Balkans Natural landmarks sightseeing Trips

Such a well organised tour, with our tour director Isabel, who was out of this world. She was on top of everything, nothing was a problem and all carried out in a light hearted happy way. Left everyone at ease. Her rapier with Pete the bus driver was very funny at times, with Pete being a very role and humorous guy. Never mind his excellent driving, but his dry wit at times was class. We got to see parts of New Zealand we wouldn’t have if we were driving ourselves and the amount of facts that Isobel told us was mind boggling. All vey professional and so personal as well.

The tour was truly amazing and our tour guide was impressive! We all had a great time in beautiful Costa Rica. Each resort was breathtaking and gorgeous. I enjoyed the hanging bridges and zip lining. The view of Arenal Volcano was the most awe inspiring site I have ever seen! Truly amazing!

Great hiking and well organised! Guide (Alpen) was great at keeping everyone moving at a good pace and was very knowledgeable. The itinerary was varied - so made for a very interesting trip. The hikes were great, scenic and just hard enough to make it a great fitness week. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

Hi Explore, I think I counted that was my 21st Explore holiday. The hotel was in a great location near No 48 bus to Monte and 1 and 2 buses to Funchal. Also near the Lido and a supermarket. The only problem I found with the hotel is that you could not turn the air conditioning off at all - it was set so that it came on periodically during the night to refresh the room which woke me up with cold blasts. I had to put the two blankets on my bed. Also, I found the mattress too hard. Apart from that the staff were friendly and helpful. Philip our guide was great, a bit more info about loos when we stopped would have been helpful. I could not always hear him when standing with the group, his voice did not carry and you had to be very close to him to hear what he had to say, probably also something to do with my hearing maybe! I would have loved to have had more time to visit the orchid garden at Boa Vista near to the Botanical gardens but time ran out. It is only open on a Monday, Wednesday, Friday according to the hotel.

Great trip, ticked all the right boxes. Especially glad of the tour leader Ester Galindo, very knowledgeable and professional, adapting to changing circumstances to keep everyone happy and a great laugh as well

Felepe was our tour leader. He was friendly, organized, always on task, very patient, and very knowledgeable about Madeira. He had a very strong passion for his country and the people. He taught us many things about the culture and ways of living in Madeira. It was a very enjoyable week