Need to work with some of the dinner locations for menu variation. Quite a lot of repetitiveness. Would’ve liked more opportunity to hear Irish music in a pub like setting.
Traveller Experience
★★★★★★★★★★
Very efficient with handling my booking and answering most of my questions. Yes, I would book with approach tours again. A bit pushy at the beginning with emails and phone calls when I first expressed interest in the tour.
Thank you so much for the five-star rating of our Grand Tour of Ireland! We're thrilled the tour earned top marks from you, and we hope you've come home with wonderful memories of Ireland's rugged coastline, green countryside and warm hospitality. We'd love to welcome you on another Approach adventure soon!
The Approach Tours team
What an amazing tour! From the Pyramids of Giza to Abu Simbel, the Temples of Luxor and Karnak and many more, Valley of the Kings and Queens, a Nile cruise, hot air balloon rides and camel rides this was a trip of a lifetime. Thanks to our "guru" Becky and our Egyptologist Khalid who guided 27 like minded travellers throughout this journey.
From booking the tour to our pick up service to the airport the service was excellent.
The trip and tour werw excellent My first with Approach Tours. The tour participants and tour leaders/guru were truly inclusive, kind and caring individuals! The tour guru Becky Bays was experienced, a good planner and well equipped to handle her job in leading us or as we called it ‘herding tortoises’. She was well prepared for logistical monkey wrenches an…The trip and tour werw excellent My first with Approach Tours. The tour participants and tour leaders/guru were truly inclusive, kind and caring individuals! The tour guru Becky Bays was experienced, a good planner and well equipped to handle her job in leading us or as we called it ‘herding tortoises’. She was well prepared for logistical monkey wrenches and the occasional mishap when it happened and reacted appropriately to remedy the issue. She and the national tour guide Khalid planned well for contingencies. The sites and museums we visited were well picked and interesting. The hotels and restaurants picked were first rate. The Nile cruise was amazing and gave us the perspective of an ancient royal sailing down the Nile ! The last site at the beach resort was amazing abd the perfect place to decompress before our journey home. Food and amenities were awesome ! Amazing trip.
Traveller Experience
★★★★★★★★★★
Awesome service wherever we went
Tour leaders - Becky Bays and Khalid took goodcare of us. Always accounted for all of us and our well being everywhere we went.
Hi Frank! Thank you for this wonderful review, and welcome home from Ancient Egypt & the Nile. What a first Approach tour! We're thrilled Becky and Khalid planned so well for every contingency and took such good care of your group, herding tortoises and all; we'll be sure to pass your kind words along to them both. From the sites and museums to sailing the Nile like ancient royalty and unwinding at the beach resort before heading home, it sounds like the perfect journey. We hope to welcome you on another Approach adventure soon!
The Approach Tours team
it’s a one in a lifetime experience. You are so well taken care of. Our Guru and guides were very knowledgeable and considerate of everyone’s needs. You have early mornings, walk your feet off, and eat too much. All worth it when you see the animals on safari you have been dreaming about. I Highly recommend this adventure.
Traveller Experience
★★★★★★★★★★
The service was excellent
Thank you for this lovely review of South Africa & Victoria Falls! Early mornings, plenty of walking and more than enough food are all part of the adventure, and we're so glad it was all worth it once the animals you'd been dreaming of came into view. It's wonderful to hear your Group Guru and guides were so knowledgeable and considerate of everyone's needs; we'll be sure to pass your kind words along. We hope to welcome you on another Approach adventure soon!
The Approach Tours team
great tour company - interesting part of our world - .good leaders - lovely places to stay - good food - very much enjoyed. The time in the resort was a huge treat.
Traveller Experience
★★★★★★★★★★
wonderful - Becky Bays was a great guru! Hope I find another trip with Becky some day. Khalid was very knowledgeable and passionate about Egypt. Loved the days on the Nile - the fun with the vendors in their boats trying to entice us all to buy and buy! Just floating by looking at a different world! Rooms were lovely - food great whenever we were. The lovely…wonderful - Becky Bays was a great guru! Hope I find another trip with Becky some day. Khalid was very knowledgeable and passionate about Egypt. Loved the days on the Nile - the fun with the vendors in their boats trying to entice us all to buy and buy! Just floating by looking at a different world! Rooms were lovely - food great whenever we were. The lovely resort days - Wow! It was a fine adventure.
