US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A great vacation
Three craters in three days-- and each has something different to offer. It was a great way to relax after working in the city for a while, very quiet, peaceful, relaxing-- while also being an invigorating environment to explore.
First day's crater is large, open savannah, where Maasai live and graze cattle. Second day's has a large wooded area to walk down to a huge, lake where flamingoes migrate through during parts of the year. And the third day is the large area for a safari drive to see a huge number of animals in their habitat.
In between, the camping was nice-- the guides/hosts were pleasant, meeting some Maasai from around was interesting, and the food was really excellent (even got a chance to try my hand at making ugali). It was a large-style vacation in just a few days. Highly recommended.
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
The best company to travel to Botswana with!
I first traveled to Botswana with Letaka Safaris in 2009 and was immediately hooked. This July/August will mark my fifth trip with them. These trips with Letaka are the gold standard that I measure all other vacations against and I'll keep coming back as none truly compare. If you are going to Africa to see the wildlife, you cannot do better than Botswana and if you are going to Botswana to see the wildlife, you cannot do better than Letaka Safaris.
DK
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Best Safari Honest Great People!!!
I love Alfred! He is a super nice and really kind amazing guy. I went on two safaris with Benicia and Alfred's personal help and they were both some of the best experiences of my life. Alfred listened to what I wanted and got me such a great deal in several of the most amazing safari resorts of all time. I think I basically saw every animal I could imagine and the second time I went looking for birds he recommended the best site at crater lake lodge, lake naivasha, and lake nukuru. Totally recommend going with Alfred and Benicia if your in Nairobi- he's not shady or swindely, he's sweet and easy to communicate with, and he's an all around honest dude. Hope to come back soon.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Trustworthy Operator - Great Safari
Though many safari operators offer similar packages in terms of it itineraries, the intangibles really make a difference. If you have a good driver / guide, you'll have a good safari. It helps, of course, to have a fair price, good accommodations and food, and great organization. I'm please to say that my safari with Right Choice exceeded expectations on all counts. If you need a tour operator you can trust to give you a great experience at a fair price, I highly suggest Right Choice.
NL
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Highly recommended!
It was great to do a safari with Arch Treks and Safaris. It was all good organized. All friendly people and most helpfull.
GL
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Riverine safaris to remember and have no regret or doubt for your booking cost
We are still in Uganda on our late days to get back home but I and my family have indeed tested the thrill and credibility of what potential tour operator looks like and how I wish it should be across the globe when we choose to plan our family vacation in Uganda with Riverine safaris. Something impressing and important about these guys is their kind of professionalism and some kind of honest they have showed to us and being so helpful whenever you need help about anything in Uganda. On arrival everything was set and just waiting for us to arrive ready with a fleet of confortable van, very interesting. With this company your impressively welcomed at the airport with a gift of either yellow banana or anything unique accompanied with sweet briefing from the director of the company himself very free young but knowledgeable in tours across Uganda and Rwanda.
From the guides, tour van, Accommodation and meal were so appetizing. When we left Kampala to Murchison falls national park, we began enjoying our trip by stopping at Ziwa Rhino’s sanctuary very few in number. Murchison fall it being the largest protected area in Uganda, has mostly majority of wildlife viewing different kinds of animals in the park and lots of birds. Most specular about the park is the top of the fall which we couldn’t imagine such big, large river actually fitting in a narrow gorge making a reflection of a very beautiful rainbow. Nice accommodation in Paraa lodge
Leaving Murchison National to kibale National park was our largest drive but with our very reliable guide, we couldn’t mind much that even though one could get a sleep, could still weak up live on the local roads of Uganda. We managed to interact with Chimpanzee in Kibale park our very first time seeing them feeding and playing their extraordinary games you may think they are happy seeing you or welcoming you jet they are just enjoying their natural Environment because what they have that man does have is the too much hairy body but all other characteristics and nature are for man, very exciting Chimpanzees in Kibale National park and Kyambura riverine gorge in Queen Elizabeth National park all in the west of the country.
