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Axis Africa Expedition & Safaris
- Located In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2016)
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $100 to $280 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Sebastian | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great driver and game drives. Not that great planning.
We took the six day safari with Masai Mara-Naruk-Amboseli. We ordered our safari via Axis, in our car we were 7 people. We were the only ones from Axis. So it’s hard to rate Axis on our trip.
We suffered a bit due to this since all travel groups had different itinerary and accommodations. We spent hours waiting on people and driving to different lodges/tent camps. This made that our tour didn’t followed our itinerary and we had to argue to get what we paid for.
You should be aware of this or demand to be in a car with a group with 100% same itinerary/accommodation if you plan to order this trip.
With that said we had a great safari. We saw the big five on our first full day game drive. Richard, our driver should have the Nobel peace prize for handeling one of our co-travelers that was very demanding. He handled our van with great skills!
Richard and animal-viewing was five stars, the planning with different itineraries in one car was one star!
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Email Jo | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent tour guide and very nice accommodation
I am very happy with the tour with Masai Mara. We had 7 people in our tour group and our tour guide was Kikitu Douglas. He is an excellent tour guide, very knowledgeable, always a big smile on his face. The booking communication with Lennox was excellent as well. Lennox was very responsive. Kikitu picked me up at my hotel on time. The whole tour was as expected. We saw 4 out of the big 5 animals, among many others. The camp was also very nice. I highly recommend this company for the tour.
amazing safaris with Axis
They offer amazing service. Saw most of the big five animals. The accommodations are great as well. 10/10 would recommand.
Email R-M | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent for the most part.
Generally, a really positive and fulfilling experience. Our driver was incredibly informative and knowledgable, and managed to get us sightings of all members of four of the 'big five' in the Masai Mara plus the fifth at Lake Nakuru, as well as so much more. Some of the stuff we saw went beyond my wildest expectations. The accommodation and food was also great (excellent vegetarian options all the way - thank you so much!). Only downside was that our driver was perhaps *too* good at his job - he was the only one during the journeys to and from the destinations, as well as during the safaris themselves, who *didn't* seem to get stuck in the mud. He expertly navigated his way through all sorts of predicaments, but as a result he'd often be called in to assist others, which ended up cutting in to our safari drives. We spent about half an hour of our first evening's hour-long drive assisting others. On our return to Nairobi, we were left at a roadside restaurant for another hour while he had to go on another rescue mission - meaning that we didn't get back to the city until close to 7pm (when our eta was around 3pm). We also sacrificed our morning safari on our third day at the Masai Mara on the understanding that we'd have a longer full-day drive on our second day, but we ended up being the last to leave and the first to return to camp (and we'd ended up conducting another lengthy rescue mission that day as well). Like I say, this wasn't hugely problematic, as when we *were* driving he managed to seek out and find the most amazing experiences for us, and he was incredibly intelligent and insightful to talk to. But he was perhaps too nice for his own good, and would've preferred more time with the animals and a more punctual return to Nairobi. Were it not for those minor gripes, this would definitely have been a 5* experience. I'd nevertheless happily recommend Axis (and our driver) to anybody, and would sign up for another tour with them without hesitation.
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Email Dorothy | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Once in a life time grand experience
Great service all around from emailing Lennox to our Safari driver Richard. Richard was an amazing guide. He found an amazing amount of wildlife and was very knowledgeable about them as well. He stopped and stayed as long as the group requested for photos. He got us amazingly close to all. We saw other safari vans where the people looked like they had paid a lot more and we were all viewing the same animals often times we were even closer. The Lenchada Camp was super clean and friendly. Lots of places to charge cell phones. Also convenient location within walking distance to the Masai Village. Actually preferred the camp to the Lanet Matfam Resort. Food was plentiful and beer was available for purchase. Richard drove safely through some tough terrain in the parks and on the main roads. I believe the good time was had by all. Wished we had booked a longer tour.
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Email Lammert van der Wal | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing safari experience!
We had the best time. The guide Kikitu was the best we could have. So energetic and funny. He truly made it his mission to let us have a good time and with great succes. Everything was perfectly organised. We saw amazing wildlife(including the full big 5). And all of this for a very cheap price.
RU
Email Liudmila & Vladimir Mogilevskiy | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Safari tour in Kenya will be in our hearts forever
We did our seven days Safari tour with Axis company in August. The communication with tour agent Lennox was very fast. We had a little problem in Nairobi late in the evening and send an e-mail to him at midnight. We received his answer in 10 minutes! We want to give Lennox special thanks.
Our trip was well organized and planned. We think our driver John is the best one. He is very communicative and open-minded. John is a careful and skilfull driver. He is also a good guide. He could answer all our questions. He showed us a lot of animals. We could take beautifil pictures. There were 8 people in the car and the atmosphere was friendly. The accomodation was good, we also liked the local food. But we didn't like the camp in Amboseli, the houses were shabby, no furniture in the room except a bad bed. When we entered the room there was a lizard on the ceiling.
We want to give our best regards Axis tour company and wish them prosperity and all the best.
DK
Email Annette Karlsen | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great safaritour with Kikitu
MR. Lennox helped us to book a private
familysafari tour for 6 persons with our great guide Kikitu in our own car. Lennox helped us also to make the Tour includ the Karen Blixen museum. We were picked up at our hotel Jewel Stone Fourth parklans avenue in Nairobi at 8 a clock in the morning on the 29th of august.
We have had a great Safaritour with our guide Kikitu. He took good care of us and we saw the Big five. We have visit the Masai and the Karen Blixen farm.
We have had a great time with Kikitu.
Higly recommand a tour like ours
CZ
Email Denisa | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Nice experience
We had 3-day safari in Masai Mara with Axis. The communication with Lennox was very fast. Our guide was excellent. He knew a lot of information about animals and he was very skilled driver. The accommodation and food in the camp was very good and we were nicely surprised. There was the only thing that was not as promised. Before I booked our trip, I had asked whether all people in a car would have a window seat and Lennox promised it. And guess what? My husband didn´t have his own window. He sat in the middle and could use only a roof window. Moreover, there was not enough space for three people standing in one row and looking out from the roof window, so my husband and me had to rotate.
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Email Vanja | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Trusted Operator
Everything was really great, starting from e-mail conversation and informations provided before our trip (Lennox was our tour agent), until the day we were back from the safari. Our driver John knew literally everything what we wanted to know about animals, trip, place... Tent accommodation was excellent with bathroom attached. Food was fine as well. Only thing that we didn't like was our accomodation in Naivasha (unfortunately I can't remember the name if "resort"). That was faaaaaar from the resort, with extremely rude lady working there, with very limited meals and horrible rooms. If you want to get a beer there and you don't have exactly 300ksh, you're in a big trouble cause she said it's our problem and that we have to solve it, not her. They don't accept bigger bills, and they don't have Credit Card machine.
Besides that, everything was perfect and highly recommended!