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Review by: Loretta Tsang, Ontario, Canada
Panorama Tour (July 2008)
The tour was AMAZING! I enjoyed every minute of it. Thanks for finding Alida to be my tour guide; she was just great - very knowledge and pleasant to be with.
All in all, I really enjoyed this tour and am very glad that I signed up for it! It was actually great to have a personal tour guide, especially at Kruger! :)
Best regards,
Loretta
Panorama Tour (July 2008)
The tour was AMAZING! I enjoyed every minute of it. Thanks for finding Alida to be my tour guide; she was just great - very knowledge and pleasant to be with.
All in all, I really enjoyed this tour and am very glad that I signed up for it! It was actually great to have a personal tour guide, especially at Kruger! :)
Best regards,
Loretta
Review by: Leonie and Colin Metcalfe, Leeds, England
General Review (December 2006)
Returned two weeks ago from the best holiday we`ve ever had (South African Highlights). The holiday far exceeded our expectations, just got better and better as it went along. I had found Panorama on the internet and it was purely pot luck. I picked your Company purely because it seemed to offer just what I was looking for - small tours to the places I wanted to go to, allowing for independent travel at the end. I had no idea what to expect, in fact I was expecting something middle of the road to basic, probably with some hitches along the way. I was certainly wrong there!
We couldn\'t believe it when we were picked up at Johannesburg by Eugene who was to be our guide for the first leg of the holiday (Kruger Park), when he told us that the tour comprised simply of the three of us, he would take us to our hotel, and collect us next morning (time to suit ourselves so we could have a lie in after long flight). We thought Fantastic... don\'t expect this again. After a wonderful few days in the Kruger (personally I had not been bothered about visiting the Kruger, as I`m not particularly \"into\" animals, but this proved to be one of the many hightlights). we flew down to Port Elizabeth to join the Garden Route Tour, where we were met by Peter. Again, to be another individual tour .. just the three of us.
To be individually chauffeured around with what in effect were personal drivers was a fantastic experience. Not only did we have their personal attention the whole time, but as we got to know them, and they us, they each knew what we would be interested in seeing, and went out of their way to show us (eg garage of vintage cars in George) - well off the beaten track and certainly not on the itenerary. Again, if we were not interested in something on the itinerary, they would make sure they took us somewhere else they knew we would enjoy more. No way would we have been able to see many of these things had we been on a large tour, or done it ourselves on a self drive option.
Both guides were superb, and can\'t possibly be beaten for their knowledge, friendliness, helpfulness and sheer good company. In fact, after leaving Peter at the end of the tour in Cape Town, we had arranged our own accommodation, where we dropped us off, and on his return home to Port Elizabeth a few days later, he telephoned to make sure we were ok and to wish us well on our return home. Not only that, but as we were staying a good way out of Cape Town and didn\'t want to hire a car, we were anxious as to how we were going to get around Cape Town and surrounding area. No problem there... Peter put us in touch with another guide who he knew of in the area. What service!
The hotels/lodges were excellent (one even included Basil Fawlty Mark 2!) and as for La Plume ..... I\'ll say no more ... in no way could that \"B & B\" be bettered. Certainly equivalent to 5* in UK.
I would thoroughly recommend your Company (and have done), to anyone and everyone. I only hope that next time I book with you (which I will), the holiday we chose will be as good, as it can\'t possibly be any better.
Keep up the good work and keep me posted of any new trips you organise.
Many thanks - will certainly be booking with you again.
General Review (December 2006)
Returned two weeks ago from the best holiday we`ve ever had (South African Highlights). The holiday far exceeded our expectations, just got better and better as it went along. I had found Panorama on the internet and it was purely pot luck. I picked your Company purely because it seemed to offer just what I was looking for - small tours to the places I wanted to go to, allowing for independent travel at the end. I had no idea what to expect, in fact I was expecting something middle of the road to basic, probably with some hitches along the way. I was certainly wrong there!
We couldn\'t believe it when we were picked up at Johannesburg by Eugene who was to be our guide for the first leg of the holiday (Kruger Park), when he told us that the tour comprised simply of the three of us, he would take us to our hotel, and collect us next morning (time to suit ourselves so we could have a lie in after long flight). We thought Fantastic... don\'t expect this again. After a wonderful few days in the Kruger (personally I had not been bothered about visiting the Kruger, as I`m not particularly \"into\" animals, but this proved to be one of the many hightlights). we flew down to Port Elizabeth to join the Garden Route Tour, where we were met by Peter. Again, to be another individual tour .. just the three of us.
To be individually chauffeured around with what in effect were personal drivers was a fantastic experience. Not only did we have their personal attention the whole time, but as we got to know them, and they us, they each knew what we would be interested in seeing, and went out of their way to show us (eg garage of vintage cars in George) - well off the beaten track and certainly not on the itenerary. Again, if we were not interested in something on the itinerary, they would make sure they took us somewhere else they knew we would enjoy more. No way would we have been able to see many of these things had we been on a large tour, or done it ourselves on a self drive option.
Both guides were superb, and can\'t possibly be beaten for their knowledge, friendliness, helpfulness and sheer good company. In fact, after leaving Peter at the end of the tour in Cape Town, we had arranged our own accommodation, where we dropped us off, and on his return home to Port Elizabeth a few days later, he telephoned to make sure we were ok and to wish us well on our return home. Not only that, but as we were staying a good way out of Cape Town and didn\'t want to hire a car, we were anxious as to how we were going to get around Cape Town and surrounding area. No problem there... Peter put us in touch with another guide who he knew of in the area. What service!
The hotels/lodges were excellent (one even included Basil Fawlty Mark 2!) and as for La Plume ..... I\'ll say no more ... in no way could that \"B & B\" be bettered. Certainly equivalent to 5* in UK.
I would thoroughly recommend your Company (and have done), to anyone and everyone. I only hope that next time I book with you (which I will), the holiday we chose will be as good, as it can\'t possibly be any better.
Keep up the good work and keep me posted of any new trips you organise.
Many thanks - will certainly be booking with you again.