Thank you for this lovely review of Ancient Egypt & the Nile! We're thrilled Becky was such a great Group Guru and that Khalid's passion for Egypt shone through; we'll be sure to pass your kind words along to them both. Those days floating down the Nile, with the vendors' boats alongside, are a real highlight of this tour, and we're so glad the resort days made such a treat to finish. We hope to welcome you on another Approach adventure soon!
The Approach Tours team
It was fabulous? What an experience. The company and gurus had it all planned to a T. Well done.
First rate. Well organized.
Hi Susan! Thank you for the five-star review of South Africa & Victoria Falls. Having it all planned to a T is exactly what we aim for, and we're thrilled the tour was such a fabulous experience. We'll be sure to share your kind words with your Group Guru and the whole team who made it happen. We hope to welcome you on another Approach adventure soon!
The Approach Tours team
I LOVE this company! they guided us through the whole process of previews of the trip, meeting us at the airport (getting us there as well). our guide was on the flight with us and directed us to our bus to the first accommodation, the whole trip was well organized and SO BEAUTIFUL!! nothing was left for us to do. Just enjoy. The accommodations were amazing,…I LOVE this company! they guided us through the whole process of previews of the trip, meeting us at the airport (getting us there as well). our guide was on the flight with us and directed us to our bus to the first accommodation, the whole trip was well organized and SO BEAUTIFUL!! nothing was left for us to do. Just enjoy. The accommodations were amazing, Food, wine, gelatos, all paid in advance. Local tours guides led us through amazing sites giving us facts and stories about them! Much more than expected. there were 30 strangers when we started and 30 GREAT friends at the end! there was some free time to shop, we were provided with money if we were on our own during a lunch time. The coaches were luxurious and the drivers amazing. Can't say enough about this experience! Unforgetable !!!! Love Approach tours!
Traveller Experience
★★★★★★★★★★
excellent, couldn't have been better.
Hi Pat! Thank you for this fantastic review, and welcome home from Signature Italy. From the previews before departure and the ride to the airport to having your Group Guru on the flight with you, we're so glad you felt looked after every step of the way. Food, wine and gelato all taken care of, local guides full of stories and comfortable coaches with amazing drivers sounds like the perfect recipe, and going from 30 strangers to 30 great friends is the best part of all. We hope you and Rachel will join us on another Approach adventure soon!
The Approach Tours team
Rating 4.5* We really enjoyed our tour of Peru and our overall experience with Approach. Travelling with a group of Canadians from across the country was really nice. All tips included was a really great feature too. Our tour Guru, Craig Kirby, and the local guides were excellent! The accommodation were comfortable, the food was good and plenty, the agenda w…Rating 4.5* We really enjoyed our tour of Peru and our overall experience with Approach. Travelling with a group of Canadians from across the country was really nice. All tips included was a really great feature too. Our tour Guru, Craig Kirby, and the local guides were excellent! The accommodation were comfortable, the food was good and plenty, the agenda was packed! The only reason why I did not give a rating of 5* was that I felt we did not have enough time to enjoy the hotels we stayed in. Some had lovely grounds and amenities and it would have been nice to enjoy the facilities. Some days we had 3 stops along the way to our next destination. If we dropped one of the attractions, it would have allowed for an earlier check in and a leisurely supper and evening before packing up to carry on to the next destination which sometimes called for a very early start. We have booked the Egypt tour with Approach for next year!
Traveller Experience
★★★★★★★★★★
The service before the trip was great, whether by phone or email. Very responsive.
Hi Doris! Thank you for this lovely review, and welcome home from Peru & Mystical Machu Picchu. We're so glad our team was so responsive before the trip, and that Craig and your local guides were excellent; we'll be sure to pass your kind words along. Travelling with Canadians from across the country and having every tip included are two of our favourite things too. Thank you as well for your thoughtful suggestion. Peru is a full itinerary by design, but your idea of trimming a stop on travel days to allow an earlier check-in and more time to enjoy the hotels is exactly the kind of feedback we look at as we plan future departures. We can't wait to welcome you to Egypt next year!
