Most Inspirational Moment
Angkor Wat at dawn
Thoughts on Group Leader
Group leader was well organised and managed the various needs of the member of the group
Advice for Potential Travellers
Go with the flow and wear plenty of Deet!
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Cambodian Adverture
Well constructed trip to see the life and history of this country.
Enjoyable
This holiday was a great opener for those who have little or no experience at previous winter sports. I really enjoyed the Husky sledging and snow shoeing was more fun than I anticipated.
Very cosy accommodation and although the food was not in anyway gourmet it was what I expected for a Nordic menu. (Would be nice actually if you could include a cookery lesson as a optional extra)
Would defiantly recommend as a winter holiday if you want to try a bit off everything and once you have had a lesson you can be as active or lazy as you like.
Most Inspirational Moment
Defiantly the husky sledge, have always wanted to do this.
Thoughts on Group Leader
Teddy (Bjorn) was very informative and consciencious of the needs of the group.
Advice for Potential Travellers
Take lots of books, or games, helps especially during the dark evenings.
Lovely area, great Hotel, excellent food and great gudes
If you are into cross country skiing or want to learn this is a great choice. The guides are very good and extremely helpful. The atmosphere is excellent and the fact the guides return so often speaks volumes. The hotel is comfortable and warm, the rooms are not stylish but are good, upgrade id you want a bigger one. The food is very good and a wide variety available for all tastes. The staff are very friendly and helping the environment and love of the area is as important as profit at this family run hotel.
Most Inspirational Moment
Seeing the sunrise on the Rondane NP Mountains
Thoughts on Group Leader
There wasn't one! All the guides helped the guests and no specific leader was needed. There are guests from Germany, Norway, Netherlands and GB and it worked just fine.
Advice for Potential Travellers
Mitts not Gloves definitely. Take layers but you don't need too much kit as you exercise so much. Buffs are good
Cycling Cuba
Overall good experience with some interesting cycling towards the end of the tour . Cuba is a big island and a lot is crammed in resulting in the tour having an attritional feel with some tedious transfers and insufficient time to explore places such as Camaguey, Bayamo, Santiago de Cuba and for those not staying extra days, particularly Havana.
Most Inspirational Moment
Time spent in Havana but I thought the most typically West Indian place was El Salton, which was gorgeous.
Thoughts on Group Leader
Lismar is excellent, his English impressive and he is a font of information and a strong cyclist, too.
Advice for Potential Travellers
Be careful of your food and drink - not only what you eat and drink (tummy bugs galore with our group) but what could have become mixed with it _ Rosie found a large piece of broken glass in her glass at the first lunch stop by the wharf in Old Havana( which Lismar took up with management) and more broken glass in her ice cream at the lunch stop at Santa Clara.
Snowshoeing in the Catalan Pyrenees
The Catalan Pyrenees are beautiful and the small villages are remote and quiet during the winter. On this trip we snowshoed through the valleys and forests with some wonderful views, while staying in very friendly local family-run hotels.
Most Inspirational Moment
The trip to the Fogueruix Pass was on a lovely day with fresh snow so the views from the col were beautiful and the descent, contouring along the valley back to Son, gave us panoramas of the day's walk.
Thoughts on Group Leader
Miguel is a great ambassador for the Catalan region and is very knowledgeable about the villages and mountains, He was also very pro-active in adjusting the routes to the conditions as we were often walking in quite changeable weather. He worked very hard to introduce us to local produce and people so that we could appreciate the uniqueness of this area of Spain.
Advice for Potential Travellers
The weather is variable as expected in any mountain in winter so lots of layers are needed as well as sun glasses and sun cream. The hotels and villages are quiet in the evenings so lots of opportunities to chat or read. There is very little extra expense once in the Pyrenees apart from the occasional beer or coffee.
Cambodian Adventure
Interesting and enjoyable holiday,
Most Inspirational Moment
There were 5, The bamboo railway for man's ingenuity, the killing fields for man's inhumanity, the smaller villages for the hard working local population for low wages. Angkor Wat for being Angkor Wat, and the people on the trip with similar interests and sense of fun.
Thoughts on Group Leader
Very good, well up with history of country, religious heritage, honesty when giing information, and organisation, never seemingly to to get flustered.
Advice for Potential Travellers
In their documentation I did not think Exodus make it clear about currency, the Currency of Cambodia may be the Riel, but the currency on the street, shops and used by Exodus for any optional extras is the US dollar, I would advise taking US dollars, do not bother changing any money into Riel, apart from a few traders in remote villages, everyone uses and quotes dollars, in Restaurants your bill will automatically come priced in dollars and Riel give dollars you will get change in dollars, with small amounts in Riel, everywhere prices are marked in Dollars. The hotels happily changed larger bills into smaller notes. If you can get some small dollar bills take them.
