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 Ber | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Kenya Safari Tour
We contacted Nevill before the trip. He was a very nice guy. He answered all our questions. Sometimes WeChat replies were slow, but we just needed to ask a few more times. He would help us confirm whether the hotel was available without paying a deposit. After confirmation, we paid the deposit. The balance was paid in person after landing. It was kato certified so it was more reliable. Our guide was James. He drove very steadily, paid special attention to avoiding potholes, had a good eye for finding animals, and actively helped us communicate with other local guides we met on the road to exchange information and find animals. However, we needed to take the initiative to ask and communicate about animals or routes. It was not suitable for single friends. Double friends or as long as there were double people in a team, we could go for it. He was very reliable.
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Email Wynn | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
very professional and kind, very knowledgeable
John is a very nice person. He must have been in the industry for many years. He was very calm in dealing with various emergencies. His eyesight was very good and he could quickly spot various animals. We saw the Big Five and various animals in Masai Mara on the first day. In Amboseli, we even saw the most famous Craig as soon as we entered the gate. He also patiently answered all the questions we asked along the way. We learned a lot about Swahili and wildlife~
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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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Email Sivan | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
very professional
John's driving skills are superb. He can easily handle any road and traffic conditions. He patiently answered all our questions about animals and culture. He is very professional and knowledgeable. Under John's guidance, we saw many wild animals, even the rare elephant Craig. Thanks to John.
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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
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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!
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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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Email Flora | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Exceptional safari experience, surpassing all expectations
TLDR: you won’t be disappointed if you choose Amazing Memories, don’t forget to ask for Musa as your safari guide!!!
We spent a lot of time researching which safari operator to choose, and it wasn't easy to decide, especially being on the other side of the world and hearing about potential scams. In the end, we chose Amazing Memories, and it turned out to be the best decision.
Starting with the organization: we left things a bit last minute, finalizing everything just a few weeks before our trip. But Neville, our safari organizer, was incredibly responsive, informative, and quick to support. He suggested alternative hotel options when needed and was flexible when I wanted to adjust the itinerary to include different/additional stops. One thing I really appreciated was the 25% deposit requirement (compared to the 50-75% other operators often ask for), and we received clear invoices and payment confirmations, which gave us peace of mind.
When we arrived, Neville went the extra mile by personally meeting us at the hotel, along with our safari guide, Musa. Now, Musa—calling him the perfect guide would be an understatement. He did everything humanly possible to make sure we had a great time and experienced everything a safari in Kenya had to offer. With 20 years of experience, he was an expert at spotting rare animals and you could tell he was passionate about his job, which is always great to see. He was incredibly attentive, never forgetting any special requests, and even arranged extra activities for our final day when we had a late flight.
Musa, thank you for creating memories that will last a lifetime. We feel so lucky to have had you as our guide, and we couldn’t be more grateful.
During our 5-day safari, we saw all the animals we had hoped for, leaving us more than satisfied. The accommodations were exactly as described, and kudos to Neville again for organizing everything so smoothly.
I highly recommend Amazing Memories for your safari adventure, and if you can, request Musa as your guide! If you have any questions or need more details, feel free to email me—I’m genuinely happy to recommend them!
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Email Allie | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing
As I sit at the airport waiting to depart for our journey home, my husband and I cannot put into words how wonderful this adventure has been, and it is all thanks to Amazing Memories. From the beginning, Nevill made us so comfortable and made it so easy to plan and ask questions. I am not sure the man ever sleeps because he always responded to my questions in a timely manner despite the time difference between America and Kenya. I did months of research prior to choosing a company, and I am so glad we went with Amazing Memories.
Upon arrival at the airport, we were greeted by Nevill, Stephen, and Mike from Amazing Memories and they were so kind and transported us to our first hotel while detailing our itinerary and giving us tips.
The next morning we were picked up by Daniel, our driver for the next 7 days. Daniel quickly became like family to us. He was so friendly and was there for all of our needs. He made sure we were comfortable at every moment of our journey and made sure we knew if we had any problems with any of the hotels he would handle it! We felt very supported with Daniel as our driver. Also, he knows EVERYTHING about every animal you could possibly see. Migration patterns, eating habits, gestation periods, Daniel knew everything and we learned so much on this trip. We were so sad when he dropped us back off at our hotel on our last day. We hope one day to return and see Daniel again.
Our last day, we were once again greeted by Nevill, Mike, and Stephen and we used Amazing Memories to give us a city tour prior to coming to the airport. Stephen was extremely knowledgeable about Kenya and made sure we got to see everything we wanted including Sheldrick’s Elephant Nursery, markets, and the Giraffe Center. He took us everywhere we wanted to go and was so enjoyable to talk to on the journey.
Ultimately, I would choose Amazing Memories again and again and again. Navigating an African Safari trip can be overwhelming but Amazing Memories made it SO EASY. We felt like royalty the entire trip. We will return one day and recommend this company to our friends and family.
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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.