Lanzarote Tours and Trips

A wonderful trip made in large part by the excellent guide Ester Galindo, perhaps the best we’ve had in 20+ trips with Explore. She worked very hard to keep all the varied group happy by finding routes where the more adventurous could take a slight detour and experience more challenging terrain whilst she looked after the others. Not an easy task when there was 15 of us and her. She also had to rearrange the itinerary due to bad weather. Kind, caring and enthusiastic and with a smile on her face throughout. Great walks - approx 4-5 hours each day averaging 6-7 miles or so in spectacular cliff top terrain. Good apart-hotel ( a bit “resort-y” for Explore?) with a splendid breakfast buffet. Great group of like minded people. 5 stars but only issue was the booking process with Explore which is not as good as it used to be. Vague at times, promised return calls not made, loyalty discount not applied correctly, flights unclear, etc etc! (Blamed by Explore on them being overwhelmed during a Sale promotion). Doesn’t inspire confidence but the trip delivered in the end which is the important thing.

This was an excellent trip for a bit of winter sunshine. The walks took us to different areas of the island with some spectacular views. The accommodation was comfortable and there was a lovely pool. Our guide and the group were great and we had a lot of fun together.

Our guide Adrian was excellent, the accomodation was good and the central location meant the transfers to the varied and very scenic walks around the island were never too long. For a first walking holiday, I would say that some parts of the walks were more challenging and technical than I was expecting from the general description, but an enjoyable holiday.

This is a great trip if you want to do some walking in the sunshine. The walks are varied and take you all over Lanzarote. Pack your swimmers & a trek towel as we stopped at some beautiful beaches and there was time for swimming in the sea. On the non walking day a few of us made the suggested excursion to Graciosa and hired mountain bikes to cycle around the island. I’d recommend this if you have the energy, if not the pool at the apartment complex is also nice 😀. Overall a really good holiday.

This was an enjoyable holiday. I feel uneasy about delivering this verdict, as it owes much to a severe flood at the start of the itinerary (one that affected numerous homes and businesses ). However, the inundation of our hotel block ensured that we had to be relocated from our scheduled accommodation, in the surprisingly grotty resort where we were dropped off from the airport, to some holiday apartments in an altogether quieter and tidier part of the island. Our emergency apartments- largely because they hadn't been expecting us until hours before our arrival - did fall short of traditional Explore-hotel standards (e.g. no fruit juice or cereal for breakfast, no Wi-Fi). But the itinerary was brilliant, while our young guide was one of the best I've encountered in almost 40 years of travelling with Explore.

This was a great walking holiday and thoroughly recommended. The accommodation and breakfasts were very good as was the location enabling us to access a great choice of beaches and restaurants in the downtime available. The walking was good and varied, and accommodated the abilities of all participants which was aided by the excellent tour leader Ester GALINDO. She is a true asset to EXPLORE holidays. We had a great group of people and excellent daily coach drivers. We were sad when the holiday ended.