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Wecam Safaris
- Office In:
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 2009)
- Member Of:
- KAWT & TOSK Kenya
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $1,736 to $7,811 per person per day (MXN, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Moret | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Thieves
Wecam is a bad company that scams its customers. We trusted Wecam for a 15-day safari, but Mercy, the director of Wecam, stole from us. She gave us a bad SUV that broke down. We paid for a French guide we never had and unacceptable accommodations worthy of squatters!!! Mercy was supposed to pay us back for an abusive night in Nairobi and finally, she kept all of the money back for the hotel.
Mercy is a thief and the company is an unreliable and thieving company. FLEE Wecam Safari. Thieves.
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Email Baudard | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
No attention, bad material, bad hotel
We paid 1000 euros more than the price!!! No refund because Wecam safari and especially Mercy are not honest. They keep your money and give you bad hotels. Don’t take the bad company. Our vehicle was not able to do the trip, the driver was not French , as we paid and the hotel are so so fad, immigration people..they are not professionals and not honest.
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Email Ralph | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful, well-organized experience
The trip of a lifetime! Daily we experienced new highs in observing the animals, the country and the people. The driver/guides were very knowledgeable, competent and personable. Having two vehicles for eight people was great for viewing and photographing animals. Mercy and her team ensured that all the details of the trip went smoothly and communication with them was available throughout the planning and throughout the trip. We really enjoyed the Sentrim Lodges and the tent camp in the Serengeti.
We are very satisfied with our experience with Wecam Safaris and highly recommend Mercy and her team.
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Email Sandra | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wecam Safaris is an excellent choice for travel in Kenya and Tanzania.
Our group of 8 completed a 13 day custom safari with Wecam Safaris in June 2024. We covered over 2000km in Kenya and Tanzania, had numerous game drives, visited 8 parks and a Masai viillage. We had a very ambitious itinerary which the staff at Wecam made happen for us at a very reasonable cost which included full board and park fees. Mercy, the owner of Wecam Safaris, was very responsive as we planned the trip. She provided us with lots of suggestions and advice and was easily contacted while we were on the trip.
Our driver/guides were very knowledgeable, excellent drivers and were always concerned for our safety and comfort. The hotels and lodges met or exceeded our expectations. We are grateful to Mercy and her team for giving us a trip of a lifetime. We all highly recommend Wecam Safaris.
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Email Zemiro | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Professional and reliable safari experience!!
Our experience with Wecam Safaris was fantastic! Due to long experience, they really know how to conduct a proper safari. Their team is very professional, experienced, and hospitable.
Excellent service and great value
The 4 of us went on the 7-day safari by Wecam stretching from Nairobi to Lake Manyara to the Masai Mara, crossing into Tanzania and exploring the Serengeti and Ngorongoro crater. From our research online, we were hard pressed to find a tour that covered this much in Tanzania and Kenya with the relative comfort in accommodation (i.e. not pitching our own tents!) that we were looking for. Wecam's tour provided great value for money and they certainly delivered on their promise.
Their customer service was largely handled by a lovely lady by the name of Mercy, who was very quick to respond, able to answer our detailed questions on accommodation / itinerary, and generally a very helpful and courteous person to interact with. Thus from a management perspective, Wecam was able to meet almost all our needs - the only element that fell short of our expectations was their requirement to have the entire payment of the tour paid upfront (as opposed to an initial deposit and the remainder paid at the end). Luckily for us, we finished the tour highly satisfied with what we received.
Regarding the tour itself, we had two professional and seasoned drivers / tour guides covering each half of the trip (Kenya, then Tanzania). We particularly enjoyed our time with Peter (Kenyan half of the trip) who demonstrated a rich experience of these great national parks, animals, and local culture, but also shared a good sense of humour, kindness and friendliness. Both our tour guides were also registered with their respective country's tour operator community, providing them access to a radio and transmitter through which they could communicate any interesting sightings or call for help with breakdowns. We were lucky enough to see all the big five, but their radio communication in particular ensured we saw plenty of lions, a rare sighting of two leopards (being chased by buffalo!), four tiny cheetah cubs and more spectacular sights.
They also built in time for a few optional activities (such as a cycling / walking tour up to a picturesque gorge, time to explore souvenirs, and a visit to a local Masai village). The tour cars were the same models we saw most tour operators using and were reasonably comfortable and had a pop-up roof which offered great visibility / photo ops. Be warned that there are two days which involve particularly long periods of travelling in the car (~6hrs not including the game drive), but this is just a reality of having to cover large distances; not a reflection of Wecam. Many of the roads were very dusty and gravelly, so we actually recommend face-masks just for that reason; but again, this is advice for travelling through these parts of Kenya and Tanzania, not commentary on Wecam as an operator.
Accommodation was at the level of comfort we expected, with a decent hotel in Nakura and comfortable lodge at Ngorongoro. The tented campsites in Masai Mara and the Serengeti were a bit more basic, but contained beds, private bathrooms and electricity in the evenings and mornings which covered our essential needs at least. All meals were covered in the tour price and ranged from decent to delicious.
My entire group was very happy with our safari; it goes without saying the Masai Mara, Serengeti, and other parks we visited were spectacular and, at times, breath-taking places to visit. If these are the destinations you would like to explore, we would be happy to recommend Wecam as an operator that gives you great value for money with good people working for them, altogether delivering an excellent service.