El Salvador Tours and Trips

El Salvador is a beautiful country and the people are wonderful. We saw a lot of wildlife. The cacao and coffee processing plants were fascinating. Our tour guide was knowledgeable, helpful and worked hard. The food was varied and interesting.

El Salvador is a beautiful country that is just coming into its own regarding tourism. Our guide Dio was incredibly knowledgeable - I honestly feel that one of the highlights of this trip was just how much I learned about the country - its history, culture, etc. The accommodations were all characteristic as well as being extremely comfortable. The itinerary was a good mix of nature, villages and beach relaxation.

A fabulous trip. I haven’t been with Explore for about 20 years, but it was as wonderful an experience as ever. A good combo of activities, walking, and interacting with local communities. I enjoyed the healthy and mostly light local food tremendously. I was lucky again to be part of a great group - a perfect combo of adventurous Brits and Americans - exactly the tonic I needed. In my Explore review I failed to mention how grateful I was for the sessions regarding the civil war and also the turtle research. Most of the accommodation was spectacular. I thoroughly enjoyed every experience to swim! We were also lucky to have an amazing, patient, and knowledgeable guide, and a prudent, skilled and smiley expert driver. I highly recommend this trip. Whilst I personally might have made a few changes to the itinerary, I was very happy with 99.9% of the trip. Most grateful. Thank you.

Well organised and a good standard of hotels. Varied itinerary at an easy pace allowing free time to use the hotel swimming pools and other facilities. A colourful and interesting country, beautiful scenery and very safe and friendly people. Our guide Dionisio was excellent. Friendly, informative and very helpful, ensuring everyone had a wonderful time, making the most of our travels in El Salvador.

Our tour leader, Dionisio, was fantastic--super friendly, knowledgeable, immediately took care of any issues that came up. It was a small group of 6 so we were very comfortably transported in a van with 2 extra seats which was nice. The hotels varied from fairly basic to actual resorts. I was pleased that several had large swimming pools so I could do laps. The itinerary was excellent and we got to see the highlights of El Salvador including climbing a volcano, learning how to make pupusas, and spending an hour talking with a former civil war rebel! As to the sea turtle research, it was very interesting to watch but we tourists didn't do anything--our "help" was simply that our financial input enabled them to do more research. There were a few optional activities offered (small additional cost); I really enjoyed the indigo dyeing (essentially tie dyeing).

An enjoyable tour around this lesser visited Central American country which is small enough to get around without really long drives but has varied lush landscape and interesting things to do and see. We used decent hotels, had a great guide and comfortable transport. The itinerary includes a walk up a volcano, colonial towns and markets, ancient ruins and a little time on the coast. Muy bueno!