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“LiNGER arranged a fantastic, 63-day tour for my wife and myself of Morocco, Canary Islands and Madeira.
Everything has been simply amazing. In particular, I want to mention the professional chauffeur that LiNGER arranged for us.
Yassine is no doubt the very best private chauffeur / guide that we have ever had. He looked after us the entire time in Morocco. He drove us to and from everywhere on our itinerary, and took us to a number of places that weren’t even on our itinerary.
He even gladly took us shopping when we were in need of new luggage, and when my wife needed new shoes, and when we wanted wine. lol.
Yassine is such a true gentleman: so professional, so helpful, so knowledgeable, so friendly, so kind – all this plus the fact that he is an excellent driver to boot. We always felt safe when we were with him.
Plus, we now have a brand new, true friend in beautiful Morocco.”
It has been a wonderful trip! We love Japan! We are so taken by the friendliness of the people. They go out of their way to help you. My husband left his phone the other night in the restaurant. We were heading back to pick it up but the owner arrived at our hotel … on her bicycle with her grandson (who was maybe 2 years old) on the back with the phone. She wouldn’t take any money. Lots of bowing on our part! Who does that?? Just amazing.
The other thing we love is the food! We only eat Japanese! And of course, it is a feast for your eyes as well as your palate! Funny thing there … we often see Japanese people taking pictures of their food alongside us!!
Kyoto is a lovely city and we’ve enjoyed the temples and gardens. And our guide knew we liked temples etc so he made a schedule change to visit a beautiful temple that was first built in the year 897!! Amazing!
We are now in Tokyo and our trip is fast coming to a close … it has been quite the experience. One we will not soon forget. We have to ask … how did you find Sasayuri-Ann? The owner, Tetsu, is a most amazing individual. An incredibly deep thinker and inspiration to talk with. And the Fire Ritual he performs is something we will never forget. What I loved about him also is his great sense of humour! That stay was a highlight!
“Thank you for planning such an incredible trip and for the gift. We are still talking regularly about what a great time we had. Japan is truly an amazing place.
Matsumoto was the perfect inclusion in the itinerary; it just shows you a different side of Japan than the cities. It was exhausting cycling followed by 2 days of hiking but the days allowed us some down time in the evenings back at the Villa to enjoy a quiet dinner together as a family and rest up at night. Definitely, my favourite part of the trip. The villa was INCREDIBLE! Such a great experience. So unique. Food was delicious. Service was incredible. We absolutely loved it.”
“We are now fully settled back into our London lives with work, family and friends. However, I keep having such wonderful reflections and memories of our tour. It truly was a beautifully curated road trip. Absolutely wonderful hotels, with my favourite being the Avana Retreat. Starting our more rural tour in Tam Coc was ideal and I just loved the people there. Such relaxed and courteous people. An unbelievable picnic we were treated to. We started to feel we had travelled back to colonial times after our first trek and then being served a beautiful picnic surrounded by mountains before our cave boat journey back. Just magical.
As the journey continued we experienced more remote villages and it felt like going back in time, until I noticed the old women tending the buffalo herds high up in the mountains, were holding their smartphones and watching the Bafta Awards!! The connectivity was amazing. My husband mentioned that he doubts these villages will remain like this for much longer. I’m not so sure.
We all very much appreciated the regular treks too. A great way to see the terrain and meet with the various tribal groups.
Our guide, Hung was just great. We learnt so much from him about the history, geography, tribes, the American war and politics. He was very measured in his comments, but was also very informative and amusing.
We wish to thank you for such a wonderful and very memorable trip. It was so special to share this with our two friends who accompanied us, and they too had a wonderful time.
Special thanks for arranging our flights out. “
“El Salvador was brilliant. One of our best holidays ever. So many fun things. Suffice to say we were both in tears at the end when we said goodbye to our guide.”
“The food at Balmoral was outstanding and the art at Fife Arms was so beyond awesome. They were A+. The Hot Toddy was a great meal and we got a kick out of the Kelpies, the Falkirk Wheel, and the Royal Yacht.
The Torridon was lovely and it was awesome to be able to walk right out to a spectacular mountain hike.
Monacyle Mohr was hilarious and fun. The farm tour with the owner really made the trip – he was hilarious and told us all about his family that owns it and took us all around and we got to pet the animals and see him do a sheep dog demo. It’s just a hilariously laid back place – they are very informal outside of dining – but this was an awesome sauna loche experience that I’d recommend. I’m glad you pushed us to do this hotel. It was quirky and fun.
Glasgow was surprisingly great. Alasdair showed us all around and we loved it!
Glenapp Castle was lovely. We were taken with the garden and the room in which Churchill planned D-day. We also enjoyed meeting and talking with the owner.”
“We can’t believe that the trip is over either… 106 days went so fast!
It really was a great trip, and the kids were superstars! It’s impossible to summarise what it did for us all. On reflection, I realised that we had the time and space to see the kids’ unique qualities and more of their best bits – which was a wonderful gift. Hopefully they also got to see the better bits of us as their parents too?
We laughed a lot and had some fun times but also we were scared and tired at times too, but going through it together was a really rich experience. It’s making me tear up a bit writing this and realising that it’s all over, but it’s also made S. and I more determined to do more adventuring – not sure what that looks like at the moment!
We were better versions of ourselves while away and we have wonderful memories, which we retell on a daily basis. We also have our little trip ‘catch phrases’ that make us all giggle… especially when we try out our Creole! And this we can keep for ever.
So thank you Steve for getting us there! I remember the first call we had while up in the Highlands… when it was really just a dream. Thank goodness you convinced us to do it and you and Laura helped us pull the jigsaw together and support us while away.“
Bordeaux was really good; it was scorching hot so we were very grateful that all the hotels were air-conditioned!
I thought both our guides were very good, knowledgeable and personable and we very much enjoyed exploring St E and Arcachon Bay and all the delicious seafood. The restaurant was really lovely too.
Chateau Haut-Bailly is really something else – can’t believe all the greenery growing over the buildings but also how modern the process of wine making is there with ipad control! It was also quite different to the other wineries we visited so it was really interesting.
Really liked the Hotel Palais Gallien in Bordeaux – very central and great staff and thank you for the restaurant recommendations – we tried some of them in St E and Bordeaux and they were very good.
Thanks Steve – we had a really good trip so thank you for organising it for us.
“Hi Steve, I wanted to drop a quick note to say how wonderful and smooth everything has been for us on the trip. Most of our experience centred around the trek so I want to emphasize how wonderful Raj and his crew have been. We are so pleased and impressed with what they have accomplished and would highly recommend them.“
“We have had a brilliant time in both Bogota and Medellin – the tours were all really well organised and thought through and really fun too. We loved the day in the classic car – a great way to travel round the city in the sunshine and the tropical storm!
The driver of the classic car is such a character! Both May Lin and Maria were wonderful guides and showed us a lot. And so friendly, helpful and kind too. Matteo who drove us around in Medellin was also very friendly and knowledgable. Maria in particular was delightful and took it upon herself to try her best to fatten us up with cheese infused goodies!
So thank you – it has been a wonderful and memorable trip.“
“We had an absolutely fabulous holiday. Everything ran very smoothly and efficiently. The guides were great and very helpful.
I think it’s right to say that the holiday definitely had the ‘Wow’ factor in it. We loved every part. It was like having 3 mini holidays… Cotopaxi, The Amazon and then to finish with The Galapagos. All were amazing and we left feeling that we had experienced some of the highlights of Ecuador and its culture.
Thank you very much for all your organising. You did a grand job!”
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