UNIQUE EXPERIENCES

We offer travelers a unique selection of hand-picked activities, accommodations and destinations.

OUR MISSION

  • To offer a comprehensive, creative and unique range of services for groups and individual travelers.
  • To adapt to the demands of customers, creating customized solutions.
  • To develop and innovate thematic trips in the whole region.
  • To commit to protecting the environment and responsible tourism.

  • Multi-Cultural & Professional: ORO Travel, an incoming Tour Operator with more than 25 years’ experience, consists of a professional multi-cultural team capable of communicating with customers around the world in order to capture the purpose of your trip and make it an unforgettable experience.

  • Pro-Active & Flexible: We are always creating, adapting, customizing and promoting new and better travel alternatives, according to the needs and travel expectations of our customers.

  • Creative & Passionate: We love what we do, we are always developing and designing new products based on authenticity, to satisfy the diversity of our customers’ expectations down to the last detail.

  • Ethical & Responsible: We are a socially and morally responsible company, reinforced through concrete actions to improve the quality of life of our employees, impacted communities and third parties, ensuring a sustainable future.

MEET THE TEAM

Our specialists are at the heart of ORO Travel. They have travelled extensively and provide first-hand, professional advice so you can enjoy your adventures.

Pascal Picot

Managing Director

Director of ORO Travel. After extensively traveling in Central America, Pascal decided to work as a tour guide in Costa Rica. Later on he fell in love with Nicaragua. He decided that this was the place where he would like to live and work.

After starting to reconstruct a beautiful historic colonial house in the center of Granada, more and more friends from all over the world began calling too see if he could arrange trips for them to Nicaragua. In 1994 the request for tours from friends became so big that Pascal decided to start his own tour operator company here in Granada, Nicaragua. 20 years later, ORO Travel has become a well established and leading company in the country.

Rossana Garcia

Operations Manager / Travel Planner

Rossana started working for ORO Travel in 1998. She has held many positions within our company, starting as a Travel Planner, moving to Transportation Coordinator, then Product Manager, Human Resources Manager and now in charge of operations.

She is from Granada and loves ‘Vigoron’ which Granada is famous for. She is married with one son who is 15 years old and in her free time she likes to spend time with him. Her favorite part of Granada is Las Isletas, a beautiful not to miss site! She also loves the mountains of Jinotega, and swimming.

Lou van Zwanenberg

Product Manager / Travel Planner

Lou, a British native, has dedicated her last fifteen years to working as a professional tour leader and guide in South and Central America. After traveling broadly throughout Latin America and living in Peru for 5 years, she decided to settle down in the cattle region of Chontales, Nicaragua.

Lou is absolutely a nature lover who also likes talking about the modern history of Latin American countries. She has been part of our guiding team for the last 8 years and has recently decided to join our office staff as a Travel Planning, allowing her to continue her passion for tourism while spending more time at home.

Xochilt Salazar

Travel Planner

Xochilt is from the city of Granada. She is an easygoing person and likes interacting with people, which makes her a perfect asset to our Travel Planning team. After working in the hotel industry, Xochilt made the move to ORO Travel and is excited about this new opportunity.

Xochilt loves spending time with her family especially with her son. In her free time she also enjoys visiting new places and exercising.

MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS

We are proud to be members of the following travel associations.

OUR PROMISE

No request is too big or small for our team. If it matters to you, it matters to us. Let us make your escape perfect.

Founded in 1995, ORO Travel is the pioneer tour operator in Nicaragua. Thanks to our vast professional experience and enthusiasm, we allow the most demanding visitor to discover the incredible cultural and natural beauty Nicaragua holds.

We are the gateway to an exceptional region waiting to be discovered!

Our team works to design, adapt and personalize tours to satisfy the needs of each visitor. Our qualified and passionate tour guides and professional drivers are part of our exceptional team, offering visitors the best information, assistance and travel experience in different languages: English, German, French, Russian and of course Spanish.

Contact us today to begin planning your dream vacation.

We are a Tour Operator aware of our surroundings and the importance of the environment. The main objective for our company is to offer fascinating and unforgettable experiences to our visitors, with minimal environmental impact and in turn developing the social and cultural context of all involved.

Reinventing a new normal in the travel industry for the sake of people and the planet means taking care of biodiversity, putting people first, no mass tourism, low carbon emissions, and creating safe, authentic and meaningful experiences for the traveler.