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We are, an indigenous tour operator situated in Kampala, Uganda, offers two of the most exciting tours: Rwanda Gorilla Trekking and Uganda Safaris. For those who are daring, we provide real and exciting African safaris in both Rwanda and Uganda.

With our highly trusted partnerships, we are able to extend into other destinations of East Africa, like Kenya and Tanzania through the highly trusted partnerships we’ve established there. In addition to our collection of ready tour packages in Uganda and Rwanda, we also tailor itineraries that are specific to a traveler’s needs like budget and timeline with excellent services proven on safari booking and trip-adviser.

PRIVATE TAILOR-MADE UGANDA PRIMATES TRACKING SAFARIS

Uganda Safaris

3 days Gorilla Tracking Safari Bwindi

Nearly half of the surviving gorillas in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park are found there, making gorilla trekking and tracking the park’s primary activity.…

Uganda Safaris

15 days Wildlife Safari Uganda

It will take you through breathtaking scenery and stop at the Queen Elizabeth National Park, Murchison Falls, Kibale Forest National Park, and Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary.…

Uganda Safaris

3 days Murchison Falls Safaris

Northwest and northern Uganda’s Masindi and Amuru Districts are home to this park. The water falls in Murchison Falls National Park are breathtaking and lovely …

Uganda Safaris

4 days Gorilla & Queen Elizabeth

An unforgettable experience in Uganda’s parks is the gorilla tracking in Bwindi and Queen Elizabeth safari with Simba African Expeditions professionals..…

About Simba African Expeditions

We are a cutting-edge, prestigious travel operator offering a variety of vacation packages, including gorilla trekking safaris, wildlife encounters, and mountain hikes, to individuals, small parties, and families. After starting operations in 2012, the company has persisted in providing safari packages to travelers seeking adventures in East Africa, including Rwanda and the Congo, among other destinations.

Leading, creative travel operator Simba African Expeditions offers a variety of vacation packages, including gorilla trekking safaris, wildlife viewing, and mountain hiking, to individuals, families, and private parties.

Uganda Safaris

RECOMMEDED RWANDA PRIMATES & WILDLIFE.

12 days Discover Rwanda Primates

Experience a Rwanda safari with chimpanzee and gorilla trekking with Simba African Expeditions, one of Africa’s leading travel companies; this journey will…

1 day Gorilla Trekking Volcanoes

Before visiting Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park, this safari will start and end in Kigali, one of the ranked continent’s cleanest capital cities in Africa…

3 days Akagera Wildlife Adventure

This wildlife safari experience in Akagera will take you to the 1,200 km 2 Akagera National Park in Eastern Rwanda, which shares a border with Tanzania…

3 days Chimpanzee Trekking Nyungwe

This amazing Rwandan experience takes place in the 1015 km2 Nyungwe Forest National Park, an Afromontane-type forest in the country’s southwest….

Renting and leasing a safari car in Uganda and Rwanda.

Depending on your destination and number of passengers, Simba African Expeditions offers a variety of fleets of top-notch off-road safari cars for rental and self-drive services both in Uganda and Rwanda at affordable prices. These include 4×4 Luxury extended Toyota land cruisers, 4×4 normal Toyota land cruisers, 4×4 mini vans (Toyota Hiace), and executive rosa coaster buses.

There are two types of safaris available: animal game viewing, tracking primates (gorillas or chimpanzees), and wilderness honeymoon experiences.

