Wendy Wu Tours

I should start with mentioning Frank, our tour guide, who was excellent in not only acting as a shepherd with his "flock" but was extremely knowledgable about places visited and ever so helpful when problems arose such as sickness, emergencies, hospital visits, medication etc. Always patient, good natured and a great sense of humour. This was a once in a lifetime trip and the destinations visited fulfilled all our desires - Xian, Beijing, Dali, Kunming, Yangtze river, Chongqing, ChengDu, Guillin, Yangshuo, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Shanghai, and Hong Kong! It truly was stunning and unforgettable, and exhausting! This tour requires a good degree of fitness as there will be substantial walking involved. It also involves a high degree of transport and frequent packing / unpacking between accommodations. If there was one criticsm I would have to make, it would be able to spend more "me time" in some of the destinations even if this reduces the itinerary.

The first hotel 3 nights was great. 2nd hotel 2 nights was good. Last hotel at Dead Sea was not 5 stars and was really disappointing. All meals until the last day were great. Last day lunch and dinner was in the mediocre hotel buffet style hot dishes were not hot, desserts were not covered despite the flies and the queues for food were ridiculous. It was as if Wendy Wu had run out of ideas. The adult pool was closed, the Lebanese restaurant was closed. Generally the last day was a lacklustre affair which was a real shame

Vishal was wonderful and had an answer for every question.
He looked after all of us above and beyond expectations.
Our group of 17 was just the right amount.
Hotels and food were great.

My second tour with Wendy Wu, both great. Absolutely loved this one. The itinerary was perfect and the tour guides were exceptional. Very happy with all the accommodation and meals, I can definitely recommend this tour to anyone considering these destinations.

Excellent tour with an excellent, knowledgeable tour guide

Great itinerary, good hotels, food, guides and transport .

The holiday of a lifetime and the best holiday I have ever had. Peru - the Andes, Machu Picchu, Lamas and Alpacas, Chocolate and Pisco Sour, Lake Titicaca and Floating Islands. Buenos Aires - Tango lessons, Gauchos and horse riding. Rio de Janiero - Christ the Redeemer, Sugar Loaf Mountain, Copacabana Beach, Carnival experience and Samba. The Iguaza Falls were amazing with the option to view them by helicopter and boat - brilliant experiences. Learning about the different cultures and history was fascinating and visiting Indigenous families and sampling their ancient rituals was a privilege. Al the places visited were fantastic and I cannot pick out a favourite - they were all brilliant.

The Hotels and food were all excellent. We sampled lots of different restaurants and cuisine. Dinner was usually in a local restaurant and included great entertainment.

Everything was extremely well organised and it all ran very smoothly, we did not have to worry about a thing. Claudio - our guide for the whole tour - was knowledgeable and passionate. He looked after us extremely well, he was pleasant, friendly, caring, thoughtful and extremely efficient. He worked very hard and attended to every detail. In addition to Claudio there were local guides who specialised in a particular area and they were all brilliant too. Transport was always ready and waiting for us, and all the drivers were pleasant, friendly and helpful.

It was full on and fast paced, lots packed in and so as expected very little downtime. I found it all very exciting and in my view if you are going to travel that far you might as well do as much as possible.

We have lots and lots of photos, many happy memories and have made some lovely new friends.

Fantastic experience, brilliant holiday and worth every penny - thank you Wendy Wu.

The river cruise was absolutely fantastic - truly exceptional service and wonderfully comfortable.
Visiting Sikkim and Darjeeling was very interesting but spoilt for us as the weather was extremely wet.
The guides and excursions were extremely good.
I have only given a 4-star rating overall as the quality of hotels was in general below expectation: the location of the hotel in Kolkata was good but the rooms were a bit dirty and the meals were poor and the Summit North Star Hotel in Gangtok was awful in every way (I note this can be booked online for £22 for a 'deluxe' room!!).
This is our second Wendy Wu holiday (having previously visited Japan) and I would prefer less elaborate/substantial lunches and a slight upgrade in the standard of hotel accommodation to a genuine 4* for all tours.
I would also not recommend Air India.

I nearly didn’t go on this holiday because my travel companion was too ill to travel but I decided to brave it and I’m glad I did. It was a packed itinerary with lots of different experiences so not much time to feel lonely. Our guide Junya was very friendly and informative although I did have to concentrate to understand him sometimes. Generally the hotels were good but they did vary in standards as did the food offered. I felt that there was rather too much Japanese food which became a bit repetitive after a time. The travel arrangements were excellent and very efficient. Overall it was a great holiday and Japan is a wonderful country to visit and experience a very different culture