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WHAT DO OUR CLIENTS SAY ABOUT US?
New York Times:
According to Explore
Partners, a Caracas-based tour
company that can arrange flights, rooms
and sailing, diving and fishing
excursions ( 58-212-287-0517 ;
www.explorepartners.com).
Allow plenty of time to make a
reservation and be prepared to wonder,
perhaps for days, whether you actually
have one. To secure my reservation I was
told to fax a copy of my passport and
credit card to Explore Partners’ office
in Caracas.
Great trip, Great people
Tim Neville <>
New York Times
Hola Nancy, le comento que todo el viaje estuvo super bien,
gracias por su apoyo. Estamos en contacto.
EM
Quería agradecer por el servicio prestado, no tuvimos ningún
tipo de inconveniente con nuestra reservación. Así mismo
informarles, que la posada fue una selección exelente, recibimos
un gran trato por parte de sus dueños, con instalaciones cómodas
y limpias, muy buena comida y atención.
Muy Agradecida,
Rebeca Cardier
We had a wonderful time in Angel Falls. The guide was great, the
river was nice, the scenery was beautiful and the weather was
just fine!
Thank you so much for your help getting everything set up! I
will recommend that any of my friends travelling to Venezuela
contact you!
All the best
Alison
Hello Gio,
Well I just
wanted to write you and thank you for helping me and my
family out in preparing our trip. We all had a wonderful
time dispite the problems in Margarita. The people in
Canaima and Los Roques were very nice and helpful and a
pleasure to be with. It was a trip we will all remember for
the rest of our life.
Thanks Again
Sam
Hi Gio,
I just wanted to thank you for organising the trip to Los Roques.
We had a beautiful time.
I am back in November and we would like to go Angel Falls or
somewhere else then.
I will let you know.
All the best
Paul
Mom and I really enjoyed our trip. We
will tell other Americans what a beautiful country Venezuela is.
We would love to return and stay longer with you guiding our
holydays. We are very happy to see the pureness and majesty of
Venezuela.
Thank You
Sarah & Jan Dudle
Alabama, USA
Hi
Remo,
Thank
you for your letter. We feel good even if we restarted our jobs.
Our holidays were really better than we expected and your country
and all the people we meet were fantastic. I think I'll suggest to
all my friends to visit Venezuela with your organization. A
special thanks to Remo for everything he made for us and to you
concerning all the reservations you made and the airport
assistance. I hope I'll heard you in the future.
Bye,
Paolo Balestrino (and
family)
En nombre de mi esposa y mio querenos
agradecerte por habernos ayudado a pasar una luna de miel
diferente, por cierto, muy bonita, divertida y entretenida.
Debemos reconocer que la eleccion de los sitios a visitar,
mochima, los roques, canaima, choroní, el viaje estuvo lleno de
gente amigable y calor humano. Eres un ejemplo de Venezolana
amigable y carismática, muchas gracias de parte de estos
Bolivianos.
Jorge Arce y Mariana Allerdiag
Bolivia
Thank you very much for wonderful
adventurous tour into Venezuela, This one the best waterfall
I´ve ever seen in my life!!! Canaima is the best, thanks for
organizing this for me.
Kent Jhonson
Hi Lu Ann,
I had an awesome time!!!
The Rodovias bus company was great, but the Rapidos Guyana was not
so good. The Bernal Tours had Mosquito nets for their hammocks
and that was great! We actually hiked to the foot of Angel
Falls.
Overall, it was
incredible!!! The Falls were so beautiful! I had a great time and
I'm very glad I came. I was able to take some great pictures.
Thank you for all of your help! I will recommend your service to
anyone who is interested in going.
Thank you!
Matt Smith
Henrik/Gio,
All of us have returned safely from Venezuela and had a
fantastic trip. Thank you very much for arranging everything.
The Angel Falls expedition was one of the best experiences I've
ever had, and everyone at Bernal was fantastic.
Jim
Dear Lu Ann,
Everything was
fine - Air tickets right in time, Waku Lodge ***** -
I plan to come
back in Canaima in december for a longer time, and walk a few
days with friends up to a tepuy. The daytrip to Orchid Island
was the best.
