1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your holiday?

Most memorable part of the trip was the absolutely exhilarating toboggan ride down the mountain.

2. What tips would you give other travellers booking this holiday?

Take lots of layers as the temperature varies and the weather can change quickly. Make sure you have lots of film or a large memory card because the scenery is stunning!

3. Did you feel that your holiday benefited local people, and minimized impacts on the environment?

Yes, and our tour guide made a conscious effort to distribute our money around different restaurants in the village where we ate out for group meals. The food is just fantastic too!

4. Any other comments?

This really was an activity holiday with the emphasis on fun. Absolutely suitable for beginners, and a great introduction to lots of winter sports. There were also optional activities for the evenings. It was well organised, the accommodation was excellent and the hotel staff friendly. Food is particularly good with several local specialties to try. I think the best thing about this holiday is the variety of activities, especially if you are a beginner. I would rate this holiday highly, indeed several of the group passed comment they would like to do the same holiday over again next year!

1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your holiday?

The most memorable part of the holiday was snowshoeing over thick virgin snow surrounded by snow covered mountains and trees with a brilliant blue sky above. Most exciting though was tobogganing.

2. What tips would you give other travellers booking this holiday?

This holiday is exhilarating and action packed, so a good level of fitness and endurance is advisable. We travelled during half term week which meant that flights were heavily booked. As a result we had to leave the hotel at 2.30 am in a minibus to get to Zurich in time for an early morning plane We had travelled out a week earlier by an early afternoon flight that got us to the hotel in the evening, so we lost two days in effect. I would advise anyone booking the holiday to insist on better timed flights or to book the flights themselves, remembering to allow 2-3 hours for the train transfer to Kandersteg

3. Did you feel that your holiday benefited local people, and minimized impacts on the environment?

The local traders and guides are very dependant on tourism so our being there was of benefit of them Our leader was British, but took us to locally owned and run restaurants where locally sourced food was provided.

4. Finally, how would you rate your holiday overall?

**** I would rate the holiday as excellent and recommend it to any friend who was sufficiently fit

Great mix of people aged 13 to 67 and great variety of activity - langlauf, walking, snowshoeing, toboganning, skating, ice hockey, curling, skittles. However there was virtually no snow in Kandersteg and learning to langlauf was dangerous on ice. The one day there was snow we were, inflexibly, given our free day and strongly advised to take the train to Bern when most of us would have preferred to remain in Kandersteg.

As a more ecofriendly option it would have been nice to travel out and back home by train - and can have taken little longer. It was also a pity that no evening meals were included as our hotel did provide these. Food bought was at least double in cost the recommended allowance in the holiday details.

All that said, we had a wonderful time when we took lifts up into the snow and enjoyed the range of activities that would be difficult to find elsewhere and all spent convivial evenings out in Kandersteg. Someone please bring curling to England!