Reviews of safaris to Laikipia
230 holiday reviews from our travellers of holidays which include Laikipia.
Mr & Mrs C
Bristol
"Laikipia and Mara North Safari"
I visited Kenya between 21 Feb 2020 and 29 Feb 2020
"The whole trip was very enjoyable, with some excellent wildlife sightings, good accommodation and delicious food.
It met all our hopes and expectations for going out on foot, driving after dark and generally being flexible with the activities on offer.
As Oliver Twist might say, please can we do it some more?
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
No, the service is more than satisfactory." Read full review: 8 nights in Africa; 7 on a Kenya safari
It met all our hopes and expectations for going out on foot, driving after dark and generally being flexible with the activities on offer.
As Oliver Twist might say, please can we do it some more?
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
No, the service is more than satisfactory." Read full review: 8 nights in Africa; 7 on a Kenya safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Muz
Colchester
"A wonderful safari and beach experience"
I visited Kenya and 1 other country between 11 Feb 2020 and 5 Mar 2020
"We are well travelled but this was one of our best holidays ever.
A great safari experience with a bit of Zanzibar adventure thrown in at the end.
Expert Africa have come up trumps again." Read full review: 23 nights in Africa; 13 on a Kenya safari
A great safari experience with a bit of Zanzibar adventure thrown in at the end.
Expert Africa have come up trumps again." Read full review: 23 nights in Africa; 13 on a Kenya safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Siôn
Surrey
"Enjoyable trip to Kikeche Laikipia and Lewa House"
I visited Kenya between 10 Feb 2020 and 20 Feb 2020
"A thoroughly enjoyable trip to Laikipia and Lewa Downs, Comfortable accommodation,food and service with very friendly staff at each site. Guides very knowledgeable and with excellent eyesight at each location. 46 species of animal and 175 species of birds seen"
Read full review: 10 nights in Africa; 9 on a Kenya safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr D.
Penrith
"Safari trip"
I visited Kenya between 27 Jan 2020 and 18 Feb 2020
"Great experience. My first visit after 48 years!"
Read full review: 22 nights in Africa; 7 on a Kenya safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Steve H
Cumbria
"My January 2020 safari"
I visited Kenya between 27 Jan 2020 and 18 Feb 2020
"This trip was excellent and Expert Africa were, as usual, superb in handling the arrangements for us. We changed our plans a couple of times but nothing is ever too much trouble for the Expert Africa team and everything went according to plan. We all had a wonderful time and a memorable safari. I can't comment on the brochure as I'm always happy to work from the website and make bespoke arrangements with Expert Africa's superb team - helpful, friendly, thorough and knowledgeable.
Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:
I can't imagine how anyone could possibly improve on the fantastic service consistently provided by Expert Africa over many years. I already have next year's plans in mind and I know that Expert Africa will make the arrangements with consummate ease and efficiency!" Read full review: 22 nights in Africa; 6 on a Kenya safari
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I can't imagine how anyone could possibly improve on the fantastic service consistently provided by Expert Africa over many years. I already have next year's plans in mind and I know that Expert Africa will make the arrangements with consummate ease and efficiency!" Read full review: 22 nights in Africa; 6 on a Kenya safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr & Mrs A
Bridport
"My Jan 2020 safari"
I visited Kenya between 19 Jan 2020 and 27 Jan 2020
"It was wonderful, but very hard to describe. A friend said that if asked, on their return, what the holiday was like they'd just say 'Great' if the person asking the question had never been on safari, and only enthuse in detail if they had, because only they would really understand. I understand that now. I had great hopes for this trip, but being my first safari I did not really know what to expect, and, despite Expert Africa's best attempts at describing the experience on their website, words cannot really do it justice. The impact is emotional and spiritual as well as literal. Yes, there are that many animals and birds and these are real wild creatures in their natural habitat, but it is so much more than that. I will never forget this trip. It was one of the great experiences of my life."