More of it is the tree climbing Lions in Ishasha Queen Elizabeth National park. It is un believable scenario that Lions can climb straight trees with their prey till one wishes to see them him/herself and they are always in large numbers in a tree some feeding, others resting from hunting and others using trees and un under cover techniques in trees waiting for a prey to approach by and drop unto to it very enjoyable viewing them close but in trees. Uganda is indeed worth it and the pearl of Africa
The following morning we drove south wards to Bwindi Impenetrable National park another destination of amazing, lovely creatures and loved by many tourists across the world. We had a great night at Buhoma camp having great warmth since the place is cold enough preparing for an attempt Gorilla tracking the following morning. This section of Uganda is too cold in the evening, morning and especially when it rains that one need warm wearing’s as any time is tea time. Tracking these creatures in the Impenetrable is a rewarding experience searching any of the Gorilla families in the Impenetrable jungle like is the case tracking Chimpanzee in Kibale.
One of our guides makes a joke that it’s like when God make his creation balance, the beam balance bent much more to Uganda in terms of natural creations as the country is the most ranged with nature because whatever you will look at or pass by is a resource of nature that one would love to grab, free fresh air in the forests and across rivers since some of Uganda’s water stream are flowing from mountainous areas some having snow on top like mount Rwenzori also in western Uganda.
Lake Mburo National park also located in the west of Kampala gave us a wonderful nature walk tour and a game drive with in the park having lots of wildlife to enjoy.
Recommendation
Riverine safaris is one of the best and actually the best tour Operators to book with offering classic trip in Uganda and Rwanda where you finish up your trip with only happiness, joy and smiling, good and professional guides, good food and accommodation booking, great and reliable family tour vans, the honest showed, and much more about this Operator, real suitable for Uganda’s tourism because their work is perfectly done without doubt.
Our next plan is to try climbing mount Rwenzori Mountains and Mountains of the moon 5109m which the director told us about, being where his career in tourism began as a mountaineering guide as we felt like we are even trekking at the very time of the story about the Mountains. Hopeful come January or February 2016
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Superb service in every way.
Falcon Safaris are highly commendable. The drivers always turned up on time and the guides were very knowledgeable. The company exceeded our expectations and we were made to feel very special. The safaris were amazing, as we saw far more animals than we expected to. The tour of the falls was spectacular and our guide did not rush us, we always had plenty of time for photographs. All in all a magnificent experience.
Very professional, kind and helpful
Our good experience with African Adventure Safaris has started at the very first mail to the company with our intention to do the Uganda safari. Nicholas was extremely efficient in these e-mail communications. He replied promptly and effectively and helped us to plan according to our wishes, and was very flexible in any changes we wished to make. Upon arrival we met Rogers, our driver and guide for the week. Rogers also was very kind, professional and tried to follow our needs and requests as possible. Except from one location, we asked for a budget tour, and we had quite good accommodations with excellent food in all of them. The car was very comfortable and Rogers tried hard that we will get the most from our safari tours. The safaris were excellent – once in a lifetime experience.
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very good game drive with Right Choice
When I was looking around for a good tour, I have contacted several tours as their prices all fell within my consideration. I did not consider the tours for which the prices were too high.
I like the Right Choice Tour because the manager George was always provided very quick responses. Based on many researches that I did and experiences from other people that I gathered, I proposed my own route and requirements. George always helped and supported. For example, I really wanted to see is flamingos; I asked if I couldn’t see them at Lake Nakuru, I would want to go to Lake Bogoria. I also asked to add one hour boat ride at Lake Naivasha, etc. In terms of the price, George was very fair. So that’s why I decided to pick this tour group.
My trip was seven days plus the first day of arrival. We were three families going together. We arrived at Nairobi with 3 different times. George picked us one family by another to our hotel without charging us very much. We made a mistake booking the hotel in the center of the city and this was paid for the first night ourselves. We thought that we had some time to sightsee in the city so it would be more convenient to book the hotel there. But we didn’t expect such big traffic from the airport to the city center. It took us two to three hours to get to the hotel from the airport, which got us really exhausted. The hotel also really sucked. It’s 75$/per night and we’ve never lived in such a bad hotel before. It really hit us hard on the head. We didn’t even dare to go out to eat since there were so many homeless beggars on the street so the street looked really unsafe. Not only that, the second day we had to get out of the city center, and encountered the same bad traffic. If we had lived near the airport we would’ve avoided the traffic both times. It would’ve been nice if George could’ve made some suggestions beforehand.
Our game drive ride was a minivan. The vehicle is resilient although it was not as good-looking as the jeeps. We thought that there would be Wi-Fi on the van also the van has a sticker saying Wi-Fi on boat, but there was no Wi-Fi. So we were a bit disappointed about that. Due to the fact that going to every single route took a long time, approximately 4 hours, it would’ve been nice if we had Wi-Fi. Because then we could contact our family and friends about how we were at the moment.
