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By Scott from Newcastle upon Tyne | 21 November 2016

Reached the top of Roque Nublo

Viva Gran Canaria

By Kimberly from Bedale | 20 November 2016

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

EVERONE should do this trek!

The Juniper Trust Schools Trek to Namche Bazaar

For me, the objective of undertaking this trek was twofold - first and foremost I relished the opportunity to personally witness the results of the fantastic work the Juniper Trust has undertaken (and continues to do so). It was an overwhelmingly unique privilege which I find difficult to express in words. Secondly it served as a means of helping me recover from a particularly difficult patch in my life, giving me a challenge and purpose on which to focus that wasn't all about myself. Likew ise, the trip itself can be clearly divided into two very different sections. The first part was the trek from Jiri to Surke (just South of Lukla) where for days the only other people we saw were local Nepalis, both at the schools we visited and passing through their settlements. This for me was what I like to call "The Real Nepal" giving us a taste of how these remarkable people manage with so few resources; friendly, beautiful people always with a smile and a greeting, always keen to share what little they have with strangers. At each school we visited, we were treated like Royalty, with such enthusiasm and generosity that it was a humbling experience. Western children could learn a lot from their Nepali counterparts. The second part of the trip served the same purpose as the first, but the difference here was marked. We were now on the official tourist route from Lukla towards Everest Base Camp, so it was a much busier walk, meeting fellow trekkers from all over the world. It also gave an insight into how hard the locals work to support the tourist industry, experiencing both people and animals carrying unbelievably heavy loads of supplies up into the higher altitude areas. In all, we visited nine schools, witnessing the extensive work that the Juniper Trust has achieved, using only volunteers and hard work, and providing much needed local employment. Abhishek and Yalambar were the two local volunteer project managers who have both made a profound impact on the lives of the teachers and children of their beautiful Motherland. Our two great guides, Man and Jumba, were both excellent, attentive and knowledgeable. Three local porters carried our gear, for which we were all grateful. Last but not least my sincere thanks go to Glenn Rowley, the driving force behind the project, and the trek leader. Long may his enthusiasm and drive continue. If you get the opportunity to go on this trek I guarantee you will not be disappointed. Long live Dhal Bhat!!

By Kathleen from Southampton | 19 November 2016

★ ★ ★ ★

Walking good .Guide average

Viva Gran Canaria

Found all the walks except, the final one really spectacular and enjoyed the diversity. They gave the amount of challenge expected .Our feeling about the guide are that he was more interested on external occurrences. A huge amount of time spent on phone and walked so far ahead that we could not engage and on occasions could not establish where the path was. He during the early part of the week was disengaged. We felt that he preferred cycling and walking did nothing for him. At the end of the we ek Friday he tried hard to be part of the group. We were very happy with accommodation in the second hotel lovely rooms and views and understand that we needed a resort style one first to access the walks it was satisfactory .

By Linda from Shefford | 18 November 2016

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

A great adventure visiting Oman, a Middle Eastern jewel

Oman Adventure Trekking

The tour struck a great balance... between camping and hotels (with a hotel day between 6 days camping) and between sightseeing, walking and driving. Result was a very fulfilling insight into Oman. The team of 5 (a guide and 4 drivers) were outstanding, worked really hard to create our holiday and demonstrated real kindness and attentiveness to our needs. Food was excellent, water plentiful, advise and guidance clear. The campsites were varied from desert, to beach and plateaus. Mostly quiet exc ept the beach were parties from Muscat played music half the night (best take ear plugs). Temperatures in camp site varied and very cold some nights... and will get colder depending on date of trip. We eat outdoors so best take a down jacket and layers for your legs. First full day of walking is in an area of very sharp rocks so would suggest trousers. Ladies need to check dress code guidelines for suitable clothing in order not to offend. Swimming in gorge and wadis was a real highlight. Check times of sun rise and sun set and don't miss out. Enjoy watching shooting stars.

