点评:This tour (South India Birding tour - 2 weeks) was excellent value and almost everything met or exceeded our expectations. Firstly, our birding guide Eldhose was fantastic. He was exceptionally brilliant at finding birds especially owls at night and was endlessly patient with bad birders and photographers like ourselves! Our driver, Sedhu, was also amazing. Every journey was super-smooth and safe and he was always cheerful despite the traffic conditions. He spent every evening cleaning and washing his car so it looked like new every morning. This was especially valued as my husband suffers with back problems and a bumpy or jerky ride would have been problematic for him. Secondly, the accommodation was very acceptable - almost all of the places we stayed were in beautiful surroundings and were comfortable with very helpful and welcoming staff. Tissa’s Inn in Kochi was lovely. The Manor Backwater Resort in Kumarakom had a lovely setting but we did find the staff there a bit diffident and I wouldn’t recommend it on a weekend as we had a very noisy party there who took over the pool, lit barbecues right under our balcony and made lots of noise until the early hours - the hotel had nowhere to go to escape this. The 7th Heaven resort in Thattekad was great -especially the chef who made fantastic food. Olive Brooks hotel in Munnar was wonderful - a lovely room with beautiful views. Fernhill Palace in Ooty has some bad reviews on trip advisor but we really liked it and found the staff there absolutely lovely. It was the only one that had English TV channels in our room! Although my husband was unwell for some of our tour and struggled with the early 6am starts he was suggesting by the end of it that we should book the North India birding tour next! I should also say that Vinod made some excellent suggestions in adapting our tour to extend to a visit to Mysuru at the last minute and made all the arrangements and Iqbal Ahmed was a very helpful and relatable contact during the months before our tour in making all the arrangements and keeping us fully informed. We would not hesitate to recommend Asian Adventures to other people interested in birding or wildlife tours in India and elsewhere.
翻译:这次旅行(南印度观鸟之旅 - 2 周)非常超值,几乎一切都达到或超出了我们的预期。首先,我们的观鸟导游埃尔德霍斯非常棒。他非常擅长在夜间寻找鸟类,尤其是猫头鹰,并且对像我们这样的糟糕观鸟者和摄影师有着无尽的耐心!我们的司机 Sedhu 也很棒。每次旅程都超级顺利和安全,尽管交通状况不佳,他总是很高兴。他每天晚上都会打扫和清洗他的车,这样每天早上它就看起来像新的一样。这是特别有价值的,因为我的丈夫患有背部问题,颠簸或急躁的骑行对他来说会是个问题。其次,住宿条件非常好——我们住的几乎所有地方都环境优美,而且很舒适,工作人员非常乐于助人、热情好客。高知的蒂萨旅馆很可爱。库玛拉孔的庄园回水度假村环境优美,但我们确实发现那里的工作人员有点胆怯,我不会推荐在周末来这里,因为我们在那里举办了一个非常吵闹的派对,他们接管了游泳池,在我们的阳台下点燃烧烤设施直到凌晨才发出很大的噪音 - 酒店无处可去以避免这种情况。 Thattekad 的第七天堂度假村很棒——尤其是厨师做的食物很棒。蒙纳的奥利弗布鲁克斯酒店非常棒——一个可爱的房间,可以看到美丽的景色。乌提的 Fernhill Palace 在猫途鹰上有一些不好的评论,但我们真的很喜欢它,发现那里的工作人员非常可爱。这是我们房间里唯一有英语电视频道的房间!尽管我的丈夫在我们的一些旅行中身体不适,并且在早上 6 点出发时很挣扎,但他在旅行结束时建议我们接下来应该预订北印度观鸟之旅!我还应该说,维诺德在最后一刻调整我们的旅行以延长对迈索尔的访问提出了一些极好的建议,并做好了所有安排,而伊克巴尔·艾哈迈德在我们旅行前的几个月里是一个非常有帮助和相关的联系人,帮助我们完成了所有的工作。安排并让我们充分了解情况。我们会毫不犹豫地向其他对印度和其他地方观鸟或野生动物之旅感兴趣的人推荐亚洲冒险之旅。