Matthew
United States Of America
Customer
Rating
8
Customer Rating On return from their adventure we ask customers: “On a scale of 0-10, with 10 being the highest, how likely is it that you would recommend Swoop to a friend or colleague?”
Matthew's Trip Date:
1st Feb - 20th Feb 2025
What was your most memorable moment?
Diving with a lots of sea lions, seals, and ctenophores around me. Seeing a colony of 100,000s king penguins. Being able to take my graduation photo when we landed on a piece of floe ice and well as on the continent proper in Neko Harbor. Whales literally swimming right next to/under our zodiacs.
Which of the following best describes your adventure?
Life changing
On a scale of 0 to 10, how likely is it that you would recommend Swoop to a friend or colleague?
8 out of 10
On a scale of 0 to 10, how would you rate your trip: Falklands, South Georgia & Antarctic Adventure?
10 out of 10
Were Swoop right to recommend Oceanwide Expeditions?
Yes
Tell us about Zodiac excursions
Whales swimming right next and under our zodiac, having some quiet time on the zodiac just listening and absorbing all the nature. I always felt safe on them. Some skippers were better than others at adjusting the zodiac to give everyone a good view.
Tell us about the expedition team
Absolutely wonderful. I really enjoyed Pippa, George, and Marco's lecture.
Tell us about the Hondius
Yes, Wish there was more head space for the top bunk bed. Overall cabin was good though. Food - amazing. The chefs even made me some filipino food. Yes would recommend.
Tell us about the Scuba Diving
Yes it was good. I think the recommendations of whether to dive different sites could be better. For example, the dive near Neko Harbor wasn't recommended so only 2 people went. But the visibility that day was really clear and those divers got to dive near a really large iceberg which is something I wanted to do. I still got to dive near an iceberg, but it was really small. Another dive site was a new one, so they weren't sure how it would be. unfortunately, the visibility and sea life there wasn't the best. Overall though, it was quite spectacular to dive in such a region. In the Falklands, I was diving with dolphins, seals and ctenophores. In South Georgia, I dove with sea lions and lushes kelp. In Antarctica we dove at Point Wild and Deception Island, which is not very common.
