Great experience, the... - Great experience. The places were all beautiful, the guide was very kind and nice. I highly recommend it, especially for those who do not have a vehicle to visit the area, as they come to pick you up directly from your accommodation and accompany you all day until the end of the activities.

Excellent visti and our guide Toni was very knowledgable - We really had no expectations about this trip but were looking for something cultural and fun. Butrint is really amazing and we were also taken to the Blue Eye Leukersi and a beach in Ksamil where we had lunch

Great option to visit Butrint - The tour started a little late, and with inconvenients that were solved. They drop us off at the hotel. Butrint ia a place worth visiting, interesting and the explanations of Tony helped to know more details of the site. The Blue eye is a wonderful place, you have to walk for 20 mins to get to the Eye, or you can take a train (€3 per person, one way) Ksamil is a nice beach where they take you a little time to have something for lunch but in a hurry.

Good guided tour - Very good and knowledgeable guide. Butrint well worth and interesting visit. Blue Eye could well be skipped, long walk and not much to see. Missed that there was no time to have lunch anywhere. Information about bringing something to eat would be good.

Very worthwhile trip.... - Very worthwhile trip. Loved Butrint and guide escorted us to tell us what about we saw. Stunning Ksamil beach stop for lunch before worthwhile visits to Blue Eye and Castle

Great to see everything, but not to learn about Albania - If you are looking to see everything in one day and get great photos, this is the tour for you. If you are looking to learn anything about Albania, don’t do this tour. The description of the tour states “As you explore, your guide provides information on the history and culture of Albania for a well-rounded experience.” The guide does not provide any information nor speaks during the drives to the sites so just know this coming in. There is another guide that gives the tour at Butrint and that is great! Definitely the best part of the day! Lunch is outside Ksamil, at Laguna Beach. It’s ok, but note that you cannot split checks at one table. The blue eye is nice and the Castle has great views!

Fun day trip from Sarande - Really fun day trip from sarande covering all main stops with a lunch break in Ksamil. The blue eye was really beautiful and the castle at sunset with its views were magical. The guide was very friendly and assisted with all questions along with ensuring we had a separate guide inside butrint archeological park. The only issue I felt is they can include swimming in blue eye a bit and ensure there can be enough time at all spots given they are not that far and maybe start the tour earlier and finish a bit later given there is plenty of daylight in the summer. Overall definitely recommend this tour if you don’t want the hassle of driving place to place and deal with parking etc for sure.

Manage your expectations. Sarande isn’t quite ready for tourists. - Tony was a great guide. Interesting stops , don’t expect much from Sarande as a tourist destination. It is definitely not developed for tourism. The van we were sent was incredibly uncomfortable and had seen better days and had minimal to no air conditioning. At times felt like we would pass out from the sweat and elevated temperature. Also it might be good to warn guests about what is not included such as the train and lunch at blue eye which only accepted cash Lets or Euros - so if you had no cash you are forced to walk 20 Minutes uphill under the blazing sun or sit at the entrance and miss the blue eye entirely. By the way the Blue Eye was very underwhelming and poorly represented in the tour photos and descriptions. On the positive side Tony was great and the views from the castle were very nice. Don’t bother with this tour if you have high expectations from a tour company or aren’t interested in seeing a developing country that’s not quite ready for tourists.

Butrint is worth it. Skip the rest - This was a disappointment. The tour was changed from 9am to 10am, which in our case was lucky because the ferry from Corfu was running 45 minutes late. Once we got on the bus we spent the next hour crawling through Saranda traffic picking up other passengers. Once we were on the road we heard nothing about the plan for the day. Our guide spoke excellent English and was knowledgeable but not very communicative. There was a stop at a beach hotel near Ksamil where we had a drink, but there was no food service and no stopping in Ksamil. Tony, our guide, never mentioned a lunch stop, even though it was a a full day tour. Butrint was worth the long drive, but, honestly, you don’t need a guide there. There are informative signs everywhere in various languages. You could easily walk around for an hour or two by yourself. Next we headed for the Blue Eye, which is over the mountain from Butrint— another long ride. Once we arrived, we were marched up the road. Turns out there was a train, but you have to pay for it, which several of us would have been happy to do. It was now 3pm. My husband was feeling faint from not eating so I bought him some juice along the 15 minute walk. The Blue Eye is underwhelming, a lovely blue spring. My husband and I bought a ticket to ride the train down to the entrance where there was a restaurant. Our guide told us we had 25 minutes before moving on. Another long drive to the “Castle” which is a scenic overlook. Back to Saranda by 5:45pm. Too much driving around in a bus for too little.

Very unorganized - We were told our excursion started at 8:00 am. Other people were told 10:00 am for the same trip. We left an hour and a half late, 9:30 am. Guides did not give very much information about Albania or our tour during our long bus rides. We got to our second stop, waited 10 minutes, then guides asked if people wanted to use the restroom, waited another 15 minutes. Staff was friendly, sights were interesting but tour very unorganized.