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50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Prime Safari's Excellent Customer Service and Tour Planning at Very Short Notice
Thanks a lot to Ms.Cate (Co-Owner of Prime Safari) for putting together schedule and itinerary for our 12 day Uganda trip within very short time of 3 weeks and executing it perfectly. ( I started the conversation with Ms.Cate on 25th May for 17th June Journey) . Thanks to Ms.Cate for the very good selection of Resorts throughout the 12 day trip across 8 locations and reserving them and also reserving Gorilla & Chimpanzee treks within a very short time of 2 to 3 weeks. Gorilla trekking reservation was the crucial part of our vacation. Thanks to Ms.Cate’s wonderful team including our Guide cum Safari Driver Mr.Joseph (aka Mr.SilverBack !!) for his excellent driving skills and excellent knowledge of all the forests and wildlife/birds. Mr.Joseph is a very patient and very social person and makes sure that we all very comfortable throughout the trip. Mr.Joseph due to his vast experience knew most of the various safari park team and resorts team members thereby enabling better overall tour experience. Uganda as a country is very much open to tourists with very friendly and helpful people and has various security mechanisms in place to protect the tourists.
Ms.Cate made sure that my Birthday was celebrated in a grand manner starting with the Safari vehicle sporting “Birthday Boy On Board” special cover on the back spare tyres and also making sure that in resorts and in community tour birthday events were organised with cakes and decoration. Thanks to Ms.Cate and Mr.Joseph for making my birthday memorable in Uganda. Ms.Cate personally came to meet me on first day of the tour to wish me birthday and also visited us on the last day as well for a debrief meeting despite her tight personal and official schedule. Ms.Cate provided us with the Colorful Tour Book with detailed plan and schedule and write up on the places that we were supposed to visit. Also she had provided with environment friendly water bottles with our names on it.
Regarding the uniqueness of Uganda vs other African countries that we have visited (like Kenya & South Africa) is the fact that Uganda is one of very few African countries where decently priced Gorilla Trekking and Chimpanzee Trekking for tourist is allowed with advance reservation in small groups (provided with armed Rangers and porters). These treks are very excellently organised by Uganda Wildlife authorities in a safe and enjoyable manner and we were able to see about 11 Gorilla family members including Head Silverback and Baby Gorilla in Nouringo Sector of Bwindi Gorilla National Park. We were able to spend about 1 hour with them observing their eating and relaxing and family bonding habits in the wild. Similarly we were able to see about 4 to 5 Chimpanzee family in Kibale National Park. The walking treks in mountain area last about 3 to 4 hours overall.
Apart from the above treks, Uganda has Walking Rhino Treks on the way to Lake Muchirson, Walking Treks in Lake Mubaro National park where we were able to spend one hour with Giraffee family and see herd of antelopes.
Three Boat tours in Nile River, Queen Elizabeth Lakes, Lake Mubaro were excellent. Particularly in Queen Elizabeth Lake George/Edward we saw more than 30 elephants and tons of Hippos apart from many big Nile Crocodiles and many birds such as Fish Eagle, varieties of endangered birds.
Also the boat trip of about 30 minutes to enter and exit Lake Bunyoni Rock Resort was amazing across many islands and beautiful scenery. One island had zebras/antelopes/water Buck etc.
About Resorts - Thanks to all the management team of the resorts who hosted us. The management team and the overall team in these resorts were mostly friendly and smiling and were working as a team. Thanks to teams of Lake Bunyoni Rock Resort, Enjojo Lodge/Resort, Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge, Chimpanzee Forest Lodge/Guest House, Pakuba Resorts, Boma Hotel, Rwakobo Rock Resort etc.
BE
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Friendly and trustworthy people.
It was a great experiens. Very nice lodges, our gide Calvin did a great job to show us as many animals possible. Althoug we have to say that we expected more animals to see.... but that s nature.... Also was the service and food very good.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
So much care went into making our experience unforgettable
Easytravel have made our safari experience one to remember!
Booking the safari was super smooth with Voice who communicated quickly and clearly via WhatsApp. She created the perfect itinerary to suit us and sent us lots of information in advance to help us prepare
When we arrived, we had a lovely welcome from our driver Salvatory and Voice and Rukia also briefed us before as well as giving us a lovely cake to celebrate our honeymoon.
The safari was incredible, we spent 4 days driving around Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro national parks. Salvatory was a brilliant guide as he shared lots of information on the animals and was able to answer the many questions we had. He maximised our safari time and was always able to track down the animals so we saw all the animals we had hoped for!
