About Us

Our company

Ecotours-Kondor EcoLodge Ltd. is the only registered and original birdwatching, wildlife and nature tour company in Hungary using the Ecotours name legally & officially

Ecotours was set up by Gabor Orban during the 90’-ies and became so successful that there are some others who set up web sites and copy not just our itineraries, text, pictures and what we do, but even started to use very similar names to ours on their websites (beware names such as GreenEye Ecotours, Ecotours Wildlife Holidays, etc.) without having a registered company, without being members of the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce or paying taxes and social security after their employees in our country. There are many people and so called companies who offer their services illegally. Unfortunately some major UK and US companies also make the mistake of working with some of these so called companies who in reality have only a website, usually not much more.

Before you book a tour either directly or through a UK or US company we suggest to check which local company will be your local service provider.

We suggest to check the followings details:

Ours registered name in Hungary: Ecotours-Kondor Ecolodge Ltd.
Chamber of Commerce Registration: 03-09-108065
Hungarian Tax Number: 11970828-2-03
European VAT Number: HU11970828
National Guiding licence number:

Gabor Orban -managing director, official zoologist and general tour guide (Nr.: 003818 and also 800672)
Andrea Katona – managing director, official cultural tour guide (Nr.: 700453)

Official Information and Business Report of Ecotours Kondor EcoLodge

You can check also these data at the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry; www.mkik.hu/en | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | Phone: +36-1/474-5151

Ecotours-Kondor EcoLodge is actually Hungary’s only officially registered birding and nature tour operator which is specialized in Eastern Europe, Latin America & other Worldwide destinations. We organize top quality Birdwatching, Butterfly, Dragonfly, General Wildlife & Nature Tours and professional Bird, Wildlife & Nature Photography.

Ecotours-Kondor EcoLodge is actually Hungary’s only officially registered birding and nature tour operator which is specialized in Eastern Europe, Latin America & other Worldwide destinations. We organize top quality Birdwatching, Butterfly, Dragonfly, General Wildlife & Nature Tours and professional Bird, Wildlife & Nature Photography.

We are also unique, because our office is not in a town or not even in a village, but at our own Kondor EcoLodge in the heart of the Kiskunsag National Park, Hungary.
Address: 6080 Szabadszállás, Balázspuszta 90. HUNGARY
We are also the only Natural Showroom of Swarovski Optics products in Hungary. You can come and try top quality products at our Kondor EcoLodge at a natural environment and hire or buy your Swarovski at us.

We also have a base in Latin America from where we organize various Birding, Mammal, Butterfly, General Wildlife, Nature & Culture and Photography tours to Latin America, plus to some other Worldwide destinations.

Our ecotourism

Our ecotourism aims at providing superb natural holidays for birders, butterfly enthusiasts and people with a general interest in nature in a way that respects the natural environment and contributes to its protection. During our holidays we aim at building the best possible relations with the locals, trying to make them interested in protecting their own environment and to bring them benefits by using the local services they provide. We also work together with some of the National Parks in Hungary and other countries in various ways, ranging from simply passing on our observations, records, to organizing and running butterfly and bird monitoring projects. Since we have our own Kondor EcoLodge in the middle of the Kiskunsag National Park we work strongly together with the National Park putting out hundreds of nestboxes by the help of our Czech & Slovakian friends. These projects are very successful, most of the boxes are occupied by Rollers, Scops Owls, Little Owls and Hoopoes. We also support local communities by fostering an interest in protecting their immediate natural environment, for example involving schools in Transylvania with Tengmalm’s Owl nestboxes, where the children are the “owners” of the boxes.

Holiday / Customer care

We believe that the reason why Ecotours Ltd. became Britain’s most preferred ground agent in Eastern Europe and beyond is mainly due to our customer care and our knowledge in the field, our individual style and precise work in preparing for the tours. Besides preparing a daily itinerary for each guest we provide on board cappuccino and chocolate biscuits and regular comfort stops. In the evening after supper when we complete our checklists we often give a slide show of the days specialities. This helps us identify any mystery species and reinforces ID characteristics. Very educational and totally optional! Our guides are often highly ranked in their specific field, but still, they make sure all levels of interest are catered for, and the pace of the tours pleases all participants. Clearly we are not twitchers, rather ordinary people who love to be out enjoying nature and experiencing what is there. However, thanks to our extensive network of relations we are always aware of the current bird movements, and this allows us to select where to go, optimize species seen and hopefully optimise time spent travelling. We aim to use friendly little inns, hotels with local character and excellent cuisine. Meals are carefully selected and the packed lunches are often constructed by the participants of the tour for themselves to ensure the choice of sandwiches is to personal taste. However, we sometimes have indoor, hot lunches, depending on our route and weather conditions. We usually provide hot drinks and biscuits during the day at no cost. Our minimum number to run a tour is usually 5 or 6 passengers. For groups of over 8 passengers we favour an 18 seater a/c Mercedes mini-coach with driver. It has a luggage trailer as well. For small groups we use an a/c minibus driven by the Ecotours Guide.

