DE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Simply the best safari operator ... always again
We, a family of four with two kids (10, 15) have spent a 7 days / 6 nights safari tour in Kenya in the last week of June 2023 ... and we are glad that we had arranged it with African Mosaic Tours. Max is your contact person for organization, keep bothering him on special interests, highlights, etc. ... he can male it happen. And request Omari as your guide and driver, he is professional and knowledgable as well as friendly and handsome, a great person. He even invited us to his private house for lunch (after the safari), very nice family and good food :-)
Omary promised (not to mix with "granted") Big 5 and he delivered !!! We saw not only thousands of elephants and buffalos, but also black rhinos, leopards and dozens of lions. Not to mention all the other beautiful wildlife and birds. It was a great tour, perfectly organized and professionally accomplished, thanks to the Team.
We started at Mombasa International Airport and ended at our vacation house in Diani Beach. Take a Jeep, not a Mini-Van, don't safe the money on that. You want to go on safari, not on city sightseeing or a picknick tour !!! Again, take a JEEP. Better views, great feeling, more space and never any problem even during those sometimes tricky road conditions ... and not to mention the jealous sights of tourists sitting in the small and low mini vans ...
Now a brief summary of our tour. We visited Tsavo West, Amboseli and Tsavo East. Our main route stops were
- Rhino Sanctuary (a must in Tsavo West, there are not many black rhinos left elsewhere),
- Ngulia Safari Lodge (1st night, rather simple, but great terrace including leopard visit),
- Mzima Springs (nice green environment, ask fpr Steven) and Shatani Lava (okay to drive by),
- Amboseli National Park (awesome park to see Kilimandjaro), stay here in the park at
- Ol Tukai Safari Lodge (2nd + 3rd night, better stay two nights to relax and to see the big dude which is often covered by clouds), then
- Ziwani Tented Camp (4ht night, great with crocos, hippos, safari walk, night safari), continued to
- Taita Hills and Salt Lick Safari Logde (5th night, a must, the city above the skies), and finally went into Tsavo East to
- Sentrim Tsavo Tented Camp (6th night, here we saw a herd of 14 (!) lions).
There are for sure hundreds of other nice places to visit and it first of all depends on starting point (Nairobi or Mombasa), available time and disposable budget. I can only stress one thing: You go to Kenya primarily to see wildlife, hence focus on this, you will never regret or forget the experience you will make.
Thanks again to Max and Omari and greetings also from Mama, Egon and Tamina :-)
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Incredible Safari experience -especially with Aziz our guide
We thoroughly enjoyed our honeymoon Safari experience with Lion King Adventures. We strongly recommend Aziz our safari guide, who was incredibly knowledgable about all animals we saw (from small as Ant lions to as large as the Eland). Aziz was also friendly, spoke perfect English, was always on time and made our Safari experience even more special. We saw all the big five, and many many more. The vehicle was comfortable and spacious, and fully stocked with refreshing cold drinks. Would recommend this company to anyone wanting to have a great Safari experience.
FR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
a team of enthusiasts at a reasonable price
it is with you that I was able to realize my dream again thank you thank you for everything you are trustworthy people, passionate about their work I recommend you 100%
IT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
One of my best experience ever
The agency followed as from our Arrival at Arusha Airport to our departure. Even if the Safari lasted only 3 day we were able to visit both Serengeti and Ngoro Ngoro parks seeing almost all animals. We booked a group tour (6 people) with other people but private lodge that we found always very comfortable (Angata lodges). The think that amazed me the most was our driver/guide, Assad Ally Guga, who satisfied all our needs and answered all our questions about animals. He put a lot of efforts in findings animals allowing us to see most of them. He enjoys his work letting us enjoy our experience creating a familiar and welcoming environment.
I do suggest Suricatasafari and ask for Assad as a guide/driver.
FR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Helpful and responsive
I have just completed a safari organized by the kimgoni agency. Everything was up to our expectations; program, guide, driver, accommodation.
Philipo and Joseph listened to me from start to finish and were always very responsive.
I recommend Kimgoni. The family is conquered.
(automatic translation from French)
IE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Terrible company
I was unfortunately really disappointed with this tour company. They are almost con artists and extremely unprofessional.
