Where to travel in 2023 or 2024?

CNN Travel recommends Uganda – the Pearl of Africa

Follow the CNN Travel recommendation, take a midrange or luxury Safari with Kabiza Wilderness Safaris, and explore Uganda discovering the Pearl of Africa in 2023.

2023 or 2024 are the perfect Year to visit Uganda, a one-of-a-kind safari destination in East Africa.

CNN Travel: The Best Destinations to visit in 2023 includes Uganda

Why Uganda is the Perfect 2023 – 2024 Safari Destination:

1. Genuine African Wilderness Experiences:

After years of log cabin fever, there is a hunger for wide-open spaces. Uganda offers that its ten national parks operate at a lower capacity than before the pandemic.

Uganda offers one-of-a-kind African Wilderness up-close encounters with primates and gorillas.

Travelers are looking for. Gorilla, Chimpanzee Trekking Encounters, or more time with the primates’ habituation experiences. There are game drives, nature walks, and hikes where you can see abundant wildlife and birds in scenic parks.

Uganda offers a variety of wilderness experiences ranging from nocturnal jungle walks to Volcano Climbs: Discover Africa’s tallest Mountain Range, the Rwenzori Mountains of the Moon. See the most powerful waterfall in the world as you ride a wildlife boat up the River Nile. Explore Africa as it used to be on Safari, spending a few days in the remote Kidepo Valley National Park.

Winston Churchill was quite enthused about his time on Safari in Uganda, “For magnificence, for variety of form and color, for the profusion of brilliant life — bird, insect, reptile, beast — for vast scale — Uganda is true “the Pearl of Africa.” Uganda is Big-7 Safari Destination. Here you can see the “Big-5” plus Mountain Gorillas and Chimpanzees, which makes it the “Big-7.”

2. enjoy the freedom of a Private Safari with a Local Guide:

The 2023 traveler does not want to be in a vehicle with a group. Though in self-isolation for months, a private safari is preferred over a scheduled group safari with many other participants. Private Safaris give our clients the power of choice, far outweighing the slightly higher cost.

Private Safaris means that you are in control. You, not a tour operator, choose the dates for the safari. You choose the activities that you want. Your game drives are without anyone else. You select the lodges and hotels for your safari.

You can even choose a private gorilla trek where you and the rangers lead your gorilla trek. A private Safari with us gives you control, and you are not herded along as on a scheduled group safari.

Along with the wish for a private safari, the post-COVID traveler on safari prefers to be away from the crowds. Uganda fulfills that wish in most cases. Uganda is an off-the-beaten tourist path, and Africa is as it used to be, especially in the remote Kidepo Valley National Park.

3. Experience Authentic Cultural Interactions:

The 2023 Traveler wants safe, meaningful, and authentic cultural interactions. The staged villages one often encounters on safaris elsewhere are not what is wanted, and the emphasis is on authenticity.

There are the Karamojong, fierce Warrior-Pastoralists who were disarmed, the area was secured, and today is safe to travel. The region is also home to one of the most remote and unvisited parks in East Africa, Kidepo Valley Park. However, the park has received all kinds of accolades, including one of the Best Parks on the continent, by the Wanderlust Movement. Rated the number three Park on the Continent by CNN, it has less than ten new visitors enter it each day, and on a game drive or hike, you will encounter no other people than the abundant and varied wildlife found here.

Other groups are found here, such as the Ik People on the extinct Volcano, Mount Morungole. There is no road, only a path; visiting them will take a whole day. The views of the Mountains and the Rift Valley are breathtaking. Still, the authentic experience begins as you enter one of the villages of 11,000 remaining Ik, communities without stores, without most semblances of modernity, where the Bride’s Price are Beehives.

In the southwest corner of the country are the Batwa people. They were the first people in the forest and lived here for thousands of years before other tribes migrated to their area. They were hunters and gatherers who left a low ecological footprint behind. They built no permanent structures but moved with the seasons. Today they are conservation refugees. They can lead tourists back into the forest to demonstrate their ancient ways.

4. Experience Quality rather than Quantity:

The Post-COVID-19 Traveler is seeking memorable quality experiences rather than Quantity. Some want to pack in as much as they can into a day. I have met tourists who wanted to see Murchison Falls, the most powerful waterfall. They took a picture and were ready to leave. They post pictures on Facebook or Instagram and tell their friends they have been there.

That is like dipping your toes into the River Nile and then saying that you went swimming in the Nile. The quality of the experience is more important than the Quantity. At the end of the safari, they are exhausted and need a vacation.

Well-meaning tour operators offer one-day gorilla trekking Safaris, and quality is taking the time to prepare yourself for the trek. On the day of the walk, as you encounter a gorilla family in the wild, savor the experience, which many have said is life-changing. That evening as you take your safari sundowner enjoying a sunset over Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, reflect on the day.

Time in Africa is not based on tasks and activities but on relationships. There is nothing like sharing your gorilla encounter around a campfire at your lodge.

