HOW TO CHOOSE A BEST TOUR OPERATOR IN RWANDA

What to know when choosing the best Tour Operator in Rwanda.

The land of a thousand hills is known as a nature’s best paradise and one of the most beautiful countries in Africa, and friendliest people in the world. Rwanda is comprised of rich cultural heritage, fine cuisine and comfortable facilities. Its capital city, Kigali has a moderate high altitude climate that comes with its tropical location.

The country has numerous tourist destinations and its landscape is ever green, marked with verdant wildlife. Some of the travelers that have visited Rwanda prove it that it is so unique and qualifies to be visited by every traveler because in each corner of the country, there is something new to discover. These include, fresh water bodies, white sand beaches, volcanic mountains, clean and green city, mountain gorillas, the Big 5 and abundant bird species, among others.

It is easy to travel to Rwanda but it is hard to choose the best tour operator to use. This country has over 150 tour companies of which you may not know whether they are registered under the Rwanda Tour and Travel association. So it is better to use a tour operator which is incorporated, and well registered under the RTTA (Rwanda Tour and Travel Association).

It is better for the visitors to first make sure that the tour operator they are going to use is reputable enough. This can be done by checking the companies’ content on its website and find out what they are offering, whether they have the correct and up to date information and also check on the page describing the company, physical address, contact and many others.

Another way of choosing the best tour operator is to check the social media pages of the company and check whether the postings are up to date, recommendations and followers.

Also forums such as Trip Advisor, Safari bookings, Your African safari, and other places where people write their opinions and reviews about specific tour operators so you can make your travel decisions basing on what their past clients say.

The traveler’s communication with the tour operator is very vital for feed backs because there are travelers that would be visiting Rwanda for the first time so they will have a number of questions requiring urgent answers on things like activities, accommodation, description, insights, offers, discounts and many others.

Travelers shouldn’t think that companies with lower costs are the only best alternatives to choose for a safari, but those that satisfy clients with information, pay attention to details, replies clients’ questions promptly and professionally and much more.

Prices for Rwanda safari packages vary from company to company, therefore travelers before making a choice have to take their comparison and weigh which tour operator offers the best services and prices, in terms of activities offered, experiences, type of accommodation offered, the type of vehicle used, Etc.

In Rwanda, tour operators use different ways to receive their payments, though most of them would prefer bank to bank wire transfer; however travelers should resist private accounts as this may be associated with fraud and hard to recover your money once you are conned. Therefore clients should always send money to company / business accounts.

Other tour operators use online payment systems and the common ones in Rwanda include PayPal, Pesapal, Direct pay online and many others. Therefore, travelers can use their credit or debit cards to make payments online. Visitors are also urged to have their cards protected / secured from their credit card provider.

The best ways of choosing a best tour operator in Rwanda is to make sure that one checks through various websites of different tour operators and compare their prices, services, accommodation options, reputations, profiles and many others.