Ngondetour Operator

SOME FEEDBACK FROM OUR GUESTS

Just a few notes and suggestions for your future clients and i hope you will have many. English speaking professionals are a necessity for us non- French speaking  travelers

IVINDO TRIP : For the pirogue trip

1. Take protective rain wear –coat and rain pants .the trip can be wet.
2. Wear rubber or waterproof shoes on  the pirogue
3. take a complete change of clothes in case you get wet
4. Flora in the rain forest is beautiful and varied take note as you hike.
5. the hikes are difficult take that into consideration –also the conditions in the forest camp is minimal. Belinga palace hotel in Makokou has a friendly and helpful staff and a good food.
6. Thanks to Joseph (Conservateur  du Parc) and to the guides Parfait and Rodrigue for all their help.

TRAIN RIDE

They do not announce stations so ask

3.   LEKEDI

Very friendly, helpful and pro- active staff;  When we arrived at 23h50 they had a meal waiting for us. The lodge is vey nice as is the food . Animals in the park; Mandrills , Gorillas ,Chimpanzees Citatounga ,impalas , Wild pigs and buffalo to name a few . If one could spend an extra day one could see the things they are doing in the park .Such  as fish breeding etc .thanks to the enthousiastic  guide Jean Patrice. Also the trip to the Poubara falls abd the liana bridge is the must.  A suggestion from me: Perhaps other cultural trips could be arranged like the Bwiti ceremony which was highlightful like visits to village, seeing some traditional dance ,music etc. Thank you Paul and Virginie for organizing the trip and for all of your help .Yes arranging the cell phone was an extremely good idea. Good luck in the future !

Cecile and Jedid  ( Jerusalem, ISRAEL)

Thank you for the beautiful trip to Gabon and Sao Tomé. We have seen many new things and made interesting experiences in your country. We hope, there is a time in the future we find a possibility to discover more from Gabon. Your organisation is perfect and we wish you for the future good business by tourism.

Jurgen & Ulla ( Germany)

/A lot of african experiences we did not have before .Thanks to Paul ,there is always a PLAN B !if plan A does not work .We saw beautiful landscapes ,friendly people ,not too much animals ,but may be it was the wrong saison .Thank you Paul and Virginie for all,you did for us .We wish you the best for your compagny and lot of tourists during the next years. Merci beaucoup et bonne chance !

Richard  & Uli (Autriche)

With this we want to say you. Thank you very much for accompanying the organization of some unforgettable holidays in Gabon and for always helping us and organizing everything we always felt us in good and reliable hands ! Whether it was Sette-Cama or Sao Tome or Wingombe ……or even Libreville, thank you so much! All the best for you.

Beate Strobel & Norbert Klesel  (Francfort /Germany)

/ Thank you very much for organizing such a beautiful trip ! With your help and care we enjoyed your wonderful country. Ivindo , Lekedi and Sette-Cama were amazing !We whish you Peace ,Health ,Luck and Good guests ! Hope to come again.

Alex,Victoria  & Gleb (Moscou,Russie )

/ Missing  planes ,train engines disappeared any many other African encounters couldn’t charge to be this Gabon and Sao Tome experience a wonderful trip because you always found a solution and kept smiling .Thx millions times for organising and reorganising and rereorgarnising J this trip and all the wonderful discussions we had .We are looking forward to the diving with whales and a trip to Ivindo in the future ! J All the best and many many customers for your business.

Dirk & Caroline (Berne,Switwerland )

/  Thank you Paul et Virginie for Helping me in Gabon .You made me stay here much easier .I wish you good luck with yours tourism compagny ,in the future .You are pioneers in Gabon !I had an interesting time with Pygmies in the North, and a good trip to Momba Bai in Ivindo with Joseph and his excellent forest guides from Makokou. If I come to Gabon again I will bring more money!!Thanks also for finding me a cheaper hotel, and showing me how to get l’argent from ATMs!Gabon was an interesting place to explore rivers .It has made me want to see more of Africa .I hope wherever  I go next I can have professionals like you to organize all the details …..  Good Luck!!      « The remote river man »

Kevin Casey    (Brisbane, Australia)

October - November 2009 / To all to whom it may concern.

In October 2009, after 2 years of searching a travel agent interested to cook up a holiday for me, I spent 2 weeks in Gabon with Ngonde Tour. What Gabon has got to offer to travellers is beyond compare and beyond imagination. Gabon has not developed its infrastructure and the people have not developed their mentality to use the country’s full potential. But believe me it is all just details. In a way it is even Gabon’s asset because it adds up to the flavour of being in wilderness and the country’s true wonders are plentiful. What are they? Very simple – its people and its nature with ability to cure anything in your body or in your soul.When in Gabon, I used to recite a poem by W. H. Davis (1870 – 1940), once told by a friend of mine  from India:

“What is this life if full of care we have no time to stand and stare,

No time to stand beneath the boughs and stare as long as sheep and cows,

No time to see when woods we pass where squirrels hide their nuts in grass,

No time to see in broad daylight streams full of stars like skies at night

No time to turn at beauty’s glance and watch her feet how they can dance

No time to wait till her mouth enrich that smile her eyes began

A poor life this if full of care we have no time to stand and stare”.

This poem contains the very essence of Gabon. All it takes is just stand and stare. Gabon will reveal to you all you have always dreamt of. Years later you will still think if all you have seen or felt was for real.

MARCIN SKUBLICKI ( Poland)