50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing, incredible, wonderful
Dear Sylvester,
My husband and I booked our safari with your organisation and I can say with certainty it was the best decision we made. From the very beginning you answered all our queries immediately, no matter the time difference (we are from Australia). You were prompt and on the ball and your company acted with honesty and integrity. You picked us up personally from the airport at night and introduced us to our wonderful driver for the next 5 days, Danson. You even organised a surprise for us at Aberdare where we slept in the Queens Room. How kind of you.
Danson you were the best driver ever. You are so skilful at negotiating the chaotic roads, I was not nervous for one second. You got us to all our designated lodges on time and your knowledge and experience are second to none. You were thoughtful and helpful and went above and beyond to make our safari a memorable one. I would travel with you anytime and will recommend you again and again.
Thank you both so much for making a long held dream come true.
Regards and Best Wishes
IN
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Life time Experience
The time we boarded the cars at 7:30 am in Nairobi gymkhana, where we stayed the night before after arriving from India, till 4:30 pm (24/07/2017) two words summarise the trip...Africa is Mesmerising, and when you have a partner in the form of Kenya Walking Survivors Safaris Ltd it is Scintillating. The way the group had taken care of us in the form of transport, ever helpful guides who helped us by not feeling as a stranger in an alien land, accommodations goes a long way in establishing a fact that we chose and correct company and everyone back home in Kolkata, India have already started making plans for their visit with Kenya walks.. Thanks Otieno in particular from Day 1 we started planning to Pau, David, Justin, Earnest, Schuma and Ken droping us back to the airport after a week with memories to cherish and share for the rest of our lives.
TR
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Very professional.
I had a very positive experience with my safari booking through Giltedge. From the very initial communications everything went very smoothly. Our safari experience was just out of this world - the accommodation, game drives, service - just great! I recommend it without hesitation.
TR
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Just perfect!
Pre-trip communication was very professional. The service was just perfect in terms of quality, timeliness and meeting our expectations. I recommend without hesitation.
IN
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Wonderful Experience with Wildebeest Safaries
Our Kenya Safari with Wildebeest was really memorable. Noah gave us a reasonable deal for the safari.Official proceeding are smooth.Baraka is very prompt with reply with mails.I sent more than 50 mails prior to my visit.All are replied with necessary informations .During the all of the services were provided according to the commitments. The Land Cruiser was new.Our driver cum guide Geoffrey was excellent with driving skill,punctuality,concepts about the routes and wild lifeand very well behaved.I definitely recommend strongly Wildebeest for your Kenya Safaries.My regards to Wildebeest team.
IT
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
excellent tour with tekko tours
My experience with tekko tours has been really very satisfying.
The proposal of the tour by miss Maggie has been perfect for what we wanted, infacrt we had the opportunity to have a complet portray of Kenya, visiting 6 parks and having the possibility to reach all the differents habitats of the country.
Our guide driver Stephen was very professional and nice with us, we have always felt safe with him.
The quality of the accomodation was mixed, from outstanding to average; but compared to the price payed for the tour always in line with the expectations.
Food: always international food suitable for all.
We have travelled with children and everyhing was ok, maybe the transfers from one place to another were, some days, too long … but you cannot make in a different way.
Abbiamo viaggiato con 2 bambini di 8 e 10 anni nel mese di agosto 2017.
Abbiamo trovato tekko tours per caso, navigando sul sito, e ci siamo affidati completamente a loro per l'organizzazione del viaggio.
Siamo rimasti molto soddisfatti perchè in effetti pensano a tutto e si ha realmente la possibilità di rilassarsi.
Abbiamo scelto un tour di fascia economica media, ma ciò non ha impedito di alloggiare in un paio di lodge davvero belli; in qualche altro caso invece la sistemazione per quanto non lussuosa era comunque decorosa.
Probabilmente il lodge meno valido dove abbiamo pernottato è stato l'osero mara, che essendo al masai mara ed ultimo nel viaggio probabilmente poteva essere sostituito con una sistemazione migliore.
Il tour si è svolto nel migliore dei modi ed anche la scelta del percorso, fatta da tekko tors, era perfetta.
La nostra guida /autista era sempre molto attento a soddisfare i nostri desideri di ricerca degli animali e abbiamo potuto vedere tutta la fauna africana veramente da molto vicino.
Insomma siamo rimasti molto soddisfatti e consigliamo il viaggio a tuti.
Peraltro il clima è splendido e le persone che abbiamo incontrato sempre sorridenti
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Best vacation ever
We were late in booking our safari. As I travel several times a year to Africa, mostly with one month - or less - notice, it didn't occur to me that many (most?) people plan their safari months in advance.
After some back and forth with Ute Sonnenberg - and being on a "waiting list" - we spent six days/nights on safari in and around Kruger National Park in South Africa. Communication/updates were frequent and efficient and as indicated above, my wife and I who have traveled the world agree that this was the best trip ever. It was not our first safari, but it seemed that everything was hand picked and that we were the center of attention.
The highlight were the wild dogs and the leopards. But then there was the 18 member lion pride... and soo much more
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
It was a great experience, well planned and executed.
Everything worked out very well. The driver Abram was knowledgeable and patient. I would recommend this travel agent.
I want to suggest that uhuru explain to clients about the type of accommodation they can expect. A luxury tented accommodation in my country is very different from the one we had in Serengeti. It was an unforgettable experience though.
Also I think some halal accommodation for Muslim clients would be very welcome.
The
IN
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great Safari With some minor hiccups by the Driver
First of all, I would like to thank Sylvester for offering us such a fabulous Safari.
The hotels & the plans were spot on. I am also thankful to his recommendations for the safari itinerary, and saving timing by not doing back-tracking.
Our Hotel selection was fabulous for the package that we opted for. And we felt that everything went as per the plan :)
Minor Hiccups (Driver : Pascal):
1. The driver would take unnecessary stops & waste time at Curio shops, expecting us to buy stuff, despite telling him that we didn't want to.
2. There was no WiFi offered by the driver, despite Sylvester confirming that he has the device.
3. There was only 1 pack of 20 1/2ltr bottles being shared by the two of us & the driver, and that ran out on day3 (of our 7 day safari), we had to spend a lot on buying from the hotels.
4. The driver wanted an evening off (on easter eve') on our stay at Naivasha. We were happy to skip our boat ride & allowed him to go back and spend time with the family.
Despite us being considerate, having him join us for meals all the time, offering him wine & beer after all game drives, he fooled us on the last day by making us skip the safari at Amboseli in the morning. Which we later found out made him save a full day's park fee! We kinda felt cheated.
This was discussed with Sylvester on our meeting before the flight, and he agreed to investigate.
Sylvester also mentioned that he will take action against the driver & offered us refunds for unused safari/park fees/resources - if the driver is found guilty - as they have GPS trackers and can confirm his holiday & skipping the game-drive. The investigation led to our facts being True.
But it's been 4 months+, Sylvester hasn't carried out any refunds as promised, even after regular follow-ups.
Overall -
I feel its a Great experience being in Kenya which in itself is a 5-star experience. I would have given a 5-star rating if the post-safari experience was Prompt & Professional as well.
These minor hiccups surely are something which can be avoided by paying attention to details and making sure the Drivers & Managers don't want to make these minor cost-cutting stunts.
AE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very helpful conpany
Very good company just tell them what do you want and they will just help you to arrange , their prices are affordable and the overall experience is great.