Mana Pools

A very sincere thank you for a wonderful holiday

“This was a trip of a lifetime, your planning, secret tips, accommodation recommendations, maps, etc all added up to a fantastic experience. Thank you.”

“We had an insightful and moving experience and the guides were very well educated and our visits to both the tourism attractions and charity projects was a great combination for our group.”

“Thank you for arranging an amazing experience as part of this international conference. Having dinner with your family at your home was also an unexpected surprise despite you having to care for over 700 delegates. We look forward to hosting you in Germany soon.”

“The helicopter flight deep into the mountains, the silver service picnic, the gracious attention of Ron Gold as a world class tourguide. Our group could not have asked for a better experience and we are grateful again for your successful planning of yet another annual trip to South Africa through your company. Our friends from Hamburg and Thailand were most impressed.”

“The idea of purchasing a charity safari is wonderful. This is my second trip in 4 years, and knowing the profits of the donated nights went to a good cause made it all the more enjoyable. Thank you for taking such good care of our other Canadian guests through the years and this time spoiling myself and my sister on a great safari.”

“The entire trip was very well organised, and the 5 star exclusive safaris in the Okavango Delta were an absolute highlight for both sets of parents. Nic was a great tourguide, and thank you for taking the time as the owner of the business to meet us personally in Cape Town for lunch and sharing your passion and stories about social upliftment and tourism.”

“The group really enjoyed the safari and the free upgrade to a more luxurious lodge was amazing.”

“Thank you for all the great effort and patience you put in our vacation. I think I speak for the group us when I say this: It was PERFECT.”

“You gave us exactly what we wanted, and it was an extra-ordinary trip with great locations and excellent experiences. We are back next year again and look forward to you creating yet another amazing experience for us.”

“Thank you for the perfect organisation of our trip. It was fantastic. We both fell in love with Africa and especially with the Okavango delta. We already plan to return next year.”

Thanks you for everything you have done to set up a fabulous trip for us.

All lodges were brilliant and everything was found exactly as planned by you.

Our trip was fabulous. Certainly one of the most memorable our family has ever taken. We've been raving about it to our friends and family.

What can we say – absolutely amazing trip!  We all had a trip of a lifetime and want to thank you for the wonderful, well thought out and seamless itinerary and organization.

Our trip has come to an end and we would like to thank you for all your hard work and patience! We really enjoyed the trip and were very glad that you were there for our assistance all the time.

We had an amazing trip, it was really wonderful! Thank you very much, well done!

We had a wonderful trip. The best part were the game drives in Sabi Sand. We loved it! And also the accommodation were great. The hotel staff were so nice. I had to cry when we left because of the kindness of the people. Our kids were also positively in shock of the kindness of all the people. All the African people are so very kind. The Dutch people can learn something from that.

The hotels were very good with AMAZING service - pleasant, efficient and considerate. The lodge owners made us feel very welcome and gave us the feeling of being guests in someone's home.

Everything has been great - we really enjoyed the trip!

We just returned to London and wanted to thank you for the excellent service and organisation. Everything worked like clockwork and we had the most marvelous time.

Hi Jenny-Lee, just wanted to tell you how much we enjoyed our trip. Our expectations were exceeded in every sense and everything ran like clockwork. It was a fantastic experience and the planning was done to perfection.

I have to say that this was truly a wonderful experience. The responsiveness from you has been phenomenal and it made the entire booking process pleasant and stress-free.

I want to thank you for an incredible experience. Our son was really able to fulfill his dream. Accommodation, guide, the Kosher Chef’s cooking, all were first class and we were treated wonderfully everywhere.

“Thanks a lot for the beautiful trip and places to stay that you have found for us! We had a great time! We met very nice people, you live in a beautiful country and we did some great things! Whenever we will be visiting SA again, we will contact you and whenever people asks us for advice, we will direct them to you.”

“The trip was fantastic. The lodge was awesome….. as well as the staff… to be recommended… We have seen the big five almost everyday and many more…… Your gift was much appreciated, thank you for this special touch and meeting with me personally during our visit in Cape Town”

“Good morning Adrian, We are safe home after a very nice stay in South Africa. All went very well!!!! Places were beautiful and lodges very agreeable. Your road description very correct...easy to drive for us. :-) And it was a very pleasant surprise...a bottle of wine waiting for us after our last evening game drive. Thank you so much for that! For sure we are going to contact you again. Your service was excellent! Thank you for all!” Arlette Deckers, Belgium.

To sum up you provided us with a wonderful and memorable trip. All things ran smoothly. We were pampered and well taken cared of. I have already begun telling people in Israel about the trip and I can't wait to get back to sing your praises. Once again thank you and we look forward to working with you again. All the best,

“Your passion for this nation, its people, its beauty is so evident. You put up with a lot of special requests and we appreciate your immense patience in the planning of this trip.”

“Hi Adrian. First of all I want to tell you Thank you very much for your advice about Tswalu. It was amazing trip, we enjoyed so much. Very beautiful Hotel with great service, very kind people working there and of course amazing Safari!!! We fell in love in South Africa!!! Amazing country!!! With big pleasure we come back again and I hope you will help us to organize our new trip and show us amazing places in your country!!! Thanks a lot for your help!!!”

“The best honeymoon ever, and beyond our expectations. If we compare the value to experiences back home, then it’s an absolute bargain for the very high levels of service and comfort. Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to pop champagne on Paarl Rock and show us your favourite wineries.”

