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Native Africa Trails
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- Size:
- 1-5 employees (Founded in 2010)
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $130 to $500 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
Email Sue L | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Native Africa Trails offer a fantastic service. David is very helpful and flexible.
We booked a trip from the UK for 5 people, 3 generations of one family. David helped us choose the destinations, hotels and itinerary, to suit our wishes. He picked us up from Nairobi Airport and stayed with us for the whole 9 days, communicating smoothly with locals to gain us the best prices. We stayed in Lake Naivasha first, in a good hotel (great food and beautiful gardens) taking trips out every day. This part of our holiday was quite active 1) a boat trip to Crescent Island National Park, where we walked among the zebras, antelopes and giraffes, and watched hippos, fish eagles and stalks up close 2) a 7 km cycle ride through Hell's Gate National Park seeing more wildlife, the spectacular scenery, geothermal hot springs and a view of the gorge 3) a hike up Mount Longonot, a dormant volcano to look into the crater. This was quite hard work for some of the party but the views were spectacular. There was the option to walk around the rim, an extra 7 km but we decided against that. Next we drove to the Masai Mara where we stayed at the luxurious Masai Serena Lodge, cleverly hidden on the top of a hill, surrounded by trees and bushes. The views and the food were great. Each day, our guide David took us out on a morning and late afternoon game drive in his amazing jeep. He knew where to go looking for the animals we were interested in seeing and during our 4 day stay we saw lions for times (including a pride feasting on a carcass, and a lioness with 4 cubs), three different leopard sightings, three cheetahs together, two serval cats, a herd of over 200 elephants, some very close by, hyenas, jackals, gazelles and antelopes, many giraffes, zebras, ostriches, eagles, storks and many other species of bird. My 5 year old grandson particularly enjoyed our encounters with hippos, especially the morning we had breakfast with them on the banks of the river. There were even some crocodiles. David was a skilled driver who took us off road through terrain that looked impossible in order to get really close to the animals, but in a way that respected their space. It was the holiday of a lifetime and I have no hesitation in strongly recommending Native Africa Trails as a safari company you can trust to deliver very good service with excellent local knowledge. He is reliable and honest.
Email Phil Lea | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Reliable, flexible, knowledgeable service
Incredible holiday - adventure and wildlife. Native Africa Trails organised a superb trip for us. After two years of covid restrictions we wanted something exciting but it was hard to choose a safari company. After reading a lot of reviews we picked Native Africa Trails because if a recommendation and we are very happy we did. David, our guide, accompanied us from landing at the airport to dropping us back there after our trip. We visited multiple sites and stayed in two lovely hotels, recommended by our guide. For me, the highlight was the for days we spent in the Masai Mara. The variety of birds was astonishing (I am a keen twitcher) and the chance to see so many wild animals in their natural habitat was truly special. David's local knowledge allowed him to find the best spots to find everything we expected to see: lions, cheetahs, leopards, hyenas, hippos, crocodiles, Thompson's gazelles, impala, waterbuck, hartebeest, wildebeest, eland, giraffe, water buffaloes, zebra, serval cats, jackals, and most special of all, two white rhino. David took us off road quite often to drive across the plains to help find the cats and his jeep can safely cross some challenging terrain. It was a magical holiday because of David's organisation and flexibility - he built a unique bespoke experience for us. He speaks English, Spanish, Swahili and a local tribal language fluently, communicates clearly and responds rapidly to any questions. We felt completely safe and looked after at all times. Highly recommended for excellent, reliable service.
AE
Email Lis | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Just amazing, so informative, helpful and great fun!
We were a group of 6 friends and we really enjoyed the tour.
We were picked up from the airport by David and he was just so helpful for the 4 nights and 5 days of the tour.
He accommodated our every request, dietary requirements and organised Covid tests for our return flight.
We saw all of the "big 5" animals and this was due to David's patience and knowledge of where the animals would be located.
Great value for money - the Zebra plains hotel was fantastic.
Would recommend the entire tour to anyone!
5 out of 5 stars!!!!
AE
Email Rebecca | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Friendly, kind, supportive, well-informed and accommodating.
