The PearlAfric Team
Pearl Afric Tours & Travel
- Located In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2003)
- Member Of:
- AUTO, Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) & Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA)
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $30 to $600 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Juliette | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Reliable, very reactive and flexible
We had a four days safari trip with Pearl Afric, before the departure the communication with William was very good. William managed to build a programme compatible with our budget. The trip to Bwindi was incredible all the places in which we stayed were special with beautiful view. Our driver took care of us and took our expectations into account carefully. We always felt safe.
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Email Bram | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A wonderful trip to remember for a lifetime
Our four day trip to Bwindi impenetrable forest and lake Mburo was simply wonderful. Hannington is an excellent guide. He is knowledgeable, has a lot of experience and managed our trip extremely well. We are very happy with the way all was arranged. The Mountain gorilla's are of course very impressive. Bird watching on lake Mburo was perfect, all in all I would recomend this trip and Pearl Afric Tours & Travels very much!
Email Rhianna | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Efficient and knowledgeable- a wonderful trip!
I had a wonderful trip in Rwanda and Uganda. PearlAfric were responsive to all of my questions and incredibly helpful. During the tour my guide Hannington was wonderful. I learnt a huge amount from him including about all the animals and birds I encountered. I could not have asked for a better guide as it really made my trip. I can't wait to return and see more of beautiful Uganda.
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Email Gert Pauwels | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
21 days amazing Uganda nature and culture experience
After a first experience of my parents-in-law travelling through Uganda with PearlAfric back in 2013, we decided in 2021 to get in touch again with PearlAfric for organizing a tour we wanted to do in 2022 with the whole family (11 people, 3 families). As from the start the communication with Innocent from PearlAfric was very open, friendly and professionally. The whole process of deciding on the exact tour, taking into account our wishes, leaving flexibility when needed (eg. to visit a local project we have been supporting for many years) and overcoming some hurdles (like getting the youngest of 12 approved for the gorilla trekking) was very constructive, very efficient and very well managed.
With a good peace of mind we took our plane on the 22nd of July 2022 to Uganda. From our arrival at Entebbe, until flying back home, every single thing was perfectly organized and we were the whole time in the very capable hands of our experienced drivers/guides Tony (Hannington) and Abdul. We have had so many interesting, amazing, touching and inspiring experiences, meeting the local cultures throughout Uganda, visiting the national parks discovering so many wonderful animals (benefiting from the expert eyes and knowledge of our guides), enjoying the beautiful lodges and enjoying the lovely and super friendly people of Uganda.
Just before our last week of the 3 weeks, Abdul suddenly had to leave for personal reasons and PearlAfric managed a swift replacement of Abdul (giving him the time needed) by Prim, another excellent driver/guide. This is just another proof of the quality of the team of PearlAfric, and the heart of PearlAfric for its team. Special thanks also to Tony for his care, his problemsolving skills and his professionalism.
We always prefer, when travelling through countries in other continents, to work with local travel companies, because they know their own countries the best, we ensure that what we pay is 100% benefiting the local country and you can get very good value for money. PearlAfric is an excellent proof that this approach is a very good choice.
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Email Patrick | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Perfect organisation, wonderful guide
We booked a ten days trip through Ugandas National Parks such as Murchison Falls, Kabale und Queen Elizabeth. Pearl Afric Tours & Travel offers highly professional services: from proposing us the best options over the handling of the payment to keeping us informed all the time. In the field everything has worked out perfectly – all the lodges were superb and we spotted more animals that we could have imagined.
The guide we had - David Ategeka - was simply great. He told us a thousand interesting things about the country, it’s nature and it’s people. David is an excellent and very prudent driver and he made our trip in Uganda to a unique experience. We can only recommend Pearl Afric Tours & Travel to anyone else.
Email Simona Berger | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Uganda full of miracles!
Pearl Afric is the best Company to experience Uganda in details, wonders and a lot of knowledge. We really loved the whole tour with especially also because of our tour guide Prim. He did a fantastic job and I would like to thank him so much. He was really friendly, lovely and had a lot of knowledge. It was really worth it.
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Email Toby | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Professional and knowledgable tour organiser. Always great and quick Communication.
Inocent from PearlAfric organised a beautiful and smooth trip full of beautiful sights and amazing places to stay. We were a diverse Group of 6 between the age of 30 and 70, and together, we found a perfect balance of activities. Innocent always proved to be quick and professional in communicating and knows the best places to stay. Super happy!
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Email Evette Z | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Superb customer service and satisfaction!
