“I have become much more confident, especially towards meeting new people and also contacting people.  I have improved my leadership skills, and am now confident about leading a team in future. I have become more responsible about watching over my belongings - at the start of the trip I lost two pairs of glasses and after that I would triple check every room we stayed in!”
Miranda Weller Jones, 2010 Challenger, Andes and Amazon

“As an independent you gain two things from your expedition: firstly, you have an incredible experience and adventure in a completely foreign country, and secondly you gain a whole new family. When you live with a group of 16 strangers for a month and you eat with them, share rooms with them, share everything with them, cry with them, laugh with them, see incredible things together and make incredible memories together then they are no longer strangers, they are all best friends and become a temporary family!”
Holly, Andes and Amazon 2010

"Its really difficult to explain how amazing the expedition was in words. It’s an experience that you really won’t get anywhere else. You make such amazing friends, get to visit beautiful places and experience a completely different culture, all at the same time”
Tara, Andes and Amazon 2010

“It has been one of the best months of my life. Going as an independent traveller is a brilliant choice- you meet people from all over the country and I have come away with so many friends who will stay with me for life”
Gabrielle Westington, Andes and Amazon 2009