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Fantastic holiday ,saw big 5 at least twice , weather was great no rain .brilliant fellow travellers we got on so well even there was 16 off us .well lead by kips and his team .
saw 4 lions take a buffalo right in front of us .. There are two many of inspirational to write memorable holiday .
Kips was absolutely brilliant , we didn't have a single complaint .
Be prepared for Zanzibar .,it is extremely hot ,90d and not much cooler at night .
Excellent Hotel (La Cence). Lovely weather Walking was excellent. Food great. Peopl,e very nice and very friendly.
Cliff walks.
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Go to Gozo Don't hire cars. Use the buses - the service is cheap and covers everywhere, regularly.
A very fine mix of wild, high mountains and very civilised relaxation in the valley. The Hotel Adler serves excellent food – real winter sport breakfasts, freshly done egg and bacon if you want. Being in the village, the shops are right next door for souvenirs etc. Having a week’s free travel pass made rest days etc so much easier to get around.
Climbing the highest peak on the second day, in excellent weather with views right across the Dolomites to the main Alps in the distance.
Sara was an excellent leader - very knowledgeable, knew the mountains like her own backyard (not amazingly as they ARE her own backyard; she lives there!) - inspiring and incredibly fit. If anyone had needed carrying off the mountain, I'm sure Sara could have done it.
It can be a lot warmer than you think out there. Blazing sunshine bouncing off the snow and hard work going uphill can leave you sweating in regular skiing clothes. Make sure you can peel off layers down to full Summer wear! (And you'll need a lot of sunblock. It's bright out there on a good day.)
Amazing weather, people, sights, food and more! I recommend this trip to everyone. Each day I thought ‘WOW! Nothing can top this!’ and the next day, something would!
We were lucky enough that a kind local Bedouin family invited our small group to their cave for dinner. This was an amazing experience, sitting with them and exchanging stories by moonlight in the middle of nowhere. We even saw shooting stars! I will never forget that evening.
Our guide was oustanding. Full of stories, history, know-how and advice, he truly looked after us and made our experience special. Each day was excellently planned, and we were told very clearly at the start of each day what we would need, where we would go, and how long we would be at each location. I felt totally looked after and safe in his hands! In addition to this, even at the major tourist sites, he had alternative routes through so that we got a unique experience, far from the crowds of people.
I travelled in mid february, and the weather at the start was rainy and cold. If you're travelling in winter, definitely take a waterproof jacket and coat or fleece. And for those staying in the desert camp, you will want to sleep with two or more jumpers on! I didn't take a sleeping bag but slept in my PJ with clothes on top and doubled up on blankets from a spare bed. I was still cold. My last minute purchase for the trip was a pair of walking boots (nothing fancy, 40 quid on amazon) and this was the best decision I made. I wore them all day every day. You will need comfy shoes with good support and most importantly grip, for clambering up rocks.
This was a most amazing and varied trip, visiting rain forest, cloud forest, volcanoes, Pacific and Caribbean sides. 48 hours of rain, even though the dry season, now I see why its called the rain forest. Hanging bridges, zip wires, hot thermal pools, the warm ocean. Excellent accommodation and meals throughout the trip. Wonderful siting of birds and animals. Hot, humid, cool, wet, dry, Costa Rica has all the seasons in a quality small package, that everyone should visit.
Costa Rica accounts for only 0.03 percent of the earth's surface. However it contains nearly 6 percent of the world's biodiversity. It was amazing to see how environmentally friendly Costa Rica is, a country that uses 99.2% renewable energy. Replanting of forests, following clearing of the forests to plant Palm Oil. Everyone we met respected their countries efforts to improve and remain as organic as far as possible. Also to see that there is no army, so the money saved is used to help everyone.
Our guide throughout the trip was Guillermo Arrieta. Probably the best guide we have ever encountered on any holiday. A natural born Costa Rican, a trained Biologist, studying in the USA. He was proud of his country and knew and shared all aspects, from history, education, economy, geographical, biodiversity, animals, insects and the most amazing knowledge of birds. at the end of each day Guillermo would review what we had seen, reminded us via his I-Pad, of the bird and their song. We saw in excess of 200 birds in our 2 weeks, considering 2 days were continuous rain, when the birds were difficult to spot.
Always take plenty of insect repellant, good binoculars, camera, wet wear over trousers and look at your surroundings, don't be a slave to your camera.
We can thoroughly recommend this trip for anyone who loves wildlife. Although seeing tigers was the highlight of the parks, we saw lots of other wildlife whilst trying to spot the elusive tigers. We did the 15 scheduled drives and another two that our guide Krishna organised. in total we saw 4 tigers (1 in Pench, 3 in Bandhavgarh, 0 in Kanha). Most of these sightings were lovely. The one in Pench was not so good as every jeep rushed to try and find the best spot for photos. You need to be quite patient and just relax and enjoy the lovely scenery and wildlife and Krishna’s great company. We were lucky to be with him on each trip, as we had a private departure for just us two as not enough people had signed up. This cost extra but was well worth it.
Seeing a lovely male tiger on a track in Bandhavgarh and following slowly behind at a distance, watching him scent marking and even briefly doing some stalking of a small deer that crossed the path in front of him. We were the only ones there and it was bliss! Another inspirational moment was the Taj Mahal, which was even more beautiful than we expected. Nearly all the tourists were Indian, which made it even better. The red fort at Agra was also stunning, and our guide round the Taj Mahal and the fort at Agra was a lovely lady called Bindu. The final inspirational moment was visiting the school that Exodus supports - lovely kids and we could have happily stayed longer.
