Recent clients of our from Australia stayed at the Bantry Bay Luxury Suites in Cape Town and sent us this review :

“Our family of five have just returned from our holiday in South Africa for the Easter Break and we all had a wonderful time especially as it reminded us of Australia. We found Cape Town was an easy town to drive around and good base to experience most of the the tourist attraction in and around the Cape districts. Through ‘Southern Destinations’ we …

 

KURLAND near Plettenberg Bay - Reviewed by recent clients, a family from Australia.

After traveling around the Cape with 3 children and the weather turning for the worse, we thought we found heaven when we arrived at Kurland, situated near Plettenberg Bay on the Garden Route. This place was suggested to us by ‘Southern Destinations’ who said that this hotel was part of the Relais and Chateaux group (at the time I had no idea who they were) well it certainly lived up to it’s name. If your horse enthusiast this hotel is set on an …

 

Feedback on Kariega Game Reserve 

Hi Liesl,
I’m pleased to say that we had a fantastic holiday from start to finish.
Generally, the parts of South Africa that we saw were spectacular, food was excellent, people lovely and the weather fine. The wine was pretty good too !! 

Re: Kariega Private Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape, we really enjoyed the experience and will be going back for sure. It wasn’t exactly as I expected (I had visions of thousands of wildebeest on Serengeti-type plains) but it was all the better for that.
The …

Hi, camp shawu was great!!! We loved the place and our rangers we’re very knowledgable and professional.

Kwa Madwala was not-the management clearly new to the business, while staff were friendly they seemes intimidated by the woman who ran the place - no coordination so we we’re consistently bothered; woken up at 5am only to get up and be told our microflight was cancelled. Food was left out with flies all over it; I would not recommend you send any other people there. Overpriced and a big dissapointment!

Hope this is helpful. Best,
Rebecca

 

Guests on holiday at Shamwari Bayethe Lodge had this to say:

Sally,

Just to let you know we had a great time at Shamwari and to let you know how much we enjoyed Bayethe-four lively drives with Chris Ripon who looked after us exceedingly well and ensured we were out of our beds in time to drive along way to see a pride of lions!

Thanks again for your help and recommending your favourite lodge!

Regards,

John and Denise Kelly

 

Liesl’s guests, the Willoughby family stayed at Thonga Beach Lodge, Fugitives Drift and the Vineyard Hotel  Dear Liesl

I wanted to say an enormous thank you for organising the most amazing holiday I have ever been on.

Every place we stayed was so special and clearly very carefully chosen by you. Thanks so much for putting so much time and thought into our itinerary and giving us so many helpful hints and tips along the way. In particular thanks so much for making all of the arrangements when my father broke …

 

Dear Liesl,

THE BAY HOTEL was unbelievable.  Service was impeccable, food AMAZING, rooms were GREAT.  The only note is that on Boxing Day and New Year’s Day Camps bay is a bit crazy with party-go-ers.  Personally, I thought it was a very fun atmosphere, but some people may find it a bit noisy.
RESTAURANTS:  In Cape Town WE LOVED 95 Keerom and Manolo .  Both were AMAZING.  HIGHLY recommend them.  TANK was great, too.  We also went to Cape Town Fish Market and The Cod Father in Camps Bay; both were great.  There was …

 

Derek Billings visited Ulusaba and had this to say: 

I think this was, by FAR, the highlight of our trip.  The service was amazing — everyone knew us by name.  The staff greets you upon arrival.  Drinks, food, whatever you want at anytime.  FRIENDLY. 

The game drives were SUPERB — the animal sightings were plentiful.  Lions, leopards, elephants, Zebra, Crocs, Rhinos, Water buffalo, hippos, tons of birds — it was like watching the National Geographic Channel.  Our guide, SIMON was amazing.  VERY passionate about the wildlife and VERY informative.  We would highly recommend him for anyone who is also passionate about the wildlife (As were we — we bonded with …

 

The Fowler family enjoyed their quick trip on Rovos Rail and safari to Honeyguide Khoka Moya Camp

Dear Lise

Just got back from our trip. We had such a fantastic time - best holiday ever. My son said it was better than Disney.

The hotel in Joberg was spot on - my type of hotel .

You were so right about Honeyguide Khoka Moya, it was great for my son. He made lots of friends and whenever we weren’t on a game drive he was playing football. Our Ranger - Fanuel and tracker Philip were brilliant. What Fanuel didn’t know …