Fantastic snowshoeing and amazing views
We had a really amazing week in the Dolomites, it was hard work but with huge rewards. Being in the mountains most walks started up, up up and ended down, down, down. But we had some truly amazing views of the Dolomites and Alps and the hospitality in the many Mountain huts was much appreciated.
Hotel Adler was very comfortable and the staff were very accommodating for a variety dietary needs (vegetarians, nut allergies etc)
Most Inspirational Moment
Climbing the summits of Lutterkopf and Durakopf where we were rewarded with astounding views of the Dolomites and Alps. Snowshoeing down afterwards in near perfect conditions - deep powder snow! Also the final walk was a steep climb up to Rossalmhutte which felt like a real achievement!
Thoughts on Group Leader
Sara was fantastic and went above and beyond her duty to ensure we all had a great time. As two of the slower walkers we were not made to feel a burden and she spent her time equally with the whole group. Sara made sure everyone was organised for their free day - with bus timetables highlighted etc, she even got hold of maps that showed all the walks we did during the week which was fantastic!
Advice for Potential Travellers
Be prepared for long walks with steep ups and downs. Clothing - take layers so you can be prepared for heating up on the ascents and then cooling down when descending. If you go to Mexico City Restaurant on your free evening have the pizza not the mexican as the latter is very bland!
Nicaragua, Costa Rica & Panama
Really enjoyable cycling trip though Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. Good group of twelve people who all got along pretty well! Really nice lead guide with an excellent support guide in Nicaragua. Nicaragua was my highlight of the trip as I loved Grenada, Ometepe and San Juan Del Sur. Northern Costa Rica was also excellent especially round Lake Arenal. I was less attracted to southern Costa and the Panamainian island of Bocas Del Toros was my least favourite place as it was just a scruffy hedonist playground on which we didn’t get to take our bikes! The pacific coast of Panama was lovely, the sea was stunning and the hotel was great. Couldn’t get excited about the Panama Canal (yes I know it is a major engineering feat, but watching boats go up and down was like watching paint dry for me!). Loved Panama City old town and the live Panamanian Covers band in the Irish bar next to Holiday Inn on our night was great!
Most Inspirational Moment
For me it was the cycling. I absolutely loved the winding steep decent after we crossed the Continental Divide! My wife, who was not a cyclist coped really well and this is a moderate/challenging tour. Seeing the live active Nicaraguan Volcano is a one off thing too!
Thoughts on Group Leader
He was great, Great sense of humour and saw to the needs of each individual on the trip!! Not over fussy and that suited me fine.
Advice for Potential Travellers
Costa Rica and Panama are much more expensive than you would imagine especially if you are used to India, South Africa etc. The 'Tat' shops are not great - even my tat collecting wife struggled to find anything she would put in her 'Tat' collection. It all seemed really safe so don't worry about the Central America issues. Don't be too uptight about plan changes - in the words of one of our guides 'Shit Happens'
Cycling Cuba
I would definitely recommend this fabulous trip! Cycling through Cuba is one of the best ways to see the country and its people along the way. The trip ambitiously covers large distances over a sizeable island but the mixture of cycling and bus transfers just about works. There is a good mixture of accommodation-types from larger, swankier hotels (either modernist government hotels or beautiful colonial-style buildings) to staying in a local’s home (Casas particulares).
Most Inspirational Moment
Everyday starting off from our accommodation on our bikes, as a team, in unison and then finishing the day together. I loved cycling in the mountains near Santiago, the countryside was more interesting and the cycling more challenging. Attending a local dance evening in a 'village hall' and dancing salsa as a group with the locals.
Thoughts on Group Leader
Lismar was a very good guide - well organised, engaging, very informative. We learnt lots about the complex history and culture of Cuba.
Advice for Potential Travellers
Do take medicines such as Immodium and be cautious - the level of hygiene is not always what we're used to and many of us succumbed to the inevitable!
A really lovely trip
I enjoyed this holiday so much. The itinerary was very well balanced with a host of different activities and experiences. It was good to spend at least two nights in each location and have time to appreciate where we were staying. We have been on quite a few Exodus trips before, but this was one of the best. Some of the accommodation was very good indeed, notably the Martin House guest lodge in De Rust and the apartments in Hermanus.
Most Inspirational Moment
Very difficult to choose. I would say the wildlife we saw in the Eastern Cape is hard to beat, but I found the trip to Robben Island, where we were guided round by a former political prisoner so interesting and very moving.
Thoughts on Group Leader
Our leader Justin Binns was excellent. His knowledge of the local wildlife, plants, birds, but also culture, history, (plus food and wine) was so good. He engaged really well with the group and made the holiday so enjoyable.
Advice for Potential Travellers
Take plenty of sunscreen and a sunhat! None of the walks in the trip notes are compulsory, but those at Tsitsikamma are in a lovely setting. For some of them you will need trainers at least. I also recommend the cliff top walk to Grotto Beach from Hermanus, which is easy.