Absolute Holiday Safaris
- Located In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2006)
- Member Of:
- Ministry of Tourism Kenya & Kenya Tourism Federation.
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $100 to $600 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Sonam | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Absolute Holiday Safaris are one of the best in the industries
Completely lived up to my expectation. The team was very helpful and accommodated all our requests. We had to change our dates and also one of our friends had to cancel and David was helpful in this regard. Overall experience was very good with David and his team. Very professional and friendly and experts in the industry.
However I have only one disappointment regarding the last day's morning safari. We were taken directly to the place where big cats were seen and we spent around 30-40 minutes there and came back, just to finish the time. I think the itinerary should clearly mention the specifics otherwise it's very misleading.
Overall a good experience. I highly recommend anyone and everyone to experience once their hospitality and services. Thank you David and to your team at Absolute Holiday Safaris.
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Email Kapil Thapliyal | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great Safari. Saw the Big 5
We had an overall wonderful experience. The guide was active and spotted well. The camp is basic but good for a short stay. They can work a little on service quality. The whole package is very good value for money.
Request David for having Stanley as your driver/guide
First of all, the price they offer is unbelievably cheap!!!! Though the accommodations & food are very basic, but we never mind on those little things. We were there to cherish the biodiversity of Kenya and Absolute Holiday Safaris enriched us with lots of lifetime memories.
We had an 8 days' package in Kenya including Masai Mara,Lake Nakuru, Lake Naivasa & Amboseli. Though they usually offer a 7 days' package in this circuit, but we requested for an extra full day in Masai Mara & David arranged accordingly. We were clubbed with different co-travelers on different national parks, but everything was on time & we had not to wait a long time for anybody in anywhere. David is a very kind & really helpful guy. 'Now our office is not you tour operator's office. It is your home in Nairobi.'- He said on the last day. And it was really that! Our trip with them was ended on 8th August and our return flight was on 9th evening. On 9th morning, we checked out from our hotel, kept our luggage in David's office & went to visit Nairobi National Museum. Though it was not included in our package, but David arranged a car for us to the museum & later dropped us on airport. And this entire arrangement was 'absolute'ly free of cost!!!
From the 3rd day of our trip, we got Stanley as our driver cum guide. He has immense knowledge & insight about animals & birds. He has good spotting capability and knows exactly when & where to stop the car to capture great wildlife photographs. Our one & only one complain about Absolute Holiday Safaris is all other drivers are not as sincere & efficient as Stanley. Having a good driver/guide in any game drive matters a lot. If any fellow-traveler is planning to book Kenya trip with Absolute Holiday Safaris, I will suggest him/her to request David for Stanley as your driver/guide.
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Email Artem | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Well organized, punctual, honest, attentive, and surprisingly cheap.
I was looking for a safari tour to the best national parks in Kenya on SafariBookings, and the 6 days safari MaasaiMara-Naivasha-Nakuru-Amboseli seemed to be the most interesting and availiable. The tour offered by the AbsoluteHolidaySafaris could start any day, it was possible for a single traveller to join the group, and it was the cheapest on the SafariBookings. Besides, the agent made me a discount! I did not even write to other operators. The guides met me on my arrival, gave me prescious advices about my stay in the country, arranged the transfer to Malindi after the safary & back to the airport. All the guides were extremely attentive, polite and honest. They spoke English excellently & were perfect drivers. Due to them the very safari was realy great - we could see almost all the animals we wanted. The groups are quite small - up to 6 persons in a car, but the last 3 days I was alone with the driver and the chef, who were doing everything I wanted. They dropped my extra luggage to Nairobi and were waiting with me 3 hours for my bus to Malindi etc. I travel a lot (Europe, South America, Asia), but I have never met such a honest and attentive tourist agency, which does not just want to earn money on you, but really wants to get you pleasure and save your money!
