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★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Fantastic value including all meals an transport

Jebel Sahro Walking Holiday

Itinerary, guide, all arrangements were faultless. Brilliant guide, informative, personable but gave you space to take it all in. A big part of the enjoyment of the trek.

By Neil from Chester | 24 February 2025

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Walking New Zealand

Walking New Zealand - North to South Island Explorer

Staff at your office are excellent in answering questions pertaining to the trip. The actual trip has been designed very well - covers all the highlights of NZ and includes new experiences. Some of the hikes were challenging, but the guides did an excellent job of preparing us as to what to expect and offered an alternative. Including things like the sailing and cruise were an excellent way to break up the hiking activities.

Over the years I've been on several guided trips as well as led trips myself (i.e. school groups) and Iain was the best of them all. As a former leader of school groups I can understand the issues he may be facing and he always handled them with professionalism, calmness, humour, and knowledge.

We got to see a lot of New Zealand in 19 days and experienced most of the country's highlights. The day off at Wanaka was an excellent idea and the guides went out of their way to let us know what activities were available to us - i.e. mtn biking in my case.

Must admit that I hesitated signing up at the start since the cost was higher than previous trips. Once the trip was completed I could see why it cost more and it was all worth it.

By Ray from Regina, Canada | 21 February 2025

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Northern Route Circuit

Kilimanjaro Northern Route Traverse and Circuit

Extremely helpful staff manage expectations during the booking process through to departure with excellent communication throughout. Use knowledgable and well prepared guides for an enjoyable holiday experience.

By Hilary from Manchester | 20 February 2025

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Great range of well run trips in great places

Edge of the Sahara Trek

Our guide Said had a great sense of humour. Related extremely well to all members of group. Good communication skills.

By Mark from Maidstone | 19 February 2025

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Spires and Ice

Spires and Ice - Trekking Patagonia

Of two trips (one to Madeira, one to Patagonia) I have taken with KE, both exceeded my expectations, with particular kudos for staff who responded promptly and pleasantly to all email inquiries. Our guide Luis is a gentleman through and through. He is kind, attentive, generous, and extraordinarily knowledgeable. A real credit to KE and a gift to his hikers.

By Nanette from Michigan, US | 18 February 2025

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An amazing experience

Kilimanjaro Northern Route Traverse and Circuit

I have been on two challenging trips with KE both professionally organised and delivered an amazing experience. Our guide Onex ( Master) and his team made the trip. A brilliant communicator and organiser he always kept us informed and took our safety very seriously. Getting to the top of Kilimanjaro was quite an emotional experience it fully satisfied the dream I had of being on the top of Africa. The northern route I would recommend as the preferred route, scenery jaw dropping and so quiet.

By Nigel from Malmesbury | 18 February 2025

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Organization was well done and staff were knowledgeable

Walking Around Madeira

The trip was well outlined, the software performed as designed for the most part, and the staff and drivers were all excellent. Over all the experience was really nice.

By Eric from Anchorage, Alaska | 18 February 2025

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It was wonderful, a trip of a lifetime from start to finish

Edge of the Sahara Trek

I have now done 4 trips with K.E and have another booked in Oct. They are, by far, the best adventure company of them all. From answering queries in the U.K to the quality of guides, organisation, variety of destinations etc, you can trust in them to deliver.

I loved every minute of it (apart from the blisters!) and I think Grade 5 is appropriate. The walk up the 120m sand dune is quite challenging after 14 miles of walking, but with a good level of fitness behind you, it's fine.

Our guide Said was amazing. We loved him and his wonderful, positive attitude. He made us laugh all the time, was extremely organised, had a great relationship with all of the crew members and us, and I was so grateful that he was our guide. Had a lovely, careful driver who did the transfer from Marrakech airport to hotel, and the 2 long drives to/from the edge of the Sahara. The taxi driver who took me to the airport was lovely.

The food was absolutely amazing - cooked and prepared by Muhammed, Said and Youseff. I can't believe the quality with such basic equipment. They even made bread in the camp fire!

By Gaynor from Welwyn Garden City | 17 February 2025

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Perfect, wouldn't change anything

Edge of the Sahara Trek

I've been on walking holidays with other companies with no complaint but KE are the best I've been with so far. Very professional from my initial inquiry right through to my leaving Marrakech. Incredible value for money. Food was amazing. I've walked eighty miles in five days and put weight on.

By Paul from Derbyshire | 17 February 2025

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Cross-Country Ski Break

Italian Cross-Country Ski Short Break

Our guide Anne was lovely, she taught so well, you learnt without feeling that you were being taught.

By Tina from Spalding | 17 February 2025

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Loved everything about my holiday

Finland Winter Activity Week

I had the most amazing week and would recommend it to anyone. Our guide Anna-Maria was lovely, worked really hard to make everything perfect for us all.

