Reviews of trips to Nairobi
485 holiday reviews from our travellers of holidays which include Nairobi.
Mrs W & Miss W
UK
"Half term in Kenya"
I visited Kenya between 13 Feb 2016 and 19 Feb 2016
"An unbelievably fantastic holiday, perfectly possible to do 4 nights safari and a night in Nairobi on arrival without feeling as if your short holiday is rushed. All plans worked like clockwork and my 10 year old loved Naboisho Camp as much as me. Communal dining in the evening worked very well and was like one big dinner party. The school visit was a particular highlight with my daughter having a Swahili lesson with the local school children. The Naboisho Conservancy had the feel of a private safari, with very few other vehicles around. A real treat having had a different experience in the past in the Masai Mara. We spent a day travelling to the Mara which was also wonderful for game viewing. Tim, our driver and guide had an uncanny knack of finding the best game viewing and perfect picnic spots (we had a bush breakfast most days overlooking pods of hippos or giraffe herds). Thank you to everyone who made our holiday so special."
Read full review: 6 nights in Africa; 5 on a Kenya safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr & Mrs C
Stroud
"Our trip to Kenya 2016"
I visited Kenya between 13 Feb 2016 and 26 Feb 2016
"Our trip was a wonderful experience and the quality of the guiding and accommodation was outstanding.
Richard asked what we wanted and gave us choices based on his expert knowledge.
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
I can't think of anything! Expert Africa has now put three trips together for us and hopefully will do so again in the future." Read full review: 13 nights in Africa; 12 on a Kenya safari
Richard asked what we wanted and gave us choices based on his expert knowledge.
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
I can't think of anything! Expert Africa has now put three trips together for us and hopefully will do so again in the future." Read full review: 13 nights in Africa; 12 on a Kenya safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr M
Farnham
"Overall"
I visited Kenya and 1 other country between 30 Jan 2016 and 16 Feb 2016
"Great trip and lifetime memories, the team meeting and transferring us went very smoothly.
We were delayed 2 hours at Bird Island as a tropical storm had delayed the plane at Mahe, but they provided drinks and I preferred to wait at Bird Island than Mahe airport." Read full review: 17 nights in Africa; 7 on a Kenya safari
We were delayed 2 hours at Bird Island as a tropical storm had delayed the plane at Mahe, but they provided drinks and I preferred to wait at Bird Island than Mahe airport." Read full review: 17 nights in Africa; 7 on a Kenya safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr & Mrs A
LA
"My Jan 2016 trip"
I visited Kenya between 20 Jan 2016 and 22 Jan 2016
"Our trip was incredible - wish we could have stayed longer.
From the very first phone call to inquire about the possibility of a visit, Richard was with us all the way, taking great care to do whatever he could to make this a trip of a lifetime.I felt so supported and was so glad we booked through Expert Africa. I am sure in comparison with others who book much longer safari experiences ours was small fry - we were never made to feel that way. Every detail was attended to with the utmost care and nothing was too much trouble.
Super impressed!" Read full review: 2 nights in Africa; 2 on a Kenya safari
From the very first phone call to inquire about the possibility of a visit, Richard was with us all the way, taking great care to do whatever he could to make this a trip of a lifetime.I felt so supported and was so glad we booked through Expert Africa. I am sure in comparison with others who book much longer safari experiences ours was small fry - we were never made to feel that way. Every detail was attended to with the utmost care and nothing was too much trouble.
Super impressed!" Read full review: 2 nights in Africa; 2 on a Kenya safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr M & Ms O
UK
"My Jan 2016 trip"
I visited Zanzibar and 1 other country between 12 Jan 2016 and 27 Jan 2016
"Great Trip as stated above.
The interesting one is the comparison between Saruni and Elephant.
We gather most people spend 3 days in Samburu and then move on to the Mara.
Somewhere we find a little busy while Samburu remains relatively quiet.
Most game drives centre around the river on your doorstep at Elephant a good hours drive from Saruni
but for us Saruni had the best location but only just!
These two camps compliment each other perfectly, the big bonus because Saruni is in a concession area it affords night drives something you cannot do at Elephant.
This opens up a whole new amazing nocturnal experience and for me filming a pair of stunning Aardwolf for the second year running was special.
So there you go the choice is yours! Some say the wildlife is better in the Mara and of course there is an element of luck
But we saw Lion everyday inc a mating,Leopards every day,Cheetah and the 5 unique animals that live there (google it!)
Sadly missed the Wild Dogs but only by a few days! And we love this park!
Cheers" Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 7 on a Zanzibar holiday
The interesting one is the comparison between Saruni and Elephant.
We gather most people spend 3 days in Samburu and then move on to the Mara.
Somewhere we find a little busy while Samburu remains relatively quiet.
Most game drives centre around the river on your doorstep at Elephant a good hours drive from Saruni
but for us Saruni had the best location but only just!
These two camps compliment each other perfectly, the big bonus because Saruni is in a concession area it affords night drives something you cannot do at Elephant.
This opens up a whole new amazing nocturnal experience and for me filming a pair of stunning Aardwolf for the second year running was special.
So there you go the choice is yours! Some say the wildlife is better in the Mara and of course there is an element of luck
But we saw Lion everyday inc a mating,Leopards every day,Cheetah and the 5 unique animals that live there (google it!)
Sadly missed the Wild Dogs but only by a few days! And we love this park!
Cheers" Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 7 on a Zanzibar holiday
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr & Mrs M
Kansas
"My Jan 2016 trip"
I visited Kenya between 10 Jan 2016 and 25 Jan 2016
"We were extremely happy with the organization of our trip by Expert Africa and our TO, Ellie. She would be very prompt in answering any of our questions, and designed our safari as we had wanted. We were supplied all the information that we would require to prepare for our trip.
