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Fantastic Weeks Holiday

Walking Trails of Chamonix

Just returned from a fantastic week of walking in the Chamonix Valley. It was my first time Chamonix. The scenery was magnificent and the walking very well guided by our excellent guide Paul. He made sure that the pace each day was well within every ones capability. His knowledge of the area and it's history was first class. The highlight was definitely the visit to the L' Aiguille du Midi and the trip back on the train. An amazing holiday and well recommended for anyone who wants to explore ... the area.

By Steven from West Midlands, UK | 07 July 2025

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The trek was thoroughly enjoyable

High Peaks of the Balkans

Well established company with a great variety of trips. Good communication and customer service throughout. Really good itinerary. The trip rating seemed accurate. Very good trek leader. Knowledgeable and experienced. He communicated well with us all and ensured that things went smoothly.

By James from Cumbria | 04 July 2025

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Laugavegur Trail

Classic Laugavegur Trail Trek

Great itinerary with excellent guides. Good communication throughout. Emma was an amazing guide and communicated all activities well.

By Susan from Norwich | 02 July 2025

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Best of the Tour du Mont Blanc Trek

Best of the Tour du Mont Blanc

In our many trips with KE my wife and I have always had excellent experiences - outstanding guides, fair price, accurate depiction of trips, excellent administrative support. Our guide Marion provided excellent leadership, good narrative, attention to safety, and responsiveness to the needs of each individual.

By Stan from Pittsburgh | 02 July 2025

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The itinerary was ideal

High Peaks of the Balkans

The grading was accurate, the itinerary was ideal. The trip was great, our team were lovely and we all seemed to gel well.

By Lulu from Perth | 01 July 2025

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Many thanks for a great tour

Best of the Tour du Mont Blanc

It was our second trip with KEA and everything is so easy, with great communication, and the personal guide for the week was just the best. The KEA team were always very helpful when I asked any questions and the guide for the week was always clear with her instructions and always helpful with local knowledge. A great experience. All our accomodations were excellent on the tour - we felt spoilt at times too. Food - Absolutely first class in my opinion. Always a great selection and the quality ... in a few places were just superb. Our guide Marion was so helpful and knowledgable. A great asset to the company. She was always checking up on the group members, whether we were ok in regards to pace, comfort and happiness. She was always precise with her communication and always explaining her actions and decisions whilst on the tour. In my opinion great value for money as the quality of the accomodation and food was superb throughout.

By Julian from Essex | 01 July 2025

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Fantastic itinerary

Fjords and Fjells of the Lofoten Islands

One of the best holidays we've had. The great weather helped, and of course the amazing scenery of the Lofoten Islands! Our group worked very well together, led by wonderful Charlotte. Can't praise Charlotte high enough! Enthusiastic, knowledgeable, resourceful, great coaching skills, patient, great fun!

By John from York | 01 July 2025

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Excellent

Volcanoes of Indonesia

Fascinating cultural experience combined with challenging hikes and fantastic landscapes and views. This was my 10th trip with you guys - support that you provide before and during trips is absolutely first class.

By Sean from York | 30 June 2025

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Salt flats and volcanoes of Bolivia

Salt Flats and Volcanoes of Bolivia

Excellent varied trip with great scenery and cultural content. Tough trekking to 5000m but the scenery was amazing. And the guide Juan was a great ambassador for all things Bolivian, mountaineering, flora and fauna. If you want to experience one of the most scenic countries in South America, go on this trip.

By Robert from United Kingdpm | 30 June 2025

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Lots of spring flowers

Levada Trails and Peaks of Madeira

Spring is a good time to visit Madeira. The wild flowers are at their best and water is flowing through the Levadas (probably does so year round)

Not having done enough research before the trip I wasn’t aware that Madeira was quite so hilly which made for interesting travel. Around the coast masses of tunnels have been burrowed through, but away from the coast the roads are steep and very twisty. If you are not a good traveller, you will need plenty of Gravol.

The hikes were a good ... mixture of ups and downs, with the reward of great scenic views and some level walking alongside the Levadas, and of course the flowers.

Hotels were comfortable and meals good and plentiful. Nice to have 2 nights at some stops.

Then Andreas “drink more water”, the guide. Full of knowledge, stories and advice. He kept his eye on the laggards (me) with help, while chatting with those we passed on the trail, especially the youngsters. He clearly loves his job.

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By Rosemary from British Columbia | 28 June 2025

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Tough but very rewarding

Ultimate Toubkal Weekend

Great comms, good service, everything went to plan and smooth. Mohammed was our guide and he was excellent.

By Gary from Kettering | 26 June 2025

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Exceeded my expectations.

Walking the Albanian Alps

This Albania trip was amazing and far exceeded my expectations. The mountains are beautiful and our trip leader Kush always had a huge smile and was a fantastic guide!

