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| - I booked bobcat tours to take a group of friends on the 'Search for Gold' expedition through the desert and on to GoodSprings. After the initial excitement of being picked up in a hummer wore off, the tour became far less thrilling than the pictures on the website depict.
In Australia, an offroad adventure describes some thrilling outback 4 wheel driving up canyons and over whatever the road throws at you - a real adventure. When you take a Bob Cat tour, off road driving literally means that you will drive on a flat dirt track for a few hundred meters. When the boys asked if they could do some free ranging, the driver explained that their Hummers only had 10 centimetres of clearance and was unable to even drive over a rock. Not very exciting for a bucks party.
Due to the size of the group, two vehicles were required for the tour. One of the tour drivers was extremely knowledgeable and charismatic, and was able to tell the group a great deal about the history of the area. The group in this vehicle enjoyed their tour guide and had a much better overall experiance of the day. Unfortunately, the tour guide in the other vehicle did not have the same local knowledge on the history of the area. The group in the second vehicle had a lacklustre drive on a dirt track for a few hundred metres with little information. As you can tell their reports back were pretty ordinary.
Due to the time of the trip that was undertaken, and the weather conditions, the group not able to do any gold panning.
The highlight of the tour was the trip to the Pioneer Saloon at Goodsprings. The saloon was amazing and the men inside were a lot of fun. The boys enjoyed this saloon a lot.
Other than the lack of 4 wheel driving, and the poor knowledge of the second tour director, there was one more significant disappointment from Bob Cat Tours, which occurred at the end of the day.
The trip to Las Vegas was for my wedding, and it was the one and only time that my parents would ever travel overseas. It took them a lifetime to save for the trip, and one of the main things they wanted to do was to visit the grand canyon during their time in Vegas.
At the end of the tour, the good tour leader told my father that they had a trip to the canyon planned with seats spare, and they would take them on the trip for a special price to fill the seats. The price quoted was slightly less than the available price for a similar group tour on a large coach. My father asked 3 times whether the price was the total price for 4 people. The guide confirmed yes it was the total price, each time he was asked. My father was excited about the deal and booked the trip. The morning of the trip to the Canyon came and the hummers came to pick them up.
My father asked one more time about the price - to his severe disappointment - the guide said that the price he stated was not the total price, but the price for each individual. As my parents could not afford to pay four times the price, they had no choice but to leave the tour. In spite of finding it strange that they did not just take them to cover the fuel money, I find it utterly disgraceful and very sad that this situation occurred. As a result of this, my parents did not have time to book another tour, and missed the grand canyon altogether.
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