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Travel reviews by Mr. & Mrs. O from London

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Total number of trips

1

Countries visited

1

Lodges stayed in

3

Excursions taken

1

My Dec 2022 trip

Kenya between 21 Dec 2022 and 29 Dec 2022

Trip rating: Excellent
"Have had a wonderful holiday and experience with our first trip to Kenya.

Would highly recommend the Expert Africa who've arranged this for us.

Arrangements were great and the whole trip ran without a hitch."

Arranged By Claire Scott


Loisaba Star Beds

Loisaba Star Beds

"Loisaba Star Beds review"

1 night Arrived 21 Dec 2022
"Incredible experience - we were the only family in the camp, so got personal attention from all of the team.

Dinner under the stars was excellent! Game drives with our guide Eki, were great!"
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Good
Service
Good
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Good
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Good
Loisaba Tented Camp

Loisaba Tented Camp

"Loisaba Tented Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 22 Dec 2022
"Fantastic camp with superbly attentive staff.

A 'knock out' experience perched up on the edge of a plateau with uninterrupted views across the conservancy.

Sam and his team did a great job. Excellent food, including two 'bush breakfasts' out on the morning game drives, and wonderful sundowners out on the plain, including a meeting with one of the local Samburu tribes. Rooms were above expectations!

Big thanks to Sam for taking us behind the scenes and showing us the solar farm that powers the camp.

Our guide, Eki, was brilliant and really sets the standard for what a guide can be. He did a great job across the four days that he was with us."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Good
Activities
Good
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent
Sand River Camp

Sand River Camp

"Sand River Camp review"

4 nights Arrived 25 Dec 2022
"Sand River is a very different experience to Loisaba, so offers a great contrast. Again, fantastic team looking after us (kudos to Arnold for his service throughout our stay, to Robert (the barman!), Erik (the chef) to Andrew, Nicolene and Lindah and the rest of the team). Food and service were good, but not as good as at Loisaba (which set a very high standard to match or beat) - some rough edges here and there but nothing serious at all.

Enoch, our guide, was fantastic - huge respect for the job that he does, his knowledge and understanding of the Mara environment. We has a fair amount of rain during our stay but this did not really impact on our activities - just created a lot more mud for Enoch to drive through!

You need to consider the size of the Mara vs a private conservancy such as Loisaba. You are covering a lot of distance to find animals and whereas a morning game drive in Loisaba is ~3 hours, in Sand River, its ~6 hours! So there is a lot of sitting each day!

Fantastic hot air balloon ride - high recommend that, and a lovely bush breakfast on our way over to the Mara Triangle area."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Good
Service
Average
Activities
Good
Rooms
Good
Food
Good
Facilities
Good
Balloon flight over the Mara

Balloon flight over the Mara

"Balloon flight over the Mara review"

26 Dec 2022 • Morning excursion

The balloon ride with Balloon Safari was excellent.

Our driver, Francis, met with us the night before and briefed us, then collecting us at 4:30 am for the drive over the launch site, catching a great view of 4 hippos on the road, on our drive.

Our pilot, Ismail, and the flight team were great, from briefing, the flight itself across the plains and the landing. Wonderful views from the balloon and commentary from a hugely experienced pilot. And to round off, a wonderful breakfast with the team and all of the passengers!

Highly recommend this experience for anyone going to the Mara!
Excellent

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