65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Perfect
Our safari was well blended with good communication, arrangement and execution. Our expectations were exceeded.
The tour guide was excellent and we visited all the areas as planned. Thanks alot. I recommend leisureway adventures!
SE
under20 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Nice and fun trip
I was a nice and fun trip, very nice hotel and a good arrengment.
AE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great driver/guide (Sebastian) office organisation could be better
We booked a 6 night Kenya safari for a family of 5 with three teenagers.
Our guide/driver, Sebastian, was amazing. A kind a gentle man, we were all instantly at ease with him. He made the effort to learn all of our names quickly and conversed with the kids, answered our questions and shared knowledge of his country readily, and with excellent English. Whenever we wanted to stop to take a photo or go to use the bathroom he was more than happy to oblige. When he didn't know something, such as the name of a bird, he didn't pretend and would find out later for us. Most importantly, the roads in Kenya are pretty wild with dodgy drivers and even dodgier roads, Sebastian drove expertly and safely the whole time while negotiating animals, huge trucks and long days behind the wheel. He made sure he took regular breaks to remain alert while behind the wheel. We could not recommend a tour with Sebastian highly enough.
The only disappointments we had were with the organisation from the company. We booked a Maasai Mara, Lake Nakuru, Amboseli tour (in that order) so that our family could spend Christmas day on safari and enjoy the amazing animals within the park. When we arrived we found our tour had been flipped with us travelling to Amboseli first and Maasai Mara last. This wouldn't normally be an issue, except that we had especially organised the tour to avoid a day of travel on Christmas. Our flight arrival time had been shared, everything had been agreed and sorted. To find out upon our arrival that we would be spending Chrissy travelling for 7 hours was disappointing to say the least. If we had been informed that this was not possible or our flight had been delayed we would have understood. We then realised that our accommodation had never been booked in the order we requested and this was not communicated prior to our arrival.
Once again, Sebastian is awesome, ask for him to be your driver. Book with Apodiformes for a great safari. We saw all the animals, we had an amazing time, the teenagers and adults loved it.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Corporative, customer focused, trustworthy
He is reliable, very responsive and provides details for anything asked.
He has good customer care, he ensures we don’t missed out any activity that was prior planned into our safari.
The safari tour was beautiful.
CW
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The guide is an important role in your experience
My first contact with Lenchada was with Alex, he was very great to deal with very attentive and made sure all my needs were met. The driver that will pick you up from hotel was also very nice and hospitable.
On the start day of my safari I was assigned a guide in a group joining safari as I was a solo traveler. They assigned me to Richard, he was the best guide I could ask for on safari. He was sharing information along the road about Nairobi, about the animals and most importantly he made sure everyone saw their favorite animal and complete the checklist of viewing the big five.
Unfortunately on my 4th day of safari they split me from my group and guide as I had booked another route to Amboseli for my last 2 days to complete the 6 days.
I was assigned a guide Izachiel, worst guide ever! I wish I ended my safari on day 4 with Richard.
I did not feel safe with him on the 5 hours drive to amboseli at all. We almost crashed 2 times, first time he took a break so abrubt that he had to turn of the land cruiser or for safety the cruiser turned off by itself not sure. The second time it was a bit dark and we almost crashed in some crossing cows.
When I arrived at my lodge also I didn’t feel welcome after the long drive.
And to complete this whole nightmare with Izachiel, I told him from the start that my interest in visiting amboseli was to view Mt Kilimanjaro
2 days we stayed in amboseli he did not even show in which direction I needed to spot.
Weather was cloudy but I think he could have at least showed that he cared and make some effort and communicate better.
All by all I arrived back safely in Nairobi but I was not happy at all with the end of this trip. Could have saved some money and do only a 4 day trip. So my advice is that overal Lenchada is a good company I would recommend most of employees are very professional but be wary of types like Izachiel.
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IT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic!
Safari experience fantastic with an amazing guide and a super skilled driver. We saw all the animals and even more times!! Lions elephants zebras giraffes etc.
Taxi service impeccable as well as the airplane drive. Just one negative notice one hour and a half for the departure. Wish I could have slept more!!
FR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A successful hiking trip
We booked the 6 day Mont Kenya trek via the Sirimon gate to Chogoria.
Our guide and the carrier team (Shem, Gaustin, Anthony, Julius, John and Gilbert) was very helpful anytime we asked for anything, always trying to make our trip the best possible.
Would we have prefered to know in advance that we would be sleeping in a tent and to have an exhaustive list of what we would need for the hike ? Yes but even without that we successfully hiked to the top of Mount Kenya !
We were taken care of with 3 meals a day, tea anytime we wanted.
This trip is for experienced hikers as the hike can be technical.
AT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great safari experience
We had a great time on our 5 day safari in to Tarangire, Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Manyara.
Nice accommodations
Good fresh daily lunch and dinner
Good organization, but sometimes not spot on time
Overall a great safari experience
NO
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great staff who made our trip a life long memory
In a nutshell, everything went according to plan and expectations: great service and follow up from Kihindo tours (William and Winnie); extra support to retreive lost luggage; fantastic and awesome days on safaris both in Mikumi and Nyerere, incl walking- and boat safaris with local guides; and two charming lodges who both made us feel «like home».
A special thank you to our knowledgeable guide, William.
HU
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Attentive, customer friendly.
Everything was as described.
Benson was very attentive and helpful.
They were flexible in coordinating clients from different offices.
Overall, I would definitely recommend Tall Masai Safari.
There was one negative however that I must mention. Almost all the members of our group had quite severe indigestion, most likely the problem was with the first accommodation (Miti Mingi eco camp). This was later confirmed by other group members.