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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

From start to finish my experience was faultless. Nothing was ever a problem, I felt safe and informed at all times. I would have no hesitation to recommend the tour company and product. A fantastic... See more

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Sun island tours provided great service throughout my Greek island tour. It was well organised and the tour guides were very informative of sites visited along the way. Sunquest organisers oversea... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I loved the fact that this is an Australian company and I can pick up the phone and chat. Emails are great for those strange questions. Your reservations staff were fabulous too. They understoo... See more

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

We did a Turkiye tour with Sun Island. There is a lot of info, very informative, experienced guides. We could have done without the sales pitches - felt quite pressured to buy jewellery, ceramics. Su... See more

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Sun Island Tours is Australia's leading niche wholesaler for the Mediterranean & Middle East, with over 30 years of experience. 


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars
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Hi Gina, can you please advise which passenger you have requested a quote for? I can see that Olivia sent you a quote last on 28/10 for a Celestyal Cruise. Please let us know. Thank you

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Disappointing.

We were a bit disappointed in our tour, however overall we enjoyed it. The street food market walking tour in Palermo as advertised was a meal in a restaurant, didn't get to go to the markets. The tour guide in Palermo was not very good.
The trip to mount Etna was really disorganised. Our guide did not have anything organised when we got to Etna or any information what to do. We had to queue for ages for tickets, pay 50 Euro to get to see anything and didn't have enough time to go right to the top. This should have been included in the tour as was advertised.
When we got to Lipari, our trip to Salina was replaced with a trip to Vulcano without any explanation, just vouchers delivered to our hotel. We probably wouldn't have been disappointed if the reason for cancelling was communicated to us.
The hotels were all good. Enjoyed the small size of the group.
The tour guide was very inexperienced. We only had her for 2 days, the rest of the time we were on our own which was better.

September 30, 2024
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Reply from Sun Island Tours

Thanks Wendy, we appreciate you taking the time to share such detailed feedback.

We’re glad to hear you still enjoyed the overall tour, the hotels and the small group size, but we’re disappointed to read that some parts of the experience didn’t meet expectations.

The points around the Palermo tour, Mt Etna arrangements, change from Salina to Vulcano, and guide experience are all important, and we’ll be raising these with our local operator so they can review what happened and improve the communication and delivery on the ground.

Thanks again for your honest feedback.

John @ Sun Island Tours

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Unsatisfied tour

The tour guide from Spain is less experienced. When he was asked about touring information, for example Sevilla, Ronda, he would tell us to ask other people because he is not familiar with the area.
The Oum Palace hotel in Casablanca is very disappointing because the air conditioning was not working properly, the room is so dirty, skin of cardboard is peeling off, and particularly too many fruit flies were hanging over the veggie salad.
On day 10, we’re supposed to be offered breakfast, but no one liaisons for us and we were only fed until dinner in Oum Palace, where as I said the food quality was so poor.
For some tours in Morocco, we were only brought to have a look in the bus and we couldn’t got off the bus to do the in depth tour.
As a whole, I am not satisfied with the quality of this trip.

September 26, 2024
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Reply from Sun Island Tours

Thanks Shou, we appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback.

We’re disappointed to hear parts of the trip did not meet expectations, particularly around the guide experience, hotel standard in Casablanca, meals, and some of the sightseeing in Morocco.

These are important points and we’ll be raising them with our local operator to review what happened and where improvements need to be made.

Thank you again for your honest feedback.

John @ Sun Island Tours

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Croatia on Adriatic Sky is a must do.

The cruise on the Adriatic Sea from Dubrovnik to split for five days was a wonderful experience.
The size of the boat the And size of The rooms/ cabins was excellent , the food and variety magnificent places where we were able to stop and swim in the CrystalClearwater of the Adriatic was nothing short of sensational , some of the tours and islands that we stopped at were mind blowing to see the history going back hundreds and thousands of years. Croatia is certainly a place that I would put on everyone’s recommended bucket list..

July 28, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

What didn’t go wrong!!

What didn’t go wrong!!
They were supposed to pick us up at Ljubljana train station. They were not there and we had to walk to our hotel (just as well we are experienced travellers and had Maps on our phone) and further there were no details re pick up point - ‘pick up at train station’ doesn’t cut it.
Walking tour of Ljubljana was not in the afternoon as per itinerary but rather in the morning. Fortunately, we went to reception to query if there had been any contact from Sun Island and found the group getting ready for the morning tour - the one and only.
Next day a tour to Lake Bled - no mention of a castle tour or gorge walk. Both were good but many would have been physically challenged by the very steep path to the castle and the stairs at the gorge. Wasn’t a problem for us.
Finally on arrival in Split our hotel room had been booked for the following day and there were no rooms left.
Whatever you do, never use Sun Island Tours or Katarina Line their local agent??

June 11, 2024
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Prompt

Prompt , polite efficient email replies and answer.
But did not answer my question specifically.
I wanted to know approximately what time a tour would arrive back in Lisbon. I was given the itinerary, which has no times attached. I appreciate due to traffic, breakdowns the arrival time may change , but still thought as this is a common tour , a time "ie btwn 2 -4 pm" or similiar could have been provided.

June 27, 2024
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Reply from Sun Island Tours

Thanks for the feedback, we appreciate it.

Glad to hear the replies were prompt, polite and efficient, but fair point that we should have answered the timing question more directly. While return times can vary due to traffic, road conditions and touring pace on the day, an approximate time range would have been more helpful.

We’ll take this on board for future enquiries.

John @ Sun Island Tours

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