5. Stay at Smaller Quality Accommodations:

Amazingly, as the pandemic subsides, travelers are drawn to smaller, quality lodges. They want to avoid large hotels and lodges and choose boutique accommodations instead. We have done that for years and only use larger hotels and motels when there are no alternatives.

Today, African Travelers want smaller, better-quality lodges with space and Privacy. They do not wish for Privacy with thirty or more rooms but prefer a smaller one where they are not a room number but a person with a name.

We choose Safari lodges where meals are served that you can look forward t, where creativity is the rule, and where vegetarians and vegans are welcome. Clubs that can meet the needs of those looking for lodges that serve Halal-friendly meals.

We have found that the safari experience includes the lodges you stay at. We choose the ones that offer a bed but become part of the safari tapestry, your experience. We also find that mid-range and luxury lodges meet travelers’ expectations.

The quality of your room, the lodge’s feel, the meals served, and the level of service offered are what we use as our criteria. Clubs with 34/7 security since your well-being are always on our minds.

6. Go on a Sustainable Eco-Tourism Friendly Safari:

Those in the Uganda tourism sector must find a way to maintain tourism long-term without harming natural and cultural environments. Sustainable travel is about valuing the ground and looking after our natural resources, which the Post-COVID-19 discerning traveler wants.

Without Gorilla Tourism, the mountain gorillas’ habitats would have gone twenty years ago. Without Gorilla Tourism, the number of gorillas would have declined. Instead, because of sustainable  Gorilla Tourism, they have increased. 2020 saw an unprecedented gorilla baby boom in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and Mgahinga Gorilla Park.

Sustainable Tourism is ingrained into the minds of those that surround the parks. The Uganda Wildlife Authority shares 20% of park entrances with the local community. Reasons that the Elephant and the Rothschild giraffe population has dramatically increased.

Sustainable Eco-Tourism provides meaningful and better-paying jobs causing more to preserve the environment for future generations.

7. Enjoy Flexibility in Booking and our Price Grantee:

Plan your Safari in Uganda for 2023: We live in an ever-changing world. Travelers are looking for stability and security; some lost thousands of dollars for unrefunded travel because of the pandemic. Today’s traveler demands flexibility in booking a trip, not the rigidity of the past.

We have heard and acted by offering a flexible booking policy. We are one of the few tour operators in Uganda that do.

We want to give our clients peace of mind when booking with us. We have gone even further with our price guarantee and suggest you look at them both. The one-of-a-kind price guarantee allows you to enjoy a value+ or luxury safari at the best price in Uganda. 

Maybe you are ready to Plan your Safari in the Wilds of Uganda for 2023-2024. Take a few minutes and use the form below, and we will get started with your personalized safari in the Pearl of Africa.

8. Inflation Busting Discounts on our Midrange Value+ and Luxury Safaris:

Private Midrange Value+ Safari Discounts:

• 5% discount on a Safari of four to nine days in length: This includes quality midrange, quality, above average lodges who have agreed to work with us to get this one-of-kind unprecedented discount to you. Arrival and departure days are included.

• 10% on ten days or longer Safaris: Save an incredible 10% on your Safari in Uganda. 10% has never been offered by tour operators in Uganda, aside from times when gorilla permits were on special and time-limited discount by Uganda Wildlife Authority. Our discount is not limited to a short time; our offer is for all of 2022 and 2023. However, the Safari must be booked by December 31. 2023.

Read more about Midrange Safaris here. When contacting us, include in your text “Inflation Discount.”

Private Luxury Safari Discounts:

10% discount on a Safari of four days or longer: This includes our Fly-In Safaris with Aerolink Safari Airline. We use the best Luxury Lodges available with whom we have working relationships. Most luxury lodges we use have seasonal discounts during the off-and-shoulder seasons of the Year. The dates of such seasonal discounts vary from lodge to club. We will automatically include such discounts and inform you of them.

Our Luxury Safaris      Our Luxury Fly-In Safaris

Please Note: Gorilla Trekking, Gorilla Habituation Experience, Chimpanzee Trekking, and Chimpanzee Trekking, Golden Monkey Trekking, or Golden Monkey Permits are not discounted since they are set at a fixed price unless Uganda Wildlife Authority offers a temporary discount, then that discount will be reflected in the cost of the Safari. It should also be mentioned that our discounted Safaris is not a stripped-down version of what we usually offer, and this offer is not retroactive, covering previously booked safaris. Safaris must be booked by December 31, 2023.

Flexible Booking Policy   Our Price Guarantee

What You Need to Decide as You Plan Your Safari in Uganda for 2023-2024

• How many Days for your Safari? The number of days determines what you can do and see and the activities you can include in your Safari.

• When do you want to do your Safari: The best months of the Year are from the middle of June to September and from mid-December to March. Off-Season means discounts at many luxury lodges.

• Choose a Value+ or Luxury Safari: Value+ Safaris include better midrange lodges while you stay in Uganda’s best Lodges on a luxury safari.

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