By Janice from Alberta | 26 June 2025

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Fantastic week's walking, with a first-class guide

Walking the White Mountains of Crete

Crete exceeded all expectations and the mountain walking was brilliant. The whole trip was made very special due to the competence, knowledgeability and sense of humour of our guide throughout the trip, Alice. She smoothed any minor issues, using her charm, good Greek and existing relationships with many of the taverna and resaurant owners. We were lucky in that the Sahara sandstorms and earthquakes which occured during our week didn't derail our plans - but if they had, Alice was well able to ... sort out alternatives. The ascent of Gingilos (1980m; located above the Samaria Gorge) was a great start - quite challenging terrain but a straightforward route. Very spectacular views. We stayed two nights in a family-run pension in Omalos. On the second day, our descent of the Samaria Gorge was delayed until most of the crowds had gone - making it a pleasant walk and cooler than earlier in the day due to the sun angle. A semi-rest day at Agia Roumeli (staying in another family-run pension) allowed for swimming and a local walk to a fort. Next morning we set off on a very scenic coastal walk, stopping at a taverna with no road access for a wonderful lunch. The coastal walk then continued to Loutro, where we caught a boat to Sfakia, where we stayed in a pension run by three brothers - who were great hosts. Just beware the raki; an appearance after every meal! Our first day's walk from Sfakia was ascending Pachnes, which is the highest of the Lefka Ori peaks (and only 5m short of Crete's highest mountain, Psiloritis). This involved a ride up to Anopolis, then onward up the shepherd's road to the roadhead at around 1800m. The landscape is quite special, with a high-altitude karst desert. The local shepherds move their flocks through this unique landscape - and the only thing which has changed in millennia is the use of pick-up trucks rather than walking. After the descent, we had a wonderful lunch in Anopolis, at the taverna I visited in 1982, when we presented the owner with a survey of the cave Drakolaki (Dragon's Cave) which we'd explored and surveyed the year before. It was fantastic to see that the survey was still on the taverna wall. The shepherds we walked in the mountains with all those years ago are now gone - but we met their sons, as well as the son of the original owner of the taverna. Quite a magical afternoon! The final walk was the Aradena Gorge, accessed by boat, followed by another excellent lunch in Anopolis - then a modest climb up before descending the zig-zag path to Loutra. The Aradena Gorge is much less busy than the Samaria - but just as spectacular. This is quite a flexible day; anyone wanting to could get a lift down from Anopolis, or a boat from Loutro - or walk the coat path to Sfakia. The final night was followed by a drive back to Chania in a growing dust storm! We actually spent the week before the walking holiday on Crete (Agia Galini) and the week after in Chania. I was maybe concerned that Crete might have lost some of its charm - but it really is as fantastic as it was 40 years ago.

By Neil from Barnsley, England | 25 June 2025

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Loved the holiday

One Week Mount Toubkal Trek

Perfect loved it all. Our guide Younes - Top bloke he made the holiday.

By Mike from Ulverston | 24 June 2025

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Very well organized

Walking the Islands and Volcanoes of Sicily

Trip was perfectly planned, travel was seamless, good variety of activities and good meals covered by cost. Full days with a variety of activities, and good amount of personal time. Very well organized. Tony was a wonderful guide. Very knowledgeable, approachable, and enjoyable to be around. He truly cares about the guest experience. He went above and beyond and helped us with some post trip planning too.

By Michelle from Calgary | 23 June 2025

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Great trip. Amazing mountain scenery.

Walking the Albanian Alps

Beautiful scenery in the mountains. Varied walks each day. Traditional food served in each place. Loved the fact that all meals are included and we didn't have to make any real decisions on the food front bar eat it!!!! Kushtrim was a good leader and guide.He had a relaxed manner and always sorted any issues.

By Marion from Denbighshire | 23 June 2025

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Timeless Trails

Timeless Trails of Portugal's Algarve

Good range of trips, well organised on the ground, plenty of pre-trip info, office team helpful & knowledgeable. Lovely location & very peaceful. Cabins were simple but comfortable & clean. Jonathan & his family were very welcoming & hospitable. Violeta's cooking was outstanding - a real highlight. The walking was relaxing & low level (as befits the grade) but very enjoyable. Days were well laid out - Isabella provided a 45 minute stretch class before breakfast (an unexpected treat) & we had a ... leisurely start to the walking day. Often there was a swim stop at lunch time & we usually finished at a bar for a welcome cold refreshment.

By Ken from Edinburgh | 23 June 2025

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Excellent

Walking Camino - The Portuguese Way - 2 Weeks

A KE-er of many years I have always found KE to be excellent - everything works and the leaders are great. The range of standard hotels and exceptional guest houses etc on the Portugal Camino route was excellent. The best were undoubtedly the converted old buildings etc - a real taste of grand old Portugal / Spain.

By Paul from Macclesfield | 23 June 2025

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Nothing negative to say

Timeless Trails of Portugal's Algarve

Jon & Vio & Isabela were brilliant hosts-made you feel at home and were very relaxed. The food was out of this world -lovely home cooked meals -can't praise them enough!!

By David from Fareham | 19 June 2025

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It was a great trip

Tastes and Trails of North Macedonia

Fantastic walking, great food, lovely weather and nice helpful staff in the hotels. Nearly all food was included so didn't need much spending money. Also drinks were cheap so added bonus! The hotels were all nice and a better standard than I expected.

Enjoyed all the hikes. Lots of beautiful flowers and interesting scenery. Fantastic views. Good varied walks. I found the walk on day 3 quite hard but that's because I live in a fairly flat area so I'm not used to such sustained accent! I had ... no problem with the other walks and thought the trip was fairly graded and I enjoyed it.

Danko is a really great guide.He was very safety conscious, swapping walks due to weather conditions and asking us if the walking pace was ok. Very patient and gave clear and concise briefings and timings. Also answered all our questions.

By Paula from Tring | 18 June 2025