US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Highly recommended
I recommend Phillemon and Walking Stick without any reservation. From our first communication all the way to the end of our six-day safari, he and his team were terrific. He was always prompt and clear in communications when we arranged the safari, and was flexible when we wanted to make a modest change. The two other staff with us, Kenny and Josiah, were unfailingly friendly and helpful. Four things stand out in my experience.
(1) Philemon is an excellent guide with astonishing ability to see and identify animals even from considerable distances. He knows every by-way and clearly knew how to maneuver our vehicle to get the best possible views of animals we encountered.
(2) While the relatively modest price tag for Walking Stick was one of the attractions to us, we felt like we were treated extremely well. The tent was very large, with a wonderful walk-out awning, and an enclosed area behind for the toilet and shower (which worked just fine). The food was very good - thank you, Josiah - and plentiful. Especially marvelous cakes baked on the open fire.
(3) We had a family emergency back in the States develop six days into our 10-day planned safari and had to rush back. Phillemon and his team completely got the situation, did everything they could to get us back to Maun, and then were invaluable in helping us figure out the complexities of making last-minute travel arrangements. We are indebted to him.
(4) Walking Stick is a small, locally-owned and operated company in a field largely dominated by larger enterprises with capital backing that local enterprises can rarely compete with. Going with an outfit like Walking Stick invests directly in the local economy - and you get tremendous local knowledge in the bargain.
Again, we happily and enthusiastically recommend Walking Stick!
NL
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Professionally organised safari to Amboseli
Good job.
Clear communication with Robert for preparation. Safari was done by James, nice guy; very friendly. He made very good efforts to let us see the animals that we wanted to see.
My suggestion is to provide more information about the animals and the nature during the safari.
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fabulous First Safari
Ines, I can't thank you enough for the wonderful experience!!!! I loved the places we stayed and was so grateful for the change you made in days at Victoria Falls so we could do more game drives. We saw great animals. Everyone was so friendly and helpful! All transfers went smoothly and I couldn't have asked for a better first safari!!! You worked with us to make this our own trip and it was outstanding!
I have told everyone who asks what a wonderful job you did for us!
Thanks!
Terry
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Perfect !!!!!
For us the trip was to an outstanding standard from start to finish we were looked after so well
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing Holiday
Memorable trip with an amazing guide. Antoni was a superstar who made us see the best side of the Masai Mara. Myself and 3 friends of mine went during the low season and the conditions weren't in our favor. Despite that, Antoni went above and beyond and allowed us to see the Big Five! He was passionate and very attentive to our needs.
Couldn't recommend him more.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
It was a great trip
The service was excellent, and there was good communication.The tour was great
65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
REFRESHES THE PARTS OTHER TOUR OPERATORS CANNOT REACH
Yet again, top service from Lets Go Travel. Particular thanks to Paula Okello for all her efforts and her ongoing efficiency in making light work of potentially complex arrangements. Good documentation for the various components of the trip made life easy for the travellers (my wife and her sister-in-law from Australia). Definitely to be recommended.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
TO AVOID !!
Some of sun splash safari reviews are really good but you don’t want to find yourself in my situation, having to pay more or not going to a safari so I will suggest to avoid sun splash safaris, there are many other great company. Even guides or drivers that I talked about this, seamed to know the non professionalism of this company.
I booked a 2 days safari to Amboseli a month ago, a quote was processed and approved.
I emailed Erick 3 days before the departure to have all the details about pick up time and place, he emailed me back only the day before the safari to tell me that the safari was cancelled (telling me it wasn’t any departure for amboseli on this date, even though of a confirmation and telling before that the group I meant to go with cancelled their safari) not even any apologies.
I had to call him for him to explain me the outcome, once again not even any apologies (if you see all his complaints answers online you can get the tone he takes with his customers), we argued 10min about what solution he could give me. He end up offering the 3 days trip for $50 more instead of $100 even though I only wanted 2 days to enjoy the rest of Nairobi.
- the driver came to pick me up at my hotel. Half way though to the safari company office, the driver gave me his phone to talk to Erick the manager of Sun splash safaris. Erick told me that he could not giving the 3 days safari for this price anymore and it will have to be $100 extra. I could not say no as I couldn’t organise another safari on this short notice, I was not really happy and really frustrated by the situation.
The safari itself was really good but it was not sun splash safaris who organised the safari but another one. Amboseli is a really nice destination with amazing views of the Kilimanjaro.
DE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Incompetent
One disaster after another. Defect vehicle delivered. It was taken away for a day and came back with same problem. Got replacement vehicle but Vehicle unsuitable for national parks although I specified I wanted to go to the Serengeti. All in all. Holiday from hell. Emailed kizito but no reply.
UY
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Professional and fair prices!!!!
When we decided to visit Africa we started to send emails to several agencies to see how much would it cost our ideal trip. We wanted to do Kenya and Tanzania. Kenya walking survivor's safaris not only had the best and fair prices but also answered all our emails very quickly. Everything, and I mean everything, was organized and executed perfectly!!! In Kenya we visited Masai Mara, lake nakuru, lake naivasha ( our tour guide recommended us to go, it was on our way to other park but really is not worth it) and Amboseli. We got to see everything except the leopard in those parks. In Tanzania, we went to Serengeti, lake manyara (not worth it), ngorongoro and we climbed mount meru. We got to see everything, including the leopard in those parks except the rhino (they are really difficult to see, we only got to see them once in lake nakuru). All the accomodations were fantastic, great service and great rooms. The trekking part we did it with a company called Kiki holidays (also arranged by Kenya walking survivor's) and went perfectly. To sum up, Kenya walking survivor's is a professional company with fair prices that I would definitely recommend to all.
