Africa Travel Waves Safaris
- Located In:
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 1997)
- Member Of:
- Kenya Association of Tour Operators
- Tour Types:
- Customizable private tours and fixed group tours
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $120 to $450 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
AE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great experience!
My friend and I travelled with this group for a 5 day safari in the Masai Mara. Edwina is extremely helpful and accommodating and also makes some really cool suggestions. In our 5 days we flew from Nairobi into the Masai Mara, stayed at 3 different amazing lodges and went on safari every morning and afternoon to different areas. We also did the hot air balloon ride followed by a champagne brunch! We have recommended them to many of our friends since and they have never failed to satisfy! 5 stars plus! Not to be missed!
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
excellent tour of Nairobi national park
I had a great experience with Africa travel waves. My driver/guide Tom was extremely knowledgeable about the animals and knew how to find them. Their pop-up roof Jeep was great, I had an awesome view of all the animals. Tom radioed with the other guides in the park and as a result we saw 4 lions, which was incredible. I can't recommend Africa travel waves highly enough. They were also more reasonably priced than the other options I researched.
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Email Paul M. | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful vacation with beautiful sites and accommodations.
African Travel Waves Safari did everything they said and then some. We had excellent communications prior to our trip and they accommodated all of our requests. They were prompt, polite and very knowledgeable about what is needed in a successful safari. We traveled to three parks and the lodging and meals were wonderful. The game drives were excellent and we saw many many African animals up close. Our driver, Tom was a great guide for us. He knew what, where and when to look for all the animals we saw. I would recommend them without hesitation. Paul and Kris.
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
What an amazing experience and service!
Through connection, we got hold Edwina Ngigi, the travel agent for Africa Travel Safaris and we are glad we did do business with her. Three families from San Diego, CA got connected with her and we had several skype meetings to customize the 2-week Safari tour for us. The agent was very courteous and educative to prepare us for the tour. The agent was very considerate in accommodating our vegetarian meal needs and in taking care of the group of 13 starting from and to Nairobi airport for a total of 16 days. Those 16 days of experience was amazing with quality of safari, knowledgeable drivers and guides, plenty of choice of food for each meal, morning and evening safaris, comfortable vehicles, arrangement of visas to cross between Tanzania and Kenya, etc. Overall, our 13-member group had fantastic experience (one in life time) and strongly recommend using this company for future Safari tours
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Email Wojciech | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Greatly organized safari with tremendous guides
We enjoyed very much an over two weeks safari organised by Safari Travel Waves in Kenya and Tanzania . Our drivers/guides Tom and Thomas were extremely nice and helpful trying to show as much as possible of the National Parks beauty and wildness . The trip was very well prepared and everything was working according the previously agreed with Edwina and her team precise schedule and budget . Edwina was extremely patient answering to all our questions prior to our arrival .We strongly recommend Africa Travel Ways as your tourist agent for wonderful holidays in Africa.
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Email Marika | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Superb safari experience
My families safari was the best. Lots of animals, good service and excellent food. Would recommend Africa Travel Waves to my friends.
SE
Email Anna and Agnieszka | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The unforgettable experience!
Our combined Kenya/Tanzania tour turned out to be a great adventure with superb guides and drivers, especially Tom in Kenya! The organization of the tour was excellent thanks to Edwina and she was extremely helpful in customizing our almost three weeks long trip by adding extra safari days and destinations and adjusting it perfectly to our budget. Edwina responded also very quickly to any questions and concerns we had before the trip. And when we arrived she even took an extra round to the airport to pick up our delayed luggage so we could start our vacation as soon as possible.
The lodges were all selected not only for comfort but above all for views and proximity to animals. Days were filled with wildlife watching, very successful too. Tom, as mentioned, was a great guide, great with finding animals for us, but we also appreciate very much his driving skills (we felt safe at all times on the African roads).
All in all, this was a great trip and we sincerely recommend Africa Travel Waves Safaris as tour operator in Africa. We hope we get the chance to travel with them again!
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Email ashfsk | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful experience
I took the 8 days safari with travel waves. Initially, I was a bit skeptical since they required me to make a deposit for the booking. This is the norm among the tour operators in Africa. so don't be alarmed. I did do some research before paying the deposit. They are registered with KATO which always is a good sign. Once I landed, Edwina was there to receive me. Tom was our guide and he was great. Both Edwina and Tom were extremely professional. Tom was extremely knowledgeable about the wildlife. All the accommodation bookings had been done and I did not have any trouble on the tour. Moreover, the tour was within my budget. Overall a great experience and I highly recommend Travel Waves. One improvement I can think of is the vehicle which seemed quite old. Everything else was perfect.
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Email Jan Horvat | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent organisation
My wife and I had a really great time at our 3 day safari to Masai Mara. We had quite a few problems with our flight to Nairobi being cancelled, and Edwina put a really tremendous effort in accommodating all the changes that appeared as a result. Since our luggage has been misplaced by an airline company, she even took care and get it for us from the airport while we were at the safari. At the end, safari was organised perfectly and we saw almost all the possible animals that are to see in Masai Mara (even Leopard!). We stayed in a nice, clean camp, food that was prepared for us was also excellent.
I would also like to mention Tom, our driver, who was really kind and always in a good humor and is also very knowledgeable, not just about Masai Mara and animals but Kenya in general, which was a great plus for me.
I will definitely use this operator next time when I'm Kenya and would definitely recommend it to anyone.
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Email Vidya | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Customized, Targeted and Great Safari
We traveled as a group of 3 families (with kids from 10years to teen adults) and did our safari in Aug3-13 2018. We tailored and customized our safaris to fit the likes of three families ranging from 2 families on their first safari and third family on their 5th safari focused on wildlife Photography. We chose the three parks - Masai Mara, NAkuru and Laikipia
Organization, Service, communications : Perfect from day one (a year back in AUg2017) when we started looking at the options to the day we left, communications, service were excellent. Edwina did a great job of keeping us in loop and even arranged an additional birding guide in our car for us (Francis was excellent). Tom was our guide / driver, excellent in guiding and took great pleasure in meeting customer expectations. This year was unique in the sense that the migration arrived late, and when we saw the crossing, Tom exhaled and you can see he was carrying our wishes on his sleeve.
We did not stay at the crossing but always looking for other animals but Tom kept in constant touch with other drivers if there was any gathering of animals near the crossing points - he also took a lot of effort to locate cats, birds and had the pleasure of going to the Kenya-Tanzania border. Tom, Thanks for the wonderfull safari.
Overall we would love to go back again and would not hesitate to use Africa Travel Waves