Local Hero Travel Reviews 439

In January 2026, we travelled through Argentina with the support of Local Hero Travel. Their local knowledge provide us the best advice and support against much lower costs than other full service travel agents. Also their flexibility fitted perfectly with our desire to customize our travel experience.

We are incredibly satisfied with our experience on the Annapurna Circuit Trekking and would like to share our appreciation!

From the very first moment, we had contact with Abika, who responded very quickly and attentively to our questions. Everything was perfectly arranged. The various guides we had told us a lot about the culture here and what life is like in Nepal for them.

Our guide and porter were absolutely fantastic. Prem and Sujan were knowledgeable, friendly, and ensured that our trek went smoothly. From breathtaking views to warm hospitality along the way, every step was a true adventure. Thanks to the entire team for this unforgettable journey! 🏔️🌟

It was an unforgettable adventure for us. Best regards, father and daughter. 🤎🥾

Normally we always like to travel without any tour guides, so via Local Heroes we only arranged inland flight tickets and a rental car. However they were available 24h per day with assistance for everything including changing the car halfway to a 4x4 and arranging we could leave luggage at a hotel for some days. Felt really easy and secure to hace them as a backup for all our questions. I really recommend this for anyone!

Colombia experience.

We booked a 2 week vacation to Colombia on very short notice. Sjors, the local hero, did an excellent job in organizing a great tour for our family. Very good programs and excellent tour-guides made this a wonderful experience. Definitely would recommend.

From the first moment until the end of the trip Tanja has been extremely helpful, knowledgeable and always very quick with her responses. She came with a well thought through itinerary and ideas for our 3 week round trip but was also very open to incorporate some of the ideas we had, both on accommodation and activities. Tanja has been flexible all along and continuously answered our questions. Accommodations were nice and almost always as expected. We also received a very informative welcome pack. We would highly recommend Tanja for a trip in Africa!

Beautiful roadtrip thanks to Tanja from local hero! Amazing trip around Jo burg in 14days, awesome ecperience!

Incredible experience with Local Hero Vietnam. Everything so well organized. Great guide in the North. Overall homestays very good, hotels good.
Would highly recommend to book with this organization.

We made our first trip with local Hero to Sri Lanka and Maldives. The schedule was planned together with Nipun, the local agent. We were pleasantly surprised by the quality and service provided by Nipun! He provided us detailed information, took ample time to arrive at our optimal travel plan, and has an eye for detail.

During our entire trip we were well taken care of, first of all our great, professional and pleasant driver Nihal. During the entire trip in Sri Lanka he was at our disposal and we traveled in a large almost brand new air conditioned van. Especially the air conditioning was very welcome at the high temperatures during this period of time. Also, in Maldives we were waited for upon arrival on our island.
During the trip few issues happened and they were well handled by Nipun and/or Nihal.

The trip itself was a balance between sightseeing, activities and moments of rest. The quality and personal touch of the activities clearly outstood the standard. One attention point is the quality of the accomodation. Most places we stayed in were clean, well prepared and comfortable, however two hotels clearly were not up to the standard (mold, dirty).

I booked an unforgettable trip to South Africa together with my mom and sister. I chose this organisation because the trip is organized by a local, which I think is pretty special, especially when you want to contribute to the local economy. Our local hero Tanja knew everything about the country and managed to make a proposal that really matched all our needs and wishes. She’s very quick, friendly and pro-active in her support and contact. We travelled the country with our rental car for 22 days. From Jo’burg via the Panorama Route towards Kruger. And via Swaziland and Durban to Cape Town and Stellenbosch. Unforgettable were the Timbavati Private Game Reserve where we were saw so many animals and loved being in nature. Also our bush lodge in Nelspruit really stood out. So beautiful, very nice people and a fantastic accommodation with wild zebra’s in our backyard. Wow! On a regular basis Tanja checked if everything was still alright and assisted us during the trip where needed. Really a nice lady who we could count on and we were happy to meet her! When we wanted to arrange something special for our mom, Tanja arranged a nature drive with a private bush dinner at sunset. Imagine a camp fire, south african wine and an excellent diner temidst of fire lanterns and a breath taking view. Really appreciated all the great ideas and her service throughout the journey. I definitely recommend booking with Local Hero Tanja.

Our second time this year with local Hero travel. After our Nice expierences in Costa Rica we decided to work together again.
This time we were supported by Tanja for our trip to South-Africa and Swaziland.
Wonderful accomodations in the Kruger park with out rooftop tent and 4x4, great help and support. And we saw way more of SA because of the local knowledge of Tanja. This helped us very much in taking a non-turistic deepdive info this wonderful region.

South Afrika May 2018

Thanks Tanja,
You did a great job.
Next time we going again, whe will contact you.
Whe had a wonderfull time, and everthing went so well!

Thanks