Reviews

Your Words – We tell it like it is! Holiday Reviews by previous Exodus travellers

Here at Exodus we thrive on feedback from our customers. It’s the only way we can ensure our trips continue to be the best they can be. So, for the real tales, twists and turns of the trip you’re interested in, look no further than the reviews from our previous travellers.

Simply use the selector below to search our trip reviews and start reading real feedback from real Exodus travellers who have ‘been there and done that’!

Lots of our clients also like to post handy tips and advice about their travels. It’s great to know what to expect on an Exodus adventure before you go, so make the most of their experience and you’ll make the most of yours!

Haven’t posted your review yet? Here’s how to do it…

Once you return from your Exodus adventure holiday, you will be emailed a link to add your review. Any feedback collected is posted onto our website, totally unedited.

Alternatively you can navigate to the relevant trip page and add your review via the Reviews tab.

Select a trip specific review:

Select

75 Reviews

4.7 out of 5

Reviewed November 2011

PETRA & WADI RUM TREK

Great trip – some hairy moments climbing back down from the Rock bridge but I wouldn’t change anything.Zohair our guide looked after us very well and was an essential part of a fantastic experience.

Most Inspirational Moment

Sleeping under the stars, sun sets, clear skies without light pollution in Wadi Rum, seeing Petra from a great height rather than with the crowds. Meeting the Bedouin people - often smiling.Getting to know a great group of people on the trip and sharing our experiences with them.

Thoughts on Group Leader

Excellent!

Advice for Potential Travellers

Keep a close eye on your luggage, some of ours went on the wrong tour bus, it was returned within 20 mins though. Also if you are taking connecting flights luggage seems to easily go astray if there is a short time between connections. Take warm clothes for evenings around the camp fire ( early November ).It's well worth having the Turkish bath in Petra especially after four days in the Dessert without a shower!!I brought a large camping towel but didn't use it, body/wet wipes are all you need really. Take a buff scarf or two, I used mine every day.There is plenty of food and I found that it wasn't necessary to take energy bars etc.

Suggestions

Remember to budget for tips, this covered the bus drivers, cook, Bedouin staff and group leader.

Reviewed October 2011

PETRA & WADI RUM TREK

Someone had said to me before I went to Jordan that I would fall in love with Jordan and I have to say after my trip there I have.

Most Inspirational Moment

Walking and camping in the desert for four nights. The tranquility, scenery, group, food and nights round the campfire will stay with me forever as will Zain with his hubbly bubbly! Mastering the art of putting up a tent!

Thoughts on Group Leader

Hasan was a wonderful guide and did everything to make sure all of us in the group enjoyed our trip.Hasan has so much knowledge and passion about his country. His stories round the campfire kept us all amused.

Advice for Potential Travellers

Wet wipes! Ankle support walking boots are also a must due to one of our group getting injured due to boots with no ankle support. If you're a clean freak that can't cope without a shower for four days then this trip isn't for you.

Suggestions

I miss the desert so much and want to go back, I could easily spend a week there. Loved the camel ride (a must). Food was fantastic thanks to Zain's cooking skills. Miss the cake every morning for breakfast.

Reviewed May 2011

PETRA & WADI RUM TREK

The best part was at Petra: first by night and then "round the back from above".. but other highlights included sleeping under the stars, sunrise and sunset in the desert, just missing a sandstorm and ripping my shorts climbing down a steep rocky cliff. It was a taxing walk but really enjoyable and everyone was very pleasant.

Most Inspirational Moment

Petra at night

Thoughts on Group Leader

Very interesting and well organised man

Advice for Potential Travellers

Wet wipes are important

Suggestions

Water is always important

Reviewed February 2011

PETRA & WADI RUM TREK

A great trip, the scenery in Wadi rum is incredible and Petra is a place everyone should see.

Most Inspirational Moment

Walking through the spectacular scenery of Wadi rum.

Thoughts on Group Leader

It was Amer's first trekking group with Exodus, a very friendly and easy-going leader. He also had an encyclopedic knowledge of the area and it's history & traditions.

Advice for Potential Travellers

You don't see running water for 4 days and the toilet facilities are, um, primitive. Take wet-wipes, anti-bacterial hand gel and a good sense of humour.

Suggestions

The trekking, scenery and oppertunity to sleep out under the stars are fantastic but it's not really a "wilderness camping" experience. Camping is in very small two-man tents (We were able to sleep out) and there's a fair amount of 4x4 traffic around. If a more traditional "Bedouin" type experience is what you're after you should look at the "Sahara desert trek" (TMU): kit goes on camels, bread is baked in an open fire every day and you sleep in a traditional Bedouin open tent.

Reviewed January 2011

PETRA & WADI RUM TREK

Petra was the magnet that drew me to going on this trip. It was sensational. Much larger than I had expected and so full of atmosphere. An experience I will never forget.

Most Inspirational Moment

In the evening, as we lay by the camp fire, looking up at the stars, waiting for a shooting star to fly past, the guide would tell us stories about Moses and his people as they wandered through this actual desert looking for a home. It was a living history lesson. And then of course there were the adventures of Lawrence.