CKC Guide on Safari
CKC Tours & Travel
- Located In:
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 2001)
- Member Of:
- ASTA & KATO
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $100 to $280 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
Email Ben | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Really Well Organised Tour
We are really pleased we chose CKC Tours for our first experience in Africa. John met us at the airport and was happy to arrange transfers for our departure once our 8 day safari had concluded. Our safari included 2 night visits to Amboseli, Masai Mara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater National Parks. We stayed at Serena Lodges throughout the trip and the experiences at each venue were really unique.
We managed to see the Big Five as well as many other animals. Our guide, Joshua from Serena Masai Mara went above and beyond to ensure we saw lions and cheetahs up close, which was amazing considering we traveled during the ‘low season’.
We would recommend CKC Tours, as the whole safari experience was made an easy and enjoyable one thanks to the professional and friendly service of John and his team. Even when an airline company cancelled an internal flight, John was available to do the rerouting.
Email Paddy | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
CKC Tours – Safari to Amboseli and Masai Mara
This was out first safari and we were delighted to have chosen CKC Tours to organise it for us. We wanted to fly to avoid long tiring road transfers, and stay in quality but sensibly priced hotels and the package put together satisfied our requirements at a cost significantly less than some international luxury operators.
John met us personally at the airport and was very friendly, thorough and professional. Our private transfer to the Serena Nairobi was an opportunity to find out a little more. He gave us our detailed arrangements the following morning with flight and hotel vouchers and advice regarding the trip. He safely stored out excess luggage for our onward trip to Zanzibar as the strict 15kg weight limit applies for the light aircraft transfers and met us again at Wilson airport at the end of our trip.
The flights to Amboseli and later Masai Mara were an enjoyable experience with some fantastic views, but the small aircraft may not suit some. We saw herds of animals around the swamp in Amboseli and tracks of animals heading toward the Mara River from the windows.
The hotels were perfect, relaxing with good but not gourmet food and lovely views. The views from the Masai Mara Serena Game Lodge are amazing- you don’t need to go on safari, just look out the window as the animals pass having crossed the river.
We enjoyed the BBQ bush dinner at Amboseli and the breakfast with the hippos on the Mara River – would highly recommend both.
The game drives were fantastic, we were in 4*4 pop up vehicles. In Serena were had 3 of 4 game drives with no other passengers and had completely private tours in Masai Mara (we did not chose private tours, just got lucky as the season was coming to an end – late September).
Our drivers were fantastic – as first time safari goers we kept asking to stop and look at zebras initially! We saw the amazing Elephants in Amboseli, the crossing of the wildebeest on the Mara river , lions, hippos, and everything else including a leopard. The sceneries in the two locations are excellent and going to Amboseli then Masai Mara is the best order to enjoy these two locations.
Overall I would highly recommend this safari and would happily go with CKC tours again. We’ll be back!
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent trip - guide, accommodations, etc.
We booked a last minute safari and John was able to pull a great tour together (Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru, and Samburu). The accommodations and van were excellent. We requested Vincent as our guide because he guided my mom and aunt in 2011. He was a wonderful guide and driver for our six-day tour. We seemed to be spotting more animals than other vans/jeeps. In fact, guides at the lodges said that Vincent was the best…highly regarded by other companies. I'd definitely recommend CKC but our particular tour involved long drives in between parks (that was my fault…I wanted to see both Masai Mara and Samburu).
CA
Email Ioana | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Awesome trip
CKC Tours was recommended by a good friend and I am happy I chose a safari for a real first African experience. John was very responsive and gave me all the necessary details. He took care of booking and transportation, and accompanied me to and from the airport. The location in Mara was more than I could have expected and Kipp, the driver on site, was excellent and very knowledgeable. I saw the Big Five and many other animals, and the experience was awesome. I would recommend John and his service to anyone looking for a unique experience and a professional service.
CA
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Perfect as a suiss watch
I never forget this trip.