The camps that we stayed at were all first rate. The guiding was good at all of them and the transfers from the airports and between the camps went flawlessly.
Ellie was able to come close to our budget request by finding us camps with special rates that fit our comfort zone.
We would definitely recommend Expert Africa to anyone wanting to do a safari in Kenya." Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 14 on a Kenya safari
The camps that we stayed at were all first rate. The guiding was good at all of them and the transfers from the airports and between the camps went flawlessly.
Ellie was able to come close to our budget request by finding us camps with special rates that fit our comfort zone.
We would definitely recommend Expert Africa to anyone wanting to do a safari in Kenya." Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 14 on a Kenya safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr S & Ms B
UK
"My Jan 2016 trip"
I visited Kenya between 9 Jan 2016 and 23 Jan 2016
"The whole trip was wonderful. All three camps were excellent, and the three different areas went very well together.
The order we visited the camps (Meru, Ol Pejeta, Olare Motorogi) worked well for flights but also worked very well in terms of wildlife viewing. We were very happy with the balance of time we spent in each area. Everything went very smoothly, guiding was of very high quality in all of the camps. All camps knew that we did not eat meat and we were very well catered for in each of them.
The advice we received from Richard and from Ellie was very good. Both were keen to listen to what we wanted from our trip and both were very knowledgable.
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
We are very happy with the service provided (which is why it is the second time we have used you!)" Read full review: 14 nights in Africa; 14 on a Kenya safari
The order we visited the camps (Meru, Ol Pejeta, Olare Motorogi) worked well for flights but also worked very well in terms of wildlife viewing. We were very happy with the balance of time we spent in each area. Everything went very smoothly, guiding was of very high quality in all of the camps. All camps knew that we did not eat meat and we were very well catered for in each of them.
The advice we received from Richard and from Ellie was very good. Both were keen to listen to what we wanted from our trip and both were very knowledgable.
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
We are very happy with the service provided (which is why it is the second time we have used you!)" Read full review: 14 nights in Africa; 14 on a Kenya safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr & Mrs F
Ealing
"Everything went to plan!"
I visited Namibia and 3 other countries between 4 Jan 2016 and 5 Feb 2016
"We had a complicated itinerary lasting just over a month and taking in everything from mountain gorillas in Rwanda to desert rhinos in Namibia.
Expert Africa lived up to their name and advised on the best itinerary, booked everything including most of the more important treks and tours, the guide in Rwanda and the self-drive 4x4 in Namibia and of course flights. We started with a thick book of vouchers with a lot of scope for things not to work. In the event every single booking worked perfectly, the itinerary was reasonably easy to keep to and we had an absolutely wonderful and memorable trip staying without exception at interesting and comfortable hotels and lodges.
Thanks again Tracy for organising it for us!.
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Just keep up the good work! We will be back!
It would be good to have more transparency on the costs of the trip - i.e. a breakdown of how the trip was costed so we knew the relative costs of different hotels and lodges. When reporting on the different places we stayed we were uncertain as to how their costs compared and clearly it is not reasonable to expect as much from low cost places as from the most expensive ones.
Lastly a small criticism of this feedback form is that there is no obvious way to navigate back to the beginning other than to click """"back to previous page"""" over and over again. The tabs on the left side bar don't seem to do anything. When two people are filling this in, as in our case, we needed to go backwards and forewords a few times. Otherwise it is a nice form to fill in." Read full review: 32 nights in Africa; 19 on a Namibia trip
Expert Africa lived up to their name and advised on the best itinerary, booked everything including most of the more important treks and tours, the guide in Rwanda and the self-drive 4x4 in Namibia and of course flights. We started with a thick book of vouchers with a lot of scope for things not to work. In the event every single booking worked perfectly, the itinerary was reasonably easy to keep to and we had an absolutely wonderful and memorable trip staying without exception at interesting and comfortable hotels and lodges.
Thanks again Tracy for organising it for us!.
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
Just keep up the good work! We will be back!
It would be good to have more transparency on the costs of the trip - i.e. a breakdown of how the trip was costed so we knew the relative costs of different hotels and lodges. When reporting on the different places we stayed we were uncertain as to how their costs compared and clearly it is not reasonable to expect as much from low cost places as from the most expensive ones.
Lastly a small criticism of this feedback form is that there is no obvious way to navigate back to the beginning other than to click """"back to previous page"""" over and over again. The tabs on the left side bar don't seem to do anything. When two people are filling this in, as in our case, we needed to go backwards and forewords a few times. Otherwise it is a nice form to fill in." Read full review: 32 nights in Africa; 19 on a Namibia trip
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr C
Harrogate
"A wonderful holiday"
I visited South Africa and 2 other countries between 31 Dec 2015 and 16 Jan 2016
"A wonderful time in Cape Town blessed with beautiful weather and England not losing a test match!
This was surpassed by my time in Rwanda - a fascinating, visually stunning country.
Seeing the Gorillas in Volcanoes National Park was an amazing experience and is definitely one I would like to repeat.
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
Nothing comes to mind - my holiday was organized perfectly." Read full review: 16 nights in Africa; 9 on a South Africa trip
This was surpassed by my time in Rwanda - a fascinating, visually stunning country.
Seeing the Gorillas in Volcanoes National Park was an amazing experience and is definitely one I would like to repeat.
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
Nothing comes to mind - my holiday was organized perfectly." Read full review: 16 nights in Africa; 9 on a South Africa trip
Overall trip
Excellent
Pat R
North Carolina
"My Dec 2015 trip"
I visited Kenya between 25 Dec 2015 and 9 Jan 2016
"very good trip"
Read full review: 15 nights in Africa; 14 on a Kenya safari
Overall trip
Excellent
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