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A very late review from an excellent trip. Aged 53 I have to say this has been one of the best holidays and travel experiences I have been fortunate enough to go on. Wife and son (11yrs) also loved it. The accommodation is what you expect from a proper travel experience. The culture naturally very welcoming. Lead Guide - totally outstanding. Next level customer care, great with all families, explained everything with passion and depth of knowledge. Never have we had that level of commitment, positivity and enthusiasm, day in and day out. The drivers are highly experienced, very charming and helpful. It has been a superb way to show a different side of life, culture and reality to our 11 year old. The experienced was soooo good, I have not stopped bleating about it to friends. Really embrace what the travel adventure is, practice some Arabic and you will come back with the same buzz that we did, with a hint of sadness as it was all over !! We have since booked another holiday with Explore. Extra that we wished we added, potentially an extra day and night in or around Morocco. One of the lovely families we joined on the adventure (4 families in total) went on and stayed at a beach location after with water park, one went on for extra cookery course and others for other adventures. We will return to Morocco for a long weekend. Easy destination to get to. I could go on, but all other reviews will cover similar points. Highly recommended. Our guide, Omar, truly outstanding. An absolute credit to Explore.

I was lucky enough to join this trip as an Exodus staff member, and enjoyed very minute! There were areas where other tourists were few and far between, and whilst I was prepared for beautiful deserts, the mountains were stunning. We were able to eat amazing meals for less than £2, and camping under the stars was unreal.

the whole trip was an incredible experience! we were well looked after by our trip manager and the group dynamics worked really well. would highly recommend, especially for solo travellers. we got to see the best parts of the south island with a highly knowledgeable trip manager, and left with unforgettable memories!

Thoroughly enjoyed the trip - such a variety of experiences and a wonderful tour guide ‘Mimi’ - he has a huge passion and wealth of knowledge about Sri Lanka (and a wicked sense of humour!) The accommodation was on the whole of a better standard than previous Explore trips I’ve been on. But this may have been down to the fantastic Sri Lankan people who were employed at the hotels. Highlight for me would have to be the Elephant Transit Home - it was slightly bittersweet in as much as you knew those young elephants had been orphaned but they were being given the opportunity to be rehabilitated. Some really interesting temples - although the trip maybe a little temple heavy in the fees few days.

This has been an amazing trip, can't recommend it enough, especially if this is your first trip to India, it's a great introduction to get your bearings. Our trip was nine days and we covered a large geographical area in a relatively short space of time to see the sights in Delhi, Jaipur, Ranthamborne, Agra and Varanasi. To do this we travelled in a private minibus which was really comfortable and also took the public train to Varanasi and Delhi, the train was also really comfortable, spacious and clean , we also had a couple of small boat trips along the Ganges which were really special, so there was a good mix of transport it wasn't all minibus. The sights you see on this trip are stunning, and there are just so many to see. This is a busy trip but that's the beauty of it, you will get to see so much. The hotels we stayed in were of varying standards but mostly very good: Jaipur, Agra, Ranthamborne and Varanasi Hotels were all great and the breakfasts and evening meals in those hotels were really very good indeed. We were taken to some fabulous restaurants to eat in the evenings and the food everywhere we went was delicious and we didn't worry about what we were eating as every place we ate at had been vetted by our excellent tour guide leader. The group we travelled with were so much fun, we all became good friends by the end.

Excellent tour- largely due to Theo, our outstanding tour guide who went above and beyond! Hotels - mixed. Most were excellent but the hotel in Hoi An, despite a great location, did not live up to the"upgraded" category. Food - outstanding Itinerary - overall was excellent, although I thought that the time in Mekong could have been better spend elsewhere; perhaps another night in Hue or Hoi An. Overall, it was a great tour!