Client feedback
Don't just take our word for it. Herewith just a few of the complimentary comment, we have recieved from our clients.
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We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for organising our holiday, it was just fantastic. Portswood hotel was great and the location ideal. River Manor hotel and Kariega River Lodge were outstanding in all respects. Once again "Thanks a lot" and we will certainly recommend your services to others.
David & Mary Upton February 20010
We're all home now and had a great golf trip - so thanks for your part in making that happen...we all thought the choice of courses was amazing, and if you want to play 8 great courses...come to South Africa. We will definitely be coming again and will have no hesitation in using Travel Exclusively African again.
Thanks again.
John Murphy February 2010
Very many thanks for putting together the itinerary. Everything worked like clockwork and went entirely to plan...Shamwari was everything we hoped for and Fugitives Drift was an interesting end to the trip. We were both very impressed by your efficiency and loved meeting you and spending the day on the Cape with you...We would have no hesitation in recommending you to any potential traveller to RSA.
Chris Tickle January 2010
We've just got home....following what can only be described as our 'holiday of a lifetime'. We have had a fantastic time....thank you for arranging it all. Just a shame it had to end!
Jon Waters & Di Hardwick January 2010
Just wanted to email to tell you that we had a very good holiday and thank you very much for everything.
The apartment in Cape Town was excellent and we really enjoyed the scenery it was quite breathtaking. The safari lodge was perfect and people were very good and we managed to see the big 5 so it was the perfect holiday and it would not have been possible without you so thank you very much.
Hena Anand December 2009
We all had a fantastic time. The wedding and safari went off without a hitch. My parents were blown away with the accommodation as I hoped they would be and we only encountered friendly and helpful people every where we went. The thatched cottages at Knysna were so lovely and a real haven after sharing the big house with two lots of wedding families. Klein Genot was delightful, Angela and her staff made us very welcome and it felt like we were at home. The beds were heavenly as was afternoon tea! The apartment in Cape couldn't have had a better view. It must have been good as we all want to return.
Lyn Davies & family December 2009
Our visit was outstanding in every way and we counted our blessings in finding someone who could identify our needs and provide so many places that fitted.
As we expected and you kindly pointed out there was much we could not do within our timescale so it looks like we may have to come back and ask you to repeat the exercise for a different itinerary. But that's something we can get in touch with you again soon.
Many thanks for all your help, your efforts were much appreciated
Iain & Joyce Drummond November 2009
Wanted to write this short e-mail to you to say we had a fantastic holiday in SA and the boys rated it above our 2008 Florida vacation.
The highlight for me was CapeTown and its surrounding areas. The scenery was breath taking. For my wife and boys it was the Safari, I've never been able to get the boys up at 5.00 each morning so easily !!.
Overall we have many great memories of SA and the boys are keen for another Safari next year....we will see!!!!
The Ashton family November 2009
Just to say we had a cracking holiday, South Africa is our favourite country for sure. Thanks for your advice and guidance which enhanced it all.
Ray & Fiona Atkinson October 2009
Just wanted to drop you a note to say thank you for everything and arranging an amazing honeymoon for us. We had an amazing time all the way through and can't wait to visit South Africa again to pick up the Journey where we left it. All the accommodation was amazing especially Emily Moon's and Kariega Ukhozi Lodge which we were very sad to leave.
Thank you once again, we'll certainly be sending anyone we know going to SA your way.
Simon & Emma Hunter (Honeymooners) October 2009
Just a quick note to say thanks once again for an amazing holiday..it all went very smoothly with no hassles
Kurland was stunning and the staff there were amazing ..they couldn't have been better.
Grootbos was great too ..the room worked well and the food excellent..overall it was excellent
Anyway thanks again for a wonderful holiday ..we will be back
The Gibbons family October 2009
I think you did a wonderful job, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend you to anyone, and I will certainly use you again. I think the main advantages were your great communication, your knowledge of some great places to stay and visit, you made everything very easy for us and comparing what we paid to the published rates you saved us a lot of money. Simply couldn't ask for more. The Marine and The Twelve Apostles were both superb - it would be almost impossible to say which was the best but having stopped in hotels all over the world they are both right up there in terms of luxury, service, and food
The Andersons September 2009
We are gobsmacked. We had such an amazing time. Thank you so much for organising our trip. The selection of hotels, the timing, the hire car was all exquisitely planned. Your country is beautiful as are the people out there. We had nothing bad to say about the trp at all. We did everthing we could possibly want including putting on significant weight with the food and wine (we went to too many restaurants), seeing all the sights and meeting the whales and great whites and penguins.