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Chimp Tracking Adventure

Mountain Gorilla Tracking

Uganda Safaris

Wildlife Game Viewing

Bird watching Adventure

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Based on 80 reviews
michael s
michael s
2024-01-09
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Great Experience, Great company This was an amazing trip! I only had 2 days to spare before heading home and was unsure if it was going to be worth it, It definitely was! Though more days would be better, I say don't hesitate to take the two day trip if that's all the time you have. There was still a huge amount of animals and birds I saw within those two days and it exceeded my expectations that were already high. Simba Africa Expeditions was a great company to do the safari with. From the get go they had great communication before the trip and were quick to respond to any questions. Fred my Guide/Driver was amazing too. He really made sure I got the most out of the trip and taught me not only just about wildlife and conservation but a lot about Uganda in general as well. If I'm ever back to do another tour, I will be requesting Fred for sure. Overall I highly recommend doing a tour with Simba Africa Expeditions and even if you only do this two day trip you won't regret it.
大輝 川
大輝 川
2024-01-05
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Chimpanzee tour 2024/01/04 Thank you for the special tours. Our first African trip is the most impressive one. We appreciate to tour guide, and thank you for helps.
Phil
Phil
2023-12-25
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My go-to for traveling in UG It was my third tour over the course of 1.5 years with Simba and all three have been wonderful: - Jinja day tour with a friend in 2022 - Queen Elizabeth Park with some friends, also in 2022 - Murchison Falls with my family in 2023 All three were exceptionally well organized and delivered everything that was promised. Also a rather small, Ugandan-owned tour operator which is a plus in my book. The guides for each tour were great as well. Really knowledgeable on a wide variety of topics. From Ugandan history to culture, society, politics and of course wildlife. No question was left unanswered. Also big shout-out to the most recent guide I had the pleasure with: Frank. Top-notch guy. I'm definitely coming back for some other tours. At least for destination I don't want to drive myself.
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Journey03628182280
2023-12-22
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Authentic Ugandan safari The guide told us a lot about the history and culture of Uganda which was very interesting and informative. The staff in the lodge was super friendly and took great care of us. All in all we had a great time and we’re surrounded by very kind people and got to see a lot of animals (including leopard)
Mitch W
Mitch W
2023-08-12
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George was the best We had George as our tour guide and he was very professional, very friendly, and very knowledgeable. He was always early to any of our events and knew fun facts about all of the animals we saw. He made sure we saw all the animals on our list and had the best seats for the Nile ride. I will for sure be asking for him again next time we come back to Uganda.
Michael M
Michael M
2023-08-06
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Amazing Murchision Falls Tour With Simba Africa Expeditions Amazing Safari to Murchision Falls & Wildlife Game Viewing by Simba Africa Expeditions. The experience was flawless right from the Booking Process, the Safari Package & what to expect all well explained. The experience and love for what they do showed as Moses and George were amazing throught. I highly recommend Simba Africa Expeditions for a great Experience
Jacob Phillips
Jacob Phillips
2023-07-21
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Your Operator Caught Lying Unfortunately I cannot recommend this company. 0/5 stars, here is why: In July 2023 we were scheduled for a 2 day, 1 night visit to Bwindi National Park to see mountain gorillas. We booked this tour about 8 months in advance, and it is the most expensive tour we have ever booked; rightfully so if money goes towards conservation and supporting the local people. Our third party guide who happened to be our driver that day was excellent, and wonderful to talk to, to learn from, and he was very helpful. We loved spending time with him. We would absolutely book directly with him in the future and would recommend HIM personally to anyone needing tours in East Africa. But this tour operator company itself, and an apparent owner/boss Moses (pictured), lied to us repeatedly on the phone and completely lost our trust. Despite booking a tour in Bwindi, and doing that on purpose based on the location, vegetation, and potential wildlife to see other than the gorillas themselves, when we arrived we realized we were being driven to another park: Mgahinga. For those of you not familiar with the parks, Bwindi is home to 35+ gorilla families, has thick vegetation (impenetrable forest), and various other species. It is the largest and most famous park and in central Uganda. Mgahinga is literally two hours south on the border with Rwanda, has 1 gorilla family, clearer paths and bamboo vegetation, and much less in terms of other species. It’s very possible our experience with the gorillas themselves would’ve been similar, but after booking several months in advance, confirming through email, confirming again through text about our trip to Bwindi, and even getting responses continuing to state again we were booked for Bwindi, we felt betrayed to be taken to another park that is less famous and less exciting, and less adventurous in terms of the hike. I also know that mistakes happen; maybe they got mixed up or didn’t book permits in time as Bwindi tends to be fully booked. Maybe they thought they could save money by going to a park closer to our pick up point in the south instead of driving all the way to Bwindi, I can’t say for sure. But what I can say for sure is after asking about it, the main person answering the phone for the company started by lying to me and attempted to tell me Mgahinga park