North America Explorer Tours 2024/2025

“Fantastic trip for me as it had all my favourite activities - wildlife and birdwatching, archaeology/history, and water-based activities eg. canoeing, boat and lagoon trips, swimming and particularly fantastic snorkelling. We were very unfortunate with the weather at Placencia so all boat trips were cancelled. Wilfred decided to leave Tikal earlier to see if we could get earlier ferry to Caye Caulker - we didn't manage this but still managed to organise a 2 -hour snorkelling trip on arrival, which was great, and partly made up for the lost trip at Placencia. I don't understand why you shortened the trip at Caye Caulker, because the snorkelling and other boating activities there are superb. I was very envious of the 3 people with the extra night there. I realise you changed it because of some criticism in the past - but nearly everyone on our trip went specifically to Belize, rather than any other Central American country because of the excellent snorkelling. It is also not that unusual to have a spell of adverse weather so you need more than 2 whole days on trip for possible trips. There are also lots of boat trip potential even if you are not interested in getting in the water.”

“This tour was incredible and we got to see so much in eight days. The tour guide could not have been better, he knew so much about Cuba and showed us all the best bits. He also looked after us really well. Cuba is a stunning country, I fully recommend going.”

“We took the Rockies Trail 10 day tour JULY 2023. We are 68 and 71 but we like to take in lots of sights and activities. The first day was arrive in Calgary with no tours planed. We took an extra day early and saw the Calgary Zoo and Heritage Park- a old car museum place . It was very nice. The scenery in Alberta and BC is a given so I will report on the tour itself. It covered the main attractions in Banff . We did the gondola ride-optional- but no views because of the smoke. We visited Cascade Gardens &,Banff Park museum on our own. I Wished we could have known the return times so we could have booked our own excisions ahead as most have to be prebooked. An extra optional tour here would have been an evening wildlife tour but we could not do it because we didn't book ahead. I understand the unknown time as it depends on what stops the bus did all day. Some of the extra stops for views and lookouts was a bonus and appreciated though so I do understand. Jasper was just a night to sleep. No time for activities. Next day we did the Spirit Island Cruise-optional very nice. Then a 5 hr drive to Kamloops with a few look out stops . A beautiful drive. Arrive Kamloops just to eat and sleep. Kamloops to Whistler another 5 hrs with stops. Arrive in Whistler we got there so late everything was closed- the peak to peak cuts off at 4 , the museum closes at 5. Nothing else available . Just lots of shops and restaurants. A bit disappointing. Whistler to Nanaimo to catch the ferry to Victoria. Did the capilano suspension bridge -included . Really good. Definitely do the treetop walk as well. Ferry is 1 1/2 hrs. Arrive in Victoria just in time for dinner and walks to the Warf. Next day to Bushart Gardens- included - a 2 hr time here . Then did the whale watch tour-optional . Strolled the city at night. Eat at The old spagetti house and see the totum poles across the street. The city tour was just so so. Next day ferry back to Vancouver. Our tour guide let us out early from the city tour so we could visit Grouse Mountain - on our own. But it took an hr to get there and 2 hrs to get back. There is just one gondola to bring everyone back at the end of the day. We could only get 2 hrs in there. But it was a lovely place with 2 shows we took in.( if you visit gives yourselves a full day) Then rushed back for our complimentary group dinner at 6. It should have been at 7 so we had more time in Vancouver. Overall the tour was good for seeing a little bit of a number of things. The tour guide Carol was great with lots of local facts and info about each area. Bus driver Kevin was great too. Stops for breaks and lunch were enough. Hotels were all very good, and fairly close to main areas. Optional tours were a good variety but there could have been some evening ones in the places where they were available - like Banff and Jasper. More include tours would have given the trip more value. The city tours were just drives around the streets- nothing special for us. I'm not sure I would do Victoria again on a bus tour. The ferry ride there and back took up a lot of time. I would do Victoria sometime again on a separate trip. The trip gave us a small taste of each area, should we return on our own to do more of each area.”