Email David | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A great experience
Recently, I went to Kenya to take a vacation. The highlights are of course to see those wild animals in Africa.
I took a "6 days 5 nights Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru and Amboseli" with a company called "Africa Flash McTours & Travel". The manager, Mr. Peter Macharia, did a great job, looking after his customers, although there are circumstances that are a bit beyond his control.
A convincing example is that all the tour companies appear to have a system that tourists are told to hop on different buses at a set of places where they stop for lunch. This system initially confused me a lot as I thought that I would be always staying with one group, once a group has been arranged by a particular company prior to the beginning of your program. But, that was not the case. So, to me what Peter did most impressively was that one day, when he could not organize any other driver to pick me up from Nairobi to Amboseli, he sent in a car to just take me there. Of course, a single passenger would cost his company slightly more than letting his customers sharing with others. But, to me this is the convincing moment that his is a trustable manager.
I also want to mention is passing that a young driver in his own company, John, has done a great job! His English is excellent and he appeared to try to do his job properly, rather than trying to "cut corners".
PT
Email Pedro Santos | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
First time in Kenya and first safari
To give some context to my review, I'm the type of person that usually likes to travel without anything scheduled and figure out what to do in the place. Since this was our first time in Africa, our first Safari and we were going to Kenya in the elections period, we've decided to at least book the Safari online. Finding a company was not an easy task (there are way too many agencies) and Simon was probably the person that better replied to all my questions and did it a timely manner (he was replying much faster than I was replying to his emails, sorry pal!).
When we got to Kenya, everything went smooth but we've figure out that the online companies are nothing more than agencies that deal with freelance drivers and include us in a 4x4 with people from other companies. This is not a bad thing, but for someone that travels on the cheap, you are more than ok to go to Kenya, find one driver and negotiate with him directly. For those of you who prefer to do it the "safer way", I clearly recommend Wildrace Safaris .
Kenya is without a doubt an amazing country to travel around and see a different scenario from anywhere we've been in the world. We had the opportunity to see the big 5 between Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru and Amboseli. When in Amboseli, if you can see "Cloudymanjaro", please celebrate for me.
Our trip was lovely and Simon made sure we were always ok during the entire trip. We ad a few roadbumps along the Safari, but "This Is Africa". The important part is that we really enjoyed the country, the safari and everything we crossed paths with.
A country where humans coexist fantastically with animals
If you want to go for a Safari then Kenya is the best place.
AE
Email Paul Dunne | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
7 day Kenyan Safari
We had a fantastic week in Kenya, made better by Douglas our guide/driver whose passion for and deep understanding of nature made the trip all the more exciting and educational.
Would recommend highly!
Unique experience
There are not enough words to describe this fantastic experience. I have been to South-Africa many times and although I appreciate South-Africa a lot, Kenya and the places we visited (Amboseli, Nakuru, Masai Mara and lake Naivasha) are just better and more exciting. We went with Wildebeest Safaris and everything was organised into the smallest details. We had to worry about nothing (that's why you go on holiday isn't it? A couple of stress-free weeks) and our guide Geoffrey was always there to make sure things went smoothly without any hassle. For my next holiday I know already where I will go and with whom: Kenya and Wildebeest Safaris.
ES
Email Daniel Rodellas | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Pure wildlife
It's amazing to see all the animals we saw in their real environment doing what they really do. It's sad, though that it is so crowded with jeeps everywhere, specially in Masai Mara.
DE
Email Katharina | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The most diverse country I ever been to
We made a safari with Kenya Safari Arcade and I totally recommend it. We had four perfect days, making a lot of gamedrives and spending the evening in two great lodges (Mara Sopa Lodge and Lake Nakuru Lodge).
We have seen so many animals (including the big 5).
IT
Email Sara Duranti | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful country, friendly people, Amazing landscapes
Wildlife in Masai Mara is rich, varied and spettacular; in land, the food is poor but substantial, while in the coast is better thanks the fishes; public trasportation is especially for local people and private transports are really expensive.
IT
Email Isabella Ferrario | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
great wildlife
a great place to be to really feel wild life. Accommodation in tent in the safari has been a nice & real experience
IT
Email Elia | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unforgettable wild experience
The safari trip has been really awesome!
We admired fantastic scenarios, and watching animals was really exciting.
Peter organized for us an unbelievable experience, providing a fantastic organization of the tour and accommodations as well. We had the opportunity to interact with local people and local fauna in a unique way.
We strongly recommend Africa Mcflash tour as it allowed us to visit and fooling in love with Kenya
