Wanderlands Philippines

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  Charlottegerrard
  Written on October 11, 2018

  3.5 - Good

  Overall I felt that wanderlands look to save money sometimes to increase profit, which negatively impacted the tour experience for example, not flying from El Nido which meant two long travel days and the accommodation in Bohol was too far out of the centre! My recommendation would be to spend a little more money on flights/accommodation to improve the experience. That being said, the tour was great, we had a great group and our tour guide was fab, the experience wouldn’t be anywhere near as good without him!

  

  Wanderlands Travel commented on this review

  Hi Charlotte. I believe we've already spoken regarding your feedbacks :). Thanks again for taking the time to share it with us, we'll make sure to take it into consideration for our next tours. From November we'll be back in Boracay which should not be an issue anymore as well ;).

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  Sandie
  Written on October 11, 2018

  4.0 - Good

  We had a great small group and Jastwan is an excellent guide who kept everything running smoothly throughout the trip. He has lots of local knowledge and it was good to travel with Someone who can tell us so much about the local culture and life. We were a small group and this gave us the chance to make a lot of decisions re places and times to eat and additional activities etc which was a real bonus and Jastwan knew all the best spots. Couple of negatives were the massive travel days. Wanderlands clearly trying to save money by taking horrendously long travel options rather than direct flights. We lost two full days of the tour to this type of travel which could have been better spent. The other massive negative is the hotel ‘StarSky’ in Bohol. It’s a fair distance from town with nothing without walking distance so transport is required every time which gets quite expensive and limits people a bit. The service at the hotel is also very poor and whilst breakfast is included it’s so bad that not a single person on my tour ate it and we ended up having to take transport to the beach to eat at places there which is all extra cost. A real let down compared to the fantastic hotels earlier in the trip. The sea cocoon in El Nido was really excellent. Those things aside though I really enjoyed the tour and swimming with the turtles in Bohol was a real highlight for me. If Wanderlands can fix those travel days by just taking the direct flights then it’d be getting 5 stars!

  

  Wanderlands Travel commented on this review

  Hi Sandie! Thank you for taking the time to write these detailed feedbacks. We pride ourselves to give the best experience to our guests as possible so we'll make sure to take your comments about transportation and Bohol hotel into consideration. Beside this we're so pleased to hear you had such a good experience with us. Thank you for joining us and we hope to see you again in Fiji and Bali! :)

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  Saira
  Written on October 11, 2018

  3.0 - Average

  The tour itinerary was amazing, we went to all of the best places! Jastwan was incredible, really knowledgable and shared lots of his countries culture with us. We couldn’t recommend him enough. However, Wanderlands scrimp with flights which results in cutting out a big amount of your time through travelling the long way to get to locations. Especially Puerto Princesa to El Nido this was a full 12 hour day! The location of the alternative hotel in Panglao was a little out of the Centre and although very comfortable it is a faff with getting tuktuks to the beach. It also limits flexibility for the group as you tend to go back and forth from the hotel together as the tuktuks are pretty expensive too. For me their was the right amount of relaxation time on the trip as I was looking to explore and relax, but I do think that there could have been more activities in certain places. My favourite part of the tour itinerary was definitely the whale sharks, swimming with turtles and the island hopping day in El Nido! There was no part of the tour other than the Long travel days that I wouldn’t recommend! I just think that Wanderlands should review the travel days to maximise time and limit grumpy travellers!

  

  Wanderlands Travel commented on this review

  Hi Saira! Thank you for taking the time to write these detailed feedbacks. We pride ourselves to give the best experience to our guests as possible so we'll make sure to take your comments into consideration. Beside the travel days we're so pleased to hear you had such a good experience. We loved to have you with us and we hope to see you again in Fiji and Bali! :)

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  PaigeSmith
  Written on October 11, 2018

  4.0 - Good

  Had the best time on this tour! Jaswan was a great tour leader, was always there to help with questions and made the tour good fun even on the long travel days. The travel days where a bit long and took up the whole day would be nicer to fly from El Nido to Cebu instead of doing then 5 hour drive twice. Other than that really good tour and I will recommend. Thanks

  

  Wanderlands Travel commented on this review

  Hi Paige. Thank you very much for your feedbacks! Amazing to hear you enjoyed our tour as much as we do! Thanks for joining us, we hope to see you again in Fiji and Bali! :)

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  Derek
  Written on June 12, 2018

  4.0 - Good

  Beautiful locations. Great weather. Would definitely recommend

  

  Wanderlands Travel commented on this review

  Thank you for your review Derek! Hopefully we will see you again in Bali or Fiji :)

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  Anonymous
  Written on June 12, 2018

  3.0 - Average

  Daniel Silva was an awful guide, childish, selfish and completely disrespectful especially towards the females on the trip. I felt hugely uncomfortable many times in his presence

  

  Wanderlands Travel commented on this review

  Hey! If you'd like to email us with some more detail about your tour, we'd like to hear more. We love getting reviews, whether they're good or bad.

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  DanielaWollnik
  Written on June 7, 2018

  3.0 - Average

  We enjoyed the tour with the smallest group ever, only three girls and Jastwan! Great Trips to lagoons, waterfalls and other Highlights like Swimming with the whale shark! Weather at this time of the season is

  

  Wanderlands Travel commented on this review

  Hey Daniela, glad you enjoyed the tour with us! We're sad to see such a low review score though. If you would like to discuss things further, please email us at office@wanderlands.travel

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  Kathrinscherf
  Written on June 7, 2018

  3.0 - Average

  We were a good small group. We see a lot of beautiful places because the weather wasnt good. I would do the trip earlier

  

  Wanderlands Travel commented on this review

  Hey Kathrin, we're glad you enjoyed the Philippines. We're sad to see that our guide got such a low score however, so if you do wish to talk further, please email us: office@wanderlands.travel

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  Ryan
  Written on May 25, 2018

  4.5 - Excellent

  Was a good tour loved it thank you so much jastwan for showing us around your amasing country cant wait to come back

  

  Wanderlands Travel commented on this review

  Thank you for the awesome review Ryan! Hopefully we'll see you again in Bali or Fiji :)

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  Kirstenbauer
  Written on May 25, 2018

  4.0 - Good

  It was lots of fun. I am going to do it again

  

  Wanderlands Travel commented on this review

  Thank you for your review Kristen and we're so glad you had such a fun time! Hopefully we see you again soon on another trip like our ones in Fiji and Bali :)

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