By Carol from Macclesfield | 17 February 2025

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Highly recommend

Walking Holiday on the Captivating Cape Verde Islands

This was a fabulous trip, with excellent walking, amazing scenery and a fantastic guide. The volcano scenery for the Mount Fogo walks was fantastic, and the accomodation was mostly excellent, especially on Fogo and Santa Antao. Our guide, Odair was brilliant - funny, knowleadgeable and well organised and the trip ran very smoothly despite the inevitable differences in walking pace within the group. Several of the walks were quite strenuous, especially the Mount Fogo climb which involves some st eep uphill sections, so it is a good idea to do some uphill training beforehand.
The food was excellent - lots of locally grown vegetables with chicken or fresh fish (with vegetarian options available), and usually some cake for breakfast as well as more usual breakfast foods. And there were some delicious puddings including the home made icecream. The Cape Verdean grown coffee and wine were also excellent with local beer available which went down well after the walks. What we really liked about this trip was the large proportion of walking compared to travelling (by road/plane/ferry) - 10 walks in 12 days and no long road journeys. The weather was perfect for walking (not too hot), and the Cape Verdean people were friendly and welcoming. The islands feel unspoiled without many tourists and only a few other walkers (mostly French).
The one downside was that the hotel in Mindelho ( 5th night and last night) wasn't brilliant - too noisy, poor breakfast and not enough room for the whole group to have breakfast together. Mindelho is a busy port town which is interesting and lively, but a quieter hotel with better breakfast facilities would be an improvement. However this didn't detract from the overall trip which was fantastic, and we had a nice group too. Would highly recommend this to anyone who wants some good walking in warm weather, with great scenery, great food and an excellent guide.

By John from Yorkshire | 08 February 2025

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Heritage Trails of Rajasthan

Friendly staff offering a range of itineraries that suit our requirements. Competitively priced with option to book flights as part of package.

Our guide Ketan was exceptional! Great standard of English. Calm & friendly with a good level of knowledge of the area & historic sites. Helpful & accommodating. Just a lovely guy!

What a driver! Mr Singh was always calm & happy & we felt in safe hands in the Indian traffic - quite a feat!

Accommodation was varied & interesting. Beds were always very comfortable & clean. Standard of plumbing in some could be improved but that is a wider problem than specific only to individual properties.

I suspect trip grade is reflective of very full itinerary as much as the difficulty of the walking. Itinerary was very varied & took us to some more remote areas which appealed to us as we were keen to avoid a "coach tour" which just ships you around the main tourist sites.

By Colin from Oxfordshire | 07 February 2025

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I fell in love with Ecuador!

Ecuador's Triple Crown

What a trip!

I wasn’t sure what to expect from Ecuador. A chap I climbed Mont Blanc with in 2024 told me he loved it and thought I would too. But, still, I thought it might pale into insignificance in terms of appeal compared to the likes of Peru, Bolivia and Argentina. How wrong could I be - after this trip, I came away thinking that of all the South American countries I’ve visited, Ecuador is my favourite!

It’s just so stunningly beautiful, the people I m et were lovely, the food amazing and the culture fantastic.

And the trekking and mountaineering? Two words - “incredible” and “hard”.

After a warm-up day hike, we then set off on a four day trek, camping in some idyllic spots for three nights. Some of this trekking was actually quite tough, especially on the high Paramo (make sure you’ve got long sleeves and long trousers - the paja grass grows tall and thick on the Paramo). This four day trek included a rather steep ascent of an extinct volcano called Yanaurco around the 4,500m mark. The next morning, leaving camp, we watched several Condors soaring near Yanaurco’s crags, then landing amongst the rocks - the best and closest I’ve ever viewed Condors.

The four day trek was followed by an excellent ascent of another extinct volcano (Imbabura, just over 4,600m) with some truly brilliant and sustained scrambling to the summit.

All this served as fantastic acclimatisation for the summit attempts later in the trip. And it was interspersed with some brilliant and restful accommodation including two nights in a lovely hosteria with great food (and even cocktails!) and a night at a wonderful homestay in San Clemente.

The ascent of Cayambe was tough. The weather and crevasse conditions made for a very long and arduous day, but our lead guide got me safely up and safely down.

I hoped the weather would be better for Cotopaxi, but it was even worse! Again, it was the experience and professionalism of my guide that was an enormous factor in me summiting.

Finally, for Chimborazo, the “white wind” had vanished. Nipping out of the tent at the high camp at 5,300m or so for a loo visit, the night sky was THE best I’ve ever seen anywhere. Simply amazing!

A combination of:
- Chimborazo being an absolute brute (it is the hardest and steepest of the three);
- the fact that I’d used up a huge amount of my energy reserves on Cayambe and Cotopaxi;
- the fact that I’d come down with a cold (probably as a result of my efforts on the first two peaks); and
- the intense cold (there was little to no wind, for once, but it was amazingly cold),
meant that I really, really struggled on Chimborazo, almost right from leaving the high camp. I was exhausted, and at least half a dozen times I felt like I should turn back.

But, once again, my motivational mountain guide helped me summit and descend successfully and safely.

