LU
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Fantastic experience that I would recommend without hesitation — with just one accommodation caveat
Highlights
The decision to do a private tour was absolutely worth it. The flexibility, personalised attention, and pace made a real difference compared to group tours. The hotels in Nairobi and Nakuru were excellent — well above expectations in terms of comfort, cleanliness, and service.
The One Exception
The camp arranged for the Masai Mara leg — Enchoro Wildlife Camp — was a significant step down but it's not fault of the tourist operator
A Word on Local Vendors
Be aware that in certain stops, locals will approach you aggressively trying to sell crafts at wildly inflated prices — think $30 for items you can find at Nairobi airport for a fraction of the cost. This is not the operator's fault, but worth knowing so you're not caught off guard. Smile, decline, and move on.
Bottom line: A well-organised, worthwhile private safari experience.
CH
Well Organized Private Safari
We had a great experience with Axis Africa Safaris and would definitely recommend them.
The communication with Rita was excellent from the very beginning. She always replied quickly, answered all our questions in detail, and the entire booking process was smooth and professional. The itinerary matched what had been promised, everything was well organized, and all arrangements worked perfectly.
Our only suggestion for improvement would be the guiding. Our driver was a very good driver and did an excellent job finding wildlife, but we would have appreciated a more proactive guide who shared more information about the animals, nature, culture, and the places we visited without us having to ask.
Overall, it was a fantastic safari with great value for money, and we would happily book with Axis Africa Safaris again.
RU
We travel with Moloko , she was very friendly and did great tour for us
We saw elephants, lion , plenty of impalas. Overall is very nice journey
ES
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Good people, caring. Dont talk much
It was really good, we watched almost all the animals. Our guide didint talk much or explain if we didnt ask.
IT
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Really good tour operator
We did an experience of 6 days with them and also 2 days on a tour of the city, and they were super available for everything.
The only things that made me put 4 stars is about the organization, sometimes they could’ve been more precise and tell about some changes during the safari…also when something goes wrong they can be more ready to give other options.
Anyways our guide was super cool and prepared to give us the best experience, he was also extremely respectful of the animals.
I would recommend this agency!
SE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Good
We had a really good experience with the safari tour! Really good guide, chef and very friendly people. But at first we meet some problems in the first park because the paperwork between some operators was late. Also we think that the breifing can be more informative, for example going through day by day and tell tips för wearing and such. In the camp of ngorongoro it was really cold and we was not really prepared.
BR
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Atencious
To go to Hazyview was nice, but to go back to Johannesburg the car was dirty.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Bora trekking is reliable and caring company
I did the safari the week after the kilimanjaro trek. I enjoyed seeing the wildlife. I also enjoyed camping and eating in the middle of the serengeti. I would have liked to see cheetahs and leopards, but they were not available at the time. There's a luck component in order to see all the big 5. The overall experience was good.
DO
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
14 day safari Excursion without Dav Safaris
My wife and I just returned from the Dav Safaris 14 day Wildlife Safari in Uganda. We enjoyed every excursion we went on in the 14 days. There was a wide variety from driving and walking safaris to cultural experiences and of course chimpanzee and gorilla trekking. The gorilla and chimpanzee trekking was outstanding experience. I also highly recommend visiting the Karamojong village in Kidepo as well as the Batswana Community in Bwindi. Every lodge we stayed at was very nice and the Ugandan people were very friendly. Our guide and driver for 14 days, “Jungle Jeck” was very punctual with time and we felt very safe on the Ugandan dirt roads with him. Probably Jeck’s only downfall is he is not real personable but after spending 2 weeks with him I figured out that’s just his personality. The negative aspects about our trip were the itinerary When the drives say 4-6 hours you better expect 8-9 hours. The itinerary is too crammed in of places to go for a ilittle bit of time. We drove 5 hours to Beautiful Lake Bunyunyl, arrived at 530 pm and left the next morning at 730 am. It really was not a sufficient time to enjoy it. Also we drove to Hoima , arrived at noon and did nothing all day. That to me was a waste.of time.Many of the lodges only offer 1 choice of entree for dinner , so if you are a picky eater you end up eating cookies in your room. Reagan, the owner, sent one of his employees to the first lodge I was staying at to collect over$7000 dollars that they said we still owed which was already paid in advance so make sure you receive a receipt for all your payments.All in all we enjoyed our trip with Dav safaris, I strongly feel that Reagan needs to update his itinerary to be more realistic with the travel times and maybe 1 less place to visit so you can spend a little more time at the others. Please don’t let this Ebola outbreak in the Congo affect your trip to Uganda. We felt very comfortable and safe there. The government of Uganda are taking measurements to keep the country Ebola free.!
FI
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great
Robin eas nice guy and skillfull driver and guide. Everything went smoothly