“I just wanted to thank you for helping to make our trip to South Africa a truly memorable one. We are forever grateful to you for making that happen."

"We just want to take this opportunity to express our gratitude for your professional expertise and personal time investment with our family holiday. It was an outstanding trip with top class service throughout and world class safaris. We are excited about sharing our adventures with numerous friends and colleagues who consult with us on advice for travelling when we return. We confident that you will have many prospective clients on your roster in coming seasons!"

“We want to thank you once again for all the efforts involved in making this a perfect holiday for the 4 of us. I scrolled through our correspondence to see the dynamics of how the trip was built and was impressed by your ability to assess our needs and cater to them in such a precise manner. We appreciated immensely the fact that both of you came out to be with us and the little touches such as the Graceland children experience enhanced the outcome such as champagne at the top of the hill... If there is anything we can do to assist promoting your business do not hesitate, either on your site or people requesting references-we are at your service.”

“Hi Adrian, We had a wonderful experience with the Inyati team :-) We saw the big five! :-) Keith was simply great and he even found lion cubs for us to see - truly a perfect moment :-) Thank you so much for your help and guidance - we hope to come back some day. kind regards”

“The Okavango Delta, Victoria Falls, Garden Route and Cape Town where all seamlessly arranged in a well prepared package, with excellent attention to detail. Thank you for making this a trip of a lifetime.”

“The Okavango Delta, Victoria Falls, Garden Route and Cape Town where all seamlessly arranged in a well prepared package, with excellent attention to detail. Thank you for making this a trip of a lifetime.”

I wanted to thank you for putting together an excellent trip. All of the hotels we stayed at were out of this world. The Queen Victoria was perfect, I liked that it was relatively small and the room was beautiful. The staff were all attentive and helpful. Malcolm our tour guide was fun to spend the day with. He was very knowledgeable and we had a great day. It was of course great to meet you and thank you again for the amazing lunch, we thoroughly enjoyed it. Cliff Lodge was a beautiful location and I think we both would have liked an extra day there just to drink it in. Gideon and his staff were wonderful! Also, thank you for asking for the dinner reservation at Kloeks at Home, my word, what a fabulous restaurant! We thoroughly enjoyed it. The Conrad was everything we expected and more, again, the staff were wonderful and the accomodations fantastic. We had a wonderful time at Riverbend, what a lovely location. I had only been into the public part of Addo Elephant Park before so it was a treat to get to explore this concession. Elias our guide was so very knowledgeable, we had a good two days with him as our guide. The food was superb and plentiful. Each staff member was extremely polite, friendly and helpful. It was a really good lead up to the main event. Singita Lembombo, what an absolute treat this lodge was. We had their top guide and tracker, Chris & Glass. Their enthusiasm for the country and the animals was a absolute pleasure to experience. Geoffrey, our waiter, was an joy! All the staff at the lodge were attentive, knowledgeable and just a pleasure to be around. I would like for you to pass on my sincere thanks to the lodge for the way they prepared for and handled Dave's birthday, they respected the fact he is low key and arranged everything accordingly. We had a perfect day, we could not have asked for more. Finally, thanks to you for putting this all together for us. I can guarantee we will be in touch in the future to arrange some more trips! Kind regards Marie Sanders, Denver, Colorado

Pleased to say we had an excellent and trouble free trip, everything worked well, timings were good and the gluten free diets were well looked after. Kambaku Safari was very good and our grandchildren were well received, our guide JJ and tracker Reenius were excellent and enjoyed answering the Boy's questions. We did not see the white lions, but we did see the 'big five' and all our game viewings were spectacular. These included a leopard eating her catch, a steenbok, and watching her carry and store the remainder of her catch up a marula tree. We also observed two young male lions eating and guarding their catch, a giraffe which they had killed, and the growing audience of hyenas and vultures. Our ten year old grandson has had a great interest in the aarvark since he was small and we were all most excited to see one of these elusive creatures on our last evening drive. The Royal Livingstone Hotel was also excellent and lives up to it's five star status and, of course, this stay was all the more special as our daughter spent our first night with us at this splendid hotel. The paperwork for our grandchildren had been carefully prepared and so caused no problems, the main interest was in the birth certificates. Paperwork was checked seven times, starting at Heathrow. All in all a very successful trip. Our sincere thanks for helping us and organizing all the transfers which worked so well. Warm Regards,

“Hi Mark, just wanted to thank you for your perfect organization. Great choices (Tuningi safari lodge and The Residence hotel) and great service. We had a great time.Thank you again.”

"As a customer I can say this is a big thumbs up, and I would recommend everyone to contact you when they are going to travel to South Africa. Our self drive journey through 3 nations where you booked numerous safaris, accommodation, tours, flights, transport, transfers etc, went off without any other major problems, and thank you for making 5000 km journey an amazing adventure of a lifetime. And see you in a few years, because I'm definitely going back to Africa."

“We are back home and looking back to an excellent vacation. The whole program was very well organized even with a pick-up at the airport. All the locations were perfect. There was a nice alternation in the program; from the luxury lodge to the beautiful safari tents in the game park. All in all we had a very nice vacation and we will recommend your company to everybody who would like to travel in South Africa and if we will come back to South Africa, we will definitely approach you to organize our trip again. “

“Just wanted to say a big thank you for organising a superb holiday for us. It was perfect from start to finish ! We will be in touch again to book next vacation in SA. ps. thank you for the bottle of wine also !”