African Ubuntu Safaris
- Located In:
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Australia
- Size:
- 5-10 employees (Founded in 2012)
- Member Of:
- ATTA, AFTA & ATAS
- Tour Types:
- Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $250 to $3,000 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
Email Donna | 65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Efficient, good value, varied, great customer service, first hand knowledge of Africa.
The safari tour was exactly what we had requested. Varied and excellent accommodation, wonderful wildlife, efficient, friendly guides who did their utmost to make sure we got the best experiences on our trip. Our small group Botswana/Zimbabwe tour was perfect. The vehicles used were comfortable. Our visit to the Impenetrable Forest in Uganda to see the gorillas was an absolutely amazing experience. The whole trip was great value, and the extra attention to detail, for example, being met by a South African member of Ubuntu at Johannesberg airport and being escorted to our hotel on the first night, and being met at Boma Guesthouse by Ubuntu’s Ugandan rep on landing in Entebbe made all the difference.
A huge thank you to Cuan McLaren at Ubuntu in Sydney for making it happen!
Email Jim and Jen | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A Perfect Safari Experience
This was our second safari experience with Ubuntu and once again we benefited from Cuan McLaren’s extensive knowledge of African wildlife regions, tour operators and accommodation providers. Cuan organised an itinerary that met our requirements and exceeded our expectations. It gave us a great variety of experiences across Botswana, Tanzania and Rwanda. His attention to customer service is exemplary and the entire trip went without a hitch. We are already planning our next African safari (our fourth visit) and of course we will be using Ubuntu. We can highly recommend Ubuntu.
Email Petrina Martin | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
What an amazing experience. Cuan tailored our trip and exceeded all our expectations
We were a group of eight friends who were recommended to contact Cuan for our dream holiday to South Africa. Cuan came up with an amazing itinerary including options we would not have thought of and we went further on than South Africa. All our internal flights, accommodation, transfers along with some extra experiences where included. Everything went off like clockwork. The accommodation Cuan chose for us was outstanding and would trust his judgement on any choices when we return to Africa , hopefully sooner rather than later.I'm sure our holiday and Africa was made that bit more special because of Cuan and his attention to detail. We look forward to our next African safari with African Ubuntu Safaris.
Email Chrissy | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
First Class Service
We had a fabulous experience with Cuan and his team organising our recent 1st trip to Africa. After initially making contact with Cuan, giving him a budget and an outline of where we wanted to go and see, he was able to prepare an itinerary which surpassed our expectations. The quality of accommodation, travel guides, pick ups and transport where first class. Our holiday was amazing value for money too and wouldn't hesitate in recommending African Ubuntu Safaris to our friends and family. We will use Cuan and his team again.
Email janis stephenson | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
everything we wanted and more .Was the best Experience of Africa ALL arranged to Perfection !!
Everywhere we stayed was Great the Safaries the Guides Could not Fault anything well looked after from beginning to End !!
Email Ian | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Understood our requirements and tailored the tour to what we wanted
We were recommended to Ubuntu Safaris by a well travelled friend. We normally do a lot of travel organisation ourselves after a lot of research. With our event trip to South Africa, we had a rough outline of where we wanted to go and gave this to Cuan at Ubuntu. He took our outlines, expanded upon it and got to know us and what we were looking for and tailored the itinerary to us. His choices of accommodation were spot on, great locations, helpful hosts and gave us a real taste of South Africa. When we had a question Cuan took these on and handled the request or issue. He was frank and very helpful in his suggestions having taken the time to understand how we travel and what interested us. He was 100% right on every occasion. I would highly recommend Cuan and Ubuntu.
Email Carol | 65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Very knowledgeable and giving outstanding service
We have used African Ubuntu Safaris 3 times now for planning our visits to the game lodges and each time we have had the most amazing holiday. Cuan thought of every detail and saw to it that there was nothing left to chance so that all we had to do was to have a wonderful time. Thank You - and until next time.
Email Sally | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Cuan was fabulous to deal with - personable, helpful & extremely knowledgeable.
Excellent. Cuan listened and then provided options for us to choose from that fitted our preferences & budget. He was extremely knowledgeable & was great with suggestions which would suit our kids ages. We’d love to travel to Africa again in the future & would have no hesitation in returning to Cuan to plan and book.
Email Andrea & Rohan | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
An amazing African adventure!
We have just got back from the holiday of a lifetime!! My husband and I booked through African Ubuntu Safaris based in Sydney. We live in Geelong and it was no trouble to organise on line and via the odd phone call. We dealt with Cuan the owner operator of the agency. Cuan was knowledgeable, incredibly helpful and an absolute pleasure to deal with. I highly recommend you contact Cuan if you are planning a trip to Africa as he specializes in Africa and can answer your questions pretty much straightaway and also recommend other things to do that you might not have thought about. Our trip was in East Africa going to Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The absolute highlight for us both was the Gorilla Trek it was tough but absolutely worth it. To see these beautiful animals in the wild is a pleasure and a privileged we will never forget this experience. Other highlights include Amboseli NP and the Serengeti NP. Accommodation was just perfect staying in Luxury Tents and Lodges most of the time. This was our first trip to Africa and it certainly won't be our last, we would not considering booking with anyone else.
Email Vicky | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Safari booking made easy
This was my third trip to Botswana using African Ubuntu Safaris. They respond to communications in a timely manner and the service is exceptional. You tell them what you want and they do all the work putting it together. I've had no issues on any of the trips. Transfers, including a border crossing, have always run smoothly and the hospitality of the safari companies, the accommodation and the guides have exceeded expectations as have the wildlife sightings. As an older woman fairly new to solo travel, the ease of aspects like transfers has been particularly important.
On my recent trip I spent a night in Maun at Cresta Riley's before embarking on a safari to the Central Kalahari Game Reserve with Letaka Mobile Safaris. This included three nights at the Wilderness Plains Camp and six nights mobile camping. I enjoyed it all. The Wilderness camp is lovely and staff are welcoming and friendly. The highlight for me was the mobile camping. The Letaka guide was outstanding, as were also the meals produced by the camp chef. The Central Kalahari is an astonishing place, wild and vast. We had good wildlife sightings and it is a place I'd like to visit again, hopefully next time after they've received some heavy rains. The next visit to northern Botswana is already in the planning, this time not travelling solo, and we hope to book it through African Ubuntu Safaris. I would recommend them with confidence to anyone planning an African safari.