CA
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Wonderful guiding to several parks with many exciting wildlife settings.
I booked a safari for my wife and me in Kenya through Africa Safari Classics starting in late January. I started with a suggested itinerary on its website and made some modifications, based on our interests and helpful suggestions from the manager Maurice Nzwii. Our safari included 2 nights in Tsavo West, 2 in Amboseli, 1 at the Ark at Aberdares (with its lighted waterhole), 2 in Samburu, 1 in Ol Pejeta Conservancy, 1 at the Sunbird Lodge at Lake Elementaita with an evening game drive at Nakuru, and 2 in Maasai Mara, before returning to Nairobi. Except for the 2 lodges, we stayed in very comfortable tent camps that all provided good to excellent meals. Our enthusiastic driver/guide Tony was wonderful. He was excellent at spotting and identifying game, and was able to quickly get us to prime sightings reported in Swahili on the short wave radio; he is highly familiar with the maze of roads in all of the parks. Tony was adept at positioning the vehicle for prime photographic opportunities.
We normally had 2 game drives per day and had plenty of wonderful sightings. The camps were all located at scenic spots providing opportunities for animal and bird viewing. Among the highlights were about 10 cheetahs spotted up close (including 5 brothers), several leopards including 2 with small cubs, many lions including a lioness with 4 cubs who had just killed a zebra, 5 rhinos at Ol Pejeta including one white, and lots of birds. We saw a broad range of terrains and habitats in the various areas of Kenya. While all the parks and reserves provided good scenery and some dramatic wildlife sightings, we especially enjoyed the density of wildlife in lush green settings at Amboseli and the Mara, as well as the excellent birding at Lake Navaisha. This was an ad-on to our initial itinerary suggested by Tony, based on our interests. We also added a visit to a Maasai village, which was interesting, but there was a lot of pressure to purchase handicrafts. We had also added a balloon ride over the Mara at sunrise. It was an interesting experience an we saw some wildlife including elephants, a lion, a huge herd of buffalo, and a hyena den, we more enjoyed our closer wildlife encounters on the ground. The balloon ride did provide a good opportunity to see the topography, including the many wildlife trails.
We arrived in Nairobi at 4:00 AM. Maurice had arranged for us to be transported to a hotel near the airport for breakfast, where we met him and our guide to begin our safari.
Maurice and Tony were in frequent communication by cell phone during our trip and we always felt we were being well looked after. There were some long distances between camps and sometimes challenging driving conditions that Tony managed well. Those drives provided opportunities to view the diverse terrain of Kenya (including views of Mounts Kilimanjaro and Kenya). It also provided opportunity to observe village life. At the end of our safari, Maurice arranged for a driver to take us to local sights of interest near Nairobi. At his suggestion, we had upgraded our safari vehicle to a Toyota Landcruiser rather than a Toyota van. This allowed access to more remote areas, especially in the Mara. In summary, we were extremely pleased with the wonderful service provided by Maurice and Tony.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
AWESOME
Great experience bit upset as not able to see the king of jungle (lion)
Great services at all gates a very helpful people to guide as well the safari rangers were guided well
Unforgettable trip next time will sure visit for more then a week to take a night safari experience
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Above and beyond
There was a group of us that went for a 3 day safari. And it was an experience. The two gentlemen lucky and Geffory helped us along the way and nothing was a big ask. On the day of the safari they went that extra mile to make she we got to see the lions!
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BEWARE OF SCAMMER / LOW QUALITY
I am glad that I did not book with Achieve. I saw their van while in Murchison and it wasnt nearly as nice as the 4x4 with a pop top that we enjoyed for a better price with Uzuri (https://uzurisafaris.com/) instead.
I had originally planned on booking with Achieve, but their email account was hacked and I sent a wire for $3,140 USD to scammers. The owner Polly Kamugisha took zero responsibility even though I took steps to verify the fake instructions sent from their email account. I even messaged an Achieve employee on whatsapp to "confirm the email with updated instructions are legit? Just wanna make sure nobody sent a fake message from your email account" (see screenshot).
I wouldnt normally air my dirty laundry like this but the world should know that the business owner's response to the incident was that I should seek help from the police... not only is he ignorant about the likelihood of a recovery via law enforcement, but I am still shocked that he doesnt think Achieve has any responsibility for the instructions sent from their compromised email account. Wouldnt even agree to split it.
Probably would have been more victims if I hadn't separately reached out to a 3rd party lodge in my efforts to verify the suspicious instructions sent from Achieve's email address. They called Polly to make him aware of my concerns before I sent the wire.
Don't expect Achieve to be there for you if anything goes wrong! Have the time of your life with Uzuri or any number of better companies out there!
GR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A guarantee for a safe and pleasant trip!
Those people truly know how to do their job. A trip that had felt to be rather difficult from the onset, was made easy and pleasant from the first moment that we were delivered from the airport and headed down south. Ethiopia is not an "easy" destination due to the lack of infrastructure. We are grateful to Senait Ethiopia Tours for the impeccable service. Our adventure to the south of the country was a travel experience to remember. Safety and professionalism: Highly recommended!
IT
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
very nice guide
Perfect tour, very nice guide, funny and informative show, and of course you get the chance to take picture. I would highly recommend!
IL
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A wonderful experience with Kazi Khatibu
My 13 y/o son and I came for a week of Safari in the beautiful Tanzania. Kazi Khatibu was our private guide for the week. We had such a wonderful experience with Kazi. He is so knowledgeable, interesting and fun!!
We were learning a lot, laughing and just had a blast. I sincerely would like to recommend anybody who wants to have a perfect experience; to book a safari trip with Kazi!!!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Top experience and best staff
We made one over night safari with Tony. Everything was very well organized, the camp, food, the drive and the boat cruise! The staff was very competent, polite, friendly and helpful! We highly recommend this agency.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
It was an amazing experience and I would recommend to anyone looking for excitement and adventure
Lucky and Geofrey, the two tour guides we’re very accommodating and professional.
The 1 day tour of Queen Elizabeth was fun and insightful. We saw many wild animals including lions
I would recommend this Safari tour and will likely do it again but for more days this time
DE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
First time and very recommandable !!!
Just back from an unforgettable Sunway-Safaris Tour to Okavango Delta and Victoria Falls with German speaking, perfect guide Wouter („as almost a part of the group“, always available and left no questions open) Driver William also a very experienced, carefully driver.
Because both of them, we have discoverd the „Big Five“ at the first days already.
Our „Red Elephant“ (Safari Chariot) was perfect suited for all "challenges".
Thanks for the great time, will recommand to others !