Cul Tours And Safaris team
Cul Tours and Safaris
- Located In:
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 2011)
- Member Of:
- Uganda Wildlife Authority, Uganda Safari Guides Association, Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife & Antiquities & Association of Uganda Tour operaators
- Tour Types:
- Custom budget & mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $69 to $261 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Mikkel Henriksen | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Exellent & valuable organisation.
It was the best tour in my life. Everything was perfect organized by Cul Tours. Much better
as I expected. Our guide was very caring with a lot of knowledge about the country,
birds and nature was perfect. I miss Uganda of friendly people, discussions about the daily life was very interesting for us!
Coming to Uganda again, I would only choose Cul Tours & Safaris
Great Tour to the Murchison Falls
Thanks Stephen for the great trip we had with you. It was excellent, how you guided us around.
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Email Aroyal Dollars a.k.a Hellen | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Authentic Team Results
Everything is so amazing and i would really Recommend everyone to travel with Cul Tours & Safaris. I love the Integrity and the strong interpersonal skills within the the Team. Good work Steven.
Email Angela | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great tour, great driver, great accommodation, great experience!
We went with CUL Tours on a 3 Day, 2 Night Gorilla Safari and it was brilliant! We were careful to choose CUL Tours, reading many reviews and confirming that the gorilla permits are actually included (many operators say they include them but actually don't). CUL Tours didn't let us down. Everything flowed without a hitch and our driver was fabulous. The accommodation was incredible and their meals delicious. And, yes! The gorilla's!! We tracked a large family and met 12 gorilla's. It was incredible!! One even whacked me on the leg!! It was thrilling!! Our tour and time with the gorilla's is an experience we will cherish forever.
While in Uganda, we also did some volunteer work in Gulu which has totally changed our lives. I highly recommend doing both while you are there. We volunteered through www.brightfutures.com.au
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Email Jan Drozd | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
If you would like to have extraordinary trip or vacation Cul Tours and Safaris is the best choise.
We choose this company based on the reviews and we made excelent choise. The company is small, but with very experiance staff. Owner Mr. Stephan perfectly comunicated with us during the preparation and adjusted our trip to our demands. He is very friendly, open person, who helped us not only to organizet our trip, but also to organized rafting trip, accommodation in Kapala and transport from Entebbe. He did more that he was supposed to. The driver Mr. Solomon was very good as well. We do appreciate his driving skills (which is not sometime in Uganda usual). Also his attitute to help us and his cordial approche is highy appreciated.
All in all whoever is planing to visit Uganda this company is excelent choise, reliable and trustworthy. You will definitely appreciated profesionalism of all staff of this commpany. Your expectation will be ovecome.
By the way, I like and proudness of all staff about their beautiful country, and rediness to answer all questions. I and my friend enjoyed stay in Uganda soo much and we reccommend to anyone to visit this country with cortial people.
Stephan thank you very much for this extraordinary experiance. I wish to come to Uganda again as well as to take advantage of your hospitality.
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Email Fabien | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Wonderful trip!
First of all, before being in Uganda, I have been in close contact with Stephen. He has always been very nice and willing to help me. The programme we made together was flexible and I really appreciated it.
Once I arrived, Milton, the guide, welcomed me at 5.00 am, and Stephen the following day.
It was more than a safari... It was a human and a wildlife experience! I enjoyed very much talking with Milton on different issues: animals, history, culture... His expertise on all these topics was very informative.
He was always punctual and very trustworthy. After the Kazinga river boat trip, I decided to do the safari at Queen Elizabeth Park and that was not included in the package. Milton accepted without hesitation and it was an amazing experience: we saw five lions eating a hippo and we were only two cars.
The gorilla trekking was incredible and a 250 kg silverback came to us and I could have touched him! It is beyond words... The Kazinga river, the lions at Queen Elizabeth Park and the chimpanzes at Kibale were also amazing experiences. I won't forget the human experiences with a pygme community and with some children at a local school.
The accommodation was very nice and the food very good. It is incredible to sleep with the sounds of the animals nearby and very moving to stay at a pension where Dian Fossey often came. Last but not least, the people from Uganda are very friendly people and very respectful.
I loved my different adventures in Uganda. Thank you Milton and Stephen. Needless to tell you, I highly recommend CUL TOURS!
