Mountain Kingdoms Traveller Reviews

Fantastic trip everything organised superbly.

Really good, checked I was happy before embarking on trip, everything was done that could have been done.

The quality and variety of textiles we saw far exceeded our expectations.

We have traveled with Mountain Kingdoms on numerous occasions and have always been impressed with their itineraries and standard of service.

Top experience of the Amalfi coast, landscape and Pompeii.

Very responsive, emails answered within minutes! On the ball at all times,.

The trip had an excellent initery taking in the major sites and cities but still giving us free time to explore further. We really enjoyed meeting local people and chatting with them. Our guide was excellent as were all the arrangemnts

Mountain Kingdoms is a company with whom we have travelled several times. We have always found them to be excellent

The holiday was well organised and the team in Nepal can't have been more helpful.

Mountain Kingdoms specialises in organising trekking holidays. This holiday was trekking to Annapurna Base Camp in Nepal.

Our guide and leader, Hanski (I think it is spelled) was simply outstanding. She trained us in how to fix the dogs into their harnesses and traces to the sled we each had, checked our work and corrected where necessary, taught us how to handle the sled and the dogs, and how to cope with the extremely cold conditions (-30 oC on the first day!). She handled the several problems that arose (such as dogs chewing through their harnesses, dogs fighting and getting tangled in their gtraces, or us encountering deep snow) with remarkable energy and skill. At the two wilderness cabins where we stayed for two nights each, she organised us into teams to deal with jobs from collecting water from the frozen lakes, to feeding the dogs, collecting firewood, stoking the sauna fires, clearing up dog poops in the morning, and so on, all while she prepared all the meals and organised life in the cabins. The meals she produced for both carnivorous or vegetarian humans were superb, which even included cooking lunches out in the wilderness on fires made in the snow. The last day proved to be particularly difficult for Hanski and the dogs because of deepening snow that day, such that a snowmobile had to come and lighten her sled's load and take a dog that had hurt itself somehow. But Hanski coped with it all superbly, and we arrived back to base just before dark, all happy and delighted by the adventure. In a way the real heroes of the trip were the dogs, the name, character and abilities of every one of whom Hanski knew, which was crucial to organising their teams for each of the seven clients and keeping us and them all safe. The dogs all seemed fit and healthy, though I know that some had minor medical problems that were being attended to. They were lean and strong, but it did seem to me that they were underweight. It is hard for clients to know, but despite the wonderful experience of the trip, I was left wondering about the welfare of the dogs, as I have of other animals such as pack animals used in adventure trips.

Adaptable when adjustments were needed, well-organised, kept me well-informed, and happy to go the extra mile to help if I wished for changes to, for instance, trsavel arrangements. No complaints at all.

Brilliant mix of sightseeing, wildlife, culture and relaxation

Excellent. Nothing is too much trouble for them

Wonderful being able to start in Saigon before going on the cruise. Then we had 8 days of bliss being taken down the Mekong watching life go by and finished by visiting Phnom Penh and then Siem Reap where we visited Angkor Wat..... a wonderful sight.

Mountain Kingdoms used the Pandaw Company boats which were really excellent. The crew did everything possible to give one a great time. Excellent food and time to relax between going out on very varied trips into the countryside.

Ethiopia has a rich, unique and fascinating historical heritage. It also has amazing scenery and spectacular mountainous landscapes as in the Simien Mountains. The tour took it all in although some aspects could have been managed and handled better. A great and absolutely worthwhile trip for the experienced traveller with a degree of resistance to heat, cold, altitude and occasionally slight discomfort.

I travelled for the first time with Mountain Kingdoms whose intentions are no doubt great - excellent pre-tour preparations and support. However, a little disappointed w tour leader and hotel standard; I suspect the local agent were at best complacent or worse a little greedy. Hopefully they will improve before next date but still a wonderful tour in many ways.

Walking and camping along coast, plus stays in Riads.

First time used this company and very satisfied.