Testimonials
TESTIMONIAL # 1

On behalf of 21 exhausted yet exhilarated 15 year old geography students may I thank you and your team, especially the inimitable Dudley, for an excellent tour of Namibia under the theme of investigating “extreme environments” as part of their school curriculum. The trip surpassed our expectations not only in terms of the experiences themselves (for example, the barchan and seif dunes on the desert walk were incredible) but also in terms of the organisation, care and friendliness of the team which cared for us 24 hours a day for the duration of the trip. We are booked for 2009 already!

Colin P, Geography Head of Department

Bedales School – London, UK


TESTIMONIAL # 2

Thanks for your wishes and for checking with me. Everything you arranged for me (David's, Spiers estate, shark cage diving) went great.

I took 500+ pictures and will eventually get them online, but have much Photoshopping to do first. I'll get there!

Happy Holidays,

Dave V – California, USA


TESTIMONIAL # 3

We had a wonderful time on our safari in Tanzania – definitely the best part of our vacation. Our driver, Fuhanael Kileo, was very experienced and professional, and ensured that we saw the “Big Five” on our first day in Ngorongoro and also in the Serengeti. We enjoyed the lodges, and thought that the Ngorongoro Serena Lodge was definitely one of the best places that we've ever experienced. Besides the “Big Five”, we saw hundreds of wildebeest and zebra, giraffe, baboons, impala, warthog, hippos, hartebeest, redbuck, Thompson’s gazelle, Grant’s gazelle, ostrich, guinea fowl, jackals, cheetah, and load s of birds (including hundreds of pink flamingo). We would definitely recommend this safari to others. We have attached some photos. Please let us know if you need any other information.

Thanks again for your help,

Jayanthi and Kurt W – Pennsylvania, USA


TESTIMONIAL # 4

The trip was great. Croc camp has some really nice chalets if you want quiet and the bar in particular is really nice—right on the water with kingfishers, crocs, and hippos making appearances, although usually just the kingfishers and assorted birds.

Botswana is beautiful and I was sad to leave it—people are very nice. I probably stayed longer than most people would want to in the off season. For me it was perfect. Most nights I had the entire place to myself. I did get into the Delta and went on a daylong mokoro trip, which was really worth the time and money. My Moremi Air flight from Maun to Kasane was in a four seater plane—I got to sit up front—and from our elevation of 5000feet I was able to see all sorts of elephant herds and hippo. The flight took me right over Chobe and was like a free wildlife charter. The Falls were amazing and the Zambezi Sun is a world class resort—just what I thought it would be, although I didn’t think the baboons would be quite so aggressive!

All in all, a great adventure, so thanks very much

All Best,

Sabina M. – Massachusetts


TESTIMONIAL # 5

We had a great experience and trip! I will fill in you on the details shortly.

Thanks,

Richard S. – Connecticut, USA



TESTIMONIAL # 6

Just a note here to let you know that I've returned from Africa. My last-day tour of Soweto and J'berg was excellent. The guide a guy named Johannes …..was terrific, and I feel lucky to have been shown around by him. Soweto was fascinating and we did end up detouring for a bit into downtown J'berg. Saw as many animals as I could have hoped to.

All in all, a great experience and I wanted to thank you for helping put together such a memorable trip. Certainly every part that you had a hand in went off without a hitch.

Thank you very much

C Thompson – Oregon, USA



TESTIMONIAL # 7

As always Botswana was wonderous and already our thoughts are fixed on when can we go back. This year we went back to camps that we had stayed at before - they were great and we remembered why we had chosen them again. We meet such interesting people travelling in and out of the camps. The wonderful thing is that we recognised quite a few faces (guides) from previous visits and they recognised us. Food as always was very good at all camps.

I am so pleased we got Savuti on the schedule as the first camp - I was not expecting huge herds of elephant but we did get one herd of 150+ and after that, everything else to me was a bonus. There were some sensational moments - I believe Richard may have some rather wonderous photographs - can't wait until he sorts them all out. I got some great video moments too.

We will be in touch again soon no doubt.

Thank you again for putting things together so well for us

B. Kelly and R. Wozniak


TESTIMONIAL # 8

Thank you for your welcome message.

Thank you so much for the welcome home email. Cathrine already send you an email but I'd like to send this one in short too... The plan was to send you an email earlier, but once back home there is always 'some' work waiting.

But again we would like to say; THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ARRANGING THE BEST HOLIDAY EVER!!!!

It was just perfect. What a beautiful countries. Kenya, Tanzania and Zanzibar; it was all perfect. Every single moment of it. And the planning was so perfect! From the beginning at nairobi airport to the airport at zanzibar! Well done. We will definitely recommend this trip, organized by you to everyone. And we already did recommend it to quite some people :-)

S. Bassant


TESTIMONIAL # 9

We had the most amazing vacation ever! Absolutely a dream vacation! And we have often spoken about how well you have arranged everything. With everything sorted out like this it was really a VACATION. We were always picked up on time, and everyone knew where we were meant to be the next step on the way. Samuel, our guide in Masai Mara was absolutely fantastic. He deserves to be told that he did an amazing job.

The people were so welcoming and the culture was so interesting. We saw all the animals and the landscape and all, but I found the people the most interesting. The food was wonderful. Everything was perfect!

Thank you so much for planning this out so perfectly for us! We have so many good memories that we will keep with us forever!
We have agreed that you are our official holiday planner from now onJ And if anyone else we know are going to Africa- we know who they should contact!

We’re already thinking of where to go next…any ideas?

C. Taxt-Steen


TESTIMONIAL # 10

Thank you for the follow up. The safari was wonderful. Our ranger was fantastic. He really projected excellence, knowing when and how close to get to the animals and knowing when to give them space. I took around 1,000 pictures and some video.

C. Goodwin


TESTIMONIAL # 11

we're home again.........
It was great!!!!!
Thank you very much for putting together such a great trip for us!!

You (and Ruth) did a great job!!

P. and I Kretzer



TESTIMONIAL # 12

We had a fabulous trip and wanted to let you know that we were greatly pleased with every aspect of our vacation! Each person we came in contact with along our journey was extremely professional and friendly. At each location we were promptly met and had no difficulties getting from place to place, which was a great relief since we did not know the country. All of the hotels and game reserves were excellent and so was the staff. We believe that we were able to fully experience Africa on our vacation. You have a beautiful country! Thank you again for all of your hard work for putting our trip together! We greatly appreciate it and will never forget this trip.

We would recommend your company to anyone that asks us about planning a trip to Africa. Many thanks again!

Lisa and Andy R.


TESTIMONIAL # 13

Things went very well, the service very good and the trip was quite incredible. All the chefs stood up to the challenge of our special diet.

The driver/guide Omari was outstanding. Apart from being very nice and knowledgeable, he knew how to talk to people who have a bit of knowledge already. (This was our seventh trip to Africa.) Not every guide can do this.

The team at the mobile camp at Ngorongoro was outstanding too: the chef Sharif, the "valet" Abu-Bakr and his helper. Their service was impeccable.

Michele and Richard F.


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