Uzuri Uganda Safaris
- Located In:
- Size:
- 1-5 employees (Founded in 2014)
- Member Of:
- AUTO & FDSA
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $35 to $500 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
Email Samallie Mitti | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great experience. Smooth booking, payments, excellent coordination, great driver and vehicle.
It was all great, lived up to expectation. Smooth planning, coordination, payments, bookings, transportation including driver and vehicle.
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Email Lauren Ciminera | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
The Uzuri team went above and beyond to create a truly magical safari for us. Trip of a lifetime!
The Uzuri team's communication and customer service was exceptional from day one through to the end of our safari. As someone who has traveled extensively, I appreciated how thoughtful, responsive and caring the team was and how well they took care of our needs. We had a group of four, ranging in age from 30's - 70's and they made sure everyone had a great time. The places we stayed in Uganda were carefully chosen for their location, quality and stunning backdrops (from Queen Elizabeth National Park to Kibale to Bwindi to Lake Bunyonyi). I loved the itinerary they arranged and the care they took to ensure we experienced the very best of the wildlife / game drives / hiking with mountain gorillas and chimpanzees, as well as seeing local communities (including a visit to a salt mine) and some of the best local cuisine I've ever had in all my trips to East Africa. We especially appreciated having Samuel Wako as our expert safari guide. He made the entire trip fun, engaging, lively and inspiring.Thank you, asante sana, webale, neyanzizah to the whole Uzuri team!
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Email Janet | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing 8 day Chimp and Gorilla tour in Uganda
We were very impressed with our 8 day/7 night safari with Uganda with Uzuri Safaris. Starting the first night, staying at a wonderful guest house at Karibu Entebbe to our last night at the Birdnest Resort in Bunyonyi, we felt we got the best experience possible. The guest houses/lodges were lovely and close to our daily destinations, with great service and food. Our guide Samuel was a very skilled and safe driver and very knowledgeable about the wild life, habitats, etc.. Our emails were promptly answered and the trip was above our expectations. We would highly recommend Uzuri Uganda Safaris for anyone interested in visiting the wildlife in Uganda.
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Email Gary Proctor | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Easy company to work with and Ronnie was a fantastic driver/guide
We used Uzuri to organise a 12 day itinerary to see as much as Uganda as possible. Correspondence with Edris was swift and easy in tailoring a bespoke itinerary for what we wanted and what was possible. As with any safari the most important part of the safari, once tailored to your needs, is the driver/guide and we hit gold with Ronnie. As well as a great guide he was an excellent driver, very knowledgable and a truly nice guy too. We even offered to adopt him on the last day haha! Anyway, in brief, the company itself was a pleasure doing business with and we couldn't have asked for a btter guide so I highly recommend using this company. Or trip started with collection at Entebbe airport then headed south through Kibale for the chimpanzees, then Quenn Elizabeth National Park, Ishasha, Lake Mutanda, Bunyonyi, gorilla trekking and then over the border into Rwanda for Golden Monkey trekking, finishing in Kigali. Thanks Uzuri, we hope to be back to do the northern areas soon. Cheeeeers
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Email Annie Goertzen | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Adventures with Chimpanzees
I was very impressed with the communication before going on the Safari. Our contact in the office was prompt and very easy to communicate with about our Safari desires.
Our guide was a great driver and went out of his way to make sure we saw all the animals we wanted to see. He was accommodating and easy to talk with.
I enjoyed our location of lodging, the Simba Safari lodge was really quaint and the staff were so friendly.
I had an amazing trip with Uzuri, ThankYou so much for everything.
Email Allan | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Great operator - highly recommended!!
We had a great time seeing the gorillas at the Bwindi impenetrable forest. We made a late decision to go to Uganda to do the gorilla hike off the back of a business trip to Malawi. Edris at Uzuri was very helpful in making all of the necessary arrangements for us and the trip went without a hitch. He was always available and very responsive to speak to or message via whats app. The accommodation he arranged for us was perfect for our purposes and set us up well for our short stay in Uganda. He obtained our gorilla permits with little notice and also arranged our internal flight. We arrived late into Entebbe and overnighted at the Karabu Lodge which was just perfect. Transfers both ways were provided by the lodge (as was a packed lunch) and we flew out the next morning to Kihihi. En route, the Aerolink flight flew low over the Queen Elizabeth National Park where we observed literally hundreds of hippos as well as elephants and wildebeest sunning themselves by the river. We met Vincent, our local guide, at Kihihi airstrip. He’s a great guy with a great sense of humour. We did the local community village walking tour at Ruhija before spending the night at the Bakiga lodge. Next morning at 8am, we assembled at the meeting point at the Bwindi forest for our briefing before setting off for what turned out to be a 2 hour 4.5km hike through the forest. Trekkers preceding us had located the gorilla family we were rendezvousing with and we spent a magical hour observing them from very close up… so close that one young gorilla playfully shoulder-charged one of our group who was kneeling down to take some photos.