The Approach Tours team
Absolutely the BEST!!! Approach Tours is a fabulous Canadian Tour Company that includes absolutely everything - all meals, flights and coach costs, knowledgeable guides everyday, all tips everywhere, bottled water every day, insurance, all entry fees etc.!!! What else can a person ask for?!?! The Peru/Machu Picchu trip has been my #1 bucket list for close to…Absolutely the BEST!!! Approach Tours is a fabulous Canadian Tour Company that includes absolutely everything - all meals, flights and coach costs, knowledgeable guides everyday, all tips everywhere, bottled water every day, insurance, all entry fees etc.!!! What else can a person ask for?!?! The Peru/Machu Picchu trip has been my #1 bucket list for close to 40 years and I could not have trusted it to anyone else who could have done it better!!! Phenomenal!! Thank you Approach!!!
Traveller Experience
★★★★★★★★★★
Approach Tours is a Canadian Company that I would recommend to anyone!! They know their stuff and have been around in the tour business for roughly 40 years. You basically want for nothing and are kept busy on excursions everyday. Never a dull moment!! This is truly an excursion based type of tour and the guides they use are soooo good - knowledgeable, frien…Approach Tours is a Canadian Company that I would recommend to anyone!! They know their stuff and have been around in the tour business for roughly 40 years. You basically want for nothing and are kept busy on excursions everyday. Never a dull moment!! This is truly an excursion based type of tour and the guides they use are soooo good - knowledgeable, friendly, helpful - you will truly learn the history and culture of the country you visit. This is my second trip with Approach and have a third booked already. I do plan on seeing more of the world with Approach, as the years go by. Thank you again Approach!!
Hi Trudy! Thank you for these wonderful reviews, and welcome home from Peru & Mystical Machu Picchu. Waiting close to 40 years for a bucket-list trip is a long time, and we're honoured you trusted us to make it happen. You've summed up what we love about travelling this way: everything taken care of, from meals and flights to tips and entry fees, so you can simply soak up each day's excursions. We'll be sure to share your praise with the guides who brought Peru's history and culture to life. Thank you for exploring with us a second time, and we're so excited your third adventure is already booked!
The Approach Tours team
Absolutely amazing. Our tour guru, Randi was absolutely the best. Having a trip guru made the vacation stress free. Any issues were addressed immediately ie leaking faucets. Our African trip guide, Norbert, was very knowledgeable, friendly and extra reassurance for Randi and the group. We had solo travellers in our group and always felt included with everyon…Absolutely amazing. Our tour guru, Randi was absolutely the best. Having a trip guru made the vacation stress free. Any issues were addressed immediately ie leaking faucets. Our African trip guide, Norbert, was very knowledgeable, friendly and extra reassurance for Randi and the group. We had solo travellers in our group and always felt included with everyone. I am so very pleased with the Approach Tours. All expenses were covered except for alcohol and souvenirs. If one has an opportunity to go, take it
Hi Patricia! Thank you so much for this wonderful review, and welcome home from South Africa & Victoria Falls. We're thrilled Randi made your vacation stress free, right down to sorting a leaking faucet in no time, and that Norbert's knowledge and warmth added so much to the trip. We'll be sure to pass your kind words along to them both. It's lovely to hear that everyone, solo travellers included, felt part of the group; that's the spirit we hope every Approach tour has. As a thank you, don't forget your $100 offer toward your next adventure with us when you book before December 31, 2026. When the next opportunity comes along, we hope you'll take it with us!
The Approach Tours team
Paid premium $$ to Approach, could improve value by addressing issues.
Tour Review
★★★★★★★★★★
I absolutely loved Africa! This was a lifelong dream that came true during this tour. Africa's vistas, people and animals are amazing! We saw all of the 'big five' except the leopard. The whole tour by Approach was quite well organized. Our local guide, Tafadzwa F. was simply amazing! His local knowledge and experience added significant value to our tour. He…I absolutely loved Africa! This was a lifelong dream that came true during this tour. Africa's vistas, people and animals are amazing! We saw all of the 'big five' except the leopard.
The whole tour by Approach was quite well organized.
Our local guide, Tafadzwa F. was simply amazing! His local knowledge and experience added significant value to our tour. He educated, supported and guided our group with great care and humour.
