The team
Karibu Safaris In Kenya
- Located In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 1986)
- Member Of:
- KATO, Tourism Regulatory Authority & Eco Toursm Kenya
- Tour Types:
- Small & medium group tours (Mid-range & luxury)
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $80 to $280 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Mohamed ElAttar | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Over expected
The guide (James) was excellent. He showed us all. The accomodation was decent. The food was satisfactory.
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Email Benjamin | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great safari experience but don’t underestimate the budget level of the accommodation/transport
We did the 6-Day Magnificent Best of Kenya Safari with Karibu, visiting the Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru and Amboseli.
Communication was good - office was reactive responding to emails. On the first day they picked us up from the hotel, drove us to an ATM then we handed over the cash in the car outside the office. We were not invited inside and there is apparently no toilet available for use.
Our driver Edward was friendly, deeply knowledgeable on the wildlife and highly experienced with navigating the parks, showing us a fantastic variety of animals. He worked tirelessly over the 6 days. Only suggestion for improvement would be to offer more frequent toilet breaks. Indeed Edward would stop briefly for a roadside wee whereas our toilet breaks were less frequent and fixed at souvenir gift shops!
It was frustrating that Karibu mixed people on different tours, staying in different standards of accommodation meaning we wasted a lot of time doing detours and waiting around for people. On two game drives they crammed 7 people into the van, which made the experience much less enjoyable. The 12+ hour day travelling from Lake Nakuru to Amboseli (with a stop on the outskirts of Nairobi to pick up more people) was brutal especially as the accommodation awaiting us at Amboseli was the lowest standard of the three.
The meals were generally of a decent standard but lacking somewhat in variety. Limited selection of alcoholic drinks were available for purchase. At each accommodation there were inflated prices for bottled water so it is advised to make the most of the bottles provided by the driver. Breakfast was always rushed (30 minutes between breakfast being served and departure with all luggage).
Enchoro Wildlife Camp Masai Mara – Nice camp with spacious tents. Electricity run off generator limited to fixed times in morning and evening. Beer available but not chilled.
Hotel Citymax – Budget hotel with nice evening meal. No alcoholic drinks for purchase but option to source your own beer in the town and drink in the hotel. Roof terrace available.
Kimana Amboseli Camp – Tatty and rundown camp. Small tents. Holes in mosquito nets. Decent food and cold beer available.
Optional activities were nice to pass the time:
- Masai Mara Village Visit - $10 USD
- Lake Naivasha Boat Trip - $20 USD
- Amboseli Sunrise/Sunset Nature Walk - $10 USD
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Email Nermeen | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent trip
It's amazing trip with a very professional but yet sup friendly guide - jams-
Good choice for places to visit and value hotels vs the price with professional stuff..
The masai camp was a very special experience.. Peoples was very friendly and helpful
Safari tour itself was unbelievable and unforgettable.. Weather was amazing and views was spectacular..
Briefly.. I was happy to be there, and I wish to go back and take my kids next time.. Thank jems to make this trip over expectations
Great budget safari
We did a 5 day safari tour with James
We got to see the big 5 and the ugly 5.It was all posdible thanks to James and his co-workers that were constantly communiting by radio to make us all get the most of our safari.
For a budget tour we have no complaints.Planning already our next Afrikan trip.
Pre-communication before trip with Robert was excellent. Quick responses
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Email Aliona | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
It was an extremely bright and breathtaking tour to Kenya wildlife which feels like fresh air.
I'd like to thank Karibu Safaris for one of the greatest experiences I've ever had. The service was just excellent: communications were open and fair; logistics, hotels/camps and food are just fine for such trip, we always had enough drinking water. The group with whom we were travelling consisted only from 5 people which was great amount to feel comfortable in the car.
But the greatest words of gratitude I'd like to say to our guide James. He is not only an extremely professional driver, but he also told us so many interesting things about country, animals and other stuff. We managed to see the Big Five with him, he always was the first among all cars to see the animals, which allowed us without any hurry to enjoy what we see. Also he was always in a perfect mood making us smile even if we slept little. And the music in the car was so good, we shazamed most of the tracks, and now this music remind me of the trip we had.
I would highly recommend James to be your next guide! He managed to surprise us all way long in the most positive way.
Only one thing I'd change. This is the order of places we visited in our itinerary. The last reservation we visited was Amboselli, and in comparison with Masai Mara it was kinda boring, as there weren't many animals, so I'd recommend to visit it first when you'r still not got used to the nature and many animals.
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Email Stanislav | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Perfect safari experience. Highly recommended!
Guys, I was a week ago (actually less) in Kenia and booked the 7/6 Days Safari in Karibu Safaris. And I should say there were no problems at all! The route was almost as in brochure, the apartments were as in the pictures provided. But there was one thing, that was a lot more than expected. James the Guide is the best guides I've ever seen. He's polite, funny and did his utmost to help us to collect the Big Five. And we did it!
Great thanks and respect for Karibu Safaris, don't be afraid, they rules =)
Amazing safari with Karibu!
We had an absolutely amazing experience with Karibu safaris! Personally I think we got the best guide with Aruni. So experienced, knowledgeable, and friendly. He went out of his was to assure we got the best views of everything, and saw every animal we wanted including the big 5! Cant praise him enough and wish everyone would be lucky enough to travel with him. The last day we parted from Aruni and the group for our finally day of the tour and quickly learned we were in very safe hands with our next guide, victor. He was so welcoming and friendly and made the rest of the tour wonderful. Willing to go out of his way to meet all of our needs and felt like chatting with a friend. We feel to lucky to have met both Aruni and Victor and would recommend Karibu Safaris to anyone!
Email Tamara | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best safari experience - could ask for more !
Amazing experience and lovely staffs. They arranged for someone to come pick us up and drove us back after the safari. In addition, we had the most amazing guide, Aruni! A real passionate safari guide, ready to try everything for us to see all the animals with the best view - and we did, our pictures look amazing! He also answered all our questions about the animals and Kenya. Really nice guy and he knows his stuffs for sure !
Sadly as we were doing a 5 days safari instead of 6-7, we had to leave our group and guide .. thankfully, Victor (another guide for the same company) met us and finished the trip with us. Again, we were so luck to meet another amazing guide ! Funny, friendly, caring and passionate!
Both Aruni and Victor were EXCELLENT guide - I highly recommend joining them on their safari tour !
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Email Audrey | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
It was a wonderful experience in Kenya with Karibu Safari.
Communication were great , service also ( food , infos , accomodations..).
Also the visited areas and time spended there was perfect. Driving around with our guide aroni was always really nice and secure. Thanks for this organisation.
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Email Tom | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Perfect trip, all was super!
Communication was super, service was always perfect and our questions and askings were always good solved, the doorms were okay, the safari tour itself and our driver aroni were the best you can get in the world! I would book direct again and recommend this to everybody.