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Pride of Africa Adventures
- Located In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2014)
- Tour Types:
- Customizable private tours and fixed group tours
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $50 to $350 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email karol | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
omo valley & danakil
We were small group, all experienced travelers. We visited OMO valley tribes and afterwards DANAKIL. All perfectly organized, great guides, good lodges/hotels, nice food. I recommend this agency for African safaris.
ES
Email David Rivas | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An excellent agency to organize your safari and more
They are a travel agency that organizes safaris, located in the center of Nairobi. They treated us perfectly, they worried at all times that the attention we received was correct. We had no problem with the contracted safari pack. Moreover, on the way back, to some safari companions who came from another agency and were in a problematic situation, they provided help and solved the problem. Serious people, very kind, professional and decisive.
In addition to the safari, they organized a visit to the city, a special dinner and transportation to the hotel and the train station for our next trip to Mombasa. You can even request the train reservation.
Fantastic!
TW
Email Kazuhero | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great value for money!
At the moment when the original Safari travel agency fraud & no warning cancellation trip was made, the local travel agency was found in the airport lobby without help. The response was quite fast. In addition to the confirmation of the letter, the telephone contact was quickly made and finalized. The details of each transaction.
The company offers a daily Safari itinerary. I am participating in a seven-day trip. The driver is Bena, one of the company's exclusive senior drivers, although Bena will not specifically explain the next itinerary (already written on the itinerary). I am also not good at telling stories, but all the demands can be solved for you. The most important thing is that he has a wide range of friends and superb driving skills at the bottom of the box, so that we can always find or rush to rare animals. The location, often with unexpected harvest, basically all the animals that appeared in the Kenya Wildlife Book, all not missed within three days.
Since I am a solo traveller, I am participating in a tight schedule, but sometimes I am lucky to upgrade my stay at the camp (not guaranteed), which is very good value for money. As for food, they are simple buffets. They are mainly rice and fried/sautéed cakes. They have meat and vegetables. Don’t be too picky.
In addition, the company's staff are very friendly, helpful, and even help me to deal with the problems caused by the previous fraud travel agency, but because the travel agency was shut down early because of the east window, it was only a bad luck.
Therefore, it is quite worth recommending.
TW
Email Chang | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Travel to Tanzania, Ethiopia and Kenya from July 14th to August 14th
Excellent~! Tour was well-organized from pick up to drop off. We had a great time on this trip. We are a group of 3 people that booked 27 days trip with "Pride o Africa Adventures and Safaris company". The people of company are serious and very reliable, especially Stephen. From the first moment I got contact with him, he was always very fast in reply and concerned us during the trip. All the games drive were done as in the plan, great guides, good lodges and hotels, nice food. Best for group of friends travelling on a budget. I recommend this agency for African safari. By the way, Tanzania , Kenya and Ethiopia are also absolutely worth a visit.
Email Rob | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Enjoyable but didn't get full itinerary!
Positives.
Good communication whilst booking safari.
Good friendly guide"jacktone"who got us to the major sightings in the parks and safely transported around in his clean safari van.
Overall the accommodation was good for a budget safari
Enjoyable safari overall.
Negatives.(minor)
Offering transport on our free day in Nairobi for $260 which we did by uber for $30!!
Telling us enroute that our naivasha boat ride was optional (included in itinerary),which we got a day late after sorting things out.
Not stopping at suitable picnic area on way back to Nairobi.
Cold breakfast at miti mingi camp,and no hot water for over an hour one morning,plus tough meat in stew in evening.
Towels taken from our tent by staff at kimana camp(you have to provide your own), on morning we were leaving so unable to shower,and tent in poor condition.
Family tents not adjacent in spite of booking months ahead and safari company promising to secure good tents for us.
All the above are acceptable by us as part of travelling on a budget.
Negative(major)
However this was not,
The itinerary we had agreed and paid for said we would get a full afternoon game drive upon arrival at nakuru,and a short one the following morning before departure,with possibly one on arrival at amboseli later the same day.
Due to rescheduled boat ride we arrived later than expected at nakuru and were told we would have a longer game drive in nakuru the following morning (which meant no chance of getting to amboseli in time for one same day),but no game drive at nakuru on arrival.Upon pointing out what itinerary said I was informed that the itinerary was inaccurate and that it should have said only one game drive in nakuru,I made it clear that I was unhappy about this,and was assured that something would be arranged to make up for it.
Nothing was done to make up for it,in spite of us having a spare day in Nairobi after end of safari.
Stephen has since informed me (in one email),that nakuru game drives were 2hr upon arrival and another 2hr before departure,so 4hr morning of departure should have been enough.
