50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Absolutely loved our time in Kenya thanks to Explorer Kenya Tours.
We recently completed a 7 day safari to Amboseli, Lake Nakuru and Maasai Mara. There were 6 of us - myself (aged 57), my husband ( aged 69) and our two adult children and their partners. We had a private vehicle and guide for ourselves and it was amazing. We saw more wildlife experiences than we ever thought possible. We would highly recommend this trip and Explorer Kenya. Our safari guide was David. He was friendly, knowledgeable, flexible and an amazing driver. Due to recent rains, the roads and tracks were muddy and slippery. David managed to keep us safe and on track at all times. We actually helped to pull out other vehicles that were stuck in the mud without ever getting stuck ourselves. Thank you David for keeping my family safe and for showing us some amazing animals and amazing sights while increasing our knowledge of Kenya - it’s wildlife, people and customs. We hope to be able to come back again one day. We still need to find that leopard!
Thanks also to the safari camps we stayed at ( Kibo, Flamingo Hill and Mara Eden) for providing delicious food and catering for our special dietary requirements.
The whole experience with Explorer Kenya was easy to organise thanks to Robert in head office, who also answered my many questions promptly and reliably. Robert also arranged for us to have a vehicle and driver/ guide (Ben) for our 2 days in Nairobi. This was a fantastic way for us to explore Nairobi and its surrounding sights at a reasonable cost.
We are so happy to have found Explorer Kenya Tours for our trip of a lifetime.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing
The scenery and wildlife was truly astonishing. South Africa has such a varied, lush, dramatic landscape that even just driving around is a pleasure. The animals were so beautiful and surreal to see in their natural habitat. The weather was good overall. Some rain but mostly sunshine and warmth and we didnt even get a single bug bite! In addition to the things intrinsic to South Africa, the people were so friendly and helpful everywhere we went. It was truly a trip of a lifetime.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Unforgettable trip, highly recommended!
We went on a budget (camping) 7-day safari tour to Lake Manyara, Lake Natron, Serengeti, Ngorongoro, and Lake Eyasi.
It was a really unforgettable trip, with a great mixture of incredible landscapes, awe-inspiring animal sightings, and even a touch of culture shock with the Hadzebe bushmen around Lake Eyasi.
Mr Jalala is a trustworthy and meticulous organiser, he was very responsive and available to help, even to arrange extra transport and logistics that did not bring any money to him personally. He negotiated with us a very reasonable price and assigned us a nice team of driver (Peter) and cook (Mike). Both were fun, knowledgeable, and went out of their way to make our trip really enjoyable.
The accommodation was in basic but clean camps with helpful staff. The highlight was the camp at Lake Natron, I'll never forget the incredible view over the lake and the expanse plain at sunrise.
Highly recommended!
NL
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
3 days in Tanzania Safari Tour
The 3-days Tour was provided by Kilimanjaroi Vikings. A little scary in the beginning the voyage turned to be very nice on its way further. Upon arrival to Kilimanjaro Airport we started from visit to Kilimanjaro view place. That was good and quality hotel. Personnel was friendly and responsive. That's where we met with manager, reciedved instuctions about upcoming days and paid all cash in advance. Untill morning I was fighting a thought of being played. In the morning next day a driver and the manager showed up and all my worries disappeared. Vehicle was good (Land Cruiser) and a driver looked professional. In his credit he'd already prepared water and mealboxes. So, within next 3 days we visited Taranguire NP, Ngorongoro Crater and Lake Manyara NP. We stayed in good hotels with friendly personnel. Especially good was Ngorongoro Farm House. That place was mindblowing just must-see one. The driver was just as good in giving the tour information, organizing meals. Despite the drive was quite long we totally forgot about any inconveniance.
Bottomline: I totally recommed Kilimnanjaro Vikings for Safari Tours.
CA
65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Thank you Matoke Tours!
Our 9 day Matoke tour safari travelling from Entebbe to Kigali was fantastic. We can say without reservation that from our initial contact by email with tour consultant Pleunie van Uden to our arrival at our final destination in Kigali everything went very well. We in particular wish to emphasize how much we appreciated our guide Vincent. Vincent was outstanding. He was extremely knowledgeable about all the areas we visited and all the animals, plants and birds. He was so professional and kind and an excellent driver. He seemed to know everyone at all the parks and camps we visited and everyone seem to know and respect him. The accommodations were all first rate. Our hands down favourite was Kasenyi Safari Camp located on Lake Bunyampaka right on the border of Queen Elizabeth Park. Our host Mr. Phillip Kiboneka was welcoming and knowledgeable and the staff made us feel so at home. The views from the luxurious tents and the lovely open air main lodge are panoramic. We will treasure forever our time with the gorillas in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and the wonderful porters that made it possible. Thank you Matoke Tours!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Trip of a lifetime! Exceeded expectations.
This was the first safari trip we had done - first trip to Uganda and encounter helped us experience the beautify of the country in a responsible way. The pre-travel communications with Patrick were always detailed and contained a useful packing list / guides to the country and etiquette - and also noted that their guides could help us find responsible charitable organisations if we wanted to bring over books / children's clothes etc. Once landing in Uganda, our guide Ambrose immediately made sure our journey was exceptional - whether that was accounting for our poor timekeeping to keep us on time or going out of his way to help us learn more about local communities / other topics we expressed an interest in. I would definitely recommend Ambrose as a guide, we missed him once we left!
Other things: all of the lodges were excellent with great views. We were asked about our dietary requirements in advance and it was easy to choose vegetarian options. The van was clean and spacious and had a full conversion to safari roof what we could both stand up in - which is more than we could say for some other cars we saw in the parks
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Travelling with safari bookings
Awesome deals and great safaris, friendly workforce. Their website is very informative. Safari bookings is my tour and travel companion.
IT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very good tour with the big five!
Mwajabu is very kind, professional and available to solve all the issues that you may have.
The safara was amazing despite the driver wasn't always as professional as the agency
We saw the big 5 and it's the only important thing :)
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful experience
We had a great time with Wild Planet safari. The guides and their helpers were just awesome. We highly recommend them and looking forward to meet them again on our next adventure.
CH
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great experiences with lots of memories.
We had plenty of questions before we even started with this safari tour and got a lot of help in advance as it was our first safari. The itinerary was extremely well organised by Wild Planet Safari. They followed closely the described schedule. We did not miss anything and were very satisfied with all the different kind of animals we spotted. We had comfortable resorts and enjoyed the self prepared cooking and even got the "ordered" red wine for dinner. As well we had very interesting conversations with our guide, not only about wild animals but also about South Africa, their people and politics, etc..