Our staff was part of a Fam trip to Ngamba Island
Achieve Global Safaris
- Located In:
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 2011)
- Member Of:
- APTA, AUTO & USAGA
- Tour Types:
- Customizable private tours and fixed group tours
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $30 to $900 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Stacey | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing opportunity to see the wildlife in East Africa!
This trip was well planned from the beginning. Jolie was extremely prompt and clear with all of her emails. Every time I asked a question she would get back to me within a day. The final itinerary included everything we wanted to do and see. Jolie worked with us to add a few extra activities and was very accommodating.
As far as the trip goes, we were in the car for very long periods of time, but it was definitely worth it in order to see so many different amazing things!
Dominick was our driver/guide in Kenya. He was very patient and accommodating as our group seemed to be late every single time we were supposed to leave. He always made the trip all about us and never seemed to mind. He was very knowledgeable about the roads and where to see the animals while on safari. Masai Mara was the most incredible place to see basically everything except for the rhino. Luckily, we also got to visit Lake Nakuru and saw the rhinos there.
After Kenya we met our guide Tom who stayed with us during our time in Uganda and Rwanda. I can’t say enough nice things about him. He is so kind, caring, and made us feel safe at all times. He was extremely encouraging and reassuring of our group and helped us with any information we needed or any reservations we might have had. There were less animals on safari in Uganda, but we were lucky enough to see everything in Kenya. Our main focus here were the tracking experiences (golden monkeys, mountain gorillas, and chimpanzees), and they did not disappoint. Seeing the silverback gorillas was the highlight of our entire trip and made the difficult hike worth it.
Overall, all members of our group highly recommend traveling with Achieve Global Safaris as they are extremely reliable. We all felt safe throughout the entire trip. If you have the time and can handle the car rides, make sure you go to all 3 countries as they all offer unique experiences.
Email MJ | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Will definitely use again!
I would like to say a big thank you to Jolie who arranged out trip to Bwindi and Queen Elizabeth National Park over 5 days. Nothing was too much trouble. Jolie was really helpful and responded immediately to any emails I sent. There was no problems with anything except for Parkview in Queen Elizabeth National Park who had over booked guest, however this was not the fault of Achieve Global Safaris. The hotel issue was resolved. The driver and guide Jon was excellent, going out of his way to help with anything. He is a completely trustworthy man. His driving skills were good and local knowledge was excellent. The vehicle we used was large and comfortable.
Thank you to Jolie and Jon for giving myself and my family and incredible unforgettable experience of Uganda.
Email Stephanie | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Gorilla Safari
Jolie arranged our booking. She was so pleasant and helpful. The safari was absolutely wonderful. I was a little nervous of the hike but it was amazing. Bwindi forest is really beautiful. I recommend a porter as it was very slippery. The gorillas were so peaceful. Thanks Jolie!
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Email Stephanie Nordlund | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Gorilla Trek Tour Uganda
I had a great experience with Achieve Global Safaris. My guide Hassan was professional, organized and helpful. As a solo female traveller, it's always important to find a reliable and trustworthy organization and Achieve Global Safari's was great to me. Jolie always answered all my emails and questions quickly and professionally. I had an amazing time in Bwindi with the gorillas and if I'm back in Uganda I will definitely consider booking another tour with Achieve Global Safaris.
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Email Sheri | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Perfect three day trip to Queen Elizabeth National Park.
I was concerned with making this commitment from around the world sight unseen and I could not be more delighted. Jolie helped work out the details and money exchange, Tom was the guide and driver for the whole trip, knowledgeable and entertaining. I saw both life in rural Africa and animals in the park. Tom went above and beyond to make this a great trip!
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Email Kevin | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fantastic Trip - Very Professional
Myself and a friend booked a safari to coincide with a trip to Uganda. I was very impressed with the planning team. As our personal plans (outside the safari) were constantly changing, we needed to keep changing our safari. For this Achieve (Jolie) were excellent. It was possible to change our plans by email and the communication was excellent.
On the safari our guide (Patrick) was very friendly, knowledgeable and professional. We really enjoyed our time with him and saw and learned a huge amount. The accommodation in Pakuba was clean with good food and right in the middle of the bush. In fact, the accommodation was better than some supposed 5* places we stayed in at Entebbe
Overall, I would definitely recommend Achieve Global Safaris
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Email Jia Zhang | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Perfect Safari in Uganda
My husband and I had a wonderful time with 9 days visiting various safari and Gorilla track in Uganda.
Jolie, the tour Consultant of Achieve Global Safaris who arranged a perfect itinerary to us. She was extremely prompt and helpful with pre trip planning.
Elisa, our tour guide and driver was very friendly and professional. Although we spend long time in the car on a lot of bumpy roads but Elisa made it as comfortable as possible!
I highly recommend Achieve Global Safaris to arrange your customised trip in Uganda.
You'll be hearing from me for my next visiting！
Thanks again, Jolie and Elisa for giving us an safely & unforgettable round trip.
