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Visited some iconic sites during holiday.
Reply from Great Rail Journeys
Hi Neil,
Thank you for your review.
I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed taking in the iconic sights that South America has to offer, and I do hope that we can welcome you on tour with us again in the future.
Best wishes,
Richard
Excellent in most respects - itinerary content, organised excursions and local guides ( with the exception of Patricia in Rio ). Hotels and meals generally of very good standard. Tour manager Phil could not be faulted. Only 2 criticisms - The size of the group ( 40 ) is rather too large and it was well into the second week before you got to know some of them. The other drawback is inevitable when you perhaps try to incorporate too much into a 2 week period. 8 flights ( 5 internal ) is very tiring and there are ' dead ' days taken up almost entirely by travelling.
Reply from Great Rail Journeys
Hi Peter,
Thank you for your review.
I'm delighted to hear that you had an excellent holiday overall and that you had an exceptional tour manager throughout in Phil. I appreciate that you feel that there are elements where this tour can be made even better in order to maximise your time in South America, and I will forward your comments to our Product Team.
I do hope that we can have the opportunity to welcome you on tour with us again in the future.
Best wishes,
Richard
Superbly organised trip as always with everything going like clockwork. Truly excellent tour manager Phil Edwards who was the cream on the cake.
Reply from Great Rail Journeys
Hi Richard,
Thank you for your review.
I'm glad to hear that you found your tour of South America to be well organised and ran smoothly thanks to Phil! I do hope that we can welcome you on tour with us again soon.
Best wishes,
Richard
I would have offered five stars, but considered some of the evening meals in the chosen hotels to be lacking in quality. Other than that, it was a full-on hectic schedule which promised and delivered a great deal.
Reply from Great Rail Journeys
Hi Mr Moss,
Thank you for your review.
I'm glad to hear that you had such an enjoyable holiday, however I'm sorry to hear that your dining experience on tour didn't meet your expectations. I will forward your feedback to our Product Team.
I do hope that we can welcome you on tour with us again soon!
Best wishes,
Richard
Full on but very enjoyable tour of South America. Lots of highlights and no disappointments. Excellent tour guide. Would recommend!!
Wonderful group of 10 including tour manager experiencing the brilliant highlights of S America with excellent local guides.
More than met my expectations
Itinerary was great. Tour manager excellent. the only thing that didn’t live up to expectations was the ranch excursion, it was ok but expensive for what it was.
One of the best trips we have done with Great Rail. There are a lot of flights but totally worth it, to see everything that we did.
Fantastic experience
If you want to explore the culture, history and sights of three South American countries this is the trip for you. Explore the mist covered site of Macchu Pichu and the wonderful city of Cusco in Peru, then move on to Argentina and enjoy a tango show, the bustling streets of Buenos Aries, and the Iguazu falls, then complete the set with a trip to the Brazilian side of the falls before flying into the home of Carnival, Rio de Janeiro and marvel at Sugarloaf Mountain, gaze up at Christ the Redeemer, or walk along Copacabana beach, this tour has it all, and has knowledgeable and passionate local guides to enhance your stay. Book this tour, you won't regret it.
If you are after a holiday where the pace is relatively slow, an itinerary done to make sure you have 3 meals in the day at "normal hours": this is probably for you. We did go to all the most famous sights in each place and our guides in Buenos Aires, Iguazú and Rio were great, knowledgeable and taking the time on the coach to explain what we were going to visit, giving us the freedom to explore at our pace the sight. I wish the guides in Peru had done the same For me Lima was a waste of time; in general the time could have been optimized better by spending less time in airports and also flying in the evening, rather than spending the next morning/day travelling.
A place I have never been before which was quite exciting in many ways
