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Walking Goma City Tour by Christian

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Walking Goma City Tour by Christian
4.5
#9 of 18 Tours & Activities in Goma
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12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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Congo Local Guides (CLG) is a Limited Liability Company operating since 2014 and offers City and Villages tours together with wildlife and local life experience tours. CLG covers all D.R.Congo main cities and accessible villages. We therefore offer multiple day trips across the country up to 30 days (road trips). CLG main objective is to offer tourists the local life experience as well as to accompany all kind of activity that needs local guides, interpreters or translators. Besides, CLG also organise packages to differents national parks, including the famous Gorilla and Nyiragongo trekkings, road trip adventures, Congo River expeditions, bespoke and customized tours, etc. CLG headquarter is located in Goma, while it has representatives guides and organizations in other provinces.
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Dreamer690767
1 contribution
Great
May 2021 • Friends
We went to local markets it es really great christian speaks perfect English in the evening he showed us a great local restaurant all together we really liked it
Written 17 June 2021
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congolcoalguides
Thank you for your appreciation. It was a great experience touring around with you. We will always be delighted to welcome you in the Congo.
Written 10 July 2021
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gya116858
2 contributions
Goma and village tour
Oct 2019
If you have time in Goma these guys are the best. Very professional and knowledgeable and always keep you safe. 1 guide takes the front and 1 takes the rear so you always feel "covered". Our primary guide (Arsene) made us feel very much at home and like part of the family. The Goma walking tour is long but worth doing. The village tours were amazing. You get such a great cross section of DRC culture. If you do the village tour make sure you take snacks. Lunch for that tour may be questionable. Christian, Arsene and Alan....keep up the good work. We will miss you guys.
Written 23 October 2019
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congolcoalguides
Thank you for recommending us. We'll always be happy to show you around when you will be back.
Written 10 July 2021
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Bjk78
7 contributions
Amazing Trip
Aug 2019 • Solo
Very professional Guides , helpful and friendly. I am really glad that I had the chance to make the trip with them. Highly recommended and fun to be around all of you :)
Written 2 August 2019
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congolcoalguides
Thank you for recommending us. It is always a real pleasure meeting new people, learn from their life experience and show them our area and local life. Welcome again
Written 10 July 2021
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insaniogonzales
Toronto10 contributions
Highly recommended!
Jun 2019 • Solo
I wanted to see not only Goma, but also the surrounding areas, including nearby villages. Even though Christian was not in the country at the time, he got other members of his team to be my guides. On the first day Alain and Arsen took me all over Goma, including very picturesque market, fishermen, and parts of Goma that got covered with lava in 2002 eruption. On the second day, Alain and Dadycas took me to few villages outside of Goma. I enjoyed this tour very much. Just walking the mildly chaotic streets of Goma and watching tshukudus pass by is unique and fun experience.
Written 28 June 2019
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Congo Local Guides Sarl
Dear Dordo, Thank you very much. It was a great pleasure to have had time with you in Goma and surrounding villages. We wish you a good time back home.
Written 28 June 2019
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mjennin3
Moscow, Russia3 contributions
Very interesting and great day trip
Jan 2019 • Solo
Christian and his team were excellent in arranging everything for a day trip to Goma. From the moment i reached out to arriving on the border everything was done very efficiently and communicated very well.
We ended up doing a tour largely on motos throughout the city and seeing different markets and the few cites (roundabouts, the port and the view from the hill). Having seen Goma in this way, it was very interesting to see the contrast between the different parts of the city and a place that has a deep history in the story of Congo and even Rwanda.

If you are in Kivu and have a day (and time to arrange in advance), I'd highly recommend taking a day trip to Goma.

Thanks!
Written 11 January 2019
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Congo Local Guides Sarl
Thank you Jennings for the review. We are so thankful for the confidence you gave to our business and our first aim stay your satisfaction. We wish you a great year 2019 to your place. We hope to welcome you again in near future.
Written 14 January 2019
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Wandering North
Vancouver, Canada596 contributions
Probably the best way to see Goma
Nov 2018 • Solo
I highly recommend Christian's company. He helped me organize a visa and had me met at the border. I was traveling alone and had heard a lot about how dangerous it was, but it didn't feel dangerous and it was great to have locals show me around. I was very thankful for Christian's attentiveness to all of my inquisitive emails i sent before my trip.

It wasn't so much a walking tour as it was a tour where we would visit a site and then take motos to the next one. I wasn't expecting that, but it was fun.

We visited so many things: markets, a cave, craft stalls, roundabouts, had lunch a local place, etc. I skipped the visit to the airport and regretted that later when i realized that it is a cool kind airplane graveyard. My recommendation is just to 'go with the flow' and not have too many expectations.

