The team
Aanika Karibu Safaris In Kenya
- Located In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 1986)
- Member Of:
- KATO, Tourism Regulatory Authority & Eco Toursm Kenya
- Tour Types:
- Small & medium group tours (Mid-range & luxury)
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $1,384 to $4,844 per person per day (MXN, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
MM
Email Myintmyat | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
One thing I had never done in my life
It was pretty nice game reserve drive. I enjoyed most of the time. But the tant wasn’t what I expected. It was a bit cold at night, maybe cuz of the season. The ranger was very skillful one and he also explained everything he knew, make us to be comfortable. I liked everything overall.
Thanks for everything
BE
Email Siska | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Nice safari, but please stick to your promises.
The safari was nice but we do have some complaints. Karibu safaris promised us we would be with 7 people in the van at the most (they also say so on the website). But we were with 8 people (+ driver). The van was crowded. Luckely everyone was really good company and so we all worked it out, but that was definitely not because of the driver. The driver didn't even say anything about it, as if it was completely normal. They say on the website that you get free water during the drives. The driver bought 12 bottles of half a liter water. For 9 persons! We were on a 5-day safari and had to buy our own water in the camp shops for 4 days. It's not that the water is like a huge cost or something, but just keep true to your words please. Overall we had a nice safari, the hotels and camps were good, we saw a lot of animals and we had a good atmosphere (but that was more thanks to the other tourists in our group rather than our driver).
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Email Ak Mahariya | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Trip to Masai mara was nice experiance with guide collins other things need improvement
We took two safaries from them . One fo Masai Maara and one for Tsavo West. Trip to Masai mara was best with guide Collins but the trip to Tsavo national park was average with guide steven . Collins was truly professional guide and he tried to solve issues arrived in between. He was prompt and responsive to resolve them soon. He was good in conversation and narrate good informations. As a guide Collins deserve 5 star. Though the stay places at lake nakuru and lake naivasa was not upto the mark. The second safari to Tsavo national park was very average experiance with guide steven. Teh vehicle broke down two times and guide was not professional enough to handle the things without much inconviniace. He was not having much knowledge of the flora and fauna and do not narrate things coming on the way. He was slow and unprofessional person. Otherwise Tsavo stay places was better then Masai mara places. The national park was impressive but due to unprofessional guide we could not enjoy the Tsavo national park much. Here 5 star for guide Collins , 4 star for safari at Masai mara, 2 star for saty places of Masai mara, 1 star for guide steven , 4 star for the stay places at Tsavo national park, 2 star for safari experiance at Tsavo national park.
SE
Email Denitsa | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Good arranged but we had higher expectations about driver
Unfortunately driver wasn’t very talkable
We wanted to hear more about places and animals in order to have maximal experience from safari .
Car was too old and not clear enough
Otherwise accommodation was fine
NL
Email Anton | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
5* safari in terms of the nature and 3* in terms of organisation
The natural reserves and all parks we visited were amazing, lots of wild animals and beautiful African savannah and nature! Highly recommended! 5 OUT OF 5!! As well our guide was a very helpful person and was sharing a lot about the nature, animals and local life. This was very helpful during the safari. On the other side the organisation of the trip was 3 out of 5. We had problems with every accommodation we stayed like no warm water or no water at all, electricity shutting, bathroom and sewage flooding etc. In every place we had to spend lots of time fixing all of this instead of enjoying the rest after long hours of safari. As well some of the activities were not super well organised like visiting the Hell's gate park, it was very unclear till the moment we arrived there, that we had to pay extra for the bicycles to go through the park, as well to pay extra if we wanted to go to the canyon in that area. As well we were highly advised by our guide to go in the boat tour at Lake Naivasha. It was operated by "The Savannah park" boat company. The sales lady at that place described the trip where we would see giraffes in the 5-10meters distance, almost feeding-from-the-hand experience, as well see a big local snake, lots of other promised things. We paid $100 extra for that trip and we received only 25mins walk within 200 meters distance next to the local cafe with a loud music in it and saw literally few zebras, antelopes and nothing which was promised by that sales lady. We came back from that trip to the sales office and explained the whole situation to the owner of that place and he didn't want to meet us mid-way and compensate us this awful experience for which we paid $100. I WOULD HIGHLY NOT RECOMMENDED TO USE "THE SAVANNAH PARK" BOAT COMPANY AS THEY MISLEAD AND SELL YOU BAD EXPERIENCE FOR LOTS OF MONEY!!!
