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50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Personalized
Excellent well organized tour with a guide that was beyond expectations. Another tour we had arranged was canceled so Kenia tours arranged a wonderful four day tour in Kenya which included Masai villages and all the animals we wanted to see including rhinos which I had not seen previously. Our guide attended to our needs during the safari and was so patient during ou picture taking. Would highly recommend this company.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Bateleur Eagles were absolutely incredible. Their patience, organisation and knowledge is the best.
We were originally meant to do our safari holiday with another company, but due to some unforeseen circumstances we had to change companies 4 days into our 21 day trip. Our previous guide, Peku, highly recommended Bateleur Eagles, who he had worked with before.
Right from the start, Newton and Matthew (the owners of the company) were incredibly helpful, attentive and efficient. They managed to plan a complete itinerary for the next 2 weeks of our trip in less than 36 hours, and patiently waited with us for 7 hours on their weekend when we had technical difficulties. During this time we got to see some amazing photos that Matthew had taken at game parks, and they answered every question we had. The next day when our new itinerary began, they even came with us to the Kenya-Tanzania border (a 6 hour round trip for them!) to make sure that we were comfortable and assured.
The accomodation that they arranged for us was incredible (especially at last minute in peak season) and they checked up on us every step of the way to make sure things were going great. We did have some very small hiccups along the way that were in no way their doing, but they still did everything in their power to fix them - and at any hour of the day, too. You can tell that they both have a passion for what they do and genuinely want their clients to have the best holiday possible.
We also have to include a bit here about Peku (or Sammy), who was also our guide with the original tour group that we changed from. He was so good that we insisted on having him as our guide again (for the Kenya portion of our trip) with Bateleur Eagles. When things went downhill with the previous company, Peku was always honest and upfront with us and did everything he could to make things go smoothly. When that other company left us stranded 3 hours out of Nairobi, he immediately arranged for his brother to drive 6 hours to pick us up and take us back to the city. He was definitely our hero for the trip and without him we probably would have just flown home early - I’m glad we stayed and put our trust in him and Bateleur Eagles. Peku is such an incredibly compassionate and capable person, you’re really missing out if you don’t have him as your guide. I know we’ll see him again when we go back!
At the end of our trip when we were back in Nairobi, we caught up with them and were able to give our feedback. We really appreciated having this time to talk to them as I’m sure they take on their clients’ responses and use it to continually grow as a company. Without a doubt we will be back in Kenya and will use Bateleur Eagle Safaris again. I’d recommend them to anyone wanting a tailored, trustworthy, professional and welcoming service.
To Newton & Matthew - thank you so much! We will definitely be seeing you again (maybe we will climb Kilimanjaro with Newton next time) and I hope you can come visit us in Australia one day!
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Tarangire National Park by Kaitlin
This was our first safari day and it made us feel like we were at a zoo because there were sooooo many animals and they were so close to one another. We got an amazing video of a male and female lion mating and then fighting.
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Serengeti National Park by Kaitlin
This was by far my favorite park! It was insane to see the sun rise and set over the serengeti! This is how I pictured a safari would be. It felt like being in our own personal lion king. The amount of animals that we saw here was insane! We saw a leopard up close...baby cheetahs played on our car...we saw a mom and baby leopard from afar...we saw baby lions everywhere and they got super close to our car many times...there were elephants galore..hippos abundantly....basically you name it we saw it! Every 5 minutes we had to stop and take incredible pictures.
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Ngorongoro Crater by Kaitlin
Loved Ngorongoro! The crater itself is incredibly beautiful even if it wasn't full of animals! We saw a water buffalo be taken down by a pride of lions....incredible!
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Lake Manyara National Park by Kaitlin
We had a "poor" day in Lake Manyara in comparison to the rest of our safari days. The scenery was beautiful and felt like a jungle, but it also meant that animals were often hard to see. The flamingos were very far away to the point where you could only see them on the horizon.
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Review about Okavango Delta by Vidyasagar Premkumar
Great wildlife sightings (both predators and plains animals) and birdlife. Delta from the air is magical for photography, with sitatungas in the channel and same as kwando - focus of guiding on what we are there for - wildlife
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Awesomw - Great wildlife viewing and experiences
We visited the Kwando concession as part of our Botswana 2019 tour. We traveled as a family (this was our 7th safari in africa having visited over 11countries). Kwando provided the best action, 15+new wildlife species, great action and perfect setting for wildlife safari and photography. We chose a private vehicle with guide Spencer(lebala and lagoon) and Tom (Splash) and it was perfect.
Wildlife - what can I say - Wild dogs, lions and cheetahs every day in hunt, kills and full action. In addition we saw aardwolves, african wild cat, serval, brown hyenas, side striped jackals, genet, civet, honey badgers,bat eared foxes in addition to spotted hyenas. New bird lifers for us included Carmine bee eaters, Goliath herons, Verreaux eagle owl and lots of plains animals such as Roan, Sable, Red Lechwe and sitatunga in splash
Accomodation - Lebala : Great location, easy to get to different locations, , great rooms and best food among the three camps we stayed in kwando, cozy layout and more compact camp; Lagoon - Very picturesque, family room was magical with a private sitout inside and outside, animals come to drink at the kwando river and we saw multiple hunts close to the river. food was good with lots of snacks and drinks. Splash was newer,with new fixtures, comforts and beautiful layout. It was more spreadout
Weather was cold in early morinings and late night , which can be easily handled with a good jacket. Lots of golden light for photography, vehicles were excellent
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Majestic sand dunes,hundreds of thousands of sea lions,diverse game viewing in Etosha and lots more
We loved our Oshili Tour and Travel trip.Our guide,Granville, was very attentive to our needs.Food and accommodations were excellent!!
We saw an amazing diversity of wildlife especially in Etosha,and our son was ecstatic about quading amongst the dunes.The desert landscapes were stunning and we got some exposure to a some of the tribal cultures in the North. We were overwhelmed by the numbersof sea lions along the Skeleton Coast ..I could go on and on about our adventures!! Truly awesome!!!
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65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Fabulous Safari
Kenya was a wonderful place to have a safari. We went to three separate parks, each of which offered unique environments and animal life, from arid/desert (Samburu) to rift valley lake side (Nakuru) to savannah (the Massai Mara). The Migration in the Massai Mara in August is unbelievable - literally millions of Wildebeests - and not to be missed!.