Africa Tours Adventure
- Located In:
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 2010)
- Member Of:
- Association of Uganda Tour Operators
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $200 to $600 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Rosemary and Larry | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Nicholas was informative, extremely helpful & efficient. Bernard our guide was #1, above & beyond!
Communication with Nicholas was top notch, best ever, answering every situation! Our stays were wonderful accommodations & even better than we expected. The gorilla trek was what we thought And beyond. Murchison Falls was the frosting in the cake. It was romantic and exhilarating
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Email Kate | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
15 unforgetable days in Uganda
In December 2017 I spent 15 days packed with events and activities in Uganda.
Africa Tours Adventure gave me a great chance to see all those wonderful animals and birds inhabiting forests and savannas in Uganda. And I'm really grateful to Nicholas (the head of the travel agency) for assigning an amazing person named Barnabas as my driver/guide.
I'm an independent loner and used to solve all problems myself. It was a very unusual and pleasant experience for me to have somebody by my side who always knew how to keep the situation under control and find solutions to all difficult issues.
Barnabas is an extremely kind, caring and helpful human being. He did his best to make my trip comfortable and protect me from all possible and impossible dangers in the unknown world.
It's enough to just mention a seemingly insignificant (but actually very important) problem with my hiking shoes soaked with water and covered with dirt after unfortunate attempts of finding golden monkeys.
Barnabas helped to clean and dry them (first asking for the services at the hotel and then tying the shoes on the car's roof under the hot sun), and I could return home in presentable and dry shoes (which was necessary in freezing and snowy weather in Moscow).
Also, Barnabas taught me to love watching birds and taking pictures of them. He can identify any bird sitting or flying hundreds of meters away. And he infected me with his passion.
He truly loves wildlife and traveling and is ready and willing to share this love of his with other people.
I do hope that dozens of future clients will enjoy his services for many more years.
I should also mention the fact of highly competitive prices (I tried 6 other agencies and they offered similar itineraries and worse cars for about 3 thousand USD more). Besides, I enjoyed dinner at 6 out of 10 hotels though I made payments on Bed & Breakfast basis.
My itinerary included: - rhino tracking in Ziwa Rhino sanctuary, - Murchison Falls NP (a visit the top of the falls, morning and evening game drives, a boat cruise to the bottom of the Victoria Nile falls, a small boat cruise to the delta area), - Kibale NP (Chimpanzee tracking habituation experience), - a nature walk in Bigodi wetland sanctuary, - Queen Elizabeth NP ( a visit to Kasende crater lakes and Katwe salt mining area, evening and morning game drives, an afternoon launch cruise on the Kazinga Channel, chimpanzee tracking in Kalinju forest and a nature walk to the bat cave in Immaramagambo forest, a game drive in Ishasha sector in search of tree-climbing lions), - Bwindi Impenetrable Forest NP (1st Gorilla tracking in Ruhiga sector, 2nd Gorilla tracking in Rushaga sector), - Mgahinga NP (3rd Gorilla Tracking, a short walk to caldera, Golden monkey habituation and tracking – that habituation experience was a total fiasco – don’t try to repeat it), - Lake Mburo NP (an afternoon boat cruise and game drive, a morning nature walk).
Overnight stays at 10 hotels:
Pakuba Lodge, Primates Lodge Kibale, Park View Safari Lodge, Bakiga Lodge, Rushaga Gorilla Camp, Mutanda Lake Resort, Mount Gahinga Safari Lodge, Lake Bunyonyi Rock Resort, Mburo Safari Lodge, 2Friends Resort Hotel.
Email patrick henchoz | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
great trip - Gorillas , volcano , monkeys and lots of beautiful countryside in just 4 days
Nicolas did a great job suggesting and refining our itinerary over 3- 4 weeks before we settled on a 4 day trip out of Kigali . Great hotels , fantastic guiding and a wonderful few days with my daughter seeing the gorillas , climbing a 12,000ft volcano and finishing off with the golden monkeys . and after all that dropping us back at Kigali airport to catch our flight home . Great value and should be someone you contact if you are looking to have a well organised trip
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Email Jarka Ruscakova | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing experience
We choose Africa Tours adventure for our Uganda, Rwanda trip out of several companies and we couldn't do better.
With great help of Nicolas we had tough but amazing itinerary visiting Bwindi NP and Volcanos NP seeing gorillas and golden monkeys, crossing Equator and ending in Kigali. Our driver Barnabas was very nice and helpful all the time despite the demanding drive.
