were on time. We were extremely pleased. Thank you.”

Wir wollen uns nochmals bedanken für die sehr gute Planung der Reise. Es hat alles tadellos funktioniert.

Leider sind auch 3 Wochen fast zu kurz, außerdem fehlt uns bereits wieder die Wärme. Bei uns hat es fast null Grad.

Der Frühling ist leider noch nicht in Sicht.

Nochmals vielen Dank für alles und liebe Grüße
an Mauricio und Wilfredo Pesendorfer.

Manuela Pesendorfer

Mil gracias y muchos saludos,
Ben

Bravo encore pour votre Guide ISIDRA absolument charmante et très professionnelle la qualité des hôtels choisis (les lodges un peu spéciaux mais si typiques - les réserves EL JAGUAR - MONTIBELLI et SABALO) un bravo tout particulier pour l'accueil et l'hôtel de GRANADA surtout la gentillesse de CARLITO.

Nous ne manquerons pas de reprendre contact avec vous pour un éventuel prochain voyage sur l'Amérique centrale et surtout de recommander votre Société pour son sérieux etc....auprès de nos Amis et autres si nous en avons la demande nous allons faire un mail à Mme OURMIERE de l'Ambassade du Nicaragua à Paris pour lui confirmer notre plaisir a avoir voyagé en votre compagnie sur ce beau pays pour qu'elle puisse transmettre vos coordonnées à toute personne désireuse de se rendre en voyage touristique au Nicaragua n'oubliez pas si vous le pouvez encore, de dire un grand merci à Karla pour la préparation de notre voyage qui a été bien suivi et sans surprise voilà nous tenions à vous faire part de tout cela on vous dit à bientôt peut-être.

amicalement
Famille CAMPILLO

A Paris il neige beaucoup et il fait froid.
Amicalement
Raymond

Everything went so smoothly! David, our tour guide for Cerro Negro was an amazing guide and we couldn't have had anyone better! The crew for the sailing tour was just was amazing and my group enjoyed each and every one of them. It all couldn't have worked out any better and I thank you once again for setting it all up for me and my friends! The excursions made the trip the most memorable for everyone! I would recommend your company and the tours I went on to anyone. There wasn't a single snag in any of it! I have attached some pictures for you to see from the excursions! Thanks again!

Jodie Smith

I gained a lot of knowledge of Nicaragua, of its people, history and the future of the country. I also had the pleasure of meeting Carla whom I think is just a great person. As this was my first tour ever it gave me a lot of insight to the job of tour operator, and it is certainly not a easy one with managing eighteen personalities. Julio did a great job!

Thank you to all of you for making my trip so enjoyable, and I will
certainly will be coming back.

Deborah

Without question Julio was the best guide we have ever had in all our many years of travel. His knowledge, English speaking ability and company was impeccable and he certainly made an excellent ambassador not only for your company but Nicaragua as well.

Without question we will visit your country again.

Please convey our thanks to Julio and also the driver has he was equally of top class calibre.

Best regards
Ian prince

Everything you did was of the very best. Our room at The Alhambra overlooking the main square in Granada was perfect. The tours were even better than we had thought, with all aspects of local life and culture included. A life’s ambition to have a close encounter with a live volcano was more than achieved, standing on the rim at Masaya.

What made it all so special was Rodolfo, our guide, and Juan Ramon, our driver. What a really great team, they were the very best, we could not have wished for better. Jamel was good too, I’m not sure we would have wanted to cope with the border crossing without his expert help!

The venues you chose for our lunches were just perfect and the food extremely good too. The quality and services you provided were superb and we cannot praise you enough. It has whetted our appetite - we want more time in Nicaragua - definitely with ORO Travel. We shall have to save up, but I’m sure we will be in touch, hopefully before too long.

Please convey our best wishes and thanks to Rodolfo and Juan Ramon.

Two very satisfied travellers,

Susie and John, from Kent, The Garden of England

Simply perfect and 100% proffessional. I recommend this agency very much ! He arrnaged for us house rental, car rental and transfers from the Managua airport on the night of arrival and then to Costa Rica on our last day were perfect and on time.

In Granada we stayed in a rental house called Casa Gallo - beautiful house with 3 bedrooms built around an elegant and large yard. Rooms have A/C which is vital in the heat and the house has all amenities, including a nice pool. Felt free and safe to drive around and to walk around at night. Rented a car fron Budget (15 minutes walking from the house) and the supermarket is also 10 minutes walk. Great restaurants for both breakfast and dinner. Drove to Masaya crater and Mombacho, which were both fun, unique and interesting.
Had no toubles with police... The town of Granada itself has a lot of charm. Very Recommended for people seeking unusual destinations.