In Mochima Villa
Majagual, the staff was a bit shy, but I must say to my great
shame that I don't speak enough of spanish, and it probably
explains that.
I sincerely hope
that the situation improves soon in your country; We don't have
here so much news about your country.
Be sure that I
keep a special place in my heart for Venezuela.
You will hear from
me before the end of year.
Dear Lu Ann ,
We are very happy of our holidays Everything you planned with us
was perfect We appreciate so much
Los Roques is very very nice Island and Posada Malibu is so pretty
and beautiful and food is very very good ( even for French
¡!!!!!!!! )
We hope to send you some others friends
Thank you for your help and congratulations for your excellent job
Best regards
Pierre Levy
LuAnn:
We have just
returned home from a lovely trip to Los Roques. Our
connections were perfect, we LOVED the posada, and the
diving was excellent.
Thanks again for
you efforts in helping us organize such a great vacation.
Aaron
Our vacation in Los Roques was
wonderful and I wanted to thank you again
for your help. I also wanted to ask you if you could
send me please the voucher of my stay in Los Roques via
e-mail .
Thank you again and regards
Tania Stoeckel
Hi
Lu-Ann
Just a quick note to thank you for arranging such a terrific
holiday for us. It was a fantastic experience and such a
beautiful country.
Lu-Ann - hope you got back safely, sorry we missed you at the
airport.
Thanks again guys!
Fran, Jon, Gary and Natalie
Hey I just want to
say THANK-YOU Thank-you and thank-you!!
Our dive
was great today! We all thoroughly enjoyed it.
We went out to La Guaza, descended to approx 100ft and I was one
of the lucky ones to stay down for a full 49 minutes! It was
great. My buddy had his camera so I am waiting for his photos!
I really appreciate the deal
you made for us. I also appreciate that this was all done at
the last minute and we are all happy that we have a taste of Los
Roques - I think we all want to come back and dive here more now
though!!
Thank-you to Thomas and
thank-you to the boat crew.
Until next time when we are
here!!
Best personal regards,
Kirstie
Yours truly,
Kirstie L. Butterworth, Concierge, The
World
(Son!!)
Just a quick one to thank you for such an
amazing trip at such short notice and that we got to see (and land
on) everything!!. Apart from achieving all we wanted to do it was
the unexpected additions like the way Raphael set up the approach
to Angel Falls and then flying to the base and back up again -
plus the 'high speed dug out cnaoe' racing within inches of the
banks, trees and rocks - up the rapids!!
Jacky is not quite as comfortable with fast
movement and close shaves as I am but I know from heariong her
tell the kids and writing postcards that she too really really
enjoyed it.
We are already making a list of the things
we want to see next time!!
Many thanks
Garth and Jacky
Hi Frank,
At the moment I'm in Aruba. Me and my wife have been to Los Roques.
What a wonderful time !!! Everything really ok. Nils gave us the
best assistance we always had. He's fantastic !! At Los Roques
everything were wonderful. The place, the dives, the Posada and
the personnel, the dive operator ECOBUZOS. Thank you very much for
all your assistance. Hope to travel with you again soon. Be sure I
will always recommend you agency. Thanks again,
Chris
They had a
great time during there charter vacation. Thanks.. In fact they
had an outstanding time. I will recommend others to you in the
future.
Thanks
Greg Whitaker
Heartland Travel & Tours.
I have finally caught up from our trip, and was cleaning
the desk off and couldn't find a final billing. Thanks in advance.
Also wanted to say that we had a great time during the whole trip.
The Obsession and crew were fantastic, the accommodations, Nils,
and the marlin fishing were all great. Thanks for a well planned
and executed trip. We look forward to returning. We enjoyed
meeting you for a drink. It is always nice to put a face on a
contact that you have been corresponding with in email. Hopefully
we will be able to assist each others business in some way in the
future.
Take care,
Dave Hansen
Nomad Adventures
Hej Explore
Bare lige en hurtig besked fra os om at alt forløb som det skulle.
Vi havde en suveræn fiske ferie og drømmer os allerede tilbage.