Stephen has also by email agreed with staff member telling me at the time that we were only supposed to have one game drive!.
The fact that emails conflict and neither agrees with our itinerary (which he admits was cut and pasted from elsewhere) means we still feel short-changed.
We received an apology after returning from Kenya but that was too late.we expected something (at the very least an apology whilst still in Nairobi.
Reply from Pride of Africa Adventures
Posted on Sep 3, 2019Thanks for client review with positive and negatives, we like giving our story on the negative points.
- About the 260USD the client is talking about, yes we charged him 260USD for Nairobi full day excursion including all the entrance fee and transport with a tour van for his family of 5 people and we were considering the hotel he was staying which was outside Nairobi county 20km away from the city center. We didn't do this with him so we don't see why this is an issue now.
- In general I think the client is not honest because everything agreed in the itinerary were offered as we agreed and all the time wasted were compensated in the next day to avoid any complain.
This is the client who booked for a group joining safari and we decided to give him a private safari for only his family as a surprise and we did this because of his young child who was 6 years so we are surprised to see all this because he had one free day after safari and he never raised this complain with us before we drove him back to the airport. He only said everything was good and after two days we saw his email complaining about Lake Nakuru
Email Ragna | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Wonderful trip. Our guide went out of his way to give us the best experience
The booking process was super easy and they did everything to accommodate me and even picked me up from the airport the day before the trip. Our guide Bonfaz went out of his way to keep us happy, he was knowledgeable about wild life and cultural aspects and knew when to give us time and when to rush us when there was an even better experience around the corner. Always cheerful and very professional, trying to meet any demands that were made. A very patient man ;-). Also, he is the best driver this side of the Sahara and managed the potholes like a pro ;-)
The only thing I wasn't too excited about was when we had to make a detour of 1 hour drive in the opposite direction of our destination to pick up other people for which we then had to wait 3 hours and still had about 2 hours to get to our destination. Lots of driving for a short hop from lake Naivasha to lake Nakuru and we never got to do the afternoon game drive at Lake Nakuru. Otherwise an amazing journey! You pay low budget you get low budget so don't expect 5 star lodges :-)
Email Rael | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Truly pride of Africa (20 days Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia)
We had a nice time with this safari Pride of Africa Adventures in 3 African countries where by we started with Tanzania, Kenya then Ethiopia. The guides were amazing more so Lawi of Kenya, was amazing. He was kind, knowledgeable, and kept us safe. We saw all of the big five except the leopard, but we spent extra time trying to find one and Lawi asked every other guide to try to help. We stayed at the lodges and they highly recommend luxury accommodation in these countries. My best friend and I did the 20 days safari at Nakuru, Naivasha, Masai Mara, Amboseli, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro, Tarangire, Serengeti and both Southern and Northern Ethiopia. We loved the Masai village, the different attractions and many other things including the service.
I do recommend this company for African Safaris as I saw before I booked in some of the reviews. THEY ARE HONEST PEOPLE AND GIVE WHAT THEY PROMISE
Email Lilliane | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
BEST OF THE BEST SAFARIS EVER
This was truly a great and unforgettable experience, the guys at pride of africa are very professional and accurate in the description of the packages on their website. Since the first contact with Stephen,everything was perfect and what i expected of an experienced tour operator.
I booked a 7-day Maasai Mara,Lake Naivasha,Lake Nakuru and Amboseli visit,and as i was travelling solo i joined a group of 6,with our driver and guide Lawi. Due to skills of Lawi, we were able to see lions,leopards,cheetahs,Elephants,Wildebeest,Gazelles,Baboons and many other animals in their natural habitat.
I had chosen the camping option,and that too was a whole other experience all together,the camp was very comfortable with hot showers and ultimately the whole experience was amazing,althogh they also can arrange for other accommodation options as well.
I would definitely book other tours with Pride of Africa again if i get the chance of adventure and exploration in this part of the world.
CN
Email Cathryn | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
impressive with quick response. recommended.
it's very impressive with their quick response and they always can get back to you timely.
The safari tour itself is very good because it’s mature developed in Kenya and won’t let you down.
I chose the budget trip and only the accommodation condition in Mass Mara & Ambosile will be a little inconvenient, but it’s totally can be understood due to the limitation of park itself.
Last, I recommend this agency for Kenya safari tour. You will love it!
CA
Email Daphne Valcin | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent
Pride of Africa is real. I was able to enjoy my safari after booking tour with them . At first I was not sure if they could deliver but the did beyond my expectation. I will recommend them to any traveler. I was able to be pick in good time and the transport and accommodation was ok. Thank Odero and Stephen