Customer Testimonials

Feb 23, 2009

We stayed at the voyager in Jan/feb this year. We travelled with Fist Choice, but unfortnatly we were delayed by a whole day.....our plane was in the Dominican Republic! We finally got there....18 hrs late....it was worth the wait.

The hotel is lovely with spacious rooms. Everything is clean and well maintained with gorgeous gardens. I thought the ship theme might be a bit cheesy, however it worked really well and wasn't over the top. The majority of staff, and in fact the majority of Kenyan's we met, were absolutly lovely. Having travelled all over the world, I beleive they are the nicest and most sincere. There is always a friendly greeting "Jambo" and will pass the time of the day, talk to you about their life or the food they are preparing for you. This is all done with no expectiation of a tip, a tip box in reception is used to split tips amongst all the staff. The food was pretty good. I am a fussy eater, but loved the vegetarion corner. Peter cooked different curries/bread and veg every night, and keen to chat and talk about the food. The meat could be better, but the rest of the food more than makes up for it. THe entertainment is not up to west end standards but is fun and performed with enthusiasm. you can't help but smile and enjoy it. The acrobats were unbeleivable and the african show was great!

The highlight of our trip was the safari. The reason we came to Kenya. We arranged our tour once we were there through Pori Tours . Pori Tours gave us an unforgetable experience with a personal touch. We met with him to arrange the tour, he called us half way through to check everything was in order and we were enjoying it and met us at the end of the tour too. We did 4 days 3 nights, a private safari so spacious and taylormade to our own needs. The hotels were gorgeous. Each one offering a different 'wow' factor. Serena kilanguni in Tsavo West had a stunning restaurant overlooking a waterhole. It was great to eat whilst the animals came up to drink. Ol Tukai in Amboselli was amazing. A VERY bumpy , dusty journey takes you to this gorgeous location sitting underneath Mount Kilamangaro. The sheer number of animals surrounding the lodge were jaw dropping! John also arranged a bush breakfast for us. Unfortunatly there were not enough people so the hotel arranged a champagne breakfast instead. Fantastic! The final stop was the Voi Safari lodge, Tsavo East. The views of the plains are brilliant. it is nestled in a hill, with a view of a waterhole where numerous elephants drink and wash.

I cannot say enough about the beauty of Kenya and the magnificent animals we saw. We saw everything; cheetah, leopard, zebra, lion, elephant, jackal, hyena, hippo, girraffe, waterbuck, spring buck, impala, gazelle, baboons, monkey, warthog, dik dik......the list is endless. Magnificant!!!!!!

Sarah

Birmingham