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Wildebeest Safaris
- Located In:
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China
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 1997)
- Member Of:
- ETT & TRA
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $100 to $450 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Alexandra Martynova | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent safari in Kenya & Tanzania
We did 11-days Nakuru/Naivasha/Masai Mara /Serengeti/Ngorongoro/Manyara/Tarangire/Amboseli tour. This safari in Kenya and Tanzania was our first, and it exceeded all our expectations. Noah Kuti and his team did a great job. We loved every aspect of our tour. Everything went very smoothly and was very well organized. The accommodation was wisely selected to cover variety of lodges, resorts and tented camps in both central (and crowded with fellow tourists) and more remote (quiet and exclusive) parts of the parks. We liked the diversity. The tour route was planned very well. Some of the parks we chose ourselves, but additional recommendations from Noah were spot on. And I just need to tell you about our guides. They were amazing. Especially our guide in Kenya Ronnie, very knowledgeable and sharing our passion for photography. We saw the Big 5 in first three days with him, numerous spotting of rhinos, cats hunting, kills, cats with cubs, etc. I have some 5000 photos from the trip. Thanks guys! I can definitely recommend the Wildebeest Safaris Ltd to everyone who is looking for an excellent safari experience.
And of course the parks themselves were truly beautiful. Exceptional scenic beauty and wildlife in abundance. We would love to come back someday!
KZ
Email Julia mamaAfrica | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The best and unforgettable holiday ever!
We used Wildebeest Safaris in 2009 to arrange our trip to Kenya and Tanzania for climbing Mount Kilimanjaro and to go on a safari in Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro and Serengeti Parks. Noah Kuti met us in Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, waited for us while we did vaccination against yellow fever on arrival directly in the airport, and transferred us to Arusha, where we spent one night in hotel before climbing Kilimanjaro. Wildebeest Safaris arranged our accommodation and provided us with guides both for Kilimanjaro and safari. Everything was ok. We recommended Wildebeest Safaris to our friends and can recommend it to you.
12 Days Tour - Kenya + Tanzania
Out East Africa experience was a total success, mostly due to the time spent in open conversations - before, during and after - with the experts of Wildebeest.
The distance at some point (Colombia and Kenya) was not an issue to get all the answers, tips and arrangements.
We always received in timely manner the explanations before our trip. This was our fist sign of total confidence and trust from Noah and his team that were real all along the Kenya+Tanzania journeys
During the time spent in our 12 days trip we always made good interactions with our excellent and always smiley guide Mike.
His conversations, his insights, his knowledge, the details shared, his instructions were always present during day and night. Lack of information was never an issue.
Diversity, good food, excellent accomodation and a little bit of adventure here and there made our best trip ever
I truly and sincere recommend both Kenya+Tanzani trip and Wildeebeest Safaris Company
EE
Email Anne Saarna | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Wildebeest Safaris is reliable company with experienced guides who make you memorable safari
We visited many nature parks in Kenya and Tansania and spent most nights in tents. Our cook made us very delicious food and guides Dennis and Mike filled all our wishes. We met big five and many other birds and animals and made fantastic photos. Mike told so many interesting facts and stories about animals. It was interesting to visit local tribes and to communicate with local people. I recommend to choose Wildebeest Safaris and they make you the best safari.
MX
Email Francisco Alanis | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Worth the money
I never thought it would be so difficult to choose a safari company for travel in Africa. You can literally find hundreds of options for companies offering you their services in Kenya and Tanzania, most of them on the high budget range. If you think airfares are the most expensive part of your trip you better think it again.
After weeks of research I came across Wildebeest Safaris Ltd (based in Nairobi, Kanya ) and asked for some more info about a private 5-day Northern Tanzania Safari package. They can always customize packages according to your needs but this safari thing was completely new to me so I found it easier to go with this suggestion, so we choose them for our Tanzania holidays.
The owner gave me a prompt reply and after exchanging some emails it was all clear to me and the price was the best I could find for an established company.
What I know is that you can decide how much luxury you want and it will be reflected on higher prices. For a safari I only needed a good car, a great driver and a decent camp or lodge. We had a good LandCruiser, a nice, knowledgeable Tanzanian driver and decent and beautiful clean lodges/camps in Lake Manyara, the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater.
So, if you go for Wildebeest Safaris ask for a private car, for what we saw and heard there’s nothing worse than being packed on a pop-up roof car for 5 (or more) hours a day going around circles with a grumpy driver and seeing nothing at the end.
