35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Top organisation merging high quality tours with life-changing charity work. Truly memorable.
I had grand plans on arrival in Kenya to do a couple of the One Horizon tours, however had issues with their booking system only booking for the day after tomorrow. This led to phone calls with owner-operator Colin, who was able to accomodate me with both tours I wanted in a half-day personalised tour. I was met by Carol at my hotel and travelled to meet mothers with HIV thriving thanks to a two-year rehabilitation program that teaches them trade and entrepreneurial skills so they can set up their own business to support their families. There I also met Solomon (and Colin, briefly) and together we travelled on to meet two grandmothers thriving off pig-farming and able to support their families for the first time in their lives. I honestly could write tons about these experiences, but I will keep it to this: being a development graduate, I know what good charity and bad charity looks like. Colin gets in there and asks what is needed in the community and then makes it happen. The programs come from the community and the community thrives because of it. This is charity at its best. All of the women but particularly the warm hospitality shown by the grandmothers and Carol and Solomon over a lunch we made together, hearing stories about Kenyan life, the struggles, was probably the single best tourism experience I ever had. Carol and Solomon answered every question I had and then some, and I felt so inspired by their hard work and dedication. Travelling for another two months across Africa this tour remained my number one experience and takeaway of what Africa is. I cannot recommend One Horizon highly enough.
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65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Hi Brett Thomson - I have not heard back thanks Marty Gottlieb
Hi Brett Thomson I have not heard back from you yet please contact me.
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Màrty Gottlieb
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65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Our very best holiday.
My wife was reluctant to go on this safari arranged by our son. We're in our 70s and the thought of roughing it in tents and the lack of bathroom facilities worried her, she suggested we make this a boys only outing. Being assured that each tent included a toilet and shower, in separate areas, she finally agreed to go. The tents, with carpeted floors, king size beds, clean bathrooms were very comfortable, and the wake-up by staff with hot coffee and cookies dispelled any idea of roughing it. The camp food was great and sitting around the fire pit after dinner with a drink in the evening was relaxing.
Ebenezer, our guide was completely knowledgeable of the animals and often spotted game that we and other guides didn't see. He was also an excellent and safe driver. The 3 parks, Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro were beautiful and we saw all the big game animals including leopards and rhinos.
We've been lucky and lived in Mexico and Thailand and have traveled all over Asia, Australia and New Zealand, the Nile, as well as Europe. Before this Bhutan was our favorite holiday, but my wife agreed our Duma safari was the best of them all.
ES
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing honeymoon
Thank you Ecovic Tours & Travel Uganda, Vincent and Benjamin for such an amazing trip!
Vincent helped us plan the perfect itinerary and helped us pick our accommodations in the most efficient, friendly and professional way possible. We exchanged a lot of e-mails and he was always very responsive answering to all our questions.
Definitely, one of our highlights of our trip was our guide Benjamin, who made our trip more than perfect. He has so much experience, knows SO much not only about the animals but also about the country & culture. Easy going, extremely professional, always in a good mood and very punctual. I always felt we were in the best hands and I really think we had the best guide in the whole country:) Thank you sooo much, Bebjamin, for answering our questions multiple times a day like; "Can you please tell me a fun fact about this animal?" :)
Look no further- Ecovic Tours & Travel Uganda and their team is simply the best!
DE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very nice and very professional operators
It was a great pleasure and awesome experience to have this trip. I would like to get back another time again. We were welcomed very warm and everything was organized perfectly.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent and fantastic
The communication was great as well as all the services were prompt and of good quality too. I loved it. Thanks
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Amazing
Efficient and first class services. The tour was well organized.
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65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Francis Rukundo found the animals!
The experience that took my breath away was watching a lioness feed. But my camera and I got to see so many additional things and animals that were magnificent. Our guide Francis Rukundo was patient with my goals. My experience with Africa was a photography dream come true. More importantly, my respect for the magnificent landscape and the animals that call it home encouraged me to have a more proactive attitude about helping to preserve Africa's treasures.
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Welcoming and Great
I cannot recommend them more. We loved our tour. We were able to spend the day with a Masai family learning and experiencing a piece of their culture. One Horizon was amazing in that as well as moving things around. My mum missed her flight into Kenya and came in an hour after our tour was to start. I contacted One Horizon who accommodated and picked us up an hour late so that my mum could come on the tour. We were very impressed with their customer service as well as all of their tour!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Murchison Falls are actually wide.
Murchison Falls is a little known park but we all the friends were happy to be in Uganda, visited with the help of Frena Adventures. We were quite not sure having been through Amboseli and Mara what to expect or if go through a park in Uganda. But even we were not disappointed. The boat safari on the Nile is a unique safari experience where we got to see such an incredible array of wildlife. Hippos, Nile crocodiles and elephants drinking on the banks of the Nile. On the game drives we got to see lions,giraffes, leopards, here’s of buffalo, elephants and much more. Finished off with a chimpanzee trek on our way out. Really All round top park.