Gozo – ganztägige Jeep-Tour

The whole day was great fun, well organized, timely and Louis was a fantastic driver & guide. We loved everything.

Unfortunately my review can not be as good I would have liked - firstly the weather was shocking, of course, this is no ones fault but a couple of things could have been done to make it more pleasant - firstly invest in roll down sides for the jeeps (another company had these) which would have kept guests a bit drier, and secondly, amend the itinerary to spend more time at places that did not rely so much on having good weather. A good example of this is we only got 30 minutes at the Citadel where we could have spent 2 hours, even in the rain - we also had 20+ minutes in a small shop which was completely unnecessary and a number of stops where we were told "normally we would go on a boat here, but not today". My other main issue was lack of information, our driver was lovely but just that, a driver and not a guide and he gave us very little information about the island and even the places we were going. Even if he had given more information, those sitting in the back of the jeep could not hear anything he said anyway. I wish I could have been more positive and I see many others seemed to have a much better experience so perhaps it was just an off day.

We were picked up on time which was great but when we were dropped at the dock for the boat ride to Gozo, the driver just sent us down the dock and left so we all stood there for at least half an hour unsure of where to go. Once we arrived on Gozo, we also waited another 45 minutes while the tour got organized and then there was no Jeep left for our group so we had to wait for another Jeep that was coming but was late. Delayed the start of the tour quite a bit but once we were on it it was great! Good sights and lunch was really good. Stops were short (probably because we started so late) but the guide was knowledgeable and very friendly. I would still recommend.

Avoid this tour in bad weather especially, but don't necessarily expect to learn about Gozo anyway. The day we booked for was raining heavily - obviously there was nothing that the tour operator could do about that, but it meant that we were in covered jeeps, which meant we only saw a tiny bit of Gozo through the opening in the back (the thick plastic on the sides was almost impossible to see through). The only commentary from our guide was to tell us which village we were driving through - we could have got that information by turning on the location on our phones. When we did stop anywhere, he didn’t give any explanation about what we were looking at eg ‘this is a church..........’, nothing about what it was called or why it was interesting. Apparently one of the other guides chatted nonstop to his passengers, so it seems we were unlucky with our allocation. Rain was dripping on us from the roof covering for the whole day, so we ended up wet and cold. My husband had to sit hunched forward to avoid having the cold, wet roof-covering resting on his head. As I mentioned earlier, the tour operator couldn’t help the weather, but we both felt that the tour either should have been cancelled, or used a minibus, as at least that way we would have seen something of Gozo and we'd all have had some commentary. We complained to Viator who responded with this message from the tour operator: "The weather was not as bad as the client mentioned. Also, as mentioned by the client – the weather is not in our control. The tour consisted of 20 other persons and no one has complained about the tour. No refund is to be given." Obviously we weren't impressed with that reply so I sent this follow up message to Viator: 'We were not complaining about the weather (as I said in my email). Although it was so wet that our shoes still haven’t dried out a day later. Our driver even said at one point, it never rains like this, it’s miserable, we can’t show you what we usually would. Our complaint was due to the fact that we saw very little of Gozo from inside the closed-in jeep, were wet and uncomfortable and even worse, learnt next to nothing about the place, which is the main reason we take tours. The fact that no-one else complained is immaterial - our experience was this was the worst tour we’ve been on (many previously have been in heavy rain and we wouldn’t dream of complaining just because it was wet). It took a few days, but Viator did respond with an apology and partial refund

this was a wonderful day the weather was amazing, and our guide should get a medal as he was fantastic. At the beginning of our trip he told us we were going to have an amazing day and he made sour we did. From beginning to end he had us laughing and his knowledge was fantastic, we had lunch too and the food was amazing, a bit disappointed that there was only white wine no red, but that's me just been pernickety.the whole day was a great experience, i would really recommend this tour for a whole day out. it made our holiday.

Very well run from start to finish. It is more like a private tour as the jeep can only take 5 - 6 passengers with the driver. The driver took us to many points of interests although you can't stay too long in each one. In my opinion, this trip is by far better than taking the big coach tour. The best part was that they picked up and dropped off at my hotel, very convenient.

This trip was amazing. Our guide Louis did a great job showing us Gozo. The transport to Gozo from Sliema went smooth. Was a real bonus that we got to see the Blue Lagoon with powerboat on the way back.

A lot of value for the money. Good guide and meal provided. Scenery was spectacular and enjoyed the extra option of the blue lagoon boat ride.

Great leader! SO much fun whizzing around the island. Good length of time at each of the stops and lunch was a beautiful addition

Beware!! If you expect an off-the-main-path ride through the country side you might find yourself somewhat disappointed. The announced travel on small country roads not accessible to larger vehicles i.e. tourist buses was limited to a few minutes to see not so impressive salt pans. If you are interested in historical sites you might be even more disappointed, a feeling which was shared by my three co-travelers. Pick-up at 8:30 AM in our case and return to the hotel occurred in a timely manner. But the actual jeep tour started only around 10:45 AM with a delay of at least an hour due to waiting for delayed customers. This delay created unfortunately time pressure throughout the whole jeep tour. We only passed by the famous Ggantija Temples Tour Guide: 'These temples are 1500 years older than the pyramids but a visit would take 40 mins and we have no time for that.', an expected highlight of the tour and announced tour stop see notification of extra entrance fees to be paid. The Rotunda of Xewkija which comprises the third-largest unsupported dome in the world was pointed out to us but we did neither stop to take at least a photograph from the distance nor to see the dome from the inside of the church. Visits of cultural/historic sites were limited to a 10-min stop at the basilica of Ta' Pinu and to a 1/2 hour visit of the citadel of Victoria which included a down-hill walk back to the jeep. Under the given time constraints the actual inspection of the citadel was a hasty non- enjoyable 15-min squeeze through the tourist crowds. The announced visit of a 'Gozo Crafts Center' turned out to be a stop at a small souvenir shop where we were offered a tiny glass of local wine to fulfill the promise of 'local food tasting'. All in all, the jeep tour seemed somewhat over-advertised and did to some extent not keep the promises given. To be fair, on another day the delay and time pressure experienced by us might not occur. Yet the mere chance that you might share our fate if you are unlucky should make you wary. In my opinion you would be better off using a hop-on/hop off bus to explore Gozo, thereby setting your own timetable.