By Adventure from Sunbury-on-Thames | 17 November 2016

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Walking, Wadis & Wet-Wipes

Oman Adventure Trekking

A great 10 day trip with a nice mix of sight-seeing and walking. Good combination of longer and shorter walks, and some lovely wadi pools for taking a dip in when it got too hot. Hanna was a great guide; we were very well looked after by him and the team of four drivers, and always very well fed. All the walks are optional as you can always go in the 4x4 to camp if you ever fancy a day off / don't fancy the 1800m climb up onto the Selma plateau... (but it's a great walk so try not to m iss it!) Previous reviews have mentioned a desert camp as an alternative to the big walk in the second half of the trip - but we got to do both; after Nizwa we camped in the desert with an amazing sunset, and then up early the next morning for sunrise & short drive to the start of the big ascent walk. And camping on the beach is a great way to finish the trip off (before a much needed shower back in Muscat - don't under-estimate the amount of wet-wipes you will get through - it is a bit of a dusty trip!)

By Louise from BURGESS HILL | 17 November 2016

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Amazing experience

The Juniper Trust Schools Trek to Namche Bazaar

This is a unique and extra special trek. You have the opportunity and privilege to trek in remote areas where most of the time you are the only Trekkers on the mountains. At the same time you can see for yourselves the work of the Juniper Trust. 100% of the money goes directly to the work in the village schools; seeing where your money goes with your own eyes and the welcome you receive from the children I defy anyone not to cry tears of every emotion. To trek in the remote mountains with such a unique purpose is a trek not to be missed. Abhishek is the guide who worked out the route, leading the trek. He also is behind the project, identifying some of the schools and ensuring the work is carried out, all as a volunteer - a exceptionally kind and generous man. The kit list was perfect, I would just add shorts as essential due to the warm weather and steep ascents. This trek is suitable for anyone with good all round fitness and stamina - not to be missed, thank you to Abhishek, Glenn and the KE team. I also appreciated the KE "chat with us" online button. The team respond promptly and professionally to any query., a five star experience from booking to returning home.

By Janet from Skipton | 16 November 2016

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

A 5 star holiday all round: a great break and I really didn't want to come home

Walking Lanzarote - The Island of Eternal Spring

We walked the island from south to north and had a day on the island of La Graciosa. Each day's walk was very satisfying - I'd expected easier walking such as on the Gozo holiday but these walks took up the day and were at a good pace. The guide Andreas was excellent - very organised, very good company and knowledgeable about the island - geology and biology. The food was great - the picnic every day varied and balanced and the restaurants he'd chosen for evenings were of high qua lity. He, the group I was with and the island made this a very enjoyable holiday.

By Gwen from Machynlleth | 16 November 2016

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

fantastic, well organised in an untrodden part of the world

Shey Gompa and Inner Dolpo

A fantastic experience, great variety of scenery and terrain. Just when you thought it couldn't get any better it did. Apart from the fantastic scenery there are many habitations you pass through, some beautiful monasteries and Phoksundo lake, a must. Our leader, sirdar, cook and crew were all first class and the internal flights, not to be missed.

By Lynda from Prenton | 16 November 2016

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Warm white mountains, lovely!

Secret Sierras of the Costa Blanca

A three centre trip with very different accommodations from simple to elaborate, all were excellent in their way. The hiking was interesting and not too arduous for myself and wife who were both out of practice due to accident and age. Jose, our guide was great and the transport arrangements worked like clockwork. We much enjoyed the lunches and evening meals organised by Jose, especially the paella. We went on this trip partly because a previous reviewer had said it was so good she'd been twice. I can understand why!

By Anthony from Rugby | 15 November 2016

WADI RUM AND PETRA

Jordan's Wadi Rum and Petra

By Terry from Abergavenny | 15 November 2016

★ ★ ★ ★

Beautiful countries, lots of culture, but could be better organized.

