Bush lunch in Maasai Mara National Reserve
Tazama Africa Holidays
- Located In:
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 2012)
- Member Of:
- AMREF, Eco Tourism & Tour Operators Society of Kenya
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $200 to $1,200 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
Email Joe | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fantastic 6 days Safari in Kenya
We had a fantastic 6 days spent on Safari with Tazama Safaris! Prior to travelling, communication with Anthony was great, always replying within a few days and always clear in his response to questions!
Our Guide John was great! very friendly throughout and made us both feel very comfortable, at ease and safe. He was very knowledgable about all of the animals we saw - and he made sure we saw a lot! He was always in communication with other guides in the park to find out where the rarer animals were, and as a result we saw multiple lions, cheetahs and even a leopard.
Additionally all of the lodges we stayed in (as arranged by Anthony) were fantastic!! great food, comfy beds and a very slick check in/out process
We would happily use Tazama again in the future, and would love to have John join us as our guide!!
BE
Email Daniel W. | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Like seeing Kenya with an old friend!
We chose our tour based on price and itinerary, limited to the short window when both of our kids were home from college. From the first moment, Antony G. was patient, flexible, and informative, fielding questions and helping us get ready. He was also ready to go the extra mile, arranging transportation to and from the airport, procuring sim cards upon arrival, follow-on train tickets, and working around hotel availability during the WRC Safari Rally Race. We were slow and deliberate in making up our minds, but Antony never showed any impatience and was genuinely interested in ensuring we would get the trip we hoped for.
From the moment we arrived, Andrew, our guide, was delightful company and exactly the guide we needed! It would be understandable if a 12-year veteran guide occasionally showed a little boredom with visiting places he had been going for years, but Andrew was just as excited as we were to see the sights and the wildlife...his energy, enthusiasm, and expertise made him the perfect guide for us. He threw himself into everything we were doing, was always patient and fun, and from the very first day it was like having an old friend show us around places that he dearly loved and wanted to share. I would not hesitate to tour with Andrew again, and I would recommend him to literally anyone, including my parents in their mid-70s.
Tazama Africa Holidays, led by Antony and Andrew, delivered everything they promised and SO much more. We hoped to have the trip of a lifetime, and we got exactly what we wanted. I've never smiled so much or looked forward to the next bend in the road so much. An absolutely unbeatable experience! Thank you, Antony and Andrew, for giving us an extraordinary memory.
MX
Email Frank | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best tour operator with the best guide ever.
We are a family of 4 adults and decided to visit Kenya for a Safari experience.
It took us a couple of weeks to decide whom to hire since this web page offers many of them, fortunately we ended up with Tazama Africa Holidays.
Antony was really accurate and answered all our questions really quickly and straight honest. It was extremely easy to get comfortable with Antony and the way he took us through the whole process.
The star of this tour, without a doubt, was our guide/driver and now friend, Moses. He was fun, easy going, always asking about what we wanted, what we needed and he was always full of stories about the animals we saw, Kenya's culture, the places we visited and always with a broad smile and a most friendly way. He was always looking forward for us to see the most animals on every game drive and Did we see animals!!!
We visited Amboseli, Lake Nakuru and Maasai Mara, all our camps were really nice, specially the one at Maasai Mara. In all of them we found friendly people who welcomed us like if we were the only guests, and I think this has to do with Antony's relationship with this places.
Thank you Antony and Moses for an experience we will never forget!!
Whenever anyone decides to hire Tazama Africa Holidays, make sure you get Moses as your guide.
Kenya is a wonderful country and you will certainly fall in love with its people.
AT
Email VIKTORIA FROM Austria | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
!!! Amazing !!!
Dear Antony, Dear Andrew, First of all, thank you for the amazing safari. Everything worked great right from the start. The pick up from the hotel, the great transfer to the Masai Mara and the incredible game drives. The accommodation in the Masai Mara (Mara Simba Lodge) was really great. The food was excellent and the packed lunches organized by Andrew were also perfect. The drive to Lake Nakuru was also very relaxed and you always felt safe. The hotel at Lake Nakuru (lion hill lodge) was also excellent. In the evening even with a hot water bottle in bed. I would do another safari with Tazama Africa Holidays in a heartbeat and we will definitely do it again in the future. Thanks again for the unforgettable moments. It was perfectly planned from start to the end.
AT
Email Sara | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Perfect service for an unforgettable safari experience
I can highly recommend Tazama Africa Holidays. The organization was perfect - Anthony responded very quickly to all of our questions. Also, the lodges which he chose, were perfect: very friendly stuff, good food and nice location.
Our driver Andrew was the best! He has a big knowledge about the animals and the area. He always knew where to look for the animals, so that we could see a tons of them from a perfect perspective. Also, he was so patient with us. He stopped everywhere as long as we wanted so that we had enough time to take photos and enjoy the moments. We could always decide by our own, when we wanted to do a game drive - Andrew always fulfilled our wishes and explained us a lot about Kenya.
We really had the best time and would definitely do a safari again with Tazama Africa Holidays.
CA
Email Lisa Obodzinski | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fantastic experience!
