Have you considered traveling with G Adventures? If so, what's holding you back? Or if you did, what did you like/dislike about it? Let me know in the comments 😊
@@chenyiwei1794 this tour was across 5 countries & included a lot of things and also 28days long. it’s hard to compare it to a one country 9 day adventure It’s all about what you want out of the tour, which places you want to see and things to do & your budget
I am considering Cuba, Chile, etc ... but first, I am thinking of trying out somewhere closer to my home (UK). Found 7 days in Croatia. While I've been to Croatia before (Umag), I would still love to go more and experience what more Croatia has to offer.
Thanks for making this video! I was literally browsing their Africa tours and had so many questions which you answered comprehensively. Glad to hear you had a good experience!
Thanks for all the info! I’m looking at doing the 55 day African trip next summer and you answered a lot of the questions I had. I highly recommend the Egypt and Jordan trip with G it’s definitely a great experience. Cheers from 🇨🇦 ✌🏼
I am thinking of doing the 12 day Classic Cape and Dunes tour next year. I have taken a G Adventures tour to Costa Rica, and that was great. Intrepid Travel Tours also is good, I did a tour with them to Jordan last November and really enjoyed it. We had a great CEO!
Thank you for this video!!! I’ve solo traveled within the states but never outside of the country and really want to this year. I was stressing about booking the flight so I appreciate you sharing your contact as I didn’t even think about smaller companies being able to help with that!! Also was curious on if I should bring my usual carry on bag or a backpack but will def check out your packing video, thanks!!
@@travelaimes sorry to bother again but does she have an email you can share? That @ is not pulling up in Instagram. Or do you have a video about how you found her/other smaller owned booking companies? I appreciate your responses!
Hi! I was personally on birth control which did not give me my period during the time I was there. But i would recommend pads over tampons & also some people used the diva cup. There are decent toilets & showers in most campsites (1 or 2 drop toilets on the trip, but that’s it). During the day you do spend more time in vehicles with not so many toilet stops, and mainly bushy bushy stops. I’d use night pads, which are okay if you wear them a bit longer than a few hours.
@@travelaimes thanks so much for the super fast reply! Another question I would have regarding the camping: did you also bring the sleeping mat or was it provided? If the latter: how thick/comfortable was it?
@@allfortravel a sleeping pad was provided (about 10cm/3inch thick) and personally found them very comfortable for sleeping pads. Nobody on my tour used additional sleeping pads and slept fine on them. You need to bring your own pillow and sleeping bag however! I recommend a sleeping bag that can handle the negative temperatures at night in certain places during certain times of the year. On day 2-3 of the tour they do usually stop at a shopping centre so you can buy extra things if needed (on the long trip there is also another shop stop) If you ever find it needed there are many places to upgrade to a room for a night to recharge! Usually rooms are around 25-75USD a night/per person
Hi! Thank you for thr great review. I'm considering to do this trip aswell in end of July/August. But I'm concerned it will be very cold. When have you been there? Would you recommend this time of the year you have been?
@@Xolaylarosee you can purchase an esim, for some data & other than that most facilities had “some wifi” like you could get messages through but not always send photos or videos
Looking for a USA national parks camping, road trip type. But 40 next year and the only one that G offers, that had camping has 39 age limit. The others tours were hotels, but ill rather camp out in the national parks. Love camping and dislike hotels. I wish they did a road trip to all states and national parks with camping for all ages. I think ill only ever get to visit USA once (money) and i want to see it all.. 😅 Will be doing the alaska hike and kenya safari camp hopefully next year or after. But im debating whether to just book this USA western camping tour, before i turn 40 and miss out seeing the other states i wanted to see or look for another tour...
Hi! I would love to talk with you to see if you found what you were looking for :) I hope you have. A lot of these group travel companies have age limits which I dislike. I’d love to talk with you!
Thanks for making the vid. What was the solo to couples ratio like? I don't mind some couples but sometimes they exceed the amount of sole travellers which can be a bit isolating
Hi, I loved your video! I'm looking to book a trip with G Adventure and had a few questions, if you don't mind answering ☺️ Since everyone is flying in from all over, how do you meet up with everyone at the beginning of the trip? Did you have to book a taxi/accomodation from the airport to a meeting spot? Also, I'm sure it's different for each tour, but how well were the hotels/hostels you stayed at? Thanks!
