Lost World Adventures Anmeldelser 94

Our South America trip exceeded all our expectations! Each and every location provided us with invaluable experiences because of our guides knowledge of place and time! Guides were amazing. Our hotels were all centrally located with great amenities, all except for one. Once Lost World found out we were unhappy they did everything in their power to make amends. There was a delay providing us with a final itinerary, which gave us limited flexibility with our trip at that point.
However, I would highly recommend Lost World to do any of my future travels abroad.
Their attention to detail was amazing!
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We have been to Costa Rica a dozen times, and seen all the usual tourist destinations. Our favorite is by far the Lapa Rios resort on Osa Peninsula. But this time we wanted to branch into some uncharted areas (for us) to see some rare birds that we have never seen before - we are avid birders. Lost World Adventures partners with Sun Tours in Costa Rica and they have excellent transporters and field guides. There was a horrible traffic nightmare around San Jose due to a collapsed bridge on the Panamerican Highway - but we got to our destinations by the back roads and the drivers were cooperative and cheerful driving through the mess. Our birder driver/guide, Sterling Alfaro, was fantastic and we went on two separate excursions in two separate areas of the country with him and saw many new species. We even saw a sleeping ghost bat. We highly recommend Lost World Adventures because they have the connections to make your trip great no matter where you stray off the grid. Working with them to design our special itinerary was a breeze, and the drivers and guides they work with in Costa Rica were dependable and always on time to pick us up and helpful along the way. Can't wait to design next year's trip!

We had a fantastic trip and Garvey was a perfect planner. We knew nothing of Patagonia so his advice and patience with our 1000 questions was most helpful. We loved the Awasi but it outside the park adding about 2 hours each way to an excursion. The hotel was amazing though and overall we rated that the driving was worth it.

My daughter, husband and I started our trip in Peru where we toured the Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu for 4 days. We then flew to Quito, Ecuador to meet friends where we toured the city for 2 days then flew to the Galápagos Islands for a 5 day cruise on the "Galapagos Legend".

In each location we were met with a private driver and guide. Our guide's were extremely knowledgeable and helpful. If we asked or even suggested something, they were checking to see if it could be done. In the airport in Cusco, my daughter fainted (do to altitude sickness and a cold she had come down with during our travels) our guide, Maria, stayed with us the entire time until a doctor came to clear her to fly. We missed our flights and Maria still stayed and helped us through it all. We were impressed and grateful!!!

The downside for us were the very early flights booked for us in South America through Lost World Adventure. There were a few days that we were not getting to our hotel until 8:00pm and the next morning we had a 3:45am departure for the airport. We had a couple of these and it was brutal. The next time I will be very cognizant of our flight times.

Lastly, I had contacted Lost World regarding an upgrade in our cabin on the cruise in the Galapagos in which, I received no response. I was disappointed in not having an upgrade as we really wanted a balcony room.

All-in-all it was an amazing experience with memories lasting a lifetime.

I would recommend Lost World Adventure and would use them again.

Barb, Bob and Rianna

We booked a trip down the Chilean coast to the glaciers, and also stopped in Puerto Varas and Chiloe. Everything was very well arranged, the ship was very pleasant, and pries were excellent. Highly recommended.

I was very impressed with Lost World from my first encounter via email with them. They put together a wonderful itinerary that suited our needs and expectations to the T. We loved our guides, our hotels, except for the last one at the airport, and our tours. I would recommend them to anyone traveling abroad.

This trip was so much more than I expected. The quality of the guides was stellar, the cultural immersion was deep, and the views were vast and majestic. I was physically challenged the right amount, learned about the Peruvian and Inca culture and had enough down time to fully explore Cisco at my own pace.
Would recommend.

We went to Antigua, Lake Atitlan, and the Tikal area, spending four nights and three-plus days in each. Can't do much better in a richly cultural colonial city, a magnificent highland lake, and a jungly archeological area. Can't get much better accommodations, at least to our taste. Casa Santo Domingo was a museum with all the comforts. Lake Atitlan Hotel had volcanic lake views that will bring us back to its garden the next time we need a week to do nothing but walk, sit, and stare. And Los Lagunas was a quiet boutique property with serene natural beauty. And the tours, arranged by LWA's partner Via Venture, were uniformly excellent. If you want the perfect compromise between a group tour and winging it on your own, this is it. I have quibbles about the pre-trip arranging stage, a few minor in-trip details, and some souvenir mosquito bites, but they all wash out in an excellent experience well worth the planning and money.

Peru was our 5th trip planned by Andrew and the Lost World Adventures team. As with our prior trips to Guatemala, Nicaragua, Colombia and Panama, the trip was perfectly planned and executed. All transfers happened on time with clear instructions and assistance. Tours and tour guides were terrific - the correct amount of information for us provided by knowledgeable guides. As for the hotels - I am very particular about hotels. Andrew and the team understood clearly what we wanted in terms of service level, cost and size and booked us into fantastic properties. Finally, with each of our trips, based upon our preference, the days were planned with the correct balance of independence and guidance. We were comfortably on our own knowing we had a "guardian angel" on the ground if any issues arose.

Over the years, we have recommended Lost World Adventures to friends and family wishing to travel to Latin America. All have had similarly great experiences. We wholeheartedly recommend this team. I just wish we had a similar "go to" travel advisor for our trips to other areas.

All arrangements made by Lost World were excellent. Accommodations,guides,transportation all went very smoothly.

When planning our vacation, At first I was in fear of using a travel agent I found online. However, Lost World has proven to be trustworthy and they have great relationships with the partners in Peru and other countries too.

