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We had such an amazing experience

The Great Southern African Lodge Safari

We had such an amazing experience with our guides, Kalunga and Farai. What friendly, fun and enthusiastic people they were! They were also excellent cooks and I loved the tasty and varied meals they made for us. The itinerary is full, varied and interesting and I really enjoyed the game drives, the boat cruises, the walks in the sand dunes, quad biking and sandboarding in the dunes near Swakopmund, camping in the Ogavango Delta and the standard of the lodges were exceptional and varied. Most ... had pools but we didn't have time to go in them because some of the journeys are very long. One tip is to have a plan where you rotate seats as the back 4 seats aren't as comfortable as the others. Also when we did game drives it's not as good viewing in the back. Note: it says the bus has roof hatches for excellent open views but we weren't allowed to open these due to safari park restrictions. In Namibia you can't use US dollars. You have to change money into Namibian dollars. There are money changers but you get a better rate at an ATM. You can change Sterling at the moneychangers. We found changing one big amount rather than lots of small amounts worked out cheaper. Contactless payments are widely used and we used our credit/debit cards to pay for meals, supermarket purchases, trips, etc. On the optional game drive in Chobe, Botswana the Internet was poor so they only accepted US dollars. Also take small denominations - $100 notes were not welcome. The visa situation is very confusing. We bought a Kaza Univisa at Victoria Falls airport on arrival. It cost $50. This allowed us to go back and forth from Zimbabwe to Zambia to see both sides of the falls. However, once you come out of these 2 countries (ie go to Botswana and Namibia) it ceases to be valid. Upon our return into Zimbabwe we had to buy a single entry visa to get us back in. This cost $55. We got this because our flight was from Victoria Falls. We did consider getting a double entry visa for $70 but as we were making more than 2 entries into Zimbabwe I don't think it would suffice. This was what our guides thought too. Perhaps if you don't go from Zambia to Zimbabwe on the free day (to see both sides of the falls) it might suffice because one entry is into Zimbabwe when you land and you don't enter Zimbabwe again until you fly home?
Water to Go bottles were very useful. There are many supermarket stops where you can get snacks, etc. We bought beer and wine at these stops too and the prices were good. The wine in the restaurants was very reasonably priced and nice! I enjoyed the food that our guides prepared for us. It was very varied and healthy. The quality and great variety of the lodges were excellent. Each one was unique and special. A head torch is essential. In the Ogavango Delta we were allowed to take one of our holdalls between the two of us, the other stayed back in the bus. I can highly recommend this trip! It certainly lived up to our expectations and the quality of the lodges exceeded them.

By Beverly from Bradford | 07 July 2024

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Best of the Tour du Mont Blanc

overall great trip, well organized, great overnights

By Jeff from Vinton | 03 July 2024

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Self-Guided Camino: The Portuguese Way

Walking Camino - The Portuguese Way - 2 Weeks

Every step of the way KE are available to assist and provide comprehensive information about your adventure. What an experience on the Portuguese Camino, so many different nationalities were met along the way, beautiful scenery and surroundings and the arrival at the square in Santiago de Compostela was amazing. Luggage transfer was seamless and the hosts of all varying accommodations were welcoming and extremely helpful.

By Sharon from Alportel | 03 July 2024

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The Complete GR20

GR20 Corsica - The Complete Route

This is the 3rd holiday I've taken with KE, and all trips have been superb.

Alizee was amazing! She really did go out of her way to ensure that we all had the best possible experience. e.g. she offered us several small, optional, detours from the main, advertised route to experience something special, like the summit of Monte Cinto, other summits, a lovely waterfall where we could swim in the pool below, a bergerie that sold freshly made local delicacies such as goats cheese donuts etc. She ... was at all times really enthusiastic about the trip, and she was keen to share her excellent local knowledge of the area, including the flora and fauna.

Facilities and cleanliness of the various camp sites was mixed. KE obviously have no control over the National Park camp sites, and in most of the remote places, these were the only available option. Where a choice of campsites was available, I believe that the best ones were chosen for us e.g. Crocci, which was fabulous. The decision to allocate us to tents where possible, rather than the noisy dormitories of the refuges was a good one!