History

Our company was formed with the intention of popularizing Hungary as a perfect ecotourism destination both for amateur naturalists and for those with a more academic interest in plant and animal species, habitats and geology. The key figure who started our company, Ecotours Ltd. was Gabor Orban. He participated in his first Birding Camp during the seventies and became engaged in birding instantly. Later he broadened his interest in zoology, botany and geology as well. During the eighties and nineties he lead several tours in Hungary, Great Britain and Europe (Denmark, Sweden, Spain, etc.) while he was a biology and geography teacher. He qualified in zoology in 1994. He has worked and travelled in the US visiting more then 20 national parks. Returning to Hungary he became a licenced professional birdwatching and nature guide and set up Ecotours Ltd. in the 90's. Since 2006 each year he spends 6 months in Latin America, 6 months in Eastern Europe, based at Kondor EcoLodge, Kiskunsag, Hungary, www.kondorecolodge.hu . He is leading various birding, nature and culture, butterfly and photo tours Worldwide. His passion is to share his knowledge about nature and culture of different countries with his groups.

During the years Ecotours developed into a strong company with several knowledgable and enthusiastic guides, each specialized in their own fields.

One of Ecotours' key partners is BirdLife Hungary (MME). We were the official Tour organizers of the 15th International Conference of the European Bird Census Council, 2001 and the Owl Conference in 2003. We also support worldwide protection of wildlife and habitats by donations to WWF and in UK to the Butterfly Conservation Society. We have run several Butterfly monitoring projects with BC EIG.

Ecotours has been present as an exhibitor at the British Birdwatching Fair since 2000 and also at the American Birding Expo since its exsist. Gabor had dozens of lectures about natural values at different destinations during many years.

Our guides

Gábor Orbán

participated in his first birding camp during the 70's as a young boy at Lake Kondor and became engaged in birding instantly. Later he became a ringer and broadened his interest in zoology, especially mammals & butterflies. During the 80's, 90's he lead several tours first in Hungary, later in other East European countries and Western Europe as well. He lived and worked for years in the US at such different states like New Mexico & New Hampshire; criss-crossed the continent several times. He became a licenced professional birdwatching and nature guide and set up Ecotours Ltd. in the 90's. Since 2006 each year he and Andrea, his wife who is also a licenced guide spends 6 months in Latin America and the other 6 months in Eastern Europe, based at their own Ecotours Kondor EcoLodge, Kiskunsag National Park, Hungary; just a stone-through away from Lake Kondor where Gabor started birding decades ago. He is leading various birding, nature & culture, butterfly and photo tours Worldwide. His passion is to share his knowledge of nature and culture of different countries with his groups. Hobbies are: wildlife photography, birding and travel to hidden places.

Andrea Katona

is wife and partner in work of Gabor and also a professional, licenced guide with working permit in Hungary and in Mexico as well with a lot of years of experience. She is degreed in Italian linguistics and literature and also fluent in English and Spanish and with Gabor they get along really well in Hungarian as well! :) Andrea with Gabor spends every half year in Mexico, where they have their second base for their tours. She is expert in Latin American culture, specially Mayan, but also enjoys spotting any creatures in tropical forests and love beautiful birds, dragonflies, insects. Since she was a young girl with her parents she went to forests walks, watching birds and nature. She was a guide in Tunezia and Sicily for years. In Mexico and Latin America they lead tours together whenever it is possible, Nature & Culture hands-in-hands or All-in-two as they usually say. It is a win-win situ for all, a very successful combination. If within a group there are some who would like to learn more about for example Mayan culture Andrea is ready to fill them with tremendous amount of interesting stories, while others can look for more birds, butterflies, nature & fun with Gabor.

