Clients exploring the Kenyan Parks
Australken Tours & Travel
- Office In:
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 1996)
- Member Of:
- KATO & ETT
- Tour Types:
- Custom budget & mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $155 to $450 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
for a custom tour
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Reviews
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Email Anne and Betsy | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Incredible journey with lovely people in an amazing country!
Our experience with Australken was just perfect! We spent amazing 9 days on safari in Tsavo East, Amboseli, Lake Naivasha, Masai Mara and Nairobi. We had excellent food, every day freshly cooked by our lovely cook who even stood up at 5am to prepare picnic lunch for us. Moreover we had the most competent driver who safely took us for hours and hours to the best locations and informed us with his huge knowledge about animals and nature. Whatever we wanted to see or do, our guides made it possible. The accommodations were lovely chosen as they were in local ownership , cosy, clean and located very near the parks. The whole organizing of the tour was very professional and created on our wishes. When we told our organizer that we planned to do some trips after the safari, she spontanously organized a 2-nights-trip to the coast for us within one day for an excellent price and with a reliable driver. We thank the whole Australken Team very much for this wonderful journey that we will never forget. We would always choose Australken Tours again!! Thank you a lot.
Many greetings Anne and Betsy from Germany. :)
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Email Tobias | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great Experience
We were on a 9-day safari together with Australken. It was an amazing and unforgettable experience with countless wonderful moments and lots of information from our guides.
Many thanks Australken Tours & Travel
DE
Email Daniel Hellmann | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent Planning and Tour
The whole experience with Australken Tours was wonderful, starting with the initial communication, the exchange and discussion of different travel itineraries and then also the safari itself. We visited Samburu N.R. and Ol Pejeta Conservancy on a 4-day safari, with a private vehicle. Our guide Symon shared so much knowledge and passion about the animals, the nature and Kenyan society, we had really inspiring conversations. We had a cook for the first 3 days, who made tasty meals according to our dietary restrictions.
Samburu and Ol Pejeta are very different and allow to see the special Northern 5, many elephants and rhinos, giraffes, buffaloes and also various birds and we are more than happy. Big thank you also to Zippy for organizing everything so smoothly.
DE
Email Thomas | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Stress free and beautiful organazied trip to see the mountain gorillas in Uganda
The trip from Entebbe to Kisoro was perfectly timed and our driver / guide / entertainer Johnstone was especially great. With his knowledge and insights we really managhed to learn a lot about Uganda and its people and we got to all our destinations in time and savley. Seeing and spending one hour with the gorillas was of course the highlight and it will be unforgetable.
Thanks again to you Johnstone and the whole team at Australken Tours & Travel - highly recommended!!!
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Email Derek | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Fantastic Safari - Good Price, Excellent Service, Great Team! Definitely Recommended
We had a wonderful time on our four day safari through Masai Mara, Lake Naivasha and Hell's Gate. The safari exceeded our expectations, and the team was wonderful!
Our driver/guide, Johnstone, was friendly, very knowledgeable and did a fantastic job of getting us through some treacherous roads. Many other drivers were getting stuck, but we rode right through with no issues at all. He also listened well to what we were aiming to see and adjusted the drives accordingly - including having our lunch sitting right next to a beautiful giraffe along the road. The cook, John, was also super friendly and made some wonderful meals for us, starting with a fantastic soup every night for starters. They made a great pair, and we loved them as a team together. Zippy was absolutely fantastic with fast, helpful responses to any questions, and I only have great things to say about her and the company. The vehicle is a minivan with a pop-top which is perfect for wildlife viewing. It was a little older (particularly compared to some of the new vehicles we used in Tanzania), but we got a great price for a private tour, and it actually turned out to perform better than a lot of the Land Cruisers that were stuck in the mud as we rolled past with ease, so I would definitely recommend it.
All in all, we had a wonderful trip, saw tons of animals and loved our experience. We would absolutely use Australken again and recommend them to anyone else!
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Email Neha - The Art of Travel | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent Service Beginning to End - Will do another Safari again with Australken
This was our first Safari experience and like most people, we were worried about so many things: our first-time visit to Africa, vaccinations, mosquitos, safety, cost, food options, getting scammed, and so on. We received several competing quotes from various safari tour companies but decided to finalize our tour with Zippy from Australken Tours & Travel.
