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Mwema Africa Safaris
- Located In:
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United States
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 2013)
- Tour Types:
- Custom budget & mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $65 to $250 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Bob | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A great experience from beginning to end
While we booked based on cost I don't know how a more expensive trip with a different tour operator could have delivered more. Our guide, Richard was the nicest guy and knew so much about the animals. We saw so many animals. I think we saw 35 lions between the three parks we visited.
A recommendation to anyone thinking of booking a trip... we booked a jeep and those things go through anything. We said repeatedly how glad we were not to have booked a van, it would have struggled in spots. So spend a little extra on the jeep and you will be glad you did.
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Email Stoyan | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent schedule, great driver, fantastic job!
We did MASAI MARA, LAKE NAKURU, LAKE NAIVASHA, AMBOSELI for five days and I must say we got the greatest service all the time. We chose Mwema for our mid-range safari and were so happy for our choice. The company made us feel safe which is important in Africa. All of our 'fine tuning adjustments' to the schedule were accepted. Our driver Paul was incredibly skilled and well-experienced. We rode a van instead of Land Cruiser, but never regret about that. Thank you Paul!.
This company is doing their job in a fantastic way, so if somebody wants to go to Kenya and see a great variety of animals, including Big five and Big nine, just connect Mwema and in the end will be happy with the price, hotels, service and the great driver Paul!
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Email Malay | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Outstanding!
We chose Mwema Africa Safaris for our customized our 2-week wildlife trip through Kenya & Tanzania. During this tour we covered Masaimara, Lake Nakuru and Amboseli in Kenya and Lake Manyara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro in Tanzania. While finalizing the itinerary, Simon helped us immensely in deciding about the hotels and game rides. Richard was our driver/ guide/ naturalist/ friend for the Kenyan side. He was enthusiastic, proactive and excellent at spotting wildlife. We spotted nearly everything that we dreamt of. However, our desire to witness the Great Migration was fulfilled only at Serengeti. In our Tanzanian leg, we had the energetic company of Haji who doubled up as our driver cum naturalist. We thoroughly enjoyed our trip and that was possible because of Mwema Africa Safaris. Looking forward to many more explorations in the African continent.
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Email Roy | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
A Trip of a Lifetime with the amazing MWEMA Africa Safaris.
A Trip of a Lifetime with the amazing MWEMA Africa Safaris. We wanted a customized Wildlife Trip to Kenya
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Email Katia Fontanella | 65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Very helpful, accurate, friendly, competent.
We know Mwema Africa Safari since 2018 : Simon (Mweman Africa Safari chief) organized our safari that August and everything went perfectly. So I contacted him also this time, knowing his courtesy and his proficiency, and my expectations have been fully satisfied.
We spent 2 days in Masai Mara National Reserve, 2 days in Nakuru National Park and 1 day in Nairobi National Park with our fantastic driver Paul. We saw many many animals: big fives, birds, crocodiles, and so on.
Than we had an other 1 night safari in Tsavo East, with other amazing, nice, funny driver Rashid. Also this mini safari was fantastic: this park is so wonderful for its particular colours and you can see all the wild beasts you can imagine.
Simon and his staff are special : they lhave a special gift: they understand what you needs, they advise you about the best solutions to link your wishes and best prices. They're always present on Whatsapp or phone to solve any problem could happen during your stay. They can help you also for transfers, if you need.
Now I'm home, our adventure is finished, unfortunatly, and I'm already thinking what I can ask Simon to plan for next time.
Thank you Simon and Mwema Africa Safari, from the bottom of my heart.
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Email Karina | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Safari of a lifetime!
We went on a 6 day safari in Masai Mara, Amboseli, Lake Naivasha and Tsavo east. We can not recommend it enough! Our driver Paul was professional and accommodating. We did not only see animals and nature, but also a lot of “ordinary“ Kenya.
Paul was extremely knowledgeable about the parks and where the different animals where located. We felt throughout the whole safari that Paul really tried to make the trip the best experience for us.
We have learned a lot, not only about animals, but also about Kenyan culture though Paul.
The parks are located quite far from each other. The itinerary we were presented underestimated the driving times.
Otherwise we are in awe of Kenya and are still thinking back on our all our wonderful experiences!
