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David Goss
Reviewed August 2023
Adventures in Malaysia
We’ve just returned from a fantastic trip with Exodus to Malaysia. The holiday included a food and sightseeing tour of Kuala Lumpur, trekking and boat rides in the Cameron Highlands, Taman Negara and Sepilok, visiting orangutan and sun bear sanctuaries in Sepilok and an ascent of Kinabalu. The whole trip was really well organised and all went exactly to plan. We saw plenty of wildlife and got to experience a wide variety of different landscapes. The accommodation and the food were excellent throughout. I would thoroughly recommend this holiday.
Most Inspirational Moment
Probably the highlight of the trip was reaching the summit of Kinabalu at the end of a 2-day climb. However, there were many inspirational wildlife encounters throughout the holiday.
Thoughts on Group Leader
We had two different leaders during this trip: Wan in peninsular Malaysia and Nelson in Borneo. Both were excellent: enthusiastic, knowledgeable, well organised, helpful, hard working and good fun to be with! They both put themselves out to ensure that our visit was a success. Thank you both, Wan and Nelson!
Advice for Potential Travellers
The trip notes and equipment list were very accurate and provided all the information we required. My main suggestion would be that leech socks were definitely needed but were very hard to obtain in Malaysia. I would recommend buying these in advance of the holiday.
Rowan Smith
Reviewed August 2023
The best adventure ever!
A fantastic trip start to finish immersing us in the culture, cuisine, history and natural environment of Vietnam.
This trip has a great pace and fits so much into two weeks but with sufficient relaxation time too. Our highlights were Hoi An, Halong Bay and Whale Island.
Most Inspirational Moment
Sharing this two week adventure with my 16 year old daughter! The views from Whale Island beach were breath-taking and we loved swimming until dusk.
Thoughts on Group Leader
Duc was an exceptional group leader who looked out for everyone and made sure our every needs were accommodated for. Duc was passionate about sharing the history of his country and made everything go so smoothly. The best tour leader!
Advice for Potential Travellers
This tour is aimed at 13-16 year old and think this is the right age for the amount of travelling and variety of activities.
Andrew Watt
Reviewed August 2023
Most amazing experience of Sri Lanka
Our cycling trip in Sri Lanka far exceeded our already high expectations. From the incredible cycling (mixture of tough and relaxing), to the delicious food (most amazing local curries), to the lovely fellow guests and staff, to excellent accommodation, to varied and enjoyable non-cycling activites…it had it all! One of the main factors for the success of the trip was Suresh, the trip leader, who managed the itinerary superbly and added so many enjoyable local-flavoured extras.
Most Inspirational Moment
Everyone completing the tough ascent up to Nuwara Eliya - it was long and challenging but everyone was so encouraging and motivated to get to the top!
Thoughts on Group Leader
Suresh was incredible and deserves major credit for the success of the trip. He mixed hard work and going beyond the call of duty, with being friendly and sociable. He was always there for us and gave us a local-perspective in so many ways e.g. taking us to family restaurants, introducing us to delicious food, arranging curry cooking lesson.
Advice for Potential Travellers
Sit back and enjoy the ride!
David Thomas
Reviewed August 2023
Trekking Borneo
Really enjoyable, varied and interesting 2 weeks spent in West Malaysia and Borneo
Most Inspirational Moment
Probably the orangs at Sepilok
Thoughts on Group Leader
We had 2 group leaders. Wan for the first week was excellent and often went the extra mile to introduce us to Malaysia especially in KL. Nelson was also very good for the second week in Borneo, we would recommend both of the leaders.
Advice for Potential Travellers
We have done various trips mainly with Exodus such as EBC, Inca Trail, Toubkal. The Kinabalu summit day was a very hard day, the conditions weren't perfect and we ended up walking for 12 hours over difficult terrain. Every other day was moderate at most but our whole party found this day very challenging.
Karen Sandler
Reviewed August 2023
A great holiday and trip, but with concerns about health and safety and one hotel
This is a brilliant trip, which we really enjoyed. The accommodation was better than we expected, apart from one hotel/motel, The Green Park, which feels like you are sleeping (or not sleeping) in the middle of a main road. I think the tour would benefit from being very slightly more expensive and have better hotels, which are little difference in price in these countries.
The itinerary was good, but it felt a bit rushed. We hardly saw Latvia and we had a couple of very long transfers. It would benefit from being a couple of days longer.
