I have recently come back from Uganda having organised my safari with Kabiza Wilderness Safaris and I cannot recommend them highly enough. They were recommended to me by a friend in the first place and having travelled with them I wanted to pass on the recommendation.

Jon was brilliant at organising my itinerary for me and threw in suggestions of his own – which I’m very glad I took him up on! They were very competitive on price and everything was organised as was promised and there were no hidden extras or charges of any kind whatsoever. There was a small misunderstanding involving me having paid US$40 too much after I tweaked my itinerary a little at the last minute, which was my own fault as I hadn’t picked it up until the last day of my safari. Once I emailed Jon and pointed it out though he transferred the money back to my account after I had returned home – you can’t ask for more than that!

What made the trip, however, was my driver Remmy. If you do use Kabiza request to have Remmy! As a single woman travelling on my own I was a little apprehensive about what the driver would be like as so much of the trip was just the two of us in the van, but Remmy was absolutely brilliant. It’s not too many tour guides that share their bananas and passionfruit with you (he taught me how to eat passion fruits the proper African way), or hunt down banana gin in the back streets of a village for you because you want to try it.

Remmy was really knowledgeable about everything too and his English was superb. He has a great sense of humour as well, and it felt like I was on a road trip with my brother – an amazing journey.

Kabiza also do safaris in a few other African countries as well, and I will definitely be using them for any other trips to Africa I do.