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Read holiday reviews by Mountain Kingdoms travellers.
Gentle Walking Bhutan
This trip was well structured to provide a very interesting look at a beautiful country. The balance of culture, hiking and being in nature, culminating in the Paro festival and ascending the Tiger's Nest monastery worked well. The walks were challenging but provided the perfect build up to Tiger's Nest.
Namun La, Annapurna Wilderness Trek
It's incredible that a trek so close to the Annapurna Circuit feels so incredibly remote. After you leave the village of Siklis on day 1 of the trek, you really are in wilderness terrain, where you are unlikely to see a soul until you reach Timang at the end. This ancient trading route has fantastic scenery throughout, with many snow-capped Himalayan peaks, a dramatic high pass nearly 5,000m high, a holy lake that pilgrims visit in the summer and fine rhododendron forests. We saw snow leopard prints in the snow descending from the pass in 2017.
This was a most enjoyable trip!
Of course the landscape and the experience with the Huskies were most fascinating. What I enjoyed most was the remoteness and different daily routine. To feed the Dogs, to fetch the water, chop the wood and light the fire in the cabins to cook and keep warm were so different from the usual life at home where to have a shower and breakfast is a matter of 30 minutes, on this trip it was more like 2 hours. To bring down the pace was for me a great and very enjoyable experience.
Many walks on the wild side
What a great holiday! There were just the two of us for the walking in Ecuador so it felt like a private holiday. Whilst a bit damp at times, we enjoyed two different out of the way hotels near Otavalo and some quite challenging but brilliant walking - our guide knew all the birds and flowers. And the Galapagos. Totally unforgettable. The 20 passenger boat was an ideal size and all the passengers got on. We had an exceptional guide and the communications blackout for a week just added to the experience. A truly memorable holiday!
New off the beaten track Dagana Wilderness Trek
This is an exciting new trek that has great contrast in scenery and terrain - from crossing snow-covered passes over 4,000m and gazing at fantastic views of Mount Chomolhari and Kangchenjunga, to descending through the forest with an abundance of birds and wildlife. Dagana is a place totally off the tourist track so you have a real feeling of pioneering on this trek.
Fantastic trek in the Annapurna foothills
Wow what a holiday we loved every second of it. We have to admit that there were more steps than we thought but our family party of four all mid sixties plus managed it well. Everything exceeded our expectation and all ran smoothly like a well oiled machine. Hotels, lodges and staff were fantastic. A special mention must go to the porters who not only carried the luggage of two people but were so attentive in keeping us safe and helping us all when the path became a little more challenging. We cannot recommend the holiday enough and it has given us the appetite to choose another adventure now with Mountain Kingdoms.
Gentle trekking with luxury lodges
A wonderful experience showing many facets of life in Nepal
Very Gentle Walking Laos
A bit too much Gentle and not enough Walking but a very enjoyable tour of Lao PDR with the same excellent level of organisation and customer service we experienced on our first Mountain Kingdoms holiday.
We had a great time!
The trip overall was most enjoyable and Uganda is a destination that pleased beyond expectation.
An excellent holiday, the best I've had for a long while!
The itinerary was excellent. We saw and did so much in the 2 weeks - birds, animals, varied and amazing scenery, plus the highlight was sitting about 2 metres from a gorilla. Most days was packed with activity, which I really enjoyed as I want to see/do as much as possible when I travel.