Review about Tsavo East National Park by florette kingston
Tsavo East National Park is one of the world's largest game reserves, providing undeveloped wilderness homes to vast numbers of animals.We have stayed at a few lodges both in Tsavo east and West and had good sightings of most of kenya's wildlife.
Review about Lake Nakuru National Park by florette kingston
Lake Nakuru National Park is set in the heart of the Rift Valley. The park is relatively small at approximately 250 square kilometres, but it should never be overlooked! Its accessibility and close proximity to Nairobi makes it an easy day trip from the capital or ideal for a couple of nights on safari.
Wonderful driver guide led a great experience
Our driver Caleb was a wonderful guide and went out of his way to ensure that we were comfortable and saw as much as we could: countryside, animals and points of interest. We had a great safari!
Review about Aberdare National Park by florette kingston
we saw less variety of wildlife than in the Mara
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A fine adventure at a reasonable rate.
the "budget" group safari that i joined through seven wonders easily met expectations. travel in kenya (nairobi to amboseli park) was arranged by michael of ancient wild safaris in nairobi; he provided a driver and cook who were courteous and knowledgeable. the trip into tanzania and the serengeti also included helpful guide and cook and was deftly organized by evelyn of seven wonders in arusha. as advertised, we camped at private and public sites. accommodations were rough-hewn but adequate, and attendants did the heavy lifting by preparing wholesome meals and comfortable sleeping arrangements. the wildlife was bodaciously abundant and the trackers knew where to find it. the safari was an edifying and memorable experience. however, because of some unpleasantness regarding gratuities for attendants, i recommend that safari organizers provide clear guidelines to clients and employees regarding these voluntary remunerations to avoid misunderstandings.
DE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Africa feeling pure
Tarangiri NP and Serengeti were just fabolous, but also the villages, Masais, all locals, nature and landscape in general - I loved exploring everything every day!
Meals were delicious during the tour and tenting in the Serengeti was for me personally the best.
SE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Fantastic Safari experience!
We are a family from Sweden with two daugthers (17 and 14 yrs) and went to Arusha for 3 days safari with World Tours& Safaris Tanzania. We visited Tarangire, NgoroNgoro and Maniara and had wonderful days with lot of animals. We stayed at Twiga lodge which was ok but lacking charm, though had A swimmingpool. Our guide Humphrie was nice, skilful and had broad knowlodge about the animals, the people and the culture in Tanzania. Rickard was very helpful and gave us perfect service. We can really recommend this company.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A tough motorcycle ride that should only be done by experienced off-road riders
In September, the pans are very dry, so the wildlife is scarce. September is still very hot (42 degrees Celsius) and the wind was also very strong. With no trees for shelter, camping on the pans was difficult. The Pans are surrounded by deep soft sand, making it difficult on two wheels.
Camping on the open Pans in an awesome experience. You will never feel such solitude when looking across the Pans at absolutely nothing.
Kubu Island with its mystical history is a must see
NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Good economic private safari
We went with a small party of 2 along with a driver and cook from Dar to Selous, Ruaha and Mikumi in 7 days. The trip was well planned, due to road conditions and traffic around Dar a bit tight schedule but that was to our own request. We experienced the journey as well organized, sleeping places up to our expectations (we went on a tight budget so we definitely cut some corners here and there) and sometime above it. The driver / guide was knowledgeable, fun to talk to and an experienced 4x4 driver. He knew his way around the park and gave us plenty time to make pics and videos. Our lovely cook made very tasty breakfast, lunch and 3-course dinners every night, and even made some real Tanzanian food when we requested some. The car needed some water now and then (December = hot season) but it made for some welcome leg stretching. All in all we had fun and Grassroots delivered. One of the owners even invited us upon return for dinner, which we used to evaluate person to person. Very good experience. Next time, we'll take some more time inside the parks and less travelling. Less parks = more safari...
CA
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Beautiful country with abundant wildlife, and cities with large wealth disparities.
Kenya is a must-travel destination if you enjoy wildlife tourism. Masai Mara is an expansive, well managed safari, with an abundance of fauna, though tour operators vary in their knowledge of details about the animals. The roads are chaotic, but it's quite fun really, and the accommodations seem quite nice when the power/wifi works. Birding isn't a big feature it seems, though there are some beautiful species, with the exception being the guides at Lake Naivasha. Nairobi has some nice restaurants at affordable prices, and is quite safe now (given the precautions taken due to terrorist attacks), but isn't worth spending much time in unless you're there for other reasons.