Mountains and Marvels of Central Asia

In Tajikistan, the guides did not speak English (most of the time a Native Dutch-speaking Belgian had to translate the French (that one of the hiking guides spoke) to English. This caused potential problems, such as the day I asked the "English speaking guide" if there would be a stream or spring or any water that we could get on the hike during the day and was told "yes". Later when I ran out of water and asked when we would be getting to where there was water - was told &qu ot;no water anywhere". Saying that, many of us became ill - and they took wonderful care of us, which I know was difficult for them in such a remote place. So the hiking guides were good, but needed at least one actual English speaking guide for safety. The guide in Uzbekistan told - not sure what to tell you....thought he English was OK, he was not good. For example he told us that no one would take dollars anywhere and there would be no other place to change money, so we had to change all the dollars we would need for the rest of the trip the night we got into the country - and at a rate that gave him about 1/4 of the value (he made hundreds of dollars that night) when in fact most places preferred dollars and there were lots!!!! of places to change money. Soured the whole trip when we realized how badly we had been taken advantage of...... Also, that Uzbek guide knew almost nothing about the sites we went to. Would strongly suggest that a local guide be hired who knows about the history and the sites to make the most of the cultural part of this trip (like the ones we listened in on at the sites so that we would understand what we were looking at). Thus my advice - KE needs to ensure much better guides! While I understand these countries are just starting to have tourists etc. this can be better. We hired a local company in Kazakhstan and had great guides who knew a lot about the history and the sites, and the hikes AND spoke good English - so it is possible. I have been on lots of KE trips, and this one had the most inadequate guides.

By Adventure from Johnston | 14 November 2016

KE Adventure reply

Thank you for your review. Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are emerging destinations for adventure travel so things don't always run as smoothly as we would like. KE have been working hard with our local leaders to ensure they meet our usual high standard and in the past few years we have received some excellent feedback for this trip. We are sorry that the leadership offered by the Tajik guide fell below your expectation and we are putting additional resources into our local leader training for this part of the world. We understand from our agent that the Uzbek guide was trying to be of assistance to the group in arranging to exchange their dollars but we have now instructed all our guides that they are not to do this in future and should always take their groups to the bank to exchange the money themselves.

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By Lois from Tacoma | 14 November 2016

Early Morning get together,group and our leaders.

Singalila Ridge - One of India's finest Treks

By David from NOTTINGHAM | 13 November 2016

★ ★ ★ ★

Challenging but a brilliant country with great people

The Laya Trek

First the bad news: I'm very glad that I took KE's advice and booked this trek rather than the Snowman trek. I'm nearly 60 and I found the higher altitudes harder going than before. This was just about the right length for me. Also we caught the tail end of a very rainy period with one campsite in particular being a quagmire. It felt like nothing would dry out and I wished my boots were more waterproof and I'd brought a scrubbing brush for me and my kit. The good news: It sto pped raining after 2 days after which we had snow, winds, sun, fog, everything but rain. This is a very peaceful gentle country. Kathmandhu seems mad in comparison with 20 years ago and with Bhutan, but nowhere in Bhutan felt busy. They seem thoughtful, gracious people who take Buddhism almost as seriously as they take archery. The local tour group and leadership were excellent. We just missed the (fifth) King, who was walking to Lunana over 5200m. One group member suffered from altitude and another from D&V. Maybe it was just luck, but I've learnt from previous treks to be mainly vegetarian and to be obsessive about hand sanitising and was fine. However we were told that the meat was vacuum packed in the 5 star hotel in Paro, and what little I had tasted great. I payed for the day when I packed my hat and forgot to put on suncream, so take that and lip protection. On the other hand there were very few midges and no need for repellent (in October). It was no problem changing money in the hotels, which were of good standard, but in future I would get a 30 day Nepalese visa before arriving in Kathmandhu. I did know to take photos, which meant I could ignore the machines in arrivals. If like me you arrive without a visa, take the form they've given you on the plane, pick another longer form up from behind those machines (which you use to copy your passport photo if you don't have photos) and get straight in the queue. You'll have time to complete the forms in the queue, but you will need your flight, passport and hotel details. If you wait til you've completed both forms, the queue will have grown to the extent that you might have an hour's wait. After that, you're very well looked after, both in Kathmandhu and Bhutan, and the Tiger's nest if an excellent reward after a challenging trek. My 4 (rather than 5) stars is about my relative lack of fitness, which left me trailing the fitter members of the party. That being said, the support I received from the crew was excellent.

