Madventure

Hallo Karl, danke für deine gute Review. Es war sehr schön mit dir zu Reisen und eine Ehre dich an Bord zu haben. Saudi Arabien ist ein faszinierendes Land und bei jedem Besuch gibt es etwas neues zu entdecken. Nun hoffen wir dich in Süd Amerika für ein neues Abenteuer wieder zu sehen. Keep in touch. Sabine

Thanks for your review Ryan, always a pleasure to have you on a Madventure tour! Congratulations on your engagement and hope to see you on the East Africa tour for your honeymoon ;-) Cheers, Will

Dear 'Anonymous', This is William, Director of Madventure ltd. We are sorry to hear you did not enjoy your tour with us. West Africa is the toughest overland trip out there and it is not suitable for everyone. The added complication of covid has made the trip even tougher to run this year which is why we stressed to you prior to departure that you should expect a few hiccups en-route. Your Morocco to Ghana trip actually ran with far fewer complications than we were expecting but Ghana did refuse us entry and we were forced to reroute at which point you chose to leave the trip a few days prior to your original end date in Accra. The information on our website, within our T&C’s and within the Pre-Departure Information package that we send out prior to departure all explains that West Africa is a tough trip, can be unpredictable and sometimes we have to reroute if borders are closed so I am not sure why this came as such a shock to you. We are upfront and honest about what to expect on all our tours. Rather than choosing to listen to our instructions based on 25 years of running overland tours all over the world you chose to take the advice of unreliable information on the internet, advice from your mercenary friends with ‘boots on the ground’ and advice from contacts in the CIA which probably frightened the life out of most of your fellow travellers. We repeatedly tried to inform you that based on our experience even when they say a particular land border is closed on the internet it is often not the case when you get to the border on the ground. So far the tour has crossed 3 land borders that are currently listed as closed and the group are in Gabon right now making their way towards Cape Town as planned. To be honest, we are just happy to be back on the road again and we feel that the fact we are able to run the West Africa tour during a worldwide pandemic is an achievement in itself. This is however a full participation trip and if the dish water is dirty you should change it, if the food is not tasty you should make tastier food and if you encounter obstacles you should all work together to overcome them. Despite your negative review I sincerely hope you did manage to take a few positives away from the experience of travelling through West Africa during a very difficult time. We wish you all the best for your future travels. Best regards, William

Thank you James. Those pictures bring back good memories! Now we need you to be the official Madventure photographer in Arabia please ;-) Always a pleasure to travel with you, see you in Oman soon. Will

Thank you so much Martina! Always a pleasure to have you and Dietmar along. Karen & I are looking forward to seeing you in Dubai in 2 weeks time.for our Arabian adventure. We are so happy to be back on the road with a full truck this time! It's going to be a great trip. See you soon ;-) Will

Thanks so much John. Was a pleasure to have you along and I hope to see you on the road somewhere in the near future. Lets keep in touch. Cheers, Will

Hi Laura, thank you so much for the great review! Always good to have you & Giancarlo on the tours. And you are a very good chef too! I will never forget the 3 course Italian meal you & Giancarlo made for us in Mexico ;-) We look forward to getting back on the road with you in the near future. Ciao, Will

Hey Maki, thank you very much for your review of your trip, it was awesome having you guys with us and we can't wait to travel with you again! "Good times" indeed ;-) Cheers, Karen