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| How do our adventures work? |
1. Assemble the group - Maukemana assembles
budding travellers into groups (usually no more than 6) of
like minded, similar people with similar outlooks. You’re
definitely not just thrown together. This gives the best
basis for sharing and enjoying the experiences that are to
come. You’ll begin your adventure (that’s right… it is YOUR
adventure) with travel buddies before you even leave home.
2. Meet the group and discuss - You’ll be invited to meet
your group and your Travel Mentor before you leave home in
the Maukemana Travel Online Group Forum. It’s important to
ask questions of your Mentors – safe travel is about
preparation. If they know the answer (and they probably
will) they’ll tell you. They’ve spent a long time learning
and they’re keen to both impress and pass the knowledge on.
3. Get to your start point - Your Mentor will meet you in
person at your start point. This is usually at the airport
in the destination country and they’ll get you to your first
accommodation. As group members arrive you’ll all meet up.
Your Mentor will make some recommendations about where to go
for the first few days ... although you’ll already have a
plan from using the Travel Forum before getting out there.
4. Go travelling - There’s no set itinerary. The Travel
Mentor is as flexible as you and will help you get on the
move, buy tickets, find accommodation, sort out routes, be
safer, buy food in restaurants and street stalls. They’ll
help you find things you forgot to bring and make sure that
you’re ok. They’re there for you. To lead, then to guide,
then to follow. As your confidence at travel grows we think
you’ll find that you become a full independent traveller.
5. Learn lots - This learning all takes place while you’re
travelling so you’ll have real situations in which to try
different solutions with the Travel Mentor on hand to help.
This, we believe, is the best and long term safest way to
get into travel. With us you learn by living!
6. Continue your adventure – At the end of your trip you’ll
most likely feel ready to go your own way. That’s what we
want – we’ll have taught you well. If at the end of the trip
you decide that you’re having too much fun too leave us
that's fine. Just join another Travel Mentor trip and go
somewhere completely new as you continue travelling!! |
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