Monkey Adventures
- Located In:
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United States
- Size:
- 20-50 employees (Founded in 2017)
- Member Of:
- Kilimanjaro Association of Tour Operators
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $150 to $1,350 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
Email Nathalie | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Perfect Safari
We had a great experience with monkey adventure.
Our driver Reggie Jr. Was awesome.
He spoke perfect English and we saw the big5 and more.
It was a great time! We would always do it the same.
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Email Michael | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Just returned from the trip of a lifetime!
I just returned from a 5 day safari with Monkey Adventures, traveling to Tarangire, Serengeti, and the Ngorogoro crater. What an experience! Communication was excellent, always responded quickly to any questions that I had, and a staff member was waiting on my at the airport. Service was excellent and really exceeded my expectations. My guide, Ashley, could not have been better! His experience and knowledge allowed me to see and witness things that most may not ever get to see. I witnessed drivers from other companies cut others off and get too close to the animals, making them uncomfortable. Fortunately my guide, nor any of the other Monkey Adventure drivers, ever tried to get too close or cut anyone off. Serengeti was by far my favorite! But the other places were awesome as well! I did not want to leave! But I hope to return someday soon and will definitely use Monkey Adventures again!
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Email Franziska | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing Safari!!!
We spend five days with Monkey Adventures in the Aberdares National Park, Lake Nakuru and finally the Maasai Mara. Our guide was Joseph and he was brilliant!!! He is very knowledgeable and thanks to him we were able to see the big five! The lodges and the food were also just great and top standard in every possible way. On our way from Paris to Nairobi our luggage got lost and Yvonne managed to get in back for us and even send a driver towards Maasai Mara for us to meet and pick it up.
We 100% recommend taking the Safari with Monkey Adventures as everything exceeded our expectations and we had a really great time!!
Email Peter | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Frank was very knowledgeable and explained just enough
Communication excellent all queries were answered. Pick up at airport went without hitch or fuss. Safari was amazing. Tour was great but I would like to have more toilet stops and to be able to get out of car to stretch my legs.
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Email Punitha | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very good organisation of safari
Monkey adventures organised our 7 days migration safari in Tanzania covering Ndutu, Serengeti & ngorongoro.
Safari was organised perfectly as per plan and we got to see many gnus near lake Ndutu.
We selected accommodations suggested by monkey and were happy with our lodges in all 3 parks. Kubukubu in Serengeti was the best accommodation in our travel.
Our guide Dominic is outstanding and became good friends with us by the end of trip.
Thanks for everything!
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Email Dorothy Kelly | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A fantastic experience
We booked a 10 days safari in Tanzania and Kenya with Monkey Adventures. Our budget for the trip was very constrained, and we were lucky to find Monkey Adventures packages in the list of results.
Due to the park fees, the package costs are all high, but Monkey’s rates are one of the best in the market.
The safari comprised of 2 legs, a 5 days safari in Tanzania and a 4 days Kenya safari. It was a great experience. Banana was our guide in Tanzania, while Ken was the guide in Kenya. Both the guides conducted our tour exceptionally well. Their knowledge about the place and wildlife was impeccable. We could see a lot of animals, like cheetahs, Lions, a lone leopard, hippos, a herd of Elephants in a waterhole and many more. We could capture silhouette images of Elephants as we spotted them moving at sunset, while we were heading back. It was one of the best experiences in our recent times.
Monkey gave us a Landcruiser in Tanzania, and we had the option to book a Van or a Landcruiser in Kenya. Eventually we went for the Landcruiser, due to a few recommendations from my friends.
We had great rooms booked for us. The food on all days were great. It would be great if they could have more fruits included in the menu. One of our group members was a Vegan, and we had mentioned the same during the booking. Monkey Adventures ensured that vegan food was available at every place we stayed.
It was definitely a great experience and I would highly recommend them.
Cheers!
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Email Karthik | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Matched our expectations!
Communication : Since we booked through mojhi, we didn't have any communication with monkey before booking. Buy after booking their communication (by Nyani) was prompt.
Service: We did 5 days safari to Masai mara & Nakuru and service we recieved was quite good. Our driver Joseph was competent and his experience showed in his guiding skills. He managed to show us cheetahs and leopards in Masai mara on day 1 after we told them we are most interested in these 2.
Since we traveled in offseason, there were not many tourists and we were lunch to enjoy some of the animals sightings all by ourself with no other cars to disturb.
We did safari in a landcruiser and it was comfortable for most part except for a small stretch near mara gate.
Quality of food is excellent when you eat hot meals at the lodge. But packed lunch quality should be improved. I gave the same feedback to lodges (Ashnil mara and sarova lion hill lodge). Except for that, service was very good at lodges too.
Overall I'm happy to recommend monkey adventures for anyone planning to do safari in Kenya.
Great experience!
