![]() The guide apologised to everyone for his mistake and I offered to run the tour at a loss, and honour the price of I feel this review is inaccurate and extremely unfair.ĭissatisfaction relating to cost is misdirected: the HF holidays guide arranged for a 2 hour “history and culture tour” to be added to the homeward taxi journey for an additional fee of £15.00 per person but did not pass this information on to his guests. I'm sure Alec will find some 'excuse' if he decides to post a reaction.īottom line: Alec is a fine Taxi driver better to explore (walk!) Jura on your own or with a good guide. To top it off Alex wanted the full 15 pounds (or 180 pounds for the whole group) for the tour while he was also being paid by HF Holidays!! Not a very good moment in an otherwise perfectly arranged holiday. Alec did not seem to mind the taking over of Jura by someone with too much money (OK, personal opinion) Routinely and uninspired explanation of POI's Places where we could get out were not new to us (we had walked to the church and cemetery 'Wild' deer we were shown were tame (for easier shooting?) and behind fences like sheep or cows Picture taking through the (tinted/dirty?) windows was not very nice We were almost never allowed to go out of the bus We simply cannot recommend this tour more highly.ĭuring a HF holiday (Alec was contracted and paid as taxi) we (12 persons) decided to have the 'Wildlife Tour' on our return transport from the North back to our hotel. We felt truly privileged to spend time in his company & now feel we know so much more about the history, the wildlife, the current issues, the community, the businesses, the characters, the geology etc etc etcĪlex also presents all the information in such an engaging & interesting way - we could have talked with him for hours more. Probably not an exaggeration to say that he knows almost everyone & everything about the island that is his family home, and that he so passionately cares about. Second, Alex is such an integral part of the Jura community that he is uniquely qualified to be a Jura guide. First, Alex took the time to really understand what we were trying to get out of the day. ![]() ![]() Reflecting on the day on our way back to Islay on the ferry we felt that the reasons that this tour was so exceptionally good were two-fold. First in order to give Alex the credit that he so richly deserves, but second to encourage other folks to enrich their visit to Jura in such an amazing way. We don’t write many reviews but the outstanding quality of Alex’s tour today means that we feel compelled to do so. ![]()
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