​User Reviews – Uganda

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Brandon Barnes   –  
United States US
Visited: February 2020 Reviewed: Mar 16, 2020

Email Brandon Barnes  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Once in a lifetime trip!
Overall rating
5/5

We booked a 6 day trip with the tour company Home to Africa through this site. Everything about the trip was amazing. The wildlife and beauty of Uganda was amazing and the hospitality of the people is un-paralleled compared to every place in the world we had ever been. We bought a superzoom camera prior to the trip and it was so worth it. We encountered animals that were close enough we could touch and animals that we were glad weren't that close. A good camera is a must!

Nothing can compare to coming face to face with a gorilla and investigating each other from within an arms reach or seeing a pride of lions on the hunt. If you have ever wanted to see Africa, Uganda is the place to go. Food was great too and our guide was the best. Isaac Tugume was like family by the end of the trip and was so insightful, kind, and patient.

Nick Groocock   –  
Canada CA
Visited: November 2019 Reviewed: Apr 3, 2020

Email Nick Groocock  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

I was mostly interested in the Kidepo Valley landscape - not the wildlife - and enjoyed every moment
Overall rating
5/5

I had been wanting - but that’s another story - to visit Kidepo Valley National Park for decades but the PLO Entebbe airport hijacking in 1976 put paid to a first visit. While I did visit Uganda in the early 1990’s our trans-Africa itinerary over six months between Tangiers and Capetown did not permit travel to the far north. Finally, in 2019, it WAS possible. I looked into various group tours but could find nothing that suited - most tours were more interested in gorilla tracking - wonderful I’m sure - and Uganda’s south west. I had ‘done’ my gorilla tracking years earlier in Rwanda and Zaire, and had seen ‘all’ the wildlife elsewhere during various visits. I was interested in the Kidepo landscape and walking through it. Finally I looked at several companies offering a ‘driver and me’ type of travel. After a number of widely varying quotes I settled on Grassrootz, a Ugandan/Dutch company and I could not have been happier with my choice. Quite expensive as far as my bank account was concerned but Apoka Lodge, where I spent four nights, was never going to be inexpensive, even during the low season I was there for. ‘My’ driver Bob Asiimwe picked me up at the Guinea Fowl, a very comfortable guest house near Entebbe airport (Guinea Fowl did not complain when I reached them just before sunrise due to my flight from Ethiopia being briefly diverted to Kigali due to bad weather) and we, well HE, drove through the day to Apoka. We were expected and Apoka immediately made me feel at home. Kidepo Valley National Park, and Apoka, were wonderful. A morning drive by an Apoka driver, generally a very professional James, with other guests before breakfast and a late afternoon walk for just myself and a Kidepo Ranger Andrew, driven to and from a drop-off point by James - who even signalled all his turns when going from one dirt track to another. Andrew and he were both very, very good about spotting things I was completely missing. They seemed to have a good rapport and while not from the Kidepo area, were from the same other part of the country. I could not have had better company, so kudos to whoever is responsible for them being there. Since a first visit to Africa in 1971, my rural accommodation has almost always been in a two person tent or under the stars so, for me, Apoka was very comfortable and if they were missing something - don’t know if they have ‘wellness’ facilities, but those would represent no value at all to me - I don’t know what it could have been.
Lots of elephant and buffalo, usually at a distance, but Apoka knew I was not there for the wildlife. The walks were wonderful. Meals were all very enjoyable.
My return to Entebbe involved two nights at Sipi River Lodge, on the side of Mount Elgin. A wonderful drive down from Kidepo. Before and after Kidepo the road was not always the smoothest - though nothing like Zaire and other countries to the west - and Bob would weave back and forth to avoid bumps and pot holes. Having spent a year or two on similar roads / tracks elsewhere in Africa, and Asia, I tried second guessing for awhile where Bob would go - right, left, straight ahead. Gave it up. Bob was far, far ahead of me.
My cottage at Sipi River Lodge was within sight and hearing of the falls. A very enjoyable stay. During the day I went for walks with Bob, and local guide Chebet Juma, and learned about the production of coffee, from planting it to grinding. I made the mistake of pitching in when it came to the grinding bit, with mortar and pestle. Wrist has not recovered four months later - apparently I didn’t do it properly, though ‘my’ coffee tasted just fine, to me.
All in all, my Grassrootz experience, both in Uganda and with Zander in their Holland office can’t be faulted. My memories of 1993 Uganda and 2019 Uganda are quite different, not surprising after a quarter century away.
Were I to return to Uganda for a similar journey, would be the first people I would contact. Would I stay at Apoka again? If I wanted that level of comfort THERE, I’m sure I would. The landscape alone would make another visit worthwhile, as would being in the company of people such as James and Andrew.

Anja Dehn   –  
Australia AU
Visited: March 2020 Reviewed: Apr 28, 2020

Email Anja Dehn

Gorilla Safari
Overall rating
5/5

Efficient booking, value for money.
Friendly driver.
Amazing experience.
Thank you

mark   –  
Uganda UG
Visited: January 2016 Reviewed: Sep 8, 2020

Email mark  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

Overall rating
5/5

i loved this is an amazing country and wildlife destination and i hope that this country gets more love

Aidan   –  
United States US
Visited: January 2018 Reviewed: Sep 14, 2020

Email Aidan  |  under20 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

Overall rating
5/5

from large mountains to large savanna uganda has it all i love it and hope to come back

EDWARD   –  
Uganda UG
Visited: October 2019 Reviewed: Feb 10, 2021

Email EDWARD  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

It was life changing
Overall rating
5/5

This is the best experience.their is soo much to learn

Zsolt Banyai   –  
Hungary HU
Visited: February 2021 Reviewed: Feb 22, 2021

Email Zsolt Banyai  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

Overall rating
5/5

First of all, we have to define "safari destination". In my response, I rather took this as "wildlife destination", since neither Kibale nor Bwindi are really "safari destinations" for me.
I saw 10 different pimates, which is extraordinary. Plus, you have a chance of enjoying hippos, elephants, and even lions, and a great variety of birds making this an amazing wildlife destination.

King Kenny   –  
Uganda UG
Visited: February 2021 Reviewed: Apr 12, 2021

Email King Kenny  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Amazing Murchison falls
Overall rating
5/5

I and my hubby booked a 4day Murchison falls trip, Esther was so helpful in all the arrangement process, email reply was prompt and very knowledgeable. We saw amazing wildlife, high concentration of animals and birds, beautiful sceneries with enormous palm trees thanks to our driver guide Kennedy whose eagle eye made sure we saw a lot than expected. We highly recommend this company and Murchison falls

Shawn   –  
Kenya KE
Visited: December 2020 Reviewed: Oct 12, 2021

Email Shawn  |  under20 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

Overall rating
5/5

GREAT, AMAZING, EXCELENT.

Kasumi   –  
Brazil BR
Visited: June 2022 Reviewed: Aug 6, 2022

Email Kasumi  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Pearl of Africa indeed
Overall rating
5/5

I had an unforgettable experience in Bwindi forest thanks to my rangers and a guide.

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