By Andrew from HOLMFIRTH | 10 November 2016

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

A trek amongst giants !

Everest Base Camp Trek

From start to finish everything was spot on including the weather. Rajendra and his team were great and very knowledgeable, the only down side was the cleanliness of the toilets at some of the tea houses ! So well done KE ! I will be back. (if the wife lets me !!!) Glyn Kent.

By Glyn from Chorley | 10 November 2016

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Burma by bike - brilliant

Burma - The Road to Mandalay

Organisation of the trip was excellent, and made by the support team we had - our excellent cycling guide Ko and the unflappable Mr Win as our driver. Cycling is a good way to engage with Burma - people are charming, friendly, generous and welcoming, especially in the off the beaten track places reachable by bike. The experience is more immediate and intense - this is a colourful country, curious and engaged and we felt welcome pretty much everywhere we went - from a rock concert in Mandalay (no t on the itinerary but inevitable when we found that Burma's biggest band, Iron Cross, were playing in the city during our stay - our guide, mechanic and truck driver came too!) to a ruined pagoda field full of hidden treasures. Markets, temples, roadside cafes - it's a feast for the eyes and we loved it. All round a very big tick from us. Best bits? the people - the little boy who cartwheeled for joy when we stopped to have a giggle with him at a pagoda entrance, the smiles everywhere we went, the unspoilt land. Our guide - a total star. Could do better? Bikes - quality not great and all were less good than they should have been for the hire. The itinerary is a bit restrained - there should be more scope to go off the beaten track and adapt to the moment. The cycling is a bit tame - distances ok but mainly on roads. Hotels generally better than I had expected, restaurants perhaps a bit less adventurous than they could have been - we opted out of an early visit to a pasta/pizza restaurant in favour of a market café with the drivers - no English spoken but a great time had, by us at least. Ko however did a great job with food orders and adapted to our group dynamic very quickly. In two weeks you barely have a chance to scratch the surface, but cycling and taking boats helped balance that; the comfy hotel rooms were always very welcome but I was glad throughout that we were at street level, getting closer to the life of Burma and the people we met than is ever possible from a car. And it says a lot for the magic of the place that despite early fears we might be pagoda'd out in the first week, we chose to spend our free afternoons going back for more. One tip - take quick release cycling shoes if you can - barefoot visits to temples from the bike several times a day can be a right pain if your shoes are lace up. I'd go again, like a shot. Great job.

By Sally from London | 08 November 2016

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By Koen from BRUSSELS | 08 November 2016

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Amazing experience

Mera Peak

Just returned from Nepal, where I climbed Mera Peak. It has been a lifelong ambition to climb a high altitude Himalayan mountain, and the trip couldn't have went better. We were met in Kathmandu by the KE representative, Dawa Sherpa; his passion and commitment to KE were obvious and the organisation in KTM was excellent from the luxury Hotel Yak and Yeti to the brilliant meals at The Old House, Kilroys and Le Sherpa. On the trek, our hospitality, the accommodation, the meals, the Sherpa tea m and the porter support were organised by Sona Dendu Sherpa, his experience and expertise made a very complex job look seamless and it was a pleasure to be in his company. Our Sherpas were Dawa, Tshering and Namgyal Sherpa, they were very experienced and their help in getting 9 of us to the summit was invaluable. Our leader/guide was Pasang Tensing Sherpa, an extremely experienced (10 times Everest summiteer) guide, his leadership, support, encouragement, advice, and his passion for Nepal and its mountains were second to none, and it's was an honour to climb with him; and I personally wouldn't have made it to the top without his help and support. The group was great, 9 of us from the UK, one from India, and one from the US, the group cameraderie made what was a tough trek into a very enjoyable and interesting experience. I should also mention the people of Nepal, everyone we met was genuinely friendly and polite and courteous. This was my first trip to Nepal and I definitely would like to return. It has been over a week now since I stood on the summit, with perfect views of Mt Everest, Lhotse, Makalu, Cho Oyu, Kangchenjunga, and loads of other Himalayan Giants, but I am still on a high, and will be for a long time!

By Andrew from South Shields | 07 November 2016

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