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4.7 out of 5

Helen Gentles

Reviewed May 2023

Great week of walking, great guide.

A wonderful week of great walking, fabulous scenery, lovely hotel, great food in the local restaurants, including a wine tasting – all coordinated by a fabulous guide.

Most Inspirational Moment

Lots of highlights - Portofino, walking along the terraces towards Riomaggiore, seeing the Giro D’Italia including Geraint Thomas whizz past on our ‘day off’! It’s lovely to return home feeling relaxed and very fit.

Thoughts on Group Leader

Michela is a superb leader, the best I have come across. She was fun, organised, knowledgeable and constantly looking after the group and each individual.

Advice for Potential Travellers

A certain level of fitness is required for ascending and descending hundreds of steps each day. The Cinque Terre National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and as a result is a popular place to visit. One of our walks was particularly busy with lots of stopping and starting on a narrow path in order to allow walkers coming the other way through. The scenery was spectacular but dealing with such crowds may not be everyone’s ‘cup of tea’.

Stuart Jackman

Reviewed May 2023

May 2023

My wife and I greatly enjoyed our trip to Japan. It was a wide ranging trip covering a good number of Japanese sites and experiences as much as you might expect in the time we were there.

Most Inspirational Moment

The trip to Hiroshima was thought provoking and an important inclusion with the trip. We also very much enjoyed the Japanese Alps.

Thoughts on Group Leader

Aki was generally a good leader. He does have a very heavy accent which made it difficult to always follow what he said, one had to be at the front of the group and listen closely. He had a good knowledge of history.

Advice for Potential Travellers

Be prepared for a lot of train travel and for a country very different to what you might expect. Be prepared to embrace cultural differences in all aspects of life.

Barry Wilkins

Reviewed May 2023

Magical Trip

Excellent trip. Very rewarding Petra and Wadi Rum not to be missed

Most Inspirational Moment

The camel ride

Thoughts on Group Leader

Both were very good but Sammi the Jordan guide was excellent

Advice for Potential Travellers

Check whether there are any festivals on in Jerusalem as this could impact on your trip. Add an extra night in Amman as the flight gets in very late

Linda Robbie

Reviewed May 2023

Walking in the Azores

Great holiday but should have been longer. Travellers for this trip need to be fit, prepared for steep climbs and humid weather, ‘moderate’ is not an accurate assessment of the walks. Admittedly 3 – 4mph is a bit of a give away, that said definitely a trip to repeat, this is a beautiful part of the world.

Most Inspirational Moment

All of it, a thoroughly enjoyable experience.

Thoughts on Group Leader

Great personality, totally suited to working with people, a friend to all.

Advice for Potential Travellers

Read the small print, this is not for the faint hearted and the initial description does not really prepare you for what is to come - 'moderate / strenuous' would be more appropriate. Also prepare to acclimatise to humid conditions. Great holiday and to be thoroughly recommended.

Shae Chapman

Reviewed May 2023

Sicily Food Adventure

An incredible week exploring Sicily! We toured food markets, made pasta from scratch, did an olive oil tasting at a local farm, saw fresh burrata being made at a buffalo farm then sampled cheese products, went to a beautiful winery on Mt Etna, then did a hike to the Volcanos craters. We learned so much about Sicily’s history, and culture, and of course, had lots of delicious food and wine!! I am already planning my next trip to Sicily!

Most Inspirational Moment

all the local experiences (family run cheese farm, olive oil, wineries, cooking classes, etc)

Thoughts on Group Leader

Veronica was amazing - so knowledgeable and passionate about Sicily! Marco our driver was also great!

Advice for Potential Travellers

Book a post-night in Catania! After an incredible week of exploring the island, it is nice to spend one extra day by the seaside or exploring the city of Catania

Anne Williams

Reviewed May 2023

Fantastic unspoilt location

The coast of Portugal offers varied terrain and great opportunity for hiking and to be guided by Francisco and Ines made it even better. Their knowledge about the area is extensive and they took time and effort to ensure everyone achieved what they wanted from the trip. I cannot recommend this trip enough – it truly was an amazing week.

