VN
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
What a wonderful time in Masai Mara! If I have a chance I wil come back again
The wildlife, weather are very wonderful. I love Kenya.
CN
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fabulous trip to Kenya
The safari was great, thanks to "Right Choice Tours and safaris" and our guide Jacob.
We took 3 nights in Masai Mara, 1 night in Lake Bogoria, and 2 nights in Amboseli.
Masai Mara was the best part. Jacob led us to the leopard, cheetah, elephant, and lion in just one morning! Everyone was saying that we were so lucky to see the leopard as it was quite rare nowadays. He was trying to lead us to the rhino in that particular afternoon but got stuck in the mud (unfortunately we were travelling in minivan), twice, which caused us altogether 10 hours staying in the car. The rescue was slow and inefficient. We finally reached our lodge around 2:50 am. And we finally lost our chance to see any rhino. But we were trying to be not so disappointed, afterall we observed any other animals, and they deserved our appreciation. Pity that we didn't see the great migration; the local people said it would most probably happen around late August this year.
We chose Lake Bogoria instead of Nakuru for the flamingo, but there weren't many in this time of year, much less than that in Amboseli. And as we missed Nakuru, we also missed the opportunity to see rhinos, so it was a pity for us for this Kenya trip.
There weren't as many animal species in Amboseli as that in Masai Mara, but we took many wonderful pictures of elephants with snow-covered-Kilimanjaro. And there were more birds, beautiful.
Overall, it was really a great experience. Many thanks to George, the owner of Right Choice Tours and safaris, who gave us satisfying service. And many thanks to Jacob, our guide, again, for the best service and accompany. Next time we’ll try to ask for Jacob’s advice before we go there, in order to have a better arrangement of the tour, and to get to the right place in their best season.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Great 3 day safari!
A group of 4 friends and I went on a safari with Antony in the Masaai Mara and it was great. He was very attentive to our needs, and generally great to be around. He explained things in detail when we asked, and otherwise let us have our own time and work with our schedules and preferences. He was a lot of fun to chat with.
He's also a hard worker, and despite the low season when we went, Antony went out of his way to ensure we would see as much as possible. He is very respectful of the environment but still managed to get us to see all the Big Five and many other rarities.
Antony was also a phenomenal driver. The conditions were not great (very muddy), but we always felt safe and he took the necessary precautions to stay where it was safe.
He was a pleasure of a guide and I recommend him greatly.
LT
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Scammers! Avoid this company!
I and my husband have decided to use Arise Special Sunrise Safaris services. We have booked a Safari trip in prior, therefore they asked us to send them 480$ as a deposit and so we did. When we have arrived we payed the remaining amount to them. From the very beginning, our trip was disappointing, as we have visited one National park less than it was promised for us. But the worst thing happened in one of the last days of the trip. The guide of the company came to pick us up in the morning and said that there was a problem with our deposit(which we made before the trip) and it was returned to our bank, therefore they are unable to provide us with our last day trip to the national park. So they asked us to pay it again in cash(480$). As we were in Africa we had no possibility to check our bank account, therefore we were forced to pay them extra 480$ as we did not want to lose our last day in Tanzania. Only in the evening, when we got an internet access we check that the money we paid as a deposit prior the trip did not come back to our account, it was paid successfully. We called our guide and is it was the last day of our trip he promised that a representative of the company will come to the airport tomorrow before our flight and will return our second time paid deposit amount. However, he did not arrive and we had no choice but to get on our plane and fly back to our country. As we came back, we have immediately contacted the director of the company Mr. Owailimu Sosthenes Binyakusha. He replied to us that they will give our money back with a bank transfer. However about for a month, we did not receive our refund, he kept on replying that he made the transfer but there were bank problems and so on. Then for the last month, he is ignoring our emails and we have never received our money back. So please be very CAREFUL AND DO NOT USE THE SERVICES OF THIS COMPANIE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO LOSE YOUR MONEY!
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
First class!
We are three friends who came together to celebrate a special birthday from three different continents. I cannot praise K&D i.e Emma & Razaan highly enough for making our trip so very, very special. We spent 6 nights as part of the LuxVenture Safari being absolutely spoiled with Birthday Cakes and Champagne, all courtesy of K&D which ensured that what would have been an absolutely amazing trip anyway was further enhanced by the additional special treatment we received. It made the trip absolutely magical.
NL
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Everything very well organized. Very good guides, with tremendous knowledge, birds, hippo's safety.
This safari tour lived up to our expectations completely. Beautiful scenery. Fantastic weather, our best experience in years. Lovely hippos. Beautiful birds. The guides really helped us find more small and interesting plants and birds. The food was very good. Very nice tents with an open view to the stars and the moon. The safety was very good, always with lots of respect for all the animals we encountered. And the main thing for a succesful 10 day tour: the atmosphere between us and the guides was very good. With many nice stories about the guides previous and our adventures. We look back at a fantastic holiday. Thanks guides and organizers.
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
An outstanding trip organised by Aardvark to visit gorillas and Serengeti
An amazing trip - exceeded all expectations. Highlights included seeing the Gorillas in Rwanda - a group of 10 on first day and family of 20 on the second. Virunga Lodge is a spectacular place to stay.Easy flight into the Serengeti with no issues re vaccination certificates on entry - luggage also easy on small planes - we had soft luggage but many had larger cases on wheels.Lamai camp fantastic and guides outstanding- travelled west to see start of migration although it was running a few weeks late.
Stay at Highlands excellent near the cater - took about 50 mins to reach crater but bonus being inside national park- no delays or queues.
Overall a great trip with many memories- a big thank you to all lodges for handling all specific dietary requirements so well.a great trip organised by the team at Aardvark
US
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Exceptional experience with Paul.
Everything about the safari was great. We didn't have a thing to worry about. We were leery of the tent camp but tho we had never been camping it wasn't really a problem, it was an experience. We saw elephants and their babies, lions and their cubs, zebras and wildebeasts and of course giraffes and gazelles. All in all it was a great time and Paul is the best.
BR
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Visiting Uganda Gorilas with Discover Africa
The whole travel experience was amazing.
Since the arrangemenf with all Discover Africa Technology providing us a special travel web site until the last mile arrangement that put us face to face with Gorilas in Bwindi, Uganda was just perfect.
Special attention to the field team that was just perfect with all details and always on time and helpful.
Greta job with sales team flexibility to attend all our requests in this so complex travel.
On behalf of my family thank you and congratulate on this great job.
AE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Extremely Professional and second to none .
From the start to the end , the professional staff are with you , they help you plan for your travel and make it as hustle free as possible .
The professionalism is second to none and can not be faulted at all.
Our heart felt thank you .we are sincerely grateful for making our holiday exemptional . !!!
Looking forward to planning another one with you .!
Sammy Wordz .