I would definitely recommend Africa Tours Adventure to all my friends and i will fir sure use them again when in region.
Thanks a lot for all you help and advices Nicolas.
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Email EK | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Africa Tours Adventure - Gorilla tracking in Uganda
I was in Rwanda to see my friend for a week and contacted Africa Tours Adventure a month before for a gorilla tracking tour. First I thought to track the gorillas in Rwanda but not enough advance notice for the limited time I had available for my vacation. Nicholas then recommended to go to Bwindi National Park in Uganda. He organised a tour for me only - single person - private tour - excellent choice! All staff at Africa Tours Adventure were extremely responsive to all my queries, knowledgable in preparation of the trip and guided me professionally through the whole tour. I am extremely happy with my gorilla experience! Thank you to Nicholas and Harrison at Africa Tours Adventure!
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Email Enrique | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Superb 16 Days Tour of Rwanda and Uganda With Gorilla Trekkings
We contracted with Africa Tours a 16 days tour of Rwanda and Uganda, including two gorilla trekking, one in each country, and with mid range accomodation. From the first contact with Nicholas till finally contracting the tour, everything was easy, fast and with great quality of service. Nicholas was very helpful in tailoring the tour as much as needed to fulfill our requirements so we end up with the exact tour that we wanted to have. During the tour, our driver and guide, Rogers, showed always an absolute dedication to fullfill and exceed all of our expectations for the tour. He also made our road trips very comfortable with his careful driving. And finally, our gorilla trekkings were gorgeous. What else could we ask for? This company really offers very good value for the money and I strongly recommend it.
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Email Ferdinando | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Gorgeous 5 days Uganda tour and Gorilla trekking
I contacted Africa Tours Adventure encouraged by the extremely positive reviews found on Safari Bookings: they were truthful since, from the very beginning, Nicholas (the boss) managed the tour in a very professional way. He always answered quickly and exhaustively to my inquiries and the tour has been little by little tailored according to my desires.
My family and I started the tour in Kampala; our driver Harrison was great: competent, attentive and cultured, he explained us a lot about wildlife, local habits, traditions, history…
We visited at first Queen Elisabeth NP for a chimpanzee tracking and a boat cruise on Kazinga channel; then we went to Bwindi NP for the gorilla trekking (the core of our tour) and I can say that it exceed our expectations: we reached a family with a 6-months-old cub that was really amazing. In the afternoon, we visited a Pygmies community for an instructive and touching experience.
The following day, we agreed with Nicholas to be dropped off in Kigali, Rwanda to avoid a longer back way to Kampala.
We have been completely satisfied with ATA service, so I can highly recommend it.
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Email Mike D | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Memorable Gorilla trekking in Uganda
Nicholas worked with us to help to get our tour just right. We were going to start in Kigali, but we wanted to go to Uganda to see the gorillas since it was more affordable than Rwanda. Rogers picked us up at our hotel as planned and he was a fantastic guide and driver. The countryside of Rwanda and Uganda is beautiful. We got withing about 5 feet of several gorillas. The family that we visited had 2 Silverbacks. The following day, we went to Volcanoes Park in Rwanda to see golden monkeys. Lodging and food was first class. We had a fantastic trip. I have already recommended ATA and Nicholas to friends in Kigali If you get a chance to go gorilla trekking - do it!
Email Casey | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Memorabel 3 day tour
Nicholas was very responsive and was easy to arrange via email for a 3 day tour from Kampala to Bwindi for gorilla trek. Driver/guide Bernard was very knowledgeable and caring, helped pass the time on the 10 hour ride each way! Once I paid on line in advance ( super easy visa pesa pal) I didn't have to pay anything more - all meals, transport, lodging and permit were included in the price. The "budget" lodge was better than expected and also enjoyed the community tour. Fabulous experience!
Our 10 day tour of Uganda including gorilla trekking and visiting chimpanzees was superb.
From the moment we contacted Africa Tours Adventure they were efficient and courteous and understood exactly the itinerary we wanted. The accommodation was excellent – and in several cases included some of the Best game lodges we have stayed in. Our driver guide Patrick could not have been better. We thoroughly enjoyed all our game drives with him and his company throughout. Our 10 days with this company fulfilled all our expectations and made us eager to return. I could not recommend this company highly enough. I Should also say that this company offer good value compared with many others.