Testimonials

Jambo Sylvester,
We are home safe and sound and very relaxed! We wanted to drop you a quick note tosay thank you again so much for such a wonderful, memorable experience. You made everything so easy! The booking, the transfers, the safari..everything! We loved the lodges where we stayed, we loved the food, we loved the parks and we just loved the safari. We also really appreciated you picking us up from the airport and arranging our hotel in Nairobi: that was a really big help. Please say hello to Benson for us, he was such a great guide! He taught us so much about the wildlife and the birds as well as the areas we visited. He made us so comfortable while he was showing us his country, we really enjoyed the time we spent with him. We were so excited to see him in the airport when we arrived back from South Africa. It was also great to spend our last day with him in Nairobi. When he dropped us off at the airport, he wouldn't leave until we were behind the lines having checked our bags and passed security! Thank you again for answering all of my thousands of questions. You have so much patience and I appreciated the way you took the time to put my mind at ease and help us with all of our booking. I would definately book with Serval Cat Safaris again and will recommend you to anyone who is traveling to Kenya! Asante SanaThank you again so much.
Sincerely, Elizabeth Ekroth and Christopher Maki(Canada)

Salamu Sylvester and staff and especially Patrick U hali ngani? Sijambo
Its Daniel & Kristin Salem here, emailing you from Australia.
I'm sorry it has taken us this long to contact you in regards to our wonderful holiday we had in Kenya.Kristin and I have travelled many places around the world in the last 6 months, so you can imagine we have been very busy.It seems so long ago now (October the 1st 2006) when Patrick picked Kristin and I up from the Airport for our week long safari to Samburu,lake Nakuru and the Masai Mara but we enjoyed the time we spent with Patrick and regard it as the HIGHLIGHT of our travels around the world.
Firstly i would like you to say a special Hello to Patrick and can you tell him we were thinking about him Secondly we would like to say or list some things about the Safari
1) We thought the accommodation was very good, beautiful locations. All lodges were fantastic, great food, very friendly people.

The Samburu Lodge was the most beautiful place we have experienced.
2) We greatly appreciated the professional attitude and manner of our driver and tour guide and friend Patrick. He always gave us extra options for viewing animals and always put us in a great location for photographs.
3) We also would like say how safe and relaxed we felt driving around Kenya with Patrick.
4) We have enjoyed the knowledge passed on by Patrick about Kenya, it's people and customs. At all times Patrick was happy to answer our questions
5) Also Kristin and I were very happy about having a Van all to ourselves.We have seen so many other companies along our safari that had crammed up to 8 people into a van and I'm sure most of them were travelling with strangers and people with very different interests. For example some people might have wanted to spend more time looking at big cats while others in the same van wanted to spend more time looking at birds.We were so happy to have freedom in our safari with Patrick giving us alternatives to slightly change our itinerary along the way.
This sets Servalcat Safaris apart from its competitors.
To show our appreciation we would like to send you a CD of the best photographs
we took on our safari with Patrick..
Please feel free to use these photographs on your website, if there good enough..
Could you please email me your mailing address so i can send you the CD, and make sure you say a quick Jambo Jambo to Patrick and thank him very much....>>> Angalia and Ahsante from Daniel and Kristin.(Australia)
P.S. We will recommend SERVALCAT SAFARIS to all our friends and relatives.

Hi,
We had an excellent time on our safari. Benson is an excellent guide and everything was well organised.Thanks for arranging this for us. We'd be happy to recommend your company to other travellers.

Regards,
Chris Holley & Shere Hinchey(Australia)

Hello Sylvester,
I write to thank you for the good organization and arrangement for our tour. The accommodation, transport and most of all our guides were fantastic. Your tour company is professionally managed and you have done a superb job. Thank you from my sister Melissa, Johan and myself. I will not hesitate to recommend your company to my friends. Cheers.
Sarita Martis and Maria Melissa(Singapore).

