35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Best Safari Experience
This was by far one of the best experience. The tour was well organised from start to finish. Staff communication was great. The driver was quite patient during the tour allowed us to see the animals up close and shared insightful information about how the animals interact. Never seen so many animals in one place. The chance to meet the Masai community and learn their wau of life was also a valuable experience. I would highly recommend it!
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Wonderful Safari to Amboseli and Mount Kilimanjaro
Our recent safari with Edward and chef Kevin was a once in a lifetime trip. Planning the trip I was immediately impressed with the responsiveness and cooperative approach to building our itinerary. Edward was very prompt, professional and personable. We quickly became comfortable with him and his dedication to making the most of our trip. Our meal menu was customized with fresh food cooked to perfection. Kevin is the best. Edward was very knowledgeable of the animals on safari and the geography surrounding Mount Kilimanjaro. Our acomodations at Kimana camp were just as described, the staff there was very friendly and accommodating as well. I would highly recommend contracting with Edward for any type of excursion or trip in Kenya.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best Safari Experience of our lives
We were with absolute safaris for 7 days and had the best time. We had read a few reviews before booking them but didn't really know what we were up for. Ben picked us up at the Nairobi airport and he was a very polite shy man. He was our Safari driver and guide too. He did the best to show us all the animals to his level best. He seemed quite popular too with the other safari drivers. He made sure we were comfortable at every stage and was patiently answering all of our questions. We had a few amazing game drives. it was quite thrilling. Nothing like what we had expected. The highlight was that we saw leopards which are very rare in that season to be spotted.
David, at the Safari office was extremely accommodative and booked for us our numerous journeys within Kenya,other than the safari. He helped us with our airport transfer back too. On the whole, and amazing experience and i would not hesitate to recommend them to anyone why maybe thinking of going with them.
Thanks to Ben, David and Albert for making our Kenya trip the most memorable one :)
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Trips to Masai Mara and Nairobi National Park
From the start they were good on the phone, friendly and welcoming when I was picked up and good driver heading towards the reserve - although we couldn't tell then how well he would fare with the animals - while other vehicles were getting stuck we had a great afternoon and morning drive with sightings of lions, cubs, zebra and 3 families of elephants - there was good local knowledge as well as wise use of the radio. Peter and his team dropped us at the airport, even took us for coffee on the way as there was plenty of time before the flight.
Second time, I only had an afternoon to spare at short notice but no problem, Peter picked me up and arranged a tour van to meet us at the gates to the park - all very efficient.
Would I recommend them - sure, no hesitation! Nice people leaving me with an amazing experience.
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35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Kenya Safari - Great Experience !
We were very happy on our recent trip in Kenya. We saw more than we expected. Our guide was very nice and gave us alot of information on animals, people and their culture among others. We will recommend you to our family and friends home and in Kenya too. We will certainly be back in future.
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Safari
Our Madikwe Safari experience was wonderful. The booking and transfers to and from the reserve were very smooth. The Bush Lodge was extremely welcoming (including generously providing honeymoon champagne) and our guide was excellent. We had good luck seeing a variety of animals on the drives and at the nearby waterhole. Hopefully we will be able to make it back next time we visit South Africa.
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35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic service and knowledge
From the moment I was met at the airport by Sylvester and Nicholas, to when Nicholas and I returned to Nairobi, I have nothing but good things to say about this company. The communication leading up to when I arrived in Kenya was excellent - and often was just checking that there was nothing more that I wanted to know. Once on safari itself (we did four national parks/reserves), Nicholas couldn't have been more helpful as a driver/guide. His knowledge of animals, plant life and birds is extraordinary. I especially liked that he talked to other drivers on the CB to find out which spots were 'hot' with animals to see. He even pulled an Africanised Bee stinger out of my back - that definitely is going beyond the call of duty. I'd use these guys again in a heartbeat.
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The worst experience of our life
Hereby I signed Ludovico Canovai want to report a fraud suffered against me during my stay for the Christmas holidays.
The day on December 13 of 2015 to prepare for my trip to Tanzania I booked and paid a rent of 2 bikes for 4 days (24-27 December) in Zanzibar through Kiango Adventure Safaris from the Lord David in Dar Es Salaam.
When I landed at the Port of Zanzibar where I had the 'date for delivery of the bikes, unfortunately the' Agency did not show up.
After several attempts to contact them, we could speak with the head of the Society of hire who admitted he had not paid the 'intermediary and that in 3 days. Would reimburse payment 289 USD
Afther three days from the day of repayment we were still waiting for the refund.
Concerned about what happened, I went directly to 'address of the agency, which unfortunately did not exist. Even though David has answered the phone but did not want to meet us personally.
At January 17 I have not yet received payment
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
An excellent game park but let down by poor maintenance and management
We hired a lodge for a family of six at Hluhluwe Hilltop Camp which was excellent. During our three day stay we experienced the game park, including a game drive which too, were excellent. What was not good however was how the place was managed and maintained. For example:
1) There were only 2 x washing machines for the whole camp and both were broken!!! On inquiring I learnt they had been out of order for at least two weeks prior to our arrival.
2) Secondly, the swimming pool was full of green water. Completely unusable for lack of regular cleaning and maintenance. It looked as though the pool had been in this condition for weeks.
3) The shop, as advertised on the website was virtually empty of anything useful apart from small quantities of tea sugar plus two small loaves of bread. The shelves were empty due to nobody ordering stock and goodness only knows for how long. We had to waste a morning driving out of the park to buy groceries.
4) On several occasions there did not seem to be enough restaurant or bar staff on duty resulting in long waits.
I strongly urge management not to forget that things do breakdown and therefore have to be repaired in a timely fashion. Shelves don't restock themselves neither do swimming pools clean themselves. It's called management!!!
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35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Surpassed my expectations
Thank you Iris and Jordan for a wonderful, custom safari that exceeded my expectations. We did the kilimanjaro climb and a wildlife safari for 5 days after the climb. The quality of the guides was fantastic on both segments of the trip. Our guides John and Frank got us to the top of Kili! And they were so incredibly nice and positive about our ability to get there. (it was HARD). Phil was are safari guide and he was so great at taking us to some of his favorite sites in the Crater and Serengeti conservation areas. The best thing we decided was to let him lead the way instead of giving a structured itinerary. This gave Phil the flexibility to show us areas that had few safari vehicles for a private, custom experience. We were happy with all accomodation and appreciate the work that went into setting up this wonderful adventure.