Our trip was majestic! Starting from the airport when we were met by our fantastic guide Hannington, each day was a new adventure and exceeded our expectations. He made us feel valued and safe on the roads, in the villages, at the lodges and especially on the safaris! We trekked with chimpanzees and golden monkeys and GORILLAS!! Our lives will be forever changed by the habituation tour/trek with the gorillas in Uganda. We are blessed beyond measure and thank The Lord for showing us His Majesty!
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Email Jasmina | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent
It was the first time that I visited Uganda and after this trip I understand why they name this country as ‘a pearl’. It has everything: rainforests and swamps, but also savannahs with a very specific fauna & flora. It was the first time I saw a savannah with palm trees! A richness of nature that hides a huge amount of different animals. Toni (Hannington) guided us from day 1 through this richness. He picked us up in the main city of Kampala (we visited Kampala for one day) and with a lot of patience and experience he drove us out of Kampala. The people who already visited Kampala know that leaving Kampala by car is a real challenge! You can see Kampala as ‘a human jungle’: many people, many cars, many boda boda’s – making a lot of noise, all moving together. You need to have eyes on your back to move in this jungle without causing accidents! But Toni knew the rules and guided us through this jungle without any problems. The first day, we drove 7 hours to Kibale national park. We had a lot of time to ask many questions to Toni about the life in Uganda. The advantage of travelling with a guide like Toni is not only that he brings you to the most beautiful places but also that you can learn a lot about the history, nature and habits of the country. The road from Kampala to Kibale is long but not boring. The landscape you see is diverse and you drive through a lot of colorful smaller and larger villages. We stayed 2 nights in a fantastic place: Isunga Lodge. The lodge has a magnificent view on the rain forest, fantastic! In Kibale we first did the Chimpanzees tracking. A must when you are in Uganda! The opportunity to meet Chimps in their natural environment is a wonderful experience that you can’t miss! It is quite expensive but the money you pay for it goes the nature conservation program. Besides the chimpanzee tracking we also visited Bigodi: a local community project that consists of visiting the swamps and the village. Walking through the swamps with a local guide (her name was Stella) is amazing. The fauna and flora and all the different birds and monkeys… you can’t get enough of it. The tour in the villages learns you a lot about the daily life of the people in the villages. You experience how they make coffee, banana beer, how they weave and colour baskets, and you get the chance to meet the local medicine man.
After Kibale Toni drove us to Murchison Falls. Another drive of 7 hours, and again it was not boring! A variety of landscapes and villages: from the rain forest to the savannah. And again Toni learned us many things about the nature and habits in Uganda. We stayed 4 nights in Murchison falls which gave us the time to enjoy it in a full way. Toni showed himself as a real ranger and safari man: he wanted us to see the big five with the leopard as the crown jewel of this savannah. We did different game drives early in the morning and late in the afternoon. It was surprising to see how much wildlife there is in this parc. We saw many different antilopes, buffalo’s, monkeys, elephants, giraffes, Pumba’s, hyena’s and… lions with baby’s and… 2 leopards!! And the view is amazing! Besides the safari with Toni’s 4 by 4, we also did a boat safari on the Nile, the place where the hippo’s and crocodiles live. I never saw so much hippo’s in my life. They lay lazy in the Nile, they stared at us when we passed by. And the view: the Nile crossing through the savannah… and at a certain moment there they are: the famous Murchison falls! An enormous amount of water that throws itself as thousand elephants into the depth!
From the boat we saw the waterfalls of beneath, after that Toni brought us to the top of the waterfalls. When we started driving to the top the rain falls with buckets out of the sky, but Toni persisted: ‘We can’t miss this, the most beautiful falls in the world,’ he said! And he added: ‘Rain is a blessing for our country’. And he was right: it was an amazing experience to stand in the rain at the top of the falls, feeling not only the rain but also the warm mist of the falls with the sound of the power of water that falls from 45 meters high.
Thanks Toni – Hannington and Pearl Africa – for this amazing Uganda experience!! We will come back to experience other parts of this pearl of Africa.
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Email Fanny | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Amazing trip
Our trip to Uganda with Pearl Afric was very well organised. We contacted them a few months before the trip and Innocent, the boss, took the time to adapt the course according to our wishes. Our driver-guide Hannington was very attentive. Cautious on the road, always on time, foreseeing, calm, he took us through a large part of the western region while explaining it to us. Regarding the accommodation, everything was adapted to our wishes. We did not want luxury accommodation but rather budget, even camp or close to the inhabitant. Covid issue, everything was managed by the agency. At no time did we have to worry about formalities. Everything was planned. Little more and which is always very pleasant from our point of view, Innocent, the boss, wanted to meet us during the trip to share a moment together. We therefore recommend Pearl Africa with our eyes closed ;-)