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“Just come back off the Thai Adventure with Phi Phi add on and can honestly say that I had the time of my life.
The whole trip was so well organised and our tour guide Chai was amazing, ensuring that we were all happy and safe at all times whilst trying his best to show us everything Thailand had to offer. The Itinerary was well organised and left an exciting contrast between experiences from north of Thailand down to the islands. I especially loved the elephant sanctuary stay; it was probably the best few days of my life as it was incredible living in such intimate proximity to such beautiful animals. The only negatives I could give was the accommodation as some of it was pretty bad, but I guess it's something that you just have to deal with!
If anyone is hesitating about doing this trip just book it now. I had the best time ever and met some friends for life to share my memories with. I would also recommend the phi phi add on, I couldn't understand why only 3 people from our group booked on as I feel it completed our journey perfectly on such a beautiful island.”
“Gap360 found the best deals, I am a budget backpacker and they literally halved my cost of flying! I have recommended this team to so many of my friends and managed to convince two of them to get a deal from gap360 and come and join me abroad'”
“This is a fantastic experience and I would highly recommend it to anyone, we were lucky to have an exceptionally knowledgeable tour guide who provided us with a lot of great information.
Bangkok is definitely an experience and you will have more than enough time to soak it in. Haggle for everything, especially in the markets and start your negotiations very low. A trick I learnt is when you hit the price you want to pay if it's still to low go to walk away, most sellers will come down to your price, if they don't then your price was too low. It becomes a bit of a game within the group for who can get what for the lowest price.
The elephant home was a true highlight to the trip. Being so close to such large, powerful and gentle creatures is a sight to behold. Enjoy every second of it because it is only 2 days of the tour. While the elephants were chained up at night this was explained to us that it was for the safety of the elephants who would raid local farms for food if they were left free. The home also told us they were saving money and working with gap 360 to build a suitable elephant enclosure to put these extremely powerful creatures in overnight. This is something that I fully support and will be looking to try and raise funds for myself.
The jungle trek is hard work but very rewarding when you get to the waterfall and to the final destination.
The islands are great:
The volunteer work on Koh Samui was fun and the dam building was highly rewarding work with a full explanations why we were doing it the night before. There is a lot to do on Koh Samui and you should definitely make the most of it.
On Koh Toa you will enjoy a fantastic pub crawl and if you don't pay the 1000 Bhart to do the ladyboy show in Bangkok don't worry the ladyboy cabaret show on Koh Toa is far more amusing and enjoyable. Snorkelling on Koh Toa is a must with some great sights and a lot of beautiful coral and aquatic life to enjoy.
The full moon party is possibly the best party I've been to in my life. If you get the chance to go then do it. You will have to realise that you will lose people, especially if you are in a big group so I would suggest invoking the buddy system so you're always with someone you know, however, when I was walking around on my own I did not feel in danger at any point.
If you're a boy I would suggest you ask if any other boys are in the group as these tours are very female dominated and we met a group of 22 with only one boy in the group.
The accommodation is basic but on the most part very good and the home stays were still pleasant experiences.
For the 22 day trip I was advised that £500 would be more than adequate to do all the extra activities and still have nights out and enjoy yourself. If you want to stick to this budget you will need to eat street food at times, however, the street food I had was probably some of the best food I ate on the holiday and is freshly prepared infront of you. However, if like our group you want to eat in fairly decent restaurants, go out and party most nights and still do the additional activities, which are well worth the money and experience (I would highly recommend white water rafting in Chaingmai and the snorkelling on Koh Toa) you may find this an unrealistic budget to stick to.
I have already recommended this experience to my friends and while I'm not on a gap year, I left uni years ago and I feel I'm probably now to old to "find myself" it was a truely brilliant time with great people and I won't hesitate to go back to Thailand or to book another trip with gap 360.”
“Overall really enjoyed my gap 360 experience, the tour guides were great and made the whole tour a lot better. They were so supportive and made sure everything ran smoothly, can't praise them enough. However you could do Thailand for a lot cheaper independently, if I was to go to Thailand again I'd just do it by myself.”
