THE FLEXIBILITY OF TRAVEL AGENCIES EAST AFRICA
Preparing
for a vacation to east Africa takes you an effort. Browsing in so many websites
offering almost the same iteneries and packages. It requires time and patience
before you finally choose which travel agency to go with. However it is
advisable you research on the company you decide to travel with. Yes there are
genuine travel agencies so willing to offer you a once in a lifetime vacation
and on the same line there are quack companies only interested in making money
and not giving you the value for your money, however the respective governments do a great job in wiping out such
quack companies with the help of tourist bodies like the association of tour
operators .
Most of the companies offer full packaged iteneries where you need
pay all amounts that will cater for all the safari requirements, Safari car,
Driver guides, Accomodations, fuel, lunches enroute, and all activities to be
done and outlined in the itenery. It is
also advisable to note all the activities outlined for you. Actually have a printout with you when on the
safari. Most of these companies are the internationally established and
internationally owned. They usually focus on main highlights of the country like the national game reserves and
water bodies. There are also other local travel agencies say in Uganda like our
own Auto rental Uganda, a company engeneered by a professional guide and also
other companies that are locally owned rilly give you real value for your
money. Because they are owned by pioneer tour guides who have worked with many
international travel agencies, have interacted with many people from different
countries all over the world, these guides who have formed their own travel
agencies actually know the on-ground needs of these clients.
There are things
international companies never get hold of, like the cultural norms and
practices of the country. “I have come to understand that when tourists from
other countries come to Uganda, they actually come to experience and deeply
understand what the pearl of Africa is like, not just the nature that the
country has to offer”, Guma Alex Tibanyendera
explains. The professional guide and the brains behind Auto rental
Uganda. These guides know what is very best for these clients, Uganda has very
many tourist activities in each and every destination around the country but
not all will be liked by all tourists and that’s why the company never limits
you to that particular activity by letting you be as much flexible as possible.
It is also understandable how some clients need adventure the country on their
own on self drives. With this service, clients only pay for what they get. You
pay for the car rental only, the car keys handed over to you and you will
adventure at your own pace. Also these locally owned companies beat you off the
normal tourist routes that many tourists go through and make it a little bit
interesting. lets say, visiting local markets, visit the local schools, visit
Ugandan humble homes and enjoy a traditional Ugandan dish prepared for you in a
humble surrounding, Stay in an african home for a night through home visits in
villages where the tourists get a personal one-one feel of our daily life and
social setting and the communities will benefit directly from these activities.
Dance to the Ugandan traditional dances, be part of the traditional ceremonies
like the public male circumsisions, get to know the local person and customs
with the community walks and nature walks, yes you will double it with wild
life safaris, great scenery, lush green vegetation and have a once in a
lifetime wildlife encounter, the Mountain Gorilla tracking. If you need to have
a full insight of the country and need a true Ugandan friend, you will just pay
for the car rental and the guides allowances of $30 per day. The activities
will be decided on your arrival to the specific destination with the help of
your guide. However for the Gorilla tracking and chimpanzee tracking or
habituation will require you booking in advance for the specified day and paid
in full amounts.
Other activities can be paid on site. So when planning for
your holiday vacation or safaris, give athought to the local companies like
auto rental Uganda that will give you more than just adventure but will double
it with experience. These companies give you the country at the tip of your
fingures.
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