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35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Experience of a lifetime! Knowledgeable, fun, and hard working drivers above and beyond expectations
My husband and I booked an 11 day custom private safari tour in Kenya and Tanzania for our honeymoon and the experiences we had were above and beyond our expectations all the way from initial airport pick up to drop off! We chose baboon budget because they were recommend by my cousin that used them for his family’s safari in 2017.
From the start, they did not miss a single detail, and even arranged to have a trail of rose petals in our room in our first hotel to celebrate our honeymoon!
The Game parks in Kenya included Maasai Mara, lake Nakuru, Naivasha, and Amboseli. Each one was a very unique experience, all were beautiful. scenic, and filled with a variety of animals. The Lodges we stayed at were high end despite being a budget trip, and beautiful and all had incredible views and great service and the dinner and breakfast menus were delicious.
Anthony, our driver in Kenya was great to talk to, extremely knowledgeable, seemed to have lots of experience in each game park. He was very pleasant and easy going despite having to drive us around for many hours each day sometimes on very bumpy roads. He always took us where we wanted to go quickly and would surprise us with animals we were hoping to see but thought would be too difficult to find. He was always able to spot animals that were hiding and he educated us on animals facts and Kenyan culture. I would definitely request Anthony if we were to return to Kenya.
After Kenya we were transferred to Tanzania by bus. Once again everything was organized and we did not have to worry about getting a ride to our next destination since the drivers found us. Our driver in Tanzania (Godfrey - from Seven wonders - but also organized through baboon budget) was fantastic as well. We had a great time talking to him on our safaris and asking him questions. We visited Lake Manyara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro crater. All were very different and I recommend all three. He also took us to a remote hot springs in Moshi that was a bit out of the way on a road that was very hard to find. Every request we had when booking a month before from canada was met and exceeded our expectations.
On our last day in Africa we had a 10 hour layover in Nairobi. Boniferas was our driver and he spent all day driving us around to the giraffe centre, various markets, malls, parks, and carnivore restaurant for dinner before finally dropping us off at the airport with great timing! He was very personable and professional. He made our last day fantastic as well.
I highly recommend this tour company for any safaris in Kenya or Kenya and Tanzania. I have so many great things to say about our time in Africa and baboon budget safaris played a vital role in making our honeymoon perfect! We had just come from Uganda and Rwanda, and although we saw amazing things in those two beautiful countries, the tour company there did not even compare to baboon budget safaris.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An outstanding hassle free holiday experience.
After our initial contact with Ker & Downey Africa, Sarah our adventurist made contact with us even called us to find out what we would like to do on our Africa holiday. Sarah put together an itinerary & dates to suit us. Sarah was so easy to communicate with and very prompt with responses to our emails. Organizing our holiday with Ker & Downey Africa by email and from Australia, we always felt comfortable and secure with all decisions and payments that we made. Our holiday was spectacular and Sarah & Zena put so much work into the logistics of our holiday from the VIP airport pick up on arrival in Johanesberg to small things like wine in the hotel room on arrival in Cape Town, ensuring that we had restaurant bookings, they were in constant contact with us during our holiday to ensure everything was going to plan or respond quickly to any text that we sent to them.
The selection of Safari Lodges, Tour guides & Transport companies were all excellent the people that worked in the Safari Lodges were great friendly, helpful and welcoming, which just added to the outstanding hassle free holiday and then you add in the game drives were we experienced so many wonderful animals and spectacular scenery.
Ker & Downey Africa and there staff certainly worked hard to ensure we had a wonderful holiday and from our experience we would have no hesitation in recommending them to anyone to handle there holiday booking.
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Simply great! Rhys is the perfect guide, saw the big 5 at least twice, did everything we wanted to!
Even though quite some time passed by since our tour we wanted to say thank you to Rhys for our perfect tour!
Rhys and his team planned the tour perfectly around our flights, communication was easy and Rhys and his team answered right away to any question. So planning our tour was simple after we had picked Endless Summer Tours.
The tour started with Rhys picking us up at the airport with the 4WD that was becoming our second home for the tour. We headed right to Kruger park and got a lot of information about the landscape we passed.