Anyway, it was good. My guide and his brother showed me around and were very kind.
I would not have had the knowledge and confidence to see all of those sites on my own. (It's not like Goma has a robust tourist infrastructure.) I would definitely recommend this tour and any others that Christian is offering.
Written 25 December 2018
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Congo Local Guides Sarl
Dear Dale, Thank you very much for the review. Our main concern stays your satisfaction. We wish to welcome you gain in the near future. All the best.
Written 5 January 2019
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Max S
15 contributions
A really fun day!
Aug 2018 • Solo
I first enquired by sending an FB message to Christian who was incredibly helpful and promptly answered all my questions. Christian organised my DRC visa via his counterpart Noé. Alphonsé was my guide. I was a little concerned about the security situation in the DRC, but all were extremely professional and everything ran like clockwork.

Alphonsé showed me all the sites of Goma, and also his favourite lunch spot where we had a few beers and ate delicious fish from Lake Kivu.

I definitely recommend that anybody in Gisenyi take the time to speak with Christian and organise crossing the border and spending a night or two in the Congo.
Written 16 August 2018
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Congo Local Guides Sarl
Thanks Max for having trust us, we were so delighted to meet with you and show you around. Hope the future offers again more opportunity to meet. All the best to you.
Written 20 August 2018
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Jozef K
Guangzhou, China3 contributions
Great tour
Jun 2018 • Friends
I would like to thank our guide Alphonse for a great day in Goma, DRC. We were three guys from Slovakia travelling around Rwanda and Uganda and we wanted to take advantage of the proximity of Goma to the Rwandan border. It took a lot effort to figure out the visa and all the formalities needed. We would not make it without the help of Christian and our guide Alphonse. Thanks to them we were able to enter the coutry in the time when it was actually impossible. They helped us with visa and thus we could enjoy the half day tour of Goma, which we totally LOVED and we had the most memorable memories. We walked from the border all the way to the city center, walked through the local market, rode motorbikes throught the city, visited the guides home places, very local and had the opportunity to meet some local artists and eat at local places in his favorite areas. What I personally rememeber the most is walking through the parts where the guide grew up and in few minutes we were followed by 50 local kids that obviously enjoyed seeing and touching the white people, as this is a very rare situation for them :) we had to literally escape from them :) We had a great lunch at a local restaurant - the fish was brilliant ! After that we visited various places and also went to the beach side. All in all I really enjoyed the tour and engagement with locals. I personally had some concerns about the safety there, as the political sitution is rather unstable, but all my worries were gone, once we met our guide. That is the best and only way how to enjoy Goma and DRC. Last but not least, at the end of the tour we ended up in a house of a local artist, which drew a caricature of three of us. That was hillarious. All in all, I can only recommend this walking tour, definately worth every moment of it. Thanks for everything. Jozef and co. from Slovakia ;)
Written 30 July 2018
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Congo Local Guides Sarl
Thank you so much you enjoyed your day with us in Goma. You're a good friend too, we hope to welcome you once more in the future. All great things to you in your professional career.
Written 16 August 2018
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Ian S
Trenton, NJ68 contributions
Great way to dive in and see Goma
Feb 2018 • Solo
Christian was unavailable, however his associate Alphonse conducted an extensive tour of Goma. Lots of walking through every part of town with descriptions about the area, some moto rides, a stop for both shopping at a market (where Alphonse assisted in fighting for a fair price) and a beer, it was very relaxed tour which made you feel like you weren't a client but were hitting the town with a friend. Alphonse continued to run into people he knew who were able to add to the depth of the tour and understanding of the city. The tour was a great way to spend a day, especially if you're based in the city to explore the region. I highly recommend this tour.
Written 21 February 2018
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Congo Local Guides Sarl
Dear Ian, Thank you very much the review. You're a best friend, it was a great pleasure to show you around and let you discover our local activities and specialities... Your satisfaction is our main priority. I wish I to see you in the future. Wish you a pleasant time home.
Written 27 February 2018
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Matt C
1 contribution
A great way to see parts of the city you might never otherwise get to
Jul 2017 • Couples
We had a great tour of the city! We were met at our hotel and then walked through the centre of town visiting a few markets. We were quite keen to see some areas that were still covered in lava rock from the 2002 eruption so we hopped on a few motorbike taxis and a bus to a district on the outskirts of town. It was incredible to walk through here and see how the areas are still affected by it.

It was a great tour that we thoroughly enjoyed! We felt safe throughout and got to experience much more than we would have otherwise. Many many thanks!
Written 24 January 2018
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Congo Local Guides Sarl
Thank you very much Matt, it was a great pleasure to show you around and wish you come back again in the future...
Written 30 January 2018
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