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The trip is wonderful and enhanced by the family run accomodation, the food and the wine! Staying high up in Bommerano gave you a local flavour and meant the nights were lovely and cool and mossies absent. I think the walking was more demanding than some expected especially the steps down into Amalfi and Positano.
Climbing the mountain above the village and looking down on the Sorrento peninsula Naples and Vesuvius.
Our group leader Christine was excellent, knowledgeable and welcoming. She had an enthusiasm for her subjects, was extremely well read and knew the local ways and problems, especially with transport to and from the village!
Make sure your legs are ready for downward steps of 2 to 3 thousand in one day!
The walking was tougher than we expected, and it was quite hard going in the hot weather (around 30C). Although my wife and I coped well, others suffered a bit. The pace was about right for us, but it was a little regimented – only being allowed "cake stops" at certain points etc. Our leader did stop whenever people were slowing down though to keep the group together. Our group of 18 all got on fine and we chatted in small groups whilst walking, and relaxed by the pool before and after dinner. The hotel was nice – excellent food and staff, although some had problems with their air-con.
Seeing the Amalfi coastline from the Walk of the Gods.
Our guide Christine was really good, spoke fluent Italian and seem to know half the locals. She's nice and friendly and managed the trip expertly.
Costa Rica truly is a stunningly beautiful country populated by gentle and enlightened people and its extraordinary wildlife is usually just outside your hotel room door and sometimes inside as well!. This trip was a perfect mix of stunning scenery, jungles and beaches from your dreams, activities that the whole family loved and magical wildlife encounters. Oh yes – and the food was amazing too.
For me, the privilige of watching an enormous green turtle laying her eggs, gently covering them with sand and then hauling herself back down to the sea was an experience that I will treasure for ever but I must admit that zip-lining over the forest canopy was also fantastic. The wildlife is everywhere, Howler monkeys on the roof of our room in Tortuguero, iguanas and capuchin monkeys on our roof at the Pacific Coast and swimming in the sea while Pelicans and scarlet macaws fly overhead, just incredible.
Vinnie was the perfect guide, impeccable English, always considerate, polite and helpful and with a passion for wildlife. He also had an amazing ability to find us a fantastic restaurant night after night to the extent that we re-named the trip, 'Vinnie's Gourmet Tour of Costa Rica'. Our driver, Hernan was also lovely, really looking out for us and great at spotting wildlife from the road.
Food is great. The trip is really well paced with at least 2 nights at each hotel/lodge, there is enough time to relax whilst still managing to see and do lots. Lovely to have no worries about Malaria or drinking the water!
I was quite nervous in the days leading up to the trip as it was a complete change in holiday experience for me. The organisation of the holiday and the support given by Exodus certainly helped as did reading comments from others going on the same trip in the Departure Lounge forum on the Exodus site.
Once we arrived in Cusco at the start of our trip we were very well looked after and the Trek itself was amazing ,two of the highlights being climbing to the highest point of our mountain ridge campsite at dawn to watch the sunrise and coming through the Sun gate at the top of Machu Picchu to behold the amazing Inca settlement
Our group leader Fabrizzio was a lovely guy , nothing was too much trouble ,his English was amazing and he was so good to one of our party who was too ill to do the trek.The assistant guides were also lovely with a great sense of humour and some of the girls in our group wanted to bring Edwin home with us. His knowledge of flora and fauna was great as this part of the trek interested us a lot.
My best tip is to buy a plastic poncho in the sacred valley at the start of the trek as we used ours a lot and took great 'rainbow' photos with all of our group in rainbow order of colours.It was very cold at night so thermals were invaluable and a 3/4 seasons sleeping bag.
My holiday in de Picos de Europe has been the best I’ve had in the last ten years! Everything was perfect!Work has been miles away, thoughts were vanished. It is also always a pleasure to be among englisch.Go to the Picos! It’s lovely. Greetings, Monica Wesseling, Holland
There is not one special. Every moment was fine
Perfect!
Go!
Good company, lovely walks – a mixture of leisurely and more challenging but the challenges were worth it for the fantastic views which would otherwise have been missed.
Visits to Pompii and Herculaneum (where were enlightened by different, but equally knowledgeable and amusing local guides) - they are fascinating but poignant places. Vesuvius - an 'angry' and inhospitable place which contrasted starkly with the beautiful scenery we had enjoyed until then. Views along 'The Walk of the Gods' really were breathtaking - a manageable trek, but you felt you had achieved something by 'gelato' time down in Positano. 16 people laughing as they were so wet you could wring them out and 16 pairs of walking boots, socks and rucksacks in the bottom of the pizza oven - hilarious!