Hi! We had a welcome meeting on day 1, there is also an app of G (but it doesnt work well, to meet before). We stayed in campsites mostly or some hostels as well which were nice and clean
I’ve been on their southern and northern Spain tours, it was fantastic, best holidays I have been on in my opinion :) I hope to use G adventures again to go to Australia and Canada though they are very expensive tours so probably wait to earn more money before I try and go on them. The tours I went on were fairly small and it felt great with how close you got to people in a short amount of time. I have kept in contact with some people as well, it was amazing! I think my fav places were Granada and the Pyrenees :)
You can see them a bit in this IG post linked. They are easy to set up tents with 4 poles/corners to pitch in the ground. And it fits 2 mattresses and our luggage (2 big bags) would fit in between the 2 mattresses instagram.com/p/CgABoX2NOx2/
Great video, really useful! Maybe a weird question but how many passport pages did this trip eat up? I've only got a few left and heard some African nations are a bit passport hungry😅
@@alfielloyd3288 yes i took malaria tablets, don’t cheap out on them, the cheap ones give you weird dreams and side effect, the more expensive ones dont have any side effects
How cold was it during the night? I’m going to join this trip during the summer holidays, so in July / August. You did it in June right? How did you experience the cold during the nights and during the day?
In may/june some nights it was -5*C and it was coldddd especially in the mornings when breaking down the tents. I’d recommend a thermal top & pants & gloves & hat! And a GOOD sleeping bag that can handle the cold
@@travelaimes thank you for your fast reply! We bought a sleeping bag that is suitable for -2 / -5 / -32, so I guess this will be good enough. Me and my girlfriend are so worried about the chilly mornings… I find it already cold in house when I wake up, imagine the tents haha Another question. Did you buy some internet during the trip? Or did you have WiFi at some points?
@@Elise_csl that should work & at least yall can cuddle up! The tents themselves are okay, it’s mainly when you need to go pee & break down the tents! As for internet it depends, most accoms had “some internet” as in sent out a message, maybe 1-2 photo’s, but not scrolling on social media. In SA I used an e-sim which worked really well! For Namibia i bought an actual sim since we were there the longest, and your guide will stop across the border to arrange this For BW it was not worth it as we were either without service or accoms had wifi For Zimbabwe, I wish I had something, but couldnt find an esim or actual sim card that worked, so maybe ask around with your guide, the accom did have wifi too. Try out Airalo (eSIM worldwide): 3$ Discount: LISAUR9278 airalo.tp.st/kQ09UYj0
@@travelaimes thank you for your reply! And another question, about the meals. What can we expect? I’m vegetarian. Do they have enough vegetables? Thank you in advance!
@@Elise_csl the food is amazing! The ceos cook for you most nights and will always have veggie options. When possible they’ll even have meat replacements. Just make sure to mention it in advance with the dietary preference!!
Yes some days are driving days and they are Looong, but people use it to catch up on sleep, chat and have fun. Also some long driving days are safari days so that makes it fun. As for toilet breaks (most of them are bushy bushy breaks, not that many stretching stops)
Majority of our group was 24-30 y old but also some ppl in their 30ies, and some 18-22 y olds. Felt like everyone got along well no matter the age. There was a bit more of a divide between solo travelers and couples rather than age
My boyfriend and I are planning on booking the 21 day G Adventure trip from Victoria Falls through Botswana, Namibia and then down to Cape Town. So some part of your Trip was the same. Your video really helped me to get an overall idea since I wasn't really sure on how much extra costs will come along during the trip. I do have some other questions I'm still kind of uncertain about. How much sleep do you really get on the trip? Does the group have to get up really early every day and around what time are you able to get to your tent and sleep for the night? A friend who did a shorter G Adventure Trip told me his group was having loud partys with lots of drinking almost every night until 1 or 2 in the morning and they had to get up around 5am. Was it also a lot of loud partying and drinking during the nights on your trip? Or can you easily klick yourself out of tje group in the evenings to sometimes also get some quiet time and enough sleep in your tent? Thank you in advance for your answers! :-)
Hi! How exciting 😊 from my experience you can get between 6-8 hours of sleep every night easily. I’d say dinner is usually done by 9pm, and tents are mostly pitched before dinner, so maybe 6pm? (Timing is roughly cuz everything is relevant in Africa hahah) The group did have drinks most nights however you could decide where to pitch your tent, so we came to the consensus with the group that the people who wanted an early night would pitch the tents the furthest from the firepits (where people were drinking). We also tried to be respectful and not play music after midnight, just chatting. As for the mornings, yes early morning are not an exception we had wake up times between 5-7am most nights but this is because you want to take advantage of the daylight to be on safari. I recommend packing at night & in the morning just put on fresh clothes, and get to breakfast with tents down. Hope this answers your questions, just chat with the group about expectations and rules because they should respect privacy and sleep of others. Ps lot’s of people take naps during the long driving hours (but you could miss sightings of animals, although they do usually shout it through the bus if there is a sight you shouldn’t miss!