Csaba Lendvai

Graduated at the Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest as a biologist. He has been a keen birdwatcher since the age of fifteen. He works for BirdLife Hungary as a coordinator for waterbird monitoring and white stork conservation programs. Since 2004 he has been Secretary of the Budapest Local Group of the BirdLife Hungary assisting in the public enviromental education events of the Society. His favourite birding sites in Hungary are Kiskunság National Park, the Danube Bend, Lake Balaton, and he has a particular interest in the wildlife of Budapest. Csaba has travelled widely visiting Belarus, Turkey, Georgia, Egypt, Croatia, Poland, Slovakia, Azori Islands, Peru, Colombia, India, the Gambia, Cambodia, Thailand, Mexico and many more countries.

Martin Hrouzek

A long-time friend and partner of Gabor and they had several projects together during almost 2 decades. Martin owns Arnika Travel in Czech Republic. They have co-lead tours in Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary and develop new itineraries & destinations such as Macedonia, Greece, Cyprus or Belarus, Georgia. Martin is an experienced all around naturalist guide, who can lead birding, butterfly or wildflower tours especially in Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary but Macedonia and other Eastern European destinations as well. He is enjoying taking photographs, especially landscape and macrophotography. Martin and his Czech amd Slovakian friends, such as Petr Pavelcik helped enormously to carry out an extremely successful nestbox project during years in the Kiskunsag National Park, providing new oppotunities for species like Roller, Scops Owl, Little Owl, Hoopoe and even Saker Falcon. Martin also helps NGOs.

Stefan Matis

Has attended an agricultural school and started to work as a researcher in 1989. His area of research included the study of the population dynamic of several species, such as Eagle Owl, Rock Thrush, Red-backed Shrike etc. He has achieved good results in protecting Corn-Crake, and he is also an active bird ringer having an official license since 1994. He is ranger of the Slovak Karst National Park. In 1993 he broadened his interest and started to study bats. He is the main organizer and coordinator of the faunistical study of the bat fauna of Eastern Slovakia. He has prepared several protection plans and also author and co-author of many 30 scientific articles.

István Bártol

Graduated as a biologist at the University of Science in Szeged in 1997 and attended a bird ecology PhD course between 1997-2000. Since then he has been working as a warden in the Kiskunság National Park. Being another enthusiastic and friendly member of the Ecotours team he is tirelessly looking after our clients ensuring a great holiday. He speaks English, Serbian and Spanish, and he has widely visited Europe including the countries of the former Yugoslavia, Romania, Poland, Finland, Ireland, Spain and Portugal. He has a bird ringing license since 1995. István has three children and lives in Tiszaalpár, a quiet and beautiful village on the border of Kiskunság National Park.

Dime Melovski

Is foremost Macedonian lepidopterist who works for renowned NGO called Macedonian Ecological Society. Dime is now the key authority who revises the old data on Macedonian butterflies. Another Dime’s major activity is Balkan Lynx Project. He is very friendly and fluent in English and will guide the butterfly tours to Macedonia. With him we hope to uncover some new corners of this beautiful but little known country.

Lukáš Spitzer

Made his grade on butterflies and leads a research on Large Blue and Niobe Fritillary in his region, western Carpathian mountains. He has concluded his PhD. studies recently and besides his regular occupation in a museum he also works for the Czech Academy of Sciences. Lukáš guided butterfly tours for Naturetrek and travelled extensivelly to Altai, Africa, Balkans and eastern Europe. He will guide butterfly tours to Slovakia, Macedonia and Romania.

Martin Waldhauser

Is a Czech dragonfly expert. He is one of the authors of „The Dragonflies of the Czech Republic“, probably the biggest dragonfly book ever published. Martin is in his fourties and you cannot wish a better companion and dragonfly enthusiast to guide you through the north Bohemia where he lives and works at Landscape Protected Area Luzicke hory. He will give lectures in field and one or two slide shows before dinner. Martin and is also a renowned dragonfly photographer.

András Soós

Graduated at the University of Veterinary Science in 1995. After that he has studied at the University in Canterbury for a year, from 1998. He obtained his diploma on Endangered Species Management. In 1996 he spent a month in Tanzania, documentary filming chimpanzees with Jane Goodall at the Gombe National Park. He is presently the Head of the Veterinary Department at the Budapest Zoo. András is a keen birdwatcher, besides Hungary and Europe he visited Kenya, India, Ecuador, Australia and Ghana. He is member of the Hungarian Ornithological Society since 1980 and the Hungarian Nomenclator Committee since 1998.

