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Buffalo Safari Camps
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- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 2012)
- Member Of:
- AUTO, UTB & Fairtrade Tourism
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $80 to $3,000 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
for a custom tour
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Reviews
Email Angela | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Epic 13 day journey around Uganda
Libby has already reviewed this trip, but I'd like to add my appreciation of the whole experience. Uganda was incredibly interesting and Emma added to our enjoyment with lots of local knowledge and insights, and I'm sure his good nature helped to keep us on track and on schedule. His skills and know-how most likely also prevented unexpected mechanical delays with the vehicle. It was a very enjoyable trip and everyone got along very well. Would recommend Buffalo Safari Camps to anyone wanting a tailored tour of this beautiful country.
Email Sophie | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Incredible especially when the gorilla family come to you by the roadside?
The whole booking process was very streamlined from regular communications with Dan, to extensive experience and knowledge from Roger our driver / tour guide. The accommodation was great for glamping! The stops numerous if requested the scenery picturesque, with plenty of wildlife and towns to view. Overall a great experience in the beautiful Uganda. The best part was not having to walk far to see the gorillas they came to us!
Email Amar | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Brilliant service from Buffalo Safari - knowledgeable, friendly and looked after us very well!
Safari surpassed expectations, amazing landscape and wildlife. Explanations and information from Eri our driver added a lot to our experience. Felt safe and comfortable throughout, and had a great time.
Fantastic Wildlife Watching Experience
Everything was well organised & ran seamlessly. Buffalo Safaris surpassed my expectations. A wonderfully rich and diverse wildlife watching experience whilst taking in the Pearl of Africa’s ever changing landscapes, cultural depth and magical skies. Felt very safe and looked after & the camps were very comfortable & the food was delicious.
I can it recommend the safari up to the Gorillas enough. It’s was a dream to see them & great to know that the eco tourism is conserving the region and its inhabitants for Uganda and the generations to come.
Thanks again Buffalo Safaris. This really was the trip of a lifetime.
Email Alice, Rachel & Edward | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent in every way
We had a courteous and highly knowledgeable guide who took us to see elephant, a leopard and lions as well as many other animals.
The organisation was efficient, fitting our budget and our interests. We stayed in a beautiful lodge, falling asleep to the sound of hippos in the lake below.
I highly recommend Buffalo Safari Camps - a great way to enjoy this beautiful country and its rich wildlife.
Email Andrew Aiken | 65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Affable , slick and ready to change plans as the need arose ( which of course it did )
service was excellent , tailored just right for us, and the safari varied from hard going ( as we went up country near the South Sudan border , was only to be expected ) , to delightfully relaxing . the wildlife was ,from beginning to end , brilliant.
Email Justin | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Kidepo Valley National Park & Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary
Buffalo Safari Camps were excellent: friendly, flexible and knowledgeable. They tailored the trip to fit exactly what I wanted to do, and offered great advice as to how to plan the trip. The guide was superb: knowing all the right people and the right places to go, taking the time to understand what activities would best match what I was interested in seeing. The trip to Kidepo Valley National Park is amazing: an astonishing, remote, beautiful landscape and they made everything work perfectly.
BE
Email Alison | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Everything has been perfectely organized from thay one to the very last day.
I had a great time organizing my trip!
Tim was really attentive and reactive to all my concerns and questions.
After a few mail, I really had a perfect tailor made tour matching my budget with all the things I wanted to see, the right accomodation and fun activities.
The trip itself was just breathtaking, everyting went super smooth, we got to see the big fives, but also Gorillas and Chimpaz.
Accomodation were the perfect mixte between experience and comfort with always some extraordinary welcoming.
Our guide (Emma) was not only attentive, forward looking, kind and patient but also and mainly fun and available!
Coudn't have asked for much more!
Unforgettable trip!
DE
Email Andreas | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Friendly & professional rental 4wd operator, good value, going extra mile to accommodate requests
I rented a Land Rover with driver for 1 month in May and June 2021; Western Uganda, Eastern Uganda, Kenya.
Individual set-up of the route by me, including off-the-beaten-track destinations. Accommodation booking done by me along the way.
Party of 1 German, 1 Kenyan, and up to 3 Ugandan friends.
Owner/manager Tim was very attentive and provided timely and valuable feedback before the trip, including flexibility in the light of ever changing Covid related rules.
The vehicle (1993 Land Rover, 6 seater incl driver) was reasonably spacious, comfortable, and very reliable; a few technical issues occuring along the route (several 1000 kilometers) were quickly resolved by the knowledgeable driver, accepting a little assistance by my Kenyan companion while we were in Kenya. Expect real go-anywhere 4wd capability and a roof that can be opened for game viewing, but no modern-age luxury like AC or radio. Dysfunctional fuel gauge meant that we refueled more frequently, which was no problem.
No extra costs incurred along the way apart from diesel fuel, and national park fees for the driver (while in Kenya) and the vehicle, and mandatory border-crossing Covid test expenses for the driver.
Driver Ronald, called "Emma", was very professional and doubled as a guide, especially in Uganda where he knew most of the places we visited. Friendly, courteous, very good English, safe driving style, excellent knowledge of the vehicle and how to fix it. I would certainly request to go with him again during my next trip.
After the end of the original 1 month rental and our trip extension by air to the Kenyan coast (the driver drove the car back to Uganda alone), my Ugandan friend had to return home during a newly declared tight lockdown with cessation of all public and most private transport in Uganda. Tim professionally arranged for a transfer from Entebbe airport to my friend's village, going the extra mile to get him home safely. Very good job, other operators may not have been able to accomplish this.
Overall: Professional and friendly operator, good value for money, accommodating individual requests; I would certainly book with them again.
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Email Melody | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Emma the great Lion/leopard finder!!!
We were picked up and greeted warmly by our driver/Safari guide in Kampala and traveled a long 7 hour ride to Murchison park and Emma encouraged us to go into the park that afternoon for our first gaming tour where he was able to find a large lion asleep as well as a leopard with lots of giraffes and other wild life which made the long drive worth while!! Emma was very accommodating and made lots of recommendations and we had a lovely night at the Murchison River lodge with very friendly staff making sure we were safe from the Hippos that came up from the water through the camp. Emma then took us on another early morning drive and we got to see more lions both male and females using his friendly ways with the local park rangers to find out where they had been spotted. He is truly a wise Ugandan guide we would recommend to all as we talked with others that night at the lodge who had not seen what we had seen that day!! Emma was able to get us safely back on our long trek back to Entebbe for our flight out!! Thanks Emma well done!!