Dear Sylvester and Patrick,
Time is flying by and we have already came back for one month! I didn't write to you earier since I want to send some photos togather. but there are so many things are going on and I am so slow for processing my photos. Better to write to you first.
We are very happy for the trip in Africa that you arranged perfactly for us. And we are very appriciated for Patrick's excellent driver-guilde for our safari. His rich experienced background, bright mind and pleasent personality brought us so much more opportunities and good memeries. Not only to the safari, he guilded my attitude to enjoy our trip in Africa, enable me to gain abundant expereience and information from our limited time. My writing about this trip was started in the air plane home, now is just for day4! That's why I don't have time for my photos, I have to write done things before I forget them. Photos stay much longer.
I wish you could read my writing in Chinese, but anyway, whereever I send it to publish, I will put your company website in it, for sure. And I will send you the best pictures I took after I finished the photoshop process.
Best wishes to your business. I allow you to put my words and photos in your site if you want. Anybody who want to get references or suggestions, fee free to email me:
Jianchun Zhang.>> China

Jambo Sylvester .
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, I was away. Jessica, Jasmin, and I made it back in one piece but a bit tiered.
When you book a trip on the internet it is quite an adventure as you never know who you are dealing with. Let me tell you that this adventure was a pleasant one.
I would like to thank African Servalcat safaris tours and you Sylvester as we did not encounter any surprises in all of our stay. We where booked and well looked at in each of our hotels, lodges and campsites. (Apart from our first stay in Lake Nakuru camp site that look like a concentration camp) Everything you had promised was delivered. Meals and services at the lodges where excellent.
Kenya for us was the best, what we saw was a lot more then what we had expected, never thought we could be so close to the animals, the fact that we can go off road and go just a few feet from the animals is fantastic for taking pictures and do some incredible sightseeing. We saw lions mating, ostrich mating, hyenas, vultures, and other predators where at the rendez-vous numerous giraffes, elephants, Hypos lets not forget the Zebras and Gnu that we saw in quantities that surpass what
our eyes could see. Our guide Joshua was the best he is like a living encyclopedia, you can ask him questions on animals, birds, flowers, trees, religions, name it you will get an answer. He is a very good entertainer at night when there is a fire and a crowed he can tell you stories about safaris that will make you wonder.Jashua showed us four out five of the big 5 and they where all at few meters from us.
Tanzania
Our stay was very enjoyable, weather was cold and cloudy but never the less we saw lots of lions and giraffes, elephants by the dozen, and most of all on the last day we saw our fifth specie of the big 5 the leopard. Our guide Nuru was very compliant he would stop when ever we asked him to and he would take us anywhere we wanted to go. The fact that you cannot go off road makes it a bit more difficult to see the animals up close. The black rhinos where a fair distance away, the leopard was also far too far to take a decent picture with a 200 MM lens. Timing is everything but we still managed to see many species from close at one point we where surrounded by elephants just a few feet from our vehicle,
The roads to get from one city to an other are unbelievable especially on the Kenyan side, but what a way to learn about different cultures and see what Africa is all about, nature and animals is one thing, but to see how African people live is a must for every one.
Again thank you for making our trip one to remember for a long time.
As mentioned to you in Nairobi I will not hesitate to recommend African Servalcat to any one looking to do a Safari.
I will be presenting my photos to a photographic group which I am a member some time this fall and I will take this opportunity to see if it is possible to gather a group of 12 to 15 persons to go on a safari. I will be contacting you for more details when the time comes.
Regards >> Robert Codey, Jessica Codey, Jasmin (canada).

