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Tekko Tours and Travel
- Office In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 1998)
- Member Of:
- KATO, Eco Tourism Kenya & JATA
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $200 to $1,000 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Nick | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Outstanding personal service and well-organized itinerary!
Hello,
We traveled to Kenya (Lake Nakuru and Masai Mara) and Tanzania (Zanzibar) in July 2018 with Tekko Tours & Travel. I would highly recommend Tekko to anyone who may be considering an East African safari.
Maggie was incredibly gracious, patient, and thorough in responding to my inquiries and customizing our trip. Her help made planning the safari stress-free and quite enjoyable.
Our guide and driver, Stephen, was professional, knowledgeable, and worked incredibly hard to make sure we had a good experience. He has been guiding tours for many years and absolutely made our trip one to remember for a lifetime. He was on the radio communicating with other guides and expertly navigated us right to every type of animal imaginable.
Thank you for an unforgettable experience Stephen, Maggie, and Tekko!
RO
Email Ioana | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Memorable
We booked an African safari for the first time and we decided to go with a local Kenyan agency. So we found Tekko.
Maggie was very friendly and fast responding to all our questions… and they were many as we had no idea what to expect.
She booked for us a 14 days/13 night (safari + beach at Mombasa) and it was just perfect.
Our driver was Gordon and he was very nice, no so talkative, but neither were we, so we fit great. He did answer and explained everything we asked and we enjoyed his company a lot. Thanks to him we saw so many animals: lions, rhinos, giraffes, zebras, birds, etc, but the most impressive were the 57 elephants, traveling all together in Amboseli.
The accommodation was perfect and the beach wonderful.
We recommend to all to go to Africa and if you do … go with Tekko.
RU
Email Veronika | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Absolutely perfect
We chose a 5 days safari tour which included Amboseli, Nakuru and Masai Mara. And after all I have only one word to describe that experience : “perfect”!
1) we communicated with Maggie (she is a manager of the company) and Jackson (he was our driver and guide). These guys are very professional, nice, intelligent, responsible, punctual and attentive to our desires and requests. We loved them so much
2) we chose option 2 (with the best hotels) and that was really AMAZING! All the hotels were so unusual, comfortable and with it’s own twist
3) the car was very comfortable with a roomy saloon. You will spend most of the time in the car so you should choose the best variant
4) we compared many different safari tours with different hotels, transport and prices. And now I can say for sure that the best value for money you can find here, in Tekko tours.
Thank you once more time! We loved it so much! And we will recommend you to others!
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Email Priya Chidambaram | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing service at affordable rates!
If I could give Tekko 10+ stars, I would. They were very well organized, and made our entire experience unforgettable. I initially reached out to many companies, but Tekko gave us the most reasonable prices and also customized our itinerary several times with price quotes in a timely manner with replies that came within 24-48 hours between each question we had. Maggie was our agent and she even checked in on us via Whatsapp to make sure we had made our flights etc. George was our safari guide and he went the extra mile to make sure we had the best experience and this included game drives that were sometimes a bit longer than scheduled just so we could see some rare sights like Leopards and male lions. He knew so much about the animals and their behaviors, it was quite the educational experience as well and was more than we could have imagined. My friend and I(two females) had gone on this trip and had just planned it less than two months in advance, but they were able to make it all come together. All transportation was included and our questions regarding what to pack etc. were well answered. This was such a stress-free trip to us. Highly recommend Tekko Tours and will definitely be coming back with our families next time!
CA
Email Kerry | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Tekko made my dream trip come true
Tekko tours took my expectations and blew them out of the water. Originally I had reached out to several companies for information and quotes but Tekko was an easy choice once I spoke to Maggie, the tour consultant. Maggie was always quick to respond, happy to answer all my questions and was so patient and accommodating with me when I needed changes.
My tour guide, Jackson, was everything you could ask for: professional, knowledgeable and courteous to name a few. As a solo female traveler I was a bit anxious for the trip but upon meeting him I was put at complete ease. It was easy to see why he is so well liked and respected by the tourism community, often stopping to help stuck cars or giving advice to other drivers. His vast knowledge about Kenya was helpful in making sure I had the best experience possible.
