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Varied and very interesting trip to three Stans of the Silk Road. Kygyzstan revealed beautiful scenery and traditional ways of life. Kazakhstan showed a mix of ancient history and modern city life. Uzbekistan was full of awe inspiring culture and buildings associated with the Silk Road.
Most Inspirational Moment
The eagle training experience in Kyrgyzstan.
Wonderful architecture of Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva.
The metros in Almaty and Tashkent are well worth experiencing.
Thoughts on Group Leader
Tatiana in Kyrgystan was a wonderfully enthusiastic, warm and informative guide.
Sergey in Uzbekistan was informative, super organised and seemed to have boundless energy. Both enlivened the trip with their knowledge helping to include us in the food and cultural experiences of their countries.
Advice for Potential Travellers
It's a full on, high paced trip so sit back and enjoy the scenery as much as you can. There's a lot to experience in the travel through these different cultures, go with the flow.
Again, Mohamed was an excellent tour leader. He took us to places that were hidden gems and gave us alternatives when things on the original itinerary were closed. He made our trip amazing.
Most Inspirational Moment
Mohamed! He was an awesome tour guide and honestly, without him, I don't think our trip would have been so memorable. He took into consideration what we wanted to do and made it happen. He really made this trip amazing for us!
Thoughts on Group Leader
Mohamed was a literal miracle worker! He made our trip into the amazing experience it was. I really believe without him we wouldn't have been able to do half the stuff we did. He was the best tour guide I have ever had.
The trip was fantastic. All the hikes were great and and planned very well. Our guide Egle was outstanding. She managed the group very well including making sure we were safe and had fun. She was also super knowledgeable. Hamish and Darota also were great and made out stay at the chalet fantastic.
Most Inspirational Moment
Great hiking and scenery.
Thoughts on Group Leader
Egle was fantastic. She was very knowledgeable and interacted with everyone extremely well. I HIGHLY recommend her and would love to have her again.
As an Exodus employee and previous leader myself, I was very grateful to have had the opportunity to join this trip. I was definitely impressed!
‘Tuscany Walks and Chianti Wines’ provides an excellent insight into the Chianti Region of Tuscany. We did three fantastic walks and enjoyed great wine tastings throughout the week. I am never bored visiting the amazing Towers of San Gimignano!
Most Inspirational Moment
Wine tasting at a local vineyard whilst looking out over the rolling Tuscan hills. Yes, it was as good as I hoped!
Thoughts on Group Leader
Tommaso was an excellent leader, each day he proved he was very knowledgeable, with a great sense of humour. He was a good communicator and as someone who was brought up locally, you could really see he loved showing the group his ‘back yard’ .
Advice for Potential Travellers
Bring a dry bag for taking a bottle of wine home safely in your main luggage. But don’t worry, shipping is offered by the vineyards too!
Michelle Liu
Reviewed June 2026
Worth Doing
I did the cycling tour in April of 2025, and it was better than I expected — which, for a trip I’d spent a while researching, is saying something.
The riding itself was well put-together. A mix of quiet back roads, some proper climbs, and long stretches on old railway paths. I used a regular bike and would say the level given is appropriate.
The highlight reel: Besalú is a very charming, well-preserved medieval town, and the Costa Brava section is as good as advertised. Alvaro, our guide, was the reason the week felt personal rather than packaged. He picked up on what people wanted and adjusted. Everything else — luggage transfers, route markings, daily logistics — all ran smoothly, which is how it should be.
Worth doing.
An enjoyable holiday but wrongly classed as a walking holiday.
All the included walks were shorter than advertised and most of the walking was on city tours. There was a change to the itinerary from when I booked and instead of a walk to see sandstone cliffs on day 5 we had a 2.5 hour guided tour of Art Nouveau buildings in Riga. Acceptable on a cultural tour but not really appropriate when this is sold as a walking tour.
Most of the days were long, we rarely finished before 5pm and too much crammed in so that we always felt we were being rushed on to the next activity.
Hotels, apart from Islande Hotel at Riga, were good. Riga Hotel was just too big and almost impossible to get a seat at breakfast because of numerous large coach parties also at hotel.
Note for solo travellers paying single supplement – you will get a narrow single bed on at least 5 nights of the holiday.
Most Inspirational Moment
Helsinki - this was the best city tour and great to get a free afternoon to continue our sightseeing.
Thoughts on Group Leader
Inna was a good tour leader but possibly more suited to a cultural trip and possibly just as well for her that this was not a walking trip.
Advice for Potential Travellers
No need for walking boots. Most of the walks are city tours and when we did actually go for walks in the countryside these were on paths or boardwalks.
This was my first Exodus trip and it was a wonderful two weeks exploring Costa Rica with a small group of 7, our fantastic guide Guillermo and excellent driver Carlos. Two nights in each location, very different landscapes. We saw a huge number of creatures and an amazing 174 species of birds. Great hotels and excellent airport pick up in San Jose. This holiday was fabulous!
Most Inspirational Moment
Esquinas Rainforest Lodge - one of the most beautiful places I’ve been.
Thoughts on Group Leader
Guillermo was a biologist and very experienced guide. His knowledge, organisational skills and friendliness helped make our tour magical.
Advice for Potential Travellers
Take a Costa Rica sim or eSIM. Download the Merlin bird app and PlantNet app to use in Costa Rica. Take 2 swimsuits as nothing dries. Due to this do a hotel laundry wash half way through the holidays and travel light. Invest in good quality waterproof binoculars. Regarding mosquitoes - take an anti histamine each morning, plug in a room diffuser and take deet spray.
We were a small group of 6, lovely people who helped make this a great holiday – along with our wonderful guide Alkan and our driver Ugur. We packed a lot into our 6 full days – tours around Istanbul and Antalya plus visits to fabulous ancient sites such as Troy, Ephesus, Hierapolis and the ancient city of Perge and wandering around the back streets of pretty towns. Plenty of time to explore .
Most Inspirational Moment
Enjoyed everything but highlights for me were Gallipoli, Troy and the heavenly vineyard hotel in Seljuk.
Thoughts on Group Leader
Our Turkish guide Alkan was excellent. He was very passionate about his beautiful country, full of knowledge and he went out of his way to ensure we all had a great time. He took us to some great places to eat and as a vegetarian, always ensured I had something good to eat.
Advice for Potential Travellers
This is a great trip, you can see so much of Turkey is a week. As a solo traveller in future I will look out for free single room offers - two of our group had booked later and didn’t pay for their single occupancy, something to consider.
