smarTours Reviews

Everything about our February 2020 Antarctica trip was wonderful. Our guide, Nikolas, was the best of the many guides we've had with Smartours and other tour groups. He was knowledgeable, helpful, provided lots of extras throughout the trip, and was always available and looking out for our group. Consider yourself very lucky if you get to travel with Nikos. We really enjoyed our time in Buenos Aires... a nice hotel, a chance to get over jetlag before the cruise, an interesting city tour, meeting others in our group ,and time to have an orientation of what to expect once on board the ship and a chance to get our many questions answered. The real adventure started when we left BA for Ushuaia then boarded the ship. Hurtigruten does everything right on board - compact but comfortable cabins, great public spaces, a good variety/quality of food, and an amazing group of expedition leaders that do everything possible to provide daily landings and zodiac cruising. Smartours provides a stress free, all inclusive way to enjoy the entire trip - truly a bucket-list expedition that we'll never forget.

"Helga, our tour guide, was just terrific! Iceland was truly an amazing country, geologically and culturally. I will go back for a few days the next time I head to Europe, perhaps do ground tour with flight from my regional international airport versus connecting JFK. "

"Overall experience was very good. Guide was excellent. Some of the days were a bit long and getting up early wasn't fun, but I would still recommend it."

"This was my first time on a organized group tour and I was a bit apprehensive. This tour turned out to be one of my favorite travel experiences. Our guide, Iyad, was a wealth of knowledge, the accommodations were good, the other travelers were wonderful to be around, and the touring was fabulous!"

"Firstly, Ivad, our guide was amazing. He made some small itinerary changes that gave us more time in the highlight stops (like little Petra). He was informative and professional. Things that I think could improve: hotels were fine, but locations were out of the way. It also would have helped if your office noted which hotels were \"dry\" . Beyond that I would gladly recommend this tour. "

"Our guide, Ahmed was great. The many sights, pyramids, Valley of the King & Queens, camel rides in the Giza Plateau, the balloon ride, museums & archeological sites were wonderful. There were negatives too. It would have been better to pay a fee upfront then have all the tipping. Our coptic church guide was very nice but not as well versed as he could have been, perhaps a Christian or Jewish guide would have been better. The wifi situation was less than ideal with free wifi only in lobby of the Movenpik and spotty wifi on the Nile. The breakfasts were great, but the other meals except the restaurant after the papyrus store visit were not. That restaurant was great, but too much food. The Marriott breakfast was outstanding, but the dinners were not ideal. The recommended Asia restaurant in Luxor was excellent. "

"The safaris were very well organized and our tour guide was awesome!"