This is a good company and it looks like the owner is working all the time to give a good service; I definitely recommend you to contact him.
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Email Garima | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
My wife and I returned yesterday. Thank you very much for arranging our trip. Services were great.
Kenya was great, i loved it. Thanks Mr. Noah for making it so comfortable for us, we have been spreading a nice word about Kenyan safari to all our friends and of course once they plan we shall suggest ur company to them.
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Email Richard | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent itinerary with knowledgeable guides and good accommodations made for a rewarding safari.
The requested itinerary for an 18 day photographic safari by professional photographers through parks in both Kenya and Tanzania including the Maasai Mara and the Serengeti met most of our expectations and was very rewarding, due in large part to the expertise of the driver/guides Dennis and Hamza. They were excellent in locating game and getting us into position to best photograph the animals after a little coaching on how to position the vehicles. It appeared however, that they were not always adequately informed regarding the details of the trip that had been committed to us. Not everything was as advertised, for example, the first day two planned activities were not included, and a lunch on the last day was missed.
For the most part, the accommodations were as advertised with some camps better than others, however charging electronic devices was difficult in a couple of locations. The food was adequate to good and again the quality and variety varied by camp.
Optional additional activities, such as a photo safari on water at a lake and a visit to a Maasai village were offered and taken, which were very good, but the additional cost should have been advised before embarking on the adventures.
As there were some long and very difficult road transfers between parks, adequate rest and washroom stops were not sufficient on some legs. A six hour transfer with no bathroom break planned for senior citizens is not acceptable.
The largest complaint was the timing and execution of our departure at the Nairobi airport. Instead of departing our last camp at a time that would have allowed the proper travel time, with lunch included as advertised, and gotten us to the airport at a time coinciding with airport checkin, we departed the camp in the morning, did not stop for lunch and arrived at the airport at 3pm with a departure at midnight, and we were dropped without any guidance regarding the airport or facilities for waiting for a checkin at 7pm. We felt abandoned.
Given the few issues, we were satisfied with our trip and experience and would use Wildebeest again with a better understanding and agreement on some of the details mentioned above. We didn't expect anything beyond what we contracted for, but we did expect to receive what we contracted for.
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Email Rohit | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent safari exp. But don't deal with noah
I booked the safari experience from Wildebeest from aug 11 to aug 15th. Nairobi airport pickup - amboseli - Nakuru - mara and back to nairobi.
Our guide was dennis.
I had an amazing time, thanks to Dennis , the vehicle we were in was very good and Dennis made sure we felt safe. He made sure we had a great safari experience and we were lucky to see the migration crossing as well.
I would recommend the experience with Dennis to everyone.
The 2nd part of our journey to diani was riddled with troubles and we had to waste an entire day of our expensive trip because of Noah the owner/manager. Noah is the unprofessional manager who left us high and dry on 3 occassions -
1. He messed up our train tickets and we ended up wasting an entire beach day because of an early bus (our last resort) because of his unprofessionalism.
2. He messed up our mara hotel itinerary and we had to travel 3 hours extra late in the night and had the audacity to blame us for his goof up.
3. He tried to charge us extra park fees - 160$ for his own mistakes.
Notably, we got really bad seats in the train that he did book, his delay in payments for the park fees made sure we waited 20 mins min each time outside the safari gates.
Never once did he ever make an apology that was genuine.
Although my experience with widlebeest was amazing, I have a sour taste because of noah, would strongly urge folks who deal with Noah to document everything on email as proof.
5/5 for Dennis our guide.
10/5 for Kenya and the experience
-5/5 for Noah the owner/ manager.
3.5 for wildebeest, still one of the best experiences of my life minus the issues we had to deal with because of noah.
Go for it but be careful and document everything.
Jeff's the man
Jeff was a friendly, informative and accomodating guide, making our trip really fun and memorable. No issues at all communicating with each other, and we agreed daily what time to start our day so everyone could be prepared and aligned with the schedule.
NP
Email Ansu & Agya | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great service
My friend and I had a wonderful experience with Wildebeest. Right from the pick up from the airport to all the game drives and balloon ride that was arranged. We were very lucky and managed to see 31 lions! 2 cheetahs, 2 leopards and countless elephants, giraffs and hippos - this was mostly due to our guide/driver Daniel, who knew where to take us. This made a big difference. Overall a fantastic holiday and we would definitely recommend it!