NZ
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Enjoyable Safari in Kenya
Two of us spent 8 days in Kenya in August on a Highlights of Kenya tour arranged by Sylvester and his Seven by Far team. Sylvester was responsive to our requests for particular elements in our programme, and is clearly a people person, making sure that from airport pick up to airport drop off we were well looked after. We had two drivers: John, in the Masai Mara and thereafter Evans. Evans has fluent English and an extensive knowledge of African wildlife, which was for us the key point of the trip, and was a very good guide. Every day had its own highlights and there was little that could be improved on. Our animal viewings were wonderful. Sylvester personally greeted and farewelled us and was very kind in arranging for some highlights in Nairobi before we were due in the airport in the evening. The team is flexible and able to respond to changes as they arise and we were very happy with our safari. We went mid-upper range on budget and we’re happy with value for money. I thoroughly recommend Seven by Far tours.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Very patient and informative tour operator with good rates and hotel variety
Their staff are friendly and quick in bookings even for last minute arrangement. I love their hotel variety and their itinerary plan. Keep it up!
MX
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great guides… bait and switch accommodations
Great guides, but bait and switch on accommodations which were purchased six months prior to departure but changed at two weeks before travel. Reason we booked with Sunset in Africa tour company was the itinerary which included a two night stay in Ngorngoro Crater. In actuality we only had a four hour game drive through the park and they booked our stay 3 1/2 hours away. The venue there was a pleasant small hotel, but no electricity after 9pm.
Last night of our tour was listed on their itinerary as Tarangiere Park Sopa Lodge but turned out to be another small venue in Arusha (biggest city in Tanzania). Did not receive what we signed up and paid for. Be careful about this company. I was deceived and would not recommend them.
MX
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Awesome experience
It was a really good experience. The communication with the sales team was excellent. The service of the driver was awesome!! The money we paid was very reasonable and the value for it was great!! We saw a lot of animals and Samuel our driver was very friendly and always looking for any needs. I really recommend taking a Safari with Ramja Safaris.
MX
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very fliendly guy and glente with our needs
Firts time in this experience and doing it with Ramja Safarias was the best decision ever. Samuel is a really good guy who was always worried about us, he tried always to make the experience the best. Tour operator was always on time to start the safari, we enjoyed all the place we visited and as Samuel promised, we saw lots of animals. Thanks a lot to Ramja Safaris and especially to Samuel!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful tour - highly recommend!
My wife and I booked a 6-day private safari and had a great experience with Image Travel. Our tour guide John made our trip very enjoyable, and we highly recommend him!
We visited Amboseli (2 nights), Nakuru (1 night), and Masai Mara (2 nights). This felt like the perfect length. Each park has its own highlights. Our favorites were the many elephants (including baby ones) in Amboseli, the rhinos in Nakuru, and then seeing lions, cheetahs, and leopards up-close in Masai Mara. We also did a 1 hour optional boat ride in Naivasha, which was unique and relaxing.
John was an incredible tour guide and made sure we saw all the animals. He spotted several animals other tour guides didn’t see and enabled us to get up close to lions and leopards. John was familiar with all the parks and found the best driving routes and viewing angles. We were able to see elephants, giraffes, lions, cheetahs, leopards, hippos, crocodiles, and many more.
Picking good lodging is very important, as you eat all meals at the resort. We stayed at higher-end places such as Serena and Sarova and were thankful we did so. Rooms were clean, service was friendly, and having on-site animals was fun as well. Some of the walls are a bit thin, but we thought that was okay.
Pickup/dropped from/to the Nairobi airport was prompt and easy. We traveled in a minibus. Some roads in Kenya were fairly bumpy, but that’s to be expected - we took non-drowsy Dramamine to avoid motion sickness and didn’t have any issues. John was a great driver and safely maneuvered us through traffic jams and detours. It can get stuffy in the car, and we used our hand/neck fans quite a bit. John was friendly and knowledgeable, teaching us about Kenya, animals, and even his music.
Our only regret was not packing binoculars, as a few times animals were a bit further away and we couldn’t get the best view. Overall we had a wonderful trip and will be recommending Image Travel and John to anyone going on a Kenya safari.
FR
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Ohlala! much more than expected
Loved the day tour to Nakuru lake. Everything went perfectly and smoothly ... professional services and great take care from the tour company. Thank you again
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Really nice Guides who show interessting facts and things.
Easy and trustful communication, good service on time, learned a lot and enyoyed much.
IT
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best Experience Ever with our crazy guide Rashid
Me and my wife, we had a 5 days Safari around Tarangire, Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Lake Manyara and it was amazing, an unbelievable experience.
The first touch we had with Petro, who has a lot of patience, always available to answer and support us on all our requests; we felt just a little scarried because you are planning something only sharing some emails, but Petro helped us a lot and you can trust him at anytime.
Our guide Rashid was incredible, he knows all the parks very well; thanks to him we were able to see four of the Big 5 (only cheetahs we didn't see) and to explore the parks in a private way, away from the Land Cruiser traffic jam that doesn't allow you to live this experience in the right way.
Moreover he is very very prepared and careful, we talked a lot during our 5-days trip and he has explained us a lot of things (not only related to animals and parks) and teached us a couple of Swahili words we used during our stay in Tanzania and Zanzibar; he was really very kind.
Actually we can say that it was an awesome experience with the right people.