was a part of Bwindi park, before changing her words to being “similar” when I told her that just wasn’t true. I recorded the phone call. Then I spoke on the phone with Moses, seemingly a boss within the company, who blatantly lied to me several times (all recorded) that “Mgahinga is part of Bwindi” and I just need to listen to him and I don’t know what I’m talking about because I’m not from Uganda. “Bwindi has seven zones and Mgahinga is one of them”. He had a bad attitude and maybe feared he would get in trouble. He kept raising his voice and after I told him I recorded him lying to me repeatedly, literally over and over and over again, trying to tell me Mgahinga was a part of Bwindi, and asked if I should go to the tourism board in Kampala he had a lot less to say, and then a few hours later our permits were fixed and we were able to get up early to make the rest of the drive and still hike in Bwindi as booked. That all being said, the driver we had was phenomenal, the culture and education around supporting the local people, the welcoming with traditional dancing and singing in Bwindi, and the handmade shops to support the locals, in particular a women’s group, was amazing. The trackers, porters, and tracking guide in Bwindi itself were also amazing and very friendly and fun to be with. The pre trek briefing before all the groups split up to look for gorillas was great. The hike was beautiful. Seeing the gorillas themselves was truly amazing (grunting, climbing, swinging, babies wrestling) so I couldn’t recommend a gorilla tour more. It’s truly awesome. But, I wouldn’t book it with this tour operator…When you are spending so much money - gorilla tracking permits are a lot - and traveling across the world, you want to trust your tour operator to be honest. And I simply don’t trust this company anymore. Moses lied to me over and over about a very basic geographical fact anyone can Google in ten seconds, even if they’ve never been to Uganda before and especially obvious if you had been to Uganda before. You can’t lie to people, plain and simple. And even still, he never apologized or owned up to it after being obviously caught. I worry how many times he has lied to other tourists who weren’t comfortable or knowledgeable enough to defend themselves the day of during their trips. I worry if I hadn’t spoken up for us if our amazing tour in Bwindi would’ve been very different in the place they tried to trick us into go to, Because they updated our permits at the last minute, we aren’t going to the tourism board, but we are keeping all the evidence of being lied to in text, email, and audio. Any tour guide or tourism official would know they were blatantly lying listening to the phone call. All tour companies and guides in Uganda are registered with the tourism board and have a licensing number for you to look up and use in case you run in to trouble. Enjoy this amazing experience, just with another tour operator.
Antonio O
Antonio O
2023-07-03
Verified
Amazing experience Amazing experience. Booked last minute and they arrange everything immediately. George, the guide was fantastic. Nice chatter for the long drive. The tour was really nice and I was very lucky to be able to see lions. The Nile river cruise really worth it. Highly recommended. If you are going to pay in USD cash make sure the bills are brand new. The country is very peaky with the marked, wear ones.
Rachel O
Rachel O
2023-03-05
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Unforgettable adventure. From first contact Simba Expeditions were so professional and flexible. We asked to change the advertised schedule to our preferred schedule and within an hour I had a new schedule and quote. It was booked within 2 hours. Tonny was our tour guide and arrived early, supported us to have everything in place to leave with everything we needed and we were on the road at the right time. As a frequent traveller to East Africa, I do worry at times about road safety but Tonny’s driving was excellent from beginning to end and I felt safe in his care. The game drives! Omg! On almost every occasion Tonny found the animals first and other drivers were following him or asking him for where to go. We saw so much in two days. Three different prides of lions, including a lioness with her 1-2 week old cubs. What I loved most about having Tonny as our guide is that while he always found the best sightings first (and we got amazing first views of the animals) he actively discouraged less experienced guides from disrupting the animals. For example, when we found the lioness and her 1-2 week old cubs, another guide started going off-road and disrupting the mother and her cubs. Tonny encouraged them to give her space and I really appreciated knowing we were in the hands of someone who respected nature. A similar thing happened on day two. Tonny found a pride of lions first and we enjoyed watching them for 15 minutes before others arrived. When they arrived they started putting their vehicle between the mother and her 6 month old cubs and he challenged them to back away. What the inexperienced drivers were doing was not only distressing to the pride, but was pushing them to cross the road away from all of us, when we could have all watched them more closely if they’d been patient, turned their engines off and let nature do it’s thing. Tonny is a pro! And not only a pro but a skilled photographer. I was here with a colleague for work so we didn’t have proper cameras. Tonny took amazing photos of what we were witnessing and sent them to us afterwards. If you’re thinking about a safari in Uganda, go with Simba Expeditions, and ask for TONNY!
Theresa H
Theresa H
2023-02-27
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Once in a lifetime experience Uganda Since i had 6 days as solo girl in Uganda to use, i chose Simba to plan a trip for me. And i have to say, i could not have asked for any better organisation/trip plan! My guide Tonny was the most attentive person, who really made the trip to be a once in a lifetime experience for me! With his experience, know-how, inspiration, connections and customer orientation i was able to have an amazing time in uganda! Thanks a lot Tonny. Will come back soon again! 😉

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