Din mand Eddie kom fint og hentede os i Caracas og efter lidt
kørsel rundt i kvarteret fandt han Hotel Santiago. Vi hørte fra 2
andre danskere at Hotel Royal i Caracas skulle være helt i top mht
comfort og pris (den skulle være nævnt i en berømt travel guide).
Eddie kom for sent næste morgen, så vi turde ikke andet end at
booke med hotel ejeren, som kørte os i lufthavnen. Eddie dukkede
op 20 minutter senere og undskyldte. Iøvrigt betalte han os
tilbage hvad vi havde givet for hotel taxien. Det var flot.
Posada Dona Magalis var ok i forhold til prisen (tror vi). Dog
havde et par andre danskere fået ophold ved siden af (Posada rec.....???)
til samme pris, men med aircondition og efter sigende bedre mad og
forplening. Det kan selvfølgelig skyldes at det var lavsæson og de
fleste hungrede efter turister.
Jeg er ret overbevist om at du vil se flere danskere til Los
Roques i fremtiden. Ugen før vi ankom var der 13 danskere som var
afsted sammen. De skriver snart en artikel til fiske bladene.
Vi høres ved næste gang turen går til Los Roques.
MVH / Frantz Ekmann + Allan Sandfeld
Hola Frank,
Nuestro último
viaje con el Obsession fue un placer y un éxito para todos.
Gracias.
Esta vez, me
gustaría ir a Los Roques a pasar un fin de semana en una posada.
Tendría algo (de
bien con el max comodidad) disponible para esta fin de semana?
25/26 Enero – 2
personas – todo incluido (avión + posada).
Saludos
cordiales,
Jacques Martres.
Gente, primos, amigos, queridos, foi linda a
minha viagem! Guys it was beautiful!
This is Los Roques:
From the airplane, Maribel the sweet guide who
received me, the bed and breakfast street, the
pier and airport on the sand with the truck
tower, Francisqui that means Francisco's key
because he was the one who first steped there,
sunset.
Los Roques,
Venezuela: do avião, a guia, a rua das
pousadas, o aeroporto-pier na praia, uma das
prais, por do sol!
Tomorrow: dive,
moreas, lobsters, baracudas and coral reef!
Amanhã mergulho, lagostas, moreias, barracudas e
corais!!
Saudades,
V. Love, V.
Veronica Clerot
Venezuela
Dream
The trip began with me dreaming away again about
fishing for blue marlin, but where should I go. A quick search on
the web led us to Explore
Venezuela, a tour and travel company specialist in fishing, diving
and accommodation; you name it they will help you out.
The
General Manager put things together for us via e-mail assuring us
that Venezuela was where the action was.
Frank, my fishing companion, and I sorted the
flights out from the UK and Carlos met us at Caracas Airport on
Saturday evening. A forty minute drive to the Portofino Marina
and we were in a safe friendly hotel with great food and wine.
It was early May and the Marina was very quiet,
the busy time is from October – December for a mixed bag. We were
here for blue’s and the quieter the better, less hassle on the La
Guaira bank.
We where
introduced us to his colleague Ernani
who organised our fishing with two locals, Eli
and Cesar, they both knew their stuff. La Guaira Bank took about
1½ hrs from the marina as soon as we put the lines out it just
couldn’t get any better.
Day One
150lb blue, lost two. As well as the blues two big dolphins and I
mean big in the 90lb class.
Day Two
trolling dead Ballyhoo rose a 350lb blue and on 30lb line was a
handful. It beat us up pretty good taking 2 hrs to the boat, Two
more hungry big male dolphins meant several Cuba/Libras at
the bar in the Marina to recover as soon as we got in.
Day Three
was the business with four blues coming to the
teasers together and crashing the four lines. Chaos was the
understatement as I, Cesar and Ely struggled to come to terms with
what was happening.
Trying in vain to keep the four lines hooked
up, we were left with two nice juvenile blues one lost at the boat
the other about 150lb which we got to the leader. It still wasn’t
over as two big dolphins could not resist a bite later in the
day. A session in the bar that evening with the crew brought the
day to a close.
It just doesn’t get any better than this, stick
to the hassle of October don’t think about April or May will you.
Thanks to Carlos, Nani, Ely, Cesar and the
friendly staff at the Marina Bar/Hotel – was it a dream?
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