge was top quality.
IN
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Efficient, prompt and punctual in all their services - from safaris, accomodations, food and transpo
We had a four-day safari at Masai Mara and Lake Nakuru. It was an overwhelming experience. We saw the Big 5 up close. We saw cheetahs sleeping beneath an acacia tree, flamingos flying over lake nakuru, a leopard having his lunch, and lionesses sleeping on the branches of a tree. And all of this happened because of the expertise of our tour guide Paul. Paul is very well-read, loves animals, has a great sense of humour and is very helpful and efficient. We owe our trip to Andre as well. Who was constantly in contact with us, answered all our questions and had designed a perfect itinerary for us. We thank the Spirit of Kenya for this wonderful experience. Keep up the good work!
DE
under20 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very understanding and communicative company
My experience was very good, I had a lovely group safari with all in all 7 people. Our driver (Clinton) was the best at getting us really close to the animals without disturbing or frightening them. We saw all the big 5 in one day! Thank you
VN
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing
I just finished a 4-day safari tour which was so amazing. Thanks Francis for taking care of us during the tour. He is very friendly, kind and full of knowledge about animals. The food was soo good which I didnt expect at all.
Thank Axis and Francis so much!
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
a beautiful 7-day Safari
Big kudos to Jockey Tours and especially to our safari guide and driver James! Jockey was the only safari agency (and we requested many) to send us a detailed itinerary of the safari in advance. The contact with Jockey was smooth, courteous and professional. We paid $100 USD in advance and the rest on the spot in Nairobi at the Jockey Tours office. We had chosen a 7-day safari (Masai Mara, Nakuru, Lake Naivasha, Hells Gate, Amboseli) in a small (up to 8-person) group with the 4x4 jeep - and the decision was absolutely right, because the different national parks differ not only in the animals you encounter there, but also show you how incredibly diverse and breathtaking the beauty of nature in Kenya is. While Masai Mara is like a steppe, Nakuru is a green oasis at a lake that reminded us of a jungle. Hells Gate shows itself as a canyon and in Amboseli there is a swamp area at Lake Amboseli where birds and of course a myriad of flamingos find their home. Our guide James did an absolute TOP job. He was able to give us a lot of knowledge about the animals as well as about the vegetation and background of the parks. His first words were: "On the next 7 days we are a family and I am the Mom & Dad" - and that's exactly how it felt, like a great family trip with a multinational group with whom we all got along wonderfully, laughed a lot and gained great impressions. In addition, James and his colleagues at Jockey helped us with further travel planning and ticket booking for the train from Nairobi to Mombasa - free of charge!
From us therefore a 5 out of 5 rating and we unconditionally recommend Jockey Tours and James!
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
One team, absolutely amazing experience
William and Jackson, hats off to you both you made this trip and I’ll never forget my amazing experience, when I scattered my fathers ashes at the top in freezing conditions these 2 guys where in high spirit and singing whilst I said goodbye to my father who climbed this mountain 60 years ago. Really emotional journey but we’ll worth it.
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Life Changing Experience
The entire experience was AMAZING. Yusuph, our guide was INCREDIBLE!!!! I appreciated how he always kept checking with us to make sure we were ok, sometimes the road was bumpy. Throughout the day he made sure we were having a great time. Yusuph was very knowledgeable about the areas and the animals. He answered all of our questions and had a book about all the animals right there in the front seat. He allowed us to stay and watch the animals for as long or as little as we wanted. I strongly recommend Lion King Safari and if you can get Yusuph as your guide you are guaranteed a amazing experience. We will miss you Yusuph!
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Sensational Trip!
We did the 4 day safari (Tarangiere, Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater) and 1 day Materuni Waterfalls (so no Manyara!)).
We can definitely recommend this tour!
The tour is a great mix of 'original' gamedrive safari (4 days) and cultural experience at the Materuni Waterfalls and the Coffee Farms (1 day).
During the Safari Days our guide Benjamin did great effort to show us the best spots to see the various animals and we were lucky to see spectacular wildlife scenes! We saw all the animals we wanted to see, even lions hunting and a lioness while eating - we missed to see the Rhino though - can't always be lucky :)
Our chef Eric was a great cook and took care of our physical well-being. :)
You have to be aware though, that this is a budget tour and camping in a tent the middle of the Serengeti is certainly not made for everyone. I loved it though and that was another once-in-a-lifetime experience. Don't forget to bring headlights, powerbanks and warm clothes as well for the night!
The one day at Materuni Waterfalls was also great fun - Joel was a funny guide and we had a great day to see how coffee is originally made - and we even could participate in making our own coffee to drink afterwards. The coffee actually was sensational and also it was great to learn a little bit more about the culture of the people around Kilimanjaro. After drinking our (own selfmade!) coffee, we made a 30 minutes hike to Materuni Waterfalls a cool place to hang out (a little bit too cold for a swim for us - but can certainly be done!) - and finished the day with a sensational buffet of local food which was served at the Coffee Place. Superb day!
All in all we look back with no regrets at all and heartly recommend the tour to anybody who wants to have a once-in-a-lifetime-experience.
CH
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great experience
We had a great experience with Suricata Safari. They responded quick and organised everything for us. Jimmy, our driver was great! He‘s fun and always answered all our questions and stopped everytime we asked him to. Thanks to him we got to see the big 5 really close up.
Pius, the chef was great aswell. His cooking was so great! Always something different each day.
We did the camping Safari. One night there were Zebras right next to our tent and some Elephants just a few steps further down, drinking from the camps watertank. In the morning during sunrise you could see some Giraffes feeding on the camps trees. Spectacular view!
If we come back, we‘ll book with Suricata Safari again!