50-65 years of age
Dan the Man
Dan, the owner of Kisoro Tours is someone I met several years ago. I help run a charity based near to the town of Mbale, 7 hours by road, from Entebbe.I book Dan to drive me there and once in Mbale, to drive me around locally for a few days. He is an excellent, safe driver, and a most pleasant person to be around.
Dan has never actually planned an itinerary, nor booked hotels/lodges on my behalf, since I already know exactly where and when, I am going.
As far as his vehicle is concerned, it's a 7 seater jeep, comfortable but not especially luxurious.
I would certainly recommend Dan as a driver.
Dan's prices are high, he charged us $170 per day, I think the going rate is nearer $100 per day excluding fuel.
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Well organised mainly.
A few cliches with communication in Kenya, eg no welcome info at hotel , a couple on our tour not notified when we were due to depart on the day after our arrival so we were 3 hours late leaving , hence didn't arrive at our first lodge near Amboseli till 7.30 pm that day,. Issues with twin bed accomodation at some lodges for myself and friend. Tanzania excellent. Guides very good. Upgrades very good.
SE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Grand safari adventure
Overall we were very happy with our family vacation with Home to Africa tours and travel. It was planned according to our wishes and we saw, experienced and tasted more than we had ever hoped for (thank you for the unexpected, fantastic birthday and graduation cakes!). The parks, treckings, animals, people, markets, scenery, food and experiences were all wonderful, not to mention the rafting. The lodgings were at times a bit simpler than we'd hoped for but worked out for us anyway.
Our guide was very knowledgeable regardless whether it came to animals, history, agriculture, nature, politics, really anything. Unfortunately he was short tempered with little patience and at times put a damper on the atmosphere.
All in all we are very happy with our trip to Uganda and have managed to raise a lot of interest from friends and colleagues.
IT
Great 5-days Safari!
We went on a 5-days group safari across Manyara, Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro and per-se it was already an amazing experience. As low-budget travellers, we found Meru Slopes was the best deal in terms of value for money. The communication with Geofrey before our arrival was smooth and everything was perfect by the time we arrived. We very much appreciated that airport pick up and the two nights before and after the safari were included in the tour fees. It definitely made our life easier! The tour guide, food and time management were excellent considering what we paid. During the five days we also had an inconvenience so we lost half a day and Omani (our driver and guide) made us start earlier the next day so to not loose anything from our experience. We definitely recommend it to anyone who is open for camping and has a low budget but don't want to give it up with the stunning parks Tanzania has to offer!
CN
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
nice experience
nice people, only if the road condition could be better
CA
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
We had a great experience with home to Africa.
We were very impressed with the hotels and especially our driver, Abdul. He was calm and drove beautifully. He explained everything and went out of his way to take us on a safari drive when it was not even our time. He tried his best to give us the best experience possible and we are so grateful to him. Absolutely amazing!!!
PL
Nice for backpackers!
Nice safari considering short time sacrificed for it. Guide was really experienced! I can recommend it for backpackers :)
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
my experience with lionking safaris was amazing
My tour around Uganda was exquisite under lionking safaris. its probably the best i have experienced in years.
Being a Ugandan, i had no idea so may beautiful scenery exist and finally i got to see it.
ES
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
“Superb Experience”
We had 5 days safari in Lake Manyara National Park, Serengeti NP, Tarangire NP, Ngorongoro Crater and a day visit to Kikuletwa hot spring. Breathtaking landscapes and amazing wildlife viewing every single day. Every day, every moment was superb.
Our organizer was Agness. She was fantastic, responded to our questions very quick and did everything to make our safari perfect. Thank you Agness.
Our tents during safari was very comfortable and our car was in a good condition.
Our driver guide Juma was cheerful, knowledgeable and showed us more than we expected: great migration, river crossing, Big 5 and many, many more. Juma is also a very good driver- we felt that we where in a good hands:). Thank you Juma.
Goodluck pick us from JRO airport to Arusha hotel all is also included. Thanks Goodluck.
Tanzania national parks are extremely superb not to miss Serengeti National Park. Plenty of animals! !!!!!!.
We definitely recommed to used Rhino Explorer Tours & Safaris for a safari- no need to worry for anything, everything perfectly organized to the detail.
I hope we will see Tanzania again. Thanks.
HK
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great!
Truly professional and helpful guides combined with great hotels, with our agent Kathi always willing to answer any questions we might had, including last minute questions about drones and whether a fleece and windbreaker would be sufficient since it wasn't listed in the general information for winter travelling. For faster answers, call or ask to add agents on whatsapp, which Kathi suggested for quicker information exchange!