Peter Amanya and our guide in the safari van
Buyaga Safaris
- Office 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 Scott & Karen McEwen | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An Incredible Bucket List Experience!!
We spent 5 days travelling through Uganda with our amazing guide, Simpson. Our tour consisted of a safari through Queen Elizabeth National Park, a trip to the Equator, Chimp Tracking and Gorilla Trekking. From the very beginning of the process Peter was incredibly responsive and helped curate a trip that was in our budget, including everything we wanted to see. Even when we were having trouble acquiring our visa to get into Uganda, Peter stepped in and finished the process for us without hesitation.
All of the accommodations we stayed in were absolutely beautiful!! Although our first stay at Elephant Hab was changed last minute it was replaced with a fantastic stay at the Aardvark lodge. The food throughout the trip was absolutely delicious and the service throughout all of our stays was top notch.
Our guide Simpson really made our trip a 5 star experience. His incredibly kind and funny personality mixed with his knowledge about his home country was everything you could ask for in a guide. He is someone we will continue to keep in touch with and he quickly changed from just our guide into our friend. If you are booking this trip with Buyaga we hope you're lucky enough to experience it with Simpson!!!
Look no further and book with Buyaga Safaris.
Email Immy Potgieter | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Helpful, knowledgeable, organised, friendly and made us feel comfortable and safe at all times
Wow, what a trip we had! We completed the four day gorilla and chimp trekking experience in Uganda and absolutely loved every minute. Buyaga Safaris (pronounced “woo-yaga” Safaris and means cool breeze in local language) organised a trip that ensured we could squeeze so much excitement and diverse experiences into our four days. Our accommodation and the activities organised were all incredible. As we went through our journey, our guide, Simpson, was an expert at making sure there were no hiccups and everything went according to plan - smooth sailing! All we had to do was sit back and enjoy it all. Simpson was an incredible guide who made us feel so comfortable, safe and happy at all times. He started off our trip saying that we will be friends rather than him being our guide, and great friends we were! Any question we asked of Simpson he answered. We learnt so much about Ugandan life, culture and the communities. There was a lot of driving in the four days but the Ugandan country is so stunning we enjoyed every moment. We would highly recommend this tour company to anyone looking for a genuine, seamless and exciting journey through Uganda. Thanks again Buyaga Safaris and especially, Simpson! 😁
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Email Rui | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Intense
What an experience!
A dream come true. I would never have imagined this possible. A huge financial effort but it was worth every penny and support, especially the Anderson guide, made it all possible.
Anderson was without a doubt the best guide I had on all my trips. Very friendly, understanding, in fact the best compliment I can give is that I genuinely felt like I was with a friend. And how important it is to have a guide like this when we travel hours and hours.
Tireless, always attentive to our needs, and careful with details.
Uganda surprised me positively as a European we only hear about bad things but I found exactly the opposite. A green, clean country with friendly and very welcoming people.
I loved the experience. I describe the trip with a guide and what I felt in the country because I have no words to describe what I felt with the gorillas. We don't deserve this planet. Incredible
Email RAKIIMI | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Travel to Murchison falls national park and great stay at Murchison Falls River Lodge
Great choice in helping us select the best available lodge despite the highs season accomodation bookings.
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Email MAREK ZYGA | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
One of the best holidays in my life.
Perfect organization. Excellent care of the guide. Everything organized on time. I will recommend the organization to my friends.
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Email Kezia Joshua | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Friendly, trust worthy, 100% safe at the best affordable budget
After searching vastly for a reliable tour operator that worked within our budget, I was so happy to find Buyaga Safaris. And after interacting with Peter for over the span of two months, I was rest assured that we found an ideal match. But it sounded tooo good to be true!!
Peter was super nice, responding immediately to our queries and assisted us for preparing for our first ever jungle safari.
Until the moment my husband and I arrived at Entebbe, we were still skeptical
Email Dante Matellini | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Friendly and attentive to our wishes
Amazing safari and gorilla trekking experience. Our guide Alex provided us with a really great experience and was genuinely interested that we had a nice time. We spent four days on this trip, it was just about enough to view the main places, but I would recommend staying longer. For example, viewing lions is not guaranteed, however, if you have 2 or 3 days to spend at the park, then the chances are greater.
The accomodation and food during our journey were great.
The communication with Peter from Buyaga before our trip was excellent. He replied quickly to all our questions and provided us with the necessary information. I would however recommend improving the payment process as sending large sums of money abroad can be unsettling given all the scams that occur these days.
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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 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 Angie Large | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Uganda tour with Derrick from Buyaga Safari
What an adventure! The private driver from Buyaga Tours, Derrick , made this adventure customized, personal, safe and fascinating.
We learned so much about the variety of birds and wildlife because of his expertise.
We did the Chimpanzee, Gorilla and Golden Monkey Treks. All included in such a reasonable price. The visits to local communities and views from amazing accommodations were awesome. Beds were top quality as was the service and food. We can’t wait to go again.
Do this while your body still can. You will not regret it. Uganda and the people are welcoming.