Gabor Kovacs

worked as a ranger at Hortobágy National Park for decades. His knowledge of the area and its wildlife is legendary. He wrote and contributed to many publications on the avifauna of Hortobágy. He is a talented and keen nature photographer; his photos appeared in a wide number of books and periodicals. Now he is retired but still lives at his beloved Hortobagy area. re dinner. Martin and is also a renowned dragonfly photographer.

Andras Bőhm

Has been watching birds since 1984. Graduated as a biology-geography teacher, he has been working for nature conservation since 1997. He wrote his PhD on the ecological character of wetlands of international importance. András is an experienced field ornithologist. His special field of interest is wetland ecology, raptors and passerines. Between 1992 and 1998 he was leading a monitoring project on common bird species in Hungary. His friendly and calm manner ensures you will have a great time with him. He has an excellent knowledge in botany and he is familiar with butterflies as well.

Dusan Karaska

Is a zoologist at the Museum of Orava, Oravský Podzámok. He is member of the committee of BirdLife Slovakia and member of the Slovak Rarities Committee. He is commissioner of BirdLife Slovakia for bird-ringing exams, national co-ordinator of the Black Stork ringing program and is member of the editorial board of the ornithological journal Tichodroma of BirdLife Slovakia. He is co-ordinator of the Polish-Slovak program “Breeding distribution of the birds in Orava”. He participates in the program of Monitoring Raptors and Owls in Europe and he is regional co-ordinator of the Orava region in the International Wintering Waterbirds Census. He published over 200 articles on the research and protection of animals and birds

Friends and contributors

The whole Ecotours Kondor Ecolodge team is very thankful for all of those who helped in any of our nestbox or other environmental projects.

We are extremely thankful especially for all of our Czech, Slovakian and Hungarian friends who helped us enormously with producing, putting out, cleaning and monitoring 100s of nestboxes in the Kiskunsag National Park, most of these occupied by Rollers, Scops Owls, Little Owls and Hoopoes. Within 5 years populations of the not just became stronger, but number of individuals of some of the above species, especially Eurasian Rollers literally tripled and they started to spread to other parts of Hungary as well.

We also put out platforms for Saker Falcons and other raptors. One of our recent success story is a pair of White-tailed Eagles which managed to breed in of of our nesting platfroms. Without a full list here are some of the friends who turned this fantastic project into a huge success story:

Petr Pavelcik, Martin Hrouzek, Petr Simcik, Pavel Salek, Josef Lengyel, Przemek, Eric Muller, Adam Bodor, Ferko Pal-Szabo and many more.

We also have very good relationship with local NGOs who work hard to protect areas, carry out different environmental projects, ringing birds, fighting against invasive plants, restoring habitats, monitoring species and perhaps most importantly help educating and involving young generations and adults, locals and visitors alike in the work. We hope that these NGOs, such as Dunatáj Természet- és Környezetvédelmi Közalapítvány, or the Ringing Station at Lake Kolon & Futóhomok Nature Protection Association and the Kiskunság National Park together can secure the future of the unique landscape and wildlife in our region and we try to help these efforts with all means.

Our best friends are in our neighbourhood László Molnár (Laci) and his wife, Kata who live also at the Lake Kondor at the Birding Camp called Kiskunsági Madárvárta. Gabor remembers Laci and Kata from his childhood when he first participated in the work of the bird ringing camp which was lead by Laci and Kata. There is no-one who knows more about the mushrooms, orchids and other wildflowers, insects, especially spiders, butterflies and moth and of course birds and mammals then them. What is more Laci is not just writing books, but illustrating them with his amazing paintings as well. We are very proud to have them as our friends and happily decorate our Kondor EcoLodge rooms with the paintings of local moths on their host plants painted by Laci.

