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Travel reviews by Mr R.A.Stringe from Oldham

Review Distribution

Excellent
Good
Average
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Terrible

Total number of trips

2

Countries visited

2

Lodges stayed in

12

Excursions taken

0

My Jun 2025 trip

Kenya and 1 other country between 4 Jun 2025 and 21 Jun 2025

Trip rating: Excellent
"I had visited the wildlife areas of both countries previously and chose parks that were on the whole less visited

I was very satisfied and thoroughly enjoyed my trip to Amboseli and Meru in Kenya, and Nyerere and Ruaha in Tanzania

Amboseli exceeded expectations and is much more than a relative haven for elephants in view of Kilimanjaro - in particular there were multiple cheetah sightings, including one where a group of 5 sub-adults were seen, whilst their mother was away, presumably hunting. They were approached by a coalition of 3 males who tried to drive them away, presumably to bring the mother back into oestrus. The sub-adults initially retreated, but then held their ground, and the coalition moved on.

There was also a rare sighting of a pair of mating puff adders

Meru was very good, but could not quite compete with the nearby Samburu, which I had previously visited, in terms of wildlife sightings and the beauty of the environment

The rhino sanctuary was excellent

The trips on The Rufiji River in Nyerere came up to my very high expectations, with excellent close encounters with hippo, crocodiles, different species of kingfishers, bee-eaters, herons and baboons, although the sightings in the park itself were not as good as the other parks visited, and the roads were the worst that I have encountered in Africa

Ruaha was excellent in terms of both the wildlife, especially multiple leopard and lion sightings

Also the scenery and topography was unique and beautiful, with vast numbers of baobabs , giant euphorbias, palms and tamarind trees"

Four Points Nairobi Airport

Four Points Nairobi Airport

"Four Points Nairobi Airport review"

1 night Arrived 4 Jun 2025
"Convenient

Good bar

Great breakfast"
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Tortilis Camp

Tortilis Camp

"Tortilis Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 5 Jun 2025
"Great location

Food very good but too much - smaller meals and a lower fee would be better

Excellent cocktails"
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location
Excellent
Service
Good
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Good
Food
Good
Elsa's Kopje

Elsa's Kopje

"Elsa's Kopje review"

3 nights Arrived 8 Jun 2025
"Food excellent, but too much - smaller portions with a reduction in price would be appropriate

Staff slightly over-attentive"
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Good
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Serena Hotel Dar

Serena Hotel Dar

"Serena Hotel Dar review"

1 night Arrived 11 Jun 2025
"It is hard to comment, as I didn’t actually stay there, as per our previous e-mails.

They didn’t seem to know who I was, but in actual fact had moved me to another hotel, which worked out well, with prompt transport there and back for an excellent breakfast"
Average
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Sand Rivers Camp

Sand Rivers Camp

"Sand Rivers Camp review"

4 nights Arrived 12 Jun 2025
"Excellent camp and location

The trips on The Rufiji River came up to my very high expectations - in fact this was the main reason for visiting Nyerere NP

However, the wildlife sightings on land were not as good as the other parks on my trip, and the tracks were the worst that I have ever been on in Africa"
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Good
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Ikuka Safari Camp

Ikuka Safari Camp

"Ikuka Safari Camp review"

4 nights Arrived 16 Jun 2025
"Excellent location and service.

Very good wildlife sightings and beautiful scenery and topography."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent

My June 2022 trip

Kenya between 15 Jun 2022 and 26 Jun 2022

Trip rating: Excellent
"Excellent and very enjoyable.

When BA cancelled my return flight, the process of re-scheduling this with Expert Africa did not go very well in certain respects, although was ultimately sorted out to my satisfaction.

Richard Trillo has been exceptionally helpful."

Feedback response

During this period, many airlines, including British Airways, were very stretched. They reduced their capacity over the pandemic, and found it difficult to scale back up.

British Airways cancelled this traveller’s flight at short notice and left him no option but to book a much more expensive seat on a flight one day later. This was just one of string of British Airways cancellations to Nairobi in mid-2022 which affected a number of our passengers, which we all found very challenging.

Despite the unwelcome changes to his plans, we were able to sort out the issue and we were delighted to be this traveller had such an enjoyable trip overall.

Arranged By Richard Trillo


Four Points Nairobi Airport

Four Points Nairobi Airport

"Four Points Nairobi Airport review"

1 night Arrived 15 Jun 2022
"Comfortable, convenient and a good breakfast"
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Elephant Bedroom

Elephant Bedroom

"Elephant Bedroom review"

3 nights Arrived 16 Jun 2022
"Excellent riverside location, attracting wildlife between game drives, re bee-eaters, kingfishers"
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Good
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent
Kicheche Bush Camp

Kicheche Bush Camp

"Kicheche Bush Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 19 Jun 2022
"Excellent, although location not as good as others, and the layout of the tents promoted a sense of exclusivity, at the expense of intimacy.
However, the communal dining table was a good aspect."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Average
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent
Kicheche Walking Wilderness

Kicheche Walking Wilderness

"Kicheche Walking Wilderness review"

1 night Arrived 22 Jun 2022
"The terrain was unremarkable on the first day, but more pleasant and interesting on the second.

The game viewing experience was not really any different from how it would have been on a game drive."
Average
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Location
Average
Service
Good
Activities
Average
Rooms
Good
Food
Good
Facilities
Average
Kicheche Valley

Kicheche Valley

"Kicheche Valley review"

1 night Arrived 23 Jun 2022
"Excellent in all respects.
Great location with wonderful panoramic view."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent
Kicheche Mara

Kicheche Mara

"Kicheche Mara review"

1 night Arrived 24 Jun 2022
"Excellent camp and location."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent

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