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Home To Africa Tours and Travel
- Office In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2012)
- Member Of:
- ASTA, APTA, AUTO & USTOA
- Tour Types:
- Custom budget & mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $55 to $500 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
for a custom tour
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Reviews
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Email Tania Serrano | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Incredible!
My long-time dream was to go to Uganda and of course I couldn't choose a better agency to do it. From the beginning everything was easy to make the changes we wanted and to be able to make an unforgettable honeymoon.
The best thing about the trip, in addition to getting to know Uganda, its people and culture, its landscapes and many animals, was getting to know Derrick, our guide, a discovery. What a kind, fun and attentive man, undoubtedly the best guide we could have.
PL
Email Mateusz | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Professional great knowledge
I would like to thanks for great tour in Uganda 7days.
The accommodations and vehicle provided by company were well quality and cozy.
Derrick as a guide and friend its a wonderful person. Whit his big knowledge we had experienced much more then we expected.
His approach is individual , he was much helpful and happy to show us things not mentioned in tour info.
he enjoyed show us his country .
That's the things makes him great guide and great person to met.
thank you Derrick for that wild adventure.
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Email Charles Walsh | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Home to Africa Tours served as the complete tour company from introduction to tour completion.
Home to Africa provided a portal to the beauty of Uganda for our two adult daughters, their spouses, and my wife and me. We had much trepidation and concern prior to engaging their services. After communicating with them, reading the reviews of other travelers, and discussing with our party members, we made the trip and were very pleased with the total experience. Karim (pronounced KA-REEM) retrieved us from the airport at 0230 with a smile and reassuring, calming demeanor. We saw rhinos, elephants, water buffalo, leopard, lions, hyenas, hippos, crocodiles and a wide range of other animals that support and allow the ecosystem to flourish in several parks. We got up and personal with chimpanzees and mountain gorillas, an experience that our group may never have another chance to experience in our lifetimes. Our budget-midrange lodging provided us warm and welcoming hospitality and service, and there was always warm, tasty and comforting food for nourishment. During our trip, our guide, Karim's, mother passed away, and that's where we witnessed firsthand the care Home to Africa owners and management had in making sure Karim was able to travel home to be with his family and address his late mother's affairs, while ensuring we had another competent guide assume the guide role for our trip. This may seem trivial to us in more modern countries, but in the bush, hundreds of miles away from mass transportation, this was quite the logistics achievement. Home to Africa, provided us a safe and memorable experience that I know our family will be talking about and remembering fondly for the rest of our lives. We appreciated their prompt and thorough communication, attentiveness, and great guide service provided by Karim before his departure.
DK
Email Mads Haugaard | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great support before and during our safari
The great experience with Home To Africa started even before the travel. Company seems very well managed with competent and happy employees.
Very competent support from Hedmond to customize our trip to our need with two teenagers and an 8 year old. Hedmond was very responsive and provided very good recommendations to activities and accomodation. Everything on the trip was as planned in the itinerary.
A special thank you to our guide Karim who went over and above to give us a great experience:
- Very knowledgeable about Uganda and its history as well as the National Parks and the wildlife.
- Very professional and safe driver (this is not a given)
- Always smiling and very pleasant company
- Flexible and patient to accomodate any need
- Perfect English
Thank you so much to Hedmond and especially Karim for making this trip an experience for life for us
Best recommendations.
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Email Francesca | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
4D/3N Gorilla Trekking + Lake Mburo
We did 4 days Tour with Equator, Gorilla Trekking and Lake Mburo and were super satisfied with the trip!
Derrick Wadria was the perfect guide, funny, knowledgeable and very flexible to meet our needs and schedule.
He had always a smile on his face and this made our trip unforgettable. He also bought bananas and pineapple from the local vendors for us to try and they were delicious.
The meals were always tasty, the quantity was adequate and the places we slept in were really charming.
The setting of the tents in Bwindi was really magic and we loved the night fireplace and the garden around them.
The tent in Lake Mburo was amazing, unfortunately we only slept 1 night there - but the view above the savanna was breathtaking.
Also the management was very accommodating and reassuring as we had to adapt the standard itinerary to our afternoon flight.
Only con was the car, we didn’t get the typical safari jeep but a tourist van - it was okayish but the front seats were staying right above the engine and sometimes it was too warm - plus the windows were smaller.
Plus, please include in the list of what to bring the gloves for gorilla trekking - it was not nice to unexpectedly pay 10$ for a set of gloves.
If we ever come back to Uganda we will definitely book again with Home to Africa and possibly Derrick as guide :)
Thank you!