This was a very hard trip. Very hard, but worth it - possibly the best holiday I’ve ever had, in fact. I’ve been back two days, and I feel like it is probably going to take me a good week or so to recover from the effort.

But it’s a trip that is much, much more than just the three big summits towards the end. The trekking in the first part of the trip is just fantastic. And the time in Quito and at the hosterias and homestay, the culture, the people, the scenery, the food, etc made it an amazing experience. This is important for me - the trip has to be about much more than just climbing mountains.

I was lucky in summiting all three of the really large volcanoes, but I was also lucky in having a superb group of fellow travellers with me - that’s another benefit of a trip like this - you meet some truly wonderful people and share memorable experiences with them.

All the crew, from kitchen to driver to horsemen to the guides were great guys, and I was sorry to see them go as they left during different phases of the trip.

Oh, and the local agency (Campus Adventures) was incredibly good and attentive.

I could go on and on and on with suggested “tips”, so I won’t. But there’s one tip I think is worth mentioning. The 2:1 ratio on Cayambe, Cotopaxi and Chimborazo is actually a very good client:guide ratio, but we all agreed (there were four of us in the group) to hire an extra “floating guide” to give us more flexibility on summit days, and the local agency organised this for us, for a fee of course, which the group agreed to share.

Ecuador is fantastic, and this was a fantastic trip. As I say, perhaps the best holiday I’ve ever had. It’s tough though … very tough indeed!

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By Adrian from Leeds | 06 February 2025

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Thoroughly enjoyed the whole trip

Heritage Trails of Rajasthan

My third trip with KE - all have been quite different but excellent. Easy to get through to Keswick office - queries dealt with quickly and efficiently.

Excellent itinerary with varied programme of visits to forts/palaces etc with some interesting walks and visit to game reserve. It all felt pretty full on and perhaps a little more free time for relaxation would have been appreciated. Our guide Ketan did a fantastic job in all respects. Very personable, knowledgeable and able to deal with all situations which arose. Can't recommend him highly enough! We used a small coach for travel. The coach was comfortable, despite some bumpy roads, and the driver (Mr Singh) was excellent. Always felt safe despite some very busy roads. Thoroughly enjoyed the whole trip.

By Bob from Kendal | 05 February 2025

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Kerala and the Cardamom Hills

I love the fact that it's a small group and we get to go to local non touristy restaurants.

By Meena from Berkhamsted | 04 February 2025

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Everything was perfect!

Spires and Ice - Trekking Patagonia

This was my second trip with KE and it exceeded my very high expectations - everything was organised perfectly, our guides were superb in every respect and Patagonia was utterly magnificent.

Luis absolutely made the trip - he really looked out for us all and was passionate about the country, the geography, the geology and above all the birds. He was the perfect guide, as were Pedro, Erik and Pilar who joined us in Chile and the Perito Moreno glacier.

By Alan from Bristol | 03 February 2025

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Fantastic remote trek, Great scenery.

Jebel Sahro Walking Holiday

Very enjoyable trek. We walked on average 4 hours in the morning and then stopped for a picnic lunch and then another 2 hours in the afternoon. The trekking was enjoyable and only encountered one other group in the first couple of days. It’s remote. The scenery is spectacular. It’s vast. The tents are very good. Mattresses a little thin but adequate. A good sleeping bag is essential for a December departure. We were trekking through snow. The food was good especially the lunches. Always soup at dinner and a normally a vegetable or meat tagine. The bread the cook made was delicious. Breakfasts and the porridge not so good. Nuts and dates were the mid morning snack. Yummy. Take a water filter bottle or tablets. Boiled water not available for your water bottle. The crew were great. The leader could have been much kinder. Only 5 of us in the group and we bonded immediately which resulted in good banter and support for each other. I would definitely recommend this trek.

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By Hazel from UK | 30 January 2025

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Hoi An to Angkor Wat Cycle Discovery

This was the second trip, that I took with KE. The organisation is excellent and they communicate every important information, so that I knew exactly what was needed. The itinerary worked really well for me. I loved the mix between road and off road cycling.

Our guide Li was great! He was very motivating and his knowledge was excellent, all questions were answered. Rith, our guide in Cambodia was also great, very calm and also very knowledgeable, again all questions were answered. He showed us a side of his cointry, that people don't really get to see. It was amazing!

By Sharon from Berlin | 27 January 2025

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Simply spectacular!!!!!

La Gomera - Jewel of the Canaries

La Gomera is simply a one-of-a-kind place. I have traveled all over the world, including throughout the Mediterranean, South Pacific, and Caribbean... I have never experienced an island like La Gomera. The landscape changes we experienced daily were stunning. I loved my group of fellow travelers and Ene was one of the best guides I have EVER had. His passion for his land, knowledge, sense of humor, and caring for his clients is unmatched in my experience. I am so happy we had a local guide! !! I would go to La Gomera again in a heartbeat, if I didn't live across the globe. What an amazing way to start 2025!

By Sonal from Portland, OR | 25 January 2025