This safari was really an experience of a lifetime. We highly recommend Paul and Mwema Africa Safaris.
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Email Vitaly | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent organization and the best safari in Kenya!
We arrived in Nairobi on January 01, 2024. By agreement, our guide and driver Eric were waiting for us at the meeting place. Everything was exactly at the specified time. Special thanks to Eric for his punctuality throughout the route! On the first day, we headed from Nairobi to our parking place and overnight near the Masai Mara Park. We visited the Masai village. It was interesting, but a little uncomfortable because of the poor and very natural lifestyle of these people. I hope that their lives will change for the better soon.
The next day was completely dedicated to the Masai Mara Park. In which, thanks to Eric, we were lucky enough to see a pride of lions, hyenas, cheetahs, warthogs, elephants, giraffes, ostriches, buffaloes, hippos, many antelopes, zebras and wildebeest. This is only the main part of the animal world that we have encountered. At certain points, thanks to our excellent guide Eric, we were alone on the road, which the giraffe was crossing importantly. They also saw a herd of elephants very close, and there was not a single car around. To summarize the first day of the safari: we saw three animals from the Big Five! Special thanks to Eric for the interesting and informative stories about the animal world and the life of Kenyans!
The next day we visited Lake Naivasha with amazing hippos in the water and an amazing island that turned out to be almost a contact zoo! Since there are no predators there, the safari was on foot. In this place, you can get very close (within reasonable limits) and look at zebras, giraffes, antelopes and wildebeest. There are also a lot of birds there! Wonderful and enthusiastic impressions of this place!!!
After breakfast and another transfer, we found ourselves at a park overlooking the majestic Mount Kilimanjaro. There is a new excellent Amboseli Park here. On an afternoon safari, we met elephants, giraffes, zebras and many other funny animals.
In the morning, the clouds around Kilimandaro parted and we managed to take wonderful pictures against the background of the snow cap of this highest mountain in Africa!
And our further way lay to East Tsavo Park. And here we were waiting for two discoveries: first, it turns out that there are red elephants, and secondly, we saw the world's smallest antelope Dikdiki.
This is the end of our wonderful safari. And despite the fact that we didn't manage to see the whole Big Five, we hope to come back and do it again!
All the crossings were not very tedious, despite the fact that we drove a total of 1,500 km. The food and accommodation in all places of overnight stays are good. In some cases, we were even just the two of us! :)
Thanks to Mwema Africa Safaris for the excellent organization and great experiences!!! Special thanks to our super driver Eric!
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Email Qazale | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Perfect
I had the best travel experience with this group. My driver's name was Richard, an extraordinary man with whom I experienced the best safari ever, filled with patience and kindness.
Email Beth & Caleb | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Brilliant - great communication throughout
From the second Simon sent through our original quote, everything was so easy. Simon helped me to upgrade a few of our lodges, so we built ourselves a custom package, which was absolutely perfect. Starting in a beautiful tented-campsite near the Masai Mara, and finishing in the most breath taking lodge near Amboseli. Simon also passed on our dietary requirements and all of the camps looked after us very well.
Our guide/driver was Paul, who was so welcoming. Paul was able to answer all of our questions, ensured we took lots of great photos and made sure we felt safe at all times during the trip. Paul is charismatic and great fun to hang out with.
Thanks so much for our amazing safari - we hope to be back very soon!
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Email J S | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Safari with small kid with Mwema
Communicated with Simon while we were still in USA via WhatsApp.. he was good in explaining all the intricacies and details of this safari trip. When landed at NBO, his assigned Tour guide / driver Mr. Richard picked us up from Airport and we were on our way to Masaai Mara. Richard was very good and knowledgeable. He made us comfortable and spoke perfect English. He spotted animals and other key things to see which we would have never spotted. Driving skill wise he was good and not aggressive on road which is how we like it to be. We needed some help mid safari and Mr. Simon was able to help us out and modify trip accordingly. We selected mid option for stay between budget and Luxury and were generally happy with the camps..Throughout the trip Richard was happy to stop wherever we wanted for pictures and even went back as we forgot our charger in one of our camp. Overall we are very happy and would recommend them to anyone looking for good safari. PS Simon is USA based to its easy to deal with for USD transfer, etc