The hotels were all beautiful and I cannot rate one above the other because they all had their exceptional attributes in their own way but we were spoilt at each place.
Thank you again and we can only hope to go back again some time (perhaps to live for a short period of time!).
Many thanks to everyone again out there and if you need any formal feedback / testimony I will be happy to provide.
Alex & Caroline Mentzer (Honeymoon couple) September 2009
Just a quick note to say many thanks for organising our recent trip to South Africa. We had a wonderful holiday and have many memories. Just did not really have enough time to do justice to some of the areas. We will therefore be back to pick up on the various things that we missed. The safari was a great experience and we saw lots of animals and Thomas our ranger was excellent. All of the accommodation was good and we particularly enjoyed Hog Hollow.
The Coopers September 2009
Thank you for organizing what proved to be a fantastic holiday in South Africa. All of the locations were great and some truly memorable. All of the arrangements and timings worked well. In fact the only thing wrong was that we only had 12 days!
The Clements family August 2009
...the holiday you put together for us was perfect ...the places we visited were beautiful, the accommodation outstanding and the food and hospitality was second to none.
The Cox Wedding and Honeymoon couple July 2009
We are home, having had the time of our lives. Safari was the best few days ever!
Incredible! We were treated like royalty - would love to go back!
Enjoyed Mauritius, but not like we did South Africa! I think after the Kariega River lodge anything would be a come down!
Thanks again for everything. I'm just sourcing some Iona wine after our evening at The Roundhouse restaurant
which we both loved! Andy was so chuffed that they'd called to see if we'd enjoyed it!
Rachel & Andy O'Boyle June 2009
Just a quick note to thank you for organising a fantastic holiday for our family.
Your recommendations of Spier and Sun City were spot on for our 3 young boys, and the whole thing ran very smoothly.
We are planning our return to South Africa and will be in contact soon
The Gibbons family April 2009
We had a truly wonderful time and have already recommended you to a number of friends. We ourselves want to come back asap and will ask you to do it again for us. We just need to decide when! It will be within the next year though for sure!
We loved all the hotels; keith especially loved Emily River and so that will be a must! Le Franschoek he'd want a garden room next time and the V&A was great. Views terrific!
We had a really wonderful time and can't wait to come back.
Sally & Keith Greenfield March 2009
As promised some feedback on our holiday.The programme you worked out was great and the recommendations first rate. So very many thanks. Kariega was all we had hoped - a first rate experience. Our room (No.2) overlooking the waterhole was a delight, the food was excellent and the staff could not have done more for us. Our guide, Wynand was a great guy and did his utmost to find the game which we saw in abundance. It is beautifully located on the river and a most attractive place.
Mike & Hilary Watson February 2009
You recently organized a trip for my husband and me. We have now been back for almost a week and I wanted to take the time to thank you for organizing an amazing trip for us. Everywhere we stayed was outstanding and the people that we met could not have been more helpful and interested in what we wanted from the trip. It's difficult to isolate a highlight for the trip but I guess it had to be the game reserve at Kariega River lodge which offered one of the most amazing experiences. South Africa is truly and awesome country and you are very lucky to live there and enjoy it every day of the year.
Marilyn & Barry Davidson February 2009
We would like to thank you for organizing such a nice schedule and vacation for us. We got back to London today and had pretty much a perfect holiday. I particularly appreciated the sequence of activities and hotels.
We particularly like the Vineyard Hotel in Cape Town, The Plettenburg and of course Shamwari.
Let us know if we can recommend you and your travel agency somehow. We considered posting a recommenation of your services on the tripadvisor website, let us know if that is okay.
Robert Kosowski January 2009
We're now back in London, safe and sound, and I speak for the whole AREVUO family when I say that we just had the holiday of our lives! A big thanks to you! Everything was superb - from start to finish. All of the accommodation was fabulous.....In fact, it was such an amazing experience that we're thinking of coming back next year for X'mas and/or New Year.....
