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
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Email George and Jan | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Our tour operator was personally committed to helping us retrieve personal papers lost on trip.
Our tour guide prepared personal itinerary copies for all four members of our family and thoroughly explained all details and answered any questions we had regarding the upcoming experience. He provided necessary transportation for us from airport to hotel and from hotel to airport. We felt cared for, provided for and trusted his advice and busing from restaurant to Giraffe camp in Nairobi. The connections from the airport in the bush to the camp site was punctual, safe, and enjoyable. Our safari guide was just fantastic and the safari camp was excellent. While in Zanzibar we experienced a wonderful old hotel and were served there by wonderful folks and an excellent transporter person from airport to hotel and back when we needed to leave. We will more than recommend the accommodations that we experienced. The tour guide in Zanzibar was also very personable and helpful giving lots of detailed information from his personal knowledge of having lived there his whole life.
We can't say anything but good about our whole trip Friday evening to Friday morning. All of our trip was beyond our expectations.
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Email Thomas | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fantastic Safari and Vacation in Tanzania!
My wife and I used CKC tours for our honeymoon in April of 2018. John Muhoho did a great job planning the trip and was very responsive and accommodating during our planning phase. We requested a last minute change to our itinerary so that we would start 1 day later than initially planned and CKC was able to easily take care of this for us. We really appreciated that as it took a lot of stress off of us and saved us from having to reschedule flights.
Our guide throughout the safari was John Macha and he did an absolutely fantastic job. It is impressive how quickly and easily he can spot an animal a mile away while he is fighting through mud in a stick-shift land cruiser! If you are riding along with John, you will see all the wildlife that you would hope to see. He is also very responsive to any small changes you may want to make during the day - as far as where you want to go and how long you want to stay there. Flexibility was a recurring theme in our experience with CKC. It really does feel like you are riding along with a friend and not like you are locked into a rigidly planned itinerary.
My wife and I went during the "rainy" season which is not the peak tourist season. I would highly recommend that people consider going during this time. The weather is milder and the parks and lodges are not as busy as they are during the dry season. The wildlife is not as condensed during the rainy season, but we still saw 4 out of the big 5 (no Rhinos for us!) and in general, there was no shortage of wildlife around during this time.
Overall I highly recommend CKC tours for your African safari. They are extremely professional and courteous and the experience with them is the trip of a lifetime!
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Email Carrie | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Kenya safari
Six person family group safari. It was awesome! John was there at the Nairobi airport at 11 pm to get us safely to our hotel. Back the next morning to send us off on our adventure.
We did the flying, small plane, trip to Masai Mara. Lovely resort on the game preseve. Excellent food. Excellent guide who drove on road, off road, to get us up close and personal with the animals. Wonderful photos. Lions, elephants, giraffes, more! Our guide was great, and they all help each other, on their phones identifying where they best animal sightings are. They second morning we had a lovely open air champagne breakfast buffet at the aptly named Hippo Pool.
Flight back to Nairobi, then to Amboseli, an altogether different environment. Flat, savannah with marshland with a gorgeous view of Kilimanjaro. Wildebeests here, plus more elephants. More variety of birds. More lions. And monkeys. They warned us to shut the sliding glass doors, not just the screen, when you left your room. Or the monkeys rip the screen, ransack your stuff, eat your snacks. Really.
Back to Nairobi, where John delivered us to our hotel, and later to the airport. We could not have had a better time. The sights, the accommodations, the food, the transportation: everything was wonderful. We were well taken care of from start to finish. I’m someone who usually sets up my own trips, doesn’t do tours, but I totally appreciated the excellent care that went into this one.
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Email Mike | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic experience
CKC Tours (John Mohoho) planned our 6 person excursion (2 days in Massai Mara, a travel day and 2 days in Amboseli). They arranged pickup at the Nairobi airport when we arrived and planned every step of our trip until we left. If there was a problem, John was there to resolve the issue immediately. The trip could not have been better planned or executed.
In addition, both safari locations were different and fabulous. Massai Mara was a sweeping vista of hills, valleys and grassy plains surrounded by mountains. The weather was perfect and the guide was excellent. The guides communicate via radio and if one spots an interesting sight, they all know about it. Our guide was continually spotting animals, getting us close to them and providing excellent commentary along the way. We spent as much time off road as on roads. Also, do not pass up the chance for the Hippo breakfast. The view and food are both incredible. From the airport pickup to airport droppoff, Massai Mara was a continual source of beauty and fun.
