US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Maasai Mara and Kakamega Forest
We have posted on other sites about the experience following my wife and I spending our honeymoon in Kenya in January. It was superb and andoubtedly cheaper than most competitors while maintaining a connection with the local community in Maasai Mara that has really been affected with the epidemic and bolstering the local economy. Paul our guide was nothing but courteous, helpful and a font of knowledge. He was our driver for all of our safaris in Maasai Mara. I think it is worth considerable going out with the lodges themselves, given their local knowledge. I highly recommend World Escapes and Kenya. Kakamega forest is one of the most underrated destinations.
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
amazing safari, friendly guides, good accommodation, with an old car ..
the safari was well organized and we were able to adjust everything a little ourselves. the driver and guide were great! The first hotel was especially good! the second was completely ok, the first just a dream. the only bad thing was the car. Unfortunately, the seat belts no longer worked and for the two long journeys it was a bit exhausting without air conditioning. all in all, the tour was highly recommended!
CN
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Our last minute booking was so good
We spend ourholiday in Kenya last year, one year passed already. It was last minute booking, everything was great, apart that the weather was not good, there was too much water in Masaai Mara and our vehicle got stuck many times. Thanks to our Safari Sepecialist Jong and Solomon was our driver guide, he is good! Thank you for inviting me to review. Overall safari was good!
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Lived up to expectations and would go again.
We really enjoyed our safari. Our driver in Tanzania, Victor, was just wonderful . Always managed to get us front and center on animal viewing. We were always first and sometimes the only vehicle to sit and watch leopards or cheetahs. He was always so very patient and helpful and a really good bloke.
The places we stayed were very good. Every single one, from lodges to tented camps. We especially loved the camp in the Serengeti, Kisura Kenzan Tented Camp, as the staff were always so happy and helpful and joined in with us around the fire and on walks etc. They even took us thru their tented kitchen so we could see how they managed to feed us the amazing meals.
Speke Bay Lodge on the waters edge was a relaxing respite for the heat and the canoe trip organised by the owner, to a fishing village across the lake was so worthwhile, to really wake us up as to how some other people live. The people in the village were all happy to see us , but its an eye opener for sure. Something every western child should see.
Our meals were more than adequate and always plenty of choice.
Bench Africa, in Sydney, Australia, organised the whole safari , plus a couple of extended days either side, and we could not fault them either.
We cant wait for covid shots so we can go again.
NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Good organized all-inclusive safari to the Maasai Mara!
We had contact by email and phone. Both worked quickly and were informative. We booked a budget private tour and were glad with our choice! The whole Toyota Land cruiser for ourselves was pretty nice and worth the additional money.
Jack was a great driver and good tour guide. Especially inside the park; he knew the animals, gave informative facts & background and he tried his upmost best to find the wildlife! We felt save on the slippery tracks and comfortable at times to look at the animals and taking pictures.
Due to COVID-19; Jack was wearing his mask correctly and consequently at all times and there were a lot of places where you could wash your hands.
The accomodation was fine, don't expect too much however, it's sober. Bed and bathroom were clean. Kitchen and security staff at Lenchata camp were friendly and supportive. The programm was in line with the proposed itinerary and lived for sure up to our expectations.
SE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
It was amazing
Me and my girlfriend who's from Kenya did the big 5 safari.
It was really good, the tour guide was the best and tracked hyenas for me.
I've been to Tanzania before in the nature reserve, saw everything but hyenas there.
So I was really happy with our guide.
The food was good, but the same food every day which was a shame. But the chef was super friendly and funny.
The whole experience was fantastic except for the fact that the masai's called my girlfriend whore in Swahili, just cause she was with me, a white guy. It's truly hurtful that people haven't gotten further that we can see beyond skin color, ethnicity or things we can't control over. I didn't choose to be white, she didn't chose to be brown, but here we are in love trying to have a good time. She definitely didn't deserve that from Francis and he shouldn't be the one showing people around with that behavior and it's also weird that nobody said anything.
I hope this problem has been taken care of and that no one else has to experience the same thing.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Awesome service and quick response and more affordable than other operators.
I was very happy from start to finish with all the arrangements.
a few days before we went to Mabula we were contacted again and reminded.
They also hoped that we would have a good break.
That we did indeed! Was a much needed very enjoyable 3nights 4day stay.
look forward to using them again in the future.
regards
Noel
UA
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
In love in safari))
we had a 3 day safari (tarangiri, ngorongoro and manyara). picked up from the airport and taken to the place of overnight stay.
love the safari, I recommend taking more days to see more animals. seen at arm's length: giraffes, elephants, zebras, buffaloes, lions, monkeys ... it's just incredible))
very nice guide Fredy, it was as comfortable as possible with him ... he tried to show us all the animals that are in the parks (we saw a rhinoceros even ... about 150 meters away (they were looking for him all over the park).
my top recommendations for smile with us. good customer reference
BE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
I got a nice day walking and climbing in the beautiful nature of Uganda!
It was all
CN
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Don’t joke with Sino Africa Safari, because they are so serious
We had a lovely safari with Sino Africa Safari and Ctip. We saw lot of animals, and adapted an elephant baby in Kenya. The tour was good because our global tour guide from Ctip was good, he brought a rice cooker from china, carry all the way to kenya.... The local Chinese tour guide was professional, explianed eveything about animal to us and also the culture, our driver guide was professional and nice too, always make our vehicle clean and have good eye sight to catch animals. One thing I remember most is that the African pig is so cute. They were chased cheetah but they forgot after sometime. We observed the whole story which can’t forget. We loved our safari, we will go with Ctrip and Sino Africa Safari again for another safari next time! We gave them four star because we lost our luggage when arriving Kenya on the first day. My wife's cloth and cosmetics were in the luggage, we went to Amboseli on Day 1 and we received our luggage on day 3 which took us too long to receive. Our local guide helped us to buy necessary stuffs after we lost our luggage in the airportt, thanks to him. Overall of the safari is very good.
