This was our first safari and we booked all our travel through Troy at True Africa,extremely professional,friendly and with an abundance of knowledge to help guide us in making the right choice and Naboisho - well what a choice!!
From the moment we landed at the small airstrip at Ol Seki the abundance of wildlife was truly amazing.
We were met by Wilson and Denis who were genuine,warm,enthusiastic with a great sense of humour Not to mention the most fantastic guides,we saw almost everything (the black rhino escaped us!) and went on a wonderful journey together,breakfast and lunch in the bush,sundowners and night drives.
The camp was everything and more,8 luxurious tents well spaced to make you feel very private,the bucket showers(which you can enjoy inside or out) were great and whilst sitting on the verandah of your tent you could sit back relax and watch the wildlife in your front garden!! Giraffe,Zebra and Giselle all stroll past and at night we could hear the lions- wow.
Roleof and Helen (your hosts) were such warm people,passionate about the conservancy and wildlife and made you feel so welcome in this special place.
Moses and all the staff were exceptional nothing was too much trouble,the food lovely and so much of it!
We did go into the Mara reserve but to be honest we much preferred the conservancy where the animals were far more abundant,although it was considered low season there were still 6-8 jeeps chasing the limited animals found there so I can only imagine what it must be like at high season,on all our drives at Naiboisho we only saw 2 jeeps we literally had the animals to ourselves. The other great advantage is that we could do night drives which you are not allowed to do in the reserve and whilst we could go there nobody could come into the conservancy unless you were staying there so you have the best of both worlds.
We also did a ballon ride,it's not cheap at $500 each but a wonderful experience,the only downside was the launch site was changed so it took nearly 2 hours and you had to leave at 4am but that was soon forgotten when we were floating above the wildlife and watching the sunrise.On landing you were picked up and had a champagne breakfast it was unforgettable,and very professionally done.( I believe the company was called Balloon Safaris)
Roleof and Helen also sponsor a local village which you have the opportunity to visit , it is a very humbling experience and the Masai people warm and genuinely pleased to welcome and share their home with you,a great memory.
If you need to have a swimming pool,television and Wi-Fi then Naboisho is not the place for you but if you want to feel at one with nature in beautiful surroundings and with wonderful people please go and have a truly amazing stay,we would go back in a heartbeat,thank you.
