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Great adventure! I reaced the summit!

Wet, cold and amazing!

The 10 day Classic Borneo trip was everything I had hoped for. Our tour leader Stephanie Kam was superb and I saw Orangutans, proboscis monkeys, macaques, silver leaf langurs, pygmy elephants, crocodiles, and snakes. Very happy and would definitely recommend.

Intrepid clearly doesn’t care about their female customers. I did the trip between Bangkok and Bali. I’ve used them before and never had an issue. The guide on the first half was wonderful. The second half - Tantan - was terrible. From the get-go, he told us that he was on “probation” due to an incident with another female customer from a previous trip. He treated the women like second-class citizens and verbally complained about us. He never told us anything about his own country. On more than one occasion, women were separated from the group. He didn’t even realize that we weren’t with the group. And in one situation, it could have been dangerous. When FIVE women complained about this to Intrepid, we were told that he’s “trained and professional”. They gave us a brush off amount as compensation. And this man will still be allowed to lead tours after “retraining”. In the age of Me Too, I don’t know how a company still thinks it can treat female complaints like they’re unimportant. I’ve used this company many times in the past. I will NEVER use them again.

Great trip - loads of beautiful nature with like minded people - great explanations, information and discussion.

Main complaint is the one night accommodation in one " replica " of 19-th century peasants house. Probably in that time you could sleep more comfortable than our days. It was an horror night with flying lizards , dragons and numerous other species some of them probably not discovered yet , stampeded all over the so called room. This Bamba company was lucky because I was the only tourist otherwise they would be sued in no time.I paid extra money to have single room and look what I got.I should of be aware before booking because last time during full restrictions of covid 19 they returned only 75 % from amount I paid. Let's see how generous they will be this time ...You should let them know in my behalf or just advise me what should I do. All the best , Aurel

No worries through out the trip. Everything was taken care of, so it went very smooth. My guide was patient with me and helped along the way.

Excellent hotels and locations. Agate Travel was very responsible. We did have two credit cards stolen and used — so our driver took us to make a police report.

Organization was very good Our guide was knowledgeable, always on time, very accommodating and befriended us. Car was comfortable and the guide, Raymond, drove carefully. Accommodation was comfortable and in convenient areas. Jungle trek was challenging. Would recommend the trip to anyone.

Most hotels had plumbing problems

Several good experiences, separated by periods of mundane and unecessary travel gapfillers.

Great Tour leader - Shame about the tour. After having enjoyed several other Intrepid tours I’m afraid our experience this time will probably be our last. The company really misrepresented the trip in their pre tour sales brochure - many of the “highlights” are no longer available post covid which Intrepid should and must have known. The absence of our fishing experience, our forageing adventure, our visit to a local village, etc were not last minute cancelations but pre known changed circumstances. Even the extra trips we were charged for were dissppointing. What is the point of a canopy walk in a section of forest almost totally deserted by wildlife avoiding any human activity. We saw one solitary bird on our ‘intrepid’ walk across the rope bridging. Fortunately, our excellent tour leader strived to make our days as interesting ad possible and the latter part of the tour improved considerably. Despite that i shall be much more careful which tour company we choose to use for our future trips.

From the start of our trip right through to the end we had a fantastic time. Our guide Sheila and her team were magnificent, nothing was too much trouble for them, they were outstanding. The accommodation and rooms were great and the food was tremendous Each driver was excellent and the guys who manned the boats done a sterling job. We will be telling all our friends and will definitely be coming back to enjoy more trips William Peden

Broad spectrum of experiences - excellent leader and guide, comfortable coaches, good hotels and all very efficient. There was quite a lot of 'at leisure' time compared with other Explore trips we've done, so less 'bonding' as a group. Also it's reassuring to be guided so as not to miss anything. Would have preferred it if more meals had been included, or at least been organised to eat together, particularly in the evenings. Guidance on what and where to eat was limited - 'do your own thing' meant mostly finding a fast food outlet in a shopping mall rather than a taste of local cuisine.

There is not much to this itinerary - and only 3-4 days in total of guided activities across the whole trip. The rest is 'free time' or travelling. The itinerary is also poorly put together - on 3 occasions, we drove a long way back on the same road that we had already been on. Revising the itinerary, and starting it in Singapore, would make a huge difference. The Tour Leader was a pleasant personality, but contributed very little to the trip, made (almost) no suggestions how to fill our free time, nor what we could do in the evenings, restaurants etc. We did, though, also have an excellent 'Tour Guide' with us, who had a vast knowledge of his country, its people and its history - and spoke amazing English. Without him the trip would have been very poor.

fun trip with great guides, routes, venues, food, and, mostly, lodging

What an incredible experience we had! The trip was perfectly organized, the accommodations great, the food fantastic, A truly gifted guides, They had an encyclopedic knowledge of everything , was always attentive to the group and had us laughing always. Don’t miss this trip