Comments from Happy Clients

“This is definitely a moment to flag up the amazing patience, dedication, work ethic and thoroughness of Pascal and Andrew from AJ Tours who have painstakingly organized all the logistics for this trip. Really great guys and if anyone ever comes to Uganda through WVS or otherwise, you’d be making a mistake not to have them looking out for you and making sure everything goes to plan.”

“Thank you so much to Pascal, Andrew, and all the team at A J Tours, for the wonderful trip that they arranged for us in September/October 2018, having travelled in Uganda before many times, this was truly the best trip ever.​We travelled across Uganda to Murchison Falls, via The Rhino Sanctuary at Ziwa, scenery, and wildlife was stunning, and the accommodation arranged was comfortable.

One of the highlights for us was Pascal’s new Euphorbia Lodge in Queen Elizabeth National Park, we could have sat in the gardens all day just watching the beautiful birds coming and going, we also saw many animals in the area, including Elephants, Wart Hogs, and Monitor Lizards.

We were taken high into the mountains of the Bwindi Forest National Park, where we have visited many times before, to see all our friends in the area, visiting also the schools we help to sponsor, at Buhoma, and Karangara, the accommodation here too was excellent.  

We would definitely travel with A J Tours again, in fact we are already planning our next trip in 2020, even though we are not getting any younger, at 66 years of age, we feel that with Pascal and the team, we can continue to visit Uganda for several years to come.”

“My visit to Uganda in July 2018 was a wonderful trip, in no small part thanks to AJ Tours and the team at Euphorbia Lodge. I visited Uganda with Mission Rabies for their dog vaccination project and stayed on for a trip arranged by AJ Tours, which included a visit to Lake Mburo National Park and a morning observing a local vet working with some beautiful cows.

The accommodation at Euphorbia Safari Lodge is simple but comfortable and surrounded by wildlife-sitting on the loo watching the weaver birds outside was fantastic! Other birds observed within the grounds included water thick-knee and grey longbill along with an abundance of butterflies.

A short walk through the bush is Lake Bunyampaka, a salt lake, worked by the residents of Kasenyi Fishing Village-the closest settlement to Euphorbia Lodge. The lake has flocks of greater flamingo and great white pelican and is visited by a variety of large mammals, including elephant. During the walk we saw a variety of wildlife including warthog and waterbuck. Vehicle and walking safaris guarantee a range of wildlife sightings as you are nestled within Queen Elizabeth National Park. I was so grateful that the AJ Tours team were able to arrange a custom itinerary, based around my budget and interests I had a wonderful time.​​​’

”if anyone is considering a trip to Uganda (and if you’re not, why not?) I can thoroughly recommend AJ tours, owned by Pascal. They will look after you brilliantly””

“If you have not been to Uganda yet and dream about this beautiful country, plan your visit only with AJ Tours and JM Pascal. It is a very reliable company of travel enthusiasts. Not only AJ Tours organizes beautiful trips for you, but also all accommodation, guides and all other attractions. I was with them in the Ruwenzori mountains called the magical moon mountains and Jinja rafting, Kibale chimps, Bwindi gorillas. Additionally, AJ Tours will organize a hike up the Nyiragongo Volcano in Virunga National Park (if the track is open) and lake Bunyonyi for you. I recommend AJ Tours from the heart. Very very beautiful and positive people. In business for many years and they know it because they love what they do.

PS. I will also go one more time, if anyone needs company. My plans include Rwanda and Congo, of course with AJ Tours.”

“I cannot thank Pascal and Andrew and the whole AJ Tours team enough for the amazing support they have given me, with my various charity projects, working as an Honorary member of the Kabale Rotary Club in Uganda.
Whatever I ask, whether it is organising my twice-yearly trips, delivering items such as books and clothes to the schools I work with or giving support to our children, nothing is ever too much trouble!”

“I have had the good fortune to make several visits to Rwanda as a trip extension to a Uganda safari with Pascal. His knowledge of the country made the transition in driving from Right Hand to Left Hand driving seamless as was the travel planning for the border crossing and change of time zones; little things that make a big difference.

