Experience Travel Group Traveller Reviews

A private tour including Kutching, Visit to Headhunters/longhouse, Mulu Caves, Danum Valley (rainforest), Kinabatangen, Sandakan and Gaya Island Resort, Kota Kinabalu. The Longhouse experience was fun and better for there only being the two of us and our guide. Mulu Caves are impressive. Accomodation in this area limited and not of the standard elsewere. Danum Valley was wonderful, the rainforest walks excellent and not as physically challenging as we had thought they might be. However, you do need a reasonable level of fitness and be surefooted as the trails are muddy with tree roots. Gaya Island Resort was a last minute replacement for an aborted trip to Lankayan. The resort was well run and food good but the villas are up steep hills and we timed it at an 8 minute walk up a 45 degree hill to reach our villa from the main facilities - not good if you are unfit or have mobility problems, or if as when we were there it is torrential rain! The one downside of this resort was they insisted on a 3,000 Ringit deposit on arrival (4 days) - at the end of our holiday that is a lot to find and they said my credit card would not work! Fortunatley our second card went through OK. Given we were on full borad I fail to see why this was neccessary our actual bill (drinks only) came to 498 ringits, bit of a difference! Accomodation, food transfers and guides were overall very good. If anything too many internal flights which eat into your holiday time, we prefer to travel overland with the same guide throughout, but this wasn't feasible on this trip.

Halfway through the holiday (a few days before Christmas) we were contacted by the UK to advise that the Foreign Office had advised we could not go to the resort booked for the final 4 days of our trip. The UK agent managed to rebook a different resort and rearrange internal flights and conections at short notice at a very busy time of year. We were not inconvienienced at all, and feel we did not loose out in any way. Had we not booked via an operator we would not even have been aware of the FO advice and our insurance would have been invalid had anything occurred. Excellent professional service throughout, we would recommend this agent.

We booked our trip through Experience Travel who I would use again and can recommend to friends amd family.

A return to Siem Reap to extend our visit to the temples and town which turned in to a delight of culture, food and fun. Accommodation, flights and transfers are so well organised that all we had to do was go where we wanted to without worry and the guides are truly amazing - well briefed on us and knowledgeable of where they took us. We are so glad we went back because it truly is a magical place for all aspects of a holiday where culture, relaxation, good food and hotels all play an important part - we would use them again without reservation.

Great knowledge of the places we discussed as well as being flexible enough to accommodate all our needs (flights not from the UK, a hotel they had not heard of and so on)Experience Travel have been a pleasure to work with

Finding all the best food Thailand has to offer and staying in the perfect hotel to see the best that each city has to offer.

Experience Travel put together a great package of tours, transfers and hotels and were intentive and helpful throughout the booking and pre-take off process.

We thoroughly enjoyed the experience having never been to Srilanka before. Everything went well as planned. Our driver was knowledgable, friendly and informative. He (Kapila) ensured we enjoyed the best of the areas we were in. Our accommodation was as described and food delicious.

Very helpful, they offered us various options , and when we were unsure about the choices , offered various alternatives to consider

We flew from Bangkok to Chiang Mai and enjoyed the cultural activities including the Thai cookery class. Then to Bangkok which is hectic and fascinating. The food tour was fun and instructive. The 3-day luxury train journey (Eastern and Oriental Express) through Thailand, Malaysia and on to Singapore was outstanding. Real luxury, amazing food, good company from fellow travellers and a memorable excursion to the River Quai. Singapore was more interesting than we had anticipated. On to Java and another lovely hotel. Being on the top of Borobadur temple at dawn will long stay in the memory. Finally, on to Bali and the wonderful Hotel Tugu Bali. We visited a dance performance, wood carvers, an active volcano, silver crafts men and women and a spice and herb garden. The long flight(s) home worked well. Our thanks Experience Travel: this is the third trip we have been with them and their organisation has been outstanding!

Efficient, friendly, knowledgeable and would (and have) recommend them to our friends. Flights, driver, guides and hotels were outstanding

tour of Vietnam starting in Hanoi and ending in Ho Chi Minh City The main highlights: Hanoi City Tours, over night Halong Bay junk boat cruise,fly to Hue and tour a round Hue, Travel overland to Hoi An and tour a round Hoi An, Fly to Ho Chi Minh City and city tour and tours to Cu Chi Tunnels, Mekong Delta.

Tailor Made Holidays in South East Asia. There intimate knowledge of the destinations that I have visited. This is my second holiday I have booked with Experience Travel Group and it will not be the last. I will book my next trip to Asia with out any hesitation.

Experience Travel arranged a fanastic trip to southern Sri Lanka, our travel consultant organised the ideal tailored trip and we were guided by a local excellent guide. The accommodation was superb, activities such as the safaris were amazing expereinces. Experience Travel and the lcoal guide enabled us to see the best of south Sri Lanka, the people, culture, wildlife and history in a very short time with time left to relax in a hammock. It has wetted our appetite for more and I would certainly reccommend and use Experience Travel again.

Experience Travel organised everything and tolerated a lot of questions from us as we were nervous travellers, now we want to travel more!