The Grassrootz Adventures Dream Team 2023
Grassrootz Adventures
- Located In:
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Netherlands
- Size:
- 1-5 employees (Founded in 2012)
- Member Of:
- UTB, UCF & UCOTA
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $75 to $500 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Sam Robroek | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unforgettable journey
We booked our trip in Uganda via Grassrootz Adventures for two weeks. The result could not have been better. At first we had a great driver and guide who had great knowledge and expertise about the safaries and the country itself and had lots of humour. Also the unique accomodations which we used during our trip where very good and decent with always very friendly staff members. One night we slept with monkeys on our roof, the other night with hippo's grazing in our frontyard. The large variety of activities we did were unforgettable, from safaries in our jeep with open roof during sunset to a gorgeous hike to the IK tribe in the mountains on the border with Kenya, everything had their own special magic. We were also free to make adjustments to the travel scheme if possible, when we wanted something different. This gesture shows the intentions of Grassrootz Adventures to make the perfect tour for their costumers and to make sure that nothing lacks your perfect holiday. It is impossible to see the whole country in two weeks but thanks to Grazzroots Adventures it miraculously feels like we did.
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Email Rens | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing Guiding and Adventure
The trip was really good. We've been two weeks with the Toyota Land Cruiser and David Oyoo (the best guide) in Uganda. We've seen the whole Country as it's best. The northern region is by far the most beautiful part of Uganda, especially Kidepo National Park. I would recommend everyone Grassrootz.
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Email Moniek | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wild life adventures East Africa (Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya)
In nov/ dec '16 we travelled with Grassrootz to Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya. Before booking we had intensive contact with Sander to ensure that this trip would be exactly what we wanted. And it really was!
George our driver was the best! We truly worked as a team, as he did his best to ensure that we had the best time possible. He provided us with so much information on both the wild life as on Ugandan history.
We stayed in basic banda's as well as in more luxurious lodges. The basic banda's have all the essentials, provided that the electricity and water works. But off course as this is Africa, some times either or both of them are simply not working. All the accommodations had friendly and helpful staff.
We deviated a bit from our original travel agenda due to the fact there was a small issue in the Rwenzori region. This was done in mutual agreement, and gave us a chance to include a visit to the Rhino sanctuary and Kampala.
All and all we were really happy with our trip, with our driver and Grassrootz overall. We would recommend them to anyone who wants to travel through East Africa.
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Email Mart | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
very liable, nice drivers, beautiful trips
Grassrootz offers nice tours, they have professional and very nice drivers-guides, and they are engaged in developping the places they visit.
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Email Cees Gouw | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Our Stick2Uganda safaridreams became with Grassroots an experiencefull reality
In 2015 the Foundation Stick2Uganda planned a trip to Uganda with 20 students of the Christelijk Lyceum Veenendaal and 5 teachers. Grassroots supported us by realising our program. Our intention was to make a community based program with research and contacts in local community’s. Grassroots helped us finding good accommodations and the right contacts in the community. Beside this program Grassroots planned for us an experiences full Safari-trip with fine guides and good accommodations.
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Email Nicotine | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Surprising and amazing experience
We wanted to make a private tour through uganda for its nature and birds with a car and driver/ guide
Our contact person in Holland, Sander, managed a driver who was a birdwatcher himself. How lucky can men be??
John,our driver, was very kind, helpful and experienced. The roads in Uganda are very bad, but we felt safe!!
We stayed in hotels, banda's and tents on the most beautiful places. A view on the lake, rainforest our other spots with wildlife.
All meals and dinners were good and we had a very nice and good Christmas in one of the lodge places.
Everything was like agreed with Sander. We look back on a great adventure and very good organization.
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Email Jacobien | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great adventure in Uganda.
Even before our journey started everything was well organised.
The communication with Grassrootz was very well. Questions were answered mostly the same day.
We had a hard time picking the right trips, so our journey had to be changed many times which was no problem at all.
In Uganda everything was perfect.
David our guide was a nice guy who could learn us a lot about the country.
Great trips that were well organised and good lodges to sleep.
We really enjoyed our staying in Uganda thanks to Grassrootz.
Regards,
Willemien and Jacobien from Holland.
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Email Curd Vanruymbeke | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Uganda
Thanks Sander! Thanks George!
You brought us into a land that is not yet known to the general public and where you can enjoy very beautiful nature parks with many mammals, primates and birds .. We enjoyed the big five and also got chimpanzee and gorilla trekking there, which were quite fascinating. The North was very special to us with visits to the Ik people and the Karamoja tribe who live in a sublime landscape where you needed some good walking shoes to get to the Ik ... :-) No travel company in the Netherlands or Belgium goes to this area ... George, our driver, did everything for us .. well, he also functioned as a super guy, guide, mechanic, negotiator, tour leader, psychologist, talker, historian ..a MUST for anyone who wants to make this journey .. at a very interesting price that Sander made for us :-) ..
Sander and George - two in one for the ultimate African adventure !!! I'm giving you a 10/10 !!!
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Email Bob | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Grassrootz is a good operator with good local knowledge to explore beautiful Uganda
We really enjoy our tour through Uganda. Our driver David was a good guide and he was able to show us a lot and give good explanations. David was also a good wildlife spotter which was very helpful during the gamedrives.
Most of the times we stayed in good accommodations. Of course it is Uganda so you won't have the luxury like in Western Europe. The only stay which we really didn't enjoy was at Noah's Ark in Kapchorwa (near Sipi falls).
During the tour we made some adjustments to our planned trip. We discussed with David and he took care of the arrangements. This was very pleasant because sometimes you just want to stay a bit longer at a certain point or just want to move on.
We think Uganda is a beautiful country which is very much worth a visit. We enjoyed traveling with Grassrootz because of the fact that we could just go with the two of us and our driver. So no big groups, no adapting to the group. The price/quality ratio was good and we recommend Grassrootz if you plan on visiting Uganda.
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Email Aliine | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great experience at Murchison Falls NP
Everything went great during our short but really intensive visit to Murchison Falls National Park with Grassrootz Adventures. We saw lions twice (one of them was "The Butcher" – a male who only has 3 paws after being caught in a trap a few years ago), a leopard, dozens of giraffes and elephants and literally hundreds of hippos. It's quite a park! I've never experienced anything like that, and of course we got very lucky.
The elephants were very active, digging the road and the males entwining their trunks etc. One of them got quite disturbed by the cars and kind of threatened to charge also, running a bit and trumpeting, but finally turning away. It was something really amazing and intense.
Some people I was with had never been to a game park before, so they seemed to think it's casual to see animals acting exactly like in National Geographic films, but in fact we got very very lucky. I mean, we had passed the river on the ferry and then driven for about 3-5 minutes when the leopard literally crossed the road. The girl who was the first to see it (besides our driver and guide Paul), said "Oh, look, a leopard" as it was the most regular thing in the world :-)
The booking process and communication by Grassrootz was also very smooth and convenient. So I'm very happy with the tour. Thanks for everything Paul and everyone else at Grassrootz Adventures!