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
Your request will be sent directly to the operator
If preferred, you can contact the operator directly
Reviews
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Email Li | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantasy trip
Perfect journey! Hotels are extremely luxurious, and you can see all kinds of animals in the hotel. The tour guide is very responsible and punctual, and will consider the feelings of the guests to adjust the journey. Every day safari is unforgettable.
CN
Email Hu Yue | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best organizer and best guider
It’s our first trip to Africa. We love experience here. The whole trip Helen planed for us and our wonderful guide John and Albert.
The lodge perfect
Guide perfect
And they picked us from airport early in the morning. We feel safe and cozy.
We highly recommend the luxury tour Jocky offered!
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Email Meg | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Simply the best!
It will be a long review from me :) I love to write honest review in detail!
About Jocky tour, at the beginning I don’t really like them, they sent me “copy and paste” quotation in a sentence form not in pdf and without photo of the accommodation. I don’t like the way they replied me, I wrote 3 questions and the answered me just one or two of them in a very short sentence.
So I decided to go for another agency which I feel that they are more treasure to their customer or at least I want to feel they want to do business with us.
Somehow they got mistake of the start day and they have no tour on the day we want to go. So I decided to pick jocky because they have thousand of positive reviews.
We started our 7-day-Safari with a guide who is called Jeff (there are three Jeff’s at jocky, so ours is spy girl Jeff). He looks very kind to me. We have 7 people in the jeep. The jeep is in good condition and clean but we got twice flat tire, it’s an adventure lol. You can charge electric devices but not in every seat. There is also free WiFi provided by Jeff. We get small bottle of water every day, all you can drink. 6 nights accommodation, we stayed 4 nights in 2 different tent camps, 2 hotels which surprised us because they are all good, well equipped and clean. About the camp, we loved and could gain experience sleeping in the nature. The last camp in Amboseli was a highlight, we arrived at night in dark. The manager of the camp greeted us from heart. Next day morning we woke up and kilimanjaro appeared clearly in front of us. All staff of all accommodation are amazingly nice and helpful. We thought our tour is in low budget, we will get towels, toilet paper in tents. So that we brought everything with us. In fact, there are private bathroom, toilet, toilet paper and towel provided. In case you are planning to bring these stuff with you, you can just leave it. In the first tent in Masai Mara was very nice but they provide electricity not 24 hours. Which was okay for us. In general, all meals are delicious.
Regarding the itinerary, some people said it’s hard for a 7 day tour because you will be spending so much time in the car, almost 2 days without game drive. My personal experience is, worth it and I don’t feel uncomfortable, we can see the view of kenya, Jeff is a funny guy who you can joke with. During the game drives, he stopped when we ask to, he works 14 years as safari guide, he is experienced who tells you lot of information about different animals, birds and even though plants and trees. He dreamed to be tourist guide when he was kid, so he helps us all the time from his heart. He shows so much his passion and patience. On the last day on the way back to Nairobi, we got flat tire again but it was not easy for him to repair on his own. He wanted to make sure we have no problem of our oncoming journey, he arranged another driver to bring us back to Nairobi, that driver called him right after we go into the car and that driver told me that Jeff was worried about us. Once he knows we are safe and on the way to our destination, he felt relieved. I felt touched and he was really caring about his clients. Thank you very much Jeff, your sweat on the road on the last day hasn’t be vain. You are simply the best and a wonderful tour guide!
Dear all, I highly recommend Jocky tour and if you can request to book a specific guide, try to book Jeff, he will make your memory in Kenya even more special and unforgettable.
Hi Jeff, greetings from Tanzania and we miss you already!
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Email Ben | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great time on the safari, wish office was communicative.
Had a great time on the 5 day budget safari to the Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru, Lake Navaisha, and Hell's Gate. Raheem, our driver, was a great guide that tried hard to find animals and get us close.
I wish the office was a little more communicative after booking the safari through the phone, received little to no information or communication until the morning of and that was only what time the driver was supposed to should up.
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Email Angie | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Jeff is the best guide you can get! #Spygirl
Jeff was a really good guide! he will answer every question also the silly ones. He make sure we get good pictures and still stay safe in front of the animals. He don't want to get us in danger. He is funny and really patience. He told us a lot about the animals and the kenian culture, i learned a lot this days and can tell some names for the animals (i would not remember if watch a documentary lol) I highly recommend if you wanna book this tour with Jockey Tours that you book it with him. He made this trip better than it already is. And Jeff if you going to read this big big thank you for this 7 day trip it was a pleasure to meet you and i wish you the best for you and your family!
GR
Email Kiriakos | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The tour operator was very hepfull
It was worth it.we had great time.the camp was super. and Joshua our driver was the best!!
incredible
A rich and magnificent experience, thank you to Julius for sharing with us his knowledge about animals and his happiness ! It was an unforgettable 3-day stay
BE
Email Guido | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Saved our safari
Short story: we got scammed and Jocky saved our holiday/safari
Long story: we were communicating with a tourist camp but apparently their email address got hacked. So after making the down payment and final payment before arriving (never do that, learn from me), we arrived in Nairobi excited to start our adventure. But there we learned the truth. We got informed by Jocky tours that the camp it’s email was hacked and I transferred the money to a scam account.
Jocky then saved our safari by fixing everything in minutes.
About the safari itself, it was magical. We saw everything and more. Lions fighting over their prey, lionesses with cubs, elephants, rhinos, cheetah, zebras, hyenas, … Our guide Charles Kyalo made our stay and our tour very special. He knew every road in the parks like the back of his hand and drove like an expert. He was also very knowledgeable about the animals and culture. Definitely a recommend.
Thank you very much Jocky tours and Charles!
CH
Email Vicky | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Jeff was the best operator one could wish for! Expert with animals and the roads, funny & patient <3
Overall experience was amazing, we had an amazing Operator Jeff and his 4x4 named «Spy girl » drove us really easily through the Safari. We got in advance all Infos about the tour and there are possibilities to upgrade Hotels.
We had the Chance to do different Safaris, in 4x4 (Masai Mara & Nakuru), Boat (Naivasha) and bicycle (Hell’s Gate). Nakuru was for me a bit less impressive than the rest.
We felt really safe during the whole tour - just make sure not to go out alone in the Masai at 12am as you might hear Hyenas really close by ;-). Every hotels were clean, and people gentle, and we had own showers and toilets everywhere. The Mara Lenchada Camp was a bit more Basic than the rest, but ok for 2 nights.
All people were gentle during the tour.
I totally recommand it for the price.
Thank you so much Jeff for this amazing experience.
Great price/value however hard to get complete answers from agency before hand
Great guide (Jeff ❤️), we felt safe on the road and Jeff made his best for us to see all animals on the safari! Price/value great, however I struggled to get quick and complete answers from the agency beforehand.