Travel reviews by Dr D from Berkshire

"We had a superb time here, Tessa was so helpful and charming, everything was just perfect."

"We really enjoyed Hermanus and it was great to be staying just outside the town"

"This is a delightful place with excellent food.

One night the chef was unwell so the guesthouse booked us into a really good restaurant in town."

"This is a brilliant place, remote but not as inaccessible as we feared and so comfortable and with very friendly and charming hosts, in a beautiful setting with great walking and birdlife.

The food was really excellent. Strongly recommended."

"We had a wonderful time in this really pretty and comfortable guest house, a very convenient place to stay.

The food in the restaurant, Ryan's kitchen, which is attached and where we ate the first night was nothing short of stunningly brilliant, we were so surprised. We didn't eat nearly so well elsewhere in Franschhoek.

[The comment on food below refers to the breakfast]"

"Personal attention, just the right amount of encouragement to socialise with other guests, very relaxing,safe, a great place all round."

"Very well organised , focused on viewing animals. Saw a wild dog pack resting and hunting.

Boat wasn't working while we were there but it didn't matter to us."

"The location and camp itself were marvellous but there wasn't the same personal attention or information given or facilitation of socialising with all the rest of the guests as at other camps which was a pity. It was generally less friendly and relaxed in the camp.

However the wildlife viewing was very good. As the driving generally was less vigorously off-road than at Lagoon the animals seemed a bit less easily scared by the vehicles.

The electric boat trip we went on was very dull and restricted and I would have opted out of it if I had known more in advance. Apparently mokoro trips were in theory available but had been pre-booked by other groups.

Seeing elephants baboons and vervet monkeys in camp was very special."

"We really loved San camp, it was as special as we had been told.

I had been concerned it would be extremely hot in October but the breeze made a lot of difference. There weren't any detectable mosquitoes! Obviously the tents are fairly basic but that was fun and we coped OK with the bucket showers.

All the activities were as hoped, well organised and very enjoyable."