JOCKY TOURS TEAM
Jocky Tours and Safaris
- Office In:
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 2002)
- Member Of:
- AMREF & KWS
- Tour Types:
- Custom budget & mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $50 to $200 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
for a custom tour
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Reviews
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Email Duri | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very dedicated and passionate about his work.
I had a great 5day safari. The Masai Mara was incredible. The accomodations and the food were always good. Our guide Dickson is a skilled driver who knows exactly where to spot all the different kinds of wildlife. He's also very knowledgeable and full with energy and joy.
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Email Andy | Experience level: first safari
Got to see a lot of different animals
Jocky Tours placed us with individuals from other groups in a Jeep with a guide called Kikitu. Kikitu was a wonderful tour guide! He is very well-connected with the other guides in the area, so he was able to communicate constantly and find the animals we came to see. We saw all Big Five in just 2 game drives with him! His English is excellent, and he is very knowledgeable about the flora and fauna in the area. I appreciate how he aptly answered all the questions I plied him with. Note that he does play some very loud local remix radio as he drives (which I did not mind, preferring that he be comfortable on the long drives from the city). Additionally, the seatbelts in the back seats do not work, so be doubly prepared for some bumpy journeys (as you would with any other safari group)!
Kikitu is extremely charismatic and well-liked by everyone we met in Kenya! Our Jeep quickly became accustomed to expecting him to talk enthusiastically with everyone we encountered. He would also help other tour guides find the main road or get out of a ditch. He goes the extra length to ensure your tour is efficiently conducted, by clearly explaining the next day's itinerary at the end of each day. On our last day, he also worked to ensure that we were placed with another driver taking a more efficient route back to Nairobi (rather than having us remain with our original group, many of whom were heading to another destination).
We never felt pressured by him to partake in any particular activity he had in the itinerary (we did not want to go to the Maasai Village, for example), and he never questioned or pushed us otherwise, which I greatly appreciated in contrast to much of Kenya's hustle culture. That said, PLEASE do your own research to ensure that the itinerary items are activities worth your personal time and funds. When a tour company arranges your itinerary (with activities involving particular groups or 3rd party companies), your only freedom is the right to decline, if you suspect any part of not being worth the price. We ran into some issues with Jocky Tours in the beginning at their office when they forgot which hotels/lodges we'd negotiated with them, and subsequently refused to honor the price we had previously agreed to. It took over half an hour and showing them multiple conversations on email and WhatsApp for them to finally honor our original tour. I appreciate that they eventually came around, but would have much rather preferred (and indeed had expected) everything to have already been set and prepared beforehand, as already agreed. We were understandably very anxious upon being told at first that our safari wasn't going to work as planned, the very morning of our planned departure!!
Tour company aside, I enjoyed my time with our guide Kikitu very much and would highly recommend him to any tourist, if you could get him!
Email Beth | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The most amazing experience!
We did the 5 day 4 night safari package and it was one of the most amazing experiences we have had. Solomon our guide was outstanding. He was so patient and stopped for as long as we wanted to see the animals. His 15+ years of experience showed throughout the 5 days and his knowledge on animals and areas we visited was incredible!
We managed to see 4/5 the big 5 and Solomon made sure to get as close and as safe to the animals to fully experience the true beauty of them! We even managed to see a cheetah and her 4 cubs eat their breakfast!
We had a chance to visit one of the Masai Mara tribes and would advise anyone doing the tour to pay the additional $20 to experience this and learn about their cultures!
We also did the nature walk additionally for $30 at naivasha. This allowed us to walk around the Crescent island game sanctuary with a guide and was in near touching distance of giraffes, zebras and many more animals. This was so exciting to experience!
I celebrated my 30th birthday whilst on the trip and Solomon even got me a birthday cake and had one of our lunch stops sing to me African style. This showed how thoughtful he was throughout our whole trip!
Jocky Tours where very reliant with communication and would normally reply within a matter of hours! We did the budget safari and this was an incredible value for money!
Beth & Navi- UK
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Email Rika | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
It was amazing tour
We went to the safari for half a day and a full day, the entrance fee is expensive, but it is better to go to safari as long as you stay there. We could also see different points of view and animals. Thanks to our divers Albert ;)
JP
Email Alice | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing safari tour!
We could see lots of animals like lion, cheetah, elephant and so on. It was unforgettable moments ever. Our guide driver Albert, he explained every animals and try to get close. He was amazing. Camp site was also nice, just we couldn’t use electricity in our own room so we needed to go to kitchen to charge our mobiles and camera but it’s still acceptable.
But we booked a car which can ride max 6ppl but actually it was 8people.
We were 4ppl group so 6 and 8 was big deference. If they explained before we would booked private one.
Anyway at total it was amazing trip, thank you so much!! Special thanks to Albert:)))
JP
Email Erika | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
kind and good management skill
we had amazing tour.
tour guide Alex was kind.
We could see many animals and on time all the time.
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Email Morris | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Jockey tours were easy to communicate with, clear about what the tour offered, and flexible. See
The tour operators where easy to communicate with, clear about the experiences available, and we're flexible to allow you to do exactly what you wanted. Cannot say enough about our tour guide that we spent every day with. Our guide, Johnny Jackson, was very knowledgable about every place we went and worked endlessly to get us the best experiences possible. Would highly recommend!
Email Roger | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Jockey Tours - superb company to deal with
Jockey Tours were superb, I could not fault them. My wife and I booked their 4 day 3 night safari to the Masai Mara in Jan 2023, and despite the price for entry to the park being increased massively, Jockey Tours very kindly agreed to honour the original price that they had quoted for our safari - which they didn’t have to do. We were fortunate that the guide/driver that Jockey Tours provided us was Julius, who was simply FIRST RATE. His knowledge, personality and general demeanour was so good it is impossible to put into words. I have no hesitation in recommending Jockey Tours and Julius, and will definitely be using them again.
Email Lyn | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent
We had the most amazing safari . Made extra special by our guide Julius . He was 1st class the whole time . He was a delight to be around . So respectful and kind and an amazing person . He was so informative and went above and beyond making our safari 1st class . We would certainly request him again when we do another safari . Thank you Julius , Thank you Jockys Tours
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Email Karim | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
5-star life experience with our guide Solomon
The 5 days safari with jocky tours was by far our best experience ever! 5 days full of adventure where we did Safari , game drives , boat ride , cycling and hiking.
Our guide Solomon made sure to make our experience unforgettable, he is a very knowledgeable and humble person , he answered all our questions and even explained a lot of details about the local life in Masai . He was very patient with us and made sure to take action when we requested something ( for example he bought a WiFi package and shared it with us ). We also appreciate the extra effort he made to make our experience even better : for the full masai mara day we were supposed to go back at 16h but our guide did extra hours to show us even more animals ( watching baby lions with the sunset will stick in my head for a while ).
First 2 days we were amazed by the beauty of Masai Mara Parc, we almost saw every possible animal there except the leopard, but we were lucky enough to witness some great things like group of lions hunting, a group of Cheetah eating fresh food , like baby lions ect .. 3rd day we visited the Masai village where we got close to the local people and learned about their life . 4th day we spend it in lake Nakuru where we saw tons of beautiful birds and we had a nice boat ride in lake Naivasha in the afternoon
5th day was a nice cycling experience in hells gate and we finished with a nice hiking experience
In total we did everything that was promised in the package ( we had to pay extra for some activities that were not included in the plan but it was definitely worth it )
I would definitely recommend this experience and you would be lucky if your guide is Solomon