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Great holiday. Who knew Albania is so beautiful. The trip covers a lot of the south – interior and coastline. Great guide – helpful and knowledgeable always taking time to tell us about his country. The maps Armand provided each day with each leg of the route were great as they are a good reminder of the trip (and helps to remind me of the place names!) Some tough climbs but so worth it. Also some exhilarating downhills with very little traffic. Loved the food – although could have done without the chips – I think they were served just for us.
Not caving on a 14% slope and doing the last hard climb all in one go!
Excellent. Armand was friendly, knowledgeable and very helpful. A great group leader always available to help, take us out to great places to eat and motivate us to ride!
A rather tougher 3 rating than some of the others, but so worth it.
Excellent trip from start to finish. Organisation was amazing, we didn’t have to worry about anything ourselves. Cycling was really good, with amazing support team throughout the three countries. Great group of people too who all enjoyed themselves. Will definitely do another cycling holiday with Exodus
So many - Cambodia with its awe inspiring temples, but then the sadness of the killing fields. huge numbers of children shouting hello when you cycled by, cycling through a flood in the Mekong Delta...
Rit was amazing. He was so professional and made sure that we were well looked after and had nothing to worry about for the whole of the holidday
We arrived in Cavusin after 2 flights, with Turkish airways, that were on time, comfortable and with good food.Our hotel ‘Green Hotel’, was just opposite a ‘fairy chimney’ of incredible beauty. Our room wasn’ t the better one that the Hotel had but it was nevertheless comfortable with ensuite shower.The people there did their utmost to welcome us and the new chef’s food was glorious. Our guide Omer was a lovely fellow,with a good sense of humor, good English and with plenty of knowledge of the local history. The walks were varied and interesting, not tiring at all and we were lucky to have wonderfully warm days with blue skies. For me the best of the walks were through the red valley and Ihlara valley ,my wife also liked the first one very much :the Akvadi and up to Uchisar: spectacular views at the top !But we both were thrilled with our first Hot Air balloon flight, in perfect weather with a perfectionist Pilot that landed the basket onto the waiting trailer!!!
Amazing.
the Hot air balloon flight was incredible, the views of the 'fairy chimneys' amazing. The rock formations of the 'red valley' and the white. Goreme open air museum with its many churches and frescoes.
Omer was a calm ,relaxed guy with a sense of humor and plenty of knowledge, a really likeable fellow: he never was put out if my wife was recording whilst he was talking of the churches ,history or else. He always obliged when we stopped to take pics
We would recomend taking trekking poles as they do help with unsteady terrain and climbing on the rocks.
This was my first Exodus holiday and my first solo holiday. The programme was just what I hoped with interesting walks, some visits to ancient sites and sea kayaking. The scenery and weather were fantastic and the food was very good. Our group of 14 people got on well together and the hard work of the guide made sure we were very well looked after.
Without doubt the sea kayaking. The two of us were complete novices but after an embarrassing start we managed well and felt safe with 2 guides to help us and a support boat nearby. Paddling over the sunken city was a great experience and then on to the small village where we had an excellent buffet lunch and climbed up to the castle. Another memorable occasion was our visit to the ancient city of Arykanda where the enthusiastic local guide showed us round and then took us to his house where his wife had prepared a lovely buffet lunch mainly from their own produce including cheese and yoghurt from their goats.
Turget was a brilliant guide. He genuinely seemed to want us all to have a great holiday and worked hard to ensure that we did. He communicated really well, had an excellent knowledge of the area and I feel I learnt a lot about the country and people. He listened to us and was flexible and changed things if necessary. We felt safe at all times and appreciated the way he found interesting restaurants for us in the evening and made individual arrangements on request.
Be prepared for a few steep sections and for some people, the crossing of the bridge on the aqueduct could be scary. Poles are useful. Rooms near the breakfast room and stairs can be noisy.
This was well planned and organised, and very satisfactory. The variety, with city explorations plus trips to the desert fortresses and into the desert to stay in yurts, was a good idea, but entailed a lot of time spent in the bus driving over indifferent roads. Hard to avoid that, but the journeys used a lot of time. The advance notes were adequate, but incremental changes had been inserted and noted, some of which conflicted with the earlier text, but the whole document had not been adjusted and edited to create a clear narrative (about the details and practicalities, such as liability for a departure airport tax). The local leadership was excellent and might be worth more emphasis – it was a 24/7 service whilst I certainly expected to be relying on my own resources much more. The hotels were generally good (even the Uzbekistan in Tashkent had no hot water on day one, and the loos in Bukhara were somewhat smelly). The airline trip was really uncomfortable in both directions – London to Tashkent direct might only be possible with Uzbekistan Airlines, which is a plus, but the seating and the service – the food – was quite dreadful.
I went for the architecture, and got it in spades. Bokhara's Poi Kalyon was a high point, until we got to Samarkand's Registan Square. Came home very satisfied!