The Arevuo family December 2008
We had a fantastic time .... thank you for organizing such an amazing trip. We all agreed it was our best holiday to date .... Shamwari was the highlight for us all - saving the best until last was great, it only made coming home harder.... Lavender Manor was immaculate, fabulous breakfast & very good hosts. The whale watching surpassed our expectations - so many & so close.
We would love to travel more in Africa & with the excellent service you provide we hope to be in touch again some time next year.....
The Gilfillan/White family November 2008
I can honestly say on behalf of the whole group it was an amazing holiday and the country itself was stunning. I could definitely see myself living there in the future. The whole holiday ran smoothly and can I just say the accommodation from start to finish was incredible....The group I came with are also considering possible coming back in 2010 and incorporating the World cup into the trip. Again, a massive thank you for making it a holiday of a life time.
Lee Williams October 2008
We had a really really great time - in fact I think it is probably the best holiday we have had. From the outset we were so impressed with your efficiency over the bookings but we couldn't quite believe everything would go so smoothly. You surpassed our expectations!!.... The wine tasting was a great experience and again Ian's input made it even more memorable.....Hermanus is a beautiful place and the whale watching we will never forget....Thank you again for all your help.
Rosemary Sendall September 2008
It was the trip of a lifetime - completely awesome. The organization of it was brilliant and we loved our day our with Ian wine tasting.
The River lodge accomodation was breathtaking.
I loved Lavender Manor and Emily Moon. The girls had their photos taken with cheetahs, flew through the trees, walked with elephants, fished and caught fish, canoed, got up close and personal with all the animals and wild life, went horse riding and tasted wine. It was brilliant. We would recommend your company to everyone and will come again.....
Caroline Stephenson September 2008
Wow, well words really can't explain how amazing the last 3 weeks were for us. The wedding was the most incredible day and we never dreamt it would be so magical.
The honeymoon was just wonderful and everything over exceeded our expectations, everything was just wow!
Thank you for arranging it all for us and we cant wait to come back to South Africa the savings jar is out ready to re fill he he.'Thank you'
Mr and Mrs Morgan, November 2007
Hi! Yesterday was our 1st Anniversary!!....We spent most of the evening reminiscing about our fantastic trip to South Africa and the perfect wedding day you organised for us. We both just wanted to say 'hello' and let you know that things are going really well with us. We hope business is great and you are both well.
Thanks again for such great memories. It is all still so clear in our minds and that is largely thanks to you, the selection of Stillness Manor and the great organisation of our special day.
Darren and Abigail Bartlett October 2007
Thank you so much for everything, we had the most fantastic time with lots of treasured memories. I can't believe it's all finished!
Your attention to detail and kindness throughout has been so very much appreciated and I could write pages about all the fun we had.
The staff at Stillness Manor and the service we received was exceptional, everything was perfect.
Nothing was too much trouble for them and they put a beautiful bouquet, champagne on ice and chocolates in the room for us.
The spa treatments were wonderful!
It was an amazing place to stay for lots of reasons.
Janine Sedgwick, Wedding & Honeymoon Trip, October 2007
Just a quick thanks for organising everything so well for us on our recent trip: we had an excellent time
Jeannie Blizzard, September 2007
On behalf of us all, I just wanted to write and thank you for all your assistance and guidance with our recent holiday in South Africa. We had an absolutely fabulous time and everything worked out perfectly.
All the accommodation you recommended was wonderful, particularly Lavender Manor, which we totally fell in love with and fully intend to return to in the future. Augusta Bay was lovely too and our rooms were magnificent -?views to die for!
Shamwari - well, what can I say! Eagles Crag exceeded all expectations and we just had the most fantastic time there. Frans, our ranger/guide, was superb and went above and beyond the call of duty, to give us an unforgettable experience. I shall never forget being told that Brad Pitt had stayed in our room (No 7)!!
Despite initial reservations about going up to Vic Falls, we were delighted that we decided to go and loved our stay there. The hotel was lovely too and a wonderful end to our holiday.
All in all, it was truly a memorable holiday and I cannot thank you enough for all your help.?
There is no doubt that one day we will return to South Africa. It is a magnificent country with lovely people, awesome scenery, delicious food and wonderful wines.
Thank you so much?for making our special trip the best ever!?
Angela Robertson September 2007
