The Matoke Tours Team
Matoke Tours
- Located In:
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Netherlands
- Size:
- 20-50 employees (Founded in 2002)
- Member Of:
- ATTA, AUTO, SGR, UTB & UCF
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $300 to $750 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Danny Selik | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing Matoke Tour
Deciding to use Matoke Tours was by far the best decision in my safari vacation. Anatole was our driver and guide during the 7-day tour through Murchison Falls, Queen Elizabeth, and Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. Always with a smile on his face and a deep concern for our comfort and positive experience, Anatole represented Matoke with excellence.
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Email David F. | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Custom Safari Trip to Tanzania to view game and Uganda to view primates.
Matoke Tours exceeded all of our expectations from initial booking to after tour debriefing. Our service representative responded promptly to all of our questions, concerns and other communications. The accommodations they provided for us were exactly what we wanted, mid range in price but comfortable and more important, interesting. We mainly stayed in tent camps near the animals we wanted to see. All in all Matoke arranged a great tour for us.
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Email Bianca | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Very enthusiastic team, well organised
The team, guide & drivers, are very enthusiastic, helpfull and very good in their job. They help you with all your questions and do their utmost to fulfill your wishes. They drove safe and were superb in the safari's, which were excellent, we even went 2x a day, making the most out of it! Service is great, they also organised for our lost luggage to be sent up to Jinja, where we stayed at the time it was found. I can recommend them to organise your trip to Uganda !
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Email Julie | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great gorilla trip
We chose Matoke based on recommendations from friends living in Uganda, and were glad we did. Everything was very well organized. We chose a mid-range booking, and stayed at Lake Mutanda Lodge. The views were breathtaking, the food was great and the staff were extremely friendly and helpful. It was somewhat rustic, which was fine with us, but perhaps a bit more rustic than expected (cabins with canvas walls, very basic bathroom, beds not great, electricity during limited hours). That said, we would definitely choose it again because the positives far outweighed the negatives. Our driver was friendly and knowledgeable. Our arrangements were somewhat last minute, and Matoke was very understanding of the time it took us to arrange the wire transfer. They brought our permits and flight itineraries to our hotel in Kampala, which was very helpful. Of course, the gorilla trek was an amazing experience and totally worth the cost.
Email Jodie | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Stop looking start booking!
Thank you so much to Ilse and Matoke tours for providing such outstanding service, recommendations, tours and guides. From the first email I received after requesting details about a safari and gorilla trekking the information I received was so prompt and professional that I stopped looking at any other tour companies and booked with Matoke tours. From the booking process, being welcomed at the airport and accommodations the staff were professional, welcoming, friendly and incredibly helpful to ensure our stay was perfect.
The gorillas were absolutely incredible and one of our all time favourite life experiences. The gorillas are magnificent and I couldn't believe how close we were able to get. We had a guide called Francois on the day who was absolutely fantastic - he has been a tour guide for 30 years and was so knowledgeable, funny and passionate about the gorillas he made the trip even more special.
Words can't describe how amazing this experience is we were just in awe of these majestic, magnificent animals, everything else faded away and nothing else in life seemed to matter except for that moment right there being in the Rwandan jungle sitting less than a few metres away from a magnificent silverback whose commanding presence and sheer beauty was breathtaking. Seeing a mother gently hugging and kissing her newborn baby with such tenderness and radiating so much love was absolutely heartwarming. The experience is life changing as it reminds you what is truly important in life. The conservation work being done by all the people involved in protecting these endangered gorillas is nothing short of outstanding.
The Serengeti was just amazing. Our driver from start to finish in Tanzania was Jackson and he was the best! He was always fun, friendly, incredibly knowledgeable not only about the Serengeti and all the animals and Masai but also about the local culture and history of Tanzania and was able to answer any question we asked. He was always on time and did his utmost to make sure that our experience was the best it could possibly be. He found the big 4 every day in the Serengeti for us and the black rhino in the Ngorogoro crater. It was all so beautiful it was surreal. Jackson was also so incredibly patient and happy to wait 10 minutes or an hour… he would stay anywhere for as long as we wanted in any area so that we could enjoy our experience to the full of watching the animals. He was passionate about making our trip as special as he could which he certainly did. The Tortillis camp in the Serengeti was fantastic, all the staff there were absolutely wonderful, there was nothing they wouldn't do to ensure our stay was as comfortable as possible.
