2 independent reviews for West Africa Explorer, Guinea Bissau & Senegal
Reviews for West Africa Explorer, Guinea Bissau & Senegal
David Elsey review 11 Mar 2025
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your holiday?
Being on the back of a motorcycle driven by a young man down jungle tracks with no regards to Health & Safety (fortunately I am an adrenaline junky).2. What tips would you give other travellers booking this holiday?
Take a support cushion if sitting over the minibus rear wheel, otherwise you will have a wrecked rectum whilst travelling on the roads in Guinea.3. Did you feel that your holiday benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Benefitted local people trade wise, the amount of plastic debris was scary especially when wading through it to climb on board a boat.4. Finally, how would you rate your holiday overall?
Confirmed my limited knowledge of 3rd World poverty, especially in Guinea. I will not be revisiting this part of West Africa.Michael Segal review 17 Nov 2019
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your holiday?
It's almost impossible to pick one thing. The range and variety of experiences were fantastic. Perhaps the thing that will stick most vividly in my memory was the time spent at the fishing village of Kayar.2. What tips would you give other travellers booking this holiday?
Be prepared for a lot or road travel and also several quite long ocean trips in a speedboat:- take lots of anti-seasick medicine if you are susceptible and if you have back problems, be prepared for hours of bumpy rides. The bird-watching is fantastic so bring a good camera if you are interested.3. Did you feel that your holiday benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
I am sure that our holiday benefited many local people we supported local guides in most places we visited and contributed financially to various villages and many musicians and dancers. Our visits to nature reserves of various kinds should also have supported conservation. In terms of reducing environmental impact, it is possible that our influence may have reduced the way some people dispose of litter, but I am not very optimistic about that. we were given drinking water in plastic bottles every day, it would have been much better to have some bulk supplies that we could use to top up our own bottles, if that could be arranged.4. Finally, how would you rate your holiday overall?
Wonderful. Lots of fascinating experiences of different kinds. Could be improved by more detailed trip notes and/or better briefing from the guides, but that's a minor point.Holiday Reviews
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