AMS Directors and Tour Guides
Amazing Memories Safaris
- Located In:
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 2012)
- Member Of:
- ASTA, KATO, AMREF & Eco Tourism
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $130 to $500 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Chu Ji | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best Safari Travel Company
Thank you to Amazing Memories Safari. This trip took a year of careful preparation, during which Anne's team provided us with timely and effective support. They assisted us with important travel information, visa procedures, and the collection of necessary documents, always responding quickly and offering valuable insights.
The entire thirteen-day journey was perfectly organized, and all thirty members of our group were extremely satisfied. We traveled in five vehicles, and each driver had an impressive knowledge of the national parks and wildlife. In particular, the drivers of my vehicle—James, Charles, and Pater—had an exceptional understanding of the animals' habits and extensive knowledge of the national parks. Overall, we are very grateful to Anne's team and Amazing Memories Safari for giving us such an unforgettable travel experience.
CA
Email Jessica & Stefano | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Authentic safari experience with amazing guides and great accommodations.
From the very beginning of our honeymoon planning right through to the trip, everyone at Amazing Memories was attentive and far exceeded our expectations. Anne and Dorcas always responded quickly during the planning process and answered all of our questions quickly. They tailored our trip to suit our needs and found us some wonderful accommodations. They were also very helpful with navigating visas, vaccinations, etc.
Our first guide, Titus (or Tito!) did everything in his power to make sure we had the trip of a lifetime. His unique personality, humor, 26+ years of experience, and passion helped to create an unforgettable Masai Mara experience. Tito made sure to find us the best lunch spots on safari, and always brought the entertainment! He brought us to see a huge family of elephants and this was one of the highlights of our trip!
Charles, our guide for the Tanzania-leg of our trip, was very knowledgeable and ready to share facts about the different animals we encountered. He was constantly on the lookout for sightings and was quick to move our vehicle to get the best angles. On our last day Charles committed to finding us a black rhino so we could accomplish the big 5 and he succeeded!!
We can’t say enough good things about Amazing Memories and the guides they connect you with for safari. We are so happy with our choice to book with them and highly recommend them to anyone wanting to create amazing memories and have the experience of a lifetime!
HK
Email Ng | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Bad car and non-professional drivers
Bad cars, bad car driver.!!The car and driver used in Kenya are worse, the driver not professional and always keep using his phone even when he is driving. The car used in Kenya is worse, compared with Tanzania, the car seats are bad, very dusty inside and no cleaning. Also, the arrangements of the transfer between Kenya and Tanzania is horrible. The drivers always late, if you told us to wake up early and leave at 5:45am, we won’t suppose for an hour waiting of the another driver . During the whole trip, only one driver in Tanzania is good, helpful and diligent.
Email Karen | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A fantastic, well organised tour with great accommodation and food with informative guides!
This tour was great value for money with easy communication regarding organisation, amazing accomodation organised for us with a wonderful variety of food on offer and very informative, fun guides who showed us some amazing animals in both Kenya and Tanzania. This was my second trip with them and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them to others!
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Email Johanna | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent tour operator that created a great itinerary and accommodated all our requests
After doing research on several companies, we chose to book a 10 day safari with Amazing Memories Safaris at the end of 2023. I ultimately chose them because they were accommodating to all of my requests and responded quickly to my many questions (thank you Anne, Brian, and Nevill). Our itinerary and accommodations included:
1. Lake Nakuru - Sarova Lion Hill Lodge
2. Maasai Mara - Soroi Luxury Migration Camp
3. Serengeti - Four Seasons
4. Ngorongoro - Serena
Our guide for the Kenya leg was Joseph and he helped us spot the big 4 (Rhino, lions, buffalo, and elephants). He was informative and entertaining through the many long and bumpy rides throughout Kenya. We were able to spot many action scenes including lion vs hyena showdowns and cheetahs carrying around a kill. After, we flew to Serengeti Tanzania, which included a layover with transport to a border crossing. We were picked up in the Serengeti by Santos who was our guide throughout Tanzania. He was also excellent and fulfilled our request to spot a leopard to complete the big 5!
This was a trip of a lifetime and our guides and accommodations were all excellent. I would highly recommend using Amazing Memories Safaris to book your safari.
IT
Email Marco and Francesca | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Wonderful trip to Kenya, but bad experience with driver
We spent 11 days in August with Amazing Memories Safari between Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru and Amboseli, after spending 6 days in Tanzania with a very good guide (Karim) from an excellent tour operator (Amazing Memories Safaris).
