Here’s a lovely trip report from Jo and Alastair, recently back from an fabulous adventure in South Africa.
We are back and still floating from our many happy moments and experiences.
The whole trip was a joy, seamlessly put together by you, thank you. You are clearly an expert at what you do.
Your advice in the early stages was invaluable, your knowledge and recommendations never overpowering, to enable us to make our own choices, but guided by your first hand knowledge.
The level of communication we received from you as we approached our departure date was incredibly helpful and enabled us to prepare well. Sorry for the few emails asking questions that had indeed already been addressed by you in your detailed and immensely useful guides!
The app was brilliant to keep all documents close by.
Ilios travel fantastic!
We had cake and bubbles at every location thank you for arranging this..
One and only were fantastic from the moment we arrived to leaving.
The Blue Train was incredible, made even better with the excellent company we had the pleasure of getting to know.
Peech, great place to sleep well as you don’t really sleep on a train.
Federal Air, best check in and lounge, no stress and a delight to sit outside while waiting for boarding.
Madikwe reserve did not disappoint. Dithaba lodge and it’s amazing team looked after us so well. Ryan was our safari guide, a young man whose knowledge was outstanding, never promised anything and yet exceeded our expectations! Apart from Leopard and hippos we saw everything, wild dogs still hidden away in dens for the winter so did not expect to see them. We did see black rhinos and Ryan asked for some of our photos! So it seems that was a rare treat even for him. Plus a rare bird but need to check my note book for its name!
We were treated to a surprise bush dinner with 5 other guests who we had gotten to know well over a couple of days and was a perfect end to our holiday.
So all that is left is for Alastair and I to sort through 5000 photos and bore our friends and family….
It seems safari is on many of our friends bucket lists so we will most definitely be passing on your details. One of my best friends has been going in safari in Africa for 20 years and I will also give her your details, albeit she may already have her go to person.
Thank you for making our trip extraordinary.
EXTRAORDINARY AFRICA 