FI
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Outsatanding,Affordable Gorilla safari Service in Uganda
The gorilas are amazing. We just had to walk around 1 hour and we found them (this was luck, sometimes they are further), and we stayed with them for about 1 hour!
The hotel we stayed was beautiful! Food was great! Our driver/Guide (Remmy) was really nice, always trying to help.
I would recommend you fly if you are going to the gorilla trek if possible, and not to drive because we where in a car for 9 hours the first day, and the way back we where 10 hours because of traffic.. my husband and i really recommend wild jungle trails safaris. they are really good at what they do..see you next time!
SE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent trip!
Many thanks for a totally fantastic trip!
We were SO lucky in seeing all the animals, and we appreciate your bookings of nice combinations of lodges, fantastic driver and guide, Caleb, our new friend. And really good food.
Nice guides / rangers.
All over we had an incredible trip, we do recommend Uganda as a destination to everyone. We cannot wait to go back.
EG
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing Experience
this was my first safari, I can say nothing during the trip made me uncomfortable, I had a great time and met new people and made friends.
everything was well organized from arrival till departure, Sami the driver was very nice, also the hotel I stayed in before the safari was good and the staff as well.
The safari as whole was a great experience, John the driver was very good he showed us every saying and he was so helpful and even helped me to make a call to Cairo as I didn't have a mobile SIM, it was very nice of him.
the only negative thing I can say was switching the van because John had to take other customers to Massi Mara on our way to Nakuru with no heads-up, the van we switched to was a seat less so 3 people was crammed in the back seat and it was not comfortable.
except for that, I believe Karibu provided an excellent service!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Amazing Kili climb - highly recommend EAV
The team were great, from our guide to the chef to the porters. They always went out of their way to help us and we're smiling, patient and kind. It was the little things on EAV that made a difference - hot lunch every day, always eating in a tent, hot water to wash, and our own toilet. Seeing other groups looking miserable without these things made us appreciate EAV even more. We had a smoother climb with longer to acclimatise because EAV was so organised. We also saw other tour groups risking people's safety; this was absolutely not our experience with EAV. We were recommended them by a friend and I couldn't speak more highly of them. Really honestly, go with EAV.
PK
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent!
The trip was very well planned accommodation comfortable. Food is great. The driver/guide is experienced and knows every part of the park.
Overall amazing experience and recommended!!
DE
Very nice Country! Good Tours!
We decided to do the Maranatha Tours and it was not a wrong decision. They have shown us the country from all sides an espacially the animals are wonderfull. Very good drivers and friendly people. We will come back again!
Thank you
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Extremely lovely & memorable time in Uganda
It is hard to express how wonderful Paul is, but I will do my best. He is such an incredible guide, and made each day of our trip unique and special.
We started our trip in Entebbe, and from there traveled to Lake Mburo National Park, filled with zebras, giraffes, warthogs, impala, monkeys, cape buffalo, waterbucks and one lonely lion (among many more). From Lake Mburo, we traveled to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest - the highlight of our trip. We trekked for two different days and met two different families of mountain gorillas. Though the trekking was physically intense, to be in such close proximity with the wild gorillas was such a humbling and magnificent experience. We also spent time in the village with the wonderful people of Bwindi, which was equally humbling and wonderful. The Ugandan people that we interacted with were kind, happy and gracious.
From Bwindi, we traveled to Murchison Falls National Park, which was another highlight. Paul took us on several safaris, where he pointed out leopards, lions, hyenas, giraffes, elephants, many different kinds of birds and many other kinds of animals. Paul has a depth of knowledge to point out the hundreds of different varieties of wildlife we saw, and also has an eagle-eye to spot them.
Our time in Uganda was truly special, and we cannot thank Paul enough for sharing his country with us. His kindness, generosity, excellent driving skills, friendly laugh and welcoming nature made our trip one that we will never forget. We cannot wait to return!
US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
November was a great time of year to go on a safari in Kenya!!
