Naturetrek Traveller Reviews

This trip to Northern Peru was designed to seek out the birds of Peru, particularly endemics and to give us an insight into the pre-Inca cultures. It succeeded on all fronts. Excellent tour leaders with amazing birding skills escorted us into the Amazon, over the Andes and through the dry plains of western Andes to the Pacific Coast, their skills and knowledge enhancing the birding experience. The humidity and rains of the Amazon did nothing to dampen our enjoyment of walking forest trails and boating the tributaries and oxbow lakes seeking out the local wildlife, and we found loads! Equally birding the high hairpin roads, passing through remote villages and the warm welcome of the people contributed to an amazing holiday culminating in a visit to pre-Inca ruins and a superb museum of ancient artefacts .

We have travelled around the world with Naturetrek and have never had anything but first class customer service and exceedingly good wildlife and cultural experiences, lead by excellent tour Leaders.

My wife was visiting Buenos Aires for a conference and we decided to tag on a holiday in Argentina. We are in our 60s and my wife has chronic pain, but we were up for a bit of adventure and wanted to see Argentina's scenery and wildlife, with a focus on birding. This seemed daunting to organise until I came across Naturetrek on the web and noticed they had a service called Tailormade. I emailed our requirements and was soon able to agree a fantastic itinerary of birdwatching in the Andes and around Iguazu. We had a guide for each of these legs whose knowledge, consideration and frankly good company really made the holday for us. Accommodation varied from good to stunning throughout the trip and we were always comfortable, even when traversing high mountain passes in a slightly temperamental landrover. Fantastic views of Andean Condor, flamingos, torrent duck, burrowing owls, 4 species of toucan, vicuna, agouti and even a jaguarundi were among the memorable sightings. And the Malbec was to die for.

Nature trek tailormade made the whole experience of discussing, planning and organising the holiday seem like doing it with a friend. The experience did not seem transactional at any stage, even though everything was done by email. The wonderful thing was that the tour was rather undersold in the sense that we were warned about possible down sides and we left for Argentina excited but with a realistic view that some aspects of the trip might not work out as we hoped. In the event our expectations were greatly exceeded by every single aspect of our holiday - from the lodges used to the smooth flight connections, from the guides to the country itself.

A great holiday with an excellent guide with superb birding knowledge

Very efficient company have used them twice and will certainly use them again

A fantastic trip in the west of Uganda. We saw a wide variety of wildlife including gorillas, elephants, antelope, zebra, buffalo and numerous bird species. The scenery was beautiful and the accommodation very good.

NatureTrek focus on the wildlife and scenery of a destination. Their itineraries are comprehensive and ensure you get the most of the trip, they provided excellent support in the build up the trip answering our many and varied questions promptly and efficiently.

An excellent itinerary across a range of habitats. Excellent accommodation and food. The whole experience was enhanced by the tight organisation and expertise of our party guide, Daniel.

Despite our late booking we found the whole process worked smoothly and efficiently. Our queries were dealt with promptly by telephone. We would definitely use this company again.

Naturetrek was very obliging in arranging for me to occupy a lower berth after I discovered that it had been possible to request such at the time of booking. It would have been good to know this in advance of booking as it did cause some aggravation subsequently, albeit it was resolved satisfactorily. Subject to the comments in the above box, I was pleased with Naturetrek's service and will certainly consider other trips with the company. The biggest failings on this trip were not sending a staff member to accompany this pioneer trip and making claims in their literature which were not borne out.

I went on this trip with Naturetrek specifically to visit Thingvillir. Here I wanted to see the tectonic plates, but also the site of the ancient Althing, the embrionic democratic parliament. I was not disappointed. Although my desire to see this area was satisfied by the end of the second day, the rest of the trip was far from an anticlimax. Our next stop was Skaftafell, via two magnificent waterfalls, at the base of one of which I found myself actually standing IN a rainbow. Skaftafell itself was beautiful with more waterfalls and a richly coloured forest of dwarf birch trees. We finshed our trip with a visit to Reykjavik and a whale watching trip. On our way back to the airport on the last day, we visited a large recently formed steaming vent set in a science fiction landscape. There was much much more along the way which impressed, and beguiled. A holiday I will always remember.

The information and advice provided before the trip was very clear and helpful. The accommodation was very good as was the food they provided both 'in house' and as packed lunches. The guide was very knowledgeable with a lot of experience of the country as a whole. He also made us feel very at home in Iceland and as a consequence the whole group got on very well together.

The trip was well organised from start to finish. We were met at the airport which was really helpful. With any wildlife trip you can never be sure of what you're going to see regardless of the best laid plans, but on this trip we saw Blue Whale, Humpback whale, seals, walrus, amazing bird life and of course Poar Bears! The whole trip I felt that the ships Naturalist Leaders and Naturetrek Tour Leaders were doing all they could to ensure the best chance to see the best of the Arctic Wildlife. And when not looking for wildlife the ships hotel staff were second to none in making sure that the food, drink and facilities were just right.

Naturetrek ensured that every thing was done to ensure we had a wildlife filled and enjoyable holiday. They provided plenty of information before, during and after the holiday, all of which only added to the experience of the trip its self.

This was the twelfth holiday that I have taken with Naturetrek. As usual, I found them helpful, efficient and the provider of an excellent well planned holiday

We had issues with the travel arrangments. Due to the very long journeys by roads of very varying conditions this tour should only have been by 4x4. Animal sightings were few and far between except at the last reserve which did live up to the expectations we were given by the brochure although we did not see all animals stated in the brochure( We fully understand that wildlife watching sightings are not guaranteed but I have seen more wild life on a walk with my dog than we encountered - birds excepted)

We have travelled several times with this company and this was the most disappointing trip to date.