Dear Sylvester,
We are safely back home after a wonderful holiday in Kenya and Tanzania.
We couldn't have had a better time or experienced more.
Most of this is with thanks to you for your organisation and Joshua and John for being great guides and company.
Paul and I came looking for your office to thank you again personally but unfortunately didn't find it.
We now have a lot of photos to go through and stories to tell.
We have no hesitation to recommend Servalcat to anyone thinking of going to Kenya.
Thanking you again,>> Gayrth and Paul. (Australia)

Gayrth and Paul. (Australia)

Dear Sylvester,
We spent an excellent week in Kenya and truly enjoyed the trip.
In fact, we have nothing really to complain about.
All was well organized, timing was perfect and we had nothing to worry about throughout the week, which is good for holidays.
The choice of a private family trip was a good decision too.
Justus was an excellent guide to us, nice and friendly while never being intruding. He also proved to be quite knowledgeable and very respectful of the environment, which we appreciated (not always the case with other companies as we could see for ourselves). Also, he was very safety oriented, an important aspect for a family trip.
The choice of hotels and lodges proved excellent and we could see all what we expected and more. So much wildlife! Take care of it as your national treasure...
Of course, we still have plenty of images in mind, and Jambo jambo hakuna matata has become a family favourite song.
To conclude, really an excellent trip, worth the money we spent (and that was not our cheapest destination!).
As I said to Justus, we found about Servalcat through the Internet (no personal recommendation) and I decided to go with you based on the response we got from you and also the clients testimonies found on your Website. So, I can now confirm that our initial impression was the right one!
All the best to you and your team as well
Best regards.>>"Donna, Christophe and family, Dubai"

Dear Sylvester and Peter,
First we should tell you that we enjoyed both of our safaris very much. Thanks again for putting them all together for us and for your speedy response to all of our e-mails. The arrangements you made worked well for us and we appreciate the good service you gave us.
The Tanzania camping safari was great - we went to a variety of places all of which we found very interesting and beautiful. Each place was special and we were glad we went to all of them (Lake Manyara, Oldupai Gorge, Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, Tarangire.) We were also happy to have had some time on our own where we were close to villages that we could walk to and look around. Matthias was an excellent driver and after our first reaction of surprise and a little fear, we settled back and enjoyed the ride. Matthias always seemed to know right where the animals were and he was very good at spotting them long before we saw them. We also enjoyed our meals very much - Mossa was a good cook and we loved eating under the stars at a little table set with a table cloth and lantern - the little touches meant a lot.
The lodge safari in Kenya was also great - we really enjoyed the comfort of the lodges and all three of them were attractive and had good food.
Patrick was an amazing guide - he too was an excellent driver and took us on some memorable 'short cuts' and he as well just seemed to know right where the game were. He was always organized and we always knew when to be ready and where we were going next. Patrick talked to us constantly and told us not only about the animals but also about Kenya and the people and he told us stories about his experiences as a guide - we enjoyed all of his stories very much and looked forward to them each day. We appreciated Patrick's not always following the pack and taking us off into quieter areas where we had some very good game viewing and he still managed to show us the highlights that were exciting the other drivers.
We felt like we were leaving a friend when we said good-bye to Patrick. Thank you for letting us know that his son Joseph is fine - we were very concerned and were hoping for the best.
After the safaris we went back to Nairobi and then flew to Morocco for a 6 day trek in the High Atlas Mountains. We spent 5 days altogether in Marrakech and 2 days in Essaouira.
Our whole trip was for 47 days and we had a wonderful time. We learned quite a bit about Africa (Anssi did quite well speaking Chichewa and Swahili and people loved that.) We have many happy memories of Africa and the African people we met on this trip will always have a place in our hearts.
Thanks again for all your help, it was a great trip.
Donna and Anssi Rantamaa>>> Vancouver, Canada

Servalcat/Sylvester:
Some impressions from our trip.
If I do East Africa again I would spend more time in Kenya and less in Tanzania. The reason for this is that the game parks in Kenya seem to be better suited for tourism. My 3 favorite places were Samburu, Masai Mara and Amboseli. At that time of the year(July and August) I would pass on Lake Manyara and the Serengeti. I think that you took care of reservations, selection of Lodges and our needs in an effective and professional manner. I want to again tell you what a great time we had and much of that was because of Henry, his efficency, effectiveness and knowledge. You can use my name and e-mail address as a reference for potential clients that may want to know more about you!
Edward Weiss and group.
Thank you, >>Edward Weiss (USA).