Thank you very much for your answer, this helps a lot! Since I'm not a drinker at all (well sometimes I like to drink one glass of wine or one beer just to enjoy but that's it haha) and usually need more sleep than others to get through the day, I was kind of afraid the group won't tolerate me not partying and drinking with them or going to bed earlier than everyone else.. Did you also have people in your group that didn't drink and sometimes went to bed early? Where they still integrated into the group like the others or did everyone kind of made them feel left out? I'm sorry for all the questions. This just always is one of my fears when travelling with a group around my age because I know most people like to drink and party when they travel. Just trying to get an idea what the groups main focus was on this trip :)
@@jasminkoch2869 no problem at all! We definitely did have people who went to bed early too, and I would say it did not make a difference. As long as you socialize during the day with the group it’s really no different what time you head to bed.
Seriously, jesus, slow down!!!!!!! You speak like your on speed. Take a breath. Relax. And try to break things down with my video clips and less mono tone high speed talking.
Have you considered traveling with G Adventures? If so, what's holding you back? Or if you did, what did you like/dislike about it? Let me know in the comments 😊
P.S. If you go to Southern Africa and have Eddie & Francois as your guides, you are in for a TREAT!! Tell them hi from me 👋
it seems quite expensive, we found a 9 days tour to do kenya camping safari with simple tents, not sure why it costs so much, and If it s worthy..
@@chenyiwei1794 this tour was across 5 countries & included a lot of things and also 28days long. it’s hard to compare it to a one country 9 day adventure
It’s all about what you want out of the tour, which places you want to see and things to do & your budget
My age is holding me back for the tour I wanted! By one year 😢
I am considering Cuba, Chile, etc ... but first, I am thinking of trying out somewhere closer to my home (UK). Found 7 days in Croatia. While I've been to Croatia before (Umag), I would still love to go more and experience what more Croatia has to offer.
Thanks for making this video! I was literally browsing their Africa tours and had so many questions which you answered comprehensively. Glad to hear you had a good experience!
Ah happy to help! really loved my trip
Thanks for all the info! I’m looking at doing the 55 day African trip next summer and you answered a lot of the questions I had. I highly recommend the Egypt and Jordan trip with G it’s definitely a great experience.
Cheers from 🇨🇦 ✌🏼
Hello, I am considering doing the Egypt tour can you share your experience?
Thanks for sharing! turning 38 this year so Its really about time for me to book one of their trips before its to late
Same!!!
Haha too late for me, I'm looking for a trip for a mid 40s solo!
Im gonna do Cape Town to Victoria falls trip soon.
It's gonna be my 4Th trip with G. I never had any issues or complaints about G
Enjoy it!!!
I am thinking of doing the 12 day Classic Cape and Dunes tour next year. I have taken a G Adventures tour to Costa Rica, and that was great. Intrepid Travel Tours also is good, I did a tour with them to Jordan last November and really enjoyed it. We had a great CEO!
Thank you for this video!!!
I’ve solo traveled within the states but never outside of the country and really want to this year. I was stressing about booking the flight so I appreciate you sharing your contact as I didn’t even think about smaller companies being able to help with that!!
Also was curious on if I should bring my usual carry on bag or a backpack but will def check out your packing video, thanks!!
Loved working with autumn! If you work with her, tell her I sent you! Just booked with her again!
I’d 100% say to bring a backpack!! Waaaaay better
@@travelaimes sorry to bother again but does she have an email you can share? That @ is not pulling up in Instagram. Or do you have a video about how you found her/other smaller owned booking companies? I appreciate your responses!
@@daishad5957 afiske@travelonly.com
Maybe a bit of a specific question, but how would things work regarding feminine hygiene during this trip?
Hi! I was personally on birth control which did not give me my period during the time I was there. But i would recommend pads over tampons & also some people used the diva cup.
There are decent toilets & showers in most campsites (1 or 2 drop toilets on the trip, but that’s it). During the day you do spend more time in vehicles with not so many toilet stops, and mainly bushy bushy stops.
I’d use night pads, which are okay if you wear them a bit longer than a few hours.
@@travelaimes thanks so much for the super fast reply!
Another question I would have regarding the camping: did you also bring the sleeping mat or was it provided? If the latter: how thick/comfortable was it?
@@allfortravel a sleeping pad was provided (about 10cm/3inch thick) and personally found them very comfortable for sleeping pads. Nobody on my tour used additional sleeping pads and slept fine on them.
