Uganda Tour & Travel Companies

Just returned from a magnificent tour of Uganda. We went with Mukisa Safaris, Richard went to so much trouble to make sure we got to see and do everything we wanted. Our guide Hami, and John our driver were outstanding. Uganda is the real Africa, stunning scenery, mountains, rain forests, lakes, rivers and of course wild animals. Go soon, before it changes.

I had the most incredible experience with Mukisa Safaris. This was a solo adventure 23 day slightly customized tour of Uganda and Rwanda, where I wanted to spend a few extra days driving around Rwanda on top of an all-encompassing tour of Uganda. From first contact with Richard, everything was handled completely professionally and seamlessly, and responses and tour modifications were sent over almost immediately, as I fine tuned my trip, which really help plan (they can do economy / premium accommodation options, as well as customizing your tour exactly how you want) After being picked up from the airport, everything was handled to such perfection, and I felt completely safe the entire time, while we toured the most remote parts of the countries, exploring wildlife, rural villagers, and much more. All hotel bookings and transportation was handled by Mukisa, and I didn’t have to do a thing. We had a tour of Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, Kidepo Valley, Murchison Falls, Queen Elizabeth, Chimpanzee trekking in Kibale, Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi, village tours, a 8 day hike in the Rwenzori mountains, and a few days in Rwanda to relax at the Lake Kivu and explore a bit more. My main goal was wildlife photography, and the vehicle was perfectly equipped having an open top for safaris. I captured some amazing shots of lions in trees, elephants, giraffes, monkeys, gorillas, chimpanzees, and local culture. They say Uganda has the Big 7 :) - add Gorillas and Chimpanzees My guides were Giraffe and Solomon. They were an absolute pleasure to have as companions for 23 days, having vast knowledge of the countries, national parks, culture, where to eat, and always providing insightful commentary as we traversed the lands. We always stopped over at great places to eat that accommodated an international diet, instead of packed lunches, however you can eat anywhere if you like. Any personal requests I had were always remembered, such as getting photos of certain subjects or areas, or searching for certain foods (Samosas are my favorite). Water always in the car, and they even a travel adapter for the Rwanda power plugs, which I didn’t think about. So much appreciated was having 4G internet the whole time via hot spot. You can drive up to 8 hours some days and the internet was always reliable and fast! I cannot recommend Mukisa Safaris enough, they can completely customize any kind of trip you would like, are so hospitable, and I left Uganda with some of my favorite travel memories ever. And on top of that I now consider them as friends and family. I will definitely return! Uganda, as they say, The Pearl of Africa, is the most beautiful country to explore, and Mukisa Safaris made it the most enjoyable experience!

A truly amazing trip! A great trip with a great small group of people to visit with some amazing animals.

The East Africa Overland: Serengetti and Safari Drives trip was an immersive trip that encompassed many different cultures and an enormous amount of wildlife within the African continent. I would recommend this trip to anyone that would like to experience the jungles, mountains, serengetti and Beaches of Africa while being able to explore the wonderful local cultures of each location with unique activities. This was truly a trip of a lifetime and will always be one of my favorites!

I took my grandson on the 15 day Tour of Uganda - 5 National Parks and general overview of Uganda life, village and urban. Bosco was there for us everyday helping, guiding and explaining as needed. His services started from before we arrived with saving an awkward Visa problem by getting expedited Uganda response when US passport for grandson did not arrive until day befor departure. Visa was there when we arrived in Entebbe. Just great wildlife excursions one after another. Scenery - gorgeous! Villages and their life experiences - real and inspiring. When I go to Uganda again it will be with Bosco

The tour is amazing and with Bosco was even better he is an amazing guide and also a very good friend! He adapts in your needs and makes you feel like one more in Uganda.

Absolutely wonderful experience of a liftetime!! I already knew gorilla trekking would be amazing, but I was surprised at how fantastic the lodging and every thing else was planned for me. James did a fantastic job of taking care of everything to the last detail!

Highly recommended!! I contacted Ngoni safaris-only 2 weeks before my arrival in Uganda-requesting a customized 3 day safari in Murchison while staying in specific lodges in both Destinations. Sedrick's communication was excellent all the way. He helped me create my dream holiday in this beautiful country and was quick to answer all of my questions in a professional and friendly way. Sedrick was also my guide and I have to say that he is the best guide I could ever have asked for. Highly knowledgeable, kind, professional, friendly and with a clear love and respect for nature/animals and his job. He truly turned this trip into a once in a lifetime adventure. I will definitely book with them again, the next time I will get the opportunity to visit Uganda. Thank you for everything !

We enjoyed our tour of Uganda immensely. Emma is a professional, experienced and thoughtful guide. He is also very knowledgeable and took care to ensure that we were happy with every aspect of the trip. The accommodation provided each night was very comfortable. We appreciated the abundance of well cooked and delicious food everywhere we stayed. It was obvious to us that Emma and Devine African Safaris have established an excellent network of contacts which resulted in our trip progressing smoothly. The itinerary provided a wonderful mix of experiences. There were many highlights, including seeing mountain gorillas, chimpanzees, elephants, lions and many more. We benefited from Emma’s sharp eyes on the game drives. He was very good at spotting animals and birds. Overall a wonderful trip. Thank you Emma and Devine African Safaris.

I took this tour late December/early January (December 2022/January 2023). Boaz was my guide the entire time. He was awesome, easy-going, had good knowledge of the areas we visited and great knowledge of the animals. I thoroughly enjoyed my time in Uganda and Rwanda with Boaz. I definitely recommend this trip. However, even though the trip is lots of fun with many beautiful areas and animals, it is quite tiring and includes a lot of transit times (vast country - how else to get around than to do a lot of driving?!). As long as you are flexible and respect local cultures and standards, I think this is a fantastic trip.

