Terri Schottenfeld
GBA perfectly tailored trip chalk-full of experiences! Marissa listened to us and planned our itinerary accordingly. After sharing an initial draft, she tweaked it a bit to make it perfect. Our trip was chalk-full of interesting and unique experiences, which is exactly how we like to travel. The excursions were wonderful, as were the guides, and we'd happily contact Southern Explorations again in the near future!
Steven Schottenfeld
GBMarissa was awesome Marissa was awesome. She was so patient with our many questions and many changes to the itinerary. She made great suggestions and the trip worked out flawlessly. And we were thrilled with the guides and excursions that she set up for us. Cannot say enough good things! AWESOME!!!!
Holly and Praveen
GBCustomized Itinerary Working with Jonathan on our trip to Costa Rica was a great experience-he listened to our interests and customized a perfect itinerary that was fun, adventurous and paced out well. He was also responsive, resourceful and transparent. The trip was very smooth with no glitches and we also found the SE App helpful while travelling. Our local tour guide Juan Carlos was amazing and we learned so much about the country and saw so much that we would not have seen if we rented a car and planned our own trip. Pura Vida!
Kathleen
GBExperience was beyond our expectations… Experience was beyond our expectations from start to finish! We were met at the airport and escorted to our bus transportation with our luggage seamlessly! Our boat and staff were excellent and luggage was moved to and from our staterooms with no problems. SE took us through the Quito airport on our departure day also! Only let us go once everyone was through security and on their way. Our guide and hotel in Quito were incredible! Old town tour and gondola ride great! Wonderful trip!
Karen
GBSouthern Explorations planned an amazing trip Southern Explorations planned an amazing trip for us!! Jonathan listened to what we wanted and made an exceptional itinerary. Everything went flawlessly! Pickups were prompt, the service at all the lodges was terrific, the choice of locations and lodges were perfect! Our guides were great, particularly Victor at Arenal. We were on the go practically every minute, tiring, but exhilarating! Ziplining, canyoneering, snorkeling, hiking, rafting, what a variety! Nayara upgraded us to a Rainforest Pool Villa, gorgeous, we think the bathroom alone was about 350 square feet! Definitely have to be hearty and adventurous for this itinerary, but we were up to the challenge and did great! Second Southern Explorations trip and would use them again for sure!