While the idea of "all inclusive" was attractive to us there were a few issues to consider. The food was good but very repetitive in most hotels, offering chicken legs/wings and a stew as protein mains. Better options should be available on buffets given the relatively high price we paid for the tour. Additionally, the "no tipping" was problematic and needs to be done more up front. Entertainers would finish their show and then pass the hat for tips making it uncomfortable for many of us who felt pressured to tip even though this was supposed to be included in our tour. The 'Approach Guru' should anticipate this and give a 'visible' tip for our group so that we know that tipping is occurring on behalf of our group and this is visible to the entertainers.
We had a great group, often referred to as 'family'. One issue that was very disturbing was that our "Approach Guru'', Deborah F. discussed other group member's issues with other group members. On several/many occasions she shared personal/confidential information about one group member to another. When I confronted Deborah about this behavior, she said "I was only joking!" Not a joke, this is a very destructive behavior that undermined the group cohesiveness. No team/group/family can function well with this dynamic. The Guru, Deborah, did not seem prepared to handle expected problems and issues that came up during the tour.
During our first four days in Capetown we stayed at the "Rockefeller" hotel. While the hotel was generally fine, the design of the bathroom in our room was painful. The doors in the bathroom were poorly designed and it was difficult for 2 people to use the bathroom at one time. Also, the location was not conducive to exploring the local area.
It would be helpful if the itinerary was not just listed as 'Day 1' but also the actual date could be populated to reduce confusion.
Day 17 trip to Chobe National Park, which took extra time to and from Botswana through customs was somewhat repetitive. In the morning we toured with the jeeps along the Zambezi River and then took a riverboat tour on the Zambezi River in the afternoon seeing roughly the same animals and vistas that we saw in the morning.
Traveller Experience
★★★★★★★★★★
I absolutely loved Africa! This was a lifelong dream that came true during this tour. Africa's vistas, people and animals are amazing! We saw all of the 'big five' except the leopard. The whole tour by Approach was quite well organized. Our local guide, Tafadzwa F. was simply amazing! His local knowledge and experience added significant value to our tour. He…I absolutely loved Africa! This was a lifelong dream that came true during this tour. Africa's vistas, people and animals are amazing! We saw all of the 'big five' except the leopard.
The whole tour by Approach was quite well organized.
Our local guide, Tafadzwa F. was simply amazing! His local knowledge and experience added significant value to our tour. He educated, supported and guided our group with great care and humour.
While the idea of "all inclusive" was attractive to us there were a few issues to consider. The food was good but very repetitive in most hotels, offering chicken legs/wings and a stew as protein mains. Better options should be available on buffets given the relatively high price we paid for the tour. Additionally, the "no tipping" was problematic and needs to be done more up front. Entertainers would finish their show and then pass the hat for tips making it uncomfortable for many of us who felt pressured to tip even though this was supposed to be included in our tour. The 'Approach Guru' should anticipate this and give a 'visible' tip for our group so that we know that tipping is occurring on behalf of our group and this is visible to the entertainers.
We had a great group, often referred to as 'family'. One issue that was very disturbing was that our "Approach Guru'', Deborah F. discussed other group member's issues with other group members. On several/many occasions she shared personal/confidential information about one group member to another. When I confronted Deborah about this behavior, she said "I was only joking!" Not a joke, this is a very destructive behavior that undermined the group cohesiveness. No team/group/family can function well with this dynamic. The Guru, Deborah, did not seem prepared to handle expected problems and issues that came up during the tour.
During our first four days in Capetown we stayed at the "Rockefeller" hotel. While the hotel was generally fine, the design of the bathroom in our room was painful. The doors in the bathroom were poorly designed and it was difficult for 2 people to use the bathroom at one time. Also, the location was not conducive to exploring the local area.
It would be helpful if the itinerary was not just listed as 'Day 1' but also the actual date could be populated to reduce confusion.
Day 17 trip to Chobe National Park, which took extra time to and from Botswana through customs was somewhat repetitive. In the morning we toured with the jeeps along the Zambezi River and then took a riverboat tour on the Zambezi River in the afternoon seeing roughly the same animals and vistas that we saw in the morning.
Great itinerary. Lots of history. Great guru Daniel and in country guide PJ. Wonderful travel companions as well.