This was the trip of a lifetime! Zebra Plains camp was stunning and we were very comfortable staying there. Food was provided in the form of picnics during our safari drives and set meals at the camp, we were very happy with this. David, our tour guide, was fantastic. He was easy-going and looked after us so well throughout the tour. He was so determined to help us find the Big 5 it was lovely to know he tried so hard for us, and it was a huge success!! We saw the big 5 and it was thrilling! David was so accommodating, changing times and plans to suit our needs and we always felt safe when with him. He had great knowledge of the animals and shared this with us. It was clear that David’s knowledge was gained from experience and he was not just rattling off facts that he had learned for the tour. The jeep was very comfortable and we were content driving around during the safari. Be sure to bring plenty of bug spray as it was really needed!
We visited the Masai Mara and brought lots of materials for the children (the school was closed for holidays at this time so we shared the materials with the children at the village). It was great fun dancing with the locals. We were so glad that we brought so school books, pencils, etc. as the children had lined up in the hope of receiving these gifts. The hotel that we moved to for the last night was acceptable but we missed our lovely Zebra Plains camp. The boat trip on Lake Naivasha was amazing! We were brought to a small peninsula where we walked with free-roaming zebras, wildebeests and giraffes! It was incredible to walk so closely to them having seen them from the jeep on our safari. We added the Giraffe centre to our trip on the last day and it was so lovely. David organised PCR tests for us and made sure that we had everything ready for the next part of our trip to Zanzibar.
Overall, it was such a memorable experience. We have so many funny stories, amazing photos from the safari and I would highly recommend this tour as we were so well looked after, happy and comfortable throughout.
IE
Email Cathy McKenna | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Thank you David!
We had the most amazing trip with Native Africa Trails! Our tour guide David was fantastic from the moment we booked, suiting our trip to our needs! We had a brilliant safari experience seeing the big five followed by a great visit to Lake Naivasha. Couldn’t recommend David enough!
AE
Email Carol | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing. Could not have asked for a more perfect time.
Our tour guide David was amazing. He was very quick to respond to any of our questions and tailored the tour to suit our needs. He went above and beyond to ensure our trip was the best it could have been. It was the best value for money I have come across from all my research. The accomodation was outstanding also.
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Email Julisa | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing Experience
This tour is an absolute must do. David and his team were very responsive at my request and tailored the activities that we wanted. Our driver Monge Aka Robert was amazing.. he showed up on schedule, very knowledgeable of the animals and was very personable. We felt very comfortable and safe during the journey. Truly a remarkable experience. The camp was perfect! Very clean, staff was friendly and food was tasty
JO
Email Yousef | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Days to remember
I highly recommend this company specially with Mwangi he is really trusted and we feel safe with him, very educated , respect the time and organised.
and we love this safari we where in May. it was so magical.
definitely we will come back to Kenya again.
JO
Email Eyad ABUGOUSH | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A safari to remember
I write this review while I am heading back to Nairobi after our 5 days Safari which organized by Native Africa Safari company and specifically by David “Mwangi”. and I can’t be more grateful or thankful than now.
When we planned to go for safari l, we contact many companies and we chose David’s itinerary and plan because of it was diverse and include the best reserves to do safari in Kenya and Africa plus it was the most affordable price comparing to all other companies with even better accommodations options than others.
Before our trip we had mixed opinions about the country and also about the weather in May ( heavy rain season) but we are thankful for David who communicated, answered and explained every questions we had about the trip.
Our trip was for Masai Mata for 2 nights , one night Naivasha , and last night Nakuru .. and I highly recommend to visit each of them and will find that each reserve has its own beauty and diversity.
By David’s long experience in Safari, we were able to see the big five animals and for many rounds. Also we we were lucky to see lions kill and haunt. In addition to this, we were able to see most animals babies. To be honest, I need full blog yo mention this spectacular experience and what I saw in it.
Now on our way back home .. we regret that we didn’t make our safari trip more than 5 days and many of this unforgettable experience credits goes to David who make us feels home and represents a real bright image of the Kenyan people by his caring, friendly, experienced and professional attitude.
And definitely.. I will back soon .. for more Safari with my new friend.. David “Mwangi”
PT
Email Pedro Tamagnini | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
It was definitely a wonderful experience.
It was an incredible experience and one that will stay in my memory forever. All this was only possible due to the excellent work of NAT and the best guide (Henry). Everything went well all day long. Henry proved to be an excellent professional, very concerned, super attentive, kind and playful. Thank you very much for everything and congratulations for the excellent work! I recommend