Passenger Reviews
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Wow--What a Trip
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My husband and I just got back from a trip with National Geographic/Lindblad expeditions. We traveled the Inside Passage of Alaska. Not your typical cruise--maximum of only 62 passenger on board. The entire crew from the Captain on down did everything they could to make the trip something you would always remember. Being such a small ship--they could get into areas a regular cruise ship could only dream about. If space was too tight for them--we were placed into zodiacs. Plans would be changed to make the most of moment. For example, Killer whales were spotted as were were traveling to a cove and the ship was stopped and we got into Zodiacs moved and moved as close a allowed so that we could observe the whales in their environment. Cannot say enough about this trip---would not hesitate to travel with them again!
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Galapagos and Land of the Polar Bear - WOW
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Pros: Quality/knowledge of staff
Cons: Time/$$$-not enough to go on all of the Lindblad trips we want to
The Bottom Line: GO! GO! GO! You will thoroughly enjoy yourself.
Our first trip with Lindblad was their Galapagos trip on Polaris in Nov 2004 (and still our favorite all-time trip). Not too long before the trip, they had changed the starting point to be Quito instead of Guayaquil-luckily we had them book our airline tickets - they were also changed by the time I had called to inquire about them. Arrived in Quito quite late (early? 1AM) due to late flights out of Miami. Despite the hour, the local Lindlblad folks were pleasant and very accommodating, as was the hotel. The flight to Baltra went off without a hitch. Polaris was there ready and waiting for us, even though the previous guests had only left 2 hours prior! Accommodations on the…
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Traveler Beware of Lindblad Expeditions
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Pros: The egyptologist was excellent.
Cons: To expensive for what you receive and very poor customer service.
The Bottom Line: I would not recommend Linblad Expeditions to anyone because of the cost of the trip and most of all their poor customer service.
We recently took a 2 week trip with Lindblad to Egypt and definitely did not get what we paid for. We cruised the Nile for 7 days of the trip. Initially we were suppose to cruise with the luxury yaht the Triton but within a month from the trip the Triton burned down and it was replace with a ship called the Salencia. We had booked the bridge suite on the Triton which had a 180 degree view of the Nile River. We immediately contacted Lindblad's customer service department and let them know that this was not satisfactory to us. They gave us no alternatives and basically…
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Antarctica Cruise Review w Lindblad Nov. 2009
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In November 2009, we went on a Lindblad-National Geographic Cruise in Antarctica on the National Geographic Explorer. The expedition operations (site selection, Zodiacing, hiking, kayaking, etc.) were spectacular. We never felt rushed and everything was professionally run. There were usually 2 landings a day, weather permitting. One day the Captain drove up onto the ice so we could take a walk on ice. He also made a stop so we could swim along a thermally heated shoreline. Regardless of where we were, the mountains, ice flows, and sunsets were always incredible. We saw tens of thousands of penguins, many other types of birds, seals, and whales. Oftentimes the penguins would walk to within a foot or so of us. The enormity of it all has to be experienced, it can’t be described.
We had equally high hopes for the educational activities, given National Geographic’s preeminence in nature education and the…
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Antarctica Cruise with Lindblad/National Geographic December 2009
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In November 2009, we went on a Lindblad-National Geographic Cruise in Antarctica on the National Geographic Explorer. The expedition operations (site selection, Zodiacing, hiking, kayaking, etc.) were spectacular. We never felt rushed and everything was professionally run. There were usually 2 landings a day, weather permitting. One day the Captain drove up onto the ice so we could take a walk on ice. He also made a stop so we could swim along a thermally heated shoreline. Regardless of where we were, the mountains, ice flows, and sunsets were always incredible. We saw tens of thousands of penguins, many other types of birds, seals, and whales. Oftentimes the penguins would walk to within a foot or so of us. The enormity of it all has to be experienced, it can’t be described.
We had equally high hopes for the educational activities, given National Geographic’s preeminence in nature education and the…
