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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:
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KE
- Price Range:
- $50 to $200 ppper person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
for a custom tour
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Reviews
Email Celine | under20 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Informative and helpful
Our drivers were happy to tell us facts about the animals we saw on our safaris. We felt safe, and the tour ran smoothly. Masai Mara was beautiful, and I’m happy they shared it with us. Excellent service as well, they allow you to charge your phone if needed. And the car has good leg space :)
Email Elias | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
He was very jovial, and explained very well when we had any questions
It was lovely. Our guide Jimmy was great with Great with explaining about each of the animals we encountered in the savanna.
Email Ioannis | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing experience
Everything according to the plan. Our guide-driver James put his best to satisfy us looking all the time for animals and knowing the area very well was easy for him to spot them.
Email Nuno | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful Safari Tour
We have booked Jocky Tours & Safaris as it seemed the best price for the value, and it indeed fulfilled our expectations.
We have done 6 days of Safari and visited 3 locations. Each day we have seen many animals and took some amazing photos.
Our guide, Jeff, was always accomodating to our needs and wishes and is very knowledgeble about the animals and their way of living.
The accomodation at all three locations was pleasant, there was a variety of food offered for each meal.
Overall was the safari tour very enjoyable experience, I would certainly highly recommend Jocky Tours & Safaris and their guide Jeff!!!
Email Vishal | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An amazing trip, well organised
Our guide was Johnny and he was fantastic.
He was a extremely helpful and knowledgeable of the Masai Mara park…
He ensured that we saw the Big 5 and alll the other animals in the Park.
He made the entire trip memorable for lifetime.
Cheers my friend
Email Navjit | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
amazing
He was very cheerful, helping and fun to ride with. We really had a great time. All thanks to our guide Johny. Would surely recommend this trip to everyone.....
Email Emmet | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A brilliant safari company which is great value
A brilliant safari company in which our guide Moses done everything he could to make sure we seen every animal possible and also done everything he could to get us as close to the animals as he could. Very helpful and informative. Would definitely book again.
Email Mary Meehan | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best safari tour operator in Kenya!
Excellent tour operator to deal with from start to finish! Collected us at our hotel on Nairobi and were so helpful with luggage and logistics of the 4 day safari we booked, (3 day Massai Mara and 1 day Lake Nakuru). So reasonably priced for what you get! Our guide was absolutely outstanding, made every effort to get us close to the big 5 in action and made sure everyone was happy and safe! He gave us great insights to how the animals lived and their individual profiles! Allowed us get the best views and pictures! Thank you Jocky Tours!!
Email Taylor | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Caring
An overall fantastic experience. This was my first safari and with a limited budget and only two days, this was EXACTLY what we were looking for. On the first day, the vehicle’s radiator blew, but luckily we were still in Nairobi and within an hour, they had switched the vehicle for another and we were on our way. The company even compensated us with an extra hour game drive for the inconvenience and time lost. The safari itself was incredible. We saw lions, elephants, buffalos, giraffes, warthogs, zebras, antelope and even a rhino (apparently a super rare thing). Andrew was professional and very caring. He handled all the logistics like pick-ups and drop-offs very well. He even helped us buy our bus ticket to Kampala on the trip for the day we returned to Nairobi. Although there were issues with the bus ticket, he saw to it that it was rectified as much as possible. The Lenchada budget tent camp was rustic but very charming. The beds in the tents were comfortable and we got a great nights sleep. I would highly recommend this experience and this tour guide to anyone looking to do a quick and affordable safari.
Email Katie | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing experience & service! Thanks Richard!
We did a 6- day shared safari and highly recommend Jocky tours for their responsiveness, kindness, and the full safari experience. What a great value!!
From the very beginning Minneh and Eric were very quick to answer all of our questions and organize the reservation and pickup at our Nairobi hotel.
We were in a shared 4x4 Toyota Land Cruiser (9 seater) that was in great, clean, new condition/reliable and comfortable. It was perfect weather (no/little rain) and we saw the Big 9 including lots of lions, 2 leopards, rhinos etc even though November wasn’t considered peak/high season to go on a safari.
Our guide Richard was AWESOME. Safe driver and very friendly and informative about all of the animals and the areas we visited. He knew all the places to go to see a variety of animals and we always felt taken care of and listened to if we had requests to stop for the bathroom or to see an animal for longer. Ask for Richard when you go!!
The accommodation was “budget” but we were very comfortable. There were warm showers at the first tented camp which we were not expecting, and the other 2 accommodations were hotels not tented. If you aren’t expecting luxury you will be fine, especially since you don’t have much time at the hotel/camps and most of the time is in the car driving.
Plenty of food to keep you full, never ran out.
Few things to call out that we were not expecting:
- At one point in the tour we had 8 passengers plus the driver in our 4x4 car even though the booking says we’d only have 6 guests max. It was only for 24 hrs so wasn’t the full trip, so not a big deal
- Since it is a shared tour, not all guests on our trip had the same itinerary. So on the way to Lake Nakuru we had to wait for 2 hours while the other guests did a boat tour on Lake Naivasha ($25/pp) that wasn’t included in our tour but we could have paid more to go. It would have been helpful to know before the trip that this as an optional add-on instead of finding out the day before or day of.
Overall an AMAZING experience and would book again with jocky. We were so glad we did a shared tour to save money and meet some awesome fellow travelers. It was fun to share this incredible experience with others.
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