We had awesome guides and everything went as planned. I highly recommend the one day hike to Machu Picchu, and then spend the $ on the Belmond Hotel at the top!!! So epic!

All of our guides were great and many showed us what to watch out for when shopping for souvenirs. And took us to the good markets. Also very informative!!

All our hotels were perfect. The great thing is Lost World listened to me and gave me the itinerary that we wanted and put it all together.

We even had a guide to help us cross into Boliva without a hitch.
We had a great time. Thank you

We had a great trip. All of the guides were wonderful, on-time,friendly & knowledgeable.
The Inca Trail was fabulous the guide, porters & cook were fantastic .
I would highly recommend it !!

It took a lot of time to plan a trip, checking on different web sites about
places we wanted to see and how to get there. Andrew was helpful and
professional. Tour guides were good. Big vans for transport 3 people
were not necessary, but it is South America. Outstanding was Iguazu
part and Buenos Aires Tango shows and hotel. One of the problems
was inability to use ATM in Brazil because of 20 days strike before we
came. Another problem was our final departure problem in Buenos
Aires airport, which has no ability to reroute passengers. Their ticket
office is in the city!
All together "mission was accomplished".

Sincerely,

Yuly

Had a group of 16 in Peru to see the Amazon, Machu Picchu, etc. Had looked at Lost World and one other company that had excellent reviews. Lost World was about 25% less, with all of the various accommodations being about 1-star lower rated than the expensive company. Went with Lost World for cost after some agonizing. Very glad we did as every place Lost World had us staying was excellent - couldn't possibly have wanted or needed nicer. All of Lost World's guides were great, all of the help at the various transfer points was more than adequate, all of the suggestions from Lost World (particularly Andrew G.) were good, and I will definitely use them for any further adventures. My two cents for anyone planning a similar trip would be to put in a few unscheduled days here and there - we were pretty thoroughly scheduled, and would have liked to just wander about a bit on our own, particularly in Cusco and Aguas Caliente.

My son and I had a wonderful vacation in Peru with the help of Garrett from lost world adventures. All was planned well despite our short time in Peru and need to ascend quite rapidly. The guides were very knowledgeable and pleasant to be with. We did not have to think a bit about our logistics. The transfer hosts were right on everything even handing us our boarding passes for Peru local airlines. Our final day in Lima which might have been a day wait in the airport was instead a walking tour and delicious dinner at a pacific view restaurant. Thank you Lost World Adventures MAry q

Our family just returned from a fantastic 2 week vacation in Peru - we went to Machu Picchu (hiked inca trail), Cusco and Lake Titicaca. Andrew & Lost World Adventures created a seamless trip for us - with all the details covered we were able to truly enjoy our vacation and not stress at all about how to get to the various destinations. We had great tour guides that really enriched our experience. It was also great to pay upfront and then not hassle with money & exchange rates for all the activities. First rate all the way!!

Sharee and I had an amazing and wonderful experience on the La Pinta Yacht 5-night cruise of part of the Galapagos Islands. We have done several cruises, and I must say the La Pinta was equal to the best we have ever done. Our stateroom was terrific (we had a double); the food was excellent; service, superb. The four naturalists on board were fabulous. Only negative was the captain was a bit remote and stand-offish. He was the exception. We got a superb taste of the Galapagos. We now hunger for more, having only seen a bit of the total experience.

Our pre-trip to Quito was just OK. The old historic portion of the city was interesting. Our walking tour guide left a bit to be desired. His English was hard to understand. The day we spent driving to the market-town was way too long. He was not a good driver...rarely taking his car out of 3rd gear.

My recommendation to all would be to combine Machu Picchu with the Galapagos and forget Quito. We chose Quito because we had twice been to Machu Picchu. Our flight from our home town required going through Quito.

Lost World Travel is excellent. This is our second time using them, having previously traveled to Colombia under their auspices. Andrew (owner) is accommodating and thoughtful. We found Lost World through Zicasso

Our family of 5 recently traveled to Peru and Lost World Adventures was recommended to us by a friend. They did an excellent job setting up our itinerary to the Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu, Cusco and Puno and we always felt very well taken care of! We had knowledgeable and fun guides who were helpful and always on time, and interesting private tours. The hotels and food were top notch. At our request, they did a good job of balancing excursions with leisure time. I would highly recommend Lost World Adventures!

We have travelled a lot. Mostly it has been by ourselves. Sometimes in groups. We have travelled with some of the top rated travel companies
In the world. We have gone to places where we felt we had to have a
guided tour. South America was one of those trips. We had heard about
Lost World Adventures from several well travelled friends. So we called
to see what itinerary they would suggest to see and experience our main
objectives. Right from the start, I knew we had made the right call.
Andrew explained that they could plan a fully escourted private tour, that
would take us everywhere we were intent on seeing and still be within our
budget. We would start in the Sacred Valley and Machu Piccu where the
elevation is comfortable and gradually work our way to Ecuador where the
elevation is over 9300 feet. They booked us on a wonderful small boat in the Galapagos that Dr. Steven Hawking was getting on the day we were
getting off. I guess if it's good enough for him, it's .......... for me.
All along out trip, the guides were some of the best ever. The sights were
world class. The food outstanding. The hotels spectacular.
I could not imagine the entire trip would be so flawless and would recommend Lost World Adventures to anyone interested in a great trip to South America.

We have travelled with Lost World Adventures many times over the years and been to so many places we would never have imagined possible. Wonderful, knowledgable guides booked by Lost World who went the extra mile with help and information. Great feeling of being adventurous and yet knew we were in capable hands ! Thank you so much and look forward to another trip soon.