You need to bring your own pillow and sleeping bag however! I recommend a sleeping bag that can handle the negative temperatures at night in certain places during certain times of the year.
On day 2-3 of the tour they do usually stop at a shopping centre so you can buy extra things if needed (on the long trip there is also another shop stop)
If you ever find it needed there are many places to upgrade to a room for a night to recharge! Usually rooms are around 25-75USD a night/per person
Hi! Thank you for thr great review. I'm considering to do this trip aswell in end of July/August. But I'm concerned it will be very cold. When have you been there? Would you recommend this time of the year you have been?
Hi I know this video was a long time ago but how was it for getting WiFi/ signal?
@@Xolaylarosee you can purchase an esim, for some data & other than that most facilities had “some wifi” like you could get messages through but not always send photos or videos
✶ Airalo (eSIM worldwide): 3$ Discount: LISAUR9278 airalo.tp.st/kQ09UYj0
@@travelaimes thank you so much! I’m going on Friday! Your videos have been amazing so helpful! Xx
looks like a lot of fun
You didn’t talk about the people in your tour group!
Looking for a USA national parks camping, road trip type. But 40 next year and the only one that G offers, that had camping has 39 age limit. The others tours were hotels, but ill rather camp out in the national parks. Love camping and dislike hotels.
I wish they did a road trip to all states and national parks with camping for all ages. I think ill only ever get to visit USA once (money) and i want to see it all.. 😅
Will be doing the alaska hike and kenya safari camp hopefully next year or after. But im debating whether to just book this USA western camping tour, before i turn 40 and miss out seeing the other states i wanted to see or look for another tour...
Hi! I would love to talk with you to see if you found what you were looking for :) I hope you have. A lot of these group travel companies have age limits which I dislike. I’d love to talk with you!
Thanks for making the vid. What was the solo to couples ratio like? I don't mind some couples but sometimes they exceed the amount of sole travellers which can be a bit isolating
We had 4 couples, so 8/21 people everyone else was solo traveling so i’d say it was a good mix
Hi, I loved your video! I'm looking to book a trip with G Adventure and had a few questions, if you don't mind answering ☺️ Since everyone is flying in from all over, how do you meet up with everyone at the beginning of the trip? Did you have to book a taxi/accomodation from the airport to a meeting spot? Also, I'm sure it's different for each tour, but how well were the hotels/hostels you stayed at? Thanks!
Hi! We had a welcome meeting on day 1, there is also an app of G (but it doesnt work well, to meet before). We stayed in campsites mostly or some hostels as well which were nice and clean
A taxi can be booked to the hotel
I’ve been on their southern and northern Spain tours, it was fantastic, best holidays I have been on in my opinion :)
I hope to use G adventures again to go to Australia and Canada though they are very expensive tours so probably wait to earn more money before I try and go on them. The tours I went on were fairly small and it felt great with how close you got to people in a short amount of time. I have kept in contact with some people as well, it was amazing!
I think my fav places were Granada and the Pyrenees :)
Do you have any photos of the tent accomodation somewhere? I don't seem to find any info on that.
You can see them a bit in this IG post linked. They are easy to set up tents with 4 poles/corners to pitch in the ground. And it fits 2 mattresses and our luggage (2 big bags) would fit in between the 2 mattresses instagram.com/p/CgABoX2NOx2/
I saw my last CEO, when I did similar trip
Great video, really useful! Maybe a weird question but how many passport pages did this trip eat up? I've only got a few left and heard some African nations are a bit passport hungry😅
I had about 4 full pages after this trip (including the Kaza Visa for Zimbabwe/Zambia which took up a full page)
@@travelaimes Was the South Africa visa a whole page too?
@@alfielloyd3288 for me this was just a stamp in and out
Did you take any kind of malaria tablets on your trip?
@@alfielloyd3288 yes i took malaria tablets, don’t cheap out on them, the cheap ones give you weird dreams and side effect, the more expensive ones dont have any side effects
How cold was it during the night? I’m going to join this trip during the summer holidays, so in July / August. You did it in June right? How did you experience the cold during the nights and during the day?
In may/june some nights it was -5*C and it was coldddd especially in the mornings when breaking down the tents. I’d recommend a thermal top & pants & gloves & hat! And a GOOD sleeping bag that can handle the cold
@@travelaimes thank you for your fast reply! We bought a sleeping bag that is suitable for -2 / -5 / -32, so I guess this will be good enough. Me and my girlfriend are so worried about the chilly mornings… I find it already cold in house when I wake up, imagine the tents haha
Another question. Did you buy some internet during the trip? Or did you have WiFi at some points?
