CZ
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Excellent time in Safari with very good guider.
Very nice and plesant visit, good service by guider and resorts in parks.
FR
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
The best we know
Frankly it was a very nice experience both during the ascent of Kilimanjaro and for the safari
Everything is very professional
Very nice atmosphere of the porters and guides thanks to Evarist their boss who has treated them very well for years
They listened every day prepared us to eat very good things even in too large quantities yum yum
A great kindness everything was perfect and do not recommend warmly thank you
PL
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very flexible and reliable but with strange surprise at the end.
First of all, we would like to thank a lot to our guide and driver – Eddie Nsubuga Kizito. A friendly, wise, responsible man with a great sense of humour and a lot of insight into Ugandan wildlife, culture, society and history His ability to spot and recognise animals and plants was impressive, just like his knowledge about animal behaviour. A careful but decisive driver in sometimes very difficult terrain with map of curvy park roads in his head. We managed to get away from many difficult situations only thanks to his great commitment. He always found a smile for us. Apart from everything that was planned he used spare time to show us things that extended our knowledge about the country. Without him, our trip would be worth much less.
As for the agency – it was flexible, adjusted itinerary to our needs, replied to all mails with lightning speed and there was no problem with initial payment. Hotels, gorilla and chimpanzeee tracking were all properly booked and we made all the points of our itinerary. So it was weird that agency gave our guide money suffficient just for the trip. When extra costs appeared (tyres to be fixed), they asked us to lend them money so that our guide could pay for our last night and petrol to come back to Entebbe – this money hasn’t been returned...
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
PERFECTION!
From the moment we contacted Kathi at African Welcome Safari's, we knew we were onto a winner. Kathi put together a great itinerary for us to Victoria Falls, Cape Town, Kruger / Hoedspruit & Jo'burg. Transfers, Tours, Accom, Flights were all taken care, we just had to show up. The quality of everything was perfect and the communication was brilliant! Kathi stayed in touch throughout the trip to answer any questions we had and assist if we had any issues. Everything was just so easy!
This was our first time in Africa and Kathi had some great advise and helped us plan the trip of a lifetime! Would highly recommend African Welcome Safari's!
Thanks for planning our trip of a lifetime! :)
DE
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Friendly, professional and a lot of fun.
The communication with Patrick was always constructive and fast. The game drives were outstanding and we saw the big five within 24 hours! The drivers made sure that we could see the most interesting places and animals at Massai Mara. Furthermore, the tents where we stayed were super comfortable with our own bathroom. The food in our Camp Enkorok was delicious and made with a lot of love. The Massai people who were at our camp were so friendly and welcoming. All in all a perfect Safari for us!
NL
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Incredible!
The tour was amazing! Tami was the best tour guide. He made sure to go the extra mile so we could see amazing animals. His knowledge about the animals was incredible and very meaningful. He knew how to tell the stories about the animals and because of that we’ve learned a lot. We booked the trip on Valentine’s day and had the best day ever! We are very pleased with the whole experience. So thank you so much for this amazing experience.
ES
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Professional, excellent service. Friendly, great value
I highly recommend this company. Great communication throughout. Before, and during trip. Fantastic value and service. Lovely, friendly and helpful staff. We were not disappointed in any way and our guide was very efficient and gave us the best possible safari.
GR
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Value for money and experienced guide
Safari is an unique experience!
Our guide Action knows so many things to about animals and general info for Tanzania! He is a safari monster!!
We had the chef Action, he is so kind and cooks very nice!!
We had the best offer from Bryson the owner so we choose this company and finally we did right.
CH
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Amazing adventure with Lion King
We did a 7 days Mid-range safari with Lion King, including visits to Tarangire, Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Lake Manyara parks. Everything was very well organised by Pendo. She was very patient and answered our 1000 questions promptly . She also gave us good advice on how to be well prepared for this kind of adventure. Our guide Aziz was incredible. He was doing his best to show us The Big 5 and he did! His knowledge and passion for wildlife is amazing. Additionally, Aziz has the same sense of humour as ours, so it was a perfect match.