The trip in Kenya was overall very nice, the parks visited were undoubtedly amazing.
Coming to talk about the organization of the trip, it is fair to mention some positive aspects:
- the tour operator was always prompt in responding to emails;
- the accommodations where we stayed were very nice (even if very expensive, but of course we knew that);
- the 4x4 car was in good condition.
The strongly negative aspects, on the other hand, concern the driver/guide. Indeed:
- he spoke difficult-to-understand English;
- he had a fair knowledge of the parks, but still a not acceptable level for a guide (e.g., at the first lodge in the Masai Mara he arrived using Google Maps; he struggled to locate the locations indicated by other guides where sightings were taking place, with the result that sometimes we were late and almost missed important moments of the sightings);
- he had just an elementary knowledge of animals (e.g., he struggled to distinguish different types of birds or even antelopes from each other, and gave us systematically wrong information about animal behavior);
- he had no strategy for exploring the parks and looking for animals. On the second day we realized that we had to organize our tour independently (we have a fair knowledge of African nature, having traveled a lot, watched for documentaries, "Wild Earth" and read books) and, in fact, we managed to make excellent sightings (but always struggling to get the guide to go to the best places possible);
- he did not know how to position himself in the best ways for sightings (which is certainly complex in Kenya due to the large number of vehicles, but which should still be a prerogative of a good guide);
- we never managed to start the game drive at dawn because he needed at least 30 minutes to eat breakfast.
We did game drives in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Argentina, USA, Norway, Poland, Italy, India, Indonesia, Australia: we never saw such a low level of guiding, especially if compared to the high cost of the trip. In conclusion, our substantially negative opinion of the tour operator is conditioned by the guide (for the rest, we have no particular complaints). However, we believe that in a trip of this type the real added value is the guide and, therefore, as said before, we can only express a negative opinion on the tour operator as well.
CN
Email GU | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Five star experience
Five-star praise for the local guide!
The early communication with Dorcas was very smooth, the emails were replied promptly, and all the requests were met or given good suggestions. Although I was a little worried about remitting money to Africa, fortunately everything went according to plan after landing, and we started a pleasant journey.
Our driver and tour guide George is steady, enthusiastic, professional, and knowledgeable, which made us have one perfect day after another. He gave timely help when we encountered payment difficulties when shopping, and also satisfied or gave useful suggestions for our temporary requests. George has a pair of eagle eyes and can always find various animals. He will also popularize the local cultural characteristics on the road, so that we can understand a lot of local conditions in Kenya.
We are very lucky to choose amazing memories, which gave us an amazing memory.
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CA
Email John | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing Memories was true to their name!
Brian at amazing memories was excellent at arranging both an 8-day Safari in Kenya as well as a guided tour of Nairobi. He created a bespoke itinerary for a private safari for my wife and I. He was also very responsive & professional when I requested alterations to the schedule on multiple occasions.
Our Safari guide Joseph was very experienced, and made sure that we saw the best & most exciting sights during our Safaris and took extra care to pack a table and chairs for a picnic lunch, which no other guides did. He is also a fantastic photographer!
While in Nairobi, Steve took us to some places that we hadn’t seen on travel websites and made sure we had an excellent time. While showing us around Nairobi, it was like talking to an old friend even though we had just met that morning.
Amazing Memories did a great job helping us with our trip!
ES
Email Daniel | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
You can't go wrong with Amazing Memories
What can we say. Thanks to Amazing Memories we had the best travel of our lives! Complete flexibility to adjust itinerary, high professionalism and very heartwarming people. We literally saw all possible animals!!
Special thanks to Nevill for the great communication, response time and patience to attend our needs.
And huge thanks to David, the best guide possible. He truly allowed us to see many animals and was always very humble, friendly and adaptable, giving everything he had so we could enjoy our Safari. We will always remember the adventures we've had with you.
If you are looking to plan a Safari trip, Amazing Memories is a no-brainer
NL
Email Connie | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
very professional guide and excellent driver
Choosing John is really a jackpot. In Kenya, the driver is so important. When we were looking for animals along the way, other cars followed us. He has a strong ability to predict, a gentle personality, and can speak multiple languages. I asked him a lot of questions and he answered them patiently. He knows everything about plants and animals.
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