Rwanda is a place of harrowing recent history juxtaposed against a shining example of successful eco-tourism. Kigali, the bustling capitol (often called Africa’s Rome as it is built on seven hills) requires a visit to the Genocide Memorial and the setting of the Hotel Rwanda, reminders of the opposite extremes of the human condition. Juxtapose this with the serene setting of the graves of Dianne Fossey and Digit in the Virungas Mountains where the mightiest of the Great Apes was saved from extinction due to the dedication of this amazing, driven woman.

Visiting the Mountain Gorillas is truly one of the most significant ‘bucket-list’ achievements anyone can do. Sitting close to a massive silverback, whilst juveniles rough and tumble during a siesta break for the troop is one of those rare, truly awe-inspiring moments. The Virungas are an amazing habitat with spectacular birdlife, insects and vegetation and it is well-worth visiting the rare and endemic Golden Monkeys whilst there.

A visit to Gisenye and the Rwandan Riviera on the tranquil shores of Lake Kiva can be a relaxing end of trip beach experience of the start of yet another extension with A J Tours into the Congo and the chance to visit Goma, the DRC Mountain Gorillas and hiking the Nyiragongo Volcano.

The choices and adventures are endless and certainly recommended and smoothly put together by Pascal and his team at A J Tours.”

“Having visited Uganda on numerous occasions and having already trekked Gorilla in Bwindi impenetrable forest, my trip to Rwanda was not to see Gorilla but to fulfil  a dream to visit the grave of Dian Fossey and Digit and pay my respects to them, at the site of the original research centre where Dian lost her life.

I found this trek deeply moving and loved the experience of walking the same tracks as Dian. I also trekked the amazing Golden monkey and was lucky to be there along with the research scientists to hear first- hand their conservation aims. These monkeys are truly, wonderful and should not be missed.

I made a very personal decision not to visit the genecide museum and chose to pay my respects from outside, however during my trip I also visited the beautiful lake Kivu and thoroughly enjoyed my visit to the then National museum (re-named ethnographic museum). This was a very interesting museum and I was very impressed by its informative layout.

I also loved the canopy walkway in Nyungwe Forest and would put this amongst the highlights of a trip to Rwanda. I would urge visitors to not merely see Rwanda as another chance to see Mountain Gorilla.”

“We were lucky enough to visit the DRC with Pascal, travelling from Uganda via Rwanda in June 2010. Of course we were a little apprehensive but we knew Pascal would keep us safe.  Crossing the borders was slow although interesting and we eventually reached the comfortable Beni Hotel to start our visit.

After time to relax we moved on to Ipullu forest.  The lodge was basic but Pascal took good care of us and cooked for us each day.  We stayed by the beautiful river Ipullu and were warned not to go too close to the edge in case of crocodiles. The wildlife in the grounds was amazing, especially the 5 varieties of primates.

We were also able to see rescued Okapi in the reserve. They are not easy to see in the wild as they are shy and live most of their lives on their own.

A highlight was a visit to the local Forest people in their village where we met the headman his wife and their families. We were also encouraged to walk in the forest and watch a hunt.

It was a privilege to meet these people, and appreciate their way of life, living as they do in harmony with the available resources within the jungle, and sharing their possessions with their neighbours and relatives.

On return to Hotel Beni we spent another comfortable night and were encouraged to join two very interesting weddings held in the gardens.

In all a wonderful stay in a country which has had many problems but where we met nothing but friendliness from everyone we met. ”

“I have been working with Pascal and the whole crew of AJ Tours for many years touring Uganda, spending most of my time in Bwindi and it has always been my dream to visit DRC. We finally put a trip together with my friends in 2018 and although we travelled a lot in Africa, this was an adventure of our lives. Seeing lowland gorillas in Kahuzi-Biega National Park and mountain gorillas in Virunga was simply fantastic even though we have all seen gorillas in Uganda and Rwanda several times before. And climbing Nyiragongo was truly a highlight and the best way to finish our stay in DRC I can imagine. Clearly, what made this trip was the AJ Tours staff - Andrew, who is coordinating everything from the office, Adam, who was driving and was always where you need him to be and most of all Pascal, the owner. The knowledge of the area and the people, the connections that he has there and the years of experience in tourism help him to handle any difficult situation. This combined with his warm personality makes everybody who travels with him feel safe and that allows people to relax fully, open up to the beauty that surrounds them and simply enjoy the fun. Thank you guys!”