点评:An absolutely superb experience, and I have no hesitation in recommending Heritawi Safaris to anyone. You could not ask for better.
Julius put together an itinerary to our specifications, which included a trip to the Maasai Mara during the Great Migration and a separate trip a week later to Nairobi National Park, and the Museum and Snake Park. And he did it on a tight budget, including airport pick-up.
On his advice, we travelled down to the Mara the day before our safari and stopped at a tented camp just outside the Oloolaimutia Gate overnight. Our excellent driver Peter picked us up from Limuru and drove down the Escarpment into the Great Rift Valley and on to the Mara - five hours driving and a fascinating journey in its own right.
That evening Peter took us to a Maasai village within walking distance of the camp, where we met Maasai men, danced, jumped and learnt to make fire.
The following day the safari started early - we were in the park at sunrise. During the course of the day we saw the Big Five - all of them - and many other animals. Peter was polite, knowledgeable and unflappable. I've been on numerous safaris before, but never the Mara, and it was head and shoulders the best safari.
The following week, after returning from family functions in Mombasa and the Coast, our second driver, Sam, took us to Nairobi National Park, the Museum and the Snake Park - pickup from our hotel. Where Peter was knowledgeable and polite, Sam was passionate and a little mischievous, and got on really well with our young adults, since he was of similar age.
An example of Sam's skill - when we saw a buffalo carcass, Sam advised waiting. As vultures and other birds began to circle, he said the lions would emerge to defend their kill - and when the birds got low enough they did exactly as he predicted, and we got our shots of lions over their kill.
In the Snake Park, Sam was clearly having as much fun as our snake-obsessed zoologist nephew.
As I said, I've been on several safaris in Kenya before. Julius put together the two best safaris I've been on, he did it on a budget, and he did it to our custom programme. Expectations exceeded at every level. HeriTawi have instantly become our go-to safari operators. We will use them again on our next Kenya tour in a couple of years.
翻译:这是一次绝对出色的体验,我毫不犹豫地向任何人推荐Heritawi Safaris。再也找不到比这更好的选择了。
Julius根据我们的要求制定了行程安排:先是安排我们在动物大迁徙期间前往马赛马拉,一周后又安排了前往内罗毕国家公园以及博物馆和蛇类公园的游览。而且他还在预算有限的情况下安排了机场接机服务。
在他的建议下……我们在游猎前一天前往马赛马拉,并在奥洛拉伊穆蒂亚大门外的一个帐篷营地过夜。我们出色的司机彼得在利穆鲁接上我们,然后驾车沿着陡崖下行,进入东非大裂谷,最终抵达马赛马拉——这段旅程耗时五小时,本身就是一次极为有趣的体验。
当晚,彼得带我们前往离营地仅几步之遥的一个马赛村落,在那里我们见到了马赛族的男子们,一起跳舞、跳跃,还学会了如何生火。第二天,游猎活动很早就开始了——我们在日出时便进入了公园。当天,我们看到了“非洲五霸”——全部都见到了,还看到了许多其他动物。彼得彬彬有礼、知识渊博且沉着冷静。我以前参加过多次游猎,但从未来过马赛马拉,这次的体验绝对是最棒的。
接下来的一周,从蒙巴萨及沿海地区的家庭聚会归来后,我们的第二位司机萨姆带我们去了内罗毕国家公园。博物馆与蛇类公园之旅——从我们下榻的酒店接我们出发。彼得知识渊博且彬彬有礼,而萨姆则热情洋溢又带着几分淘气;由于年龄相仿,他与我们家的小伙子们相处得十分融洽。
萨姆技艺高超的一个例证:当我们看到一头水牛的尸体时,萨姆建议我们耐心等待。随着秃鹫及其他鸟类开始盘旋飞翔,他预测狮子们会现身来守护猎物——果然,当那些鸟飞得足够低时,狮子们便如他预测的那样出现了。我们拍到了狮子正在享用猎物的画面。
在蛇类公园里,萨姆显然和我们那位痴迷于蛇类的动物学家侄子一样玩得开心。
正如我所说,我以前去过肯尼亚好几次进行游猎。朱利叶斯为我们安排了两次最棒的游猎之旅——他既控制了预算,又完全按照我们的个性化需求来安排行程。各方面的体验都超出了预期。HeriTawi立刻就成了我们首选的游猎运营商。几年后我们下次去肯尼亚时,肯定还会选择他们。