Holiday review by Mrs Patricia Staniforth

Tribes Overall:

Wonderful holiday, loved it. Everything very well organised.

Tribes Service:

Arrangement of the trip with Paul was fine. We felt that as it was a personalised tour, the itinerary should have excluded irrelevant information (such as National Parks we weren't going to) and continuing reference to adventurous activities (such as zip lining and white water rafting) that we weren't going to be able to fit into our programme. You appear to have been unaware that the Poas volcano erupted three years ago, and trips there are limited to 20 minutes (with hard hats on!) with none of the trails or the museum are open. The local information given to us on arrival was confusing in its layout, we had to work at it! But it all worked out very efficiently.

The Vamoos app was of very little use! Some information not applicable and some out of date (eg Poas) and maps of limited use.

Guides:

All very knowledgable, very friendly, spoke excellent English (except the guide at Bosque de Paz, who didn't speak English, but knew the English names of all the birds we saw (and heard)!)

Social & Environmental Responsibility:

A lot of concern about the environment and many local people employed in the tourist industry, all very friendly and helpful. We felt a bit of concern about the number of people in Manuel Antonio reserve; some control of numbers might be necessary.