点评:Wish I could have given a much better review as the gorilla/primate experiences were amazing. Our guide/driver, Geoffrey, was great. However, I just can't recommend Kabiza due to the following.
1. We arrived early in Kigali in order to get over jet lag and stayed at another hotel which wasn't part of our itinerary. The itinerary we had been given multiple times had another hotel listed, and we were told that the hotels and not the guide typically do the pickup from the airport. We were doing a city tour through a different agency that day, so figured that we'd just have the guide pick us up at one hotel and drop us off at the hotel sent on our itinerary. We did just that, and when we arrived at the hotel, they couldn't find our reservation. The hotel was extremely nice and tried to call the 2 numbers on our itinerary with no answer. I looked up the Kabiza website and found another number, which finally answered. The hotel spoke with the person on the phone and asked if they would like to speak with us to explain the situation. The person from Kabiza said no and hung up. The people at the hotel explained to us that Kabiza didn't book the first night of hotel, so we don't have a reservation there. I immediately call Kabiza and the person explained to me essentially the same thing. They recommend a hotel, but don't book it unless the client asks. I have NEVER seen an itinerary with a hotel listed that isn't included. Moreover, after additional research, the person at Kabiza admitted that they never mentioned to me that they were just recommending a hotel. Even so, they doubled down explaining that they normally mention it and that somehow I should have known better even though this is the only time I've ever dealt with them. This hotel didn't have any reservations, so we found another hotel online that was significantly cheaper ($63 vs $200-250). I asked to be reimbursed and was told no and that the first night hotel was not included in the package. I found this quite ridiculous since we're now talking about ~1% of the total trip cost.
2. The same contact at Kabiza got in contact with me about a week before the trip started and gave me our guide's contact information. I immediately contacted him via Whatapp. I hadn't received a response in multiple days and figured he was just on another trip and didn't have service. Long story short, I find out that one digit was off and I had been given a wrong number.
3. They advertised golden monkey trekking for $90 per person. However, after receiving a revised itinerary, the cost had gone up $500-$600. This was due to it being an extra night hotel and extra day of car and driver. The explanation made sense, and it was done well in advance so I could have reverted to the original itinerary. However, this felt deceptive.
翻译:希望我能给出更好的评论,因为大猩猩/灵长类动物的体验非常棒。我们的导游/司机杰弗里非常棒。然而,由于以下原因,我不能推荐 Kabiza。
1.为了克服时差,我们很早就到达了基加利,并入住了另一家不在我们行程中的酒店。我们多次收到的行程中列出了另一家酒店,我们被告知通常是酒店而不是导游负责从机场接客。那天我们通过另一家旅行社进行城市旅游,所以我们认为我们只需让导游在一家酒店接我们,然后将我们送到行程中发送的酒店即可。我们就是这样做的,当我们到达酒店时,他们找不到我们的预订。酒店非常好,尝试拨打我们行程中的两个号码,但无人接听。我查了一下卡比扎网站,找到了另一个号码,终于接听了。酒店与电话中的人进行了交谈,询问他们是否愿意与我们交谈以解释情况。卡比扎的人说不,然后挂断了电话。酒店的人向我们解释说,卡比扎没有预订第一晚的酒店,所以我们没有在那里预订。我立即打电话给卡比扎,对方向我解释了基本相同的事情。他们推荐一家酒店,但除非客户要求,否则不要预订。我从来没有见过一个行程中列出的酒店不包含在内。此外,经过进一步的研究,卡比扎的人承认他们从未向我提及他们只是推荐一家酒店。即便如此,他们还是加倍解释说,他们通常会提到这一点,而且我应该更清楚,尽管这是我唯一一次与他们打交道。这家酒店没有任何预订,所以我们在网上找到了另一家便宜得多的酒店(63 美元 vs 200-250 美元)。我要求报销,但被告知不行,而且套餐中不包括第一晚的酒店。我发现这很荒谬,因为我们现在谈论的是总旅行成本的约 1%。
2. Kabiza 的同一联系人在旅行开始前大约一周与我联系,并向我提供了我们导游的联系信息。我立即通过 Whatapp 联系了他。我已经好几天没有收到回复了,我以为他只是在另一次旅行并且没有服务。长话短说,我发现一位数字丢失了,我得到了一个错误的号码。
3. 他们宣传金丝猴徒步旅行每人90美元。然而,在收到修改后的行程后,费用上涨了500-600美元。这是因为它需要额外住一晚的酒店以及额外一天的汽车和司机。解释很有道理,而且提前做好了,这样我就可以恢复原来的行程。然而,这感觉具有欺骗性。