Szabolcs Kókay

Another very talented illustrator, especially keen painting birds and mammals, but almost anything in nature. He has been a keen birdwatcher since childhood and started to paint birds and nature at the age of 20. Since then he became a well known illustrator all over Europe and participated in many competitions, such as Birdwatch Magazine's and British Birds' competition. In 2002 he won the first prize in the identification category of Birdwatch’s competition with his Curlew plate. In 2006 one of his paintings was selected in the prestigious 'Birds in Art' exhibition. He was 'Birdwatch Artist of the Year' in 2008. Since then he has worked on hundreds of publications for Hungarian National Parks, for BirdLife Hungary and many other organizations. He illustrated excellently some amazing field guides as well as for example the Birds of Papua New Guinea. For more details about his works please visit the following site:

Peter Csonka

Photographer He lives in Komárom-Esztergom county of Hungary. During the last 20 years he has been involved in bird monitoring and protection, concentrating mainly on raptors and woodpeckers. Beside birds, he is interested in the life of reptiles and amphibians and in the last few years he also discovered the beauty of dragonflies. His aim is to increase awareness of the beauty and fragileness of nature to assist his overall objective of trying to preserve nature in its original state.

Partners

We are very proud that since the 90'ies Ecotours Ltd. has become the ground agent of most of the leading UK & US bird & nature tour companies, as well as some Dutch, Swiss and other European & some Worldwide tour companies, organizations and local birdsocieties. We have enjoyed hundreds of succesful birdwatching, butterfly, dragonfly, wildflower, mammal, photography and general nature & culture tours with our guests, out of whom many became our regulars and even friends. Many thanks for all of you & we hope to share our knowledge and enthusiasm with you for many more upcoming years!

Beside doing active environment protection projects we also proud to support local environmental NGO-s at all areas we visit, either in Eastern Europe or Latin America or at other Worldwide destinations from BirdLife Hungary till BC EIG just to mention a few . We also very glad to be Rainforest Alliance certified.

The below is an incomplete list of the most important companies and NGO-s with whom we have worked with during the last more than 20 years period:

Avian Adventures
Bird Holidays
Birdfinders
Boletas
Butterfly Conservation
Butterfly Conservation European Interest Group
Eco Tourist Services
Greentours
Greenwings Wildlife Holidays
Heatherlea
Honeyguide Wildlife Holidays
Inezia Tours
Liberty Bird Holidays
Limosa Holidays
Motmot Travel
Naturetrek - please be aware that at the moment this company works in Hungary without a local official service provider
Ornitholidays
Ornitravel
Quebec-Labrador Foundation
Quest for Nature
Rainforest Alliance
Rockjumper
Sarus Bird Tours
ScotNature
SKUA Nature
Speyside Wildlife - please be aware that at the moment this company works in Hungary without a local official service provider
Suffolk Birdwatching Breaks
Sunbird
Swallow Birding
The Travelling Naturalist - please be aware that at the moment this company works in Hungary without a local official service provider
Tropical Birding
Walking Softly Adventures
WILDGuides
Wildlife Travel
Wildside Nature Tours

Rewiews

Booking Terms

Booking and payment

When you make your booking you must pay a minimum deposit of 25% per person.

The balance of the price of the Tour must be paid at least 60 days before your departure date. If the deposit and/or balance is not paid in time, we shall cancel your Tour. If the balance is not paid in time we shall retain your deposit. You can pay deposit and balance by bank transfer. When we receive the deposit we confirm your booking, normally within 48 hours, but maximum 120 hours.

Where a deposit is paid, the balance of the Tour (including any surcharge where applicable) is due not less than 60 days prior to scheduled commencement of the Tour.

If the balance is not received in full and on time, Ecotours - Worldwide Travel will be entitled to treat the booking as cancelled and retain all deposits paid or due at that date.

The key terms of your agreement are:-

When you book a Tour, you will enter into a binding travel contract and a confirmation will be issued. If you then cancel your arrangements, you will be required to pay cancellation charges. Initially this will be the deposit you paid to secure your Tour, but after you’ve paid the balance of the price of your Tour, these charges will increase up to 100% of the cost of the Tour depending on how long before travel you cancel your arrangements;
You can make changes to your confirmed Tour in certain circumstances. We will make a reasonable charge for processing these changes;
If we make changes to and cancel your confirmed Tour we will pay you compensation in certain circumstances;
We are responsible for making sure your confirmed Tour are not performed negligently;
Cancellation Policy

Cancellation by You

If you wish to make any changes to your Tour after they have been confirmed (including if you wish to cancel all or some of them) you must inform us in writing (by email). Your notice requesting a change or cancellation will only take effect when it is received in writing by us and will be effective from the date on which we receive it. We can’t guarantee that changes can be met, although we will do our best to assist. Since we incur costs in cancelling or changing your arrangements, all such changes and cancellations will be subject to the charges set out below.

