Cathy Y.
5/5
It is a pleasure to write this review for Senior Discovery Tours (SDT). My husband & I had the opportunity to join SDT’s on the October 6th South Africa Tour! This was our very first group tour & life long bucket list trip for us. I must let you know my husband was skeptical of going on a group tour as he has always been that free spirit that has “winged it”. However at this stage of our lives I convinced him that letting professionals handle all the details was the way to go & that we would experience much more, have more fun, learn more, see more, all with less stress, as a result! And that is exactly what happened!
From the moment we contacted SDT’s about this tour, we had exemplary service. Every single person we interacted with were amazing! Knowledgeable, informative, timely, patient, friendly, completely transparent about costs, perfect follow up, they all hit-ball-out-of-park so to speak! SDT’s got the formula absolutely perfect as it relates to our South Africa Tour!
Our tour manager Daryl Dutton was outstanding & he went above & beyond to ensure that everyone was very well taken care of. His experience, professionalism & attention to detail did not go unnoticed as he made sure the tour was organized & flowing smoothly at all times.
Our South Africa Tour delivered exactly what we wanted! We saw three different countries, two game reserves, took planes, helicopters, safari trucks, boats, tour buses, had world class guides & stayed in first class lodges & hotels. We saw the big five (Lion, Leopard, Rhinoceros, Elephant, & African Buffalo) as well as giraffe’s, zebra’s, baboons, warthogs, mongoose, kudu’s, hippo’s, impala, crocodiles, hyena’s, vultures, African wild dog, wildebeest, numerous other animals & at least 100 different bird species. We ate delicious, traditional South African dishes including Mopane (worm dish), biltong (African jerky), dried sausage, sipped wine, ate ostrich, kudu, crocodile, impala, warthog, elan, buffalo & watched the most incredible sunsets each night on the African Savanah. We saw Victoria Falls one of the seven natural wonders of the world & learned about apartheid, Nelson Mandela & walked some of the impoverished streets in Soweto. We drank wine from two of the oldest Dutch vineyards dating back to 1685, enjoyed a private wine estate, soil to fork garden lunch, watched whales in Hermanus Walkers Bay, took a boat ride to Seal Island, played with penguins, took the funicular to one of the oldest light houses at The Cape Of Good Hope, the south western most point of South Africa, rode the tram to the top of Table Mountain & dipped our toes in the Indian Ocean. Our drives took us along the stunning coastline, 20 million year old caves with amazing stalagmites & stalactites. I have more amazing pictures & memories that will live a lifetime & beyond. Above all, South Africa’s hospitality is legendary! Amazing trip, one that I will never forget!
For our South Africa trip, Daryl our tour manager, as well as our local tour guides & Senior Discovery Tours have delivered excellence on every level! Our tour was filled with like-minded Canadian travellers all whom enjoyed each other’s company, & all had amazing spirit & enjoyed laughing & sharing stories as well as pictures! SDT’s is customer focused, delivers a very high level of customer service, is completely honest & transparent, & not once did we feel nickel & dime’d throughout the trip!! Our accommodation & amazing local tour guides on the tour were top notch & the information the guides shared with us was nothing less than impressive! We are more than a thousand percent satisfied, & have told so many of our friends & family of our excellent experience. We highly recommend & refer SDT’s & have already booked Greece in May!! Well done & thank you! PS: my husband now willingly agrees & tells all our friends, that a SDT is the only way to go! SDT’s know what their vision is & what they are good at, you know what your customers want, & you deliver 100% +++. You have created raving fans in both my husband & I !!
