Mukisa Safaris Staff
Mukisa Safaris Uganda
- Located In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2018)
- Member Of:
- AUTO, USAGA, UTB & UWA
- Tour Types:
- Custom budget & mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $100 to $500 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Gleicon Oliveira | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
One of the best experience on my life!!
We had one of the best experience on our lives!!
We did a 9 days trip, 2 friends and me. Mukisa Safaris picked us up at the Entebbe Intl Airport and we spent one night in the city.
We were presented to the staff, Jowana (the guide), Solomon (the driver) and Richard (the owner). They were very friendly on the welcome at the disembark.
The next day, we started our journey to a lifetime experience. First we headed to Murchisan National Park where we saw a lot of animals (those savana typical ones). The first night was on a nice lodge, but we suffered a lot with the hot weather! Be prepared if you chose a midrange package, because there is no air conditioning in the lodges!!
Then we moved to Kibale Forest National Park, where we did a chimp tracking. That was amazing, cause we could see chimpanzees walking on the ground. The Kibale Forest Camp is so cool, with tents in the middle of the trees!!!
The next stop was the Queen Elizabeth National Park where we had a incredible experience, viewing cats from so close (we saw lions and leopards). The Lodge was the Pumba Safari Cottages, with an excellent service and very friendly staff, besides the wonderful views from the terrace.
The last stop was the highlight of the trip, where we went to the Mutanda Lake area and stayed at the Mutanda Lanke Resort, a high level lodge. The gorilla tracking was done on the Bwind Impenetrable Forest National Park. We could see a large gorilla family with a short walk from the base.
The trip ended in Kigali, with a visit to the Genocide Memorial and a city tour.
I don't have words to explain the quality of the service pressed by Mukisa Safaris and all it's staff. They were very professional since the first emails exchanged with Richard months in advance, until the last minute of the trip, always concerned about the tours, the lodges and everything else. But we really had a great connection with two people who stayed all these days with us: Jowana and Solomon. Our guide Jowana she is the best guide in Uganda, for sure!! She is one of the very few female guides in the country, so everyone knows her!! She has open doors everywhere she goes, and she gets great deals and special services during the trip! She was AMAZING. Always happy, with a great smile on her face. Very experienced on explaining about the places visited, we could learn a lot about this wonderful country that is Uganda! About Solomon, he is the best drive on the country! Considering there are many tough places we drove by, with hard roads, swamps and other challenges, he was perfect. Very communicative and with a great mood, he was essential to the success of our trip!
So, the company is REALLY RECOMMENDED!!! You can be sure you will have the best experience ever!!
Email Jacqui | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Professional, flexible and welcoming
From the moment i first contacted Richard he gave me great certainty and confidence that he ran a professional organisation. He was flexible with our complex itinerary and adapted and incorporated all our requests.
Once we got on the ground he handed us over to his very warm and professional guide Veronica and driver John who ensured our trip was sensational. We highly recommend them.
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Email Doug | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
The guide and driver that were provided for our trip were the best I have ever come across.
The communication between myself and Mukisa were excellent. Mukisa is extremely responsive and willing to alter itineraries according to the customers needs. The quality of service beginning with the office personnel right on thru to the guide and driver was superb. The trip far exceede d my expectations. The tour itinerary was personalized for my taste and the service level provided by the places we stayed exceeded my expectations. Food was wonderful. Lastly; the tour guide was extremely knowledgeable and friendly and willing to do absolutely anything to make our trip enjoyable. Likewise our driver was professional and friendly and knew the routes with added background knowledge.
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Email Stephen F Mayer | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Absolutely perfect safari-informative, rewarding, fun and one most enjoyable
Mukisa Safaris met every one of my expectations. Our guide Hamidah and our driver Jon were most professional, helpful, and knowledgable. The chemistry between them was great. I learned so much about Uganda, Rwanda, the animals, and culture from these individuals. I always felt safe and secure with the individuals. The safari and accommodations were everything that was advertised. I can't say enough about Mukisa, Hamidah Nakato, and John Mpaji. The individuals, activities, and accommodations always exceeded my expectations.
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Email Josephine | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Memorable experiences with professional company
I with my three siblings had an amazing and unforgettable experience on our safari in Murchison Falls national Park. We did a four day exploration of Murchison Falls and its environs and we enjoyed every minute of it.
Mukisa Safaris Uganda was flawless and we greatly enjoyed their excellent service. Richard made all the arrangements for us and he was a pleasure to work with. I would write to him at any time and he responded promptly and pleasantly.
We were in the company of Paul our guide and Phiona our female driver. They were such amazing, friendly, professional, knowledgeable, courteous people and we had a great connection with them. They ensured that we enjoyed every moment of our safari.