In the Kruger park Rhys stopped for pointing out all the animals - and I am quite sure we would have missed mor than half of them without Rhys (and would have missed quite some rare animals for not knowing they were ;-)! He gave us interesting information about the all those small and big animals and it took only 2 days to have the big 5 completed the first time :-) - and we got to see all of them multiple times.
Also saw a hunt of Wild dogs, which Rhys was able to follow quite a long way with his driving skills and knowledge of the park. It was great fun spending time at the BBQ in the nights and got a lot of good food throughout the day *yummie*. He adjusted all plans just the way we wanted - so we spent all day in the car driving around to see as much as possible.
For us it was good to have a closed car for weather and temperature - especially in the mornings.
All in all it was just a perfect tour, we will definitely pick Endless Summer Tours again when we are back for another Kruger Tour!!!
Thank you Rhys (and sorry it took us so long to write our recommandation)!!!!!!
A-One has exceptional family friendly tour services. While on that safari you become family.
Incredible tour experience, definitely an experience worth revisiting. Family friendly services from the A-tour team and the sites were incredible.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
They were efficient and Iwe had no issues with payment, starting and ending the safari.
I communicated with Minneh of Jocky Tours & Safaris through email and she was very prompt at answering all my questions and concerns. It was very easy to pay the deposit and even the remaining balance before the start of the trip. Evans our driver and guide throughout the entire trip was a fun guy to be around. We learned a lot about the animals and environment that we did not know about. Evans was also very accommodating to our needs and always asked if we were okay. I would highly recommend this tour group for future travellers. When we decided to tour again, we'll definitely be using them again. Cheers to you all for a job well done. Thank you!!
US
Experience level: first safari
This was a great and very affordable trip
Wilson gave me the hook up.He is a good man and well trusted.Staying at the homebase outsise of the safari area was great too.I would do it again in a minute....except for the small fact I live half way around yhe world away.
Kenya is a great destination,Wilson is your man.
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Terrific experience!
Best trip of my life. Can't wait to get back! Was such a wonderful experience.
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent from start to finish!
During a safari, you practically spend the entire day with your tour guide because of all the driving. So it's imperative to be with someone who is patient, knowledgeable of area and personable. Godson embodied all three of the aforementioned traits, and candidly that's an understatement. From the moment he picked me up late at night from the Arusha airport, until the time he dropped me off I felt so welcomed by him and loved hearing him talk about the animals/tribes/etc I saw along the way. Another thing I liked is I never felt rushed; 3 days is not a lot of time to see the Serengeti/Ngorongoro but trust me when I tell you he packed a lot of activities into a short time period! Very grateful that he was as passionate about showing me the sights as I was to see them.
I cannot wait to go back to Tanzania to work with him again. Only next time I want to check out his hiking tour of Mt. Kilimanjaro or see other areas of the Serengeti. Thanks Godson!!!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing safari experience - “Wildlife Safaris” - http://www.wildlifesafaris.com
Amazing experience. Christine and Nic took care of everything. From helping organise flights, to taking us to Kruger, to checking in the lodge, to taking us on the best routes, restaurants, avoiding the queues, taking pictures, and finally taking us home! Always at ease and Nic is THE most experienced man in Kruger. 30+ years experience, nobody has worked in the park longer.
Can’t recommend this enough. Reach out to them, tell them what they want and let them take control. They know what they are doing!
Re price, you may find another firm $100 cheaper, but this $100 savings is given back in either longer queues, jam packed vehicles or poorer food. I wouldn’t look anywhere else, and I know 1 client who has come back to Nic and Christine over half a dozen times.
http://www.wildlifesafaris.com
Enjoy! Best of luck!
Blair
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The drivers are incredibly knowledgeable and felt like part of our family by the end of the trip!
Harrison and Charles were wonderful tour guides. They are both safe drivers who allowed us to snap photos at our leisure while ensuring that we saw the best that Masai Mara had to offer. Both of them are very knowledgeable and they shared their vast amount of intel throughout the trip. The van was comfortable to ride in. Both drivers were prompt in their timing and kept our large group to a schedule to allow us to see as much as possible while in the Mara and at Hells Gate. We will definitely be booking with African Hagyko again for our next safari and highly recommend it to anyone traveling in Kenya!
