Testimonials

Our first kudos go to Susie Main who was extremely accommodating and helped us to book an amazing tour. She was very patient with questions and very thorough – a big thank you to her! .This small group tour of 12 with Thor as our driver/guide was amazing and even better than we had hoped it could be! The vehicle was perfect as well as the Itinerary and we saw Northern lights a bunch of nights with Friday 27th being a spectacular event! Thor was the perfect guide and made all of the difference. He was extremely helpful with taking photographs of the Northern Lights and filled with so much great information. He couldn't be any more accommodating. The Itinerary was perfect – I can't think of a thing that I would change .

Overall very good, was disappointed the optional diners were not well attended by my tour and the food served at the Tallinn optional dinner was not authentic; lighting was not dim as expected for a midieval atmosphere and price was Euro 40 too expensive for what we received. Only 3 people from a tour of 19 participated. Time spent in Vilnius was too short; an AM walking tour and 2 hours free time – more time like a half day free time should be for a capital of Lithuania. – Robert Mazurkivich -

The tour was superb. The guides were great. The hotel was beautiful -4 star. I had all of the paperwork we needed to take care of the ferry/hotel and guides. Everything went very smoothly. Oh and we loved the included buffet meals! – SHERRI ESMUS -

Almost everything went very well. We especially liked the Artis Hotel in Vilnius and the Hotel National in Klaipeda. Many of the other hotels were nice, but quite modern and lacked charm. Our driver (Aurimas) was wonderful. Even though he had never made a similar extended trip, he was great. Amber Tours also rented a new comfortable 8-passenger van for the trip. Our only problem came on Day 12 in Tallinnn when he was instructed to start his return trip to Vilnius by noon. Fortunately, our local guide was able to arrange for transportation to get us back to our hotel after completing our excursion to Kadriorg Park. Most of the local guides were outstanding.

Our guide and driver, Martina was exceptional. Completely flexible and accommodating. Her background and historical info on every stop was superb. Her energy and humor are remarkable. She has the gift of making every participant feel special. The van was OK, the hotels were OK but what made the tour special was Martina's enthusiasm and wit. All the young people, guys and gals, on the desk staff at the Natura were extremely helpful. They walked me thru some cell phone and communications issues with patience and understanding and never gave the impression they were too busy to help. I'm not sure the staff at a US hotel would have been as helpful.

Thank you very much for arranging our tours of Scandinavia and Russia.  We really enjoyed the services provided by Borealis Destination Management, most of all our tour leader, Mirjana.  I learned a lot in Russia from Masha and Natasha.  The transportation arrangements went smoothly and we enjoyed the variety of types of travel.  The accommodations were very good.   We were fortunate that we traveled with interesting and pleasant people.  All in all, my husband and I had a fantastic trip.  Thanks for putting it together. – Christina Ferguson