Undiscovered Destinations Traveller Reviews

15 day tour of Turkmenistan with Undiscovered Destinations. From the white marble buildings of Ashgabat, to camping around the burning gas crater at Darwaza, to luxury hotel by the Caspian Sea, to exploring dinosaur footprints in the Kugitang mountains, to meeting some fabulous welcoming locals, exploring the sights - the mosques, architecture, history, bazaars, to relaxing in the hot springs in Kowata Underground Lake, to the stunning scenery in the Balkan Mountains and Yangikala Canyons. A trip I will always remember.

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We travelled to Oman. We spent 6 days touring with a private guide and then 5 days in a 5/ star hotel. It was an amazing experience and somewhere we would never have thought of going without the advice of Undiscovered Destinations. We were able to experience real Omani culture, see turtles, spend a night in the dessert and just enjoy this beautiful country.

Undiscovered destination were extremely knowledgable about the holiday we took and were very professional in all their dealings with us.

We had a 7 day tour which included watching gree turtles come up on the beach at night to lay their eggs, a stay in the desert, and visits to the historical places in the mountainous centre of Oman. Very varied.

Professional, welcoming, knowledgeable

It was the historic parts of Ethiopia, including Lalibela, Tigray, Axum,Gondar. Many churches castles and lots of history. Very hectic and much travelling but it was a fascinating trip to a country that has huge potential for tourism once the infrastructure is improved. Excellent organisation on our trip, all went without a hitch.

Excellent organisation all the way through with Undiscovered Destination and Jacaranda as the local company.

Well panned itinerary, good accommodation, vehicles, drivers, guide and Vegetarian food highly satisfactory.

All qerries were promptly answered. Everything on or before time like LOI, and other useful information.

This holiday was chosen because apart from Samarkand, Bukhar and Khiva it also included Turkmenistan and Tajikistan. Itinerary was good and sites were excellent. However, it was not clear why Termez was included as we saw nothing there after a cramped journey of 280 miles (see below) and a further journey the following day of 170 miles to Dushanbe in the same vehicle.

UK operator, Undiscovered Destinations, carried out its function efficiently and did all it could to make it a memorable experience. Flight bookings were carried out to my exact requirements. UK operator was excellent. The fact that I have used this UK operator for a few years now shows that I am well satisfied with the service it provides - some of these journeys have been tailor made. However, the local tour operator in Uzbekistan etc had only reserved a single room at most locations in spite of the single suplement. UK operator specified twin. In Ashgabat (Margush hotel) a claustrophobic single was all that was available so I had to pay $100 cash to have the only other room available (suite). It was necessary to press the local guide to get the rooms changed. This is unfair on the guides. Vehicles were generally good but for 2 long journeys: Samarkand to Termez and then on to Dushanbe the next day; 3 people + driver + guide were crammed into a standard saloon car with luggage filling the boot, the rear parcel shelf and on the floor. It was totally unsuitable - particularly for 3 people aged about 70 who need to have room to keep their joints moving. Guides in Turkmenistan and Tajikistan were excellent but in Uzbekistan the guide was inexperienced (age 21), was often late and had to be pushed to give us a reasonable service.

Good accommodation, good transport, excellent local guide. To be recommended.

Undiscovered Destinations, trips off the beaten track that are suitable not only for youngsters but suitable for any reasonably fit adult. Very well planned and executed.

An excellent experience to discover such an exotic place, unique culture and wonderful, charming people. Madagascar is a charming country.

Undiscovered Destinations provided us with prompt, reliable information and helped us find the kind of tour we were searching for. They were efficient and friendly and a pleasure to work with. I would recommend them to others and would consider using them again.

Offerred a focus on the historical and cultural aspects of Georgia and Armenia

Both were very helpful, knowledgeable and accommodating.

There is no doubt that the best part of our holiday was that we were fortunate to have Andrei as our guide. He was fantastic and always went that bit extra to make what is a great tour into a fantastic tour. He was friendly, efficient, extremely knowledgeable and was proud to be Romanian so that journeying through the country was a delight. Consequently, there were too many highlights for us to single out any one experience as the most memorable. Every day was memorable and for all the right reasons. However, if forced to name one best attribute of the holiday as the most memorable, it would have to be the home stays and the opportunities it offers to meet the "real" Romanians and some very interesting fellow travellers.

Excellent.