Postcards from the edge!

Thanks for a brilliant Christmas and New Years On The Go. Morocco is a fantastic place and I highly recommend it to anyone and everybody. So impressed with On The Go - I have already booked an ANZAC tour with you guys. Thanks again.

Hi Sarah

Just a (long) note to say thank you so much for organising a brilliant holiday for us. We had a wonderful time!
Your agents in Egypt were excellent, always there (sometimes three of them: agent, driver and guide) and very helpful.
Guides were varied in their knowledge but always good and willing to wait for us when we needed more time at places.

The hotel in Giza was absolutely excellent, brilliant service, a lovely pool and good room service and restaurant.
We got there quite late in the evening but there was no problem getting food. We also loved the cocktail bar!
The sightseeing at Saqqara and Giza was amazing, could have done with longer at Saqqara actually. I wish we had been able to go into Cairo and see everything there but next time - we will! One of our guides said they all expected it to be much safer after the elections in May.

We had a very long day flying down to Abu Simbel via Aswan, it is a brilliant site. Got to Aswan and went straight by car to the Aswan Dam, Unfinished Obelisk (stopped to eat something there (coffee and biscuits!)) as we hadn't had lunch, then to Philae Temple. We arrived at the end of the day in wonderful light and were the last people at the site, very atmospheric, I think we liked this temple the best. The journey there by little boat was super.
Then we got to the Old Cataract - what a marvellous hotel, we MUST go back there. Had a super big room in the old part, everything was great. Not much time to relax as we then went off to the Nubian Museum nearby, very interesting despite being full of school parties. After all this we were very pleased to get back to our room, down for cocktails and dinner in the very smart French restaurant 1902. The hotel was evidently very proud of this and the service and extras were terrific!

Next morning we had breakfast on the terrace, fabulous views of the Nile, then had to check out (boo hoo) and off for another excellent day. Went by boat from the hotel steps to visit Tombs of the Nobles and St Simeon's monastery - both by camel... a long hot ride actually but good fun. Then stopped at the Botanical Gardens which were really lovely, time for coffee and admire the superb trees and plants. Again back on the boat to the Old Cataract and picked up our baggage. We drove down to pick up the dahabeya (it was only 2pm) and arrived to find we were the only guests on board (with our guide Mustafa)! Very pleased about this.

It was great being on the boat, especially when the captain turned it round and used the sails, extremely quiet. Most of the time we were sailing into the wind so had to use a little tug. Even some of the boats sailing the other way were being towed as there was very little wind. It was quite cool on deck when we sailed along but on our private terrace it was lovely. Of course the weather was sunny all the time. I must say I had expected the cabins to be less basic than they were, and the main problem was that the electricity and water were turned off at 10.30pm each night so going to the loo in the night was interesting...

We had 3 lovely days sailing and stopping at some places not accessible to the big boats, which was great as we were there by ourselves. We tied up just past Kom Ombo the first night, then near Edfu the second and ended up at Esna. There isn't much to see at Esna (one small temple) and it is a noisy town, also we were tied up against some other dahabeyas and the waves between the boats were gurgling loudly all night so we didn't get much sleep. It would have been much better to sail on and end up at Luxor, also it would have been fun going through the lock at Esna. Maybe another time.

The food on the boat was very good indeed, all freshly prepared and tasty. They even served wine which we weren't expecting.

And at Luxor we of course had the most amazing sight-seeing, another long session at the Valley of the Kings, Queens, Tombs of the Nobles, Temple of Hatshepsut, etc etc, really super and not crowded (which we had expected it to be). Very hot there - goodness knows what it must be like in August! We had a good guide and driver. Checked into the Old Winter Palace, faded grandeur, a lovely building but very haphazard service. The pool and gardens there are lovely.
We had a good trip out to Dendera - quite a long drive but really worth it. The next day we went to Karnak, a huge site, also two very interesting museums in Luxor. On the final morning we went to Luxor Temple by ourselves (for a change!) and finished with a caleche ride back to the hotel.

All in all an excellent holiday, made perfect by the excellent organisation of On the Go - we will be booking with you again, soon I hope.

Many thanks Sarah,
Best wishes

Dear Charlie
Just to say I had a fantastic time in India and will thoroughly recommend the tour. I would also like to say a big thanks to you personally for dealing with all my requests and enquiries promptly and so well - that made a big difference as this was my first solo tour.
Looking forward to my China trip now!

Warm regards

I am not normally keen on doing tours however this covered a huge area in a short amount of time and was very well organised. The guide and accommodation were fantastic and I'd definitely consider doing another tour in the future. Thank you

I've been on several tours around the world this trip blows the socks off! An excellently planned itinerary, packing so much in, yet with enough time to rest + recoup. I can't praise our guide - Dino enough. Outstanding in every way. So knowledgeable, efficient+ professional at all times Thank you Dino!

Hi Charlie,

We had one of the two or three best holidays of a life time.
Jordan is a very special country with a wonderful culture, history and people. We could not have been made to feel more welcome.
As for safety and security, I'd rather anywhere/anytime in Jordan in preference to a UK city at night. We never had a moments concern.

Thanks again

Hi Jane,

Hope you're well!

We had a FANTASTIC time on our honeymoon to Tanzania. We managed to see 4 out of the big 5 and about a gazillion other animals as well. It was awesome that it was during breeding time as we saw so many baby animals running around!

At Shu-mata camp (West Kili) the local Masai at the camp performed their traditional newlywed tribal dance, which was so amazing and also at The Manor (Ngorogoro Crater) the staff member that was assigned to us, baked us a cake and sang us a song for our honeymoon, it was very sweet.

We really were spoilt all the way.
Thank you so much for organising this amazing honeymoon, and if you could please pass on our thanks to your team in Tanzania, that would be great.

We had Marco as our driver and Adam as our contact and they were the 2 nicest people you could ever meet, please let them know that we continue to appreciate how special they made our trip and how much effort it must have taken to put together such an amazing itinerary.

Thanks again

Hi on the go!
WE are back! seems it went so quickly! Yasser El Sayed was an outstanding guide!! We already miss him this week now that we must plan and think on our own again back here at home! Also Abdul was an exceptional Cairo rep and gave us a real nice heartfelt farewell !
Everyone of the OTG reps were on time and kept all of our needs and safety at the foremost of their thoughts.
Thanks for a memory that will last a lifetime !

Thanks for A Job well done!!!