It was an experience of a lifetime and we will never forget it. A Big thanks to the Lion King team. We highly recommend doing a Safari with them.
RU
35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Professional approach for affordable price
It was an excellent experience.
The booking was easy - contact persone answred immideately on all the questions, provided all necessary information and even fulfilled request about buying for us antimalaria drugs and tests.
The itinerary was very good - in 5 days you can see much more than just primates, safari with big animals and culture walk in local village are also included in the price, for which in other places you will get only gorilla tour 3 days , where 1 and last days are just road days to/from park (saw such tours in Rwanda). On our tour we had habituation experience with gorillas - absolutely must do in Uganda. The tracking itself was not very easy on the way back (as I was not dressed properly - I though it will be cold, but it was extremely hot and I could not take off my warm jacket as i had only t-shirt with no protection from insects), but definitely worths to do it for the time you will spend with gorillas. The guide Elly was very knowledgeable and loving animals. And yes , take the helper who for 20 usd will help you to carry your things and will give a hand on steep parts of the way.
Also we had amazing safaries in Queen Elizabeth park - by car and by boat. We saw different animals and birds and enjoyed it a lot.
Also we had a visit to swamp where we saw different types of monkeys, butterflies , gorgeous birds and even snakes. The tracking is very easy, the local guides were absolutely fantastic. They also gave us a tour to a local village that we loved a lot as well - you will meet there local people who are professionals in coffee making (there is s local plantation) and you can drink a really fresh coffee there, a healer (local doctor) with very intersting explanation about ways of natural medicine, also beautiful local women who re making baskets (you can buy for souvenirs) and will sing and dance for you and also a man who can make a local banana beer and gin, that you can taste.
We also visited chimpanzee track. The animals are beautiful and interesting but organization of visit is the worst if to compare with other parks and tracks - at the same time all tourists are coming and are divided in several groups but anyway they all start track the same time in the same place. So one chimpanzee will be surrounded by 30-40 people and you might see someone's back instead of primate. After this crowded sightseeing of chimps the rest hours (and tour lasts 4 hours) you will be just walking in jungles, where it s hard to see anything else. In my opinion, if a person came exactly for chimps, after he saw them the tour can be over, no need to suffer between sharp trees for another couple of hours.
Our guide/driver from Kaara adv.was very good - we enjoyed our time with Mr.Apollo - he is an excellent driver , intelligent person to have interesting conversations with and very professional in hosting and taking care of tourists. We felt absolutely safe at all times.
We have absolutely excellent impression of the service and attitude from Kaara adventures and the best impressions of Uganda itself.
Just some tips to other tourists to be prepared for:
In the car it is really hot, even with open windows, so think about right kind of clothes. But make sure that on tracking and safari and in lodge area you are wearing long sleeve shirt and long trousers (not shorts) and use enough amount of mosquito repellent - as there are cases of malaria and in safari area in most African countries there is fly tse tse that can transmit trepanosomosis , if infected. So better do not give opportunity to any insect to bite you :)
And buy a lot of drinking water in advance! In lodges they give only 0,5 l per persone, and in hot climate it's not enough.
In the lodges (middle range), as all of them are more or less "eco", there are no aircons or fans, so might be quite hot as well. In the lodges that give accomodation in tents, you might meet a lot of insects. In one of them there was no mosquito net, so it's better to bring yours. Hot water in shower was in all places where we stayed. But as it s not clean running water (usually from the tank or similar), it s better to use for brushing teeth your bottled water - less risk of intestine infection.
Food was very good cooked and delicious in all lodges. And very tasty telapia grilled fish in cafe near Kazinga channel.
One more tip - it s better to change currency to local in the beginning of the trip or to have a lot of small notes of dollars - the tips to people who will help you with luggage or during tracking are highly appreciated.
Overall, it was really a great experience and we absolutely can recommend this company for organization of traveling in Uganda.