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An amazing experience! Our tour leader Geoffrey really made the trip helped by a good group of enthusiastic travellers. Geoffrey made sure all our needs were met. He was attentive and communicated well verbally and by regular What's App messages. Where there was an opportunity for free time he would structure activities if so requested. The whole trip was pretty full on but this gave us the opportunity to see a lot. Highly recommended.

A great experience with stunning scenery at the tea plantations and from the houseboat. The food was amazing. Abhi our guide really made the trip though and was the most attentive and hard working Explore guide I have had (this was Explore trip 36). He was there at every meal, helping with orders and his love of his job and country were obvious. Thanks Abhi - you were outstanding. The hotels were of a very good standard although hot water was not available at the homestay or on the boat (although the boat was very comfortable). It is advisable to have a smaller bag for the boat as it is difficult to move large bags onto or off the boats. Avoid Air India - my flight was cancelled on the day out meaning I missed the first day of the tour, there were also further delays both en route and on return.... Overall though a wonderful experience with a lovely group of fellow travellers. Highly recommended. Do take an umbrella!

This tour was fascinating, if challenging in places. The Wall sections walked covered a good range of types from rammed earth banks, to steps large and small, and steep hillside climbs. The views were fabulous, and there was a real sense of history on the unrestored sections, which we more or less had to ourselves. The incidental visits: boat trip, tombs, Beijing sights, were great and a good trigger for Oliver our guide to share cultural history with us. We mostly walked to the guesthouses from the Wall, and met our luggage there. All the accommodation was clean and comfortable - it generally exceeded expectations. We ate as a group every night, in local restaurants which were uniformly delicious, and around 100-150 yuan a night. Added to a good breakfast a few snacks were all that was needed to get us through the day so no time was wasted on lunch, which was a bonus. Bring gloves and boots with good grip, and poles for slippy downhill sections.

An excellent trip! We loved visiting so many different areas of Jordan, from Rimans ruins and crusader castles to Petra, Wadi Rum and the Red and Dead seas. Our tour guide, Abdallah, was superb! I would highly recommend this tour.

Visiting Petra, and the rest of Jordan, has been a long-held dream of mine. I was very pleased to see Explore had my dream Jordan itinerary, as I had previously toured with Explore in Morocco in 2023. Our tour guide was Abdallah Ahllalat. At our first 12-person group meeting, I could sense that this trip was going to be amazing. What makes an amazing journey, including the people on the tour, the places we visit, the experiences we have, the sights, smells, and sounds, is an exceptional tour guide. Abdallah's passion, love of Petra and Jordan's incredible history, his depth of knowledge and learnings of the ancient sites, the stories he shared, and his ability to motivate us further than we thought was possible, was incredible. He inspired us to want more, go further, and achieve new heights. Abdallah gave me memories I will never forget in my lifetime. At my first glimpse of the Treasury, Petra, I had tears in my eyes, for me it was spellbinding. The rest of the tour unfolded with lots of laughter, fun, fabulous dinners, lemon & mint drinks, and hilarious discussions. I undertook most of the optional tours. Petra at Night was beautifully told and presented. Yes, I must ride a camel in a desert! Abdallah Ahllalat is one of my top 3 Global tour guides. The tour exceeded my expectations!

A full on tour with early starts to get as much as possible out of the days. Plenty of delicious food and places to eat but be sure to have plenty of water with you, especially when away from the mini bus