25 Apr 2023
The Driver was excellent, I was unwell and he went above and beyond to help me and obtain medicine. He organised lunches for us at a very reasonable cost.
The tour was well organised. Camp 1 has a lot of people walking through it but for myself it did not detract from the experience. People weren't talking. the main sound was from footfall. everyone has headsets and your tour guide walks you through the camp. the tour group behind us was also English speaking but their guide was very pushy and at times I could hear her speaking while trying to push her way into our group. she was very disrespectful.
Camp 2 Birkenau was a completely different tour. You walk the site and the guide speaks to you at certain points, no headsets. I think that it could be improved with headsets at this site also and more explanations/information given. I think that some time should be given for prayer(respect if not religious) at the end of each camp to remember all those who died there.