SE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Professional, friendly and reliable tour operator
I booked a 2-day safari with Vision Safari & Tours and was overall happy with the experience. Seamless communication (with Shebbie) ahead of the safari and my impression was that this is a professional, flexible and reliable tour operator. Everything was well organised and we had no issues during the safari. We visited Ngorongoro crater on the first day, which was amazing. The second day we only had few hours in Tarangire as we had to fly back to Zanzibar, and we didn't see as many animals (in Ngorongoro we saw 4 out of the big 5 - no leopard unfortunately). Beautiful park though! Accommodation, breakfast and dinner was good. Like I mentioned in my feedback after the safari, the two lunches could have been better for me as a vegetarian. While the others had rice, chicken and veggies, I was offered only rice and veggies - no alternative source of protein. The only other negative point was that our guide told us to pay a tip of $10 per person per day. He was a good guide and I think everyone would have tipped him anyway, but I felt a bit uneasy to be outright asked for it. Overall though, it was a very memorable experience!
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Would Recommend
I had an overall positive experience with this company. My friend found the recommendation through TikTok, in that it was one of the few that strung together the exact safaris we wanted to attend. It was affordable and professional. The transport was very clean. If you are not a camper you might want to consider and hotel for Maasai Mara. Otherwise accommodations were as expected.
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Solo Gorilla Safari
The company was very good with communications both before and during the trip! I was picked up promptly on time to begin the journey! My guide/driver, Osmund was a young and friendly guy that took care of everything I needed! The trip went exactly as the itinerary stated! The gorillas and chimpanzee and Queen Elizabeth safaris were incredible!
Note this tour is not backpacker friendly and you will be staying in fancy accommodation and proper meals! Perhaps the company can offer the tour doing things more local with local accommodations and food to enhance the experience and safe money.
Overall, a great experience and I am glad I did this once in a lifetime trip!
Thank you Peter for arranging and Osmund for guiding!
DE
It was good
It was a very nice Safari and we saw a lot of animals! From beginning to the end everything was trustworthy. Our guide drove to a lot through the park and tried to show us a lot of animals. Sadly this day we didn’t see hippos and a leopard and lion only from far away.
AT
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Kenyan Safari
It was a nice experience and budget friendly. No additional or hidden charges. Benson from Tall MASAI SAFARI organised the package for us. We saw all the animals that we want to see. Thanks for the wonderful experience. Hakuna Matata..
65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
A quick visit with amazing experiences to friendly, beautiful Uganda
Only having 3 days to see as much as possible, I opted for 1 day of relaxing on the shore of Lake Victoria where I enjoyed the view, discovered a multitude of birds (I am a birder) and met very friendly people. The next day I puttered along the narrow channels of the Mabamba Swamps to try and find the elusive Shoebilled Stork. Sadly, it was not to be, but I saw so many other birds including a couple of lifers. This is a highly recommended outing. Yona from Shoebill Safaris then drove all the way to Budongo Forest in Murchison Nat. Park for me to go Chimpanzee tracking with a ranger. What a magic experience! After a long trek through the jungle we eventually found 28-30 chimps and got very close to one of them. Definitely an unforgettable experience but you must be fit. Before sunset we viewed the Murchison Falls and carried on to the Hornbill Lodge where I was treated like royalty. Very early the next morning I saw a pride of lions on a fresh cob kill, a leopard in the grass, many elephants, giraffes and buffalo as well as various antelopes and birds. By lunchtime I was on a cruise boat chugging along the Nile, stopping for lovely sightings of crocodiles, hippos, elephants and many birds. Late that evening due to the incredibly bad traffic conjestion I was back in Entebbe for my very early morning international flight.
65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Review about Budongo Forest by Astrid EM
It is an incredible experience to be utterly alone in a jungle! Only the ranger an I trekked for over an hour along very narrow paths, sometimes not even along a path. No sound except the odd rustling. I saw a lot of butterflies but no birds or animals until we found the troop of chimpanzees. We spent a good 45 min to an hour with them which was very special. Eventually they moved off and so did we. Unforgettable!