Part of the team in our office in Nairobi
Explorer Kenya Tours & Travel
- Office In:
- Size:
- 20-50 employees (Founded in 2006)
- Member Of:
- ATTA, KATO & EAWS
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $200 to $600 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Peter | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Amazing safari experience with a professional, flexible super nice guide
We have booked a 7 day safari with Explorer Kenya.
The package contained our guide, the Land Cruiser, accommodations and park entrance fees, full board at the lodges, transportation between the parks and of course the guided game drives
Got picked up at NBO airport, drove to Masai Mara, stayed there 2 nights, drove to Lake Nakuru National Park, stayed for a night, drove to Lake Naivasha for a night and finished at Amboseli National park for 2 nights from where we drove back to NBO Airport as we requested. Need to mention that all this was a private safari just for two of us, we did not share the car with others this time.
Our guide Jonathan gave us an amazing and wonderful experience, professional service, helped us in different things.
The short version is:
Service, value for the money, experience, expectations, reliability, communications are all 10 / 10
The longer version:
I can clearly recommend to go to Explorer Kenya's organized safari trips, and if you would like to have an amazing experience, ask for Johnathan.
Then you go alone, you have to do everything, which can be a hassle without knowing the local conditions or speaking the local language. You rent a car, make the insurance, drive from one place to the other, get lost, stuck in traffic jam, trying to find the lodges which sometimes are not easy without being familiar with the area, and the most important is that you have no idea about the game drives. Where to go, what are the frequent spots, neither you are not familiar with the different regulations of the park, dangers or animal hiding spots, and so on.
So when you go with a guide, that guide is your EVERYTHING. He is your driver, he is your tracker, he is organizing the whole trip, schedule it for you. He is the one who you can address with your questions, concerns or if you need ANY help. He knows what to do or not to do, he knows the shortcuts, the dangers and all the people around you. In the parks, at the lodges and in between. What I am trying to say with this simple: choosing the proper operator will give you a smooth journey and an amazing experience.
We feel lucky because Jonathan was very helpful, polite with us. He took good care of us, made sure every day that we have our comfort and we are having fun. He was literally providing an amazing service for us in every step of the trip.
Since we went for the safari experience and I wanted to take some good quality photos, I was asking someone who has years of experience and patience for my photography addiction and I must say I was impressed. Jonathan was keep showing and explaining us the nature, the wildlife, the different species with its characteristics. I was really impressed by his knowledge and also on his patience. When you try to do proper photos, its not easy, so I asked him to go here and there many times and he kept assisting me with whatever it was possible. Sometimes I actually felt a bit bad about all my request, but he had just done all of it, so I am really grateful for him.
The accommodations/lodges were nice, comfy with big beds, nice views and cozy African decorations. Food was also good.
I need to mention that this was not our first Safari in Africa. I am saying it because I am a wildlife enthusiast and a photography passionate, seen many things before, but definitely I have not seen everything, every experience is something new, and you never know in advance what you gonna see. So I believe I have a fair amount of experience in game-drives and safari programs, so I can clearly say that I am happily recommending Explorer Kenya and Jonathan to be your guide.
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Email Osama Bin Zafar | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Explore kenya will offer you tour as per your requirements, whatever you need just ask for it......
Excellent tour. Jonathan was an amazing guide/driver, he made sure we see all the animals before we exit the park. Explore kenya made everything possible for us
DE
Email Linus | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A MUST do on your Kenia Trip!
A really nice experience to see all the animals and the nature very close! Our driver really made the most out of it and made the trip unforgettable, thanks to Jonathan:-)!
It really is worth the money, it is something you will NOT get somewhere else! All in all very nice!
DE
Email Linus | under20 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Excellent
We visited 3 Nationalparks and it was so great! Our Drivers Douglas and Jonathan managed everything and it really was easy to relax! We saw all animals that you could think of! So great!
I would recommend it to everyone and would do it again at everytime! Speacial thanks to Jonathan and Douglas again!
Email Reinhild | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Best safari with the best drivers
It couldn‘t have been better.
Our drivers Jonathan and Douglas gave us so many unforgetable moments with incredibele sights. Both of them were so heartfelt, funny and flexibel during our tour.
