Kuluar reviews: the impressions you share

Friends, once again I want to thank you all for the wonderful company. It was so easy and cosy with you. A special big thank you to the reliable men! With you we can conquer any heights! Huge thanks to Olia! You are a true professional! Everything was precise, tasty, well organised and heartfelt♥️ Safe and happy travels to everyone!

Dear friends, thank you all for the shared adventure, for your patience, humanity, kindness and willingness to help❤️❤️❤️❤️ I will remember these emotions always🌞🌞 Special thanks to Olha, who held on to the very end and believed in me more than I did myself)) Everything was organized at the highest level, thank you so much!!❤️🌞

Thank you all for such a cool hike and for the new impressions, a special big thank you to Olia for leading this hike, for the help and patience. Olia, you are awesome!

For the first time in 3 years and the second time in my life, a hike in the mountains with kuluar — 40 km in 2 days across the mountains, when you've gotten out of the habit of such a load, it turns out to be even a bit tough😃 I don't know when the next time will be, but it will happen, maybe in a year, maybe in 5⚡️

A separate and the biggest thank you to our team leader for this fantastic trip (and for this video 😉)! For leading us along the Fishermen's Trail, showing the coolest locations, keeping the group's vibe and helping out in every quest-adventure. Without you this route wouldn't have been so bright, unforgettable and full of drive. Thank you for the heart, soul and energy you put into this journey! Thank you to the organizers of this adventure, thanks to you my trip happened. See you on the next trips

The Fishermen's Trail in Portugal 🦀🌊 An incredibly picturesque route along the ocean, through cliffs and dunes, where you walk from one fishing village to another. The distance between the villages is from 15 to 22 km. We passed 5 such villages and walked about 120 km 🥾🤪 on the trail you especially feel that the real world - it's right here ❤️ Thank you for this little life 🫶🏽

A really lovely 12-day trek. It was great that we started with an acclimatisation night at an altitude of 2,900 metres, followed by an acclimatisation hike up to Poon Hill at 3,200 metres, and then spent the night at a lower altitude, which gave us time to acclimatise..

Roma is an incredibly attentive guide who checked in on the group’s wellbeing every day and monitored our oxygen saturation levels every morning and evening. He also really lifted the team’s spirits when the going got tough: he’d play mantras and draw our attention to different things, such as the plants growing around us or the insects and animals we came across. We even spotted some wild Nepalese bees with him!

Roma is also a really interesting person to talk to; you can discuss a thousand and one topics with him, and he won’t get bored, even if you ask him 100 times whether we’ll be reaching the balcony any time soon.

Roma also used to take people on climbs, and if you’re interested in climbing, he can answer all your questions.

It was very hard, but it was very cool! I didn't make it! And I still had a blast!🥳 Oksanka is just a wonder, not a girl! And as a specialist in her field — 1000000% — she is a little Titan🫶💪 And as a person — a warm sunny ray of light☀️ The views were just something unreal, and they kept changing all the time! From tropical jungles to knee-deep snow. It was hard for me to handle the altitude and the cold, and that affected my overall condition, the climbs were especially tough🙈 But despite everything, I am very happy that I got to be part of this adventure, I got incredible pleasure from the nature of the Himalayan mountains. And... I highly recommend walking this path, but your own one☀️🔥

The third day is an acclimatization one. Namche Bazaar, 3440 m. The village of Khumjung, where the mountaineering museum is located along with its main landmark — the scalp of the yeti. And at last the view of Everest and Lhotse opened up to us. Thank you for giving the chance to see this beauty 🥹, which takes your breath away 😇

A great hike and great organization. Hoverla is incredible in any weather. Thank you, Kuluar.

For the first time I tried a hike with a group of strangers. I didn't expect to enjoy it so much. First Fanal - a forest in the clouds. Moss on everything, visibility about twenty metres, water dripping from the branches. The next morning a 5:30 wake-up, a headlamp - and you're on Pico Ruivo, above the very clouds you walked through yesterday. 90 km in seven hiking days. Thank you to the group for the company on the trails and the interesting conversations. Thank you, and special thanks to Viktoriia for such a new experience.

I walked the Western Lycian Way at the age of 60+ and I'm very pleased. The fantastic sea, rocky mountains, historical places and local cuisine — that's ♥️ Special thanks to the guide, Natalia Shelepiuk, who treated all the participants with great care

An incredible trip that exceeded my expectations! Fairy-tale views of the Lycian Way, the turquoise sea, swimming in October, tasty food and comfortable hotels. Many thanks to our team leader Nataliia for the excellent organization, care and friendly atmosphere. Thanks to her, not a single day was like the previous ones, the trekking was very comfortable and varied. Flexibility in planning and the chance to take the maximum from the hike resulted in incredible impressions and plenty of memories! I am grateful to the team — for the support, the humor, the stories about past adventures and impressions, for the restlessness and the off-program entertainment) I got even more than I expected: I tested my strength, extended the summer, met wonderful people and fulfilled a long-held dream. I came back happy, inspired and already ready for the next adventures! ❤️