In our travels all over the world and throughout the 6 continents, we have not met any tour operator as professional and communicative as Zippy. It seems like she is an A.I. She is on top of everything. All your questions get answered promptly with care and understanding. Zippy also customized our tour and helped us narrow down on Amboseli, Nakuru, Lake Naivasha, and Maasai Mara in 7 days! This itinerary turned out to be perfect!
Zippy came to pick us up at NBO airport and dropped us to our hotel in Nairobi. The next morning she came again with the paperwork, our Safari vehicle and guide/driver Al (Albanus).
Our guide/driver, Al was excellent. Perhaps we were lucky to have him paired with us. With 29 years of safari experience, he knew everything about the wildlife, birds, the general flora and fauna of Kenya! Our 7 days Safari felt short because we were having too much fun and also we learned a lot. We saw lions on three occasions and four out of the big five. (We didn't spot a leopard this time). In addition, we saw various wildlife we didn't even know exists. The big cats take most of our imaginations when we think of Africa or a Safari. But the Savanna is a rich ecosystem and there is SO MUCH variety and wildlife all over Kenya, that you will feel like your tour cost was a bargain!
Zippy was available and communicative throughout our safari (as needed). At the end of our tour, she met us again and even gave us a lovely souvenir from Kenya! If we have to summarize our experience in one sentence, we will say, we will definitely recommend Australken Tours and Zippy to all of our blog readers, friends, and family! The overall safari experience surpasses your expectations (if this is your first time).
Moreover, we ourselves will be back again to do another safari with Zippy! Africa is amazing and 7 days do not do justice! We are already craving more!
Neha & Sal
The Art of Travel
www.artoftravel.tips
Email Claire | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great service, efficient, friendly, experienced
We did the 3 day safari to Ol Pejeta and Samburu. Everything was very well organised and we were very pleased with the driver-guide, the vehicle, the accommodation. And we managed the see the big 5 despite the rainy season, owing to our driver's expertise. We had very informative conversations with him and the drives were great. Great driving skills too, negotiating flooded causeways ! The welcome and farewell committee was lovely too.
PH
Email Ela | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing experience!
I don't have enough words to describe just how thankful I am to Zippy and Symon for giving my partner and I the absolute BEST experience in Kenya! Zippy is incredible - she met us upon arrival and before we left, making sure all was well with us. Throughout the whole planning process, she was more than accommodating and was so patient with me regarding all my questions and requests. Symon, our guide and driver, was nothing less than amazing. His knowledge and experience really made our trip memorable - you could ask him anything and he would have an answer for you. Also, he really made sure that our trip was worthwhile, making sure that we got to see all the animals we wanted and giving us the best vantage points to view them.
Will definitely book with Australken again for the other countries they cater to, or just when we come back to Kenya. Thank you so much, Zippy and Symon, you guys are amazing.
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Email Anastasiia | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
If I could give more than 5 stars I'll give it!
We are soo lucky to discover Kenya with Australken tours! We have a wonderful team - guide Edwin, cook John and masai Tom, with whom we made our 4-day trip to Masai Mara. Edwin told us a lot about animals, and about Kenya in general. I will never forget our cozy dinners somewhere in the African savannah. The trip was perfectly organized, Zippy was in touch and was always ready to help. Throughout the safari, the Internet was always available, but the days were so exciting that it was not really needed.
We saw everyone with the exception of the black rhino, which there are not so many left. We even saw the leopard that Tom and Edwin found. Watching him was unforgettable.
Big thanks to you that you were always fed us in the car on the road, even though I didn't drink all the soda that accumulated all the days of trip :))
The attitude was so warm that we left Kenya with great sadness! We are so lucky with the team that I don’t even believe that it happen to me.
AE
Email Amani khasawneh | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
4 days private safari
Everything was great and well organized. I really appreciated that zippy the manager came to the airport with the driver just to make us feel more welcomed. The driver/guide Mr Evans was very knowledgeable and he knew everything about animals and where to look for them. He tried his best to show us everything in this little time we had! Zippy was generous to offer us a complimentary airport drop off and give us a very nice gift at the end of our safari.