Travel reviews by H family from Seven Oaks

My Jul 2018 trip

On this trip, I visited Rwanda between 19-Jul-2018 and 29-Jul-2018 and I travelled with 1 other person.

Exceeded expectations.

Fascinating country and whist it sounds a little misplaced to say it the opportunity to confront the Genocide added a thought provoking additional dimension to a brilliant wildlife experience. Compared to our other Africa experiences the two stand out features were the opportunity to be more active (moving about on foot etc.) and the feeling of safety and a warm welcome from a people who still have next to nothing in spite of the relative success of rebuilding the country.

All of our accommodations were up to standard even if they are way below the better lodges in other parts of Africa in terms of pure lodge experience.

Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:

At the planning stage perhaps make suggestions for alternatives and give advice to make choices.

For example, in Nyungwe it would have been good to have been offered tjhe forest treks and also a visit to the tea plantation (our guide tried to get us in but it was closed on a Sunday). As related in this form, our guide was quite resourceful in adapting our itinerary when the first day's sites were unavailable and in fact we are glad to have seen a couple of the alternatives that we may have missed otherwise. These could have been suggested in planning maybe.

These remarks really are intended as pointers to improve what is already an outstanding service that we have now used three times (Namibia, Tanzania and Rwanda) and will use again.

I stayed at and have reviewed:

Place	Overall rating
Hotel des Mille Collines, Rwanda 19-Jul-2018 review: Stop over at Mille Collines	Good
Nyungwe Top View Hill Hotel, Rwanda 20-Jul-2018 review: Excellent first stop in Rwanda	Good
Cormoran Lodge, Rwanda 22-Jul-2018 review: Cormoran Lodge review	Excellent
Mountain Gorilla View Lodge, Rwanda 25-Jul-2018 review: Functional and comfortable stay	Good

Excursion	Overall rating
City & Genocide Memorial Tour, Rwanda 20-Jul-2018 review: Not to be mssed	Excellent
Chimpanzee Trekking in Nyungwe Forest, Rwanda 21-Jul-2018 review: Chimpanzee Trekking in Nyungwe Forest review	Good
Canopy Walk in Nyungwe Forest, Rwanda 21-Jul-2018 review: Fun and worth doing	Good
Colobus Trekking in Nyungwe, Rwanda 22-Jul-2018 review: Excellent complementary actiivity	Excellent
Canoeing in Rwanda, Rwanda 25-Jul-2018 review: Enjoyable afternoon in a canoe	Good
Mount Bisoke Trek, Rwanda 26-Jul-2018 review: Tough and stimulating day trek	Excellent
Gorilla Trekking Safari, Rwanda 27-Jul-2018 review: Once in a life time wildlife exeprience	Excellent
Golden Monkey Trekking, Rwanda 28-Jul-2018 review: Excellent experience	Excellent