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Alexandra Salmon-Bobek, her husband and 3 boys spent 1 week August 2011

We just got back yesterday from Sweden. What a great week we had with Pieter. It was all perfect, we enjoyed every moment, the canoeing especially. For the kids the highlights were the fishing and the cooking on fire outdoors. They loved Pieter and were happy that he spoke German to them!

I can recommend this week to every family who loves untouched nature and the outdoors and being away from mass tourism!
Thanks again for the organisation, we will for sure recommend this to friends with kids.

Yours,
Alexandra

ps. I have already a few families here in Belgium who would be very interested in doing a Beartracking week in Sweden..

Antoine Schmid from Switzerland, writes about his time - August 2011

Had a fantastic time in Sweden, great group of people, we stayed five in one cabin and a couple had their own private cabin. Great atmosphere in the cabin...

We did lots of hiking, saw some reindeer on the other side of the valley, and on a canoe trip lots of beaver dams and a beaver swimming along... lots of other birds and fowls, a capercailie...an osprey....

Also learned how to go fly fishing, which is not as difficult as it seems, at least to get started...caught a fish and gutted it and then barbecued it for lunch, rainbow trout I think.

Staying on the boat in Stockholm was nice, most of us stayed there on the last night, was nice to be there having a beer and sad to say goodbye to people....

Super friendly guide too!

Maria Delapena, writes about her time there Sept-October 2010:

It was great. The whole fire, trekking, learning about wildlife and just being in the great outdoors and getting to observe it was wonderful. Pieter is a very well knowledgeable man and you can tell he really enjoys the outdoor - I learnt a lot.

The houses are lovely and it was good that there was a mid week 'day off' as for me, I know I wanted to just enjoy being in a peaceful, scenic environment and take it all in. Another thing I would say is you feel very safe there and with Pieter. You can certainly trust that no accidents will happen.

3 Bear Trackers from the 24 to 30 August 2009 group wrote this about their experience:

Hi Vicky,
I had a really good time on the course and it was amazing seeing those animals in the wild! Would definitely do it again. Pieter is a really friendly and knowledgeable guy, and I learned a lot from him.
Thanks, Jamie Donaldson

Hi Vicky,
Just a quick note to say how wonderful our bear tracking experience has been. Peter is great, lovely, laid back guy and very knowledgeable.The programme was really well balanced with walks, activities and spare time and suited both myself, active, and my boyfriend, not so active. On our spare day we helped him working on his farm stacking hay into his barn. It was so much fun!
Thank you, Claudia Brambilla

Hi Vicky,
Just wanted to say thanks very much, I had an amazing time in Sweden, the best holiday I have been on in years (probably since I did Ocean Spirits in Grenada!). Mary Holden.

Chaya and Cathy Sriranganatha spent one week in August Bear Tracking in Dalsvallen, write about their time:

We thought we would send a quick email to let you know how we got on in Sweden. We had an absolutely amazing time, we really loved every second of it. Lennart was so kind, generous and hospitable to us, he has such a great sense of humour. Everything about Dalsvallen was excellent, the mountain surroundings, our little cabin, wonderful breakfasts and lunches everyday and just the peace and quiet in general. We enjoyed all our hiking and both feel very fit now! We were so lucky to see 3 bears on our second day out, it was such a breath taking sight, one we will never forget! We hoped to see moose and lynx but unfortunalty didn't, although we did see very fresh print from both animals. We enjoyed also gorging ourselves on the blueberries which were everywhere and are very grateful to Lennart who completely accomodated our vegetarian diet. So, yes, all in all we had such a wonderful time and we can't wait to return again very soon.

Also thank you very much for all of you help in organising our trip, booking us on to the bus that took us to and from Hede (which was excellent) and also recommending the hostel boat, which we also really liked. It made our day in Stockholm very enjoyable. So thank you for all of your help.

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