Kenya: reviews from our travellers

"Great holiday - have been thinking about a safari for a while - should have done it a long time ago. Great holiday - will do again." Read full review: 12 nights in Africa; 9 on a Kenya safari

"I was lucky that after looking at several websites I decided to call Expert Africa to talk about organising my 70th birthday present to myself --taking my entire family of 21 on a safari and beach holiday over new year.

I was even luckier that I spoke to Ellie. She spent ages going through the options and also checking on availability for such a large group. Her recommendations turned out to be perfect and the logistics she planned for moving such a large group around Kenya went like clockwork -- in fact better than that!!

Obviously just us all being together meant we were happy but because of Ellie's knowledge Mara Intrepid and Pinewood were the perfect places for such a diverse age range(6 to 70) and the private plane transfers the icing on my birthday cake.

We are a bunch of very well seasoned travellers -- we had people coming from 2 different continents the day before we went and quite a few had done safaris before but we all agreed this was simply the best holiday experience ever!!" Read full review: 10 nights in Africa; 4 on a Kenya safari

"If the rest of the year is that good, it will be a good one!!" Read full review: 13 nights in Africa; 5 on a Zanzibar holiday

"Very enjoyable. An exotic break from midwinter N Hemisphere. Can't wait to go back.

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No: I'll be very happy to travel with you again." Read full review: 10 nights in Africa; 9 on a Kenya safari

"Very well constructed itinerary which for most part ran smoothly.

We were disappointed with Malawi for the reasons mentioned and also for the costs associated with Lilongwe airport. The actual internal flight departure tax is $7 per person and the external departure tax is $35 per person. Visa charge is $75 per person.

Considering the country is regarded as 'poor' and want to encourage tourism the Tourism Board should consider requesting the Government to reduce the fees involved. Suppose the UK equivalent is Air Passenger Duty (APD) which is £13 per person for flights of less than 2000 miles." Read full review: 17 nights in Africa; 7 on a Kenya safari

"The initial reason for our trip to Nairobi at this time was business. So, we were looking for a short break which would not involve travelling significant distances in Kenya and which would be relatively budget friendly. Nairobi NP was therefore an obvious choice, especially when Richard Trillo pointed us towards The Emakoko.

However, with only three direct flights per week between Livingstone (where we are now based) and Nairobi we really wanted to tack on a couple of days somewhere else. Again, Richard's deep knowledge of Kenya came to the fore; and he was able to work some dates around Shompole and The Emakoko which fitted in with our other plans.

This was our 18th trip with EA in a few weeks over 10 years, which speaks volumes for the high quality of service Chris and his team consistently provide." Read full review: 7 nights in Africa; 5 on a Kenya safari

"Our trip was memorable on every level - Africa is my favourite place and I'll keep going there until I drop

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I have to say that the service and friendliness is outstanding and great value for money. Thank you big time" Read full review: 13 nights in Africa; 9 on a Kenya safari

"Very enjoyable." Read full review: 11 nights in Africa; 1 on a Kenya safari

"Everything about our Kenyan holiday was fantastic from game viewing to relaxing at the coast.

Thanks to Richard Trillo for organising it all and for his suggestions of Laikipia Wilderness and Kinondo Kwetu both of which were outstanding." Read full review: 11 nights in Africa; 11 on a Kenya safari

"This trip was great and the camps a good mix.

Another time if going at Christmas ( we had requested Rekero) I might avoid Rekero simply for the Mara being so busy over Christmas but I would certainly highly recommend it for other times - it is a fabulous location.

On the last day we had a very long wait ( 12 noon to the planned 11pm flight out - delayed to 1.30am the next day) and it would have been nice to have had a place booked with a day room. We organised this ourselves in the end, or rather Darren of Kicheche Bush Camp organised it. However overall the trip worked perfectly and met our expectations.

All camp managers were simply splendid and the guides all knowledgeable - Andrew at Kicheche Laikipia and Charles at Kicheche Bush Camp were particularly good." Read full review: 40 nights in Africa; 9 on a Kenya safari