Explore-Share Reviews 752

Explore-Share have been great so far. The guys really help me out a lot and connected me with absolute professionals on my split board trip!

Explore-Share connected me with an incredibly experienced rock climbing guide in Les Calanques, southern France. I was traveling on my own and this was the only way I could get in some rock climbing while I was in France. After the initial connection, my guide Andre and I communicated by email and logistics were easy and efficient. Explore-Share made sure we had connected and took care of payment and it was all extremely easy to manage.

The trip itself was spectacular. Les Calanques is unbelievably beautiful and Andre knows the area better than anyone (literally wrote the guide book!). We had some weather the second day and I thought it would be impossible to climb but he knew a protected bay which turned out to be perfect, t-shirt weather climbing, in spite of weather warnings in the rest of the area. Andre had all the gear, organized everything, and chose two very different, very interesting, challenging but accessible multi pitch routes that had incredible views. In addition to the climb guiding, Andre was also very knowledgeable about local history, ecology, and was an all around fantastic resource. I would highly recommend this trip!

Where do I begin? I believe that the idea is good and, clearly, many people have had a good experience with this site. I hesitate to even write this because I may try to use this service again sometime in the future, but my experience was pretty awful. I paid for a mountain climb and then had the hardest time getting in touch with the guide. I reached out to the explore-share team and they all but shrugged and said 'good luck'. I am happy to dig up receipts of the conversations if anyone needs proof. I ended up paying over $2k for this event with no coordinating information or assurance that everything would go through because the guide was impossible to reach (I tried the site, his e-mail, two phone numbers) and, after conferring with friends and family who all said that this seemed a safety risk, I made the decision a week or so before I was supposed to fly from the US to Chamonix to not execute this climb. The guide himself said that we should circle back on this and try again in Summer 2025 and that I should contact him in January. I reached out to him several times from January on with no response.

Unfortunately, the lesson is this: do not use this service unless you have significant lead time and can establish a good rapport with the guide. Explore-Share will NOT refund you for a non-executed adventure and will not help you with the guides in question if you have any issue. Someone has essentially run off with my money and it's not quite worth it for me to hire a lawyer and seek some sort of legal correction. Best of luck to anyone using this service and I hope you have a better experience than I did.

Paolo made an all out effort to get most out of the tour despite the harsh weather conditions. In addition to that the tour was enjoyable for áll of us with various levels of skiing skills.

We had a great day with Lucien who introduced us to ice climbing! Lucien is passionnate about mountains and climbing in general. He shared his passion when teaching us the specifcis of ice climbing in terms of gear, anchors, climbing techniques. Super clear communication, clear plan for the day and flexible to accomodate our level and progression. He also gave us lots of tips about the region, as he is from there. We'll be back!

This was my first real hike and both myself and my gal are so happy to found and taken the time to travel to Ciudad Guzman and spend a day with Manuel our outstanding guide. His knowledge of the volcanos and the local history made our hike so awe inspiring only seconded by the overwhelming views and the experience of a lifetime. Thanks so much Manuel for sharing your day with us. Steve and Jaime from Canada, we hope you have a chance to visit Banff. Until we meet again mi amigo.

I found a guide who did a fantastic job!
The booking process was smooth and the customer service was absolutely top notch!

Great way to escape from busy El Chalten main area. Bike ride is very scenic, especially in the beginning & was a lot of fun.
You have a lot of time for the small hike to Huemul Glacier (must do!) and relax at Lago Desierto before you start the ride.
I highly recommend, even If you're just for a few days here.

The climbing had to be canceled due to heavy rain and lightening. But our guide was helpful and kind and communicative through out the process.

My boyfriend and I did this climbing excursion together. It was AMAZING!!! It can't get better than this. The guide, Dimitris was supportive, experienced, and very friendly. We laughed, told stories, and climbed a lot (of course). Made a lot of beautiful and fun memories.