Dear Sylvester and Company,
Thank you as well, for putting together an incredible safari for us. As I look through my pictures, it is hard to believe that we had the opportunity to see so many beautiful places; meet so many wonderful people, and witness the behaviors of so many incredible animals. The pictures will never be able to convey to others the incredible experience! Henry and David were remarkable guides. It was so much fun sharing our days with them. They were like family. We are definitely recommending your company to anyone considering a safari.
Best regards to everyone and again, thank you for everything.>>>Diann GRUEN- (USA).

Dear Sylvester,
Finally I have recuperated from the jet lag and I would like to let you know how fabulous your service was on our trip. From the emails which were extremely prompt and informative and in which you answered every question, to the actual trip itself,we thank you for the good planning and service. Everything was arranged very well and there was also flexibility to do exactly what we wanted.
I have to say that William was an extraordinary guide. Not only was he extremely knowledgable about the game in the Samburu area, but he just went out of his way every single time we asked, to fulfill our wishes to visit Samburu villages. He made all special arrangements we asked for and many that stemmed from his own initiative. He never stinted in the time it took to do all of the visits and the game drives as well. We really owe a lot to him for the amount of negotiating and good will he created between the leaders of the villages and us. I have only wonderful memories of each visit. William was smiley and thoughtful and upbeat the whole time. He is a very special person.
And Justus was very flexible in Nairobi, trying to satisfy all our wishes about what to visit. Peter was helpful too on that last day.
So we appreciate all that African Servalcat did and we would highly recommend your organization to anyone who wants to go to Kenya. I don't believe other organizations would go out of their way like you did to personalize the experience and be so flexible in the arrangements. You impressed me from the very beginning of our communication to the very end of our trip.
Thanks so much for a memorable time.
Regards,>> Barbara and Roland Paul (UK)

Jambo Mwendwa! Habari yako?
I am fine. We came back to Istanbul to be snowed in. All the schools were closed, so we had an extra week of holiday, but in the cold. I terribly miss kenya already and every time I show the pictures I want to go back. I really enjoyed my Kenyan experience. I am more than satisfied with your companie's services and I have already recommended you to a friend who is planning on going.
Unfortunately I only had good things to say.
Hope you are all well. And I hope we will stay in touch.
All the best.>> Galaty Christopher.

Dear Sylvester and/or Peter,
Once again thank you for organizing a super safari. I would recommend your company to anyone going to Kenya. I wish I could have stayed longer. Kenya is a beautiful country with friendly people.
Christine Von Gemmingen & Group:>>(Germany)

Hi Sylvester
We got home around midnight last night, after some fantastic days in Kenya. We talked a lot about the safari, and we both agreed that it had been a wonderful experience. John was a fantastic guide and driver, with a lot of knowledge that he shared with us during the four days we spend together. I even know what a whistling akasia three is now :)
Please send my regards to John, and again thank you very much for a very plesant experience doing bookings with you.
Christine(UK).

Hello Sylvester:

The safari has fascinated us. We have enjoyed very much seeing so many wild animals at liberty.
The hotels have been charming and they were located in very nice places and with incredible landscapes.
Benson has taken us very well for all the routes to the parks and has explained very interesting things to us on the animals. We are very satisfied with his attitude.
You can be sure that we are going to recommend to our friends and relatives who want to spend a few wonderful vacations in Kenya.
Thank you for the adventure! >> Silvia and David (Spain).

Jambo Sylvester,
Thank you for making our honeymoon so special. All the little extras and upgrades were fantastic and although our time in Kenya was amazing we will never forget the hospitality and service in Rwanda and Uganda.
We will not hesitate in booking with you again when we come to Africa in the future and will recommend you to everyone .
Thanks again. Best Regards.>> Fiona and Marcel Court(London).

Hi Sylvester!
Yes we are home in the cold and rain! Thank you so much for an excellently organized safari. We enjoyed every moment of it.
The coast was great and it was fantastic to see Justice again on our return. He was marvelous - a great guide.
All the best and many thanks again >>Harriet & Mike Joao .(SA).

