SN
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great trip
Hi all,
I and my family went to a trip to Uganda. We wnet through amazing Lodge and National Park. It was beautiful and to be honest we were not expecting nor me or my wife such welcoming and enjoyable country. Our Tour guide Ken was great. He really did a great job as well as his colleagues. I strongly recommend him to anyone who would like to go there. Cheers.
HU
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Sander is the most professional and reliable organizer on Earth! :)
We were rather unsure about the details of our trip - Sander helped us immensely in planning details, he eas on top of things, answering emails very swiftly, suggesting new ideas...Pur trip went really smoothly, our driver, Moses was a treasure, super friendly and very caring. Uganda is a great place to visit - it's full of natural treasures and people are very kind! Book your trip eith Grassrootz!
Best adventure and experience in touring uganda's best park
Visiting Murchison falls national park was the best and the trip organised by arlanda. Can never forget. Thanks guys and kip up the great work u do of making Ugandan tourism a best activity to spend time and enjoy.
Adventurous, fun, exciting
Excellent service
Welcoming staff
All in all , I enjoyed personally.
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wonderful and enriching experience!!!
Our trip was for 5 days covering Tarangire, Ndutu, Serengeti, Ngorongoro. This trip had very stunning parks/conservations with lots of animals/birds, beautiful weather and awesome nature viewpoints making it most memorable trip so far. This demands that other aspects of trip to match these standards as well to make entire trip an amazing experience which thanks to James(our guide) indeed happen. In our trip we not only saw big 5 and great wildbeest migration but many other wild animals including wild cats, hyneas, jackals, badgers, awesome experience of wildebeest giving birth moment, wild cats devouring their hunts, cubs playing around , gazels, bucks, monkeys, plenty of birds etc. James was very well informed about each of these species and he indeed helped us learn a lot about them when we realized how less we knew till then. James has terrific spotting skills, he could spot animals far off and often predict their actions. No doubt he could spot wildebeest among thousands of them just before she started giving birth to baby. All of us were very keen to take lot of photographs like many tourists there and so James would ensure to get us in nice spot for better perspective for photographs without disturbing/scaring animals off. He always made sure we spent time we want at each spot be it just viewing animals or taking plenty of photographs. James made our games drives very enriching experience. He is very professional guide and nice person. He made sure we were really comfortable and always checking anything more he could do to make our trip better. Accommodation and food was really comfortable and great all round the tour with camping at mountain top having lovely view. All of us very really happy to have our trip arranged through Lion king adventures. We will definitely plan our next safari trip in Tanzania with Lion king adventures with James as our guide.
Asante Sana James!!!
IT
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
It was OK
I booked my tour with Dan from Kisoro Tours Uganda. The safari itself was good, I enjoyed the trekking and the gorillas, however, I did not like how at the last moment before our arrival Dan tried to raise the prices of our safari (250 USD extra per person, because he had to organize additional car - rental of additional car with the driver for 3 days is less than 200 USD in Uganda), which did not happen, but still the move left bad aftertaste in my mouth... I also was severely disappointed with the Broadbill Forest Camp - truly a terrible accommodation! Still not completed - 6 years after initiation, old tents, water trickling from the shower, no water in the toilet the last day, personnel without any idea about how to manage the camp and not familiar with the hospitality concept whatsoever, electricity only until 10 PM and then overwhelming darkness, microscopic food portions, on the trekking day we were served rice and vegetables as it was raining so nobody in the camp felt like going down to the village to buy some much needed proteins etc. Initially we were thinking we should have stayed in the forest longer than just 2 nights, but after seeing and experiencing the camp, we were glad that we didn't cater for longer stay. 2 other persons from our group were staying in a different location, which judging from their descriptions was much more liveable. Maybe Broadbill Forest Camp is comparatively cheaper to the organizers... My advise: go for Kisoro tours, but avoid the Broadbill Forest Camp!
ES
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Everything we expected
From the time we were picked up at out hotel in Nairobi to the time we were dropped back there on the fourth day the trip turned out to be a truly unforgettable experience which was superbly organised from start to finish.
The accommodation chosen in the Mara was genuinely 5 star and our driver/guide James was brilliant not only in his knack of being able to find the big 5 every day but also in his knowledge of the animals which he was happy to pass along to ourselves
We would recommend Beacon safaris to anyone wanting to take the safari trip of a lifetime
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Abadare Fairmont safari club 4days tour
Thanks alot to palmridge tours and travel...we had an awesome moment in our tour.... Everythng was well arranged transport icluded.. we were picked in the right time,communication ws nt a problem at all and the journey itself was comfortably amaizing...Abadare fairmont is such a cool place where everyone would want to go again and again quite experience, nice memories and most of all we enjoyed our tour alot...Book a tour with palmridge tour and travel and see the beauty of our country kenya, they r my best.
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Matt provided a perfect South Africa experience for my wife and I.
Matt did an outstanding job. He provided transportation and accommodations. We stayed in a quiet lodge outside (Aloe Guest Lodge) of Johannesburg on the first night. very nice and quiet. then he drove us to Lukimbi Safari Lodge in Kruger. This lodge was amazing. Saw the Big 5, staff and accommodations were fantastic. Next we flew to Cape Town where Matt placed us in the Compass House. very quiet and nice boutique hotel. Thank you Matt and we will recommend you to everyone friend that wants to visit your beautiful country.
US
First rate
Our group spent 4 days, 3 nights in 3 national parks. With the good fortune of great weather, cooperative animal sightings, and personal guides/drivers, we could not have asked for more. The lodging was way above our expectations, especially the one in Tsavo East where it was a bit more rustic, and more part of the environment . The food was always exceptional as well. Our vans were not over crowded allowing for perfect visibility our each of us.
If I had a magic wand, I would have had naturalists joining us; the guides were well informed, but not educational professionals. Again, that would be magic wand material.
All in all I would not hesitate to use Transtrek again. Daniel was very responsive and helpful in organizing our experience ahead of time, and following up afterwards.
I still can't calculate how they provided so much for a very reasonable cost.
What a great once in a lifetime experience for our group.