Thanks a lot!!!
DE
Email Heidi | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
12 perfect safari days
We (a family of 8 persons) had the best safari ever and highly recommend Explorer Kenya. From the first contact until saying goodbye, you just can't expect more.
Everything was well organized and Jonathan and Douglas were the cherry on the cake!
There are probably no other such lovely, friendly, experienced and safe drivers / guides. They did everything to give us unforgettable sightings and moments. We felt completely comfortable and safe at all times. Jonathan and Douglas: Asante sana for 12 wonderful days of safari in Kenya and we would love to see you again!
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Email Danish siddiqui | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Best experience of my life
My wife & I came for a honeymoon to the beautiful country of Kenya, everything was planned to perfection, even the communication with Robert was excellent and Robert gave us his best guy “Jonathan”, I believe Jonathan very pure heartedly wanted us to have the best best best of time and make a memory for the rest of our lives.
What we did?
Day 1: arrive and rest at Nairobi in radiun blu, super safe & beautiful property
Day 2: here is where the journey gets exciting and we go to nakuru national park, we arrived and it was a beautiful day with some drizzle, just after reaching we checked in and had a little rest at about 3:30 PM we went out for a game drive and to our surprise the first animals we saw... are the ferocious lion couples... apart from that we saw several several more animals no rhino in sight though.
Day 3: we wake up early morning leave for an early morning game drive and bam Jonathan’s super friend circle and constant radio chatters helped us to see a full family of rhinos... it was beautiful... we also saw thousands of Flamingos. In late afternoon we move to the beautiful lake naivasha for spotting some hippos. After that we went to hell’s gate for riding a 16km street of bicycle with our cycle guide Joseph, it was. Mesmerizing experience
Day 4: Early morning drive to lake naivaisha, where we are accompanied by a boat driver who takes us around the lake naivasha, lastly we had a beautiful beautiful by walking extremely close to some beautiful water bucks, giraffes, wilder beasts, gazelles and zebras
Day 5: early morning longgggggg journey to the world famous Masai Mara to watch some big cats... we reached in late afternoon for lunch and went for an evening game drive where we spotted leopards & a full cheetah family.
Day 6: having game drives and our breakfast and lunch in the middle of a jungle! What an experience !
Super super super thank you to Explorer Kenya team & Jonathan who is not your average safari guide but a guy who really wants you to have the best of time while you are there.
Whatever you need in Kenya just ask Jonathan and his connections would fix you up.
Loved the trip, a memorable honeymoon.
We still have a day to go, we are now on our way to Nairobi for a PCR test and taking the flight back tomorrow for our home countries.
Email Ignacio García | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Very professional, with experience and excellent knowledge of the field.
I went with my family to Massai Mara for a weekend and everything went very well. We had a kind and professional driver, in control all the time. He adapted to our requests and made things easy for us, eventually seeing all the animals we wanted to see.
Email Tess | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great experience with ranger Jonathan!
We had a really nice experience with Explorer Kenya and our ranger Jonathan. He was really such a sweet and relaxed person, we had a great time with him. It was very nice to see that he was also still excited to see the animals - even after his 18 years of experience. No complaints at all. Would highly recommend!
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Email Dianne | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
September 2021 Kenya Safari
Fabulous!
Just coming to the conclusion of our ten day Safari, I can only give the trip, our drivers and the planning a five star rating! It has been terrific! Njinu our driver/guide, along with Jonathon and Douglas were all so wonderful. As needs arose help was right there. Without hesitation Our guide was there with answers and educational material. My knowledge was expanded exponentially! I really cannot recommend the company, ‘Explorer Kenya’ more highly. It is not possible to completely explore a place without a helpful tour guide who knows everything about the place. We were very lucky to have someone like Njinu who was so knowledgeable.
All our vacations are made better by an experienced and friendly tour guides who provide us with all the information about the place and enlighten us on the history and culture of the region.
Please accept our heartfelt gratitude for being such a great hosts and wonderful tour guides. You took us to places we hardly had any idea about. You and this trip will be etched out in our memories forever.
Dianne Cohn