6-Day Gorilla Tracking and Wildlife Tour

Buyaga Safaris

4.9/5 – 86 Reviews

$2,640 pp (USD)

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Peter Amanya and our guide in the safari van

Buyaga Safaris

4.9/5
(86 Reviews)

Office In:: Uganda
Size:: 5-10 employees (Founded in 2017)
Member Of:: UTB & AUTO MEMBER
Tour Types:: Custom budget & mid-range tours that can start every day
Destinations:: RW

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Peter Amanya and our guide in the safari van

We are a Ugandan tour, travel and Safari Company that appreciates the richness and diversity of Uganda’s and East Africa’s tourism sector, with particular commitment to giving our clients nothing but the best experience while exploring this diversity. We focus our efforts on a country and region that we know best, with the experience and personal touch that helps ensure that your trip to Uganda or any other East African country is the best vacation of your life.

Reviews86

Nick –

Reviewed: Jan 19, 2025

Amazing tour experience!

5/5

We (couple) did a 9 day tour from Entebbe Airport, finishing in Kigali. I would highly recommend Buyaga Safaris as well as Uganda as a must visit country!

Anderson is a truly exceptional guide; hard working, knowledgeable and very friendly. One of the accommodation options did not meet our expectations (Kibale Forest Lodge), we told Anderson we were a little disappointed but it was ok for two nights. Without any prompting, he found an alternative option, told us the price difference and arranged for us to move hotels. He constantly checks in and worked hard to make sure we had a good time on our tour. We were interested to learn as much about the country as we could while we were there and Anderson was very knowledgeable about the history of his country, culture and almost as knowledgeable about all the animals as the local guides we used along the way.

Peter was very responsive and helpful arranging the tour and managing our booking.

The roads in Uganda are pretty good (except for getting to Bwindi) so the vans with the open top option is more than suitable for this tour. I dont think you need an operator that has the 4WD.

My only other tip is, for the Gorilla trek, to really insist that you only having similar levels of fitness in your group (I am not sure how much say you actually have with the rangers though). They will make sure everyone sees the gorillas, even if the person isnt really fit enough for the activity. One of the people in our group required an "african helicopter" (worth a google) to get out of the jungle and it probably meant we had to sit around for 2 hours as they cut down half the forest to carry this tourist out. We still had an amazing experience but it definitely wasnt ideal.

Jason –

Reviewed: Jan 18, 2025

Solo Gorilla Safari

4/5

The company was very good with communications both before and during the trip! I was picked up promptly on time to begin the journey! My guide/driver, Osmund was a young and friendly guy that took care of everything I needed! The trip went exactly as the itinerary stated! The gorillas and chimpanzee and Queen Elizabeth safaris were incredible!
Note this tour is not backpacker friendly and you will be staying in fancy accommodation and proper meals! Perhaps the company can offer the tour doing things more local with local accommodations and food to enhance the experience and safe money.
Overall, a great experience and I am glad I did this once in a lifetime trip!

Thank you Peter for arranging and Osmund for guiding!

Tim Bishop –

Reviewed: Dec 30, 2024

Superb: helpful and excellent value

5/5

Peter at Buyaga provided us with a brilliant service. He put together the perfect 4 day tour which we will never forget. Leopards, elephants, chimps, gorillas, hippos, lions: beyond amazing.
The service was lieterally door to door. The flights to and from Entebbe were perfect and the lodges were exceptional. The food at Aardvark was out of this world. Our on the ground guide Derek was fantastic and we felt in extremely safe hands.
Above all, the cost was remarkably modest.
This is a great operator whom we will certainly use again and have already recommended to many in UK

Jose Tiago Barraco –

Reviewed: Dec 14, 2024

An exusting adventure

4/5

We bee with Anderson, a men who has the capacity to make toy see the country with his own eyes; Uganda' eyes.

Our driver knew when to give us lessons about Uganda and when to keep quiet.

The only thing who keeps me on the 4/5 stars is the organisation, I had a solo trip but another person jointed (We didn't made a promise, but I been told about the new person on the starting day of the safari.. when u make what is lookin at

Zach Simpson –

Reviewed: Dec 9, 2024

Very professional and organised tour operator that knows how to spoil its customers

5/5

Peter, the manager, was extremely communicative, even going so far as to help with the visa application process. His responses were always very prompt and helpful. Anderson, my guide, was very professional and friendly. I thoroughly enjoyed this excursion. I felt completely spoilt from beginning to end and the value for money exceeded my expectations. All the food and accommodation was world class and the excursions were all incredible, including the gorilla tracking, chimpanzee tracking, Queen Elizabeth game drive, the channel boat tour and the Lake Bunyonyi boat tour. I would definitely recommend Buyaga to other travelers and will use them again if/when I get the chance to visit Uganda again.