Client Testimonials

Thank you for all your help with organizing everything! The trip was great?.

We can’t thank you enough for taking care of us in Kenya. It was truly an amazing experience, especially the Bush Farewell dinner. Joseph is a very good guide and driver and we really appreciated his efforts to make our trip memorable. Please give him our regards. We look forward to visiting Africa soon and explore the continent. Both Shobha and I felt so much at home and reminded of us India. We will be in touch for our next trip.

Our holidays were amazing !!! Thanks so much for all your support. It has been one of the MOST unforgettable experiences in our lives. The camp was just perfect … the tent, staff, game drives, food, everything !!! Definitely, I would love to go back there with my family and friends. Again … Asante !!!!

We reached home safe and sound and very jet-lagged. I don’t know how to thank you and Travel shoppe for our amazing trip. From start to finish it was just incredible. You guys really went out of your way to ensure that this was a trip of a lifetime! The boys, my husband and I had the most wonderful time. Vacations with adult children can be challenging, but this was perfect. Thanks again.

Rajat joins me in thanking you for having organized such a wonderful & memorable trip for all of us to Masai Mara.

Just to say a really BIG thank you to you and all at Travelshoppe for making our trip to Kenya so memorable! We all had a great time and also enjoyed meeting two of you. Besides Serian, Samburu was really nice! Also, Nikheel had a great six-week “internship” with Alex Walker at Serian. Rekha and I feel that he has learned so much from the experience both about life and about himself. We are really grateful to you for finding this opportunity for him. As he said himself, HE WILL BE BACK, next year. We appreciated the speed and efficiency with which the travel delay from Samburu to Malindi was resolved as was the move from Scorpio to Driftwood. I intend to write a “piece” about the “Fawlty Towers of Kenya” on my blog in the next week or two!

Hi- we had a great time! Kole Kole was the correct recommendation – also went down to Shimoni for the day which was wild ( the weather ) Staff, food, etc outstanding. Families are already working out when they can go again! The guide on safari was really good. Days drive on the Sunday from Ngorongoro to Mara was 9 hours! But worth it when we got there as the Wildebeest etc were just arriving. Thanks so much for organizing it.

I shall start with a big THANK YOU for all the help and time spend with us…for all the wishes to become true. Travelshoppe is a reliable travel agency and always ready to help out! It’s good to have someone who give’s your advice, suggestions and puts together the best package that suits all the tastes. With her help, we were able to spend quality time in Mombasa- north coast at Serena and south coast at Leopard Beach, in Amboseli at Serena and Ol Tukai and Masai Mara at Mara Serena. I shall mention also that we have used Travelshoppe for almost 4 years and I have no complaints about them! Thank You and always I will recommend Travelshoppe! Wish you all the best.

I wish to thank you for the excellent arrangements during our stay in Kenya, all of us three were most pleased with everything. Nicholas is an eminent guide and driver, he knows the places where to find the animals, and he is a careful driver (appreciated by us in the horrible Nairobi traffic!). If you would like to have an estimate about the hotels and stay in Nakuru Lion Hill and Mara Serena, I will try to figure some impressions. Nakuru had a most friendly, genuinely friendly staff in the hotel, you felt welcome from the moment you stepped out from the car. Sometimes we had communication problems, but nothing was ever serious. All the meals were almost five stars, well prepared, fresh and nice. The rooms were comfortable, and very silent for good night sleeps. The range of animals was fine, unfortunately also the mosquitos?. Mara Serena had rooms of higher class, up to perfection, also very clean. The food was very good, overall very beautiful and nice. It will be a pleasure for me to recommend Travelshoppe for friends who intend to come to Kenya. Best regards, also to Nick, Millions of thanks for all your help. The safari, all transfers, and the drivers were all very professionally organized. Next time we come to Kenya we will for sure contact you again.

Many thanks for your recommendation for us to do our brief holiday at Sweetwaters Tented Camp. Thank you to you and Seema for the prompt arrangements at such short notice! The experience from my family was simply awesome….excellent customer service, personalized, visible leadership….in short, true value for money! To cap it all, we even saw lions from our tent!…. a little scary but exciting at the same time! I would recommend Sweetwaters to any person who seeks to be at home away from home! Similarly, I will not be going anywhere else for holiday packages! Travelshoppe it is!

This is a brief note on behalf of my sister Dr. Riffat M. Zaman and myself to thank you for your assistance to Mehmood Sahib, my travel agent in Karachi, in making our recent trip to Tanzania and Kenya enjoyable and memorable. We also appreciate your personal involvement in ensuring that everything went smoothly while we were in East Africa. Moving to more pleasant matters, we were really pleased with the excellent driver/guides that were provided for us. We would appreciate it if you could share with them, and relevant parties, the following comments –(Tanzania): He is a delightful guide who “connects” with the animals, and also has a great deal of knowledge about African birds in addition to the animals we saw. I love birds so this was a special bonus for us. Hadji is trustworthy, polite, a good driver, and exceptionally helpful. He is bright and curious, and also a good conversationalist. We learned a great deal from him not only about the nature around us but also about the people of Tanzania. Hadji took special pains to make sure we saw all that was humanly possible for one week in Tanzania. We would recommend him highly to you for future visitors to that country. (Kenya): The guide was an excellent, confident driver and we were glad to have him at the wheel as part of the road from Nakuru to the Mara was in pretty poor condition. He is also a good guide, knowledgeable about the animals and their habitat. We particularly appreciated the books on birds that he carries with him in the car which helped us to identify many uncommon birds we came across. During our stay in Mara, Our guide managed to locate for us the “big five” including an extraordinary encounter with a leopard. Trustworthy and always on time – we would recommend your guide highly to anyone who wishes to visit Kenya.

