Speke Uganda Holidays
- Located In:
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Germany
United States
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2008)
- Member Of:
- ATTA, APTA, AUTO & We Are Africa
- Tour Types:
- Customizable private tours and fixed group tours
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $250 to $1,830 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Ramona | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
It was a very professionell organized tour with Speke Uganda Holidays with a perfect guide.
We enjoyed two fantastic weeks with Speke Uganda Holidays.
The organisation of our tour was perfect. We had a very professional guide Paul. From him we learned a lot of interesting facts about Uganda.
This makes our trip to a special experience.
We can recommend Speke Uganda Holidays and our guide Paul. Many thanks again and all the best for you !
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Email Salome & Kenny | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
an incredibly beautiful experience that we will remember for a long time thanks to Ronald and David.
We spent our honeymoon in Uganda. It was beautiful and really fun with Ronald and David. We learned a lot about the people and animals in Uganda. How they live and were even allowed to visit a school on request. We have taken Uganda into our hearts and will never forget this vacation. Thank you!
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Email Alexander | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing Tour & Guide
We had an amazing stay at Rwanda and really enjoyed our time, the beautiful nature, the wildlife (esp. Gorillas) and having such a nice and experienced tour guide, Charles. He could provide us with much information about the country and the nature. We were picked-up always in time and were driven safely and comfortable to all places.
Thank you for this lovely experience!
Email Tracey West | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Outstanding.
We are a group of 12 bushwalking friends from Sydney, Australia.
We have just finished an 8 day safari with Ibra and Emmanuel (2 vehicles). They drive us on an 1,800km circuit of Uganda, visiting Murchison NP, Kibale NP, Queen Elizabeth NP, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Lake Mburo NP.
We have seen everything that was promised. Knocked the Big 5 off in the first 24 hours!!
Chimp trekking, Gorilla trekking, Tree Climbing Lions.
We loved learning about the culture and customs of the country from our two fabulous guides. I really could not fault this tour.
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Email Gudrun | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Best vacation ever
I planned this trip with my husband and our 2 adult daughters mainly to visit the famous gorillas of Bwindi National park.
But the whole journey was absolutely amazing. Our guide Julius was the best ambassador of his beautiful country.
We experienced not only the amazing encounter with gorillas and chimpanzees, but loved the meet the people in the community. We visited the village of the Badwa, had the chance to see a hospital.
The people of Uganda were very welcoming. We would love to come back, because this beautiful country has so much to offer.
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Email Olaf Kropp | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great tour, more than expected
I've booked the best of uganda tour (at least that's what it's called here by the local travell office). It was a great tour! Our guide (Ivan) did a great job! He organized all very well. All Safaris were varied, because they were not only by car, but also by boat or foot.
Especially the safaris by foot were extraordinary experiences.
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Email Farah | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Exceptional
I loved every minute of my Holiday. Everything was organized to perfection! We've seen so much beauty of Uganda. I will never forget and I will certainly come back! Our guide was the best! He had so much knowledge of his country it's history and it's nature and treasure! He had so much experience with animals that we enjoyed every story he told us! We felt so secure from the start to the end. The scenery was simply breathtaking. Tracking Gorilla and schimpanzee was one of a life time experience that a person could never forget and the people of Uganda was so cheerful welcoming and organized and civilised. I can only praise this beautiful experience. Keep up the good work!
Excellent
From the moment we arrived in Uganda our guide Julius did his utmost to see to it that we experienced the most from his country. We were briefed at every stage about what was going to happen, what to wear and bring for the differing weather conditions and fabulous trips we enjoyed. OMG from Murchison falls to the gorillas of Bwindi. This tour surpassed our expectations. It certainly has been the most memorable holiday of a lifetime. Such lush vegetation and happy people always smiling and waving as we passed by in our sturdy jeep. Our lodges were a mix of eco to relaxing. All in beautiful settings where we could see unusual birds and animals. Julius and Guillieme made a great team always clean and smart. Excellent English and knowledge on the animals, birds and their environments. They answered any question we asked about their country. We had a go at cutting tea, planting vanilla and grinding coffee in the traditional manner. Tasting banana gin from the hilarious Mr Banana man and the incredible crafters weaving grasses. They always seemed to know when it was time for a toilet stop, (much appreciated). Accommodation was always clean comfortable and some even offered free laundry. Food always good. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d get so close to Rhinos, Chimpanzees and best of all those peaceful gentle giants the Gorillas in their own environments. From waving us off at the airplane to making sure we were assisted when we arrived at Entebbe for an extra excursion if we wanted it can’t thank Julius and Guillieme enough. They always carried our bags and went the extra mile to make our tour the holiday of a life time. Thankyou Speke and especially Julius and Guillieme. Xxxx
Email Dr Haroon S | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Do your research but be sure to choose Speke.
Its always been on our bucket list to go gorilla trekking.The first choice to make was Rwanda or Uganda and looking at costs and travel routes we chose Uganda. Now like me you've probably trawled through the reviews and tried to get as much information you can from the limited few lines that travellers write, and like me you'll probably struggle to really differentiate between them. So I sent off emails to numerous companies asking questions, confirming prices etc. The first thing I noticed about Speke was the quick and informative responses I got from Isabella, she even replied on the weekends and late in the evening UK time. Lots of questions later and I had developed a good level of rapport and trust with her.
She helped tailor the trip so that we drove from Entebbe to Bwindi with an overnight stop at Lake Mburo National Park and then onto 4 Gorillas Lodge on the borders of Bwindi National Park. We spent 2 nights at the Lodge and did 1 day of trekking. It was a hard 3 hour trek in the heat but the hour we spent with the gorilla family made it all worth it. We then caught the early morning flight back to Entebbe. She happily adjusted the trip and route a few times so that it met our exacting requirements and budget.
The trip also started perfectly as the company had organised an agent to literally meet us as we got off the plane and escorted us through priority immigration, customs and then handed us over to our guide.
The other outstanding part of this tour was our driver/guide Emmanuel. He was polite, helpful, considerate and very knowledgeable, everything you would want on a tour like this.
Payments (deposit and balance) were made without any drama or pressure from the company and I was kept fully informed as the money transfers occurred.
So by all means do your research and due diligence but I think you'd struggle to find a tour company in Uganda that will look after you like Speke does. (I've also let the team at Speke know that I'm happy to communicate by email with any prospective clients).
Good luck on your travels.
Email Carole and Raffaele | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A fabulous experience
We had an amazing trip to Uganda with Julius, our guide from Speke. Julius was so knowledgeable and professional and we would definitely recommend him to friends doing the same tour. Everything went according to plan and we saw an amazing amount of wildlife and each of the parks were so different. Although the highlights were the gorillas, chimps and lions, we saw so much more that opened our eyes to the natural world. We've travelled to over 80 countries and Uganda is now in our top 3 countries for an amazing all round travel experience.