I was doing this tour as a solo female traveller. I requested to be part of a group and waited until other people were booked before booking myself. I was told that there were other people booked in for the same dates and I could join that tour. When I was collected by the tour company, I was very casually told that everyone else had cancelled and I would be alone for the entire trip. This was never communicated to me before being collected in Entebbe. I specifically asked when booking to be a part of a group as I wanted to meet other people on my travels and wanted to have company for meals and long car journeys. Eddie’s attitude about this was very disrespectful and casual, as if it was not a big deal. It appears this company does not understand that a tour is supposed to be more than one person.
Day 1 of the itinerary was a 40 minute drive from Entebbe to Kampala. I was not offered a city tour. Day 1 started at 10am and was finished at 11am and I was in the room alone until day 2. As I was the only person on the tour, I couldn’t go for a walk with people or eat in company and meet new people as I had planned and had to stay in my room all day. When checking out of the accommodation on day 3, I had to very uncomfortably ask my guide to pay for my dinners numerous times as I was told these were included in the price. There was a breakdown in language here that meant I had to go back and forth with him to get him to pay. A very uncomfortable situation that could have easily been avoided if the tour company communicated with their staff better.
On Day 3, it was a total of 11.5 hours to get to the accommodation. We stopped for 15mins at the equator to take a picture and use the toilet. There was no informative talk as it said in my itinerary. My driver got lost twice and asked me to use my Google maps for him as he had no data? When I eventually arrived at the camp and began check in, my guide told me that a different camp had called to ask where we were. Then Eddie called to say we were at the wrong camp even though I had the name of the camp in my itinerary from Northern Fox. My accommodation had been changed without any notice and we then had to drive back the way we came from to get to the new accommodation. I was then texted by Eddie to say that I would only be staying for 1 night instead of 2 and I was being moved to a different accommodation again for the last night which was not the plan I was given. I was told the new camp would be “better” but I was the only person staying at the entire camp and again, did not get to meet any other travellers.
Day 4 was finished by 3pm and I was taken to my accommodation which looked nice and I was happy to hear there was a pool. The pool was absolutely filthy. I could not swim in it. Again, I was the only person from a tour staying at this accommodation so I ate alone again in an empty restaurant and did not get to meet anyone.
On Day 5, while travelling back towards Entebbe, my guide mentioned we were 2 hours from the Forest Cottages. I asked how far that was from Entebbe and he said “no we are going to Kampala”. I told him I needed to be dropped at a specific hotel in Entebbe, as I had an early morning flight, and I had already told Eddie this prior to booking the tour. I had also told my guide this the day that he collected me. Again, he just laughed casually and said “no problem”.
I am very disappointed with this tour and I am very confused why it cost $1540. I know the gorilla permit cost $740, but given the poor quality accommodation on day 1,2 and 3 I don’t know why this trip was so expensive. There were no bottles of water available for me in the car either, which I always had on my tour in Kenya so this was very annoying as it was supposed to be covered in the cost and I had to keep asking for it to be provided.
A warning to people considering booking this - this is NOT a 5 day itinerary. It is 2 days of activities and 3 days of travel.
I had good intentions to support a local company rather than an international travel company but I will not do it again. This company were very unprofessional and treated everything very casually when it was clearly causing me upset. If this were an international company I would be seeking a partial refund but given how carelessly Northern Fox treated my custom, I know they would not provide it. I understand there is a large cultural difference and that Ugandan people are very calm and take things very easy, but this approach does not meet international or European standards for service. You do not get what you pay for here. The issues I encountered while traveling alone were stressful and I would never book with them again. The two days of activities were fun, but this company ruined my trip.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
unforgettable day
Such a professional and thoughtful business - even though my booking was so last minute. John was the most fantastic driver and had an incredible knack finding rare and unique animals. And he is a fun and engaging conversationalist! I really recommend a trip to Akagera... it was breathtaking and incredible
thank you!
GR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very helpful, very experienced, was always with us even at the markets,and very good safari
They helped us to buy simcards, they took us to the best places of Arusha, but the best thing was that the drivers (William and Godi) was very experienced. We watched all the animals, and the drivers was explaining everything!
Caring and helpful
We had a very good driver/guide, but could have been off his cellphone more! The Kenya roads leave a lot of be desired, especially the dirt roads, but John did very well especially being in the Toyota people van, which was not really suitable for the roads in the Mara, the Land Cruiser would probably have been more suitable. The accommodation was very comfortable with good food and service and what we paid for. All in all the tour was well structured and very enjoyable.
IT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing game drive
Amazing game drive with Kojuu Safaris. 2 night’s and 3 days in seregenti and Ngorongoro park’s. A Great lodge, Great food and super guide, hi’s name his Samson. Super!!!
