01 May 2025
I'll start with the positives. The hike through the jungle was amazing, a bit challenging in places but we managed ok. Our guide Boy was great at pointing out all the animals and creatures along the way, we definitely wouldn't have spotted them if we were on our own. The lunch we were provided far exceeded what we were expecting, it was at a lovely little place in the hills and had rice and 4 dishes to share plus watermelon and bottles of water. The bamboo rafting was lovely, very relaxing and scenic. We loved the bamboo cups we got as a souvenir. Now for the negatives, there's not many just a couple. The first stop they take you too is a market, we found this a bit overwhelming as we were just dropped off and told to be back in half an hour. We weren't sure where we should go or what we should do so just wondered for a bit. Didn't particularly enjoy this and glad it was only half an hour. When we stopped at the viewpoint it was very cloudy and couldn't see anything, don't know if this was because it was still quite early and maybe better later in the day instead. Not sure if that would make a difference. We also felt a bit lost at the monkey temple as we were just left to it again, wasn't sure how we bought food for the monkeys so we didn't bother. The driver we had was lovely and he really did do his best to make sure we were ok but his English wasn't the best so we struggled to communicate at times. Overall we did enjoy the trip and the positives far outweighed the negatives.