The cancellation policy issued by Ecotours - Worldwide Travel is authoritative and it is important that you read carefully and in full the policies upon receipt within 48 hours.

For any bookings the following policy will apply:

Notice of cancellation more than 60 days prior to the Tour start date, a termination fee equal to the Deposit amount paid will forfeited.
Notice of cancellation between 60-30 days prior to the Tour start date, a termination fee of 50% of the total Tour costs will be forfeited.
Notice of cancellation less than 30 days prior to the Tour start date, a termination fee of 100% of the Tour costs will be forfeited.

You also have the right to terminate the travel contract without paying a termination fee if unavoidable or if extraordinary circumstances occur at the place of destination or within its immediate vicinity which significantly affect the performance of the Tour or the carriage of passengers to the destination.

Unavoidable and extraordinary circumstances are defined as a situation beyond the control of the Tour Operator, the consequences of which could not have been avoided even if all reasonable measures had been taken. Examples given include warfare, other serious security problems such as terrorism, significant risks to human health such as the outbreak of a serious disease at the travel destination, or natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes or weather conditions which make it impossible to travel safely to the destination agreed in the travel contract.

Any refund required will only be made to your bank account, when the booking was processed, and repayment may take up to 14 working days.

For communication of a cancellation notice, please contact us within 24 hours and in writing via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Only notices communicated in the manner advised shall be valid, unless we accept another form of notice.

If you have booked a package and if any member of your party is prevented from travelling, that person(s) may transfer their place to someone else (introduced by you and satisfying all the conditions applicable to the arrangements, including an agreement to these terms) providing we are notified in writing no less than seven days before departure you must pay an amendment fee and meet all costs and charges incurred by us and/or incurred or imposed by us. Both you and the person to whom you would like to transfer your arrangements shall be jointly and severally liable for the payment of any balance due and for any additional fees, charges or other costs arising from the transfer. If you are unable to find a replacement, cancellation charges as set out above will apply in order to cover our estimated costs. Otherwise, no refunds will be given for passengers not travelling or for unused services.

Cancellation by Us

Occasionally, we have to make a significant change to the Tour and we reserve the right to do so. A significant change is one where we significantly alter any of the main characteristics of your confirmed Tour. Examples of significant changes include the following changes when made before departure: –

where we can no longer fulfil any special requirements that we have accepted and confirmed on our confirmation and this will have a significant impact on your Tour.
where we increase the price of your tour by more than 8% of the price originally advertised (excluding any insurance premiums, amendment charges and/or additional services).

If we have to make a significant change or cancel before departure and before the date on which the final balance of the cost of your tour is due, we will inform you without undue delay and if there is time to do so before departure, we will offer you the choice of the following options:-

i (for significant changes) agreeing to the changed arrangements,

ii accepting the cancellation or terminating the contract for the Tour and receiving a refund (without undue delay) of all monies paid; or

iii accepting an offer of alternative arrangements of comparable standard from us, if available.

In the event that any proposed change or alternative(s) offered results in a reduction or increase in the price you have agreed to pay or an increase or decrease in the quality of arrangements we have agreed to provide, we will also notify you of any price reduction or additional amount due.

You must notify us of your choice within 7 days of our offer. If you fail to do so, we will contact you again, re-iterating the above choices and sums payable or refundable and if you again fail to respond within 7 days, we may terminate the contract and refund all payments made by you without undue delay.

If we have already commenced a Tour and is forced to stop the execution of the Tour before its end due to circumstances beyond the control of us hindering us in carrying out the Tour in full. We shall be entitled to cancel the Tour and will also be entitled to compensation on a pro-rata basis for the time already spent carrying out the Tour with you.

In some cases we state a minimum number of participants that are required for the Tour to take place. For us to be able to terminate the Tour on this ground, the minimum number must be clearly stated at the time of booking the Tour and we must notify you of termination within the period fixed in the travel contract. In any event this should be no later than;

20 days before the start of the package for trips lasting more than 6 days;
7 days for trips lasting between 2 and 6 days;

For communication of a cancellation notice, please inform us within 24 hours and in writing. Only notices communicated in the manner advised shall be valid, unless we accept another form of notice.

Please note that we give Land Only Prices which are on the basis of two people sharing. Single rooms maybe available on selected Tours and an additional single supplement charge incurred where single rooms are made available.

Please cover all bank transfer fees so we can receive the charged fees without deductions.

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