I must say that Uganda’s beauty won us over in every way. The lovely and friendly people in Uganda, the game drives and boat cruise experiences were exhilarating, the comfortable accommodation and nice food, the stunning views of the park and the entire northern region and the vegetation. With the memorable experiences, I highly recommend Mukisa Safaris and I intend to travel with them again very soon.
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Email Julie | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Simply the best
I and my other 9 group members visited Africa early this year and Uganda was our last destination. We appreciate the fact that we chose Uganda as our last destination because it’s where we had the most amazing and fascinating moments our African visit that will forever be memorable. The country has varying beautiful sceneries, amazing and hospitable people who welcomed us at the various locations we visited with genuine smiles. Uganda is so gifted by nature.
We visited several savanna parks and it was so unbelievable that at times, we were standing just a few metres from animals such as giraffes, elephants, lions and others. The special moment was during our visit in Bwindi Forest which is home to Mountain gorillas. Wow. Trekking gorillas was such an amazing moment that anybody who can should undertake. It’s a challenging exercise that involves moving up and down and at times sliding while looking for these giants. After four hours of trekking, we finally located the gorillas and it was the most amazing moment.
We also appreciate the fact that we chose Mukisa Safaris as our trip handlers. They are such a professional, reliable, trustworthy and accommodative company. Being a big group, we had a variety of priorities but all these were taken into consideration by the company. Important to note are the team at Mukisa Safaris. Richard is such a good communicator who replies instantly and very humorous and our trip was organized successfully. Our field team (Veronica, Hamida, Paul, Phiona and John) was exceptional, very knowledgeable, very courteous, friendly and lovely. We miss you guys and certainly, we shall come back.
I highly recommend Uganda as the best African destination and Mukisa Safaris as the company to trust and travel with.
Email Eric | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Exceptionally fantastic holiday in Uganda
It was such an exceptionally and fantastic tour of Uganda. I and my wife had a trip of Two weeks which was professionally organized and executed. In fact, their service was far beyond what we aspired to have. Our communication with Richard was prompt, professional and inspiring both before and during the trip. Our decision to book with Mukisa was because of the trust that we developed in Richard. His responses were always prompt, advisory and at times made suggestions that would suit our package as we desired.
On our arrival at the airport, we were warmly received by Richard who introduced Veronica and Solomon whom we spent the entire two weeks with as our guide and driver respectively. These two made our stay in Uganda very interesting and memorable. They are such good people, kind, friendly, professional and knowledgeable about all that we wished to know.
Uganda is indeed a country for anyone to spend his or her holiday and Mukisa safaris is the company to travel with. I without any second thought recommend Mukisa Safaris for anyone who wishes to visit East Africa.
Unforgettable family trip in ishasha
I and my family decided to visit ishasha park to see tree climbing lions. We choose Mukisa safaris since we could not go by ourselves because the government is not allowing private vehicles in the parks. Richard our guide and John our driver were amazing and made our trip special.We stayed at Topi Safari lodge and our stay was truly amazing.We thank Alfonso and the entire team at the lodge who made us feel at home with delicious meals and comfortable stay. We loved ishasha park with lots of topis, buffaloes,elephants, bush pigs but we did not see the lions up in the trees so we hope to go back . Thank u Richard and John we will definitely keep in touch for our next trip around December. Mukisa safaris really made our weekend memorable.
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Email Harry | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing holiday of alifetime
With covid-19 pandemic ravaging the world, we decided to travel to Africa for our anniversary after the reopening of airports in most countries globally and Uganda was our desired destination. We searched around for our trip management company and Mukisa Safaris emerged as our company of choice. We're extremely happy that we chose Mukisa Safaris. The company exhibited much professionalism during our trip organization and execution. During the pre-trip communication, Richard was exceedingly helpful and would reply very promptly to our queries. On arrival at the airport, we were picked amidst observing the SOPs directly to our booked hotel where we started off our safari in the morning. We visited several places including Murchison falls, Kibale Forest and Bwindi and we were in the company of our guide Veronica and John. These two are wonderful and amazing people. They were so friendly, courteous and professional. Veronica was so knowledgeable about Uganda and her knowledge about birds and all the animals was breathtaking. Ugandans are loving and kind. They made our stay in Uganda so memorable. I highly recommend Mukisa Safaris.
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Email Nico | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Unbelievable experience
We loved our tour with Mukisa Safaris. It was just three days but everything was well organised and we were able to see and learn so many things. The lodge was amazing and we had a big bus just for ourselves.
Nothing to complain about. Won't look for another tour operator when we come back.