My husband and I came home a month ago from a fabulous safari in Kenya with Tazama. We can’t say enough good things about our trip! We had originally booked and paid for this safari in 2019 for travel in June 2020 and of course it had to be moved. I had been in contact with Antony who was always kind, prompt with emails and very helpful and it was no different when we had to postpone our highly anticipated trip. We trusted Tazama enough to not get refunds but postpone for a year. And then we had to postpone another year until 2022. It was almost hard to believe that the trip was actually going ahead in June 2022. Antony was so nice and thankful that we had put trust in him and Tazama and it made us feel that he genuinely cares about his business and clients. And that continued throughout our week in Kenya. Antony and our guide Josephat met us at our hotel and then we were off to the Maasai Mara. Our Jeep was great with a pop top which made game viewing much better.
We booked the Cheetah tour - 2 nights Maasai Mara, 1 night Lake Nakuru and 2 nights Amboseli. I’d suggest two nights in Nakuru as the drives are reaaallly long and there isn’t much down time. We did pay to be on safari but that meant we didn’t have much time to hang out in the amazing lodges we stayed at. But regardless our guide was amazing and we spotted all the big five plus we witnessed a lion kill. Just UNREAL.
It was nice to have the Jeep to ourselves as we would just make a schedule directly with our guide who was very set in making sure we had the best possible game drives.
We wild highly recommend Tazama for your trip in Kenya. We had a another different company booked in Uganda/Rwanda and were disappointed with our guide after the bar was set so high with Tazama in Kenya. Thank you Josephat and Antony for an unforgettable experience!! We will send all our friends your way!
AE
Email Varvara | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing Kenya experience
My husband and I really loved our 6 day trip with Tazama! We’ve managed to visit Amboseli, Naivasha lake and Masai Mara, all trip was really nicely planned and organised, we did a lot of game drives and accommodation was super comfortable. Huge thanks to Antony and George from Tazama holidays for such a wonderful experience!
HU
Email Anna Julia | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
100% recommend!!
Me and my partner choose Tazama Africa Holidays out of 6 other companies. It took us ~2 weeks to do our research but it totally worth it. We compared them to a lot other businesses and Tazama were highly the best in my personal opinion.
Antony (the managing director & head guide) were super helpful and patient through the process of organize our dream holiday in Kenya. We always could reach him very quick and easy and he was always ready to help us.
Our personal guide was Ephantus who I want to thank everything again. He is a very friendly, happy person, who made our trip amazing. He made sure we get a 100% personalized holiday and everything fits for our needs. We had a lot’s of interesting and funny coversations about almost everything. We spent every day in a very good mood and learnt a lot from Ephantus about the wildlife and culture which he had a real good knowledge about.
My partner is a wildlife photographer so I have to admit we had expectations regarding the trip which were absolutely statisfied.
We got way than more we expected. I highly recommand Tazama Africa Holidays, it’s a very trustable company. For sure we would book with them again.
We did the 7 days classic Kenya safari.
Email Emma | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic service, highly recommend
Absolutely wonderful from start to finish. Antony was a pleasure to book with, very responsive and helpful. We got picked up from our hotel and taken to Wilson airport before the short 40min flight to Keerok airstrip. Stayed at Ashnil camp for 2 nights and had safari adventures with our guide Henry who was amazing. Henry was so knowledgable and funny. Today we had the flight back to Wilson, picked up by Antony and taken to our hotel. So smooth and fantastic service.
We saw so many animals in such a short space of time. Highly recommend booking with Tazma holidays. You will not be disappointed!
Email Carey | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A truly unforgettable safari made possible by Tazama Africa
From the start Antony was extremely quick with his responses to all queries and nothing was too much effort for him. We were asked to make a payment by bank transfer which I wasn’t sure about initially but after studying the Tripadvisor reviews, I decided to go for it, and I’m so glad I did.
Antony arranged for collection from the airport to the hotel the day before the safari, and then came to the hotel to meet us and on the morning of the safari before we were introduced to our guide Josphat, who made our remaining 7 days truly amazing. We cannot praise him enough. He was very polite and professional from the start. After a few days we were well acquainted and felt like we received a really personal service. He must’ve answered hundreds of questions across the seven days but he always answered with enthusiasm and exceptional detail.
Now onto the game drive. What can I say! We saw the big 5, multiple times as well as various other animals. I couldn’t believe how accessible all the animals were due to Josphat’s excellent ability to find them and also with the guides communicating their sightings on the radio.
If you visit multiple national parks, there’s quite a lot of driving between the parks so be prepared for that, but with early starts we always got to our next destination by lunch. Our route was Amboseli - Lake Naivasha - Lake Nakuru - Maasai Mara. My favourite lodge was Ilkeliani Camp in the Maasai Mara with an exceptional menu and really great staff. It was the perfect place to end the trip. Our lodges were Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge (rooms a little small but really nice size resort, not too many people and nicely decorated), Lake Naivasha Sopa Lodge (a little dated but in an elegant way. Beautiful buildings with wild zebra and deer roaming around the grounds and hippos that come close at night), Sarova Lion Hill Lodge (probably my least favourite only because it was quite a large site, but actually probably had the nicest staff, lots to do and was in a good location), and finally Ilkeliani Camp (beautiful tented camp accessed via a rope bridge. At night you can hear the hienas and birds so bring ear plugs if you’re a light sleeper. I loved how perfectly spaced each tent was so it felt really private, and most of all we loved the food there). Overall a great experience and as soon as I get the chance to return, I have no doubt that I’ll go with Tazama Africa again! Thank you!!