Email Dario | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Excellent
Stephen and his colleagues dedicated so much attention in tailoring our trip, and the result was outstanding. Perfect service, with a very friendly spirit.
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Email Amy | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent Tour Company!
If you are shopping around for a good tour company, look no further. You will find Stephen and his team at Cul Tours to be knowledgeable, professional, and completely trustworthy. Throughout our experience the owner, Stephen, was very efficient with email communications, understanding of our need to keep the budget low but still have an enjoyable experience, and extremely patient with all our questions - even when I asked for proof of his physical office before I sent the deposit!
My niece and I were met at the airport by Stephen (and had our first concern erased of whether the person you've been communicating with online will actually materialize when you arrive!), and introduced to Milton, who was our guide for our 3-night trip to Lake Mburo and Queen Elizabeth parks. Milton was great: extremely punctual, very knowledgeable about many subjects - wildlife and otherwise - and a lot of fun! He was well-connected with many other guides in and around the parks and they were constantly sharing information about which big animals were where. One evening we were just about to head back to the lodge (Bush Lodge - great place, amazing food!) and Milton stopped to chat with another guide and learned about a lion sighting in the park. So we turned around, went racing back into the park (despite the fact it was about to close) and saw not just one lion but an adult male and female and 6 young ones! We talked to many others back at the lodge who hadn't seen the lions and we may have missed them as well had Milton not taken that extra initiative.
On our final day we had a quest to see some elephants (we happened to have a couple of cool, wet days in QE park so they weren't easy to spot) and again Milton went the extra mile, checking the usual elephant hangouts, asking around the guide network to get some tips. We had a couple of false alarms but just as it was getting late he stopped the truck and pointed through a little clearing in the trees where the elephants were enjoying themselves by the water. Mission accomplished!
Our experience was first-rate from beginning to end. Stephen runs a very professional operation and I can recommend them without hesitation!
Great time in Uganda as a single traveler
As an independent traveler, was a little worried if I might be lonely on a 9-day tour through Uganda. However, CUL tours was fantastic! Stephen and Milton designed a great custom tour for me at a competitive price point, and I never had to worry about being alone or bored. I received many quotes, and theirs was the best by far on both price and options. Being on this trip made me feel like I was traveling with a good friend who knew all the great local hangouts and best roads. I learned so much about the country, saw everything that I wanted to see, and had an exceptional time. This is a small but growing local company, that takes its time to design custom experiences for people. I recommend them highly.
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Email Gerda | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Kotido Karamoja
Just a short report of my quick visit to Kotido in Karamoja with Stephen, Solomon and John. John Longok didn't saw his family for over 6 years so suddenly I had the idea to give him this opportuntiy. When John was 15 years old he was taken away from his family and after years of suffering things are going quite better now with John's life. Ofcourse, he misses his family a lot.
I know Stephen and Solomun from Cultours now for almost 3 years and I asked them if they could drive John and me to Kotido. None of the cars were available but Stephen wouldn't be Stephen if he didn't came up with a good solution.
So eventually, in the early morning friday 18th September we left Entebbe for a long journey to Kotido.
Solomon was the driver and even though it was a long way, Stephen gave us a lot of interesting explanations about things we drove by. After a overnight in a cheap but reasonable hostel "it" was coming closer and closer. John was pretty nerveous, emotions came up and suddenly it was a little bit to much.
It was saturdaymorning and I had to ask Stephen and Solomon to stay in the car because in this way John could approach his family with a very trusted environment and less nerveousity, and ofcourse they did so.
The meeting with his family was very overwhelming and emotional. Eventually, when it was afternoon, Stephen and Solomon came also to the family. They got a warm welcome aswell.
We brought some clothes and food for the family and the father of John was sick so together with Stephen and Solomon we went for some medicines.
In the village there were also some shows with a lot of dance and spectacle.
The people of the village are still living in Banda's and yields from cows and sheep.
Karamoja... If you get the opportunity and you are in Uganda then one thing is for sure: You have to go there!
This village is so colourful, it's a world on his own.
Cul Tours Safaris will accompany you during this trip perfectly.
I would like to thank Stephen and Solomon for making this journey to Kotido in Karamoja unforgettable and flawless, also on behalf of John.