KE Adventure Travel Traveller Reviews

An adventure holiday to Thailand, we experienced a range of different accommodation, restaurant and methods of transport. Our guide was superb and had us not only trying the local delicacies, but also planting rice in the paddy field. The itinery was very varied and organisation fantastic,, thanks to am amazing guide.

Great website. Very helpful staff. Good choice of graded holidays to suit your needs. Regular, relevant communication. Friendly approach.

Armenia: 11 days combining a selection of Armenia's fascinating monasteries, and trekking in remote countryside. Accommodation in hotels and camping. Exceptionally informative Armenian guide, probably the best guide I have had on any trip.

This was my fourth trip with KE Adventure and all have been excellent. The office staff know their trips really well. In short, I feel I can trust them.

My kids and I loved this holiday. The range of activities was perfect and the location stunning. My children particularly enjoyed the cycling, the climbing and learning to bodyboard for the first time was a great bonus. It was the perfect balance to be busy most mornings with time on the beach in the afternoons. The Algarve coast is ruggedly spectacular and the verdant valley where the farm is located is serene and beautiful. Jon and Violetta were excellent hosts. Jon is very knowledgeable and capable at leading a range of activities, while Violetta cooks fantastic food and made everyone feel right at home. We got on very well with the other families and making new friends was a particular highlight for my children. I highly recommend this trip for families who want a balance of activities and beach time in a small group setting.

KE were very organised and kept me informed prior to travel. The holiday was exactly what I expected. The local tour leader Jon was brilliant - capable and welcoming.

Employing only local people ensured a genuine experience of India and Ladakh. The trek is not only beautiful but dynamic in its scenery, and so colourful. It's hard to take a bad photograph! The guides on the trek were professional and outstanding in terms of their mountaineering experience, you really felt in good hands and were looked after like kings. Indeed, the team who accompany you on the trek ensure your needs are attended to at every turn, what a cheerful, industrious group of individuals, all contributing to a comfortable and inspiring experience.

The reception at the beginning of the trip could have been better, with more information on India and the trip itself. More information on India, health and the environmental impact of tourism would have been appreciated. However, the welcome from staff once in Leh was beyond reproach. What a team! Kind, friendly, helpful people (our team leader was a real beacon of industriousness and efficiency) we were in such good hands. Employing only locals is a major boon, and properly qualified locals at that. KE have clearly built strong local contacts and sought out some of the best qualified people the region has to offer, staff who care and love their home place and want to share it.

I trekked the classic haute route, reaching several alpine summits and traversing glaciers along the way from Chamonix to Zermatt. The trek offered an amazing summer alpine experience, while walking through spectacular flower meadows, crossing beautiful clear rivers and streams, climbing amazing rocky peaks and traversing spectacular glaciers. It was a fantastic challenge and introduction to mountaineering at moderately high altitudes. The small group and enormously experienced guide really enabled me to enjoy the experience. The superb weather helped a bit as well!

The staff at KE Adventures were fantastic at providing information, as required, and very helpful on the phone. The itinerary was very well planned and the organisation of the trip was excellent. It all flowed very smoothly.

This is a tough, committing but potentially sublime experience of some of the finest mountain scenery on Earth. You will follow in the footsteps of famous expeditions, camp in outrageous wild locations, and hopefully have a chance to gaze upon the majesty of K2, Broad Peak, Gasherbrum, Masherbrum, the Trangos, Laila Peak, Paiju Peak and countless other vast and intricate citadels of snow and rock. This is a real adventure, with multiple flights and exciting off-road jeep journeys before you even start walking. If you are lucky, the awesome illumination of K2 and the other 8000m peaks by the rising sun as you cross the 5500m Gondogoro La pass will be a cherished moment that will engrave itself indelibly into your memory.

KE Adventure, and their superb ground agents (Baltistan tours) will look after your admirably. The team of porters and cooks are nothing short of supermen, and will keep you well fed and safe, even when things are getting tough. Booking with KE is straightforward, but not impersonal. They have an excellent range of adventurous holidays to choose from. You could spend an enjoyable lifetime working through their brochure.

