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
BE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Stephen the founder of Cul Tours, simply the best!!!
A few years ago we've met Stephen on the fair in Belgium, he was a guide for Matoke, he persueded us to come to Uganda. Once we were in that beautiful country we saw Stephen several times, always friendly and ready to listen. The people who he was guiding were very satisfied with him. Now he has his own compagnie Cul Tours and Safaris, and I'm shore he is the best guide you can have! When we go again to Uganda we will definitely go with him!
DK
Email Martin | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
I could not have imagined a better company with better tourguides
Traveling to Uganda? This is why you should consider Cul Tours!
I have been travelling a lot as a backpacker, I aim for the real, cultural and local experience. In a country like Uganda you need a "key" to enter these local experiences and get heart to heart with the people and their culture, and for me, this key was Cul Tours. I have never met a guide, let me say human being, that was so eager to provide the ultimate customer service, so caring and flexible to my wants and needs!
Communication is straight forward and fast, the company is run by Ugandans. It's definitely possible to stitch together a tour that suits you with the things you find most interesting - on a side-note I recommend to discuss with them and listen to their recommendations, they really do have vast knowledge of Uganda.
I asked for local, I got local! They took me to dance in a village, had me taste all the wondrous and peculiar foods, took me hiking in Sipi Falls and Mount Elgon - dined with a local family, drank locally brewed traditional beer (was even offered the full ceremony including circumcision, but humbly turned down the offer). Walked through a fishing community, tasted their dried fish and embraced all the curious and excited children that rarely see white people... I slept in clay and straw huts, they're fantastic to sleep in because they're cool in the nights.
I visited orphanages, there's a particular one in the West Nile Region in Koboko at the border of South Sudan and Congo that stole my heart.
I also went for the safaris, and they are as you might expect if you've watched National Geographic, Animal Planet etc., amazing experience - though you do see many tourists, you don't see them much when on the actual safaris and it doesn't feel crowded, unless it's the boat safari.
When it comes to expectations, I must say they were not only met but exceeded. There are other, larger companies in Uganda but the word goes they're too mainstream and boring, with Cul Tours you'll be sure to be in for an extraordinary experience.
I'll visit Uganda again, and I'll ask for Cul Tours' guide Stephen - the most sympathetic, understanding and smiling man of Uganda.
Love, Martin
Had a good time with cul tours safari
I had went two times with This great Company. First with my Girl friend and I in 10 days. They had booked some great accomondation, where we met the local People, in Kampala, Masindi and murchison Falls. The service was great, and the driver was so kind and funny. He heller us a lot and showed us a lot of things.
The secon time was with my friend, going for gorilla trekking in bwindi, we had a beautiful and Nice trip from Kampala, going throug equator. We lived very good in bwindi and Lake buyonji. I Can recommended This great Company for everybody if you want a good trip!
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Email Jette Raymond | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very very good
We have a very fantastic trip. We dont have anything to complain on. A speciel thanks to our driver
Stephen
NL
Email Gerda, Tanya & Djewan | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
We love Uganda and Cul Tours!
Our first safaritrip was with Stephen to Murchisonfalls. The first night we slept in a tent and the second night in a beautiful lodge in front of a very nice view of the Nile. The hospitality was good because the employers were very kind. They were smiling all the time and if you had any questions you got help almost immediately. Besides that, the food was delicious and the accomodation is located in superb nature area. Tourguide Stephen takes every personal desire of his guests in account. His knowlegde about the different kind of animals is extensive, you can ask him everything. It was a great experience and a nice comfortable journey. We travelled in a sort of Safari-buss with 4 people including Stephen, because of that we had a lot of space. Our second trip with Cul Tours was to Jinja, this was with the always laughing and friendly driver Solomon. We had the desire to visit a local family and a school. When you go with Cul Tours, Cul Tours arranges a flexible schedule for you based on your personal wishes and even though you want to do something else, you can change the schedule in consulation with the person of Cul Tours. Our next trip will be definitely with Cul Tours to!
NL
Email Mette janssen | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Stephen is the best guide one can ask for!
On my first trip to Uganda, now almost 8 years ago, i met Stephen who was at that time an employee at Matoke Tours. Stephen had been a driver in Uganda for a while but this was his first trip for an international (dutch in fact) group. Right from the start my friend and i was suprised by his eagerness to learn: he was soaking up all kind of information he could in order to provide the tourist with information in the future. He was interested in our culture, how we saw the world, studied all folders in hotels and parks, learned quickly about different bird species, etc. His willingness to learn was astonishing and soon enough we found out Stephen was a very intelligent person. Not only that, he also has a fantastic personality: he is very honoust, social and fun to be with! One feels comfortable being around him. He is always happy to help, answer questions, tell about his country but also knows instinctly when it is the right time to be quite and just enjoy what we see around us.