Tom was our driver and he was professional, drove fast but also safely. Every single time we arrived earlier than I expected. He also constantly consoling us that the destination was near and that there were no more bump road ahead. That made us feel more comfortable.
We stayed in Masai Mara National Reserve for three nights. The arranged lodging that George made for us was the Masai Mara Sopa Lodge. It was a very comfortable stay, food was good also. We also had a formal dinner which made us really happy. Everybody said that the lodge and its service were out of their expectations. There was also WiFi in lobby.
During the two-days game drive in Masai Mara. Tom was very fast in finding the animals and was very diligent in helping us finding everything that we wanted to see. Under his guidance, we saw a lot of animals, especially lions. We actually saw lions mating twice and saw male lions many times. We also had a really rare encounter with cheetahs in pre-breakfast game drive. Tom also negotiated with us regarding changes. For example, if we go to see Masai Mara river he suggested us to bring our lunch, so that we save time going back and forth. He also took us to another lodge for resting and eating lunch. The surrounding environment was really nice. He cared about if we were not happy about something by constantly asking us if everything was okay. He was also humorous at times and made us laugh. We really liked him and thought he was an honest person. We were very satisfied with our Game Drive at Masai Mara.
When we left Masai Mara, we went to Lake Nakura and stayed there for one day. George arranged that we stay at Lake Nakuru Lodge. The place was also really good, only that there was an extra charge for WiFi so that was a big disappointing. At Lake Nakuru Park, we have seen black and white rhinocerose. This completed seeing the “Big Five” from our top wish-list for this trip. But I was disappointed that we didn’t get to see the flamingo at Lake Nakuru. Tom drove very far distances and tried to see them on the side of the lake with no luck.
After reading so many other people’s trip diaries, I learnt that apparently the chances nowadays for seeing them at Lake Nakuru is rare. That’s why from the beginning I asked to go to Lake Bogoria if we don’t see flamingo in Lake Nakuru. I thought I have I had a back-up plan that if I couldn’t see them at Lake Nakuru then I’ll try Lake Bogoria. That was what we agreed in the contract. But I wasn’t notified until that point that apparently we had to pay 50$/per person out of our pockets. But that wasn’t what was written in the contract so I hope in the future I would be made clear on this. We did not go Lake Bogoria. I felt upset that the fact that I did so much homework finding them was wasted, especially I have promised my friends we could see them either in lake Nakuru or Bogoria. Another thing is that the trip route that day was not reasonable and I didn’t find this out until we got there. If we came out of Masai Mala we had to go straight to Lake Bogoria to first see the flamingos and then come back to stay at Lake Nakuru, wouldn’t there be a lot more chances. Also from Masai Mala to Lake Nakuru, why did we have to pass Nairobi city center for lunch? Was it because we need settle the accounts? We met a lot of traffic passing through Nairobi again. If in this trip when we settled the contracts, George can be a bit meticulous in helping us fix these little things that would be good.
The last part of the trip we stayed at Amboseli National Park for two days. We wanted to go see Mt. Kilimanjaro. Staying two days was also a back-up plan for me because many people who stayed one day did not get to see Mt. Kilimanjaro. We finally saw Mt. Kilimanjaro on the second day evening and that is really existing and nice. The lodging there that George arranged for us was also really good. It was at Kibo Safari Lodge but too bad that it didn’t have Wi-Fi at all. Compare to Masai Mara, Amboseli National Park didn’t have a lot of exotic animals, mostly elephants so it wasn’t as exciting. But Tom still worked really hard helping us find animals that we’ve never seen before so we still saw a few animals that we haven’t seen at Masai Mara.
We finally successfully finished this entire itinerary. We rate the tour 80 points. Overall it’s pretty good. How many people wanted to go to Africa to see animals, it came true for us!
CA
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Outstanding safari
I visited Zambia for the first time on a MTT tour with my mother, and could not have been happier with our experience. Leslie from MTT organized a unique safari where we were able to incorporate two different National Parks (South Luangwa and Kafue) and visit some very special areas off the beaten track. The vehicle that was provided for the safari was lovely, and our driver for the duration of the trip was wonderful. Leslie was prompt in all of our correspondence and nothing was left out in the organization of the trip. She has such a wealth of information and experience, and provided us with a truly tailor-made experience. I would recommend MTT to anyone considering a safari, and I will certainly travel with MTT again in the (hopefully near) future.