Some questions on the Venezuela Adventure Classroom trip.
Seems good value – almost too good to be true. Ok £4k pays for the trip and lessons, but on average would is a person likely to spend in total on this trip? (inc. flights, food, booze, additional excursions, souvenirs)…I know it all depends on the person, but on average??? How much worse off would you be at the end of the trip compared to the start?
Flights to Caracas are remarkably cheap considering the distance- between £400 and £700 return. You then need to get to Barcelona, Skyscanner shows this as about £136 on top.
Venezuela is a cheap country in general, but there is so much included with this trip that you actually spend very little, perhaps you might upgrade to head up angel falls in a helicopter or drink alot of beer (less than a pound per bottle), but even so, £100 a week is more than enough. Much more.
The cheapest meal is 15-20 bsf (Bollivars Fuerte the Venezuelan currency) around 60-80 bsf for night bus camas (night buses) for around 500 km, snacks are for 5-15 bsf. water 5 bsf. The most expensive are tours….4 days los llanos 750 bsf, one day ayuan tepui guide 150 bsf.
At the time of writing it was 6.15bsf to the pound. You can check exchange rates here http://coinmill.com/GBP_VEF.html but remember exchange rate vary depending on the black market and banks. Always try to take USD to South America instead of GBP, they are much more widely accepted (take new notes aswell, not old tattered ones).
Personally, I think this is one of the best trips we offer, and I have been on most!
I think so…you can never have enough info and this sort of trip is a big thing for a lot of people…over £4k outlay and for 5 months. In the 24 week trip itinerary you mention adventure sports training…but what exactly do you mean?
Adventure sports on offer include rock climbing (we have a huge rock climbing wall), ocean Kyacking and trekking in the jungle to name a few.
Also, in the photo there’s a massive anaconda…will there be opportunities for this sort of thing?
Absolutely, you will be in the amazon rainforest, there is always the chance you might see one. Just please, don´t get eaten! All joking aside this trip does give you a real opportunity for a get away from it all adventure. Emphasis on adventure!
IF this is the same trip as was advertised on another site all those years ago, then I assume there is some kind of trip involving hunting for these beasts (??!?) as there was then.
I believe it probably is, our partner has been established there a few years, and has worked with other agents before us.
