35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The drivers are incredibly knowledgeable and felt like part of our family by the end of the trip!
Harrison and Charles were wonderful tour guides. They are both safe drivers who allowed us to snap photos at our leisure while ensuring that we saw the best that Masai Mara had to offer. Both of them are very knowledgeable and they shared their vast amount of intel throughout the trip. The van was comfortable to ride in. Both drivers were prompt in their timing and kept our large group to a schedule to allow us to see as much as possible while in the Mara and at Hells Gate. We will definitely be booking with African Hagyko again for our next safari and highly recommend it to anyone traveling in Kenya!
An unbeleivably well organised trip of a lifetime which went way beyond our expectations
From the earliest contact and planning, right through to the end of the trip, the communication and advice from Kevin Nicholson and his team on the ground was always swift, professional and responsive to our needs. His experience and extensive knowledge of Uganda enabled him to tailor our holiday perfectly to us. From the moment our driver met us at Entebbe Airport and then met up with Brett and Rebecca we knew we were being really well looked after....indeed, their entire staff at the Karibu charmed us with their smiles, enthusiasm and desire to make us feel at home at all times. They made us feel special from start to finish. We were introduced to our guide Davis, who talked us expertly through the next 10 days of travel, lodge accommodation and national park drives, so we felt well prepared for it all. Davis turned out to be so much more than a guide.....he took us on an unforgettable trip around beautiful Uganda, always making sure we got the maximum experience and information needed whenever we asked. His knowledge of the wildlife ( particularly the birds of Uganda) is really impressive. Davis went the extra mile on several occasions to ensure we encountered as many different animals as possible. The lodges chosen for us were all different from each other, all very welcoming and of a high standard....the Mihingo Lodge in Mburo deserves a special mention for its location, quality and superb service.
Throughout the trip, we were never made to feel "just part of a party", the group numbers were always small, and the excursions were run to perfection. We spent the last 3 nights of our holiday back at Karibu, and it really felt like being back home....a perfect way to unwind in its beautiful gardens before returning to the reality of a British winter, withBrett, Becky and all the team treating us so well. It was an emotional farewell from there after what was a thrilling 14 days which included trekking elephants, giraffes, zebras, chimps, gorillas, tree lions and shoebills in their forest, game park and swamp habitats.......what a ride we had! To say that it exceeded our expectations would be an enormous understatement. Thank you so much, Experience Uganda, you really care for (and about) your clients.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Safari with Jocky Tours
First time in Kenya and on safari. Our driver/guide was excellent, friendly and very knowledgeable. Would recommend!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great time in Masai Mara!
Everything was great! I didn't expect much, but this tour was fun, well organized, and stress free. All of the accommodtions were adequate or better. This wasn't a luxury safari, but accommodations sufficed.
CA
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Best Trip
We had an amazing trip, started from moshi to the north Safari in Tanzania
At first we had some changes in our itinarary and Sylwia adjust the hotel and activities for us. If you plan a safari, you have to know that there is many factors who can affect your itinarary, (weather, conditions etc) so you have to be flexible as traveller. Sylwia made an amazing job switching the activities and operation to make it work.
Serengeti huge, amazing and full of animals, the Pumzika Camp was my favorite acomodation in all of my 20days trip in tanzania. Very welcoming people, good food and amazing view.
For me it was a bit hard, safari its very long, (10-11h drive in one day) hot and humide, in the dusty and very bumpy road, if you have motion sickness like me, try to arrange a flight to get there, I wish I could have know we could do that at first, I would have flight with no hesitation to get to the safari area.
The balloon tour company adventure Aloft also has amazing tour guide and very friendly pilots.
After the third day, we had some issues with the driver-guide. I write an message to Sylwia, witch was very avaialble and understandable and she arrange everything to make sure we are happy with our guide.
