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Very Good, But A few things to keep in mind
Jan 30, 2014 11:12 AM 87627 Views
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I had 2 trips so far with KSTDC and Overall I am happy though I would like to mention a few things based on my trips 1. Hill Stations of South India( Year 2013) - Mysore-Ooty-Kodaikanal-Doddabetta-Coonor(5 Days) Overall Good, Spent decent time at all places, Boating was good, had good enough time for shopping, horse riding. Overall it was good. The best part was guide who was jovial and kept everyone active. Things to be careful




  1. Rooms availability is first come first server, sometimes you may not have choice but hotel selection are mostly decent. Somehow I enjoyed this and was overall happy.




2. Goa Gorkhana Jog Falls( Jan 2014) This was a good trip, but I was disappointed with 1 thing below




  1. Mandovi River Boat Cruise - It was the worst thing, absolute trash. We were told,




a boat trip with cultural programmes, availability of food, drinks and we trusted the guide. We ended up in a 1.5 hrs of absolute nightmare in a ship which was carrying more than 10000+ people, could hardly see the cultural programs which were hardly good, crowd was mixed and can make you insecure, drunken people, samosas were trash, so was food, notorious crowd.


What was painful was misguidance by the tour guide and imagine misguiding even elderly people who could hardly walk up the stairs in the Ship, any clear cut information that it was not going to be nice would have been great, but it was disheartening to be misled. KSTDC should actually cancel the mandovi river cruise unless it is for 500 people only cruise.  Elderly People were utterly disappointed and Guide did not give a proper explanation and neither did feel sorry, clearly guide's mistake though he was a good guy overall.  This was one thing that spoiled whole tour as we could have utilized this time for shopping or something else like spending more time on a beach .  We were more hurt because we compromised on the below




  1. Jog Falls - Off season so it was not spectacular but still good




  2. Gokharna - Beach was awesome but we were not allowed to spend time




  3. Somehow at all beaches, we were not allowed much time except the last beach.




  4. Shopping also was not that great, you can buy cashews, kokum water and some ornaments, gifts, clothes for friends.




  5. Dolphin cruise - I enjoyed the cruise, but saw dolphin fins or tails, not good view of dolphin, but Cruise was good, enjoyed the sail.






Hotels where we stopped for breakfast was good at all places. Night accommodation at GDTC was decent and so was the food at the hotel.


In spite of all this, a good trip and would be good if KSTDC takes the feedback in right spirit and tries to improve. I would recommend and look forward to further tours with KSTDC.


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