Good morning Sylvester,
We arrived back home safely but tired.
Please thank Julius for the safari, he did a good job in managing to let us see all but the Rhino. We all enjoyed it very much, even Kevin my son who was not well during the safari.
As we have now been on safari in Tsavo East/West twice, the next time we visit Kenya we will plan to visit the Masai Mara - probably November 2008.
I have attached a couple of photos, please show them to Julius.
Thanks again,>>Peter Uren & family(London).

Dear Sylvester,
First of all, was very nice for us to meet you in Nairobi.
Second, the trip was perfect, we love it, all the lodges was very beautiful places.Thank you for trust us, we reaaly appreciate your job, was great.Our guide and driver Justus was very patient with us and had a great job also.
We are very very happy!
Thanks...Thanks...Thanks...Thanks...Thanks...Thanks...>>Rogério and Maria Aparecida.(Brazil) .

Sylvester,
We have arrived back in Bangkok safe-and-sound. We had a great time, and I am slowly going through the photos.Here's a photo of us taking photos of a pride lions in Samburu NP (first game drive).(2006).>> Steve (UK)

Hi Sylvester,
Just wanted to let you know that we made it back to Ethiopia. Thank you for all of your services during our stay in Kenya,we enjoyed our time. Looking forward to working with you in the future.>> Chelsea and Lana.(USA)

Jambo Jambo
Sylvester, Peter and Henry.
I just wanted to send this email to let you know how pleased we were with the wonderful vacation you hosted for us. In addition to the excellent selection of parks, sites and lodges, you chose for us, we were extremely pleased with Henry's expertise. We all felt we were in good hands with Henry. We couldn't have had a better host. He was so patient with our continuous stream of questions and was always in such good spirits with a wonderful "Hakuna Matata" attitude.
Asante Sana.>> Dennis Gunvalson (from the Mark Baker clan) (USA).

Hello Sylvester, Peter and William,
Just a quick email to let you know that we have arrived safely back to Kilmore, Australia. I am not too happy to be back home and terribly miss your beautiful country already. We had the time of our life and will truly cherish these wonderful memories forever. I have already shown my family all of the 1974 photos that I have taken. Thank you very much. >> Maria Windsor.(AUSTRALIA)

Hi Peter and Sylvester.
A merry christmas to all of you! We had a safe journey home to Denmark and are now looking back at so many fine memories from Kenya. Thanks for your efforts to make us feel welcome. It was really great! I hope that I can send you some photos when I go home to celebrate christmas with the rest of the family. Send our best wishes to Francis also.And we miss the african weather...It's cold here!
Best regards. >> Ann-Sofi.(UK)

Dear Sylvester,
Apologies for the delay in this - just wanted to say again how thankful we are to both you and William for making our holiday to Kenya in August an AMAZING experience!
Warm wishes,(2006).>> Satu Kreula.

Hello;
I have to tell you that I had very good time there. Safari was great and most of all William was great too I learned a lot). I will recommend your agency to my friends and hope to see you in few months again.>> Victoria. & "karen stewart"

Jambo Sylvester.
We arrived back in Lagos safely and on time. We had a fantastic time in Kenya and Tanzania. The tour was very well organised and left us with no stress so we could enjoy the holiday. The accomodation was excellent and there was plenty of good food to eat. Our driver in Kenya (Joseph) was particularly good - he knew lots about the animals and was good at finding them! Kenya and Tanzania are beautiful countries and the people were very friendly. We would definately encourage others to visit and perhaps will find the opportunity to come back ourselves. All in all we had a great time, and would recommend Servalcat Safaris to our friends and family. We are looking forward to seeing our photographs.
Thanks for all your help and for a great holiday.>> Laura & Trevor Marsden, ENGLAND.

Dear Sylvester,
Thank you for arranging a most memorable safari for us. We enjoyed every minute of it, we saw more than we ever imagined, Henry was excellent and the lodge was top class too.
Thank you for everything,
Diane and Paul.>> Volker Krauth(and Birgit).Germany