点评:In the 80's and 90's, I was a wilderness guide in Alaska. also had the great fortune to do trips throughout the world since. Twice in my life I've gotten to eat at Michelin starred restaurants. So let me put it this way-- if Michelin rated tour companies around the world like they rate restaurants, then Tour Mongolia would be a 2 star Tour Company because they are one of the absolute elite, best ones of the entire world, not just Mongolia. (Note, there's a total 500 Michelin 2 or 3 star restaurants out of 15 million restaurants world-wide.)
We did a 10 day remote, backcountry trip. Something like what we did--rugged and arduous no matter what--brings out the true colors of a tour company. The company, the guide, the drive/wrangler. the cook all nailed it, and I mean nailed it, top to bottom. (Any company can do a fine job on a car tour or simple 'canned tour,' the true test of quality occurs on the most challenging trips, like ours.)
I prefer to not name the exact trip we did or provide the name of our staff because I don't want to cause that trip or those team members to be overly requested.
Make no mistake, the number one thing that made this trip so special is Mongolia itself, which is wondrous/ break taking. But it is not a Western World developed nation, and we saw lots of unhappy tourists (with other tour companies, not ours) who weren't mentally prepared for the conditions it entails to go remote in Mongolia.
We actually did three trips in Mongolia, spent a month in country. This was the only trip that we did with Tour Mongolia. What a mistake! So we have something to compare to, this isn't a 'blind' rating of a tour company in Mongolia.
I just want to add, Thank You again to Tour Mongolia and our team, it was one of the greatest experiences of my life.
翻译:在 80 年代和 90 年代,我在阿拉斯加当过荒野向导。从那以后,我也有幸在世界各地旅行。我一生中曾两次在米其林星级餐厅用餐。所以,让我这样说吧——如果米其林像评价餐厅一样评价世界各地的旅游公司,那么蒙古之旅将是一家 2 星旅游公司,因为他们是全世界(而不仅仅是蒙古)绝对的精英、最好的旅游公司之一。(请注意,全世界 1500 万家餐厅中,共有 500 家米其林 2 星或 3 星餐厅。)
我们进行了为期 10 天的偏远乡村之旅。我们所做的一切——无论如何都是艰苦卓绝的——展现了旅游公司的本色。公司、向导、司机/牧马人、厨师都做得很好,我的意思是,从上到下都做得很好。 (任何公司都可以在汽车旅行或简单的“罐装旅行”上做得很好,真正的质量考验发生在最具挑战性的旅行中,就像我们的旅行一样。)
我不想说出我们进行的具体旅行或提供我们工作人员的姓名,因为我不想让那次旅行或那些团队成员被过度要求。
别误会,让这次旅行如此特别的首要原因是蒙古本身,它令人惊叹/令人放松。但它不是西方世界发达国家,我们看到很多不开心的游客(其他旅游公司的,不是我们的)没有做好心理准备去蒙古偏远地区。
我们实际上在蒙古进行了三次旅行,在该国呆了一个月。这是我们与蒙古旅游公司进行的唯一一次旅行。真是个错误!所以我们有东西可以比较,这不是对蒙古旅游公司的“盲目”评级。
我只想补充一点,再次感谢蒙古旅游和我们的团队,这是我一生中最棒的经历之一。