The guides are nice, but it would be good for them to be trained to provide more specific information about park, animals, environment, trees, etc. That would also be a good idea to provide some sort of booklet with all the annimals we can expect to see with a little description and some details of their lifestyle. i am sure it would make traveller very happy to learn about animals, vegetation and parks and would be some sort of a gift souvenir from the tour.
The africa Glamping camp was very good too, good food and professional staff.
The Ngorongoro Cratere was my favorite game drive dont miss it there is plenty of animals.
We also had a couple of day trip to mafia. We flew there without any problem and we got to the beach easily.
Also, end of november begin december is for me the best time to visit tanzania. Its the small rainy season, but we didnt have any rain at all, very good weather and no tourist at all, we had the full hotel for me and my boyfirend very often, so dont hesitate to book at this time.
The trip went very well, the service was amazing, Sylwia was very available for us at any time, professional and flexible. She make us feel like our satisfaction was her priority so a huge thank you to her for making us so happy.
It was a dream trip.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Was amazing
First of all, we were lucky we got the BEST DRIVER ever , RAYMOND "everyone loves Raymond.
He was really clever , polite and could answer all our questions about the Safari, and he drove us all over the field,
We were able to see all the 5 big animals of the Safari, I really enjoyed it a lot.
LT
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Trully lifetime experience!!
I am experienced traveller. Uganda was my country no53 and I here has probably the best guide driver in my life. Gerard planned perfectly our time. He is very interesting person to talk, very polite and respectful person. I liked everything. Lodges were selected wisely, not to spent too much time on the road driving to national park in the morning. I felt very confident with Gerard driving even in terrible Ishasha road during all day rain.
Jesse Tom response time was perfect, same day.
I highly recommend this team to go to Uganda. Listen for them advices.
One of my best ever travels. Gorillas are the best fulfilled dream of mine.
AR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great service
We had a great time during our safari in Namibia. The service was actually given by another tour operator. The driver, the car, the accolodation and specially the food were excellent! Also the people were very friendly.
LT
Lifetime experience at gorrilas
I went to Uganda for gorrilas and I got much more. The beauty of Bwindi forest is breth taking. I loved there everything. I spent two nights in a lodge Bakinga. Unforgetable chats in front of open fire place, we had so much fun. A small group of strangers, met for a first time in life and spent wonderfull time together laughing.
We even saw active volcano from Bakiga terrace on Kong site.
I liked chimpanze trekking as well. Very well organized. Although it is supposed low seazon in December, it was a lot people there.
My guide and driver Gerard from Lifetime safari one of best guids in my life. I am experienced traveller, Uganda was my country no. 53. Gerard is very intelligent, nice a sensitive person. We talked a lot many things. I was very confident sitting in the car next to him. One day was full day rain, we were driving Ishasha. The road because of rain became very very bad but Gerard managed it. He planned our time well with a big experience and confience. Thanks a lot Gerard and Lifetime safari company!
Female solo traveller with a good guide can manage Uganda. My advice- Take profesionals local company and you will safe your time, money. I met guys who broke the car because of terible bumpy roads driving like at home in UK, others who spent all night driving themselves to gorillas park gate, because of not having experience on planing time in Uganda. Then the most incredible experience to see gorrilas becames blurry of tiredness and disapontment.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Well organized tour and activities
Cultural Vibes Travel & Tours is great and highly recommended!
I provided the dates I would be traveling to Victoria Falls and Tongesai (Owner of Cultural Vibes) proposed accommodations and activities. What's great is that you can choose exactly what you want to do and you will receive a personalized itinerary. The payment process was seamless and I was emailed copies of the activity vouchers as confirmation.
When I arrived at my hotel, Tongesai met me and provided me with the activity vouchers. Pickup times for the activities were spot on and the activities exceeded my expectations. I even requested a last minute addition to my itinerary and Tongesai was able to make it happen!
Even after my trip was complete and a different vendor had not emailed me a video I was promised, Tongesai went out of his way to follow up with that vendor to ensure they finally delivered.
If you book a trip with Cultural Vibes Travel & Tours, you won't be disappointed.