You can dream about anything, but dreaming about mountains is something special! I dreamed, no, I even raved about the winter Carpathians, so I planned a trip there for two long years and it just never worked out. This year too I was hanging by a thread from fulfilling my dream... For a long time I couldn't choose the best company, I was nervous that I'd go and sleep and eat with people unfamiliar to me, but the mountains... the mountains were calling me, so I waved away all my doubts, called, booked a spot, and the next day I was already buying a ticket to Ivano-Frankivsk and starting to pack. Everything I wanted to take, I forgot half of it, but thanks to Kuluar's manager Anna, who gave me a list of necessary things... good thing I packed everything according to it and didn't lose my mind from happiness. Upon arrival a transfer and the other group members were already waiting for me. So we're driving... it's quiet in the car, barely anyone talking. I got sad, thinking, well that's it, it's over, the trip is ruined... but the mountains, they're so great!!! My mood went up again, a smile on my face!!! We arrived in Lazeshchyna, where we were settled in a cozy house with very welcoming hosts who also fed us. By the way, I had the best view from my window, onto Hoverla and Petros. Yes yes, I'm a lucky one. After settling in and eating, we went for a walk along snow-covered forest paths, through a snowy forest. It was a real forest fairy tale, exactly as I imagined it from childhood. While walking we got to know each other better, and it became more and more fun. The next day was an early rise and the ascent of Hoverla. The weather was clear... how lucky we were with it, when we were there you could see all the majestic Carpathians (the Chornohora and Marmarosy ridges), Petros the handsome one. Photos, tea, coffee and back to base by evening... While we were descending, everyone had already gotten to know each other and we were like friends. After descending the mountain we came back to Lazeshchyna, where a delicious dinner and a banya were waiting for us. You can go to a banya in the city too, but it's just not the same as it was there! And our guide showed us how to really steam yourself... Andriy steamed everyone to glory) On the third day, we were warned about the weather conditions, but there were some daredevils who decided to try anyway. Another early rise, a hearty breakfast and off we go! Half the group and an experienced guide went with us. We met the dawn already at the beginning of the ascent to Petros, the weather conditions were worsening by the minute... it felt like the wind was about to blow us away and carry us back to the banya, saying, sit here and don't move until the end of the trip... and then when only 200 meters of elevation gain remained to the summit, our guide says, that's it guys and girls, we need to turn back, or there will be trouble! I had long dreamed of climbing Petros in winter, and I was very upset that the weather conditions were deteriorating, but I'm very grateful that Andriy was with us, who turned us back, since it was all extreme and it was unknown how all our wishes could have ended... After descending to the koliba, we lit a fire, sat down to warm up and drink tea, share impressions from the climb and sing songs, and planned to head back. In the evening a delicious dinner and banya were waiting for us again. That day already felt like I was resting with friends. It was so easy and interesting to talk with everyone. This was my first commercial hike together with Kuluar - hikes in the mountains of the world, but not my first time in the mountains. I was amazed at how fun and actively you can spend the weekend, as it seemed with completely unfamiliar people... how much you can eat and drink (I'm talking about Carpathian tea) how fun the guides can be and how funny the stories are. I want to say to those who want to spend time having fun and actively, I recommend spending it together with Kuluar, and if your guides are Vova Vasylyshyn and Andrzej Pylypiuk, then they will do everything possible so that you get maximum enjoyment from the hike. However there is a very important thing! A hike should be chosen according to your physical capabilities and mental preparation, so if you don't know what a winter mountain hike is, or generally what a hike is at all... you may end up disappointed.

Natasha Shepeliuk worked at a full 10 out of 10, the hostess, feisty, reliable. The manager who prepared the tour gets a solid 2) had to write, call, dig for information, well, as usual)

It was a really cool personal challenge that gave me a lot of positive emotions. An incredible mountain landscape, nature, the team, the interaction — just what I needed to switch off the negativity. We were very lucky with the weather, all 6 days. Of course, thanks to the planning, organisation and coordination of our guide Olia.

Hi everyone! I really want to write a review about my vacation in the Carpathians, but I'm doing this for the first time (writing a review), so please don't judge too harshly!!! I had the chance to vacation in the Carpathians from January 3 to 7, 2012, with a crazy group of skiers and snowboarders))) What can I say??? What a pity, what a pity, what a pity …...… what a pity that it was only 5 days!!! Fantastic, amazing, unsurpassed, unforgettable 5 days of my life!!! I haven't felt such a rush of adrenaline in a long time!!!

I've been on many treks, and over time almost all of them fade from memory, leaving only one or two brightest moments and a vague general impression of who was there, what we did, and where we went. That's how it is with good treks. Bad ones aren't remembered at all, though I haven't had any like that (or did I just forget? =). But sometimes a trek is so intense and vivid that it stays in your memory for a long time, if not forever.

This hike was an event that made me reconsider my whole life. I will miss both the places and the company…

When I was asked how my vacation was, my answer was: "Amazing, super cool, very active and fun!". But let's go in order. The journey began in the lobby of the Central Railway Station. As always, I can't do without adventures — I found the wrong group (not mine), they were also heading off to rest with backpacks like tourists, but not to where I needed to go)).