Santana AdventuresReviews of santanaadventures.com

They call it "Santana Adventures" for a reason. Weather and other events may cause a change in the itinerary, and we had that on the British Isles cruise. Participants need to be aware that the bicycle cruise may go to other locales (usually due to weather). While we expected to go to Portrush in Northern Ireland, it was not to be due to high swells, and unsafe to tender from the boat to shore. Santana Adventures rose to the occasion, however, finding alternative routes. While we expected to go to Isle of Man, again, events caused a change. A motorcycle race had been delayed earlier in the week, now causing our bicycling to conflict with the delayed motorcycle race. Again, unsafe, and beyond the control of Santana. Again, an alternative port and bicycle routes were created on the fly. Highlight: sailing up the Thames to dock just upriver from Tower Bridge, tied up to the HMS Belfast. If you expect a scripted experience that will not change, Santana Adventures is not for you.

A unique and wonderful trip! Santana has its own special vibe which we connected to right away. The guests are interesting, open and always up for a laugh. Our ship and crew in Tasmania get a resounding A+. The Santana gang was helpful and down to earth. We had a great time.

Excellent tour. My first return to Japan since living there in 1991

The boat experience was fantastic, the logistics of getting to the ride could be daunting. The captain and crew were excellent and, the food was very good. The evening extras were often the highlight of the day.

We went on the second Japan trip (Kobe to Tokyo - roughly the same routing as the first Tokyo to Kobe trip but in reverse order), and our experience was great. Excellent routes with safe roads, gorgeous countryside, and fun things to see. Mikey, who you can see on Cycle Japan on PBS, created fantastic routes and gave entertaining route talks. With the high quality pavement on back roads with small cars slowly driven by people who are careful about cyclists, Japan is a great place to cycle tour.

Aus/Taz was a great trip, but after doing 11-12 Santana trips now my wife & I do not enjoy the larger ship experience. We feel like the need of larger ports there is too much time spent standing in lines, tenders off ships, & rides that have to incorporate the city/wharf part of the rides. With that said Windstar was a wonderful service ship—the crew was unbelievable. We also realize being a 1st time trip all the “on the fly” changes that were needed and how you best serve us as travelers.

Wonderful trip; cycling routes were challenging, scenic and took us to super interesting places where we experienced the local villages and people. There was adequate choice of rides from easier to difficult. Returning to the cruise ship every day was wonderful.

Overall our Tahiti trip went very well and was enjoyable. The ship was beautiful and the crew was great. Would have been better to have a more detailed daily itinerary, explanation of items up front such as how the wine, beer and bar expenses would work, what's included and when. On prior trips we would have appreciated better knowledge upfront of what sites would be visited, especially when there were options for that specific day, to help with planning and expectations. Providing the routes on GPS chips is great now, saving upfront planning worries. Overall very enjoyable tandem cycling adventures.