We absolutely loved the safari and seen such an abundance of wildlife. I couldn't pick a favourite as everything was so spectacular to see. At one point Jackson had a radio call and he asked us to sit down and raced off down the road, he didn't say why but we knew we were about to see something amazing! Not long after we came around a bend and there were 3 lionesses in the distance walking towards us down the road! He stopped the car and I quickly started taking photos expecting the lionesses to take off in to the grass but they just kept coming toward us it was absolutely incredible as they continued down and right past our car!
I highly recommend this tour as it is a trip of a lifetime and Matoke Tours made it perfect from start to finish!
Email Julie/Yasmin | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Trip of a lifetime!!
We have just returned from the most amazing week in Uganda. Our holiday from the start of booking with Matoke Tours was completely stress free and communication was very quick and efficient. As Uganda seems to be so under marketed in the UK we were a little unsure what to expect we certainly need not have worried, Our driver/guide Antoli met us at the airport with a huge smile!he was friendly, so knowledgable and a pleasure to spend our week with. We feel we have learnt so much about the country from him. A credit to Matoke.
The itinerary of our tour was perfect for us,the diversity of where we visited was astounding and the gorilla trek was magical. The sometimes long drives in between each location we were staying were both really enjoyable and seemed much quicker as there was so much to see and talk about.We felt very safe and completely at ease throughout our trip.
We could not have asked for more and would certainly book with Matoke again. Thank you all so much!
Email Diane Squires | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Just go!
Thanks Matoke for helping make our trip to Uganda something really special! We spent three weeks in this stunning country - two weeks volunteering at a school and a week on two separate tours with Matoke. From the very beginning Matoke provided a fantastic service - they were quick to respond to all our questions and provided all the information we needed to ensure we had the best tours possible. Our guide - Richard - was fantastic. In half a day at Murchison Falls we saw three lions, elephants, crocodiles, giraffes and so much more! Trekking to see the gorillas in Bwindi was one of the most amazing experiences I have had - not just for the gorillas, but this whole region is one of the most beautiful places I have seen. I would definitely travel with Matoke again.
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Email John | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great primate tour
Great trip with Matoke. This is third trip Ihad with them. All arrangements were done on-line and everything was as promised. Gorilla treking and chimp habituation as well as the swamp walk was great. Accomadations were superb. Drivers were friendly and informative. Had a great time and will use them again if I go back to East Africa.
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Email Theresa B. | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great trip
Our week spent in Uganda was the best trip of my life. Matoke Tours staff handled everything from start to finish on planning our trip. Big Sam took great care of us while we were there. Accommodations and activities were excellent. This was the trip of a lifetime and worth every penny. I highly recommend using Matoke Tours.
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Email Dick de Lange | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fantastic adventure in Uganda with Matoke.
The 19 days in Uganda were fantastic.
Our guides (Mike and Frank) are top. They did everything to help us and gave us a good inside of this beautiful country and very friendly people.
Our fellow travellers became our friends. We had so much fun with them (and Frank and Mike).
We saw so many beautiful parks, views and so may animals:
- Kidepo is a must to see
- Murchisons Falls and Lake Albert (we saw a lot of girafs and for example the shoebill)
- Kibale Forest (the chimp habituation is a great experience)
- Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Kazinga Channel boat trip (the best boat trip we had in Uganda, we saw also the rare white kingfisher)
- Lake Mutanda
- Bwindi (the gorilla's!)
- Lake Mburo
- the swamp near Entebbe (with again the shoebill)
Every day was different, interesting and exciting.
The visits to the vilages, markets, the problems with the roads (and flat tires), the ferries.
This is Africa.
Thanks Matoke.