Choose a Challenge Recenzje 

Had the most amazing time in Zanzibar with manisha she gave us the best tour we could ask for and I’m so excited to come back again thankyou!

Great Extension trip and so worth any extra money! Our ICO, Manisha, was really really nice and helpful and showed us the best restaurants and local shops.

Zanzibar extension trip has been incredible so far, all the reps have been on hand to provide the highest level of service. All guides have great local knowledge, particularly Menisha

Amazing hotel and awesome organisation on the activities. Would definitely recommend the killi extension trip

This has been a great trip with great options for activities. Our ICO Manisha has been really friendly and made the experience as amazing as possible. Also as a positive, the hotel is great!

On one hand we had an great trip thanks to the amazing local team, our guides Jose and Rene were incredible, they were so supportive and helpful and taught us loads about our surroundings. The porters and chef were great and kept us well fed snd looked after.

However, choose a challenge themselves were absolutely awful. Before the trip Choose a challenge we’re very unhelpful with any questions asked and told me my passport had expired when it hadn’t. The online webinar was done by the sales team rather than people who actually had experience in what we’re doing. At Heathrow airport we were met by unhelpful and unwelcoming representative who didn’t even know where we were going. Trying to check in we found that there were forms to fill out that they hadn’t told us about. On arrival despite being met by amazing local guides, We we’re informed of around £200 of hidden costs. The kit list gave no indication of what we needed for the trip, the itenery was quite inaccurate. I was also informed by another person doing the challenge that despite making us believe we’re raising money 100% for charity, choose a challenge take 50% as profit on top of what we pay them. We have been asked by choose a challenge to complete this review before the extension trip but based on the itinerary it does not seem to be worth the money as the “week in the Amazon” is actually 2 days in the Amazon.

Overall the trek we did and the local people supporting us have been amazing and made it a trip of a lifetime but choose a challenge have been unhelpful whilst scrounging money from charity and quite frankly awful.

The trip to Machu Picchu has been absolutely amazing, the trek was a great experience. The tour guides here have been so friendly and helpful and I can't fault them at all. However, the lack of communication from Choose a Challenge before the trek made it really hard to plan for things- they would send emails with the same information again and again, but I still arrived here not really knowing how to properly prepare or what to expect. There is also a lot of hidden costs that comes after the registration fee so it doesn't really work out cheaper than a normal trip away that you would organise yourself.

Our tour guides Jose and Rene were absolutely amazing! Camilla from choose a challenge was so helpful and kind when I was sick. However I feel that choose a challenge could be more specific with what’s included in the itinerary so there is no surprise costs (tickets for the salt mines and moray were not included despite being on the itinerary).

Just completed the Machu Picchu trek! Camila was amazing, she was so welcoming and made my trip in Cusco city.
I would not have been able to complete the trek without Our guides, Jose and Rene, who were funny, so motivating and made the trip so memorable!

Only let down was A few details were not made clear enough by the London team in the info pack and webinars, mainly about what we needed for the trek, such as a sleeping bag to cover more than -10 as it was freezing at night so bare this in mind if you have signed up!

AVOID THIS COMPANY!
I paid over $2000 for a two week trip including a trek to Machu Picchu and an extension trip to the Amazon. About a month before my trip in 2022, Choose a Challenge requested an additional near $500 with a one week invoice deadline for “inflation rates”. I already paid the entire trip balance in July 2021, as I was supposed to attend in 2021 but the trip was moved due to Covid. When I said I was unable to come up with this surcharge money in a short amount of time, they threatened to cancel my trip. On the trip itself, it only went smoothly when Valencia Travel was involved. Whenever Choose a Challenge was in charge of planning itinerary items, they forgot to give us meals that were included in the itinerary. They didn’t pay for extension trip activities that were promised in the itinerary. When requesting money back for missed activities and meals, there was radio silence on their end. Their US employee Liz Jordan was the most frustrating person to get in contact with. Their in-country rep Ellie from the UK was the only understanding person I came across. If you want to visit Machu Picchu, I suggest you book with Valencia Travel directly and avoid this company.

Great experience. Staff were amazing and supported us every step of the way

Thank you for an incredible experience. The guides, porters and all those who helped us through our experience of climbing Kilimanjaro have been beyond incredible.
Throughout the whole trip we have had amazing food, support, knowledge shared and a true challenge!!

The experience was absolutely amazing!!! Best 2 weeks of my life!

Great trip! Very well organised and our guide team were incredible. CaC definitely have good contacts. Great on sight coordiantor Jules too. Helped us the whole way through and a really cool guy !

Amazing, best moment of my life

An absolutely amazing experience overall. From the staff at choose a challenge to the friends I made along the way I wouldn’t change a thing about the whole trip.
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trip was pretty cool. guides were a standout. Claudio, Guillermo, and Sipriano (abuelo) from Valencia Travel really made the trip. they were able to adjust the itinerary in accordance with the needs of the group and were extremely knowledgeable and fun. worth it just for them

Karim is one of the best guides I have had. Very attentive and also very knowledgeable, educated and thoughtful. Helped me in my trek across the high Atlas and also provided lots of information as to the history, culture, flora and fauna of Morocco. I would have no hesitation in recommending him.

Seriously the worst experience with any company ever. They canceled the trip I had paid for and offered alternative trips that were significantly cheaper. However they wouldn’t refund the difference. They assured us in writing everyone on our trip would be paying the same amount after the switch, but we found out my girlfriend and I paid over $800 more per person than the other trekkers. CAC still refuses to refund us. Additionally, on our trek were got stuck in Lukla, Nepal due to the weather, and CAC’s communication was HORRID. They’d send different messages to our doctor, the guides, and the trekkers regarding important things such as who was paying for our unplanned nights in Lukla, or which meals would be covered. They demonstrated that they don’t even know their own terms and conditions.

Honestly, just raise some money for a charity and take a trip on your own

Amazing trip! Guides and porters were so helpful and food was 10/10