Our guide, Andrius, was superb. He was so lovely, sociable and knowledgeable and was a pleasure to have around. The driver, Dmitri was a very good driver, without a single word of English. This was a shame, as we could not socialise with him.
My big problem with these trips, and it is not just Exodus, is that, to save money, they have gone from 2 guides, to one guide and a mechanic/back-marker, to only one guide. This created a potentially big problem when I had an accident (and it was no-one’s fault). I had to be taken to hospital by the guide as walking wounded (stitched up and continued cycling for the remainder of the holiday). That meant there was no-one to lead the cycling. Fortunately, we had a very competent fellow traveller who did this job. However, this is not the first time we have been caught out in this way. Exodus needs to take a serious look at health and safety, because it does matter. This is where the star has been dropped.
Most Inspirational Moment
I just loved the old cities and the parks we cycled through. The Curonian Strip was magic.
Thoughts on Group Leader
Fantastic. He worked 24/7 and never stopped being lovely.
Advice for Potential Travellers
Weigh up the health and safety aspects and if this is right for you.
Jennifer Horner
Reviewed August 2023
Brilliant, fascinating and top class
Fully enjoyed this trip. I have been on 8 exodus trips and this is one of the best. Always the guide is critical to the success of a trip and our Guide was the best ever. A brilliant country which is a shining example to the rest of Africa. It was an honour to visit it and enjoy their spectualar scenery and amazing wildlife and lovely friendly people.
Most Inspirational Moment
The waterhole at Okaukuejo Resort was amazing for sightings of the wild animals especially in the evening. The 4 x4 trip to Sandwich harbour across the dunes to the coast was absolutely brilliant.
Thoughts on Group Leader
Absolutely brilliant. Very experienced, excellent level of knowledge, great sense of humour and thoroughly professional, he made this trip for me.
Advice for Potential Travellers
We had to ring before hand to check about the budget and the exodus person was spot on his recommendation. But it would have been useful to have in the trip notes that you can’t get Namibian dollars in the UK but South African ran is accepted on a one for one basis. Also you use to include in the trip notes recommended reading prior to the visit - both fiction and non fiction and this was always useful. I would recommend to others to have a brief read of the history of the country before you go as it helps to understand what they are trying to achieve and progress to date.
Bethan Roberts
Reviewed August 2023
Canadian Rockies adventure
Fantastic trip expect all weathers from cold and wet to very warm. Its tough but worth it. Camping is good but expect hard ground to pitch tent on not grass. It’s a trip that you will talk about for a long time. So many different experiences.
Most Inspirational Moment
The helicopter ride to the Canadian wilderness
Thoughts on Group Leader
Jeremy was a great leader knowledgeable, great chef and all round good bloke supported by the excellent Sabrina.
Advice for Potential Travellers
Be fit and ready for steep walking, be used to camping for longer periods of time made more challenging by the logistics of storing belongings in locked up vans or hauled into the air away from wildlife. Be equipped for the changeable weather.
Saulo Menezes
Reviewed August 2023
Fantastic experience
I had the opportunity to discover different parts of the country, see incredible wildlife, learn about its people and history and get to know great people.
Steve Taylor
Reviewed August 2023
Finland
Great when on holiday but 2 days lost in travelling so 6 day trip became 4. Basecamp and activities and group company good fun. Ville good sociable guide.
Most Inspirational Moment
Loved the bears and white water rafting.
Thoughts on Group Leader
Ville sociable and skilled leader with lots of knowledge about the flora and fauna.
Advice for Potential Travellers
Bear viewing is 4 hours. First 2 hours lively as bears knew the food was out, but after their dinner I think they went for a nap as not much happened after that. I do not think a second trip to bear hide at €150 would have tempted me. Rafting good fun. Prepare to get wet. Good hikes throughout time in Finnish foredts. Did not do husky walk which was substituted by a visit to a reindeer farm. Food and accommodation fine.
David Clough
Reviewed August 2023
Poor customer service when we had problems.
Trip was good, but flight was delayed on return. Customer service at this point was terrible. Exodus was oblivious to the problem until I contacted them. I was then told they would monitor and get in touch with updates, but nothing was done. I was assured the out of hours service would be fully briefed – they were also oblivious. They also claimed to have no access to any customer records. What’s the point of an emergency service that has no clue what customers they have or where they are? I was expecting better from Exodus and was bitterly disappointed. Glad we didn’t have a medical emergency, I’d have no faith they’d have been capable of dealing with it.
