35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great
Great safaris with a nice driver and the a guide. Catering services very delicious. Cost is affordable and the vehicle is on a good condion.
NL
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Very friendly
We had a nice Mount Kenia Chogoria tour of 5 days. The guide Jimmy was very polite and understanding.
He made the best of it and brought us to the top.
The price was good . The food sometimes too much and mostly vegetarian.
US
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great Trip
It was an easy flight from Addis to Nairobi where I caught an afternoon ride to the Sankara Hotel. I had a pleasant evening and was met promptly at 7:00am as promised. The 5 hour ride to the camp just outside the Masai Mara Reserve went smoothly and included vistas of the Rift Valley and a couple of opportunities to do some shopping.
The camp was welcoming and the room generous and comfortable. The only surprise was the hot water bottle at the foot of my bed, which I thought was a small animal!
The afternoon included a stop at a Masai village where, for $30, you could get a tour of their homes and see some dancing. It was a fine experience, but I would have preferred not to have been given a tour of their wares with the expectation of a purchase at the end.
The ride to the game park was only interrupted by a gaggle of women animatedly selling their wares with calls of “Jambo, Hello! All for $10!” As I awaited my driver paying the entrance fee.
The park was amazing! I was able to see Zebra, Giraffes, and Water Buffalo within minutes of entering. The next two days were equally exciting as we saw Cheetah, lions, Hippos, Topi, Hyenas, Impala, Elephants, a Leopard, and many birds. The only one of the Big Five I didn’t see was a Rhino.
Overall, it was a great trip and made even greater by my guide, with his eagle eyes and kind demeanor, Charles.
CH
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Overall very good - but there is room for improvement
Overall very nice service from Helen Jessie and our driver Julius. They do their best to please their customers and are helpful. Preparation of the trip; nice communication but sometimes we had to ask for things that should come automatically like copies of the Chimpanzee and Gorilla Trecking (we still wait for them and our tour is over sind more than two weeks) or a final Travel-Document including them. We booked medium to higher class Lodges but if you do not tell them what you want exactly you will find also low budget hotels instead, because they think so it will be cheaper. Finally we realized they did not know better, since the used some lodges the first time. From an agent I expect that he checks the Lodges that he offers or at least tell the clients, what they can expect. In one Lodge we had to fight for our Delux Room due to miscommunication agent and /Lodge and had to wait almost one hour. Rating for Lodges: 5* for Zero L'Altitude (Room, Food, Environment top), 4.5 * Kyaninga Lodge (title water only minus, super service!), Para Lodge 2* (very old, not clean, food very poor!), Buffalo Safari Lodge 4* (a bit aged, Bathroom minus, very good food), Lake Bunyoni Eco Lodge 1* (not to recommend, not what is promised, very bad food!), Kigambira Safari Lodge 4.5* (Outstanding apart of the pool- dirty not in use), food excellent) Service in all lodges excellent (Manager in Buffalo Lodge should! He is helpful and very friendly. Sometimes he could have helped out of the car instead of letting us crawl out (we are oldies hihihi), but ok, we managed it. If we had a wish he tried to make everything possible he could - Thank you Julius. Regarding food outside of the lodges, mostly good but twice we were not happy regarding place and cleanness - the agency should keep an eye on this, especially if they have clients, who book a medium to higher class trip! Boattour at Lake Mburo Nationalpark: never do this at the end of the trip, it is boring and disappointing - You better let guest have a rest in the beautiful Kigambira Lodge instead, provided pool is usable. Boattrip Lake Bunyony - ok but not exciting. All animal trips were super. One point here, guest should be informed ahead, that they only can get close to the animals (Queen Elizabeth) if they pay $100 extra. Then the guide asked a 10$ extra, paid to him (at the end he tried to ask 20$). He said it is for the people there, but I think, he cheated us and took the money for himself. We neither got a receipt, for the $ 100, we got one. Be carefully with this, don't pay this without official receipt.
AE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Read our needs through the red lines. Perfect responses at the right time
This was the trip of a lifetime. Oride Tours and travel planned out our itinerary perfectly which also provided some time for relaxing as well. Our guide was Daniel and he made sure everything was perfect and stress free for us. He was very patient answering our questions and had to do some fancy maneuvering over some bumpy dirt roads! We highly recommend Oride Tours and travel.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
fascinating trip it was! I enjoyed the care I was rendered
Mirama Hills Safaris has an excellent team of Tour Guides. I really loved how they guided me through all the tour process. I cant wait to have another journey with them again
FR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great guide
We were treated to the best guide and more Francophone: Moussa
(automatic translation from French)
BE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Flexible, professional and full of dedication
We had a great time travelling through the Mzansi Experience.
Okavango Delta & 2 day Safari trip in the bush were definively worth while as well on human side than on wildlife discovery.
Thanks to our guides that proved to be real professionals.
IL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
We had a good tour, with great guide!
We had three days of safari with Benny the guide, which was a great