BR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Big 5 Voyage is your best choice
I just finished a 3 day budget camping safari in Serengeti and Ngorongoro and I recommend 100%!
Amon replied all my e-mails with doubts and helped me a lot. Steve was a great and very experienced driver, he has skills to find the animals and to drive softly in a bumping road (I even was able to sleep during the car drives) and Matthew prepares lots of excellent food (I ate very well all days).
They are friendly and you can trust them. I am a solo female traveller and they put me in a group with more 3 people (around the same age), so it worked very well. They bring all the stuff in the car and lots of comfort for a Budget camping!
The views are stunning and there are quick stops for pictures and washroom.
I do not have a single complain for this trip.
Lots of success to Big 5!!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Incredible safari in Kenya, a good guide makes a big difference
We had an unforgettable safari experience in Kenya, thanks to Bushtroop and in particular to our guide Nester Torome. We highly recommend them to anyone considering a trip to Kenya.
Communication is smooth and straightforward. Jacqueline was one of the earliest to respond to our query, and was always responsive to our follow up requests. On arrival, she gave us a warm welcome at the airport, despite having to wait for us for over an hour as we were held up inside.
Our guide Nester is very friendly and professional. He was always on time and in a cheerful mood despite hours and hours of driving. He has superb knowledge in animals and a passion in birds, whilst showing great respect to the wild animals. His vision is extraordinary. Very often he spot animals with naked eyes, while it took me a long time to find with my binoculars. It was his extremely sharp vision that helped us spot a critically-endangered black rhino in Lake Nakuru. He works hard to ensure we had good game viewing, driving long distance in Masai Mara just so we can see both cheetahs and leopards in one afternoon.
We are really grateful for Bushtroop and Nester for such an experience and hope to return soon.
PL
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Incredible experience!
I had my 9-days trip with Mambogorilla Safaris.
It’s more than a safari and gorilla trek as you have one in a lifetime opportunity to be inspired and witness the sheer joy of children during the visit in elementary school & orphanage founded by Didan.
Last but not least -Bunyonyi View Resort, magical place to chill and relax, with one of the best views onto the lake Bunyonyi.
I would recommend this company to my friends and will go with them again next time when I travel to Uganda.
Brilliant from start to finish
Our experience with Spirit of Kenya has been fantastic. Right from the beginning of the booking process they were very helpful, patient and fast at replying. This made the booking easy and stress free as they were always happy to answer any questions we had quickly. We felt very at ease knowing that any questions we had were always answered within a few hours (sometimes even minutes)! The attitude of all of the staff I spoke to was very friendly and accommodating. We had no communication issues as they all speak really good English. Our guide, Charles, was brilliant. He was very friendly, chatty and knowledgeable. It was a pleasure getting to know him! He made sure we saw all of the animals we could've wished to see and made our safari very memorable and enjoyable. His timings were always excellent too! I liked that we were able to choose the accommodation in each location, we chose economy options for them all and loved all of them. We had our safari in the standard mini van with the pop up roof and it was great. A great way to give us the perfect safari on a budget!
I am so impressed, you have exceeded expectations, I'm so glad we were able to book our safari with you.
We would really recommend Spirit of Kenya to anyone, you have been brilliant.
Thank you so much for our amazing experience!
AT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing 4 Day Safari Tour
We were a group of four, looking for a 4 day safari trip in Tanzania. We decided to book with African Savannah Trekkers because the price was very good for the tour offered and also the lodges looked very nice. Also the communication and the planning worked out very good. We were in contact with Maureen and she was very kind and answered all our questions in advance and adopted the trip to our wishes. We visited the Tarangire National Park, the Ngorongoro Crater, the Serengeti National Park and the Lake Manyara. We arrived in Arusha in the evening before our trip and had already booked an hotel there on our own. Maureen and our driver, Horace, came to visit us there to explain us everything and to make the final payment for the trip. Our tour started in the morning the next day but they did this so we didn't have to drive to the office in the morning because we would have lost some time then. At first we were a bit sceptical to pay everything in advance, but everything worked out very well and Horace came to pick us up in the morning the next day. Horace is a very good and nice driver. He knows a lot about the animals, is very patient and was always stopping when we wanted to to go the bathroom, buy souvenirs or needed to go to an ATM. The accommodations were wonderful as well. The tented camp in the Serengeti was just amazing! All in all it was a great trip with great people and we were lucky to see the big five. And one more thing: At the end of the trip I forgot my hat in the car and Horace personally came to our hotel in Arusha the next day to bring it back!!!! That´s how nice this company is!!!
Ahsahnte sana!!!!!
Cornelia, Patrick, Magdalena and Verena
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Booked and paid for safari with private camping, received overcrowded public camping & no refund
We booked and paid for a Safari at Serengeti National Park with a guide & private camping (larger tents with a bed & private bathroom).
We ended up staying in an overcrowded public campground, with a toilet shared between 50+ people and no protection against wild animals at night, which were fighting in front of the tents. If that was what we booked, fair enough, but we paid for private accommodation, which we didn't receive.
The tour guide was great and very knowledgeable, however, the owner of the company, Calvin, is unfortunately very dishonest. He claimed the government was responsible for putting us on the wrong campground and that he could only refund us once the government had refunded him.
We doubt this is true as the tour guide was paying all accommodation in cash and had even picked up equipment for the public camp site. It is very clear the plan was to let us stay in the public camp site from the time we left Arusha.
Calvin has promised a partial refund but has to this date (10 months after the tour) not made any efforts to refund us .
Avoid this company unless you want to put up with unreliable and dishonest business practice.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Hell's gate biking experience
Jambo Simon,
We would like to thank you for best experience ever you gave us during our biking safari at hell's gate.
Your knowledge about flora and fauna,general knowledge was exceptional. We would really come back and recommend you to our friends. Asante Sana.
ES
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Perfect organisation and unforgettable safari
We went 3days safari to Mikumi national park. Everything was great witj the organisatiin, very nice stuff and always ready to be helpful before during and after the experience. All facilities for making our ezperience easy and nice. Endrick, our guide, was great professional trying to do the best to look for the animal as well as respecting them and the environment. I would recommend Selous explorer as well as mikumi national park.
RU
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unforgettable Safari (with big five!)
We looked into 10 (!) different Safari Tout companies while researching the vacation of a lifetime. Beacon Safaris proved to be the best fit for us with flexible budget and the true ability to customize every step of the itinerery.
We were very satisfied with the level of service and communication Beacon Safaris. All our questions were answered quickly and sensibly. Robert is the best! :)
We were on 4 days (private) trip in Masai Mara NR, Lake Naivasha NP and Lake Nakuru NP, but we saw big five on our first full day game drive!
An abundance of wildlife and stunning landscapes made the experience unforgettable! We learnt so much about the country and wildlife.
There were absolutely no surprises on the trip. The accomondations were fabulous (Sopa Lodges). The van was in perfect condition. Off-road overcame perfectly!
Eric, our guide, was very knowledgeable, friendly and eager to please. The ones who were always late were us, but he was always in a good mood :) He also treated our son very well (5 y.o). We didn't need to worry about anything so we could focus on the wonder all around us. Many thanks to him! And i highly recommend him as a guide for all travelers.
We are so grateful to Beacon Safaris for making this dream come true for our family!
Highly recommend the experience provided by BS to anyone planning a Safari trip to Kenya!
ASANTE SANA!
NG
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Good service and great hospitality
I was amazed by the services I got on the tour, good lodging and above all the guys were friendly and did a lot to have me satisfied. There sole priority was want I wanted and my satisfaction . every thing was what I hoped for.