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Traveller reviews of Mountain Kingdoms
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Reliable tour operator
Having travelled with your company many times we know we can rely on you to give us the best possible experience on our holidays.
A trip of adventures and extremes in northern Vietnam!
A holiday of adventures and extremes - from the first adventure of the overnight train to the hills; the comparison of the varied ethnic minorities’ lifestyles; the contrast between the luxury (and peace and quiet) at Topas Ecolodge and on the Ha Long Bay cruise; the privilege of being a part of the remote home-stay family’s basic way of life; the delights of glimpsing Hanoi’s French colonial architecture; and the enjoyment of delicious Vietnamese cuisine. Congratulations, another great Mountain Kingdoms trip.
Enjoyable trek in Burma
Overall a most enjoyable, exciting, different trek - loved Burma & its culture. Fantastic organisation - everything went to plan. We were always met by super people who made us feel welcome. Transport very good at all times. Hotels were excellent.
Excellent service
The staff in the Mountain Kingdoms office are always very helpful and approachable. Having travelled with Mountain Kingdoms a number of times in the past, I was confident that the advice and itinerary would be good. The local agents were very thorough and attentive and made sure that we were always well looked after.
Annapurna Base Camp trek
We had a tremendously enjoyable holiday and your hard work on the pre-trip extension paid off very well indeed. The trekking was great. The group gelled really well and the local sirdar and his team were brilliant. Dwarika’s Hotel was superb, and wonderful mountain scenery.
Magical holiday to Bhutan
Bhutan is a magical experience - it surpassed our expectations. Excellent organisation. Superb attention to detail. This is the third time I have travelled with Mountain Kingdoms and every time the trips have been excellent. Mountain Kingdoms are our first choice of company for this type of trip.
Gentle Walking Bhutan
Because the tour was so rich and varied I, for one, did not feel I had missed out on anything essential. I very much enjoyed the wonderful places we visited, the excellent local guide and drivers, the lovely people we met and the excellent company of the other participants.
Gentle Walking Nepal (formerly Mid Hills & Village Heartlands, Nepal)
Excellent guide - knowledgeable, pleasant manner and flexible. Good choice of accommodation.
Well-chosen accommodation
The itinerary was well put together, a good mix of sightseeing and walking in non-touristy rural areas. The lodges were well-chosen - I love especially the locations of Himalaya Height Resort and 3 Mountain Lodge - fabulous views! Our trip leader was wonderful, and the staff at the lodges were delightful.
Excellent trek leader
The other guys on the trek were very good company as was our trek leader Cshiring Sherpa who was most attentive to us. He was always cheerful, helpful and informative and appeared to have the respect of the cooks and porters. The local people were friendly and interested in us and sometimes enjoyed testing their limited English.
Kangchenjunga
What I enjoyed was the fact that the standard of care was as good, if not better, than all the times I have been to the Himalaya, particularly Nepal. Our guide was excellent, we were well looked after.
Druk Path Trek
It was great to travel to Bhutan with a company that had such an obvious interest in the country and its people. I found the tour leader and local staff to be friendly and knowledgeable and I learned something about Bhutan.
Uganda is the trip of a lifetime!
Wow, what a trip! Seeing the chimps and gorillas in their natural environment really was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. With so few gorillas in the wild it was a very special experience, one I'll treasure for a long time. Uganda itself is a very beautiful country and has lots of wildlife to be seen, including the big five and countless colourful birds.
Excellent trek in Sikkim
Just a brief note to thank you for all your support and good advice regarding our treks in Sikkim. The Singalila ridge/Goecha La trek was fantastic. Nice to see blue sheep and mouse hares high up (but no signs of the yeti!). Pemba Sherpa was a superb sirdar - what a great guy and an extraordinary life story. Thank you very much again, we wouldn’t think of using any other company for future trips.
A truly amazing experience
A cruise which heads south enabling you to witness the contrast and change in the Arctic from Spitsbergen to Greenland and finally Iceland. Travelling on a warm and comfortable ship, with excellent and plentiful food, you pass through the dramatic scenery with regular trips off the ship both by zodiac and on foot. There are plenty of lectures to fill your day when you are not on deck looking for whales, dolphins and the numerous sea birds.
Truly amazing!
This trip was a truly inspiring and memorable experience encompassing beautiful scenery, wonderful cuisine and fascinating culture. The warmth and friendliness of the local people together with unforgettable historical sights has left me with long-lasting memories.
Great trek and wonderful extension to India
I valued the certainty that most things would click into place. Everything did and for a solo traveller that was a comfort, thank you. My Indian extension was wonderful! The company which you had engaged to put this in place did a first class job. Every representative found me and my guide for the Taj Mahal Amit Udaphyay was a great companion.
Relaxed holiday - everything arranged perfectly
Nyi Nyi, our guide, was truly exceptional & made the holiday! His English is extremely good, he is humourous, intuitive and made great efforts to tell us all about the history of Burma and its people, about which he is very informed. The itinerary was great too - we seemed to visit most of the Burma highlights and experience everyday life of its people on our travels and hiking.
Three High Passes to Everest
From the beginning of my contact with the Mountain Kingdoms office to my return to the UK I cannot speak highly enough of the service I received. The support arrangements at Kathmandu were also faultless, from being met on arrival at the airport to our departure on the last day. In addition I was extremely impressed by the efficient, courteous and friendly service from all the hotel staff. We finished our trek with a great party with our guides and the unsung heroes, the porters, at out final tea house who laid on a special meal for us. What I enjoyed about travelling with Mountain Kingdoms was the exceptional care that our guides took of us all, both on trek (always felt very safe, despite this being my first trek at high altitude) and when staying at the tea houses. Thanks for a great experience.
Annapurna Foothills trek
What we enjoyed about travelling with Mountain Kingdoms was the quality of organisation/logistics, good-quality lodges, group experience, quality of trek leaders & porters, and happy hour was excellent!