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50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Review about Masai Mara National Reserve by Charles Lovely
Have been three times in different regions of the park which all felt and looked different as far as scenery, and numbers and types of wildlife and habitats. Not to be missed. The only negatives with this park can be congestion of safari vehicles at locations of big 5 animals, aggressive drivers disobeying park regulations by driving off-road, getting to close, and disturbing animals and cutting other vehicles off who were there previously in order to get their clients close enough to snap pics with their point and shoot cameras and smart phones. Another negative I just thought of—at a certain lodge that I stayed at about eight years ago there were nightly hyena feeding shows where the lodge put kitchen scraps out to entertain the guests. Disturbing, since this reminded me of when Yellowstone National Park had bear feeding shows which was banned over a half century ago.
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Review about Lake Nakuru National Park by Charles Lovely
The only leopard I have ever seen was in this park. Diversity of wildlife and habitat. Flamingos and rhino numbers were sufficient.
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Review about Hell's Gate National Park by Charles Lovely
Lack of diverse wildlife and habitat. However, I have only visited once.
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Review about Amboseli National Park by Charles Lovely
Kilimanjaro as backdrop, elephants, and that you can stay at lodges within the park boundary.
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Nairobi's Backyard Wildlife Park
Having been to most of Kenya's more well known wildlife parks Nairobi NP equally compares to Kenya's top parks for wildlife viewing and photography. I have been to Nairobi NP a few times. In my experience, especially If your staying in or near the city center, arrive at 6am when the park opens to avoid Nairobi's traffic, to be amongst fewer park visitors, to see active and possibly more wildlife, and to use the morning sunlight for optimal photography. What makes this park unique is that you can be driving along in full view of Nairobi's cityscape in the background and in the next minute the cityscape disappears and you feel like you're in the wilderness or bush, miles from any city. The park has a diverse range of habitat also, from dry scrub savannah to lush riparian areas with giant acacias hovering over a perennial river to scenic gorges and rocky outcrops. Besides the park, other must see destinations that are super close to the park's main entrance are the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and Giraffe Manor—all three can be visited in one day.
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Review about Kenya by Charles Lovely
Kenya is unique and diverse in terms of wildlife, scenery, culture, and bush/travel experience unlike anywhere else on earth.
NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Perfect Uganda experience, couldn't wish for better!
In may 2015 we (mother and daughter) travelled together for 12 days through Uganda in a tour organized by Matoke tours. Our driver/guide picked us up at the airport and guided us through all national parks and destinations that 12 days. Perfect organization of the trip, very professional and helpful, very well equipped (jeep), always in time and our guide (Caleb, fluently English) was able to make any adaptations to the program when needed. Matoke Tours is able to set up a personal travel program, which was adjusted to our own preferences of travelling. Previously to our trip, our contact with Matoke Tours was easy and questions were answered in a few hours by email. Matoke Tours seems to know the accommodations in Uganda very well and knows the differences between and in the accommodations.
ES
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Good planification, goog relation quality-price
Everything was good, not also in the safary, during the preparation of the trip Benson was very helpful. When you prepare the trip in the distance it is good to have a trusty person who ask your enquires.
In the Safary everithing was good ,our guide Maxi very professional,friendly and polite. Our cooker Charles was great with a balance diet during the safary, and concious about the spices affect foreign people. We were in a five days budget camping safary, the camping in Manyara the toilets were dirty , in the next I would change this campsite.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
safari to maasai mara
I was very pleased with the overall service provided by Mr. patrick and his staff. The pickup from the hotel and transfer to the airport were perfectly on time, quality of food was excellent (they even managed to offer vegetarian meals throughout the trip on my request!) and the game drives themselves, although short due to the limited amount of time, were excellent - james, the driver, was extremely knowledgeable and knew a lot about local animals and best spots to find lions, cheetahs etc. The stay at the tented camp was also basic but very good and comfortable. On top of all this, the price is extremely competitive, as I was asked, for the same kind of trip, three times as much by several other operators.
In brief, I would definitely recommend you to book your next safari trip with KWSS !
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
The best trip to Massai Mara Ever,
When I was thinking of going to Massai Mara last May during my break I took almost two weeks to look for the perfect tour operator to give me the package of my desire, I went through many connections but at the last minute, I decided to go for Burn Adventures and to my expectation I was never disappointed. In fact it was the best trip I only wished it was a bit longer. I must say that the people work for Burn Adventures are very professional, respectful and totally amazing, they planned my trip in less than one hour, I must admit I was thinking that it will never work and it might turn out to be disastrous. But It was more than I want I dreamed about. From the punctuality, to the professional driving through the rift valley, to the lodge arrangement it was perfect. The most awesome part of the trip was our tour guide (John Massai), I think without him, we couldn’t have seen the PIG FIVE in such short time. So, Burn Adventures will always be my choice, I just wish they can extend their service to other part of world so I will be planning my trips with them.