I wanted to plan something big for my son’s 16th Birthday, and I wanted him to choose whatever he would like to do. I asked him what would be the craziest thing he would want to do on his birthday, and he said he would like to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro. He does a lot of small treks, but I was amazed to know his interest in climbing Africa’s tallest peak. I wanted it to be special for him.
I came across Monkey Adventures as I was looking for different operators. Monkey Adventures had a very competitive price and they had a lot of positive reviews. Though there were quite a few other operators whose prices were cheaper, none were a match to monkey's quick replies to our queries. As soon as I reached out to them, Nyani responded to us by mail. He answered all our questions patiently, and helped us decide on the package we would like to take. We chose the 7 day Machame route, as it was a moderately difficult trek, and also offered a lot of scenic views.
We were picked up from the airport and taken to our hotel. We had our briefing for the trek, and they helped us pick up all the equipment we needed. Right from the start, the guides and porters were very supportive, and kept motivating us. Musa, our guide, was very well informed and kept checking our health, to ensure we were safe throughout the trek.
Nyani helped us plan the trek in such a way that we would reach the summit on my son’s birthday. It was a very emotional moment for both of us, as we cut a small cake that the porters had carried all the way till the camp. Once we were back to Moshi office, they had prepared a cake cutting ceremony for us, with champagne and everyone sang the local Hakuna Matata song for us.
This was the best gift I could have ever given my son on turning 16. Monkey Adventures ensured everything was taken care of. They also conduct safaris to major parks of Africa and that is something we will do when we visit Africa next time.
I am really glad we booked our tour with them, and we would highly recommend their tours.
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Email Ganesh | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great Experience!
I got to know about Monkey Adventures while I was searching for options for my Tanzania safari on the internet. We reached out to many providers and Monkey were the fastest to respond to all our queries. We did some research about them before we proceeded with them. They are a fairly young company and their packages are among the lowest priced when compared to other operators. But since we found a lot of good reviews about them on TripAdvisor we decided to proceed with them.
Arvind was the one who communicated with us from the start, and he was very helpful in answering all our questions. He gave us useful information about which parks would be the best to visit and the right places to stay. We had various options under different price ranges that we could choose from. We ended up going to Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Tarangire for 6 days safari.
Our guide for the safari was Reggie Junior. He had great driving skills and showed us a lot of animals. He shared a lot of information about the national parks and wildlife and the history of the region. He is a young guide, but had a lot of experience, as seen from his skill. He communicated very well, shared jokes and made us feel at home at all times. The accommodations suggested by Nyani were Tukaone camps at Central Serengeti, Tortilis at Ngorongoro and Angata camp at Tarangire. All of them were great in their own way. At Tukaone we heard the sounds of lions and hyenas throughout the night and it was thrilling. Food was excellent at Tortilis. Angata camps had very good tents and great location in the middle of Tarangire.
About the parks, we really loved Serengeti and Tarangire. They were both very big parks with lot of wildlife diversity and numbers. While Ngorongoro had amazing concentration of animals, there were too many tourists and it’s a very small park.
We would highly recommend Monkey Adventures and will use their services again next time when we hopefully return back to East Africa for Gorilla tracking!
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Email Jospeh O'Bannon | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Perfect Tanzania Safari
My wife and I booked our 4 day safari in Tanzania with Monkey Adventures. We wanted to visit the Serengeti and Ngorongoro crater, and they were very helpful in customizing the tour for our needs. Their consultant responded to all our questions very patiently. We were very specific about the places we wanted to stay - Lemala Nanyuki at Serengeti and Ngorongoro Serena lodge at Ngorongoro and thanks to Monkey adventures we got both the Lodges that we wanted.
We landed in JRO airport and were taken to our Hotel in Arusha. We were briefed about the safari, and the safari began the next day with a 7 hour drive to the Central part of the Serengeti. We were excited about visiting the park that we have heard so much about and our guide Dominic ensured we our trip lived upto our expectations!.
Dominic was a very well informed guide, with great knowledge about the place and the animals of the Serengeti. He stopped at many locations to explain about the trees, animals, hills or just the location. We asked too many questions and he patiently answered all of them. I had a list of animals I wanted to see, and we would like to thank Dominic since he ensured we got to see all of them.
Everyday we spend around 8-10 hours in the vehicle, driving from place to place or in game drives or stopping by a sighting. This might sound tiring, but Dominic’s driving skills and the condition of the Landcruiser made the drive very pleasant. The vehicle also had charging points, where we could charge our Mobile and camera. Dominic offered us his binoculars for wildlife viewing and he kept books about animals, birds and trees of the region in his vehicle.
About accommodations, while both Lemala Nanyuki and Serena met our expectation, Lemala Nanuki was outstanding in its service and room quality and views! Serena felt a bit crowded with 100s of other guests.
After our safari we were dropped off at Arusha airport for our flight to Zanzibar.
It was a very memorable trip for us, and I am glad I chose Monkey Adventures. We will come back to East Africa for a Kenya Safari in 2020, and I am sure it will be with Monkey Adventures.