Jia
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Email Kristina | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Very well organized 4 Days Gorilla Trek and Lake Bunyonyi Safari
Very well organized 4 Days Gorilla Trek and Lake Bunyonyi Safari. Jolie answered all of our questions very quickly and in detail! The driver was very competent and friendly, lodges in Rushaga and Lake Bunyonyi were very comfortable, with amazing views, food was really very good,
One of the best trips ever! Highly recommended!
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Email Brunhilde | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Four-days gorilla safari tour in the Bwindi National Park- Uganda
We booked via internet a four-day gorilla trekking tour with two permits - Nkuringo and Rushaga in the Bwindi National Park in Uganda. Julie our tour consultant from Achieve Global Safaris was excellent. Always extremely helpful and fast with her responses. We arrived in Kigali the night before (organized on our own). Next morning Tom who drove from Uganda to Kigali (Rwanda) picked us up - with some delay and we were quite concerned - but he had a good reason since something broke down in his car. After that everything went perfect and he was a very friendly and helpful guide, always in time and we had no problems with the care despite very difficult and bumpy roads in Uganda trough the Bwindi National Park.
We left Kigali at around 11 a.m. driving towards Uganda to reach our first lodge Ichumbi Gorilla at around 5 pm. At the border, it took about 1h without any good reason, but we had all the time in front of us, without any commitment so we took this as an African experience.
The Ichumbi Gorilla lodge and especially the view was marvelous. Lydia the owner of the lodge was there to take care of some very special guest- the daughter of the 1st Lady. Lydia is visiting the lodge only occasionally.
We got a hand massage when we arrived, a welcome drink and then we got our beautiful rooms. The dinner was excellent and the entire stuff very helpful and pleasant people.
The second day we went to the gorilla trekking tour in Nkuringo to see the X-Christmas gorilla family. Seven guests with the guide and the porters (extremely important and helpful for those tracks) were on the track. My porter Bryan is a Batua (the evolutionary oldest and small people on our plant) and he was so gentle, helpful and kind. I was very happy that I have chosen him; he was the only Batua among all porters. The three trackers left about 2 hours ahead of us to spot the gorillas. After a 2 h trekking tour up and down on quite slippery ground, we reached the gorillas. We saw 3 gorillas: the silverback - 22 year-old, a female gorilla and her baby. We got quite close to them 5-7 m. It was a fantastic experience.
Coming back, we were allowed to take a shower in our room and to chill out on the terrace with coffee and tea and again the fantastic view on the surrounding mountains.
At 3:45 pm we were sad to leave the first beautiful lodge to drive to our second lodge Ichumbi. But the Ichumbi lodge turned out to be an amazing place too. Each of us got an own little beautiful cottage. The administrator of the lodge was a very open-minded, visionary, professional and perfectly organized person, originally from Rwanda. We enjoyed a lot to talk to him and to hear about all the history and experience he went through. Impressive!!! We hope all his dreams will become reality one day.
Since it was my birthday they organized a nice Donate-cake with a candle and flowers, they song and dance for me. This was so touching and wonderful: many thanks in case you ever read this report. The entire experience in Ichumbi was great. The food was delicious, the stuff very friendly and helpful, the place beautiful and very clean.
The 3rd day we went to our 2nd gorilla tour in Rushaga and visited the Mishaya gorilla family. This was a really jungle tour crossing 7x a little river until we reached the gorilla family (after about 1.5 h).
We saw seven of the nine family members and they were extremely well habituated to people, so they passed about 1.5 m between us, fully ignoring us and weren’t afraid of us. We got fantastic photos of them.
The 4th day we had to get up at 4:30 a.m., had breakfast at 5: 00 and left to Kisoro the fly back with a small plane to Entebbe. The flight back was incredible it was like a taxi-flight (hop on - hop off). The plane had three additional stops to pick up quests or to get off guests at different little “airports”. We flew over beautiful landscape and saw a lot of the country in this way without having a 9 h drive. I would do it always again in this way.
In Entebbe, Patrick, the driver waited for us and drove us to Kampala, were our scientific meeting started.
These 4-days were an incredible and wonderful experience in East Africa. Expensive but worth to conserve the mountain gorillas on our planet.
Email Kim wallis | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Proffessional , caring and outstanding customer service
I booked a 9 day tour of Uganda starting in Kampala, driving to Queen Elisabeth park for safari and finally ending in Bwindi to trek the Gorrilas. I was a lone female travelling and Jolie did everything she could to reassure my husband I would be safe and to trust them including my husband in all the e mails. My Guide John was there to pick me up from the airport after a long flight and as soon as a saw his big smiley face I knew I was going to be fine. He was my guide for the whole duration making sure everything was perfect and ensuring I had the best experience of Uganda! I have a big personality and John made me laugh everyday. He was so knowledgable and he loved animals as much as me. He was patient with my time keeping and could not of done anything more to make my stay in Uganda memorable. He was there celebrating with me my 50th birthday with the wonderful staff at Buhoma lodge making me feel special for the day. I met John as my guide and left feeling I made a friend! Thank you to Achieve Global Safaris, Jolie and John for the amazing trip! Highly recommend this company, for customer service, fantastic staff and price