As for the the tour itself, Africa is truly amazing. Jackson made sure I got to see the Big 5 and every other animal on my list (hippo, cheetah, hyaena, giraffe, zebra, baboons etc).
Thank you Tekko for making my dream trip possible. I look forward to booking with you in the future.
UA
Email Scott | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great tour, wonderful staff!
My wife and I did a two week tour with Tekko Tours and we can’t recomment them highly enough. Communication from the beginning was quick and easy, even though it was a somewhat last-minute plan. Our guide/driver was a pleasure to travel with and was very knowledgeable. In the middle of our tour, we had an emergency (not associated with the tour) and I am so glad we had such great people helping us because it made a horrible situation as easy as possible. Everyone working with us was absolutely amazing and I think that, under the circumstances, the tour could not have been better.
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Email Stephane | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Far beyond our expectation
We have choosen Tekko Tour to visit the Massaï Mara National Park and also to go to Lake Nakuru National Park and this is from far the most beautiful trip we had !!
In few words, I would just like to thank Carol our contact person and Martin our guide to offer us the opportunity to experience this memorable moment !
Each of them have done their very best always to surprise us and to give us the felling that we were their only priority.
They have made this experience to be a dream come true !!
Carol, Martin, thank you so much, we are so grateful !
We will come back to Kenya and for sure it will be with Tekko Tour !!
Valeriya and Stephane
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Email Vaibhav | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent advice on stay for quality/budget, good communication and very friendly
We booked our Safari from Tekko Tours & Travel and our contact person was Maggie. She was very friendly, polite and helpful in organising our trip. Among all the Travel agents we talked to, she was the only one who understood what we were looking for and offered us the best options. The communication was prompt and very clear. They provided us with a driver/tour guide for 6 days. We spent 2 days at Kibo Safari camp in Amboseli, 1 day at Sarova Lion Hill Lodge in Lake Nakuru and 2 days at Mara Sarova Camp in Masai Mara. Our tour guide was Stephen. He had over 30 years of experience in Safari and he made sure we spotted all of the Big Five in the best possible manner. Many times, he went an extra mile just to ensure we've the perfect and close-up view of cheetahs/lions, etc. Only thing we didn't like was that sometimes, he was a bit haughty and sarcastic (in not so funny way) in normal conversation. But we think overall, it was a minor thing.
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Email Vahid Valadoost Tabrizi | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing Safari
I and my wife experienced a memorable and amazing 5 days safari in Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru and Lake Naivasha and 2 days beach relaxation in Diani with Tekko Tour and Travel. I wrote to a few Kenyan safari tour operators for finding the best itinerary to fit our needs with reasonable price. We received some options from Maggie in Tekko Tour immediately after sending the first email. Maggie helped us to find the best itinerary and the best places for accommodation with replying to our many emails and questions. Always, her answers to our emails and questions were professional, comprehensive and prompt.
She welcomed us in the airport and helped us for changing money and buying sim card after talking about details of our itinerary in their office. At the end of our tour, she dropped off us to airport too. Thank you Maggie for every thing.
Our guide/driver during our safari was Steven. He is a polite, friendly and professional guide with good knowledge of animals and National Reserves. He drives very well and he did his best for a comfortable safari for us. We could see all Big Five and many other animals. Thank you Steven.
I hope, we could use services of Tekko Tour and Travel in our next safari in Kenya and Tanzania.
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Email Andrés | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic service, will recommend
From Maggie's first e-mail reply it was clear Tekko Tours would attend to our every need, even though we booked less than 4 weeks in advance. We went 2 on a private safari ending with a few days at the beach. We had the time of our lives and every detail was taken care of (a room with view of the Kilimanjaro at the Amboseli Oltukai, for example). Also the driver, Jackson, made himself the best companion we could imagine. Right after our landing at Nairobi airport, when we silly tourists managed to call the attention of the police for smoking on the street (always ask first!), Jackson immediately got us out of trouble, and this would only be the beginning of his helping make this holiday a pleasure. His driving and spotting skills are superb.
The timetables were accurate, the road hours went by much faster than you would expect and the Land Cruiser worked like a charm. I will recommend Tekko when my friends ask for advice