IL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Shabani's scam
We booked 4 days safari with Shabani's company. It was a disaster!!
1. The cars were completely full. 9 people including the chef instead of 7 as promised. When we asked Abdul (our guide) to solve this issue he gave us unacceptable solutions (leave the chefs and that we will cock for our self). Also the cars were fulled with equipment so there was no place for the legs.
2. Abdul the guide was unprofessional. After we talked to him about some of the problems he decided not to talk to us and didn't explain anything during the game drives, even not the names of the animals. He was just a taxi driver that took us from one location to another.
3. Time in the Safari weren't as promised. In the first day of the Sarangeti we had only two hours of game drive.
4. A lot of small annoying issues: there were not enough tents in the first night for everyone, in the second day the chefs refused to wake up early in the morning to make us breakfast because it was too "early" for them.
When we came to Abdul ,asking for solutions for our problems he didn't show any intention to figure out them out and he even blamed us one time that the reason we got late to the Sarangeti (16:30) is because we asked him to stop to photograph giraffes on the way.
When we got back to Arusha we went to Shabanis office to talk with him about everything. During the talk he blamed us for being "hard customers" and didn't even say he was sorry about anything. Eventually he started to talk in aggressivly when we said we will write a bad recommendations. When we got out from his office (without any compensation) he even tried to hit one of the girls and we had to stop him. When we walked out to the street he keep followed us, this was really scary and unpleasant.
I think Sahabani is a dangerous man and even that his prices is low it doesn't worth the bad feeling.
DK
65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Secured a very successful safari
We were four adults and one child touring Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru and Lake Naivasha. Our driver was Joseph. We were very satisfied with both the information before the trip, the planning and the execution of the safari, and will highly recommend their services to other Danes intending to visit Kenya. A special praise for Joseph who went out of his way to make us comfortable and make the safari a great experience.
US
Lifetime Safari to Maasai Mara
1. Communication by Maggie is excellent ,she knows the product really well and gave us all necessary details
2. Service was exceptional at the camps - Lenchada budget camp had great service -Thank you for the recommendation as we thought we would sleep in sleeping bags only to find is proper beds with hot shower and toilet
3. Bison Safaris gives value for money.Many tour companies which we enquired quote from were more expensive and also no hidden costs with Bison Safaris
Overall we highly recommend the company to any traveller to Kenya .
We will be back for the August migration .
KR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
evans is world best driver!
very speciel experience. masai safari is wonderful! and our driver Evans is great! he ia very kind, nice.
CH
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Friendly and good value
We, a group of friends, went with Tekko Tours on a trip to Samburu, Meru, Aberdare. Tekko Tours were very helpful and forthcoming and they understood what we wanted. Accommodations were convenient and beautiful, our driver/guide was very reliable, accommodating and friendly. Everything went straightforward and we enjoyed our trip completely. I can highly recommend Tekko Tours and would book with them anytime again.
AE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great Experience
I went for UWEC & botanical garden tour, it was a day well spent the tour was very interesting and informative, plus karumuna safaris offered very genuine hospitality. Keep up the good work Nick & Richard.
AE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The Majestic Wildlife Safari in Masai Mara, Kenya
Masai Mara is a heaven for wildlife, i was so lucky that in my first game i was able to see all the Big 5 and for next 3 days they view was spectacular and the rainy weather made it even more beautiful.
HNP is one of the best compare with others in Zambia and Zimbabwe
I did electrification of Hwange NP as Chief Electrical Engineer visited many times with wife & twin sons from May 93 to Jul 89
AE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Kenya by Aoon Mujtaba
Kenya is a developing country and in recent times they have upgraded their infrastructure and apart to it the Wildlife is very good in Masai Mara as well as the other lakes from Elementaita to Naivasha to Victoria. Highly recommended to visit this beautiful country for Wildlife safari.
US
My Oct 2016 trip
it ended up being an absolutely great trip, but I have to come back another time for a Mana Pools to the Gorge trip.
Compared to the prior trips were there were (with few exeptions) no other tourists in sight, this experience was too crowded for my taste - but given the destination, Serengeti during migration time, this is probaely difficult to avoid.