Dilshot was magnificent. Sympathetic, knowledgeable, totally in charge; he led the group with light-touch certainty and firmness. He rose to every problem that arose. He led us round a comprehensive but still manageable itinerary which otherwise would have made navigating the richness of Khiva, Bokhara and Samarkand much more difficult. He provided comprehensive background information, plus personal insights which added valuable illumination. He helped us around meal options and hard Uzbeki menus - serious practical issues.
You could spend years in this part of central Asia, but this tour captures the best bits and crystallizes them. Unless you want to put in the years, this is the overview and experience you wanted in a holiday trip.
This trip covered the essential, well known attractions in Peru, but didn’t prepare me for all the fantastic sights that I hadn’t anticipated. Although the journeys from one location to another could be quite lengthy, the scenery was outstanding, from the desert and sand dunes of the coast to the impressive Andes mountain range. There was always something to see and then of course the very special treat of walking in the footsteps of the Inca at Machu Picchu. Wow!
Having seen pictures of Machu Picchu for years and thinking I knew what it would be like to be there - it surpassed all my expectations. Seeing the condors launching themselves off the cliffs and soaring effortlessly on the morning thermals.
Our leader, Leo, worked tirelessly on our behalf. He sorted out the problems that were thrown his way in an extremely professional manner and ensured we got the most out of our trip. His English was excellent and he had a great sense of humour.
A lot of people worry about whether they might suffer from altitude sickness, but the way in which this trip is organised means that you are able to gradually acclimatize before getting to Machu Picchu. The hotels and the buses we used also had oxygen available for anyone who was feeling any effects. Everyone on our trip was able to visit all the high altitude locations.
I loved this trip and would even rate it as excellent, but future travelers need to understand that Madagascar is a third, possibly 4th world country. So there are, as some others have said, days of long drives on bad roads and heavy dust, and days with limited electricity, but it is all worth it to discover the beauty of Madagascar and its wildlife and people. This is a fascinating place, albeit being slowly destroyed, and my hope is that her future can be secured by people interested enough to tour there.
There are just too many to list: reaching the top of the Tsingy ( and I recommend an even earlier start than we did), sunset and sunrise over Isalo, snorkeling off Ifaty, the ring-tailed lemurs, having the entire beach to myself in Morondava, Lemur island (which is just too much fun to have the lemurs so up close and personal), swimming in the natural piscine after a long hike, Baobab alley, and on and on!
Sol was unequivocally the absolute best. He is patient with everyone, answers every question you might pose (or finds the answer for you if he doesn't know), has the greatest smile known to man, and his love for his country comes through in every thing he shares with the group. I can't imagine having done this trip with anyone else!
Be prepared for long, hot, dusty days of driving. But use them to look at the countryside and the people and enjoy the scenery. Bring quick drying, moisture wicking clothes, and listen to Sol when he tells you how much water you will need!
Beautiful scenery, fascinating history and cultural influences, great mix of touring and walking and fantastic food. This part of Southern Italy was a revelation which our guide, Nino, introduced us to with great knowledge and enthusiasm. Each day was wonderful with the big highlight being Matera at the end of the week. I would recommend this trip to anybody.
Visiting the caves and Rupestrian churches in Matera.
Nino was a knowledgeable, enthusiastic and extremely flexible guide who couldn't do enough for us and made wonderful recommendations about where to eat and what to visit in our free time. His ability to put together a pic nic which we all shared on our walk to the caves was fantastic. I very much enjoyed meeting Nino and his enthusiasm for the history and current way of life in Puglia and Basilicata was infectious.
Don't be intimidated by the walks if you are "not a walker" - they are easily doable for somebody with average fitness.
Activities were very good, and our guide was able to offer much in the way of useful guidance/information. However, don’t set your expectations too high, with respect to the three star hotels that Exodus will select. Our experience, not least in Amman, was that hotels were poor in terms of bathroom facilities and electrics and, in some cases, breakfast arrangements were not great either. This aspect of the holiday was generally disappointing and below prior standards experienced on Exodus trips. Finally, my wife’s baggage did not arrive in Amman (left at Heathrow) and although this was not a direct fault of Exodus, their representative in Jordan asked my wife to pay $100 to have the bag brought to Petra. It had arrived on the Royal Jordanian flight the evening following our arrival, but no one got it to us prior to leaving the hotel in Amman, for Petra.. She refused to pay the $100 and the bag did eventually arrive in Petra – free of charge – on day three.
The two days in Petra - not least the High Places walk on day two.
Generally very good, though at times communication could have been sharper.
Ask Exodus what hotels they will be booking you into and think very carefully about any stay at Le Vendome in Amman. I would not return to it if asked to.
Our trip to the Picos was nothing short of sensational. I had no idea such breathtaking scenery was available in Northern Spain. Every walk was different and inspirational.
The climb to Pandescura peak was amazing and to be at eye level with the Griffon vultures was humbling. The walk in the Cares Gorge was a real adrenlin buzz.
Alvaro was an outstanding group leader . Knowledge, empathy and fitness were all brilliant. Noyhing was too much trouble and all were treated equally. 10 out of 10.
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