8 Day Budget Safari

by J de Jong
(Surrey, BC Canada)

It would have been helpful if we knew how "budget" the safari would really be. We camp all the time (roughing it) but this experience taught us a lesson about camping in Africa!

Safari Details: Rating: 5/10 Safari company used: Best Camping Safari (make an enquiry) Parks visited: Masai Mara, Nakuru, Amboseli, & Tsavo West Date of safari: Feb 5 - 12 for 8 days/7 nights More Kenya safari reviews » Free Safari Photography e-Book Get your copy of the "Better Safari Photography" e-book at no charge, which pinpoints exactly what you need to know and do before, during and after your safari trip to improve your safari photography results whether you are a novice, intermediate or advanced photographer.

Safari Operator Performance

The driver was excellent! We saw all the animals we could hope to see in Massai Mara.

The food was not very good, nothing to drink except water, no refrigeration, no lights at night, the tent was on a slope, Amboseli camp was in dirt, etc.

The website doesn't really give you the whole picture. There are no pictures of Amboseli campsite, no details telling you that there is no refrigeration, electricity, no decent chairs to sit in.

All the testimonials say how great everything is, and yet talking to other travellers, we weren't the only people disappointed in the facilities provided.

Accommodation

We stayed in tents and it was Ok in Massai Mara but horrible in Amboseli.

Wildlife

We saw the Big Five, and everything else you could imagine.

The highlights were the Lions feeding their cubs and eating water buffalo.

Tips and Advice

Don't do a budget safari. We wished we would have done 4 days in Massai Mara in lodges or luxury tents, and skipped the other parks. Everything we wanted to see we saw in Massai Mara. The other parks had lots of trees and animals were hard to spot.

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