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 Catharina en Aad | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Wonderful 7day-trip to Kidepo Valley National Park and Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary
Back in cold Holland we have the best memories about our week to Kidepo and Ziwa with your driver/guide Sam Lugayizi.
We made a wonderfull trip with the comfortable Landcruiser , with nice lodges with good food and with attractive activities.
Sam proved to be a very pleasant companion, a safe driver and guide, and a man with a lot of knowledge about nature, birds and beasts.
Everything was perfectly organized. We really have no suggestions for improvement!
Matoke Tours and Sam, thanks a lot!!
Email Jamie | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A great holiday organised by a very professional company
Matoke tours organised a 12 night "mid-range" tour of Uganda for us, staying in 5 different locations and visiting 4 parks around the country. Advance communication was always prompt and detailed, as well as personal and friendly. The itinerary worked well, although due to road conditions in Uganda some journeys were quite long. Organisation of the trip was faultless with every last park permit, ticket booking etc. dealt with perfectly. The lodges they selected were excellent, with comfort, food and service always matching, or exceeding, the advertised descriptions. Our guide was absolutely first rate, very experienced and knowledgeable, and also very thoughtful about making sure that we had a good holiday.
I would thoroughly recommend Matoke Tours, and hope one day to travel with them again.
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Email Laura | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent and Fun Tour of Uganda
We had a wonderful trip! Pascqa helped us to create a great itinerary. We loved our guide, Vincent, and really appreciated his openness to sharing interesting information about Uganda, its wildlife, and its people throughout the trip. He was so friendly and knowledgeable and really made our trip very special.
NE
Email Sandra & Dominik | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great trip with Matoke
We've just come back from an 8 day mid-range Uganda tour booked with Matoke Tours. Our trip was organised and arranged very speedy and efficiently via email, the communication with Matoke's Travel Consultant Pascqua Lorna extremly professional, prompt and friendly. The itinerary of the tour was well and accurately planned, including great activities and 4 lodges well chosen and super nice lodges. With Confidence Matsiko, we had an excellent guide on our side during our whole trip. He is an excellent safe driver, always friendly, polite and in good mood. Also he's an expert about his country's nature and animals and made sure we spotted as many beasts and birds as possible during our safaris. We really enjoyed our time with Confidence, he was not only very helpful and well organised, making sure we had a great holiday, but also super nice and interested in his clients, happy to chat, share ideas or answer questions and thus making the sometimes long journeys very enjoyable. Confidence Matsiko is truly a gem, a very experienced, knowledgeable, reliable and pleasant guide - we strongly recommend him to anyone planning a trip to Uganda. Same applies to Matoke Tours: contact Pascqua Lorna and she'll make sure you'll have a great experience in Uganda. A big thank you to Lorna and Confidence for a truly unforgettable trip!
Absolutely perfect organized tour all through Oeganda
In 18 days, often off road, we experienced Uganda in all directions and possibilities. Nature and wildlife are absolutely extraordinary. Ugandees people amazingly friendly. One of our best Africa experiences! Highlights: Kipedo in the north, Murchison Falls, Queen Elisabeth Park, the chimpansees, the Kazinga Channel, Lake Mutanda and of course the gorilla's!
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Email Sue | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Matoke Tours was fantastic and surpassed our expectations.
We had a fantastic tour through Uganda. It was very well organized, we couldn’t have a better guide/ driver who accompanied us throughout the trip. Everything was always on time, just as planned. The guides in the National Parks were very good qualified , knew everything about nature and animals. Everybody was concerned about the environment and respectful to the animals.
We would absolutely recommend Matoke Tours. They did a very professional job. Many thanks to all the hidden organizers and of course especially to our guide Barnabas.
CA
Email Stephanie and Robert | 65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Thank you Matoke Tours!
Our 9 day Matoke tour safari travelling from Entebbe to Kigali was fantastic. We can say without reservation that from our initial contact by email with tour consultant Pleunie van Uden to our arrival at our final destination in Kigali everything went very well. We in particular wish to emphasize how much we appreciated our guide Vincent. Vincent was outstanding. He was extremely knowledgeable about all the areas we visited and all the animals, plants and birds. He was so professional and kind and an excellent driver. He seemed to know everyone at all the parks and camps we visited and everyone seem to know and respect him. The accommodations were all first rate. Our hands down favourite was Kasenyi Safari Camp located on Lake Bunyampaka right on the border of Queen Elizabeth Park. Our host Mr. Phillip Kiboneka was welcoming and knowledgeable and the staff made us feel so at home. The views from the luxurious tents and the lovely open air main lodge are panoramic. We will treasure forever our time with the gorillas in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and the wonderful porters that made it possible. Thank you Matoke Tours!
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Email Mario Miskovic | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Had a great trip in Uganda!
We booked the Kilimanjaro-trekking and an Uganda-trip with Matoke Tours and it exceeded our expectations.
The Kilimanjaro trekking (carried out by Easy Travel) was just incredible. We did the Machame route and everything was extremely well organized. A lot of respect for our guides, chef and most important all the porters. They did an amazing job and really helped us to reach the roof of Africa.
After reaching Uhuru Peak, we travelled to Uganda and we really fell in love with this country. We stayed in Entebbe, Murchison Falls, Kibale, Queen Elizabeth, Bwindi and Lake Mburo. Some of the journeys were pretty long because of the poor roads, but our driver/guide John always knew something to show us. Everything was well organized.
The lodges we slept in we're mostly basic to mid-range. Sleeping in a safaritent is part of the experience, we really enjoyed it. The food was very good all the time. The most amazing lodge we slept in, was at Lake Mutanda near Bwindi. This lodge is owned by Matoke and the views there are truly amazing. Kibale Forest Camp was also an amazing lodge to stay.
I would recommend Matoke Tours (and Easy Travel) for a trip to Kilimanjaro and Uganda.
NL
Email Piet-Hein | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Excellent itinerary by Matoke
We had excellent contact with Matoke tours about our short trip to Uganda. We had some preferences for our trip and above that we were provided with some excellent suggestions for other activities.
The 4wheel drive car was excellent and our driver drove us around comfortably and safely.
We enjoyed Murchison Falls national park. Beautiful scenery and lots of game. Two different encounters with leopards were highlights of our trip. And the private river safari along the Nile was also magnificent with lots of animals along the river bank, really close by.
A beautiful country with friendly people.
CH
Email Patrick and Judy | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great tour of 18 days
For the preparation of our first trip to Tanzania we took a lot of time and exchanged many eMails with our consultant (Pleunie). She answered all of them patiently within a very short time. The support also took place on site, so that, for example, if there was a change in the domestic flight, the chauffeur was re-arranged, even though it was Sunday. All accommodations were extremely clean, the program (Serengeti, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Lake Eyasi with Hadzabe, Tarangire, Kilimanjaro, Masai Village and Pemba Island) could be carried out from A to Z and the guide was excellent. Again and again gladly and absolutely recommendable. A pleasant surprise was also a cake, which was organized together with a performance for our 30th anniversary. Matoke is absolutely recommendable. Thank you for the beautiful trip, the unforgettable experiences and the great organization.
