Excellent itinerary, varied and well thought out.
Superb local guides in the mountains and Kraków (very informative and supportive).
Unfortunately, the same could not be said about our Explore leader. She got lost in Kraków on the first night and we had to direct her. On the second day, she couldn't find the correct bus and tram.
Great hiking,but inevitably on the first day the group became spread out and understandably she stayed with the slow group. The rest of us were sent inaccurate details to find our meeting point, about 3 hours away, luckily we all found it. She did not give us details of the length/ timings of ascents and descents which is vital for our motivation. On the last hike we were given some information, but we were still left on our own to negotiate some quite tricky paths. The slow group went on a different route.
It was lucky that most of us were experienced walkers and could use our phones.
Our leader didn't connect with us as a group or individually, she gave no information about Polish history or culture.
This was our first walking trip with Explore and so we were extremely disappointed with the lack of leadership and guidance from our Explore leader.