Customer Comment - Mrs Coggins - Madagascar - April 08

"All of the local guides and representatives went out of their way to be helpful, down to the local rep helping us in the post office in Tana and making sure post card went in the right post box. All guides were knowledgeable and enthusiastic and went to great lengths to make sure that we saw relevant wildlife."

Staff Report - Estelle - 'Amazon, Incas & Andes'

A whirlwind tour of Peru recently provided sales consultant Estelle Somers with total sensory overload. Estelle started her trip in the southern part of the Amazon Basin, taking a long but scenic motorised canoe ride along the Tambopata river to reach the Tambopata Research Centre in the uninhabited National Reserve. The research centre is strategically positioned next to the largest known macaw clay lick in the world but you have to be an early bird to see the parrots at their favourite gathering place!

No trip to Peru would be complete without a visit to Machu Picchu, which Estelle did in style aboard the luxurious Orient Express Hiram Bingham train, followed by a visit to the high point of Lake Titicaca with plenty more wildlife, this time seen from the calm of paddling her own canoe...

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Customer Comment - Mr Wain & Mrs Wild - Botswana - March 2008

"Having lived in Kenya & Zimbabwe I have to say that I was so impressed with the staff in all the camps, efficiency, patience and good humour all round."

Meet Maggie from Kapani Lodge in Zambia

Our blog is filled by the impressions we have about the wild and wonderful world out there. For something a bit different, we thought you may be interested to read a report about a recent trip to London and the UK by one of the staff at Kapani Lodge in the Luangwa Valley in Zambia. Sometimes travel is something that can remind us all to look at the world we live in through fresh eyes!

"The one thing that I found most strange was the pleasure to walk miles and miles without meeting the elephants. I have lived in the bush long enough that I am always alert and careful in case of meeting wild animals. Did I expect to see some there? I don't think so! But I guess it would have been nice combining my bush life with the amazing lights of London....."

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Customer Comment - The Cornells - Botswana Tailor Made - Feb 08

"Each & every person we met at the three camps made us feel so welcome as if we were the only people that mattered. They were prepared to spend any amount of time with us explaining all about the environment & the tourist industry."

"Over the 10 days at 3 camps we saw: Hippo, lion, giraffe, zebra, blue wilderbeest, cheetah, leopard, serval, impala, llechwe, baboon, spring hare, tree squirrels, hyena, wild dogs, jackals, kudu, steenbok, tsessebe & numerous birds, reptiles & amphibians. Yet again, thank you all. "

Customer Comment - The Atkinsons - India Tailor Made - Feb 08

"The tour operators in India were there to meet us, ontime, helpful & efficient. The tour was well planned and any guides/agents they used were also top notch."

Photography weekend snaps - January 2008 - The Peak District

On heading up towards the Peak District through the cold sheeting rain last Friday evening I did begin to wonder exactly how much we might be able to achieve on a photography weekend within the confines of our base - The George Hotel at Hathersage in Derbyshire. We were hosting a weekend for general and more specialised photography techniques to be tutored by top wildlife photographers Nick Garbutt and Chris Mattison...

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