Published on Mar, 2024
We had an excellent time with Amra and Dani, our tour guides for 6 days. They both knew a lot about a wide range of topics: local history, politics, religion and agricultural. Also, both are just very kind and friendly persons who are pleasant to be around with. With them, we always felt very safe and being taken care of.
Transport (luxury car) was very comfortable: important as you'll spend many hours of driving from A to B. It's a big island. Even though the weather wasn't ideal (as we were traveling in 'wet season'), all the different tour parts were interesting and relevant.
Points of feedback we would like to give to the organization for further improvement:
- please be clear which meals are included (breakfast, lunch, dinner).
- please provide day-to-day instructions in advance of what to prepare/bring for each part of the tour (e.g. extra dry clothes for swimming activities, what kind of shoes are required, what kind of clothes, should we bring a towel, flashlight, will it be muddy/dirty etc).
- please provide information beforehand when parts of the tour are physically (very) straining (like Ijen crater).
- for what we were paying (650 euro for a 5 day tour + 1 full day of only traveling) we would expect the food to be all-inclusive (including breakfast, snacks, lunch, dinner) and a slightly higher quality of stay (there are many relatively inexpensive guest houses on Java).
- Don't only focus on the sight-seeing, but also try to let your guests lunch/dine at interesting places (e.g. the best local traditional food, or with great viewpoints).
- please make sure that there are take-away breakfast/lunch boxes at all times when needed to travel before breakfast/lunch starts at the hotel
