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20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A Personalized & Unforgettable Visit to Uganda!
Rainforest and Community Tours is a Pearl of a Tour Company in Uganda, the Pearl of Africa. My wife and I went on two separate tours, a shoebill excursion in Mabamba Swamp, and a Kampala City Tour. The tours were private, just the two of us, and very affordable. Our driver showed up on time, was flexible with our schedule, and had lots of great information to share about the fascinating country of Uganda. All of his transport was like a bonus tour within the tour.
Despite being off prime-viewing hours, the local guides from the Mabamba area were able to find two shoebills for us to see up close (and one flying high above), which is incredible considering there are only around a dozen shoebill in the entire swamp! We also saw a plethora of other birds of which our guide knew every name. They gave us a lot of time to take the perfect pictures.
Our tour through the bustling city of Kampala was a definite highlight of our trip to Africa. So many basic tours skip over the cities, but there is a lot of merit in seeing this side of Africa. Our guide was able to take a few suggestions of sights that we were interested in and couple them with his own recommendations for an excellent whirlwind tour of the city. Seas of taxis, maze-like marketplaces, a mosque with a 360* view of the cityscape from it's 15-floor tower, and so much more! With our guide's help we took local public transport everywhere (per our request) and it was all a real taste of the everyday citylife of Africa. The tour concluded with an essential visit to the Ndere Center (amazing feats of dance and drumming!) and a long personal transport back to our hotel in Entebbe.
I cannot praise this company highly enough for their personalized and memorable tour experiences! Best of all, this is a company run by locals and all their profits go back into the community! Don't hesitate to book your next tour with them!
CA
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Half a day and a meal short
Went to Maasai Mara from/to Nairobi with Wildebeest Safaris. Reviewing the itinerary later, I see that I wasn't provided what was promised for the last day: instead of morning game drives and then an afternoon return to Nairobi by 5 PM, I got an early drive back that was passed off as a "game drive" and was returned to the city before lunch. I guess I wasn't paying adequate attention as this was my first time out. Oh well. I think the fault was with the safari organization rather than the guide, so I'll spare naming him in a negative review. In fact I think he did alright, and it was a pleasure to chat with him as we went.
CA
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Recommended
Went from Mombasa to Nairobi through Tsavo East, Tsavo West, and Amboseli with Africa Flash McTours. I'd already been on a few safaris and seen a lot, so my guide Simon was at a disadvantage, but he came through and delivered a great safari experience, and talking with him about life in Kenya as we were transiting between parks was just as much fun. He's the kind of guide who always looks for ways of exceeding expectations, like buying my favorite beverage to stock the ice cold powered cooler before I'd thought to request it. Got to chat with Peter at the end too and he's just as friendly. I sampled a few safari operators on my visit to Kenya, and in retrospect wish I'd done more with this company. They were the most organized outfit, from booking to hotel dropoff. Recommended.
US
Blend of urban, country and wild.
We enjoyed the panorama of the life, culture and natural beauty of South Africa. We enjoyed Cape Town's urban charm, Johannesburg's history and diversity and Kruger's wild life.
We needed more time in Kruger Park to see the full array of wild life. We were there for only 3 days and only in one private reserve, so we were not able to see the big five. The lions have moved out of Sabi Sabi and Buffaloes were not native to this reserve.
DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Beautiful
I had an amazing Safari, visiting ngorongor, Serengeti and Tarangire. Beautiful Landscape and Wildlife!
Everything was organised and easy,
Couldn't fault the whole experience
From start to finish
Amazing
US
Amazing
it was a 9 days photography safari,
our guide Emanuel was the best we could wish for.
the weather was excellent.
the whole package was very good, jeeps, hotels etc.
very recomended.
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing trip!
A large group of us traveled to Africa for our friends' wedding (they organized the trip with Tammy from Pembury) and we couldn't have been happier. Each leg of the trip was planned by Tammy: Victoria Falls then 2 lodges in Botswana for safaris. The wedding couple worked with her to plan the trip and she did an amazing job. We all loved the places we went, the activities that were included and of course the safaris themselves. Tammy communicated with us all over the course of months and was very helpful for us to plan things like what to bring, how much, etc.
I would definitely recommend Pembury and Tammy for an African vacation.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Outstanding and amazing time. Reliable company, would definitely recommend and use again
Noah speedily replied to all of my messages and even called me to answer some questions I had. The drivers we had were lovely, knowledgable and very helpful. The price we paid was extremely competitive and we received excellent value for the money we spent on the trip. We had the most amazing holiday and wouldn't hesitate to recommend this company. This was my second trip to Kenya, but my first booking through Wildebeest Safaris. I'm really looking forward to returning to beautiful Kenya and without hesitation I will be using this company again. The company had a good local reputation and was spoken highly of by the staff at the accommodation that we stayed in.
US
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent safari - definitely worth the experience.
Charles was very prompt in communications, very clear with all of the arrangements. We had changes that were easily accommodated and our guides were excellent. We were set up at very nice locations inside the parks and the transfers and safaris were very easy. Excellent trip overall!