Amboseli was also a wonderful experience. It was different in that it was a desert plain at the base of Kilamanjaro. Awesome mountain views at sunrise and sunset are not to be missed. We spent most of the time on roads and trails but animals were plentiful and varied. In addition, the wetlands provided wonderful opportunities to spot many different birds. Observation hill is a great place to see the whole panorama at once.
I would highly recommend having CKC Tours arrange a trip for you .. I know we will return and have John and his group plan another spectacular vacation for us.
Also, both lodges were terrific. Clean, friendly, customer oriented and terrific food (buffet style).
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Email Joel | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Awesome Safari Experience in Tanzania - Would Highly Recommend
Our experience with CKC Tours and Travel was exceptional. This was the first time we planned an experience like this and the planning smooth and easy. Mr. Muholo was very responsive to our needs and helped worked through several iterations and customizations of the itinerary until we had it all planned to our satisfaction. Email inquiries were responded to quickly, usually the next day. We planned a five-day safari in Tanzania that included visits to Lake Manyara, the Serengeti, and Ngorongoro Crater (the best) national parks. The actual safari experience was amazing! From the initial pickup at our residence in Nairobi to the drop off at the airport we felt well taken care of. Our safari guide, John, was the absolute best. He was courteous, considerate, always on-time, and did a great job of finding the animals. The three Serena lodges that were booked for the tour were beautiful and super comfortable accommodations—each with their own personality, but consistent quality of service. Ending each day relaxing in the lodge with bottle of wine was the perfect ending to the day’s experiences. We couldn’t have asked for a better guide and safari experience. We would highly recommend booking a tour with CKC.
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Email Phil | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
This was a once-in-a-lifetime tour!
My tour through Kenya was absolutely incredible. From the moment I was picked up at the airport by John and Simon, through my safaris at Lake Nakuru and Massai Mara, and back to our beautiful hotel in Nairobi, this was an A+ trip. Our driver and guide Simon was beyond incredible. He seemed to know exactly where each and every animal would be hiding during our safaris, providing the perfect amount of adventure and excitement. I cannot recommend this tour group more highly!
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Email Mario Estrada | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Kenyan Safari made easy
Exploring unknown lands can be so incredible but it's often intimidating. CKC Tours made this adventure so easy and enjoyable. From the moment we were picked up from the airport to the moment they dropped us off, they made every part of the trip effortless. We saw the sunrise flight of flamingos on Lake Nakuru, drove next to Rhino's, came across a lion pouncing on a pair of cheetahs in Masai Mara and even enjoyed an impromptu motor boat encounter with some up close hippos on Lake Navasio that our driver Simon made happen. We had limited time and they worked so hard to make sure we saw everything and they did it with a smile. The hardest part of our days was waking up to make sure we saw everything!
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Email Nick | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
What an amazing adventure
Simon, John and CKC tours did an amazing job! We had a fantastic time. The Lions! The Elephants! Simon our tour guide and driver made sure that we got to see it all. He was extremely friendly and very knowledgable. John our tour operator was always there with a smile from the moment we arrived in Nairobi. It was really a great experience! Thank you!
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Email Chris | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great safari experience
John & CKC Tours & Travel were SO incredible during our time in Kenya. Can't say enough good things about them. If possible, ask for Simon as a tour guide.
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Email Chris and Yvonne | 50-65 years of age
We were always in good hands
Our 6 day safari organised by CKC Tours & Travel that went from Nairobi to Maasi Mara, Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater back to Nairobi was the trip of a lifetime and our safari exceeded our expectations. During our planning we request changes to our initial itinerary in terms of arrival and departure date / time. John adjusted the itinerary timings and arranged additional accommodation to meet our needs. From our arrival at Nairobi airport, through the game parks and border crossings, we were always in the hands of experienced, friendly, and very helpful staff. The whole experience was amazing: viewing the animals, the balloon ride, the Maasi village, the knowledge and friendliness of the drivers/guides, but most of all the animals. Thank you for the making the whole experience so enjoyable and memorable.