Holiday review by Malp
Name: MalpDate of trip: 31/08/2016
Number of people: 3
Country: Galapagos IslandsOverall level of Satisfaction
Tribes Overall: "Paul was brilliant and we will use Tribes again in the future. Thank you"
Tribes Service: "Excellent"
Guides: "The guides were very good but a couple could have had better English. Vocabulary was very good but the grammar was poor with some of them. They certainly knew their subject and went out of their way to help and inform."
Social & Environmental Responsibility: "Yes, the guides and crew are mostly from the Galapagos and officers from Ecuador. We understood that it was difficult to work on the boats if you weren't from Ecuador."
Accommodation
My Mother's room didn't have any windows that open as it appears none of them do apart from ours in the attic! Her room had a window on to the hotel courtyard but you couldn't really remove the net curtain (or open the window) as guests could see straight in etc. Our room was rather cold and much smaller than the one my mother was given. However, even more stairs to our room than to my mother's which would have been too much at that altitude for her.
All fine but again room cold even without the air-conditioning. We were upgraded as there were only 20 guests which was good. Staff very good and helpful. Generally sailed at night so if we had been in the cabins are the bottom of the ship the noise would have been dreadful. Fortunately being a level up the engine noise was slightly less.
customer rating
5/5 from 108 reviews
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facts and information
Time: GMT - 6 hours
Flight time: Flights to the Galapagos Islands leave from Quito and touch down in Guayaquil en route, taking about 3 hours from Quito or 2 hours from Guayaquil. The flights land either at Baltra or San Cristobal.
Language: Spanish is the official language in the Galapagos Islands.
Visas: Not required for British travellers. Other nationalities should obtain advice from their embassy.
Health: There are no compulsory vaccinations.