John is professional, all was easy and perfect.
Many thanks and congratulations
US
Email Monica | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
FABULOUS EXPERIENCE
I chose CKC Tours because they promptly answered my email requesting information about doing a group Safari. I had a group from the United States whose goal was to experience the famous African Wild life and Beach Safari as well as the Cultural experience and other excursions. As soon as we landed in Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, the director of CKC Mr. John Muhoho was there waiting for us. He gave us a warm reception and took us to the Hotel . The following morning he came and gave us a brief on the various excursions for Nairobi and the surrounding areas which were to be done for the week. Mr. Muhoho came on the day of the Safari to provide us with another briefing. The choice of hotels was out of this world, the drivers especially king George are very knowledgeable and drive well. The wildlife experience was awesome. The price was reasonable. I have used CKC for so many years and would recommend it to anyone looking into doing a Safari and other excursions in East Africa
great private safari delivering everything that was promised
We choose CKC because of John prompt reactions on our e-mails.
We had a 3 day private safari, and especially our driver George made it real pleasure.
We managed to see all animals we wanted to see, amazing how George seemed to be able to find any animal on request: it took him 45 minutes to find mating lions,
Safety, Safaris & Adventure
We looked at several different options for our photo safari, and eventually chose a one-week tour suggested by John Muhoho from CKC Tours, Travels & Carhire.
We lifted off Nairobi’s Wilson Airport, heading for adventure. Indeed, watching the tiny planes landing on Mara River Airport’s dirt tracks a little while later, we couldn’t help but think of films like King Solomo’s Mines, already feeling like adventurers ourselves.
What followed were seven perfectly organised days in the Mara River Lodge and engaging – if admittedly not quite as dangerous as we felt adventurous, what with the perfect organisation – safaris. As luck would have it, we got to see all of the ‘Big Five’ – elephant, rhino, buffalo, lion & leopard – and even got to watch the migration of zebras and wildebeests over the Mara river, complete with some of the latter involuntarily feeding the crocodiles.
From the lodge itself, we could easily spot hippopotamuses resting in the water and crocodiles basking in the sun, although our sense of adventure and danger was once again foiled by the presence of an electric fence standing between them and us – admittedly an understandable safety precaution. Losing the odd tourist to an angry hippo or hungry croc would probably be bad for business.
All in all, it was a remarkably enjoyable and surprisingly relaxing holiday. Our gratitude goes to John and the Mara River Lounge staff – especially our guide Patrick – for the perfect organisation that made this trip such a wonderful experience.
FI
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A wonderful honeymoon in Tanzania
We had a great experience in July 2014 on the 6-day safari CKC organized for us. John was a great help in getting everything organized and was very responsive to our special requests. Our trip went from Arusha, to Lake Manyara, to Serengeti, and finally to Ngorongoro. Our driver/guide, also named John, was really friendly and always seemed to find the animals before any of the other drivers. The hotels CKC had booked for us were all great – very clean and comfortable. We enjoyed the experience immensely. Thank you, John and John.
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Email Jane Stockton | 65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
A wonderful family holiday celebrating our 50th anniversary
I spent two years planning this trip, communicating with John Muhoho frequently through email. We had lived in Kenya in the sixties, so we were trying to recreate experiences for our children and grandchildren. The entire planning experience was an adventure, as we tweaked and adjusted the schedule to work everything in and keep within the time frame of our grandchildrens' school holidays. Everything about the trip--the travel, the hotels and lodges, the driver-guides--was perfect, and we could not have had a better time. The personalization of the service was incredible, as we met with some old students and returned to the schools where we had lived and worked. So this was a very personalized tour, with a lot of interaction. But we started with a schedule put together by CKC and adjusted it for our family. I have no doubt we would have had a similar exciting time without the "tweaks," so I would recommend CKC for the professionalism of his work and his staff as well as the ability to work with a client to plan a perfect holiday.