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Email Betty | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Will dfinitely come back to David, for any Kenya trip
My husband and I had a safari trip in Kenya and Tanzania from June 25-July 7th 2016.
It was en excellent experience in Kenya. We started with a pick up from the airport provided by the company at 11pm as promised, very impressed. We saw lots of animals, the driver made effort to find exotic animals for us. We even saw Mount Kilimanjaro . Tent and bed were as advertised., clean and comfortable. Food was ok. I have recommended this trip to my friends already.
Disappointed for the trip in Tanzania. It was passed on to another company on Tanzania. We have lots of problems with the land cruiser provided by the company, food was bad, accommodation was dirty. However, the driver, his name was Salee, was very experienced, careful and dedicated tour guide. Even with all the beautiful and exotic animals that we saw, we would not recommend the Tanzania trip at all.
The reason we would go back to Absolute Holiday is because , David, the person we booked the trip with is very approachable, responsible, friendly and available all the time during the trip to help to solve any problem.
He did briefing before the trip, debriefing after the trip. He listened to all our concerns and was willing to help us to solve the problems during and after our trip. We felt being treasured as a customer and enjoy the service that he provided. Will definitely go back for his reliable service.
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Email YI | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great, perfect for travel.
This is my first visit to Kenya. I was very lucky to choose the Absolute Holiday Safaris. Entire itinerary was very reasonable and easy. The most commendable is that our guide is very professional, and work very hard. Safaris in time, our guide always rushed to the front than any other company drivers, so shoot animals visitors from all angles. I come from China, English is not good, guide their best to make me understand what he was saying. Sincerely recommend to you, choose Absolute Holiday Safaris will not make you regret it.
Email Hilary | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
incredible experience and value for money
The whole experience from start to finish was fantastic, from initial communications right through to the wonderful ride back to Nairobi. Our tour guide 'Animal' was extremely knowledgeable and went out of his way to give us a wonderful safari experience and answer all the questions we had-to which there is not one that he did not know the answer to! Our camp site was extremely peaceful, comfortable and the food delightful. It was a fantastic opportunity to learn more about the rich massai culture and its wildlife, whilst having a relaxing and comfortable trip away from the bustling streets of Nairobi. Excellent value for money, we couldn't believe it ourselves! I would recommend this
trip to anybody!
Amazing experience !
We had the 3 days Massai Mara Safari, me and my wife
It was an amazing experience
David was helpful and responsive
And the best was our guide his nickname is (Animal) he is just great knows a lot about the animals and the people etc
We do recommend Absolute :))
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Email Narayanappa Kodandaramaiah | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very good. Ever rememberable, money's worth. I
Communication service excellent. Service good.living upto expectations. Safsri tour was very enjoyable.
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Email Tepa | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Absolute Holiday Safaris do know their territory, and their birds and animals.
It was a pleasure to do the safari with Asolute Holiday Safaris.
The booking of the hotels took some back and forth-ing and while responses were very prompt it did require constant input from us. We were fortunate to know friends who had been on a safari before and could guide us.
The vehicle was slight disappointing. We expected much better for the price considering the fact that we had booked the high end luxury tour. The guide was loud but good natured, and once we understood each other the holiday was good.
The biggest negative however, was being told how much to tip (which was exorbitant, by every standard), and not on the basis of the overall experience. We gave what we felt was very fair, even generous, but the guide's annoyance at this was not at all pleasant. Sadly it was not a happy end to a good safari.
Reply from Absolute Holiday Safaris
Posted on May 4, 2016Hello Tepa
Great to know the experience you had with us and really appreciate,we are concerning on what spoiled the good trip,i as the contact person am shocked to know that you were told how much to tip. Kindly we does not work like this as the clients experience determines how much to tip.
We are also shocked that the driver was annoyed..... Kindly you came for the Holiday while i was too on holiday and on behalf of the entire office i really apologize for that.
Kindly we will make a follow up and make sure this does not happen to our future clients.
with kind apology
david