Dear Vera,

Gosh, I'm so sorry that I haven't yet responded. Below are a few hastily-written words - because if I don't do it now, I never will!

I hope that's OK. More than happy for you to show Neil (in fact I have copied him in on this email) but please do exclude my name on your
website.

Many thanks,
Christina

"My boyfriend and I went on safari with Bearded Heron after finding them on the net. It's always difficult to buy over the internet and even harder when you are from another hemisphere, but all of my long questioning emails were answered patiently and in detail from Neil Heron - the bearded heron himself!

So, we chose his organisation over many others, and settled for a 5 day luxury safari. And boy was it luxury compared with my backpacking / camping days - my boyfriend and I shared a 2 bed 2 bath lodge, while our guide Neil and our chef Doug shared another one! When it comes to food, I am Ms Unadventurous, but I loved the traditional food that Doug made - and
believe me, Doug can cook up a storm!

The safari itself was superb - Neil and Doug's knowledge and passion of the bush really rubbed off on us. And they spent just as much time with me on the small things (flora, dung beetles...) as they did with my boyfriend on the big 5. And if we saw one cat, we saw 100! But it's not just the spotting of the animals - it's the whole set up that Neil explains so well - we really understood what the animals were doing and why... He really knows his stuff.

And most importantly, if you are going to be cooped up in a car with 2 South Africans for 12 hours a day - you couldn't do better than these two!"

Christina Cudworth