By Cath from Carnforth | 01 July 2024

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Bulgaria

Trekking the Ridges & Summits of Bulgaria

We all fell in love with Bulgaria and its beautiful and spectacular Rila and Pirin mountain ranges. The hiking was varied and awesome everyday and sometimes with tough sections. What made this trip truly special and memorable was our mountain guide Maya. She was so friendly and enthusiastic and really supportive. Nothing was too much trouble for her. She was super organised and very knowledgeable about the geography, flora and fauna, and the history and culture of Bulgaria. It was a joy and a ... pleasure spending the week with Maya. A big thank you from us all - Poppy, Tilly, Barney and Dave

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By David from London | 28 June 2024

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Magnificent experience

One Week Mount Toubkal Trek

My partner and I were the sole trekkers on the week long Toukbal trek, we were greeted by our young guide Houbs.
We then headed for the High Atlas, throughout the trek Houbs and his colleagues (cook and muleteer) were exemplary, Houbs was particularly knowledgeable, supportive and funny. This helped make our experience a very memorable one. The trek itself was tough but much as we expected. My partner suffered with altitude sickness but still managed to reach the summit.
Just one change I ... would suggest is to try and reduce the final trekking day, we spent around 6 hours climbing and descending Toubkal then after lunch we walked for over 6 hours to Imlil which in my opinion was slightly excessive.
But the overall experience was first class, the scenery is amazing and the people very warm and friendly.

By Colin from Newcastle | 27 June 2024

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Wild Tuscany

Walking Wild Tuscany

Single base for whole holiday was a big plus and perfect for winding down after walks. Food was varied and exceptional quality. Walks were different and the right side of challenging. Accommodation really good and the swimming pool a massive bonus.

By Mark from Pudsey | 24 June 2024

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Walking the Islands and Volcanoes of Sicily

Great trips, well organised. Tony was very organised, enthusiastic and caring. He was also good fun and I especially liked his 'secret tours of Catania'. A great mixture of walking, sightseeing and adventure.

By Clare from Petersfield | 23 June 2024

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Good trip, good leader, good value

Kungsleden Trek - The Kings Trail of Sweden

Our guide Ciecilia was unfalteringly perceptive, knowledgeable, and kind.

By Tom from Florida | 23 June 2024

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Italian High Level Route

Well thought out route, well organised. Good support leading to the trip

By Geoff from Pembrokeshire | 22 June 2024

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We had a truly amazing and memorable adventure!

Botswana Wildside Lodge Safari

Overall the trip was a fantastic blend of rustic adventure and comfortable lodging. All of our guides were brilliant with logistics, organisation and handling of the clients and went out of their way to ensure that everyone had a great experience.

By Michael from Greater Manchester | 22 June 2024

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Whole holiday superb

Walking the Islands and Volcanoes of Sicily

KE office - David my point of contact, patient, knowledgeable and a lovely person to speak to.

Tony made a wonderful holiday even better. A Sicilian with local knowledge, wider interests, a caring, gentle, friendly and super guide. Many thanks Tony.

Highlight - Standing with my fellow group members on the rim of Etna, watching the gaseous eruptions from its craters and being blown away by 75kph winds!

By Liz from Wigton | 22 June 2024

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Victoria Falls to Cape Town Mountain Bike Epic

Victoria Falls to Cape Town

Well organized. Professional staff. Great trip. Bradely was professional, interactive, pleasant, funny, helpful and all round did a great job organizing and keeping us on track, on time, well fed and cared for.

By Kate from Edmonton | 21 June 2024

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Lovely week of cycling, eating and wine

Cycling in Italy - The Prosecco Tour

This was a lovely week of cycling in the Italian countryside, we really enjoyed riding through the pretty rural landscapes with the backdrop of the Tyrolean foothills, eating lots of delicious Italian food and sampling the local wines.
We changed the days around a little from the itinerary as described, to factor in the weather forecast and also the limited opening times of Villa Emo (entry included - totally worth the visit!). This worked really well, it was great to have the flexibility to ... do this. The only day of cycling that was set was the day when we were transferred with our bikes to Valdobbiane for the ride from the Prosecco Hills. We were thankful for having upgraded to e-bikes for the couple of climbs on this day!
We found a great winery very close to the route on the Piave River day - the family-run Anna Spinato Winery (www.spinato.it) - here we were welcomed by Anna and had a great time sampling some of her produce! Our panniers were a little heavier with a couple of bottles of their excellent Prosecco after this visit... we didn't book in advance, but it would be worth checking out their opening times online to time your visit (we found that many places shut around lunchtime so didn't manage many other winery visits over the week).
The hotel Relais Monaco was lovely, staff were friendly and welcoming, and we enjoyed the included tasting of the wines from their own vineyard! We also opted to enjoy the hotel spa one evening for a spot of relaxation.

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By Mei from Windermere | 20 June 2024

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Sicily

Walking the Islands and Volcanoes of Sicily

Good communication from beginning with all questions answered and prompt and helpful responses. Good variety of tours. All round good experience.

