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 Caroline | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
FANTASTIC and emotional trip to Oeganda and Tanzania.
Our trip to Uganda and Tanzania can not be described in one word. It was incredibly beautiful, impressive, remarkable, sometimes tiring but most FANTASTIC !!!!! What have we seen a lot. In our list of most exciting trips also takes this top position. We have many preparations have to take, and sometimes quite a bit of abdominal pain had what we would find here and we would not be one if we would get one or the hotels would be okay as well, well, well, well okay to eat sick .................................... ..and of all these obstacles, we are not one come against.
We made the most extraordinary journey of our lives. What have we seen a lot. Face to face with an almost extinct species that appear to be very friendly and showed us an hour of their lives The mountain gorillas. What an impressive and special experience. This allows almost anybody. And then the baby chimps hug in Entebbe Zoo. I get now a lump in my throat as I write about it. The unconditional love that these little monkeys give you the childlike enthusiasm and affectionate behavior still make me goosebumps. But the immense power that the lion showed when she killed a wildebeest, just before our eyes, or the huge spectacle of migration.................I can not describe.
Uganda, a country in the infancy of tourism and thus vernacular so fun! Small hotels with exceptional friendly people who really want to do it to go to please your needs. Before you Children who are the dislocated wave as you pass by car. It's just a hot tub! Presumably we have seen in Uganda may nearly purest form and it will be there in a few years or else once tourism is really taking off, but we thought this was the most fun. When we flew from Uganda to Tanzania we said on the plane together "what Tanzania can offer us even more, we have already seen so much beauty." But it is Tanzania succeeded! Again we spent a fantastic time. Unfortunately, the country has much more habituated to tourists and you notice that that makes it less pure. But absolutely no less beautiful. And impressive.
I can also say everyone from the bottom of my heart; would you EVER in your life a special trip, I say DO !!!!!!! Do not be afraid to disease, bad food or a variety of other nagging you all those fears in one fell swoop forget if you can behold. All this beauty here I feel like a lucky women that I have experienced it with my dearest friend, buddy and man.
Thank you, Eddie.
Caroline.
SE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Best safari ever!
We have done som safaris, maybe 14-15 all together, and this was one of the best ever! Matoke did a fantastic job from the very first contact with Carolien who guided us towards a very nice plan and rute. And gave us very honest answers for all our questions.
Then it was Emmanuel!! The most important person for us during our safari week. He is the best guide we have ever hade! So full of knowledge, experience and such a nice guy to spend allt this hours tigether with. And he drove very safely. Important... We highly recommend Matoke tours and we absolutely recommend Emmanuel!!
BE
Email Gerrit Lachaert (Nossegem, Belgium) | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent handling by Matoke tours
This is the 2nd time we booked a trip via Matoke Tours. First was in July 2011 when we did the Mountain Gorilla Trekking in Uganda, and now in September 2014, when we made a safari trip to Selous Game Reserve and Ruaha National Park in Southern Tanzania. At both occasions, we were extremily happy with the support, administrative handling and suggestions from Matoke Tours. From the first request till end date of the tour, Matoke Tours did an excellent job. The suggested lodges/camps were top, the transport was worldclass. Nothing else to be said. We very much enjoyed the call from Matoke Tours on our arrival in Tanzania to check if all went well. I definitely recommend Matoke Tours for your travel to Uganda or Tanzania. Great service, very competitive pricing, great choices for lodging. We plan to do another safri tour in a few years with the grand-children and we sure will book via Matoke Tours.
SE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Excellent
After several safaris to different countries, we did our first in Tanzania. Matoke tours was a very good choice for planning and operating the tour. From Carolien and her fast and service minded answers and perfect planning, to our wonderfull guide, Emmanuel. This was my best safari guide ever! (Did my 10th safari). We can´t do anything but truely recommend Matoke tours, and, again, Emmanuel is a great guide and driver. Full of knowledge and humor.
DE
Email Hilbert Nies | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Uganda tour including Gorilla & Chimps trecking
Frank, our guide was the best guide we ever had on our tour´s all over the world. And we had a lot of tours. Congratulation to your employees, everything was o.k.
Frank
- Knows everybody
- Knows everything
- Drives very very careful
- We had a lot of fun
- See more than expected
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Chimp and gorilla tracking in Uganda
What an experience! Uganda is beautiful and we certainly had a great time! Our tour guide and driver, Musa, was knowledgeable, experienced, friendly and eager to tell us about his country. We were most satisfied with his guidance.
We will definitely return to the area probably to do something similar in Tanzania and the parts of Uganda that we missed out on.
I have recommended Matoke to many friends and hopefully they too can have the same experiences that we had. Thank you to Matoke tours for a well planned and run safari trip, the chimp and gorilla experience was phenomenal. The leopard crossing the road in front of our vehicle just outside of the Queen Elizabeth National park was an added bonus.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent
We had a personal recommendation from a friend who had been on a tour last year. We were very impressed. Lovely accommodation choices and we had a great time.
CH
Uganda 2014 - Matoke Tours
Fantastic trip - Everything was perfectly organised, the hotels were great! I ve got to say the driver was fantastic throughout - he really knew the places well and even when our plans changed (eg we decided to do another chimpanzee hike in kyambura gorge last min), he was happy to help us.
They paid attention to all the right details and made the trip one of the best we have ever been on!
DE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Perfect organised safari in a wunderful Country
We booked a two weeks privat tour in Ugande with matoke. Because we have already made many Safaris in Africa, we had exact images like ours travel through Uganda should be. The communication and tips from Matoke while planning the holiday was great. Most of our wishes could be made by them. Special thanks to Anna Grodzki for good service, quick answers and always be there if we had another question.
Our driver/guide was Mussa. He was able to maneuver his Jeep trough the 'massage' roads and the wildlife in order to get us the best spots. He knows exactly the behavior of each animal, he gave us a very professional explanation and many information about live in Uganda. And ,not least, we had a lot of fun with him. Many thanks to Mussa, he did a great job! The accommodations we selected were all very good. The best of all Gorilla Safari Lodge at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
Only in the hotel Birds Nest at Lake Bunyonyi we have something to complain about. Here we lost our booked room and got a bad room (smale sized without a balkony) because a big group was expected. So this hotel is not recommended for individual travelers. But Matoke also tried to solve this problem so that we could change the second day in a very nice room.
All in all we can recommend Matoke as a tour Operator.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very Well Done!
An excellent trip with a very friendly and knowledgeable guide. Highly recommended.