Your Words – We tell it like it is! Holiday Reviews by previous Exodus travellers
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Catherine Robert
Reviewed July 2019
Amazing experience
I really enjoyed seeing the chimps and gorillas and was very pleased I had booked the additional treks. There is a lot of driving, but I enjoyed seeing the countryside and the trip leaders were good at fitting in stops and short walks to stretch our legs. The trip is quite primate-focussed, so don’t come expecting to see lots of big cats (although we did see six lions). The birds are wonderful. I also loved the boat trips, as you get to see the wildlife from a different angle.
Most Inspirational Moment
Definitely seeing the chimps and gorillas.
Thoughts on Group Leader
We had two leaders, Benjamin and David. They were both very good. Benjamin is a keen birder.
Advice for Potential Travellers
Don’t bother bribing walking poles as they will be supplied. Wear your walking boots on the flight - two people in my group lost their luggage and all their walking gear and toiletries were stolen. Hiring a porter boosts the local economy, so I would get one even if you don’t think you need one.
Charlotte Meller
Reviewed July 2019
Memorable Madagascar
This trip gives you a glimpse of an incredibly varied country rich with unique wildlife and landscapes. Yes the roads maybe a bit bumpy 🙂 but you soon forget that when every day you see so many endemic lemurs, sifakas, chameleons and, if you are lucky, a fossa. The tour leader Rija is the best that I have ever met on an Exodus trip. Her vast knowledge and infectious passion made the trip even more special and memorable.
Most Inspirational Moment
Each type of forest -rain, spin and dry offered something different but they don’t prepare you for the spectacular limestone forest at Tsingy. Simply stunning.
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Advice for Potential Travellers
Be prepared for delays on the internal flights !
Sabina Latif
Reviewed July 2019
Minarets, mosques, mausoleums to mountains
This was a fantastic trip with a real mix of architecture, landscapes and cultures. Lovely tour guides and drivers to help and support. I was astonished by the sheer scale and intricacies of the buildings in Uzbekistan which contrasted with the beautiful snow capped mountains in Kyrgyzstan. My personal highlights were the overnight train and yurt camp experience!
Most Inspirational Moment
Seeing the sheer scale and stamina of the mosques, mausoleums and madrassahs in Uzbekistan including Registan Square.
Thoughts on Group Leader
We had 2 group leaders, one for Uzbekistan (Dilshod) and another for Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan (Ermeg). Both were great but in different ways. Dilshod was warm and kind and made us laugh, he was very knowledgeable. He did however give us too much information and it would be better if he slowed down and gave bite size chunks. Ermeg was so open and honest with us and shared his knowledge with us at a really good pace with the right amount of info.
Advice for Potential Travellers
It is very hot in certain towns in June and July!... there are two hotels with pools so pack your swimming costume... you will need a torch for the yurt camp... take Tupperware or food bags as we have a lot of picnic lunches and most of the hotel breakfasts were really good buffets!
Ray Tweedale
Reviewed July 2019
Great tour! Shame about some of the hotels.
Well organised and varied tour with an excellent guide.
Unfortunately our hotel in Tallinn (Go Shnelli) was as good as on the train station platform. As there was no air conditioning we had to have the window open, so the noise and fumes were bad. Fine when the trains finished at 11:30.
The hotel in Riga (Konventa Seta) was very centrally located, which was good, but our room (005) was so dark, as the window faced an apartment block. OK, I suppose, if you’re out till really late at night.
Only one of the hotels used had coffee and tea facilities in the room.
Apart from this we thoroughly enjoyed the tour.
Most Inspirational Moment
Trakai castle on the lake; Tallinn old Town; Riga’s Arte Nouveau buildings
Thoughts on Group Leader
Our group leader was excellent.
Advice for Potential Travellers
If you like tea and coffee, take a travel kettle.
Shane Shudra
Reviewed July 2019
Beautiful Cycle Trip Through Jordan!
Petra & Wadi Rum by bike was an amazing journey through Jordan’s stunningly beautiful desert landscape, on very quiet roads. It was quite challenging in late May with the heat, but so rewarding!
Most Inspirational Moment
For me it was the second cycling day from Mt. Nebo down to the Dead Sea. It was a spectacular 30+km trip mostly downhill that really left me speechless! I purposely fell behind the group so I could enjoy the amazingly stark scenery with no one else around! Including virtually no vehicle traffic! Once we got to the Dead Sea, we spent time floating in the Dead Sea. It couldn't have been a better day!
