DE
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Safari Bigfive Chimpanzees Gorilla
I had the pleasure of experiencing an unforgettable trip to Uganda with an outstanding tour operator. Everything was perfectly organized from start to finish. Each safari was an absolute dream, and I was fortunate enough to see a wide variety of animals, including all of the Big Five.
I would especially like to highlight our guide, Eddy. He was simply amazing! Eddy provided us with incredible insights not only about the animals but also about the country, its culture, and society. His knowledge and passion made the trip an unforgettable experience.
The chimpanzee and gorilla trekking were simply incredible and beyond words. I will never forget these unique encounters in the wild.
The accommodations we booked were all excellent. The staff were always friendly and attentive, making the entire experience even more enjoyable.
I can only highly recommend this tour operator – it was the trip of a lifetime!
IN
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Extraordinary
I had the most remarkable tour with kensai safaris.They had a carefully organised itinerary,comfortable accommodations and food were excellent.The tremendous beauty of the natural setting combined with the knowledge and expertise of the guide made for an unforgettable adventure!
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Cornel is THE BEST!
Cornel is fantastic, everyday on our week long safari he brought us to new places and spotted even the most far away camouflaged animals! We saw 7 leopards on our trip and several of them were far off in a tree, we had to use our binoculars, but cornel has eagle eyes! He was so much fun to ride with in the jeep, he’s so knowledgeable and answered any and every question we had about the area, wildlife and plants! For a safari in Tanzania I’d only ever go with Cornel, he truly made the experience unforgettable!
RU
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Awesome
We went on a safari tour in Kenya and Tanzania and we really liked it! The fact that you can see animals from such close distance is very cool. We could see the whole Big 5 and even the lion cubs, amazing experience. We really liked our guides, especially Danny, he knew so much about animals and nature so we had a lot to discuss while riding. Thank you very much for this tour
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Wonderful trip!!
I originally contacted 32 different travel agencies in Kenya and soon narrowed down to only one of them, which is Axis. They deserve a 12 out of 10!
Our main contact person Cynthia is really detail oriented and responsive. She helped us customize our itinerary and secured all the hotel bookings. She was always available to answer any questions and address the needs. On our first day of Safari, Cynthia even came to our pick up hotel and gave us a warm welcome.
We were lucky to have Kalifa as our driver. Kalifa is a professional wildlife guide. He has extremely good eyes, and he truly knows the land, the wildlife , and the people. Kalifa is famous in the national parks. He would lead the radio calls and coordinate with other drivers to maximize everyone’s chances of seeing wildlife.
In Amboseli, other than all the common animals, I specifically requested to see a rare group of Super Tusker elephants. Kalifa later spotted 2 of them for me (Craig & Frank). In Maasai Mara, I wished to see a perfect river crossing, Kalifa searched non-stop for 2 whole days, and took us to various spots to see spectacular river crossings.
It was a wonderful trip and I cannot wait to return to Kenya in the future!
CR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Wonderful safari
This safari was definitely an excellent choice. The food was pretty good, our guides (Hoopy and Bobie) were extremely friendly and attentive. As far as animals are concerned, it was wonderful, we saw a rhino with her calf, we saw lionesses hunting and many more animals. I highly recommend this safari, if I return to South Africa I would choose this company again.
TW
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
US
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Wonderful gorilla trekking
We recently did gorilla trekking with Hermosa.
Communication with their office was always great. Our driver/guide Abou is wonderful!!
IN
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.