Most Inspirational Moment
Summit day
Thoughts on Group Leader
Very good
Advice for Potential Travellers
Buy an insulated water bottle for summit day. After 12 hours of hiking, it is nice to have unfrozen water to drink
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KILIMANJARO CLIMB - RONGAI ROUTE
This was a great trip. Very well organised and a good ratio of Guides to Trekkers. The climb is challenging but worth it for the view from the top!
PETRA & WADI RUM BY BIKE
Brilliant combination of cycling, walking, culture, good food & great company!
Most Inspirational Moment
Petra - everyone has seen pictures of it but until you are there it is impossible to get the scale of it.Wadi Rum - amazingly shaped & coloured rock, full moon lit walk at night.The day four of cycling - great hills (up & down), amazing scenery.
Thoughts on Group Leader
Danny is a great leader. What he doesn't know about Jordan is probably not worth knowing. Very well organised and always happy to assist with extra requests from the group.
Advice for Potential Travellers
Take warm clothing if you go in the winter months. The temperatures are close to freezing first thing in the morning and at night. And comfortable shoes to allow 8 hours of walking in Petra.This trip is graded moderate but all the cycling (apart from the last day) is either steep down and uphill. So go slowly on the downhills if you're not used to it. And beware of the sheep on the road!
KILIMANJARO CLIMB - LEMOSHO ROUTE
A most amazing lifetime experience. Hard work but well worth it.
Most Inspirational Moment
Reaching the top of Kili for the sunrise. Scaling the Barranco wall.
Thoughts on Group Leader
Excellent. Very friendly.
Advice for Potential Travellers
Preperation is the key.
WALKING THE GREAT WALL
More like ‘trekking’ or ‘scrambling over’ the Great Wall – but a great experience! The food was wonderful, the people friendly, the scenery fantastic, the group supportive and our guide (Jerry (Wei Wei)) excellent!!
Most Inspirational Moment
Walking the wall from Gubeikou as the overnight rain cleared and you could see layer after layer of mountains in every direction.
Thoughts on Group Leader
Jerry was excellent. He was very informative but did not overload us with information. His own stories of growing up in Beijing were fascinating. Above all else he has a great personality with a fabulous sense of humour so is the sort of person you would happily spend time with. And the one-armed press-ups weren't bad!
Advice for Potential Travellers
It is best to be reasonably fit before embarking on this trip. It was more challenging than I expected and while I thoroughly enjoyed it, it is best to get in some practice walking up and down steps beforehand! October was a perfect time to do this walk if you like clear fresh weather. It was at about 19 celsius during the day but down near zero at night. The sun shone for us every day so the views were great.
DISCOVER SRI LANKA
A very varied trip with Culture, Adventure activities, Wild Animals and Beaches.
Most Inspirational Moment
I never expected to see a Leopard even though Yalla Park has a large population.Seeing a leopard asleep in the tree above us, completely unaware of all the excitement beneath was very special.
Thoughts on Group Leader
Sujan was a fantastic leader and always did his best to ensure the group got the most from the trip.
Advice for Potential Travellers
Don't worry if it rains. We climbed Lions Rock in the rain without waterproofs as it was still lovely and warm and we soon dried off.
ATLAS DESCENT
Wow, a great trip. For the end of December, we were lucky as the weather was fantastic for us. The scenery was great and the organisation of the trip was very professionally done. I’m more of a casual road rider than hard core Mountain Biker, but found the trip manageable – but definitely ‘challenging’ as there were a few tough days involved. Our group turned out to be great and the guide superb. I would definitely recommend it.
Most Inspirational Moment
There were far too many, each day seemed to provide different challenges and different scenery.The best part for me was the final swim in the Atlantic at the end of the trip having achieved the daily challenges throughout the week.
Thoughts on Group Leader
The Group leader, Richard, was brilliant. He was experienced in the trip so knew it well. He had a lot of organisation to do with regards to the bikes, transport, accomdation and meals but it was all done so professionally that the whole week ran seemlessly smoothly. He had a good sense of humour that helped gel the group together and he was aspirational (by showing us how to do it) and inspirational (by encouraging us giving us belief in our abilities) with a kind caring side for those that were struggling for one reason or another (e.g. too many punctures).He was also very confident in being able to fix most bike issues that we came across.For me, he was an essential ingredient of the trip that made it a great trip.
Advice for Potential Travellers
The days are tough as are the tracks in many cases. Make sure you take some well padded gloves as my hands and forearms were aching on the last day.
CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING: KVITAVATN
Best bits: the guides were fantastic, especially Ilsa who was a brilliant teacher and so obviously skilled on skis. They were so friendly and helpful. Food brilliant and plentiful. Company great, so friendly. Accommodation warm. Great drying room. Great sauna (prepare yourself for a nudist experience). Scenery beautiful. Friendly accommodation hosts – they allowed you to put your own alcohol in the hostel fridge. Perfect 1st cross country ski trip and perfect way to spend a Christmas. Not so best bits: showers poor; tepid temperature and poor water flow. Plus you had to keep pressing the button to keep the shower on and the water flowed for only 15 seconds!! The communal sitting area, whilst warm was not really very cosy. The fire was lovely, but could only accommode about 8 people sitting around it. A real shame that the ambience wasn’t as cosy as it could have been. Some nice rugs and sofas would make all the difference. Bunk rooms small. The holiday information could do a bit more to ensure travellers realise the basic nature of the accommodation and that it is, in fact, a youth hostel.
Most Inspirational Moment
Learning to glide in the cross country ski tracks and realising that this was a great way to get outdoors, keep fit, and that this was a real alternative to down hill skiing, which has always scared me!!
Thoughts on Group Leader
Completely brilliant. I had some great conversations with the leader, and she also shared thoughts and experiences with us which showed she really cared about the group. She was obviously passionate about cross country skiing and about teaching it. A great technician and good company.
Advice for Potential Travellers
Go prepared for basic accommodation. No luxuries here. Take mittons instead of gloves and try and find some really good thermals to wear underneath the mittons. Don't expect to be stopping at mountain restaurants for hot wine and lunch - there aren't any!! Lunch is eaten out of doors on the mountains - take a flask, because it gets very cold. Everything is massively expensive. Take your own alcohol. If you are in a nice group it gets shared (in ours that's what we did).
PETRA & WADI RUM BY BIKE
This is a terrific ‘all round’ trip, made excellent by the country, the guide and the fellow travelers. It is not a cycling holiday and it is not a walking holiday but it has a great mix for all.
Most Inspirational Moment
I suspect that we've all heard of Petra but it isn't until you get there and view not just the size of the famous piece (The Treasury, etc) but the enormity of the whole site that you are inspired. Around each corner there is another jaw dropping inspirational sight, or is that site?!and I haven't mentioned the snorkelling or Wadi Rum or floating in the Dead Sea......
Thoughts on Group Leader
Danny, the group leader was the best I've necountered so far. Always full of knowledge and his passion and pride for Jordan was inspirational. All his recommendations were spot on and the only disappointing meal was when we took the advice of one of the group and went somewhere not wholy endorsed by Danny.
Advice for Potential Travellers
As has been said before, this is not a cycling holiday, but the cycling is a nice part of it. Most of the cycling is routine for a regular cyclist but one day, whilst shortish on distance (50k), is a tough route for anyone. The support from the cycle guides, Danny and the bus (and the tourist police) is excellent so anyone concerned about the cycling can walk the toughest bits or get on the bus.
FINNISH WILDERNESS WEEK
The Finish Winter Activities Holiday is better value for money for all activities, most of which are included and for longer periods of time.Basecamp Ouklanka in beautiful location with excellent staff, accomodation and food. Nice to have Ruka close by for Downhill skiing
Most Inspirational Moment
Location was superb. Nice to see the Northern Lights even if not a full on display. Staff - you could not have had better
Thoughts on Group Leader
Henri - was superb, always happy and helpful, despite being very short staffed.He was an excellent instructor too.
Advice for Potential Travellers
The Trip notes were spot on - you really do not need any Outdoor clothing - it is all supplied, down to base layer thermals, socks, gloves, hat, shoes - the lot. It was often minus 26 on my trip and apart from fingers occassionaly I was not cold.
PETRA & WADI RUM BY BIKE
A perfect combination of sightseeing and active exercising! 🙂 Jordan is beautiful and has so much to offer in terms of historical sites (Jerash, Petra, Little Petra) and nature (Dead Sea, Wadi Rum dessert, Jordanian mountains) … Very well organised and support on bike was great (an opportunity to hop on / hop off the bus and the supporting vehicle anytime during the biking). We had a great guide (Danny) – very knowledgeable and passionate about his country, so much fun to be around.
Most Inspirational Moment
Learning so much about that part of the world, history of Jordan and surrounding countries....
Thoughts on Group Leader
Danny was excellent - very knowledgeable, passionate and fun to be around. Definitely one of the best guides I have ever had so far.
Advice for Potential Travellers
Not really - apart from "you'll have a great time!" :-))))))