Yamal was able to get us to the head of the line so when they did find one person to stamp passports we were first in line. Without his help we would still be waiting I think. You and your drivers made the transportation portion of our trip relaxing and so professional. We plan to return to Nicaragua next year and if we do you will be our choice for transportation. Warmest Regards to all our drivers.

Ohne zu übertreiben, ist dies in jedem Fall auch auf die wirklich immer zuverlässige Arbeit von Orotravel zurückzuführen. Vielen Dank dafür, schöne Grüße an den Chef! ... Bis dahin verbleiben wir mit herzlichen Grüßen, Rosi und Jochen Müller

We do extensive traveling and have to commend your company on these two men. Our trip was much more enjoyable because of both of them. Each day when they arrived at our hotel, the car had been cleaned and they were very thoughtful in all our needs. We were in the car with them for many hours and Rudy never stopped explaining everything we saw and answered all our questions. We found the city of Granada beautiful. We were tired from our flight, and yet each part of the day was truly enjoyable. The horse ride to the boat was wonderful. And the boat ride with the monkeys was a special treat.”

Feel free to pass my contact information to anyone needing a reference before booking trips with you.
Sincerely

Your staff on the ground were excellent throughout and everything ran very smoothly. My clients were very impressed with everything you were able to put together and I wanted to let you know this.

The best way to experience the Nicaraguan culture. One of the wives gave me embroidery napkins and a CD of a singer named Paquita La del Barrio. Funny, very funny. Every time I play the CD, it gives me back memories of my Nicaraguan trip.

Once more I had a FANTASTIC time.
Jeanann F.

While in Granada, Lauren and I enjoyed both a morning kayak through Las Isletas and a day long tour of Chocoyero and Los Pueblos de Meseta. Both were fantastic.

In particular, however, we wanted to let you how much we appreciated your staff. Our driver for both tours was Wilfredo – he was friendly, patient, and extremely accommodating. Our guide for the day in Chocoyero was Byron – we were beyond impressed with his knowledge of the culture and history of Nicaragua and good humor. He made us feel very comfortable and relaxed.

We will be certain to recommend Oro Travel to our friends, especially any tour with Wilfredo and Byron!

All the Best,

Nikki Lowy and Lauren Quint
San Francisco, California

Thank you once again

Dr. Karen Anijar
Dr. Robert Scott Appleton

En Nicaragua se escogió la ciudad de Granada por ser un destino turístico con un buen nivel de desarrollo, contando con el apoyo de empresas que cuentan con enfoques de sostenibilidad en sus procesos de prestación de servicios turísticos, escogiendo a 5 hoteles y a una tour operadora (ORO Travel) por ser empresas modelos que han participado en el Programa de Buenas Prácticas de Turismos Sostenible impulsado por Rainforest Alliance Inc.

Destacamos el apoyo de ORO Travel para la realización del trabajo y su esfuerzo en pro de hacer del turismo un sector económico sostenible integrado a las realidades y tendencias mundiales y nacionales".

Josué Flores Centeno
Asesor del Programa de Turismo Sostenible
Rainforest Alliance Inc. Nicaragua

He was very personable and great with our kids. The driver, Juan, was also excellent. I highly recommend them. The old bad part was having to leave and return home to snow.

Thanks for organizing a great trip.

Regards,

Chris

Chris Ford

Also, I think I might have restructured it a little bit too, i.e. seen some of the managua stuff the day we arrived, since we arrived fairly early in the afternoon, and there wasn't that much to do in or around our hotel. And I think I would have skipped spending the night in Leon, because the La Perla, while it looked nice, was where we had the most problems. Our door lock wouldn't work properly, our window wouldn't lock, and no one there spoke that much English. And it's just not as nice of a city as Granada is!

I liked La Omaja on Ometepe, although I was a little worried about it after talking to you. I didn't see the inside of Villa Paraiso, so I have nothing to compare it to, but the food was great (best breakfast of the trip!), and it was nice and quiet, and not full of people like Villa Paraiso.

Julio took great care of us, which is important to me, because while I can tough it out a bit, my wife needs more care, so he was very good for us. He always made sure we were okay, helped us to order at restaurants, was excellent at spotting wildlife, and was just generally fun to be with.

I liked Morgan's Rock and was glad that we ended the trip there. We had a lot of fun there, and it was nice to just relax, and I'm so grateful to you for getting us the second night on such short notice! The one little adventure we had was this: We arrived at the hotel, opened our suitcases up, and then went to dinner. While at dinner I thought that we should keep our suitcases closed, just in case any bugs crawled in, so when we got back to the room, we shut our suitcases, and zipped them up. In the morning, I went to get my clothes out of the suitcase, so I opened it up, and there was a big scorpion sitting in my suitcase! I was able to get it out with chopsticks that I always carry, and then killed it with my shoe. Thankfully we discovered him there and not when we arrived home! The only other thing I would say about Morgan's Rock is that service is slow, and things move at a different pace, so people should just relax and take things as they come.