Most Inspirational Moment

Nesting storks and dramatic coast line

Thoughts on Group Leader

Very knowledgeable and shared a lot of information. So friendly and ensured everyone had a fabulous time

Advice for Potential Travellers

Just go - don't miss the opportunity to experience this unspoilt area

Jane Powell

Reviewed May 2023

Amazing trip, brilliant wildlife

A really excellent tour. I don’t think I can find fault with anything. Our guide was extremely knowledgeable, friendly and helpful. The locations visited were incredible and we saw an amazing amount of wildlife with the help of our guide. The accommodation was good and the transport between locations was very good.

Most Inspirational Moment

Standing in a "Hummingbird Garden" with hummingbirds zipping around me. Seeing crocodiles, sloths,toucans, coats, agouti, macaws.... Going on a night walk in the rainforest and finding many different kinds of frogs and snakes

Thoughts on Group Leader

He was absolutely excellent. He was very well organised, he'd a fantastic knowledge base and was clearly passionate about his country, its environment and its wildlife

Advice for Potential Travellers

This is a really incredible trip, you should go if you possibly can

Gary Davey

Reviewed May 2023

50/50

A Great two weeks in Japan. Great people friendly, very helpful and polite.

Most Inspirational Moment

The Kumano Kudo was a little disappointing as there were very few spectacular views. 4 days walking 2 of which it rained consistently. The walk is mainly through dense woodlands so main view was trees. Onsens were great in most places but the two nights in the Sarashinaya Japanese Style Inn was very disappointing, a lot of traffic noise and the futon beds were very thin and uncomfortable, the onsen was in a poor state. The option to dig your own onsen by the river, not a great one when it is raining. Really not a great choice Exodus!

Thoughts on Group Leader

Our leader was very good but lacked some knowledge on the Nara area as he was from closer to Tokyo. Overall a good leader, very attentive to some customer excessive requirements. A very likeable chap.

Advice for Potential Travellers

Out of the 2 weeks (in May) it rained 2 days a week, and I mean rained non stop for 2 days so waterproofs a must, along with an umbrella. Other days were high twenties and at times very humid. You should be prepared for long steep climbs, head down and huff and puff to the top.

Viv Morris

Reviewed May 2023

Italys Prosecco hills

Lovely holiday in a good hotel central to small town. Walking through a variety of terrains. Although billed as walking in the Prosecco Hills I hadn’t realised we’d be drinking quite so much Prosecco!

Most Inspirational Moment

Walking through the vineyards in the sunshine, and the church with beautiful frescoes in Pieve de Soligo.

Thoughts on Group Leader

Mattia was a good leader. Very supportive and caring when walkers struggled by walking with them or slowly in front to pace for them. Good local knowledge.

Advice for Potential Travellers

Although billed as level 2, I think that’s due to the Treviso day which is a sightseeing tour then a flat walk by the river. The other 4 days are a level 3. Walking is either steep up or steep down, not a lot of on the level walking. Last day is up very high. Mattia said it would be cold, would have been better to say it would be 5 degrees. (It was 20 degrees normally). Much tougher walking and with the altitude. Beautiful walk though and great views. Take travel pills if you don’t travel well on that day as lots of hairpin bends as we climbed to near the top. But I get vertigo and I was okay on the walk and the drive up, but one of the group found the drive up and down a bit concerning. A brolly is also useful as rain is straight down and no wind. Also walking pole.

Wendy Garman

Reviewed May 2023

Excellent Puglia and Matera holiday

Excellent holiday and guide . Despite the rain we had a wonderful time . Good itinerary especially Matera

Most Inspirational Moment

Matera , and learning about the “ shame of Italy “

Thoughts on Group Leader

Excellent . I was not able to do a couple of the walks due to knee pain , but Joanna was so helpful arranging alternatives and taxis A very caring leader

Advice for Potential Travellers

Not really that’s easy walking . Take walking boots and sticks . Some difficult paths on the ridge of Matera

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