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African Habitat Safaris
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- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2010)
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
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- Price Range:
- $90 to $320 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Ephy | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
We enjoyed our trip with African Habitat Safaris
We had a 6 day safari with African Habitat safaris . Organised by Rachel Obonyo . All things went as planned accomodation, food above we enjoyed our game drive. I thank Rachel and her team for great services.
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Email Lavender | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
We enjoyed our trip with African habitat
We had 4day safari with African habitat safaris. That was Organized by Rachel Obonyo.everything was okay and went as planned, food and accommodation, we enjoyed our drive game. I really Thank Rachel Obonyo and her team for the good service.
Email Christopher | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Satisfying
African Habitat Safaris never disappoints,
I was a bit stranded on how i'll find a perfect fit place in Kigali, and they just came in handy- the operators are super Friendly (Rachael Obonyo), good customer service and experience..Thanks African Habitat Services, you are literally making lives easier out here :-) Cheers!
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Email First time visitor | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
First time on a safari (10 day) and had a mixed experience
I did the 10 day kenya/tanzania safari tour and went to all the main, big parks...(Maasai mara, Amboseli, Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater)
The 10 day safari tour went to a lot of great locations although you spend a lot of time traveling between destinations....The airport pickup didn't go that smoothly and we got stuck in Nairobi rush hour traffic for a long time....I ended up having 3 or 4 guides during the 6 day Kenyan portion of the tour..(felt like a hot potato).....They were good guides/drivers but it would have been nice to remain with one of them for the duration..(I think the original plan was to have one driver/guide)....Obama was the best driver and pretty knowlegable....
By contrast, the guide/driver for the 3 to 4 days in Tanzania, Sayed, was very hard to understand half of the time and a very poor listener.....(poor english skills overall)....He couldn't find animals on the game drives, had lots of engine problems in the Serengeti and generally complained way too much about a variety of things......To try to compensate for his many inadequacies, he resorted to offering to buy us beer and ganja/marijuana for us in the van ..(which I think is illegal in Tanzania).....I was told that African Habitat safaris wasn't going to use him anymore as a guide....Excellent choice..
Overall, it was a good time... August is a good time to visit Kenya/Tanzania with a large concentrations of animals... But the tour seemed disorganized at times, the accomodations a mixed bag and the quality of guides dropped a lot in Tanzania...
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Email Oana | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Dream trip
If you want to find yourself amazing new friends in Kenya, not just a business selling a service, this is the tour agency you need to contact.
And I mean it! My 10 days solo trip to Kenya became a trip of a lifetime, mostly thanks to African Habitat Safaris. From airport pick-ups and drop offs to everything else during my 6 days safari (Masai Mara, Nakuru, Naivasha, Amboseli), all was amazing, comfortable and safe.
Rachel is the super hero, the one that had to deal with all my 30 emails during 2 weeks and she handle it brilliantly, with patience, understanding and commitment to help me organize a dream trip, keeping in mind also the budget. And so we did! The transport with the van was comfortable enough, the accommodations in the camps: I couldn’t ask for more in the middle of the savanna, the food very good, and the game drives just WOW! We spotted all the big five and enjoyed a wildlife paradise. I was also lucky to be in a wonderful group, we all started in Nairobi and very soon we became friends. And I can’t forget our amazing driver and guide, Richard. I did read about him before, from other reviews praising his qualities. He is indeed very experienced when it comes to wildlife and game drives in the parks, he knows everybody, gets the best info and we used to joke that he is so famous around that even the lions know him well. Thank you Richard for all the adventures, for taking us off the crowded tracks, close to the elephants and the giraffes, for all those moments that made us richer! And for the night safari, haha.
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Email Ken Costa | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Private safari in Masai Mara and Amboseli
Except for a minor misunderstanding around the pick up in the Airport...wich was taken care of and solved quickly...everything went perfect. We had ordered a 5 day private safari in Masai Mara and Amboseli and through the whole planing there was a close and good contact and communication with Rachel and Simon in Nairobi.
Our driver and guide Simon picked us up at our hotel and was with us all five days giving us and incredible experience. Being very much down to earth, uncomplicated and flexible Simon did his outmost to fullfill our wishes and he did tell us about not only the wildlife in the nationalparks but also alot about everyday life in Kenya. So thank you Simon for choosing the most bumpy roads in Kenya :0)...Thank you Simon for getting us out of bed way to early in the morning :0)...and thank you Simon for sharing our car with 5000 flies from the buffalos :0)
We had an unforgettable experience on the Kenian grassplains watching zebras, wildbeast, giraffs, gazelles, elephant herds, a feeding cheeta, lions, crocodils and hippos in the Mara River. Did see Mara waking up from above in the hot air balloon and in Amboseli going to sleep with the view to Kilimanjaro and the sound of the hyenas in the distance.
Got memories for life of Kenya and for sure hope to visit again some day.
Email Mahen P | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very well organised and the best guide
We visited Masai Mara Reserve and Nakuru National Park in July this year, so apologies for the late review. As other have said, there are two parts to the safari: the organising and the guide who takes you on the safari. We had Rachel from African Habitat Safari Holidays, who organised everything for us and Obama was our guide for the 5 day/4 night safari.
Rachel is a professional. She knows what she is doing and is very good at putting together an itinerary based on your needs. We wanted to spend as much time as possible at Masai Mara, so we had two whole days in the park plus an afternoon game drive. Rachel did a complete itinerary for us which explained everything in great detail – right from airport pick up to drop off at the airport. The day to day itinerary also showed us what to expect on those days. She kept in touch throughout the whole process and answered our emails very promptly. You cannot go wrong with Rachel.
Obama, our travel guide is much more than a guide. You would expect most guides to just learn on the job but it was immediately obviously that Obama has gone beyond that. It was only later that we found out that he had studied much more than what was required for this job and that he was still studying to go to the highest level possible. His knowledge on the Kenyan flora and fauna is phenomenal. While we all wanted see the big cats (which we saw plenty of), we were also interested in the unique trees and different types of antelopes. Obama knew it all.
Obama is also has a very calm and friendly personality which shows in his driving skills and how he treats the environment around him. He is a very safe driver and is very considerate of the park requirements. He is very patient and relaxed which makes our experience so much better.
If we ever go on another safari, my family have already asked me to have it arranged by Rachel and insist on Obama as our guide!