I appreciate it was a wonderful holiday for us. My wife enjoyed every bit, pick up times were accurate, Hotel good and tour guide perfect, especially one stands out by the name Sharzad Ahmad for Desert safari and city tour. Thanks a lot and best regards. We shall definitely book with you again.

Wanted to place on record my appreciation of the trip I took on Sunday. Went off well and Joseph also proved to be a very patient and persistent safari guide. Once again, thanks.

Happy New Year to you and your family. Just to express our gratitude and thank you for organizing our holiday. This was well planned and everything was timely organized with pick up at the right time and very courteous team all through. Keep it up and looking forward to the next vacation. You have my highest recommendations.

To all at Travelshoppe, thank you for organizing a fantastic safari holiday for us. The Neptune Mara Rianta camp in the North Mara Conservancy lived up to expectations! A lovely luxurious lodge with super friendly staff, serving great food. Everyone from our driver Emmanuelle, our waiter Alfred, our butler Elfas to the wider Neptune team were first class. The game drives were brilliant – we saw 4 of the Big 5 (lions, elephants, buffaloes and a leopard – no rhinos),  plus a lot of lot more including wildebeest, zebras, giraffes, topi antelopes, elan antelopes, hippos, crocs, monkeys, jackals, cheetahs, impalas, warthogs, hyenas, gazelles. A truly memorable holiday that we will treasure fondly in our memories forever!

Thank you for making our Kenyan Safari a very memorable experience. We really appreciate your knowledge of all the parks and Kenyan Culture. This shows how passionate you are about Kenya. You have a great sense of humor. We look forward to having you as our guide on our next Safari.

We returned from Ukunda, Nomads yesterday. It was one of my best holidays. the hotel was beautiful and the room was comfortable and right at the sea view. Many thanks for arranging the trip. I look forward to doing more trips with travelshoppe.

I wish to express my gratitude to you for arranging the trip to Mombasa. My parents were very happy and you can be sure we shall do this again.

I got back today from the Elementaita Serena camp. Everything went very well indeed. The trip to and from was fantastic and the driver is very professional, to say the least. The stay at the camp was very very nice, everything about the camp is marvelous. I thank the Travel Shoppe for enabling me to have such a fulfilling experience and you also for bearing with me during the period of arranging for the trip.

I just wanted to drop you a quick note to say thank you for organizing the Mara trip. The Ashnil camp was…well, hardly a camp. It was super comfy (in my opinion luxurious but some may disagree). The staff was friendly and whilst it’s a shame that they can’t control the wildlife and show you what you want when you want it, the rest is on point. I’ve returned to the UK having (very luckily) seen the Leopard which was the one of the 5 that had always eluded me. I’d be happy to recommend your services to people traveling from here.

Sorry, I could not email you earlier as I have been busy at work lately. A big thank you to you for arranging the best possible trip for us, we had a lot of fun. We carried back home lots and lots of memories from Africa. This would not have been possible without you and your valuable inputs for the itinerary and of course Joseph. A big thank you to him too for making all the possible efforts to make sure we saw all the animals in huge numbers. Again a big thank you, it has been an experience that none of us will ever forget.

All done and very well received! Thank you very much for all your assistance. I am very impressed with the professional and delightful service! Well done to you and your team! I assure you of my continued support.

I hope this finds you well. We went to Enashipai over the weekend and we had a fantastic stay. We were received very well and we were wowed by the entire experience. May I once again express my gratitude for your thoughtfulness and generosity. May God bless you and the entire travelshoppe family. We will always support you.

Our trip was great… thank you for coordinating a well thought out itinerary. Aside from the first day when the driver was late (so our day was very rushed), everything else went very smoothly. The hotel was good (though their breakfast monotonous- the menu didn’t change once the entire week) located in a central place. I particularly enjoyed the desert safari and dhow cruise dinner; Ferari World was also a great hit! All the activities gave us an opportunity to see the sights and sounds of the place…though next time we will definitely have Burj Khalifa tour in the itinerary. Tendai was unwell for a few days with a throat infection and a nasty fever- Marzeena referred us to a doctor who treated him and he’s now better. Perhaps he reacted to the AC and change in weather….Unfortunately, KQ pulled a fast one on us on the return trip…we ended up leaving after 1 pm instead of 6.55 am ? and they didn’t have a baby meal. Otherwise, everything went well. We appreciate your concern and attention to detail. Definitely reason to refer you to friends and have you plan our next holiday.

Regretfully, we have arrived back after such a wonderful time in Kenya. Your arrangements for the Safari and the events in Nairobi were superb and we did not encounter any major problems throughout our stay. Floyd deserves a special mention for ensuring that everyone’s needs and demands were fulfilled! Needless to say that we will recommend you highly to everyone who wishes to travel to Kenya. I have copied the other Lakhani members of our group and they may wish to send their comments separately.