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This trip gave me the chance to not only learn more about a culture very unlike my own, but also allowed me to make new friends and have a fun time. I would recommend this tour to any college student looking for an exciting adventure. Although the trip is costly, you do get a lot for your money, including, your own tour guide and bus driver for each city, the flights, hotel, breakfast and most dinners, and activities in each city. Great trip! I'm already sad to be home.
This was the second time that I took a group to Costa Rica and it was just as great as the first time! We are already planning our next trip to Costa Rica. The wildlife and scenery were superb and the zip-lining/tarzan swing was exhilarating. Pura Vida!
My Britannia trip was simply incredible. Every country we visited (Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England) was full of opportunities to experience the local flavor and persona. The people we met were very open to helping you gain a handle on their own culture and always helped point a complete stranger in the right direction. If you ever want to experience Europe, this trip is the best option for first timers. There isn’t a language barrier so you are more able to experience the culture to the max, and you are likely to find many commonalities with your own heritage.
I had an amazing time on my Italy trip! I could not have asked for a better experience.
This was my first international trip that I have led and my first trip with EF college study tours. Our travel dates were Jan 2-9 2012. The website hasn't been updated yet for reviewing trips in 2012. I had a mixed group of college students and retired couples on this trip. My focus of the course was the wildlife, ecology, and ecotourism of the Galapagos. We saw just about everything that I wanted to. Marine iguanas, penguins, 5 species of finches, the tortoises, land iguanas, lava lizards, Galapagos blue/sulfur, even a monarch butterfly. Plus plenty of surprises, bottle-nose dolphins, school of yellow stingrays, sea turtles, and huntsmen spiders. The published description and itinerary of the trip does not due the actual trip justice. We spent a full day on Isabela island and another full day on Floreana. At both places we did scuba diving (amazing). At Isabella we hiked in the uplands, a much more ecologically diverse habitat as compared to the lowlands. We also did a boat tour at Isabella which included visiting the natural nursery for the marine iguanas and sea lions. The mechanics of the trip are complicated, an in-trip flight, and 2 round-trip speed boat rides between Santa Cruz, Floreana and Isabela. Our guide handled it all like a pro. Not only was he organized and worked hard he was very knowledgeable about the Galapagos including the organisms and the cultural issues that are challenging the management of the park. I think we were very fortunate to have him, he really made the trip happen for us. Something I’d change, one less day in Quito and 1 more day on the Islands, perhaps spend a night on Isabella and travel directly to Floreana from there the following day.
I highly recommend this trip, it was probably the best experience of my life. Everything was beautiful that we saw and the tour was very well organized. There was a good balance of free time and structured time.
I had an amazing time in Spain, Portugal, France, and Morocco. Everything was well planned and did the job of both educating and enlightening us students. Great experience and totally worth it!
Amazing experience, really different to other south american countries. The people were not the friendliest but seeing machu pichu made the trip well worth it. The accommodations were not the greatest so if you are a picky traveler this is not the trip for you. Overall I would recommend this trip to any adventurer out there.