Thoughts on Group Leader
Our group leader was good. He was not the regular leader for the cycling trips, so I feel he didn't take into account what cycling or more active groups needed or wanted. Snacks and water not quite as readily available as usual on Exodus trips, looked at us funny when we wanted to walk instead of taking taxi's, things like that. That being said, he was a very knowledgeable man and very passionate about his country. I learned a lot!
Advice for Potential Travellers
Go! Jordan was amazing! Such a wonderfully compact country with some truly breathtaking scenery!
Sarah Morrow
Reviewed July 2019
An interesting tour of the Balkans
This is a very interesting and varied trip through Montenegro and Bosnia Herzogovina, covering countryside, mountains, culture and history. A lot is fitted into a relatively short time, so it involves quite a bit of travelling, but the countryside is stunning and our driver was excellent, so it was really worth it. The mountains are reminiscent of the Dolomites, but without the crowds. The cities are medieval and very quaint, but still bear the scars of the Balkan war of the 90’s. The war exhibition in Sarajevo is particularly thought provoking and well worth a visit.
Most Inspirational Moment
Sarajevo
Thoughts on Group Leader
The group leader was young and enthusiastic
marion buchan
Reviewed July 2019
AVV discover the Baltics (121)
I really enjoyed the trip, but had problems hearing some of the guides as we were sometimes in crowded areas. It would be a good idea if we were furnished with audio aids so that we could look at what was being described rather than trying to catch up with the guide the whole time. This really spoilt a very good trip.
Most Inspirational Moment
Palmse Manor.
Thoughts on Group Leader
Jolata was an excellent group leader and spent time considering our every needs.
Advice for Potential Travellers
Make sure you take warm clothes as the weather can be unpredictable even in June/July.
Alia Medniuk
Reviewed July 2019
A fantastic introduction to Croatia
Croatia is beautiful, seriously hot in July when one is out exercising in the midday sun, and the scenery and fabulous coastal roads made for some epic bike rides.
Most Inspirational Moment
Getting the whole group to the end of the first day 12 km climb in 39 degrees was no mean feat, but we all did it and enjoyed a couple of well earned ice creams at the end of it. Whizzing down the hair pin roads with incredible coastal views was fantastic fun afterwards!
Thoughts on Group Leader
Our guide, Dino, was spectacular, and couldn’t do enough for us.
Advice for Potential Travellers
The cycling was just hard enough to be a nice challenge to earn an extra ice cream, but not so arduous it didn’t feel like a holiday.
If you’re a proper vegetarian, be warned for some very uninspired eating, and be aware that most of your calories will come from ice cream (not such a bad thing...).
Mary Amann
Reviewed July 2019
Great climbs, wonderful scenery, good food and company.
The challenges were so worth while. The guide and driver/mechanic Dimitri and Juli were lovely guys. Juli made you smile every time he passed us slogging up the hills 🙂
We saw different kinds of villages and towns, some busy some remote, all with their own charm.
Having everything organised for you frees your mind to just enjoy the wonderful scenery and sweeping descents (some a little scary).
Most Inspirational Moment
Cycling up a remote valley, seeing traditional farming and hearing the calls for prayer.
Cycling through beautiful no-mans land between borders.
The first view of The Bay of Kotor.
Thoughts on Group Leader
Lovely guy.
Advice for Potential Travellers
Take lots of layers for hot or cold weather. We had a lot of rain and it got cold. Definitely take light overshoes, they take no room.
Jill Sumner
Reviewed July 2019
4 counties in 15 days!
The Balkans cycle trip has magnificent, spacious mountains and lakes.
It’s an adventure, not knowing exactly what the weather or the mountains will challenge you with.
A discovery each day, staying in high alpine mountains or by the spectacular Lake Ohrid.
Likewise, the sea at Kotor and absorbing the cultures and religions of each country.
Most Inspirational Moment
The people on the trip all gelled through the rough and smooth times, making it the best trip ever,
for me.
The dramatic skies and snow on the hills after rain.
Also, cycling up the never ending hills, then free wheeling for miles.
Thoughts on Group Leader
Dhimitraq is a very good leader quietly in control and sorting out any problems.
Julio is an excellent driver, entertainer and watchful carer, looking out for everyone.
Advice for Potential Travellers
Take a good waterproof jacket and warm clothes.
Waterproof shoes wouldn't go a miss either.