“I recently came back from doing the Thai adventure trip that ran from June 29th - July 27th. Booking with Gap360 was very easy and the staff are incredibly helpful, friendly and genuinely seem like they want to help. The flight team, I personally was served by Kali, was exceptional. Kali stayed on the phone with me and my travel buddy for ages and really helped us with our options and found the best flights for us. I always received a helpful reply to any questions that I sent to my travel coordinator and they really helped to put my mind at ease. I'm naturally an anxious person but booking with Gap360 took away all of the stress and worry that would normally come with doing a trip like this. Our transfer from the airport to our accomodation was very smooth and easy and we were very grateful to have someone there to meet us. The accommodation was in a very convenient place in Bangkok and breakfast was included for our stay which was also very convenient. Chang Mai was one of the highlights of my trip, however the trek was not. I found myself feeling very ill due to not being acclimatised yet and the trek being much longer and harder than expected. We were advised incorrectly for the trek as many people said they'd been told trainers would've been fine before the trip started, when in the actual circumstances they weren't. I took walking boots and would definitely reccomend taking them. The trek was mainly uphill and a lot longer than expected so make sure you have walking boots and lots of water! The coach journey between Bangkok and Chang Mai was fine as it was on a private coach with lots of stops. The journey between Bangkok and Koh Samui was horrendous as it was on a public coach and boat and took around 16 hours. The island itself was nice but the volunteering we took part in was pointless- building a dam was fun and rewarding but painting a wall for two days was not. We got to the community centre, painted the first coat, painted the second coat and then left after less than 2 hours and then did the same thing the next day. The trip to Koh Tao on the boat was very disorganised by the boat company and it took a long time to get everyone off of the boat and to collect bags. Koh Tao itself was amazing and definitely another highlight of my trip and I think time there should be extended. Koh Phangan didn't have anything going on there at all, the Full Moon Party was average. It was a good experience but I wouldn't go again. After the party, the island pretty much evacuated and became incredibly empty. There was not very much to do there other than sit by a beach/pool or drink. Koh Phangan didn't end the trip on a high and it really gave you the feeling that you had wasted your money doing four weeks instead of three. I would reccomend to others to do the 3 week option and travel to Koh Phangan to the full moon party independently, as its really easy to get the boat, before flying home so as not to waste your time/money for the rest of the week. The coach journey back to Bangkok from Koh Phangan was again a public coach and peoples bags were broken into and stolen from, something that is apparently common on coaches in Thailand. This really put a dampener on our last night as we felt completely let down. If possible, it may be a better idea to spend an extra £50 and get a flight between Bangkok and Koh Samui and then just get the boat between the two other islands. The trip other than the points I have highlighted has been fantastic and one of the best experiences I have had. Our guides, Pentor and Mod, were exceptional and really took care of us and showed us the best ways to have fun and I will miss them both a lot. The elephant sanctuary is an amazing experience and I would've loved to have spent longer there. I would definitely reccoment this trip to anyone.”
“Thai adventure 4 weeks- I have just come back on I what I can 100% say was the best month of my life, every moment was amazing and it was all down to the hard work and kindest of our guide chai. He honestly went above and beyond to make sure we enjoyed every second of our time away and truly got to experience all aspects of Thai culture, chai made us feel safe at all times and if anyone was ill he'd do all he could to make sure they was better. He took us to some of the most amazing places and really made the whole experience unforgettable. My only criticism would be in terms of some of the accompadation how ever this was expected and you really have to just go with it.”