Krishna excelled in every way, always thinking about us and making sure we were happy and comfortable. He was very good company and a huge source of information on Indian wildlife. He even sorted out extra bean bags for us, which were essential when using a long lens.
It would be difficult to fit a tripod in the jeep, so a large bean bag on the horizontal roll bar was the best option. Our January trip was very cold in the morning, when you are up before dawn. Do not ignore the advice about taking hat, gloves and scarf and fleeces if you go in the winter months (December to early Feb). This is because not only is the temperature close to freezing for a few hours, but also you are travelling around in a completely open top jeep. We had not a single drop of rain the whole trip. We both had binoculars and wished we had taken an old pair that we could give to one of the park guides, as they sometimes needed to borrow ours. Worth taking a small HD video as well if you want to capture the movements and sounds of the wildlife. Tiger growls are wonderful!
really enjoyed the trip, well managed, well structured. not lucky with the weather but that didn’t affect my enjoyment
watching the group leader and team playing songs around the fire. Simple enjoyment but we all loved it
excellent, very engaging, great personality
pack properly ! I under assessed how cold it could be, and didn't bring enough clothes. Luckily, my kind fellow travellers helped me out
I can’t really tell you what this trip is like until you have yourself been to the Rwandan Genocide Museum, climbed the misty mountains up to the gorilla family, slept in the wild, gotten the mandatory sunburn, stood on the equator, ridden on horse-back across Ugandan sugar cane plantations, flown in a hot air balloon over the Mara, eaten ugali, stared into the eyes of a lion, seen the Great Rift Valley, been greeted by a thousand smiles and made friends with some of the very best people.
East Africa had wonderfully beautiful nature and touching history, but the most memorable things from my trip were all the encounters with people, for a few minutes, hours or two and half weeks.
I can only use the best words for Jacob, our group leader. He was the person who made all of us feel at home in East Africa, like his own friends and relatives. Jacob made sure throughout the trip that everyone was happy and safe. Albert, our chef, made sure everyone had a smile on their faces, each day. And my big thanks to Boniface and Wycliffe as well - we had an excellent crew!
Double batteries and zoom lenses for cameras - great photo opportunities will not run short on this trip. A season 4 sleeping bag was also not a bad idea at all. Don't be fooled by it being "Africa".
This is an amazing journey around Kenya and Tanzania with some long journeys on the truck but it ended up feeling like our second home!
Seeing every animal we set out to see (some in our camp) and meeting so many people who had very little but always had time to wave smile and greet us especially in Kenya where they were as interested in us as we were in them.
Peter Kiptoo (Kip) was such an inspirational guy - the logistics of this trip were huge but everything ran to plan (most of the time but this is Africa!!) and this was down to Kip and the team who worked tirelessly to pitch the tents, cook our meals and whilst we were all tired and tucked up in bed they were still working and were up hours before us cooking breakfast and setting up for the day ahead! Their work ethic was superb and they did their country proud!
Don't pack too much as you are on the move almost everyday. Buy a pillow on day 1 in the supermarket - really helps to get a good nights sleep and give away at the end! Take gear you don't mind giving away - in Zanzibar particularly the poverty was heartbreaking and many people had no shoes and were so grateful for shoes t shirts etc. Bought pens for the children and wish I had taken many more as they loved them. Don't expect air con in the hotels - it gets very very hot! Take 1 dollar bills for tipping - they average wage is a dollar a day so tipping what to us is such a small amount is really significant to the people of Kenya and Tanzania! You need some Kenyan shilings which u can buy in uk but in Tanzania you can use dollars everywhere although you tend to get better deals if you buy Tanzania shillings when you get into Tanzania
Essentially two holidays in one, an energetic trek in the hills, sleeping under canvas, followed by a more leisurely period of sightseeing in towns, on a houseboat, and in the Periyar wildlife sanctuary, sleeping in beds, the whole admirably organised and led, partly in Kerala and partly in Tamil Nadu. Good food throughout and no problems with hygiene.
The terrain during the trek, with its very steep heavily-wooded green hills with rounded tops, similar in some ways to parts of the English countryside, but on a much much bigger scale. Meeting numerous Bonnet macaques, with their small but almost human faces, both outside and within buildings, and seeing that when they eat a banana they hold it and peel it exactly as I do, and being stared at by them, as I was staring back, and wondering what they make of us humans, a feeling I don`t have when encountering other non-domestic animals, nor indeed when meeting other kinds of monkey. The visit to the Hindu temple at Madurai with its 14 great towers (the tallest 170 feet high), their entire surfaces covered with many thousands of brightly-coloured sculptures of gods, goddesses, demons, etc. I find it hard to imagine how they manage to repaint them all every twelve years.
Santosh Kumar was a superb leader, always, at least outwardly, calm, friendly, alert and on top of every situation. He combined so many roles in an exemplary manner, as master of ceremonies, reporter/commentator, bag carrier, visionary teacher, domestic servant, general manger and producer of surprises, to mention just a few. Praise also for Siva, our main guide on the trek part of the holiday.
If you have room, pack plenty of clothes suitable for the different requirements of the trek and the sightseeing part of the holiday. If this is your first visit to India, remember that it is an enormous, ancient, and incredibly diverse country: try to leave all your preconceptions at home.