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Me and my friends were very pleased to see that KE Adventures via Lima Tours made excellent choice selecting the best ever stuff I had on a long trip. We were 11 members on this hike accompanied by 11 Peruvian stuff + 20 mules and horses!!! The guide Elias did excellent job. His English was fluent, had a very positive and encouraging character, created a very happy humoristic and good attitude between group members. Elias knowledge of Inca history and archeology was exceptional good and very interesting. Elias presented also his interesting and convincing thoughts about the INCA, knew also names of the plantation, flowers and their use for local medicine. Elias was careful to the individual pace of trip members, and during the treks he accompanied the slower ones as well those in the front. Elias took care of all our needs and to members safety was important to him. Elias created good mood atmosphere which was very important encouraging during high efforts climbing at high altitude of up to 4700 m. Additional to the guide Elias we had Ricardo as assistant guide, 5 horse man, waiter, Cheff and assistant cook as also dish man washer Felix who was in charge to have our plates and cooking ware clean and ready for the meals. The Cheff cook Lorenzo and Francisco cooked very tasty and delicious food: Excellent soups, main dish and deserts. The food was always fresh, clean and put on the plate in an artistic manner like in the best restaurants. Lorenzo and Francisco even baked a wonderful birthday cake as surprise to one of our group members that had birthday. Basilio the waiter ran for every of our wishes during the meals, always withe smile on his face, also waking us up in the cold mornings with a glass of worm tee "MATE DE COCA". The horse men were very efficient in preparing and folding our tents, always ready when we arrived to camping place, also carrying our DAFO bags with our personal belongings. I recommend to KE this excellent guide Elias and his outstanding stuff from Lima Tours (PERU) for all of your trips. They are very reliable and can be trusted to succeed in carrying out a fabulous trip. Was excellent very interesting and enjoyable trek. Recommended.

Me and my friends were very pleased to see that KE Adventures via Lima Tours made excellent choice selecting the best ever stuff I had on a long trip. We were 11 members on this hike accompanied by 11 Peruvian stuff + 20 mules and horses!!! The guide Elias did excellent job. His English was fluent, had a very positive and encouraging character, created a very happy humoristic and good attitude between group members. Elias knowledge of Inca history and archeology was exceptional good and very interesting. Elias presented also his interesting and convincing thoughts about the INCA, knew also names of the plantation, flowers and their use for local medicine. Elias was careful to the individual pace of trip members, and during the treks he accompanied the slower ones as well those in the front. Elias took care of all our needs and to members safety was important to him. Elias created good mood atmosphere which was very important encouraging during high efforts climbing at high altitude of up to 4700 m. Additional to the guide Elias we had Ricardo as assistant guide, 5 horse man, waiter, Cheff and assistant cook as also dish man washer Felix who was in charge to have our plates and cooking ware clean and ready for the meals. The Cheff cook Lorenzo and Francisco cooked very tasty and delicious food: Excellent soups, main dish and deserts. The food was always fresh, clean and put on the plate in an artistic manner like in the best restaurants. Lorenzo and Francisco even baked a wonderful birthday cake as surprise to one of our group members that had birthday. Basilio the waiter ran for every of our wishes during the meals, always withe smile on his face, also waking us up in the cold mornings with a glass of worm tee "MATE DE COCA". The horse men were very efficient in preparing and folding our tents, always ready when we arrived to camping place, also carrying our DAFO bags with our personal belongings. I recommend to KE this excellent guide Elias and his outstanding stuff from Lima Tours (PERU) for all of your trips. They are very reliable and can be trusted to succeed in carrying out a fabulous trip. Was excellent very interesting and enjoyable trek. Recommended.

The plan was to trek to Concordia/K2 basecamp/Gondogoro La. We got as far as Concordia and K2 basecamp but then had to turn around and trek back down the Boltoro Glacier due to severe weather and snow, rendering the pass uncrossable. Whilst a bit disappointing, this added to the adventure, as well as flights being cancelled and having to drive back to Islamabad via the Karakorum Highway. KE Adventures and the Trip Leader, Tom Richardson, handled the unexpected with ease and professional skill. IT WAS A FABULOUS ADVENTURE!!

KE Adventures is an excellent choice for this type of adventure. They are experts in Pakistan and have talented and experienced tour leaders. They have great relationships with local guides and operators.

Our cruise ship MS Expedition took us from a hot Summer in the lush green fjords near Bergen, sun bathing in view of torrential waterfalls, via late Spring in the outer islands, admiring Lofoten's spiky snow capped peaks to minus temperatures and a gentle blizzard as we explored the partially frozen fjords and watched a polar bear stride along the shore in Svalbard. Myriads of birds, whales, seals, reindeer, arctic fox were observed in the company of a very friendly international group, all interested in the environment. Trips ashore included Trondheim and Tromso but the best were to wilder spots in zodiacs. The two weeks felt like four , so much was organised by a most knowledgeable and competent team, headed by Jonathan Green (see Blue Planet 2). Fine dining and superb service complete the picture of this outstanding cruise.

KE was the agent but operator was G Adventures, a Canadian firm. Very good.

Our trek to Machu Picchu via Choquequirao became more than a trek, a holiday but a totally encompassing experience. The staff looking after us must have the best families in the world because they treated us so well I could barely believe we were camping. The knowledge passed to everyone during the trip was delivered with such enthusiasm it would be impossible not to be impressed. From start to finish the experience was unbelievable, so good. I cannot rate this any higher.

KE Adventure are from the start to finish a full service tour operator. Every need appears to be catered for. Information is provided in a timely manner and any questions are dealt with immediately. Excellent service, excellent company.