Anyway, thank you so much for all of the hardwork that you put into our trip, all the planning, answering all of the questions, etc. I really appreciated it, and my wife, who is more the sit on a beach at a nice resort kind of person, loved the trip, which says a lot! I have already recommended your company to friends, so if you ever need a recommendation or anything, feel free to use my name!

Gracias!

Scott.

Die Reise war ein tolles Erlebnis, alle interessanten Stationen wurden berücksichtigt und das Programm war nicht zu voll. Die Hotels waren angenehm, die Strassen sehr abenteuerlich und wir waren froh, einen 4 x 4 Wagen zu haben.

Das örtliche Reisebüro ORO - Travel hat uns sehr beeindruckt, die Unterlagen und Vouchers kamen pünktlich bei der Autoübergabe und waren sehr informativ. In Granada wurden wir dann tel. informiert, dass wir wegen dem starken Wind, der zu dieser Zeit über Nicaragua hinwegfegte, evt. die Fähre nach Ometepe nicht benützen könnten, da 2 Tage vorher eine Fähre gekippt wäre. Sie würden uns dann ein neues Programm zusammenstellen.

Glücklicherweise legte sich der Wind dann soweit, dass wir trotzdem übersetzten konnten ( es war jedoch immer noch sehr abenteuerlich ). Wir fanden es jedenfalls sehr aufmerksam, dass ORO - Travel uns informiert hatte.

Die Autoübergabe in Montelimar hat ebenfalls wunderbar geklappt und auch der Rücktransport zum Hotel Camino Real.

Wir hatten immer ein gutes Gefühl und können nichts bemängeln.
Die Reiseunterlagen, welche wir von Ihnen erhielten waren uns eine grosse Hilfe und sehr umfangreich.
Wir würden diese Reise auf jeden Fall weiter empfehlen.

Herzlichen Dank und freundliche Grüsse

Monika und Hanspeter Güntert

We enjoyed our tour of your wonderful country and would very much like to return in the future for a customised tour.

We would ike to thank you for your excellent service,kindness, and great sence of humour!

Thank you
Regards Paul & Anne

Knowing the hotels now I would have chosen something better both in Coco and in Arenal, but it was ok for the price paid.

Thanks again and I hope to have the need for your services soon again.
Ciao
Carlo

Thanks for all your help..We loved Nica- a great place!

GK

I especially wanted to let you know that the guide I had for Leon, Julio Flores, was teriffic - he was friendly and attentive, and very knowledgeable - an excellent guide. Thanks again.

Thank you for helping to make our vacation so wonderful. Of course - we expect you to remain a #1 Celtics Fan! And - we'll try convert you to a Red Sox fan too!

He had been worried sick about us, did not know what had happened but just waited hoping we would come. On seeing two disheveled, worried-looking Europeans getting out of a taxi on the Costa Rica side of the border, he just marched across to us and whisked us through immigration and customs in no time at all filling in forms himself on our behalf, carrying our luggage with the help of his driver and even having a row with somebody and paying the necessary to open the toilet for us.

Eventually we were comfortable sat in his tour car and we finally did travel to Granada along Lake Nicaragua and it was wonderful.

The Nicaragua section then turned out is the best four days of the entire trip and this man Julio Flores is the best guide we have ever had in twenty years of long hand narrative in a conclusion. We have delayed about a month in writing, so that the account could be more thoughtful and less emotional in tone.
Your response is awaited with interest.

Your sincerely
Mr. A.G Millington and Mrs. P.A Millington.

He went out of his way to be accomodating and available. He checked on everything for us. He was extremely pleasant and knowledgeable. We thank him and we want to say what a valuable guide you have.

I want to thank you for your assistance in arranging our trips. You were very patient with all my questions.

All the tours, drivers and guides were wonderful and we thoroughly enjoyed the excursions.

Our guide Julio Flores with Oro was the best! Very knowledgable and the clients traveling with me commented on his English. Very good! The city guide at the Masaya market behaved more like a vendor and irritated me with his aggresiveness for us to make purchases. Not good.

Overall, my experience was wonderful and I will do business with you again. What does your office in Ft. Lauderdale do? I should make a visit there since I live 30 minutes away.

We learned a lot about Nicaragua and we still think that a promotion of your country in Holland will be profitable.
Nicaragua is a very nice country for peolple from Holland and Europe

Overall found the people very friendly and helpful wherever we went and felt pretty safe wherever we wandered. Again, thank you for your help in giving us a wonderful experience. We felt that nothing we asked you was too much trouble.

