US
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Delivered as promised.
We did a 9-day, four national park safari with this company in December 2017. Everything was organized by email some months in advance. Hannington, the owner, was prompt in his correspondence and was accommodating of our requests. Once he obtained the chimpanzee and gorilla tracking permits, he promptly emailed copies. Once we arrived in Kampala, we had a vehicle waiting at the airport that took us to the hotel directly. The next day, we left on our safari. Many of the meals and bottled water along with lodge accommodation was included as well the driver and the vehicle. All park entrance fees was paid for. We really did not have to pay for anything more. There were a couple of issues with lodges with regard to our medical needs and Hannington worked with us and the lodge to resolve the issues. We did not see the tree climbing lions but Hannington made extra effort to find them (but we still could not). The chimps and gorillas were the main attraction for us - both those went flawlessly.
Overall, I highly recommend this company and Hannington. He is eager to please his customers and will deliver as promised. The vehicle was reliable and did not break down even once despite the rough roads in parts of the journey. Hannington joined us (along with the driver) for the whole safari to make sure everything went smoothly. I thought this is a sign of him going above and beyond what is required of him.
There are many companies in Uganda and when booking from far away, it is difficult to know who is reliable. In our experience, this company and Hannington were very reliable. We are very happy with our decision. The trip itself was fantastic! We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
AT
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
It was a perfect trour, very nice and well informed guide, very good driver,beautiful lodges
Our guide Mr. Deogracio was very kind, helpful and a good driver. He knows a lot about the animals, flowers, his country and the history.
The lodges were clean with very good food and perfect service.
It was great to see the gorillas and the track was not so hard. There was also enough time to relax and admire the beautiful landscape.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent booking
Very professional
Keep up
Choice of destination was superb
FR
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fantastic tailor made travel in Uganda
Intek Travel organised our tailor made family vacation travel in Uganda during ou Christmas get together 2017 vacations. The expectations of all five of us were met (aged from 18 to 55).The hotels and lodges were in beautiful settings, were very clean, comfortable, and service oriented. The food in Uganda is delicious ; nearly all restaurants served also very good indian vegeterian food. Ugandan people are overall very welcoming and merry. The safaris are breath taking. We visited Mburo, Bwindi, Queen Elisabeth and Murchisson Falls and also lake Bunyoni in 8 full days (it is a short time considering all we wanted to visit). But, we were able to visit so many parks, and without exhaustion thanks to the overall quality of the roads but mostly thanks to the good organisation of our travel by our Ugandan based travel agency , Intek Travel. The vehicule and driver provided from Intek travel were perfect for our travel. Wild life in Uganda is really wild and we saw many many wild animals in their natural habitat.
I highly recommend our travel agent Intek Travel and I highly recommend visiting Uganda for safaris and beautiful vacations.
CA
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Exceptional! From meeting at the airport, to the safari and the photos, everything was perfect!
Reflecting on our trip to Africa, many things come to mind, but by far the fondest memory was our time spent with Ash and Stefan during our four day guided photographic safari in Madikwe. Arriving at the beautiful lodge was only the start of the awesome things to come. We were blown away by the level of attention to detail and experience we were shown on this safari, both from Stefan as our guide and Ash as our photography expert. The organisation was superb, and the atmosphere was fun and relaxed. Our sightings were phenomenal and we walked away with out of this world photographs that we never imagined being able to capture! We have and will continue to highly recommend any of their safaris.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
wonderful interesting experience
the tour satisfied my needs and wants beyond my usual expectations ..I enjoyed everything from the first day to the last.it was a unique experience with unique attractions and experience for every location we visited..the employees were nice and of help in case of any assistance required..thankyou guys for everything ..can't wait to tour with your next time.
IL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
One of the most unforgettable experiences!
The entire trip was incredible, and it's all because of the professionalism and knowledge of our guide, David. He truly is the best! He went above and beyond every day, enlightening us with his world of knowledge on every subject. We were 7 days in Tanzania and 7 days in Zanzibar, with the entire trip planned by Exclusive Wilderness Trails, and David made sure every day was unique and interesting. We felt safe throughout the entire trip, and really enjoyed spending our week with a guide who's fun, responsible, and genuinely in love with the work he does. We’ve done guided tours before, and Dave is by far the best guide we’ve had. Thanks for an unforgettable trip! I don’t write reviews often, but I highly recommend this trip with this company and Dave as your guide!
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
First class experience
I found the company first class. All my questions were answered quickly and sensibly. Megan, with whom I dealt throughout, was helpful and patient and responded to any questions or queries I had rapidly and efficiently.
The price paid was competitive.
All told everything happened as it should in an effortless fashion.
Full marks.
SE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Incredible experience and yet good value for money.
This was among my favourite experiences in my life. We saw the big 5 and our own shortlist of nice 5.
Manyara was changed to Tarangire due to seasonal animal migration. We were not disappointed.
Two nights in a 2star hotel were included the night before and after the three day camping. The food is budget, as expected while the driver's professionality and dedication cannot be understated, especially he really knew his car which felt safe due A good camera is a must but don't underestimate the value of a really good binocular. Once you get tired of taking pictures it's great being able to spot actions and rare species from a far. Also bring extra snacks. The trips can be very long. 10-12 hours in the jeeps are standard every day. Some parts are dusty and a mouth balaclava was helpful for our co-travellers. My feedback for the driver is to be clearer with time and schedule. My feedback for the chef is to skip the desert dry carrot sandwiched... and maybe also the bony chickens.
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent Tanzania safari
Communication with Jackson Solomon by email to set up the safari trip was easy. He was prompt in his responses. He was also open to changes when I chose a few different hotels/safari camps.
Our guide and driver, Saidi, was with us for 9 days and drove us about Tanzania. He taught us many things about plants, trees, animals, culture. We went to Arusha National Park and did a walking safari. We also did game drives in Tarangire Park, Lake Manyara, Serengeti, and Ngorongoro Crater. We stopped at Oldupai gorge too. We stayed at Planet Lodge in Arusha, Tarangire Safari Lodge, Escarpment Luxury Lodge, Lemala Ewanjan Tented Camp, and Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge.
Saidi was a safe driver, patient, funny and smart. He is multilingual and he referenced books or he referenced his phone if he did not know something that we asked about. He was also flexible with change of plans on a few days. When I got flu, he took me to doctors (even when he was summoned at 3:00 a.m. in the morning without a complaint).
At the end of the tour, Jackson took us into Arusha town for shopping and he even bought us some souvenir tee shirts! He drove us round trip to Kilimanjaro airport too.
We had a wonderful private trip with Bush 2 City Adventures. We saw many animals (cheetah, leopard, lions, zebra, elephants, wildebeest, serval, hyena, jackal, Buffalo, gazelles, antelopes, turtles, birds, mongoose, lizards, warthogs, hippos, crocodiles, giraffes, etc.) The only animal we did not see was rhino, which was elusive in the crater. We had delicious food at the camps/hotels, excellent service, plentiful bottled water (with Bush 2 City labels on the bottles) each day while in the Toyota Land Cruiser, and we had fun. Thank you Saidi and Jackson!