Eric was great - I believe he was relatively new to this particular tour but he really took the time to find out about the area, and came back the next day with answers to any questions asked that he didn't immediately know the answers to. He understated his immensely impressive background in outdoor pursuits but this was apparent as he demonstrated skills as a competent, considerate and supportive leader. He had discretely assessed each members capabilities and personal challenges and was always there when a bit of encouragement or reassurance was needed. At mealtimes he was a convivial and engaging member of the group and appeared to really enjoy himself ... which is what you want from a leader.
Don't trust the weather forecast - 'slight chance of showers' could mean thunder, lightening, hail and flash flooding!! Ask for rice if your electronic equipment gets waterlogged (it dries them out a treat if you are patient). Try and do some calf exercises before you go as the steps rendered everyone's muscles sore after over 2,000 down into Amalfi - even hardened walkers.Look up - easy to focus on the path and steps but stopping and looking around is what it's all about.
Different from anywhere else!
Madagascar's USP is its unique wildlife. In particular, the lemurs and baobabs. So there are two highlights: the first was seeing diademed sifaka, in the first park we visited, leaping gracefully from tree to tree, and the second is the Allee des Baobabs, a wonderful natural monument. Then the third wonderful moment was standing atop the lookout point on the Grands Tsingy. The landscape is unbelievable and the via ferrata to get there was exhilerating.
Sol is a top man. You're in safe hands with him: knowledgeable, polished, anticipating the group's needs and wishes, and with a smile like sunshine.
The trip notes over-exaggerate the ardours of the travel. Whilst there are long driving days, the roads are generally good. Obvioulsy, heading out to the Tsingy, the roads are bumpy, but you're in 4x4s so it's fine. They make sure you get appropriate breaks. Don't let the travelling put you off! The accommodation is also way better than I expected. At Morondava we were offered the chance to do a pirogue trip out to the fishing village. We'd thoroughly recommend doing this. It was so peaceful and relaxing and the guys made sure we saw loads of wildlife, including the funniest little jumping fish. They also offered a chance to meet the lcoal people, which I felt was otherwise missing from this trip.
A fantastic holiday, extremely well organised tour, loads of interesting places to visit and exciting activities.
Cycling through the countryside, seeing how people really live and sharing a home-cooked meal in banana plantation. Kandy August festival was a unique experience, extremely colourful and skilful. Huge number of elephants dressed in their regalia being paraded accompanied by the beat of drums, dancers dressed in wonderful costumes all lit up by flares (no health and safety measures!) must not be missed.
Very knowledgeable, good sense of humour, always helpful and professional.
I was told that meals were not included because there was a huge choice of restaurants to chose from and that people liked that freedom. This information was incorrect. All the hotels were set in magic settings but there were on a limb and the only place to eat was in the hotels which provided good food, buffet or a la carte at reasonable prices by our standard. I think that in all fairness this needs to be pointed out. A shame that we could not go out and experiment a bit with authentic non hotel food.
Scenery and walks fantastic.Food some good and some not so good.
Border crossing at the col from Switzerland into Italy
Good as a team coach getting the best from us.Not so good at realiisng we wanted to enjot it, not go for records.
Get fit,
Despite being badged as a moderate/challenging trip, avid cyclists be prepared to rest on your handlebars and enjoy the scenery and the novel traffic conditions. Local changes and conditions mean that this a trip for adventurous leisure cyclists. This is a trip of contrasts; an emotional rollercoaster of experiences. A memorable trip with unforgettable people, places, sights and smells; but not something that I can easily sum up in a snappy summary.
Joseph, who was the group leader, took us to a Syrian Catholic church. There is no real reason why this unassuming building should have had such an impact, but Joseph found himself quizzed by a hundred questions, which he answered for us. These question-answer sessions were typical of our access into what was for many of us an unfamiliar world. Our travels by bike in India certainly opened up the question of its rich faith history, which as a group we were mostly ignorant about. Temples, churches, mosques, shrines, festivals, ceremonial food, clothes and even bodily markings constituted many of the reference points on our journey; but we barely scratched the surface.
Cycling with Joseph was like meditation. The traffic conditions in Kerala are novel, and are a complete contrast to the segregated cycling lanes of Europe. Sticking close to Joseph made it possible to understand how to move through traffic in a new way, at a constant and calm pace. The way that Joseph cycles is much like his skill as a leader. We trusted him and he provided help, and support and answered endless questions. An exceptional and skilled leader.
This seems to be a longstanding exodus trip and local cycling conditions change all the time; check to see what recent changes have been made. Trip notes will suggest what you are doing in terms of basic distance; but it is harder to anticipate your preference for long rest times, and mostly flat, unsurfaced roads.