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Love Uganda Safaris
- Located In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2012)
- Member Of:
- AUTO, TUGATA, UTA & ATO
- Tour Types:
- Custom budget & mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
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- Price Range:
- $50 to $315 ppper person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
Email JP & Su | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Your perfect tour partner in Uganda
My husband and I had a wonderful fortnight in Uganda, thanks largely to the unwavering commitment and attention to detail that Love Uganda displayed at every turn. Our itinerary took us through most of southwestern Uganda including the Murchison Falls National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Kibale National Park, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga National Park. Love Uganda organized both our transportation in a 4x4 as well as hotel bookings for our entire itinerary. Our driver/guide, Moses and our tour organizer, Israel did a sterling job of making us feel welcome in their beautiful country and ensuring that we wanted for nothing during our stay. Both of them went the extra mile to ensure that we got the most from our trip including refusing to give up on the more elusive sightings in the Ugandan wild. We were keen to travel with a local home grown operator, fully aware that the more prominent international companies were in any event relying on local talent to put their itineraries together. We were persuaded to opt for Love Uganda by the uniformly good reviews that previous travellers had given them. I am glad to say that they did not disappoint. Their network of local contacts ensured that every one of our experiences was smooth and seamless. I would heartily recommend them to anyone looking to explore this beautiful country.
Email David Kimel | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Phenomenal Road Trip Through Rwanda and Uganda
I booked a three week tour of Uganda and Rwanda with Love Uganda Safaris as a solo traveller in July of 2017. The tour was extensive, beginning in Kampala, then going through the Mabamba Swamp, the rapids of Jinja, Murchison Park, the Rwenzori Mountains, Kabale Forest, Queen Elizabeth Park, Lake Bunyonyi, Nyungwe Forest, and Kigali. I sent a request through the website of the central tourism agency and received dozens of suggested prices. I was immediately struck by the honesty and professionalism of Love Uganda Safaris, which offered me the fairest price. My Emails with the company were always answered immediately, and I just knew I would be in good hands. The trip itself was phenomenal; Moses and Israel, my guides, were super-friendly and well informed, and even the longest car rides passed quickly with them. I very much enjoyed seeing the orphanage run by the company--one of the best parts of the trip was the fact that a large percentage of what I paid goes directly to charity. I noticed that some of the reviews complain about problems with hotels or with the transportation, but this was not my experience. Most of the hotels were phenomenal, and when they were less than stellar, it was because I had asked for budget accommodation to lower the cost of the trip. And occasional roadside problems are par for the course when you're dealing with unpaved streets and insane traffic. Overall I would unequivocally recommend Love Uganda Safaris. They really went out of their way to tailor the trip to my needs and make it one of the most unique travel experiences of my life.
Great costomized roadtrip around Uganda. We had the best driver, Abie - flexible and good company
Perfect. Our wish to costomize our trip day by day was understood and respected.
Email Halyna | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Fantastic Holiday!
We contacted at least 30 companies before we selected Love Uganda Safari and couldn't be more happy with them. It has been a great experience from the moment we arrived until we left. They were professional, attentive and kind. We felt safe and well taken care of. We highly recommend the company and Del was a great driver. Israel was always helpful and we can't thank them enough for accommodating our requests and designing a trip that will forever stay as one of the most memorable!
Email Alexandre | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very nice trip
I really enjoy my trip with Love Uganda Safaris. The guides are very kind and they know very well the Uganda's history and culture.
The accommodations and transportations were very good also.
I really recommend this company if you want to make a Safari + see the Gorilla in the mountains.
Email Andrew | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Worst experience ever
We had the most horrible and scary 2 days of our lives with this company. First day was the car accident and it went into a full on death-spiral from there. I don’t even want to rehash the 24 hour period in between the car accident the first day and being broken down on the side of the road on the return trip, so for the sake of brevity I’ll start at the vehicle breakdown on January 28th, 2019. We were on the side of the road for 8 hours, in the region where CANNIBALS are known to abduct, kill and eat stranded people. WE HEARD THEM IN THE WOODS BEHIND THE TREE LINE JUST FEET AWAY FROM US! We were in SO MUCH DANGER. 6 tourists had be taken and eaten just a few months prior, we learned the next day. We had to call one of our own people to come get us from Kampala (2.5 hour drive each way for him), if we would have waited for a representative from Love Uganda to arrive, it would have been after 2am! The biggest issue we have at this point is that Love Uganda agreed to refund us 40% of the Safari cost, and we wrote up a contract and both parties signed that by March 1st the funds would be transferred into our account. We gave them 4 WEEKS to get us the refund. 4 weeks came and went, and I emailed them that their deadline had passed. I was told that the owner was out of the country until the end of the month (weeks from then) and that nothing could be done. Here it is April 1st and there has STILL been no contact from them and no refund. I had not intended to write this review because even though our trip was HORRIFIC AND TRAUMATIC, we just wanted the partial refund and to return to our lives. But after everything that happened, and NOW after them not honoring their agreement and ignoring the contract that they signed AND not communicating, I feel it is my duty to warn others. They talk a professional game, but they do not honor their financial agreements, and that is NOT PROFESSIONAL.
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