December 2007
Hi Ossy,

We wanted to thank you for a wonderful trip to Rwanda. Guston was a fantastic driver and the vehicle was very comfortable.
We loved the people, landscape, history and gorillas. I definitely plan on returning in the future-hopefully spending a week or so with the gorillas. I may have a friend contacting you who may be visiting Rwanda during his honeymoon, hoping to see the gorillas.
I hope you had a great trip to Ngunwe and a great holiday, Ossy! Thanks again for all of your help and for arranging the permits for the gorillas. It was the BEST experience I have ever had. I saw Susa the first day and Katindo the second day. Both amazing experiences.

Thank you again!
Marielena Smith

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17th - 22nd November 2007

"hi ossy!!
well i am back home and i just wanted to thank you for everything
my trip was fantastic!!! gaston was a great driver and guide!!
i would be happy to be a reference and if anyone asks, please fell free to give them my name and email address
thanks again ; )"

MELISSA SMEJKAL from Chicago

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January 2007

I had to arrange my trip at quite short notice.There are many tour operators who organise trips around Rwanda (they will provide a 4wd, a driver/guide and arrange accommodation and permits). I got a few quotes and the price did not vary a great deal between most of them. I ended up using Access Rwanda Safaris because they were cheap, and Ossy there was always very fast to answer my emails. They were also very relaxed about payments and so on - using their own money to reserve gorilla permits for us, rather than insisting I transferred the money in advance. None of the operators I spoke to seemed particularly knowledgeable about the wildlife and they all offered similar standard tours.

Our driver and guide - Alphonse Hategekimana - was soon christened The Fonz, a name that appeared increasingly was appropriate as time went on. Although he wouldn't claim to be a wildlife expert, he did know every other person in Rwanda, especially the guides in the national parks, all of whom greeted him as a long lost friend, with cried of "Caaaa Va" or "Oh my God:" . His good connections were very useful. He was reliable and I trusted him totally.

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