Although I’m pretty unfit and we were at 6500’ altitude, the hike back was not too bad. It was certainly worth the effort to see the gorillas in their natural habitat. Vincent then drove us to the Birsdnest Lodge at Lake Bunyara which is another magical spot. We could have spent another day there had we had more time. Next morning we set off early for the 7 hour drive back to Entebbe. We chose to drive so we could see more of the wonderful scenery in that part of the country. It was a wise choice .. with the added bonus of crossing the equator and checking out whether water really does flow anti clockwise or clockwise…. What do you think
Email Allan Robertson | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Efficient, well organised and good value for money; we will go with Uzuri again.
Edris put together a personal 5 night, 6 day trip from our Kampala hotel to Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Straightforward pick up and drop off.
We were given a Landcruiser rather than mini-van. A good choice for a long cruise, with some bumpy safari roads.
There was a good balance between activities and relaxation time in the Bush Lodge.
The Bush Lodge is a magical place, great food, helpful friendly staff and a chance to have breakfast 15 meters from a a feeding elephant.
3 great game drives; Cob antelopes, Waterbucks, buffalo, leopard, baboons, lions, elephants, warthogs all on show.
The boat trip allowed close views of over 200 hippos plus fish eagles, Nile monitor lizards, drinking elephants and buffalos.
The 4 hour jungle walk to see the chimpanzees in the wild, was a mysterious, magical trip through 'impenetrable' forest, just off the roadside, with 2 guides/trackers who were good company.
The biggest surprise was to the Lake of Salt, meeting the local people working in a difficult, challenging conditions in a hostile environment. They were fine people and told us a lot about salt mining in a very delicate ecological environment, going back 500 years.
Vincent, our tour leader and driver, and also a very welcome dinner companion when we asked him; a careful driver, knowledgeable on local wildlife as well as the local customs. Good fun to stop off at roadside markets and buy local food, including a few chickens [$5 apiece, for Vincent's family]. Everything about this tour, including value for money, was spot-on. We will go with them again.
Email Dan Dropp | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Great way to celebrate our anniversary
We had a great time on our 3 day safari to Murchison Falls. Edris was very quick in all his responses as we planned everything. He provided great service taking care of all the details. Ronnie, our guide and driver, was awesome. He made the trip more fun. He was always on time. The vehicle was in great condition, clean and fun to ride in. We stayed at Pakuba resort. The food was great and the room was nice. We recommend getting a room with AC, we requested it but not all rooms have it. Ronnie found all kinds of animals for us to watch and he knew how to get around the park very well. I can't say enough about how everything I asked for in the trip was provided without a problem. Our trip was seamless. Thanks goes to Edris and Ronnie for making our 25th anniversary trip so memorable.
Email Isaiah | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
What an experience, double gorilla treks
First of all, before you see the Gorillas, which is why everyone goes there, Bwindi is just magical! It is a beautiful park as the scenery, the green all-around you, the misty mornings (mist can be seen hanging over the rain forest) take your breath away. The encounter with the gorillas is awe-inspiring. No words can paint a proper picture for you who has not been to Bwindi to see the Gorillas. You have to do it yourself to make your own conclusions. Last month, I and my sister went on a 6-day double Gorilla trek with Uzuri Uganda Safaris who I cannot fault as Edris did a good jog arranging everything. Our driver was Joachim and he looked after us as if we were his own family, he made us feel comfortable going above and beyond making our trip the best. He had a wealth of knowledge and was happy to share it with us delivering the information well. He had books in the car so he shared those with us to read for additional information! As mentioned above we had 2 treks with the Gorillas in Uganda and it was worth every penny! Each day was a completely different experience following different gorilla families. We crossed into Rwanda for the golden monkey tour in Volcanoes National Park after our two amazing treks in Uganda. The trek to see the Golden monkeys was good too but nothing compared to the Gorilla Treks. Everything else about the tour was great the accommodations, the food, the car and more. Thanks again Joachim and Uzuri Uganda Safaris we will never forget this experience!!!!
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Email Emilie | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Bespoke safari
We had a great safari trip with Uzuri, the service was excellent from the first contact until the end of our trip. Edris was very helpful to meet our request for a custom safari and made sure the trip plan was to our satisfaction. The activities and places booked were all of good standard and our guide was making us feel at home in Uganda. We could not have asked for anything better and can warmly recommend Uzuri to anyone planning to go on a round trip in Uganda or East Africa.