By Fiona from Meikirch | 17 June 2024

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Madeira

Levada Trails and Peaks of Madeira

Everything about the trip was fabulous, from the communications prior to the trip, to the organisation of the hikes and accommodation, and the excellent guide, Nuno. This was my first hiking holiday and I couldn't have picked a better one. Our guide, Nuno, was brilliant. His experience, leadership and organisational skills were great. Being a local, his knowledge of the levadas and mountains, and the history of Madeira, was excellent. The accommodation was as expected and all hotels were clean ... and comfortable with good food and service.

By Cheryl from Royston | 16 June 2024

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Walking the Albanian Alps

This was a great holiday. I loved Albania and the trekking, which was reasonably challenging (it was unusually hot). Everywhere we stayed people were really welcoming. The guide was great and it was a fantastic group of people from all over the world. Loved it!

By Jane from Salford | 15 June 2024

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Walking Trails of Chamonix

Our guide Cameron was absolutely excellent. He was warm and friendly, and his knowledge of the local area, it's history and botany was amazing. He took excellent care of the entire group, making sure all transport connections were well organised, varying our itinerary to suit the weather and ensuring everything we did was interesting and appropriate to our abilities and the conditions.

The hotel, food and location far exceeded our expectations. It was also lovely to have your team member ... Rachel join us as part of the group.

By Alex from Cumbria | 15 June 2024

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A “Winter” Ascent of Mont Blanc … in June!

Climb Mont Blanc

What an epic and hugely rewarding trip this turned out to be!

Our (simply brilliant) main guide, Etienne, had made a number of previous ascents of Mont Blanc, as you’d expect, but he believed he’d never known it so cold as on our summit-attempt day, even on the winter ascents of the mountain he’d made in the past. Closed “uplifts” / “down-lifts” that necessitated some very long days with large amounts of additional ascent and descent compared to the itinerary; almost ... unprecedented amounts of snow for the time of the year with a snow line much lower than normal; unrelenting high winds and very low temperatures on summit day - all these things conspired to turn our venture into, what Etienne described as, “a full winter mountaineering ascent of Mont Blanc” (due to the conditions) … by what he termed “fair means” (due to the closed uplifts / down-lifts and resultant very significant additional amounts of ascent and descent). All I know is that these things turned an already tough trip into a gruelling but immensely rewarding epic that I will never forget!

Apparently, only twenty percent of attempts on the summit succeeded on the day we made our summit attempt: we were lucky enough to get three out of the five of us successfully on the summit, and I was lucky enough to be one of the successful ones. I’ve undertaken some very tough challenges over the years, but I think the weather, the conditions, and the significant additional ascent and descent all made this, very likely, the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life - and simply BRILLIANT for it (in hindsight … after I’d started to recover a little bit!)

Our guides were top-notch. Our main guide (Etienne) was our sole guide during the acclimatisation part of the trip - always vigilant for our safety, but fabulous at motivating us in the face of the significant challenges, and a great fella to boot. Etienne was joined by two other guides for the summit attempt - Bruno and Didier, giving the group a ratio of at least one guide to every two of us. Bruno and Didier were clearly hugely experienced and great guys to be with.

The huts were surprisingly good, although dormitories are dormitories - expect a lot of snoring (ear plugs are essential) and not the greatest of nights’ sleep. However, food at the huts was just fantastic - and they all catered well for vegetarians. And the hotel used in Chamonix (La Faucigny) is a great little hotel with character, charm, a superb central location and the most amazing breakfasts.

The acclimatisation programme seemed to work very well. For this, we crossed glaciers and a high col over into Switzerland where we spent the night at a hut that had just that day reopened (late, due to the large amounts of snow), then returned back over the high col into France the next day. The additional amounts of ascent and descent at the beginning and end of this due to the closed uplifts / down-lifts possibly made this acclimatisation even more effective.

If you’re genuinely open to being flexible in relation to itinerary changes due to weather, conditions, etc, then this is an absolutely fabulous trip to go for. And the ability to eat amazing cakes and drink fabulous coffee in Chamonix at the end of your endeavours is fantastic too!

A fabulous, fabulous adventure!

By Adrian from Leeds | 13 June 2024

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Namibia Lodge Safari

Namibia Highlights Lodge Safari

The trips are always very accurate to the details and itinerary provided. The guides have been great and the office staff very helpful. Both guides worked very hard and nothing was too much trouble for them. They kept us on track in a fun and gentle way. They were very keen to share their knowledge and to answer questions at any time. Mayibongwe in particular was always so happy and upbeat and really made the trip fun.

By Jan from Berkshire | 11 June 2024