Thank you for arranging our trip.
We really had a good time in Nicaragua.
I submitted my reviews about all hotels on Trip Advisor site.

I applaud Oro Travel's efficiency, professionalism, and attention to detail in every aspect of my journey.

Morgan's Rock is a beautiful spot,tough to get to( the roads!!!) but wonderful when you get there.Julio and Victor seemed to have worked well together and Enrique was a superb driver...Not easy roads to drive on..!!!!!! All three of them handled leaving Morgan's Rock and the ferry screw up with great ease or it seemed that way to us.We certainly will recommend ORO Travel to friends who are interested in coming to Nicaragua..

Please thank both Julio and Enrique for giving us such a wonderful trip. Also please thank the driver who took us to San Jorge..

We enjoyed everything we did and loved every place we stayed (Morgan's Rock, Casona de los Estrada, and especially the wonderful Albergue Celentiname -- our favorite place on the trip -- and Dona Maria's cooking!).

We only wish we could have stayed in Nicaragua longer. We're already trying to plan another trip there, and the next time we travel with you, we'll certainly ask for Francisco to be our guide again. He did an excellent job. He was clearly very well informed about his country and was able to communicate lots of information in a clear and interesting way, he was always on time and very well organized, he immediately made us feel comfortable, and he made everything easy, including getting through the border crossing at San Carlos, which I'm sure we could never have managed without him.

Along with all this, he offered something really special: he has such a warm and friendly personality that we felt we were traveling with a Nicaraguan friend, and everywhere we went he managed to create this warm and friendly atmosphere for us with everyone we met. He was also willing to adapt to our needs, taking us on a great tour of Duilio Jimenez's pottery workshop, helping us negotiate for paintings in Solintename, etc., and he also did lots of special things that made our trip really memorable. For example, at the Albergue Celentiname, my daughter (age 14) and Dona Maria's granddaughter, age 13, were very shy with each other until Chico played a noisy, fun card game with them that got them laughing and talking in English and Spanish, and now my daughter feels she has a Nicaraguan friend her age.

These are the kinds of priceless experiences that we'll remember all our lives, and this happened because of Chico. I'll recommend your company and Chico to anyone traveling to Nicaragua.

We had Francisco March ("Chico") as our guide.

I want to take the time to write and tell you what a fantastic job he did for us.

Chico knows a lot about his country, and enjoys showing it to others. He is very friendly and is great to be with.

We saw places, and got into places, that one would never get into on their own.

He goes above and beyond. He made restaurant recommendations that were always excellent, and on one occasion he even made dinner reservations for us.

He was always on time and even early, something that is important to Americans.

In all, he contributed a lot to making our trip a very memorable time.

We enjoyed our day trips tremendously and thought Walter Murillo was an excellent guide. He was very informative and had a great sense of humor. I understand that most guides work on a freelance basis so I am recommending that Oro hire Walter as often as possible.

My family enjoyed Morgan's Rock very much as well and it was a nice restful few days before we went home. However, Granada is the perfect place from which to see so much of Nicaragua and we were grateful to get such good information and suggestions from your office. Additionally, I always appreciated the immediacy of your answers to all of my questions. Thanks for taking the extra time.

I must tell you that your services were outstanding. We always felt the invisible hand of Oro ensuring our safe and expedient travel & the best possible services.

Ometepe is the farthest from the U.S.A. we've ever been in terms of rustic off-the-map travel, and I would recommend your services to anyone.

Granada, es de ensueño, para mi fue como estar un siglo atras. Fuimos a cenar a La Gran Francia, la noche antes de regresarnos a Costa Rica y la comida y el servicio ahi, son de primera. Tambien lo fueron en otro restaurante que se llama El Zaguan o algo asi. En San Juan del Sur, el servicio y la gente tambien son muy amables.

El chofer David y el guia (no recuerdo el nombre) eran muy buenos tambien y pasamos muy entretenidos los trayectos en que ibamos de un lugar a otro.

Realmente deseamos que los Nicaraguenses, en su momento, comprendan y logren aprovechar todos los beneficios que da el turismo a todo nivel.

Saludos y muchas gracias, por unas vacaciones familiares encantadoras.

complement and thank them both for an excellent job. Both were friendly and
competent, but in addition, our tour guide was passionate and extremely
knowledgeable about Nicaragua. He made a wonderful impression on all of us and got away
before we could reward him for our appreciation. I hope this note helps a
little.

We couldn't have had a more enjoyable time while learning all about your country. Also, commendations to Yamal, our driver. We were thrilled to see him return to pick us up for our ride to Leon.

Both ORO Travel and David can be proud of the humor, warmth and professionalism provided to us during our adventure. We will definitely be back (you're right - Masaya and Catarina are a shoppers paradise) and will certainly use ORO Travel as our window to Central America.