This was our fourth Approach tour in two years. This trip certainly stood up to the excellent Approach standards
Hi Lois! Thank you so much for this lovely review, and welcome home from Sicily & Southern Italy. A fourth Approach tour in two years is the best compliment we could ask for, and we're thrilled this one lived up to the standard you've come to expect. Layer upon layer of history is what makes this itinerary so special, and it sounds like Daniel and PJ brought it all to life; we'll be sure to pass your kind words along to them both. Wonderful travel companions are the cherry on top! As a thank you, don't forget your $100 offer toward your next adventure with us when you book before December 31, 2026. We can't wait to welcome you and Al on tour number five!
The Approach Tours team
I highly recommend Aproach Tours for their provision of an excellant tour, and guide, who was knowlegable, who displayed her love for country, who tied history to the develpement of her beautiful Portugal. The historic villages and buildings are amazingly well preserved and maintained, for display and appreciation by all visitors. Accomadations were the fine…I highly recommend Aproach Tours for their provision of an excellant tour, and guide, who was knowlegable, who displayed her love for country, who tied history to the develpement of her beautiful Portugal.
The historic villages and buildings are amazingly well preserved and maintained, for display and appreciation by all visitors.
Accomadations were the finest and meals and entertainment were excellent .So well done.
Thank you for this wonderful review of Enchanting Portugal! We're so glad your guide's knowledge and love for her country brought Portugal's history to life, along with its beautifully preserved villages and buildings. It's great to hear the accommodations, meals and entertainment all hit the mark too. We'll be sure to pass your kind words along to her, and thank you so much for recommending us. We hope to welcome you on another Approach adventure soon!
The Approach Tours team
The in-country guide on this very informative tour was fantastic. The driver too. The accommodations ranged from great to adequate. I suggest hiring a bus with a toilet for older aged groups but the impromptu bathroom breaks did lead to some very interesting stops. More kudos to our Moroccan guide and driver for working that out. On the whole we ate very wel…The in-country guide on this very informative tour was fantastic. The driver too. The accommodations ranged from great to adequate. I suggest hiring a bus with a toilet for older aged groups but the impromptu bathroom breaks did lead to some very interesting stops. More kudos to our Moroccan guide and driver for working that out.
On the whole we ate very well but the ever-present vegetable tagine got repetitive very quickly. It was very entertaining to watch the guide trying to explain pescatarian diet to restaurateurs.
Traveller Experience
★★★★★★★★★★
The enthusiastic in-country guide and bus driver were entertaining and informative and showed genuine interest in the tour guests. The hotel staff were mostly helpful and cooperative with very few exceptions. The restaurants tried, as most restaurants do, to handle our crowd with tact and diplomacy. Some more successfully than others but I have no real compl…The enthusiastic in-country guide and bus driver were entertaining and informative and showed genuine interest in the tour guests.
The hotel staff were mostly helpful and cooperative with very few exceptions. The restaurants tried, as most restaurants do, to handle our crowd with tact and diplomacy. Some more successfully than others but I have no real complaints. The flavours were remarkable andI certainly never went hungry and never got sick.
The trip of a lifetime. Animals, culture, and history. Worth every penny.
Traveller Experience
★★★★★★★★★★
Pretty much top notch. Everything very organized and on time. Our guru was excellent as were all the local guides.
Thank you for this awesome review of South Africa & Victoria Falls! Animals, culture and history all in one trip is what makes this tour so special, and we're thrilled it was worth every penny. It's great to hear everything ran on time and so well organized, and that your Group Guru and local guides were excellent; we'll be sure to pass your kind words along to them. We hope to welcome you on another Approach adventure soon!
The Approach Tours team
We had an absolutely fabulous time on our South African tour- our Guru Tamara was just the perfect enabler to create our family of travellers and to extract every ounce of knowledge, joy and fun from our experience.
Thank you for this fabulous review of South Africa & Victoria Falls! A "family of travellers" is just how we love to hear a group described, and it sounds like Tamara helped you draw every ounce of knowledge, joy and fun from the journey. We'll be sure to pass your kind words along to her. Thank you for sharing your photo too, and we hope to welcome you on another Approach adventure soon!
The Approach Tours team
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