Peter Amanya and our guide in the safari van
Buyaga Safaris
- Located In:
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 2017)
- Member Of:
- UTB & AUTO MEMBER
- Tour Types:
- Custom budget & mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $450 to $1,000 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
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Reviews
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Email Osho divyang | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Unforgettable memories
My wife and I had a trip of 9 days of safari with buyaga. The owner, Peter was so good at responding everytime we needed anything. He was very nice and helpful. Our guide Derrick was very experienced in his work. We had a very adventurous and unforgettable time with him. In 9 days we visited Ziwa rhino sanctuary, Murchison falls, Chimpanzee tracking at kibale national park, Queen Elizabeth national park, Gorilla tracking at Bwindi impenetrable national park and lake mburo national park
Email Rachael | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Good value, enjoyable tour
I chose Buyaga because they offered the itinerary I was looking for at better value than other companies. Peter was very quick to respond to my many questions before the tour started which was really appreciated.
Overall a really enjoyable tour. Uganda is a beautiful country. Sometimes the timings weren’t as described in advance or in the itinerary but after the initial mismatch my guide made sure we went through the next days itinerary at dinner. He was also always concerned that the tour was going well and I was enjoying it. Some really lovely hotels on the way - not luxury but almost and with some amazing views and lovely people. I would definitely use them again.
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Email Ignaz | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Reliable and customer oriented service.
Our tour started in Sipi and went to Kidepo NP, Murchison Falls NP, Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary and ended in Entebbe. As my wife and I came on our own from Kitale to Sipi the tour had to be planned according to our ideas. Emmanuel was our tour guide and driver. He is very resourceful and flexible and showed us many highlights especially in Kidepo NP. He knows the place very well. We had an extended stay in Kidepo and Murchison. It's worth to be there a bit longer as a "normal" tour suggests. The tour was well organized, the lodges were nice and convenient. Communication with Peter from Buyaga for planning and fixing the tour was easy and fast. We really enjoyed our stay in Uganda.
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Email Markus | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Highly recommended
Peter organized a tour according to my individual wishes: a 3-day trip to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and the gorillas. Exactly what I wanted. He responded promptly to my email inquiries. Peter is a reliable and friendly tour guide. And he has chosen very nice hotels. Good value for money! Next time I (hopefully) visit Uganda, I won't hesitate to book another tour with Buyaga Safaris.
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Email ELENA RUIZ | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Discovering Uganda in the best way.
If you are going to visit Uganda, do not hesitate, book your safari with Buyaga Safaris. Since hiring them, we have been very satisfied with the speed with which Peter has solved all our doubts, and for the reliability that he has transmitted to us, but above all for allowing us to design together the trip of our dreams.
If you are lucky enough to have Ossman as your driver and guide, success is assured: professional, polite, always ready to satisfy our requests and very friendly. In addition to all that, he is a good driver, flexible and fun. We had a really good time with him and we would definitely hire Buyaga Safaris again for the quality of the accommodations he suggested, the 10-day route visiting 5 national parks with specialized guides who made us feel safe and at home at all times. Not to mention the good price and, I insist, the good treatment by Peter, the owner of the company and Ossman, the best guide, who after our trip has become our friend.
If you are reading this review, do not hesitate, you will not regret living the safari of your life.
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Email Marta A | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A wonderful trip with a outstanding tour operator
We have chosen Buyaga Safaris for our 11 days Uganda tour.
We have visited the major national parks such as Murchison fall, Kibale Forest, Bwindi impenetrable forest, lake Buyonyi and lake Mburo.
Since the beginning Peter has provided a lot of useful information to arrange our tour and satisfied all our requests on the changes for the accommodations.
On top of this, our guide Derrick really made our days special! He is a young man really kind, polite and passionate about animals and his country, always providing us details about everything we saw. He has always been really attentive to our needs and security, and we really felt secure traveling with him.
We loved everything we did in our 11 days tour from the activities, places and accodomations arranged by Buyaga so we strongly recommend this tour operator.
Last but not least, we will never forget the beautiful Uganda landscape and people from different communities who has always welcomed us with a big smile!
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Email ANDREA SPANAKAKI | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Perfect organization
Hallo,I am a solo traveller and was afraid going alone to uganda.the only thing I can say it was a life experience and I never felt unsafe.you see mostly all animals so close so even with a smartphone I have perfect pictures.hotels were well choosen and one was living a dream.peter was always available whenever you needed him.comparing to other Tour operators he has the best price ,his car was even better than from others,I can highly recommend him,thank you
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Email Emilia Latek | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Buyaga Safari is a very reliable tour operator who guaranteed us a wonderful stay in Uganda.
With of 4 friends and I spent 10 wonderful days in Uganda in the company of Peter, who was our guide, driver and ultimately irreplaceable "gang member":)
Even at the stage of searching for the right package for us - Peter's offer turned out to be the most advantageous of all. And I checked 10 tour operators. Peter is a very communicative person who answered every question I had very quickly. He also helped us to organise things outside the safari package.
The whole trip was beyond our imagination. Uganda is beautiful. The encounters with chimpanzees and gorillas I will never forget. It was a big dream of mine and Buyaga safari helped me to fulfil it. I was also hugely impressed by Murchison Falls National Park and the waterfalls themselves. Anyway, each point of the programme is a separate adventure. On all the game drives Peter made sure we were accompanied by park rangers who were very familiar with the ecosystem there and had a wealth of knowledge about the wildelife.
All the lodges along the route were comfortable and served delicious meals. Most were characterised by a spectacular location that you won't find outside Africa.
Finally Peter himself, a super positive character, punctual, well organised, with a great sense of humour. Thank you for everything:)
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Email Joan Guzman | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Professional tailored service, high-quality price-balace and amazing personal
What an amazing 10-day Road trip around the western part of Uganda!!
Buyaga provided a high-quality service : they proposed us a tailored and detailed program based on our wishes.
We did an incredible travel through bwindi national park (with an unforgettable meeting with the gorillas), Lake Mburo, Lake Bunyonyi, Queen Elizabeth, Kibale, and Murchinson National parks, and Ziwa rhinos sanctuary.
The program looks pretty crowded but the enterprise made it really easy. We enjoyed diverse activities : gorillas track, chimpanzees track, a plenty of game drives, cruises along the kazinga channel (Queen Elizabeth NP) and the Victoria Nile (Murchinson), and several walk excursions.
This trip was definitely worth it and we will keep it in mind for a while.
We chose Buyaga because of a friend recommendation. And we definitely recommend it based on several points :
1- Easy communication with the enterprise to plan the road trip. Peter, the boss of this local enterprise, answered friendly and quickly to our emails
2- Quality of the local guide/driver. We had the chance to spend the 10-day trip with Derick and made our experience incredible. We could not figure out a better guide for this trip! Extremely polite and kind at every moment, he gave us lot of information about Uganda and the places we visited. A really good professional but a better person that helped us at any time.
3- The quality-price balance. Buyaga is a local agency and the service they gave us was great regarding the price we paid. All the lodges were better than expected, great food, and again diverse and great activities. For the same 10-day road trip, we saved 50% compared to the price proposed by European operators.
We strongly recommend Buyaga and we definitely recommend Derick as a guide to do this wonderful trip!
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Email Florian Sperber | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Outstanding experience
The trip i took with buyaga safaris was just outstanding. Peter as a guide is so fun to have around and he really does everything he can to make your experience the best it could get. From the selection of the lodges to the trips we did make there was never anything that was not perfect. Thank you very much for the grest time you did provide!
