About ME
I am Omar. Omar Jabang
Also well known as Omi. So I named my tour and safari company Omi Tours.
My career as tour guide started when I graduated from high school. I joined Makasutu cultural forest local community tour guides unit. Where I was trained as a tour guide on nature and wildlife and tour guiding principles.
From there I work with another tour operator at Kotu before I establish my own company.
TESTIMONIALS
A few things clients says
Omi Tours put his client’s needs first. Take a moment to review what clients have to say about Omi Tours services.
My two friends and myself have spent two days with Omar. He guided us from the coast of the Gambia to the countryside. We made a wonderful river tour on... read more
Joni
August 21, 2023We have enjoyed our almost 4 day trip through Gambia, Senegal & Guinea Bissau in January together with Omi, who was our guide in this region. Omi was very helpful,... read more
Dorota Homziuk
May 28, 2023We had an excellent trip with Omar through the Gambia, Senegal and Guinea Bissau. Omar is very knowledgable on the countries and the history and is always happy to answer... read more
Hollie R-M
April 28, 2023Wir waren 4 Personen und haben mit Omar einen 3-Tages-Trip von Banjul nach Bissau (2 Länder südlicher) gemacht. Alles war wahnsinnig gut organisiert und wir waren mit allem zufrieden. Omar... read more
Stefan Markt
April 28, 2023My wife and I have just had the best day ever thanks to Omar we have just done the fatala game reserve tour with Omitours and it was great. After... read more
Jonathan Berwick
January 28, 2023Great tour operator. On time and great trips.
Eelco van Gelderen
January 28, 2023Omar (Omi) is an excellent guide very attentative and knowledgeable. We were staying in Bruffut about 40min drive from the main hotels but Omar was waiting outside our hotel at... read more
Ikram Kathrada
December 28, 2022Me and my group of 8 people on december 8th 2022 made adaily tour from Senegal to Banjul. Omar pick us up at the border, lead us on a city... read more
Maurizio Codoni
December 28, 2022Omi heeft ons een fantastische dag bezorgd. Zijn vriendelijke en bescheiden innerlijk maakt hem een goede tourguide. Lamin zijn chauffeur is ook een leuke en vriendelijke gast die hem mooi... read more
Nechwa De Jong
October 28, 2022We enjoyed the lazy day on the river. Lazy in the sun, do some fishing and took a swim. Together with the drinks and the warm lunch, a well organized... read more
Hilco Hamersma
August 28, 2022I went on three separate trips with Omar during my visit to the Gambia. I found him to be a thoughtful and enthusiastic guide with a genuine concern for the... read more
R J
August 28, 2022Omi Tours is fabulous. They arrange tours in small groups so you are the only ones. I work here and have used Omar several times for my own trips ans... read more
SO1 West Africa PAWA BPST
August 28, 2022Best local tour guide in the Gambia ,
Musa Jabang
August 28, 2022Merci beaucoup Omar. Thanks a lot Omar for the nice Makasutu tour. Really appreciate the stories, explanation and the great time on the river around the mangrove. Looking for... read more
Fatoumata Y.
August 28, 2022It was our first visit to The Gambia and we had a great time with Omar. He took us to Fathala and Casamance and we coudn't have had a better... read more
Carsten Fister
August 28, 2022The best local tour guide in the Gambia. He provide excellent guiding services.fully registered and insured.
Omar Jabang
August 28, 2022
Team of Omi Tours
Omi Tours is a ground tour operator registered in the Gambia, with a team of specialize people in the tourism service industry. More especially in the area of ecotourism, adventure travel, inland and river cruise excursion. Tourism is a service industry which is based on travel and hospitality between producers or called the host and consumers or called tourists.
Mission of Omi Tours
Omi Tours is a local ground tour operator that thrives to promote and contribute to tourism service industry in the Gambia, through providing major trips to our customers. It is not physically demanding as one may think, but we will do them to provide our customers the real value for the price that they pay to us. This is based on travel and hospitality between the producers or the host and the consumers or tourist. These are of course our aims to intermediate between the producers and the customers that would help to the two together to make the industry functional or achieve the tourism product.
Objectives of Omi tours
Tourism certainly increase employment opportunities within host communities as the service and hospitality industries hire more workers. One of our main objectives is to create employment opportunities for drivers, guides, bird watches and nature trackers and contribute to the national development in the tourism sector in the Gambia and contributing to the achievement of the world tourism Global Goals for sustainable tourism development. Recognizing fact that the reputation, performance, and the profitability of our ground tour company in its market largely will depends on the efficiency and effectiveness.
It is necessary for the ground tours to consider various factors before the selection of handling customers or guest’s functions and activities of the destination for the changing environment of the tourist.
Omi Tours have more professional and are bound to provide personalized ground tour operator services to the tourist. Below this would include among functions tone performed by our ground tour operator administrative services.
1. Inland and River cruise excursions arrangement
2. Contract and Negotiate with other vendors
3. Handling of tourists Arrival and departure procedure
4. Planning and organizing local package tour excursion
5. Escorting the tourist
6. Providing market information
7. Costing and pricing package tour
Omi care Gambia foundation
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