Besides of all these organizational problems the safari trip was amazing and memorable for a long time -).
LV
Email Ilunia | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great safari and cute animals, drivers with attitude, providers with misleading info.
- Safari experience 5 out of 5 stars, lots of animals, beautiful nature - love it.
- We had 3 different drivers, 2 of them had attitude. One made us wait in the morning for him, the other one argued with our safari member and did not want to make an effort to communicate with us.
- The nice driver always had water was us, explained about animals, made an effort to make sure we saw every animal. Thank you Felix!
- The other 2 drivers - did not have water. One of the drivers - did not get water even after we had asked several times and then later reminded us we had to give tips. The other driver did not have enough but later brought us water.
- Hidden extras that were not mentioned - bicycle ride in Hell's Gate 10 USD extra, Walk in natural reserve in Naivasha 30 USD extra (otherwise we would not do anything else), Amboseli morning walk 10 USD extra
- Some game drives were shorter and started later, and the reason was not explained.
- We were promised that there would be 6 passengers in the van and one day we 9 people, most of the days 8!!!! I have messaged the tour provider and they have kindly ignored it.
- Overall experience with tour provider -> It was OK, all animals and birds are cute and beautiful. I would recommend being aware of all the negative sides and if you are happy with those, go ahead and book. If you complain during your trip to the tour provider, most likely you will not get a refund/discount/apologise, you will be ignored. I have a feeling all tour providers are one big organization, promising things, prices might be different, but they are all the same if you go for a budget option.
Email Megan | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Group tours include many changing itineraries and the require flexibility
Karibu Safaris was responsive in the lead up to my tour and picked me up on time.
One thing I wish I knew beforehand is that a "group tour" includes people from different travel agencies with different itineraries. I thought it would be a group of people with the same itinerary, sharing the same experience. However, we would sometimes have to drive people out of the way so they could meet their next driver, or wait around so we could pick-up new people. I wouldn't have minded this if I had known ahead of time. Also, every time we asked our driver/tour guide questions about the itinerary he would get very annoyed. It wasn't until the last day I realized he didn't know the answers either! I wish he had just told us what was going on - it's not his fault the agenda kept changing.
CH
Email Ainara | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The guide made our experience pretty disapointing
The organization and comunication with Karibu has been great. The lodge we stayed at was also very nice and price for the services was also fair.
We are disapointed at the guide. Was not explaining anything to us unless we were asking for something specific and even then he could be wuite rude sometimes. He did not explain what was our program, what we were doing that day, what were we trying to see....nothing at all. He was in the phone all the time and not cooperative at all. Even after the lunch break all the people would be ready and waiting for him to keep going and he would be talking to others, or just chilling or on the phone.
We gave him tip just because we were suppose to and was highly recommended to do so, not from the heart. If I would go back in time I wouldnt give him a cent. He did not do a good job and he knew it, and despite that he was acting quite arrogant. So sad that such a experience was not enjoyed to the fullest.
AR
Email Virginia | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Polite, Nice, good company
Overall the safari was good, except for the accommodation. They had told us we would be staying at enchoro camp in massai Mara, and they took us to another camp, that was of remarkable lower quality!! We were really uncomfortable there. The bathroom was all dirty, the floor of the tent too. And we had no hot water. Really disappointing and made us really mad they changed the camp without telling us. We even asked about it, and they answer it was the same, which was clearly not.
AE
Email Ender Tan | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Good value for money but definitely needs improvement!
Tour started as promised. Julius was excellent on transfers from/to airport to hotels. Our first 3 days were great with Stanley in Masai Mara ( very friendly / good driver) and Lake Nakuru. Our hotels Masai Mara Lodge (very good) and Lake Nakuru (average) were both in excellent locations. We had a very short game drive in Lake Nakuru so it was a bit of a waste of time. Last 3 days of the tour after Nakuru turned into a nightmare, spending long hours in the car with a non-company driver with zero knowledge in animals / safari, Amboseli tour was complete waste of time and very tiring... the connections/ timings / this trip could be improved. Suggest 3 days in Masai Mara and 2 day in Nakuru. Overall great experience seeing all of the animals (we have seen them all) but the entire experience could have been better...