We have been back home in Oregon for six weeks now following our remarkable and completely satisfying Kenya safari experience, which we had booked with Africa Safari Classics last spring. It marked our first trip ever to the African continent, and we have returned home determined to venture back to Africa at some point in the next few years, as we clearly would like to see more! All along, we had consistently pleasant, timely, helpful and highly professional communications with Maurice, the company's sales director, over a span of several months. We chose one of the company's exciting 9-day set itineraries ("Wildlife in Style"), which began and ended in Nairobi and took us to five national parks and game reserves. This company had some of the most affordable rates for their package tours that we have seen in more than ten years of keeping an eye out for such a travel experience. Maurice even upgraded one of our bookings, due to low season special rates, to the Maasai Mara Basecamp, where the Obama Family had stayed ten years earlier!
As others have shared on this site, we could not have been happier with our driver, Boniface (a.k.a. Boni). He was an absolute delight the entire nine days we spent with him. He had incredible vision, which led to numerous animal sightings that the untrained eye would easily have missed! We covered great swaths of the country, including a few 5- to 7-hour days of driving, and Boni answered our many questions about various cities, tribes, and Kenya in general. He also has a great sense of humor, and our days with him were filled with multiple rounds of hearty laughter. He apparently has been a safari tour guide for nearly 20 years, and he clearly knows what he's doing and where to take his passengers in each park and game reserve. When we make it back to Kenya, we definitely hope to have Boni as our driver and guide once again!
We had little idea that traveling to Kenya in November was an absolutely ideal time of year to visit! It marks their “short rains” season, following the long, hot dry season. It was like a spring-time trip, with temps in the 70’s or 80’s F, intermittent rains generating new greenery everywhere, and new water holes for the animals to play in. Most days started with brilliant, blue and sunny skies, puffy white clouds floating by, and occasional singular afternoon thunderheads floating over the plains. No problem for us rain-battered Oregonians, as we only wore our raincoats ONCE, for about an hour, the entire trip. It’s considered low season in November, so there were relatively few fellow tourists to contend with; usually no more than 10-20 other guests staying at each lodge we visited. (During our night at the Treetops Lodge in the Aberdares, we were the only registered guests, and got the full royal treatment of the staff!) We had not understood that many of the animals bear their newborns in Sept., Oct, and Nov., so we got to see LOTS of babies in every park we visited. We also did not know that Kenya has outlawed hunting of wildlife all across the country, which seems to generate a climate where the animals are not particularly bothered by safari vehicles and tourists. We had more “close encounters” than we could count, getting to within 15 or 20 feet of many animals, without them being spooked, including one instance of being right in the path of a stampeding herd of wildebeests. Boni took us out on anywhere from one to three game drives per day. We had countless opportunities for great photos and videos of the animals, likely getting enough footage and material for generating a new, amateur National Geographic documentary! We could not have been happier with the animal sightings we experienced, despite being in Kenya officially outside the annual migration season.
I should also add that we were extremely pleased with ALL the lodges and accommodations Maurice had booked for us throughout our time in Kenya, in Amboseli, Aberdares Treetops, Samburu, Lake Nakuru, and Maasai Mara. The food was consistently good and tasty, and the service was consistently outstanding. We had no stomach problems at all. I might add that most of the lodges we stayed at were a good distance off the major highways, often a good hour or more down fairly rough and poorly maintained dirt roads. Boni warned us of when we would be getting "good back massages" from the bumpy, bouncing drives along the way. This was the only aspect of our trip that was a bit of a downside. In all other ways, our trip to Kenya exceeded our wildest imaginings!
On our last night in Nairobi, before starting our long flight to Seattle (via Dubai), we insisted on taking Boni out to dinner, and Maurice was able to join us as well!. It was a very fitting and pleasant ending to what was likely the single greatest adventure my partner, Clark, and I have ever taken together! We have spoken so highly of our trip to many friends and family members, and we hope to be able to generate some more travel clients for Maurice as a result, in addition to making a return visit ourselves in the next few years!
Great experience
We had an amazing trip organised by PaperJet. We absolutely loved our time on safari at Arathusa lodge, Sabin sands. Justin was great at organising it all for us and suggesting where we could go. He kept in contact the whole time to keep us updated on our booking and even got in touch before we left to wish us well and provide us with contact details in case we needed anything.
All transfers went smoothly and our safari accommodation was gorgeous. As first time safari goers it really helped to have someone organise it all for us.
UA
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Good Organized
It was very vell organized tour. Although the price is better than others .We saw more than we expected. Also our guide Otto was very kind and experienced. He knows everything about animals, when and where we can found them. Very nice hotel and fine food. Gecko Adventure by fo me tickets to ferry.