Baboon Budget Safaris ltd Team
Baboon Budget Safaris
- Located In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2006)
- Member Of:
- KATO, KTB & Ministry Of Tourism
- Tour Types:
- Custom budget & mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $100 to $700 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
RU
Email Anna | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very professional and friendly
Good evening 🧚♀️
We want to say HUGE THANKS FOR our guide ANTHONY!!! for his professionalism, hospitality, care about us!!! Everything was perfect and so friendly!!!
Thank you so much for the right choice of place for our accommodation and everything!!!
Anna and Timo
US
Email Emily | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The tour operator was professional, attentive, respectful and knowledgeable.
Jason was hands down the best safari guide in the park. Words can’t describe how special he made our safari experience. We are forever grateful for his expertise, adaptability and kindness. #Big5Forever
HU
Email Emese | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Everything was professional.
After the reservation, the communication worked perfectly. All my questions were answered immediately. We were satisfied with the service in terms of value for money.The accommodations and food were fine.
Our guide, Anthony, was very kind and professional. He always solved any problems during the tour. He tried to make us enjoy the safari and see as many animals as possible.
HK
Email Chan | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great Safari Experience
This is our first safari experience. We were a bit lost and did and a lot of researches! Eventually we chose to go with Baboon since Dennis was very responsive when we inquired about the tours.
We went for a 6 days budget tour that includes Maasai Mara, Lake Nukuru and Amboseli. Visit to Maasai Village and Lake Naivasha was optional.
We saw Big4 and a lot of other animals in Maasai Mara, our guide Sammy has excellent eyes for animals and told us a lot of fun facts about the animals. April is a good time for spotting a lot of new born babies, baby lions and elephants are absolutely cute. In Lake Naivasha you can see many birds and hippos but I think it's optional. In Lake Nakuru we found rhino finally but there are not much else to see. Amboseli there are not as many animals as Maasai Mara but they all peacefully stay together on the grass field (it's like a heaven there) which was a very different experience from Maasai Mara. If you like elephants, definitely go to Amboseli because there are hundreds of them!
Accomodation was basic but we had everything we needed. There are only a few hours of electricity in Minti Eco camp but everyone had their electronics well charged. You need to turn water on for about 10 mins for warm water but water is so scarce in Africa so a lot of people just had cold shower. Food was great. City Max hotel was excellent with hot shower, excellent food and very friendly staff. Kimana Camp has a stunning view towards the Mt. Kilimanjaro which was fantastic.
It will be a long drive between the places so be prepared. Or we might also suggest to do 3 days Maasai Mara tour first, and if you think it's not enough, you can join separate tours for Amboseli since they are not really in the same area. Also Maasai Village is definitely an excellent experience but they try to sell you jewelry 10 times of the price they should be. Feel free to say no and buy them at the market directly if you want.
All in all we think it's been a fantastic safari experience for us. Thanks Sammy and Dennis! Would definitely come back again!
SK
Email Rastislav | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
3 days Maasai Mara
I would like to thank this way to the Baboon Budget Safaris company which has provided a great experience in Maasai Mara reserve. We have booked a private 3 day safari and it was incredible. Special thanks to the driver and guide Mr. Ambros, not only that he is very experienced driver, also knows everything about animals. I am very grateful. I would also want to thank Mr. Teddy, who has taken care of us after the safari. Hope to see you again, keep it up guys :)
Rastislav from Slovakia
Email Matt | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great service at budget prices
We did a 10 day safari with baboon budget through Kenya and Tanzania . We visited Masai mara , Lake Nakuru , Ambroselli , Lake Manyara , Serengeti & Ngoro ngoro crater . Saw the big 5 and much much more . Camping most nights but nice tents , good food and great guides - highly recommended for the price . We also booked our Kilimanjaro climb through baboon budget which again was great value for money and well organised . If you want a budget safari look no further !
NL
Email Rogier and Izee | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
We had a great adventure!
We had a really good and experience. we had a 4 day safari to masai mara and lake nakuru. excelent driver and gide (ask for Stanley). we saw the big 5, we had a very nice stay in the tent and hotel. and the price was fair. thank you so much for the safe and nice safari we had.