CH
Email Simon | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unforgettable safari in Uganda, full of magnificent wildlife
I recently completed a 6-day safari with Home to Africa in August 2024, and it was nothing short of excellent. I am fully satisfied with the entire experience!
From the moment I started the booking and organization process, Home to Africa provided highly professional service. They always responded within a few hours, consistently providing the information I needed, which gave me great confidence that I had chosen the right travel agency.
The safari itself was exceptional, thanks to my guide, Vianney. Everything was well organized, and Vianney's warm and welcoming manner made the experience even more enjoyable. What truly stood out was his deep knowledge of Uganda, its wildlife, and its natural beauty. I learned so much about the country and its incredible wildlife, and thanks to Vianney's expertise, we managed to spot and observe many animals.
Thank you very much for an unforgettable safari!
Email Paola | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Best trip ever in Uganda
Our tour of Uganda with Home to Africa was terrific. We spent 12 days around Uganda visting Murchison Falls and Queen Elizabeth National parks, Bwindi forest (gorilla trekking), Bunyony and Mburo lakes.
I was very impressed by how professional and detailed was the correspondence with Hedmond the manager. He always replied to our emails within few hours giving us all the information we needed.
Another special mention to our guide Karim who was definitively an added value as he knows everything about Uganda, its history, its culture, its nature. Every day we learnt so many new things. He was always very caring and impeccable.
All the lodges we stayed at were great. Minimal but super clean and the people were always so nice and welcoming. We felt always at home. It’s remarkable the support Home to Africa gives to the local communities selecting always lodged managed by local people. It made the difference.
Every day was special as it was very different because Uganda geography is so rich and diverse. I would recommend to anyone visiting Uganda to get in touch with Home to Africa to have the best experience ever!!!
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Email Patricia | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Incredible experience
Travelling with Home To Africa has been great: really good and fast communication via e-mail, possibility to customize the trip, excellent guide, great value for money, accommodation in characteristic and special places (and with great food), some base activities and also optional activities.
I totally recommend to travel with them.
PH
Email Francis | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Exciting, satisfying, and worth it!
My wife and i took Home to Africa’s 4-Day Short Vacation to Uganda - Gorilla Trekking Bwindi.
The tour exceeded our expectations. The accommodations were lovely.
Zed our guide was very helpful, informative and funny. He was very animated and always makes sure that the long drives were lively.
The gorilla trek was exhilarating (even with the challenging hike up, haha). Seeing the gorillas up close is really a once in a lifetime experience.
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Email Lixin An | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Way beyond my expectations! 5 Star!
If you ever booked a trip through international travel agent, you know that the first day equals to arrival, the last day equals to departure, a 13-day trip will leave you 11 days. But this is not the case for this local travel agent Home To Africa Tours and Travel: I was picked up in the early morning on day 1 from Kigali airport in Rwanda, driven entire day to Nyungwe Forest National Park. The next morning, my guide Theo picked me up at 4am from the hotel, drove to the National Park for Chimpanzee Trekking. In the next few days, I hiked to 12,000 ft Mount Bisoke, did Golden Monkey trekking. Then I was transferred to Uganda, started 8-day safari in this Pearl of Africa.
I have done many safaris in other part of Africa, like Tanzania, Namibia and South Africa, but the safari experience in Uganda was way beyond my expectations: I saw almost all kinds of wild animals, and so many of them, even including the very illusive leopard with twin babies 2 meters away! These could happen all because of my guide William from Home To Africa Tours and Travel, he cherished my time even more than me: we were the first left the safari lodge every morning and the last left the National Park, so we could encounter so many amazing animals in the early hours and late hours of the day.
William did not want me to have any regret before leaving his country: after knowing that I did not have the luck to see chimps in Rwanda, he rearranged a Chimpanzee Trekking in Uganda for me. With a local guide and only myself, I had the chance to see more than 20 chimps in the family of 58, including many playful babies and juveniles! I could not say enough Thank You to William!
On the last day of my 13-day safari in Rwanda/Uganda, we needed to drive 7 hours to airport to catch my flight at 6pm, they still fit me in with one-hour Rhino Trekking, I was lucky enough to see baby Rhino suckling!
Not only the guides, the staff at Home To Africa Tours and Travel were extremely helpful too, they provided me all the detailed information, answered my question literally in a few minutes—then I realized sometimes it was already past their midnight—I felt guilty and started to think about their time before emailing questions.
Anyway, this was my best safari experience ever! Highly recommended.
