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Great tour leader, well done Victor! Great group of people and a nice selection of varied trekking days all topped off by a wonderful hotel with enthusiastic and very helpful staff.
Scrambling to the top of the twin summits of Mancondiu with its fabulous views
Victor was a top man, great athlete and an inspirational leader for a very varied group with mixed experience and personalities!
For this trip, buy a bottle of whisky in duty free on the way out, it may be Spain but drinks are still extremely expensive! Still getting over my bar bill!!!!!
Amazing!!!!! Thoroughly Recommeded! You won’t beat the spectacular scenery of Banff and Jasper National Parks. Weather, leader and group all first class.
Travelling up the Icefield highway it was lakes, glaciers and mountains 360 degrees as far as the eye could see.
Brilliant, let's hope you get Renee as your leader if you go on this trip. She knew her stuff, thoroughly competent and her cooking was delicious. Plus she joined in the banter around the campfire (and half managed to understand some Yorkshire folk!)
Most of the walks are quite long so you will probably enjoy it more if you are quite fit. I have done many trekking holidays before and this was equally energetic, the walks are mostly circa 20km and involve plenty of altitude gains.
Without doubt this trip delivered everything one would expect for a great trek. Great people, group, scenery and memories.
Completing each day amidst amazing scenery with beautiful weather conditions and a great group of people to do it with.
Paul was a leader you would trust to guide you on any mountain. He gave you confidence and you could trust whatever the situation. His sense of humour will not be forgotton.Mark always provided a warm welcome after each days trekking. Kettle always on and was always approachable to ask for advice.
As a single person, booking a tent supplement was well worth paying extra for. Make sure you pack warm sleeping bag as nights can get chilly in September. Pack as light as possible.
Great holiday – fantastic weather, stunning scenery, excellent guide and great companions!
Walking round the crater of VesuviusWalk of the Gods
Excellent - patient, knowledgeable and good company
Be prepared for some quite challenging walking - especially in the heat. Nothing difficult but probably more on the moderate side rather than leisurely.
Great hotel,great location ,beautiful food. All walks really enjoyable with spectacular views. A truly memorable holiday. Would recommend to anyone. We didn’t want to leave!!!
Each walk provided different moments of inspiration , from viewing Amalfi for the first time or entering Pompei and seeing the grand scale of a lost city. Walking up to Vesuvius was well worth the views and if you have the nerve , walking around the actual crater is an experience in itself. On our free day we visted Herculaneum and Ravello, which are definitely worth seeing.
Albert our leader was very calm and a good organiser. He looked after everyone and had great knowledge of the area.
If you are going when the weather is warm, take a swimming costume as you have the opportunity to swim after 3 of the walks. You do need a walking pole and be aware that there are plenty of steps on most of the walks.
Beautiful part of Italy and I doubt we’d have managed to do as much as we did in the time if we’d done this stretch of coast on our own. Lovely touches from the hotel staff- a cookery demonstration and the pizza night were brilliant. Thank you- it was a great family run hotel and brilliant friendly helpful staff.
I personally loved Walk of the Gods but also Vesuvuis. Naples was somewhat of a surprise. This was the part of the holiday I'd been least looking forward to as cities are not my thing. I'd also been lead to believe that Naples has had a bad press. Thanks to Paula our fabulous guide and her enthusiasm, Naples quickly became one of my personal highlights. Really vibrant city, amazing churches, fabulous crammed tiny streets, street markets, mad Vespa drivers and lunch in a local taverna that Paula had thoughtfully sourced herelf. Also more great coffee and lovely views of Vesuvius accross the bay. How can I also forget the food?! I was in food heaven. Fresh tomatoes, artichokes, basil, bread, pasta, cheese, wine... And Chef Giovanni's 'mealt in the mouth' Panacotta. Everywhere you looked there was fresh produce either growing on hillsides or lying in front of you on your plate... Fabulous
Paula is enthusiastic, helpful, friendly, approachable, witty... all the attributes needed for a great guide. Im only sorry I couldnt get to know her and stay with her for longer. I'd like to think we'd all end up firm pals! She showed us Greco- Roman ruins and we would like to show her the Greco-Roman Architecture of Manchesters Trafford centre one day- the offer still stands Paula!! Paula was also really good at giving us Italian travel advice as we extended our trip and travelled north on our own. Thanks for the Italian lesson- we got round Italy unscathed and arrived home safely! Thank you Paula, I havent got a bad word to say!
PLEASE take into account added extra expenses whilst away. The trip notes suggest 10Euros for lunches but once you've had the obligatory Italian Espresso this is more like 15. There are also one or two added extras to pay for such as slight seeing on your free day and Funicular/ bus fares/ chair lift on Capri. If travelling with a family I would imagine that this would really tot up. Also the Gellato in Amalfi is compulsory ( trust me.. it puts Mr Whippy to shame!)... all of these things really do add up. If travelling on a budget PLEASE budget for more Euros than you think you'll need. Unlike other exodus trips that I have done this really is in a touristy part of the world and I really wasnt expecting the tourist prices for a coffee.