Fabulous trip would highly recommend to any adventurer friends. It exceed my expectations better food, beautiful scenery and so varied, great bird life and wildlife in general all round great time.

Uganda is a surprisingly interesting country, full of lovely friendly people. The scenery is often beautiful and the animals, especially the gorillas are brilliant. It was a privilege to visit and was one of our best holidays ever.

Fantastic countries; Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya, Incredible vehicle driver and cook, amazing travel partners, but the best was the animals; Gorillas, Chimpanzees, Leopards and so many more. I loved Uganda so much I need to go back, we had two leopard sightings, unbelievable. The campsite were good but the food was fantastic, I might have gained weight in this trip. I highly recommend this trip.

Fix the roads hot. Hotels are Adequate would like to have better hot hot water service and water pressure

We had a 3 days tour with Richard, Richard is Passionate about the tours in Uganda, He knows what he does, He took an account of looking for all the Animals, Even he managed to look for a Leopard which is a rare cat to spot., He explained well and He has good Customer care. Thanks Richard, I recommend anyone to use Richard.

I really enjoyed the experience and Mark was a great guide! He explained a lot and it was a pleasure to have conversations. The lodge was very nice and the meals delicious. So I am happy I have booked the trip! Thanks a lot!

This has been the best tour I have ever taken. Look no further. I know there are a ton of companies out there offering gorilla tours in Uganda/ Rwanda or both, and I understand how it is hard to distinguish a good company from a regular one. Below are the reasons why I decided to book Friendly Gorillas, and why I thoroughly recommend them today: - Extremely responsive. From the second I booked the tour to the end of the tour, the team at Friendly Gorillas was always in touch with me. - Extremely flexible and accommodating. During the tour, we decided to extend the tour by an extra two days to do a game drive. We also decided to add more activities, such as seeing the Batwa. Friendly gorillas has American-style customer service: they resolved and executed what we asked to cater to our needs without ever saying something was not possible. - Truly knowledgeable of Uganda: although Friendly Gorillas offer American customer service are dealing with actual people from Uganda. This means that your tour operators know the land, the people, the food, the landscape, the activities better than anyone. - Competitive prices. Because you are directly dealing with an Ugandan company and not a US or British agency that in turn liases with a local company, prices are fair and competitive. Friendly gorillas also explains clearly up front what the money goes to. - Excellent planning and accommodation. At first, I was a bit skeptical of someone booking my hotels. But was I glad that they did that. They chose the best, and nicest places that were strategically closely located to all our activities. - Bent over backwards to accommodate our needs. The company bent over backwards to ensure that the gorilla family we visited was “easier” to find as we were not in the fittest conditions of our life. Youll realize when you reach Uganda that gorilla families are given to different groups to visit depending on, among others, the agility and fitness of the visitors. We appreciated the company’s efforts to accommodate our needs as much as possible. - Loveliest and most knowledgeable guides ever. We went on our tour with Tony, a lovely and super knowledgeable guide. He is from central Uganda and loves his country. He really knows his country material: he can talk to you about Uganda’s history, politics, myths, cuisine, traditions, culture, animals, gorillas, you name it. Tony was also super kind, funny, and considerate. We ultimately ended inviting him to join us for each meal as we really appreciated his company. Safety first. Friendly Gorillas is a company that puts safety first. Two examples come to mind. First, we were two girl friends from University. As women, we were a bit scared about traveling in Uganda at first. Those fears quickly dissipated. Tony went with us everywhere. He made sure that the best rangers would take us to see the monkeys. Whenever he took us to an activity, he made sure to be just outside to pick us up. The second example has to do with our vehicle. When Tony realized one of the tires was a bit flat he went during our lunch to get everything sorted to ensure that all of out tires (including spares) were in perfect condition. Ive already recommended Friendly Gorillas to my friends and family. I hope this review is useful to you as well.

What a trip of a lifetime this was! We’ve been on the 9 Day Uganda Adventure tour and I cannot praise it enough! We had the best of accommodations, the food was delicious everywhere we went and every day was a different adventure in itself. We got to see the chimpanzees and gorillas from up close in their natural habitat, of course and been on amazing safaris that made us get a true taste of Africa and Uganda in particular. Many thanks to Anthony for the great organization of the tour and for his availability and swiftness in replying to my inquiries! Not the least, special shout out to Chris (one of the best guides I’ve met so far) – excellent driver, super accommodating with our requests, knowledgeable and responsible at all times. I highly recommend this tour and Chris most of all!

Peter has been a considerate, kind and attentive host. Places of visit, lodges and food have all been selected with a care and utmost consideration. This has been one of my best solo adventures and I have felt safe throughout. Highly recommended tour operator and Uganda is a beautiful country.

We did get to see everything on the tour. We just wished the itenerary was more clear, driving took up 3 of our 7 days. It’s way too long to be sitting in cars for entire days. Also the car had not been maintained enough as it broke down. Plus we ran out of gas. Next was the mid-range level of hotels. We stayed at 4 hotels two which were pretty nice but the other two were quite dismal. The food was ok. Was all included but all similar food which we thought was Uganda way? Our last night we went on our own to a nice restaurant around the corner and the food was fantastic. So then I think our tour just cheaper out on food. Breakfasts at the hotels were lovely. The gorillas were amazing the absolute main feature CB of the tour