Read full review: 8 nights in Africa; 7 on a Kenya safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Mr RT
Sutton
"Kenya - Jan 2020"
I visited Kenya between 17 Jan 2020 and 3 Feb 2020
"A great trip; truly a holiday of a lifetime!"
Read full review: 17 nights in Africa; 16 on a Kenya safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Ms M.
London
"Another good holiday, despite the rain!"
I visited Kenya between 4 Jan 2020 and 16 Jan 2020
"As I said in my email to Richard, nobody can be blamed for the unprecedented levels of rainfall in Kenya over the past few months and its effect on the ground, the vegetation and the distribution and accessibility of the wildlife - well, nobody at Expert Africa or on the ground in Kenya. The climate change deniers, maybe!!!
We enjoyed our holiday nevertheless but the issues with wildlife mean that, if we're being honest, it wasn't as good as our first trip last year. We're not very experienced Safari goers and haven't got to the stage that more sophisticated guests might be at, of wanting to look very hard for animals; we want to come out of our camp and see herds of animals across the plains for as far as the eye can see and, at times this year, there was nothing very much as far as the eye could see!
We would like to note that none of the guides we had this year were as good as the excellent ones we had last year.
It's also worth mentioning that there was a misunderstanding about our pick-up time from the airport hostel to go to Solio. Some months ago, we changed the time from 7.30 am to 10 am, and this later time was clearly on our itinerary. However, Patrick from Safari Collections turned up at 7.30 when we were still in bed! He was very good-natured about it and waited for us to get ready and to have breakfast. He was pleasant and chatty throughout the drive and when he came back to Solio to collect us and drive us to Elephant Bedroom. We're not in any way complaining about this. These things happen but we thought you'd like to know." Read full review: 12 nights in Africa; 11 on a Kenya safari
We enjoyed our holiday nevertheless but the issues with wildlife mean that, if we're being honest, it wasn't as good as our first trip last year. We're not very experienced Safari goers and haven't got to the stage that more sophisticated guests might be at, of wanting to look very hard for animals; we want to come out of our camp and see herds of animals across the plains for as far as the eye can see and, at times this year, there was nothing very much as far as the eye could see!
We would like to note that none of the guides we had this year were as good as the excellent ones we had last year.
It's also worth mentioning that there was a misunderstanding about our pick-up time from the airport hostel to go to Solio. Some months ago, we changed the time from 7.30 am to 10 am, and this later time was clearly on our itinerary. However, Patrick from Safari Collections turned up at 7.30 when we were still in bed! He was very good-natured about it and waited for us to get ready and to have breakfast. He was pleasant and chatty throughout the drive and when he came back to Solio to collect us and drive us to Elephant Bedroom. We're not in any way complaining about this. These things happen but we thought you'd like to know." Read full review: 12 nights in Africa; 11 on a Kenya safari
Overall trip
Good
Mr &Mrs W
Bamford
"My Dec 2019 trip"
I visited Kenya and 1 other country between 20 Dec 2019 and 5 Jan 2020
"Amazing family holiday. A first trip to Africa for 3/4 of us - We felt very well looked after and all arrangements worked well. So pleased with Richard's recommendations for us. Many many thanks."
Read full review: 16 nights in Africa; 8 on a Kenya safari
Overall trip
Excellent
Dr Z
USA
"Trip of a lifetime "
I visited Kenya between 29 Nov 2019 and 11 Dec 2019
"Incredible, unforgettable family vacation. If we had known how miraculous a safari trip would be, we would have found a way to scrape the money together decades ago.
My eleven year old daughter and my parents in their seventies were equally delighted and astonished. We visited Kenya during the short rains in early December and felt it was a perfect time of year to go. Incredible wildlife!!!!!" Read full review: 12 nights in Africa; 12 on a Kenya safari
My eleven year old daughter and my parents in their seventies were equally delighted and astonished. We visited Kenya during the short rains in early December and felt it was a perfect time of year to go. Incredible wildlife!!!!!" Read full review: 12 nights in Africa; 12 on a Kenya safari
Overall trip
Excellent
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