@@Elise_csl that should work & at least yall can cuddle up! The tents themselves are okay, it’s mainly when you need to go pee & break down the tents!
As for internet it depends, most accoms had “some internet” as in sent out a message, maybe 1-2 photo’s, but not scrolling on social media.
In SA I used an e-sim which worked really well! For Namibia i bought an actual sim since we were there the longest, and your guide will stop across the border to arrange this
For BW it was not worth it as we were either without service or accoms had wifi
For Zimbabwe, I wish I had something, but couldnt find an esim or actual sim card that worked, so maybe ask around with your guide, the accom did have wifi too.
Try out Airalo (eSIM worldwide): 3$ Discount: LISAUR9278 airalo.tp.st/kQ09UYj0
@@travelaimes thank you for your reply! And another question, about the meals. What can we expect? I’m vegetarian. Do they have enough vegetables? Thank you in advance!
@@Elise_csl the food is amazing! The ceos cook for you most nights and will always have veggie options. When possible they’ll even have meat replacements. Just make sure to mention it in advance with the dietary preference!!
What do you think about the drive durations as I see some days are quite heavy on driving? Thanks for informative video!
Do they take regular breaks to stretch/toilet?
Yes some days are driving days and they are Looong, but people use it to catch up on sleep, chat and have fun. Also some long driving days are safari days so that makes it fun. As for toilet breaks (most of them are bushy bushy breaks, not that many stretching stops)
I'm in my mid 30s. Did your group have several people in their 30s?
Majority of our group was 24-30 y old but also some ppl in their 30ies, and some 18-22 y olds. Felt like everyone got along well no matter the age. There was a bit more of a divide between solo travelers and couples rather than age
@@travelaimes Thank you for your reply!
My boyfriend and I are planning on booking the 21 day G Adventure trip from Victoria Falls through Botswana, Namibia and then down to Cape Town. So some part of your Trip was the same. Your video really helped me to get an overall idea since I wasn't really sure on how much extra costs will come along during the trip.
I do have some other questions I'm still kind of uncertain about. How much sleep do you really get on the trip? Does the group have to get up really early every day and around what time are you able to get to your tent and sleep for the night? A friend who did a shorter G Adventure Trip told me his group was having loud partys with lots of drinking almost every night until 1 or 2 in the morning and they had to get up around 5am. Was it also a lot of loud partying and drinking during the nights on your trip? Or can you easily klick yourself out of tje group in the evenings to sometimes also get some quiet time and enough sleep in your tent?
Thank you in advance for your answers! :-)
Hi! How exciting 😊 from my experience you can get between 6-8 hours of sleep every night easily. I’d say dinner is usually done by 9pm, and tents are mostly pitched before dinner, so maybe 6pm? (Timing is roughly cuz everything is relevant in Africa hahah)
The group did have drinks most nights however you could decide where to pitch your tent, so we came to the consensus with the group that the people who wanted an early night would pitch the tents the furthest from the firepits (where people were drinking). We also tried to be respectful and not play music after midnight, just chatting.
As for the mornings, yes early morning are not an exception we had wake up times between 5-7am most nights but this is because you want to take advantage of the daylight to be on safari. I recommend packing at night & in the morning just put on fresh clothes, and get to breakfast with tents down.
Hope this answers your questions, just chat with the group about expectations and rules because they should respect privacy and sleep of others.
Ps lot’s of people take naps during the long driving hours (but you could miss sightings of animals, although they do usually shout it through the bus if there is a sight you shouldn’t miss!
Thank you very much for your answer, this helps a lot!
Since I'm not a drinker at all (well sometimes I like to drink one glass of wine or one beer just to enjoy but that's it haha) and usually need more sleep than others to get through the day, I was kind of afraid the group won't tolerate me not partying and drinking with them or going to bed earlier than everyone else..
Did you also have people in your group that didn't drink and sometimes went to bed early? Where they still integrated into the group like the others or did everyone kind of made them feel left out?
I'm sorry for all the questions. This just always is one of my fears when travelling with a group around my age because I know most people like to drink and party when they travel. Just trying to get an idea what the groups main focus was on this trip :)
@@jasminkoch2869 no problem at all! We definitely did have people who went to bed early too, and I would say it did not make a difference. As long as you socialize during the day with the group it’s really no different what time you head to bed.
Im doing that tour at the end of August!
USB ports at every seat?
Yes!
@@travelaimes How times have changed 🙋🎩.
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Seriously, jesus, slow down!!!!!!! You speak like your on speed. Take a breath. Relax. And try to break things down with my video clips and less mono tone high speed talking.