“This trip was amazing and would deffenetly recommend it to anyone thinking about traveling or are a first time traveler. I have made friends for life and seen the most amazing things. Honestly though it was our tour guide chi who made the trip for me, always going above and behond for me, Helping us with what ever we needed and making us all feel very safe. He really did make the trip what it was for me and I couldn't of asked for a better tour guide if I'd tried, thank you chi”
“The voulenteering with children placement in ghana is such a lovely one that im in my second one as I type .. just 3 weeks into my second two month stay... that should be a good enough selling Pont for you maybes but if not just know ghana is safe and friendly as long as you use common sence and are polite to the culture diffrences you will be supprized how beautiful the outcome is for both you and those you gain the plesure to meet . Be a Nike supporter ..... JUST DO IT”
“I went on the South Africa Monkey Sanctuary Volunteering trip in june for 2 weeks, I had an absolutely nightmare journey nearly missing my flight running round the whole of heathrow trying to find the check in desk after being stuck in stand still traffic for 5 hours on the motorway. Your team member Kali was absaloutely fantastic, he really is a credit to your team he stayed on the phone to me out of working hours on the coach and running round the airport while I was a mess on the phone. He gave me options and reassured me, luckily I made it through, typically there was a delay on the plane which meant I missed 2 flights in south Africa but your team was able to rearrange my transfer for me. I am booked to go to Thailand at the weekend and I am really excited, you guys really are a fantastic team and I will continue to go around the world with Gap 360. Thanks for amazing trips! :)”
“Exciting trip to China. Was well prepared by Gap 360 prior to arrival, partner was suitable and followed the itinerary reasonably well. Cheapest supplier of the trip.”
“I booked the Amazon Wildlife Rescue trip through Gap360. Having never travelled outside of Europe before, I was quite nervous about the trip, but the team were absolutely great in reassuring me that it was all going to go smoothly. They told me what I needed to pack, what to expect, and what I needed to prepare myself for, and were there every time I needed them for a question or problem. The project itself was absolutely magnificent. The staff at the centre became some of my greatest friends, and I met so many other incredible volunteers too. I couldn't recommend the project highly enough, I spent 4 weeks there and was in tears when I left as it had begun to feel more like home than home had. I'd do it all again tomorrow!”
“This company is amazing for first time travellers. I was so nervous about what would happen to me when I arrived, but all the staff were so informative and nice that it made the thing a lot easier. Booking all my activities and accommodation was easy too, all the reccomended hostels were always good and in a great location!”
“The trip was very worth while. We were able to see the main sights of China in a relevatively quick time. Most of the activities were optional and therefore, more money is needed but they aren't too pricey. The tour guides were exceptional and very helpful - they even organised events for us that weren't on the iternery. Superb!”
“I loved the gap 360 trip and our leader alissa was great. I would 100% do these trips again! There was only one thing that really left me upset and disappointed me and that was the animal welfare on gili t. I'm a huge animal lover and as soon as I got onto the island and saw the horses I wanted to leave and couldn't bare to watch the horses suffer ever day I was there. I found myself having to try and ignore what I was seeing because otherwise I would've just had to stay in the villa room every night. I saw the amazing things that bali intro has done, especially with the home stay visit that was part of the trip. If bali into could potentially start to look at trying to help out the animal welfare on the island it would make a big difference. I hated feeling part of the problem even though we didn't use the horses and only witnessed it. I spoke to a lot of other members on the trip and they all hated what was going on. Overall I had the best time ever on the bali intro trip and I am so glad I was able to be a part of it, I have absolutely no issues and think that it was great value for money. I just want to ask again if you as a company would be able to help in any way that would be great.”
“Just finished my 2 weeks of volunteering and cannot wait to go back. An absolutely amazing experience being able to be up close to many of South Africa's native wildlife. Helping to maintain the animals enclosures and building new accommodation, also being able to help maintain all the animals on a day to day basis. Would recommend this to everyone with a love for animals :D thank you to all the volunteers and coordinators for making my stay an unforgettable one”
“Everything was great in the build up to the trip. The transfer from the airport to the hotel was smooth. I found I had a lot of time to do my own thing. There could maybe be more to do on the city tour, I understand it is an external company that conduct the activities. The only thing I wasn't happy about was the hotel. The hotel is quite run down. So currently they are doing renovations which meant at half six every morning I was woken by noise that continued throughout the day. The hotel also had the bare minimum of facilities. Other than that I enjoyed the trip.”