The accomodation we stayed in was magical with the most beautiful rooms and views. We only wished we could stay longer!
Thanks so much for such a wonderful experience!!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Farouk was an excellent guide. Very friendly, knowledgeable, and trustworthy.
Our adventure in Rwanda and Uganda with Frena was magnificent. Our guide Farouk consistently exceeded our expectations. He drove us many hours throughout Uganda and Rwanda while sharing the rich history and culture of both nations. The gorilla tour itself in the Bwindi national forest was out of this world spectacular. We were a mere 5 feet away from a family of gorillas including 2 babies. My wife and I had such an amazing time. We highly recommend this tour to anyone and are already considering to go back in a few years.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A well-organised safari with a fun and knowledgeable guide and loads of great wildlife
We had a great 2 day safari in Tarangire and Ngorongoro Crater national parks in Tanzania where we saw a lot of wildlife every close up and almost everything we wanted to see (only the rhinos eluded us). The days were quite long but the time spent in the national parks was amazing and unforgettable and I would definitely recommend the 2 day safari offered by Almighty Kilimanjaro. We were well looked after by William our driver and he definitely knew his wildlife and where to find the more elusive species like leopards, hyenas and lions.
TW
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Well done
Well plan with Jocky Tours and Safari.
Our tour guide Kikitu, thank you so much for this wonderful trip. The knowledge you have passed to us and the laughter we had in the past few days will be definitely the most treasurable memories for us.
I will come back again, see you Kenya!
TW
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Kenya Safaris
My trip to Kenya exceeded my expectations. The itinerary was well-planned and smooth, and the hotels were warm and comfortable. Apart from the occasional issue with hot water supply, everything else was excellent. Our guide, Kikuyu, was proactive in helping us spot animals, and we successfully saw the Big Five, making this journey perfect.
NL
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing vacation
We first went to Zanzibar and then took a domestic flight to Tanzania and then back to Zanzibar. The nature parks are very beautiful with many animals. Ngongoro is definitely worth it. Saw a lot of animals. Spending a night in the middle of the Serengeti is also an adventure.
Zanzibar is an emerging country, in some places you only have to rely on your own hotel for food. I haven't seen a boulevard.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Incredible trip! Couldn’t have been better.
Absolutely wonderful safari with Safari Soles Tour group. I had initially started organizing with another 5 star Safari company but they made multiple mistakes and price was ridiculously high for almost the same Safari as booked with Safari Soles. Private safari with my 2 daughters. This is my 3rd trip to Africa, and 2nd time to Tanzania. You’ll not find kinder, nicer more accommodating people in the world. We stayed at the following
Upon arrival in Kilimanjaro - River Tree. Food wonderful. Staff helpful and kind. Accommodations nice and interesting. Food very good. Monkeys and landscaping and restaurant were marvelous.
Proceeded to the following
Lake Manyara
Tarangire
Northern Serengeti
Central Serengeti
Southern Serengeti
Ngorongoro Crater
Accommodations: Oliver’s Camp, Orankira, Highlands all by Asilia group. Incredible. Beautiful. Breathtaking. Food 5 star. Staff 5 star. Accommodations truly wonderful. Sleeping under the stars and hearing animals all night is a dream.
Ideas to make trip more exceptional - hot air balloon, walking safaris, open air jeep when possible, canoe or kayak, early morning and night game drives, flying in between some locations.
We have special dietary needs and we were accommodated and so much better than in the USA. Always fresh and healthy. Unique. Tasty. Even the food packed every day for our game drives was super delicious. Gluten free bread, latkes, sweets made for us.
For departure we stayed at Arusha Coffee Lodge. Colonial architecture. Wonderful food. Take the coffee tour.
Hands down the most wonderful holiday we’ve ever had. Thank you Safari Soles Tours and for our 2 week guide Innocent and our addition guide with the open air Jeep named Mona.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Second safari was perfect too!
This was my second safari with Isaac. The first time was with middle age women. The second with me and young adults. He tailors the safari perfectly and takes care of everything. Truly door to door service. His guides are wonderful. I am not sure how they do it, but it seems that they are the very best at anticipating not just where the big 5 are, but what will be the best viewing angle. I actually felt sorry for some of the other visitors whose guides were not as clever. The guides are so knowledgeable. Isaac customizes the tour so that it is truly the trip of a lifetime.
My brother and his family spent far more and saw far less. This safari is definitely a bargain- staying in the same glamorous camps.