With his intelligence, eagerness to learn and pleasant and trustworthy caracter it was obvious that Stephen had great potential in the tourist industry!
He took several courses on tourism and wildlife and by the time i returned to Uganda almost one year later he had grown from not only being driver to also guiding private tours.
A few years later i was happy to meet Stephen again in Belgium where he was promoting tourism in Uganda. I was so proud of him being there. I knew he had the potential to make it in the tourism industry but apart from the potential one needs the right attitude to get where you want to be.
Stephen has the right attitude: he is a hard worker, will do everything to make his clients happy, he is flexible and listens well to his clients wishes. By now he is very experienced in tourism, knows what clients want and probably one of the most important things: you can trust him! If Stephen makes a promise to you, you can be sure he will make it happen.
I am very happy that Stephen has started his own travel agency Cul Tours! It is without any doubt that i recommend anyway to go and travel with him! Cul Tours will make your holiday in Uganda an unforgettable one where you will see and encounter more than "just" the highlight. You will get the chance to taste the real Uganda, like i did.
DK
Email Finn Rasmussen, Denmark | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A Unique Experience in Uganda
It has been two weeks in Uganda with one highlight after another. First of all the meeting with the Ugandan people is beyond description, they are friendly and curious about you, and you are treated as a welcome guest, not as a tourist. A culture very different from the one we know in Denmark, but one, which it has been a privilege to encounter. Secondly the nature is breathtakingly beautiful, green, lush and fertile. There is also a rich wildlife, so if you are looking for safari experience you will not be disappointed - we will remember our trip into the midst of a group of chimpanzees with awe for the rest of our lives. Last, but not least we had a local guide and driver, very knowledgeable, seviceminded, and a very good addition to our group, who gave us a great insight into Ugandan everyday life and culture.
DK
Email Peter Hersted | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
To go with Cul Tours and Stephen you get an exceptionel experience and unique view of Uganda
You can choose many different Safari companies to take you round in Uganda to explore the wild life, and that will all give you good experience.
But going with Cul Tours - you get Stephen as guide and driver, and that makes a difference. He is unique: He drives safe and responsible, he is friendly and open minded, he sees the animals before anyone else - from the lions in the bush to the cameleon, crossing the road. He knows the Parcs, the animals and the secrets.
But what is even better he combines the safaries and gamedrive with the culture and rural life of Uganda. He knows people everywhere: He stops where you dont expect it and suddenly you are in middle of a local dance, he finds the source of the craft, where things are made, He finds the small markets, where turists seldom go etc.
He's culture trips you dont find by any other Safari providers.
Thank you Stephen and Cul Tours for an extraordinary trip
The danish team from Viktors Farmor Worldwide Tours October 2014
DK
Email Sussie O. Larsen, Denmark | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An unforgettable adventure - with the best tourguide I have ever encountered!
If you are planning a trip to Africa, you must visit beautiful Uganda - "the pearl of Africa".
And if you simultaneously are looking for an amazing trip, with loads of experiences of both the local and cultural Uganda you should choose to travel with Cul Tours and Safari!
I visited Uganda from the 9th of April to the 1th May 2014, and I have completely lost my heart to this beautiful country and it's wonderful hospital people.
Being a member of a group of six people, I had an unforgettable tour which included three days of Safari, dancing in a little village, chimpanzee trekking, visit at Murchison Falls, a tour at the kings tombs in Kampala and a much much more.
I have tasted the best food together with local people, slept at the most amazing hotels, talked to all kinds of people in different ages, and have had an amazing time - all thanks to Cul Tours and Safari, without them it would not have been possible!
Throughout the whole trip we all felt welcomed and taken cared of by our tour guide Stephen Bukoma who became a very dear friend. Cul Tours and Safari planned the whole tour after our wished and by their knowledge about Uganda.
When you choose Cul Tours and Safari, you can be sure that you will get a tour operator, who wants to give you the best experiences, as well as good company and a guide who knows Uganda by heart.
I will definitely recommend you to choose Cul Tours and Safaris, I can not emphasize the company enough and I have also recommended them to friends, family, and work relations in Denmark.
There is no doubt in my mind, I will come back to Uganda again and I will definitely go with Cul Tours and Safaris.
DK
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Close to natur and local people
Just returned from a fantastic trip again with Cul Tours and Safaris. It is the ninth time in the last five years we use Stevens company to get around in Uganda. This time we visited many craft groups and on the way back to Kampala we made a shortcut through Murchison Falls National Park and were lucky to get a glimpse of a leopard. We can only recommend using Steven and Cul Tours and Safaris as organizers, whether you plan your trip yourselves or let him do it. You can rely 100% on him. We come back later this year and certainly next year.