Patagonia Tours in Summer

Hotels were five star with good food and private and public accommodations. Tha tour manager was extremely knowledgeable and share amazing stories and cultural information. Very much appreciated our visits to so many small inviting towns. Every site or excursion allowed ample time to enjoy the surrounding and also do some shopping. Driver was exceptional not only with his driving, but he was personable. Friendly to converse with. Saw amazing sites and thoroughly enjoyed learning about the history and culture of Ireland.

The content of the itinerary was fabulous! Anne Elyse is the gold standard of tour directors. She was so knowledgeable and professional but most of all caring. It mattered to her that our trip fulfilled our expectations. Truly a wonderful tour director. Paolo was also the gold standard of his profession. He was courteous, caring and a careful driver. There was not a day we didn't feel completely safe in his hands.

From Rapid City to Jackson Hole, it was a complete blast! I loved the Crazy Horse memorial. I enjoyed this more than Mount Rushmore. The last night chuckwagon dinner and show was fantastic. The main enjoyment was our tour manager, Amber Peterson. She was very informative and kept us all entertained and enlightened on the bus rides. She was also very approachable when you had questions. It was an awe-inspiring journey.

The one thing I would suggest is replacing the day that included a short boat ride without narration and a tour of Geneva. We found this to be the most uninteresting day of the tour. I would like to have spent another night in Lugano or a night in Stresa and seen more in one of those areas. Driving around looking a UN or government buildings was pretty boring. I also feel that too many of the best parts of the trip came at an additional cost as the best excursions were optional. I believe these (Klein Matterhorn and Jungfraujoch) should be part of the tour. I realize this would increase the cost of the tour. It just seemed that there were too many entire afternoons or says that had no included activities for a fairly pricey upscale tour. We enjoyed the tour very much though and Sue did a marvelous job. I will definitely consider Insight Travel strongly for future travel.

It’s ambitious and includes many high points but also doesn’t allow for as many options as I thought. I didn’t realize that all optional experiences were not on offer- only select ones. Would have loved having Cliffs of Mohr included.

This was a great trip, the hikes were varied and in parts moderately challenging as expected. We were treated to beautiful landscape, forest, lake and mountains views. We even did some river rafting. The accommodation was excellent with good food and facilities one including a spa and bowling. Where we ate outside the hotel the choice of restaurants and mountain huts were good, where we were able to sample polish specialities. The group leader was very good, knowledgeable and enthusiastic. She made sure we knew the detailed schedule each day allowed us sufficient rest stops and gave us lots of information about the places we visited. A great group too on a memorable trip for me.