This was a great trip. Excellent walking, a great tour leader and fascinating country. Highly recommended.
The walking was challenging but the views wonderful and it was great to return to a big meal and nice hotel each evening.
The tour leader Vladimir was excellent. He was extremely knowledgeable about his country, it's history, culture and wildlife. On the last day in Sofia he took time to show us around the city, which was an added bonus.
Providing you are fit enough for the walking this is an excellent trip for people who enjoy a challenging week but want to return to some comfort at night. Bulgaria is a wonderful place and is highly recommended.
Absolute classic just about sums it up. In exchange for our (sometimes quite physical efforts) we were rewarded with stunning views and that "great to be alive" feeling.
The weather was almost always just right for the day (not too hot when walking, perfect sunshine on the rest days.) The only rain enabled us to stay cool on a stiff climb "three col" day. Seeing one of the refuges in front of a glacier appear out of the mist was pretty dramatic.The most inspirational moment was funnily enough nothing to do with views. It involved our guide Mel (Potter) squatting in the dust with a toy bulldozer and a Snickers bar describing the formation of morraines and other aspects of the surrounding scenery. If you can picture the peanuts as erratics and the cracks from bending the chocolate bar as crevasses, you get the picture. The clarity of thought and ease of explanation would have made any geology professor green with envy.
On our only previous Exodus trip we were unimpressed with the group leader and so were not expecting anything special. How wrong could we be? Mel was amazing. She was clearly very knowledgeable and informative (the two do not always go together!) on every aspect of the Tour from camp life through to plants, birds and wildlife. She was friendly and amusing throughout and certainly made the trip into something special.
The books on the TMB suggest that a choice of clockwise or anticlockwise is possible. Having seen the walks I would suggest that the Exodus starting in Chamonix and going clockwise is good, leaving the steep challenge of Brevent to the last walking day. The sense of elation having reached the Brevent top (and Mel opening the champagne) was out of this world and a worthy final stretch.Ask to get Mel on your trip!! Pascale the chef/driver/fixer was also fantastic
An interesting and varied itinerary but exhausting with too much to do in the time allowed, this trip would benefit from being at least a week longer. Highpoints included Mozambique, walking in the Drakensburg mountains, the village walk in Lesotho and the boat trip to see whales close up.
Watching the sunrise over the Drakensburg mountains from Sungubala tented camp.Watching the sunset over the crashing waves at Tsitsikamma.
Rob was young and enthusiastic and a good listener. He needed to be be more organised. His inexperience was tempered by Sifiso who was very knowledgeable about wildlife and culture plus being an excellent cook and driver.
Be prepared for long days in a minibus.Check accommodation address for Mozambique visa application as one given hasn't been in use for some time.If you want to 'stuff your rucksack' then the Malealea Developement Trust in Lesotho current wish list includes needles, cotton, scissors etc. for them to start a sewing group and medical equipment etc. suitable for a small clinic.
Thank you for taking the time to write a review of your recent Johannesburg to Cape Town trip. I’m glad to hear that you enjoyed the beauty and diversity of Southern Africa, and appreciate your feedback.
It is true that this trip does cover a lot of ground in three weeks. Unfortunately the reality is that most people can’t afford to take holidays of more than three weeks at a time. This trip has been designed for people who want to see as much as possible of this wonderful region but can’t spend more time exploring it at a more leisurely pace.
With regards to the vehicle’s suitability for sight-seeing, this is due to South African regulations dating back to 2004. All vehicles built after this date need to have a bar in place to prevent passengers from falling out of the window should the vehicle roll (or have windows which cannot open). This is certainly frustrating at times when game viewing but is a government imposition.
Thank you for drawing our attention to the new regulations in Hlane. This is a brand new rule which, apparently resulted from a recent incident. The trip notes have been amended accordingly. We have also corrected the error in the hotel name in Mozambique. I’m sorry if this cause you any distress though rest assured that it is, in fact, only a formality. Numerous tourists cross into Mozambique every day without the right hotel name on their immigration forms.
I would also like to thank you for the recommendation of items people can bring to the Maleala Development Trust in Lesotho, especially as these are not items most people would think of.
Tom – Product Manager for South Africa
A though but very nice bike tour. With all the major highlights of Sri Lanka.
The wildlife and the scenery are a definite highlight for me
The group leader has been living in Sri Lanka for the past 20 years. Most of this time he has been doing bike tours in Sri Lanka and India. This really shows in all the little details, every thing is nicely planned. But not to strict to be confining. Surpises are dealt with swift and decisive actions.
Do some training before you leave. There are some real though climbs, but they are totally worth the effort. During this trip you will ride atleast 700-800 km and climb and desent atleast 7000m!