Baltic Explorer Trips

Namibia Lodge Safari tour was excellent. The intinerary was well planned, and our leader Brian, was enthusiastic, acomodating to our needs and very knolwdgeable of what Namibia offers. The dessert landscape has a rare beuty to it, the unique flora and fauna were beautiful and the large number of animals we saw during safari has left indeleble memories about Namibia.

There was great variety on this tour. The Sri Lanka days were packed and were a little tiring but we saw so many places and such diversity of wildlife and culture, it was definitely worth it. The pace in the Maldives was more leisurely, though, so this created a great balance.

Our guide Oscar was brilliant. We all had such a wonderful family-focused wildlife adventure. The trip was pretty pacey and tiring but also great to pack so many highlights into a fortnight. Also, recommend going in low season (August) as although it is rainy season, we were lucky to see green turtles nesting on one coast and baby humpback whales on the other.

This was a fantastic trip through Madagascar, great people and a wonderful itinerary. Our guide Charles was an excellent tour leader, full of information about his country and the wildlife. You need to prepare for long journeys! Some days are many hours on a bus across bumpy roads but these are all worth it to see a variety of landscapes and wildlife..We had a fab driver who kept us safe on these roads! This is a fascinating country to visit but be prepared for the widespread poverty you will see, more so than other developing countries. It can be upsetting at times. All that said you will not regret this trip. We saw lots of wildlife, lemurs, birds, chameleons and so many beautiful places and hikes. I few tips- take some warm clothes and waterproof layers if going in winter as the first few days are cold and can be wet. Take cash with you to exchange! Don’t rely on ATMs as a lot of them run out of money or swallow your card! You can exchange money at the first hotel as it’s usually a better rate than at the airport. (Not sure if they exchanged pounds but definitely USD and euros can be exchanged) Only 2 hotels will except payment by card! The rest of the trip you have to use cash. It’s not that expensive for meals - most of the time meals cost between £2-4 and you do have a lot of meals included in this trip. Any left over money change back at the airport before you go through security etc as you can’t use the local currency once you’re through. ( only usd or euros!) crazy!

Even though Heart of England was a short tour there was much depth in it content wise. What we saw and experienced we did in detail, it was not fleeting. Terry Gibson our tour guide and Phil our driver, Terry's wingman ensured that we gained as much as possible from the trip.

good pace, daily activities and travel. comfortable coach, moved seats daily to be fair about views. The tour guide spoke clearly and had good local flavor. She communicated each activity and room for any clarifications . Bus driver was attentive to assisting my wife on & off. The breakfasts were terrific. Dinner locations and facilities were very good. Clean and accessible. I did nt care for the dining at Black forest accommodations. The accommodations were lovely. Beautiful location. The meal was dried spaetzle, cool and not favorable, No meats served with the meal. The staff were very nice. I believe our entire group will not be requesting spaetzle ever again. Served it too often on our meal plan.