Rogier and Izee, the netherlands
NL
Email Gigi | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
7-days budget trip
Just finished the Kenya trip. On the back to NL. When the memory still fresh: I chose tbe budget 7 day safari trip via Mojhi.com: Nairobi - Masai Mara- Nakuru - Amboseli - Naivasha - Nairobi. If this is not your first time, no need to go via Mojhi (they charge 10% fee), but since it was my first time alone in Kenya and due to lack of trust in the varied quotes and quality from local travel companies, I did it via Mojhi and the fee was worth it. I was grouped with other six people (fortunately they were all very lovely which was obviously very important). The first two nights in Maaisa Mara was in a campsite (as I chose): in my tent there was no hot water for shower the first night, but in general a good experience, the sky in the night was amazing, btw, no internet in campsites (no surprise), there was mosquito net but I still got bitten a lot, mosquito spray is a MUST; one night in Nauru was in a hotel with 3- star hotel condition (with WiFi); in Amboseli it was campsite again but operated differently; till the last destination to Naivasha I was the only one left (other people in my group had shorter program), so got a private tour. Got to say it was pretty decent that the service quality remained the same: I wanted to take a walk in the town of Naivasha and didn’t plan to bother the guide (Bonifse if I spelled it correctly) since he had been driving long hours and it was not in the program, but he insisted to come along which turned out to be very necessary: there were not many tourists going into the town, I was stared by people along the way, some drink guys on the street were saying something (I suspected not nice things) and my guide now turned to a security guard. The hotel in Naivasha was decent too. Last day when I was brought back to Nairobi, my program officially ended, but since my flight was in the midnight, there were still a couple of hours so my guide arranged a smaller car and another driver Teddy showed me around a bit of Nairobi for free and dropped me off at the airport in the evening. Very happy with it. Had a pleasent chat with Teddy. Coming to the driver+guide, ours Bonifse was very punctual (actually he was one hour earlier to pick me up the first day because he took the traffic jam into account in the morning), not super talkative but very responsible person. Man, the roads conditions were tough especially in Amboseli. Be prepared.
Got to say the trip with Baboo was a good one, felt taken care of, turely enjoyed it.
TH
Email Haty | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
it was amazing trip with Baboon Safari.
i really enjoy this trip, especially the driver. he has a strong power and skill to drive on the road in Masai Mara which lot of muddy, not flat way but we pass throug it smoothly. he try to drive to find animal without exhausted.
CA
Email Larisa and Clint | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Experience of a lifetime! Knowledgeable, fun, and hard working drivers above and beyond expectations
My husband and I booked an 11 day custom private safari tour in Kenya and Tanzania for our honeymoon and the experiences we had were above and beyond our expectations all the way from initial airport pick up to drop off! We chose baboon budget because they were recommend by my cousin that used them for his family’s safari in 2017.
From the start, they did not miss a single detail, and even arranged to have a trail of rose petals in our room in our first hotel to celebrate our honeymoon!
The Game parks in Kenya included Maasai Mara, lake Nakuru, Naivasha, and Amboseli. Each one was a very unique experience, all were beautiful. scenic, and filled with a variety of animals. The Lodges we stayed at were high end despite being a budget trip, and beautiful and all had incredible views and great service and the dinner and breakfast menus were delicious.
Anthony, our driver in Kenya was great to talk to, extremely knowledgeable, seemed to have lots of experience in each game park. He was very pleasant and easy going despite having to drive us around for many hours each day sometimes on very bumpy roads. He always took us where we wanted to go quickly and would surprise us with animals we were hoping to see but thought would be too difficult to find. He was always able to spot animals that were hiding and he educated us on animals facts and Kenyan culture. I would definitely request Anthony if we were to return to Kenya.
After Kenya we were transferred to Tanzania by bus. Once again everything was organized and we did not have to worry about getting a ride to our next destination since the drivers found us. Our driver in Tanzania (Godfrey - from Seven wonders - but also organized through baboon budget) was fantastic as well. We had a great time talking to him on our safaris and asking him questions. We visited Lake Manyara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro crater. All were very different and I recommend all three. He also took us to a remote hot springs in Moshi that was a bit out of the way on a road that was very hard to find. Every request we had when booking a month before from canada was met and exceeded our expectations.
On our last day in Africa we had a 10 hour layover in Nairobi. Boniferas was our driver and he spent all day driving us around to the giraffe centre, various markets, malls, parks, and carnivore restaurant for dinner before finally dropping us off at the airport with great timing! He was very personable and professional. He made our last day fantastic as well.
I highly recommend this tour company for any safaris in Kenya or Kenya and Tanzania. I have so many great things to say about our time in Africa and baboon budget safaris played a vital role in making our honeymoon perfect! We had just come from Uganda and Rwanda, and although we saw amazing things in those two beautiful countries, the tour company there did not even compare to baboon budget safaris.