A guide certainly isn’t needed for most people on the Lago Cerro Castillo hike. The trail is very well marked and traveled. But I did not know that ahead of time, and as my companions couldn’t join me on the hike, it was nice to have the company.
My original guide, Pere, unfortunately couldn’t make it because of an injury, but he arranged with another, Javier, so there was no interruption at all. Javier was very good to work with.
Communication from Explore-share was excellent throughout.

Katsuhiro did a wonderful job guiding our English-speaking group on a ski tour around the Ashiadake area. He effectively navigated us around complex avalanche terrain and used his local knowledge to find us fresh lines all over.

3Summits is great and I highly recommend them. I signed up through Explore Share. Alvaro set it up, Karla handled logistics, Chris was my guide, and Pati did a superb job handling everyrhing on the actual trip. I changed my mind about everything (dates, volcano, number of days on trip, private or shared guide) and they were patient. Karla was totally on top of everything and efficiently provided extra services (rides for example) that were a little pricey but worth it for me to feel safe and have things be easy. I finally decided on Pico, 3 days. The extra day was nice, I stayed at my guide's Bed and Breakfast type place, close to the volcano, that included hot showers and excellent home cooked food. It probably helped to acclimatize. My guide Chris was great, quiet but he did tell me he thought I could do it when I was thinking I couldn't and he was right, I did. He has done it a couple hundred times and although it was very windy and I thought I might get blown off he kept me tight and I didn't. Great experience.

We booked a hike with Facundo to Glacier Ojo del Albino and it was the highlight of our stay in Ushuaia! Facundo was a great guide, helping us safely ascent to the top- and the views were spectacular! He was very informative and full of local knowledge and easy to chat with as we hiked. He was on time for pickup, packed a nice lunch, and provided the gear we wouldn’t have had with us. It was a great way to spend the day!

I made reservations through 'explore-share' back in October of 2024 and paid in full for a guided climb up mount Aconcagua, when I reached out to them (2 days before my flight to Argentina) about meeting up before the hike they said that they didn't have my information on file. The guide told me that 'explore-share' didn't pay them the money for me to join the group and 'explore-share' was blaming the guide saying that he admitted fault. Nobody wanted to take blame for this mistake and I ended up paying an extra $4,800 to do the hike. They had other options for me but ALL of them involved me spending more money to cover for their mistakes and paying extra to push my flight further than expected, not only that but I had to pay for extra nights at a hotel because a guide wasn't ready when I landed. I highly recommend going through other companies directly. This company didn't care that I would've been stranded in another country with nowhere to go. Please take this as a warning. DONT go through 'explore-share' to plan ANY of your hikes.

Great experience with a fantastic guide in Hokkaido!!!

Amazing day and guide

Went on a private full day mountain climping trip with guide Toti in Monserrat, Spain.

Did not know what to expect, but had I had any expectations, Toti would have blown them away. Definitely one of the best days I’ve had. He was also very comfortable to be around, and cared a lot about safety while climping

I had only tried climping once before, but Toti made me feel like a pro.
Money spent very well, can definitely recommend.

I have used many climbing and back country guides over the years and Joao is near or at the top of the list. He is very experienced and also a great instructor. He is very patient and encouraging and a pleasure to spend time with in general. I would HIGHLY recommend Joao to both experienced climbers and climbers that are in their early stages. 5 stars all the way.

The experience with the guide was great. However, my girlfriend couldnt attend the course because of damaging a tendon in her foot. This happened a week befpre the course, 3 other people could still attend the course but explore share doesn't want to give my gf her money back "because of cancellation policy" which is absurd - you can only get anything back if you cancel more than 21 days before. This is also a violation against the Norwegian law where the course took place. They have no intention in understanding or just behaving in a humanly manner. They also didnt respond the whole week i tried to discuss this with them but just before you book the course - they are obviously super proactive and pushy!

AVOID THEM AT ALL COSTS and just find the guide yourself.

We had a fantastic ice climbing day in Lyngen (Norway) with Fredric.
The spot was amazing and our guide was super helpful and with a good knowledge about the mountain, local nature and of course ice climbing.
Thanks a lot!!