Safari Holidays to South Africa and Namibia for independent travellers.

Below are a selection of comments from guests of Travel Butlers who specifically mentioned Phantom Forest in their feedback to us at the end of their trip.

To see what guests thought about other places you can either look for the "guest comments" link on the main page for a given property, or see a selection of recent comments here.

Please keep in mind that these are the opinions of individual guests rather than Travel Butlers Ltd, although we do make every effort to ensure that the comments published here are factually correct!

Guest Comments for Phantom Forest

"Firstly many thanks for helping us organise the whole trip, we had a great time.

Livingstone/Vic Falls - the Royal Livingstone Hotel was lovely, and the food was amazing, watching the zebra's chill by the pool was a very strange and funny experience!

Cape Town - the Protea Hotel Victoria Junction was great - we had a split level loft room which was bigger than our flat here! The people were very friendly and helpful and the taxi service they ran was great.

Franschoek - Residence Klein Olifants was lovely and the place is really pretty.

Phantom Forest - the place is amazing. Very peaceful and relaxing, and the food is unbelievable.

Teremok was great. The place was lovely, the staff friendly and helpful, and Umhlanga Rocks is a lovely place. It was a really nice way to end the trip.

Overall we had a great time ... We were really pleased with all the places we stayed, and really appreciate all the work you put into helping us get it all sorted. Again, thanks for all your help, and if we know anyone who needs any help with planning a similar trip, we'll definitely pass your details on if that's ok with you?"

B ROWSWELL, United Kingdom - January 2008

"Apologies for not getting back sooner - wedding and work seem to have taken over my life for last two weeks.

We had a really brilliant holiday, and in no small part due to Travel Butlers' knowledge and advice.

The Bay Hotel in Camps Bay was a great recommendation. I don't think we would have liked the hotels around the waterfront - and we even had a whale in the bay on our last day there. One of the best designed hotel rooms I've been in, but not over impressed by the restaurant in the hotel, despite it's apparent high standing. Blues Restaurant, 50 yds away was much better.

Hermanus was really good, and Abalone Guest House a real treat. Relaxed and informal, great views, with provision of binoculars for close-ups of the whales.

The Phantom Forest was phantastic, and the food here was the best we had throughout the holiday. 6 course meals for £25 per head. Maybe we had a discount as residents , but even so, we would be paying 3 times that amount for similar quality in London. The rooms and the views at Phantom were spectacular.

Kruger was all we hoped for and more. The lodge (Exeter River Lodge) was fine, guides and trackers very good, food excellent, and an all-round brilliant 3 days.

Stanley Safari was another excellent recommendation. We were certainly better there than in Mauritius, which was my original plan. Stanley Safari Lodge was an excellent spot. Quiet - no phones, no TV, no newspapers, not even a connection to the main building. Service there was excellent, and all meals well prepared and served, including light lunch and evening meals.

As luck would have it, when we went to Livingstone Island to sit on the edge of the falls, we were accompanied by 73 year old great grand-daughter of David Livingstone, along with her daughter. A great finish to a wonderful trip.

All in all, a great trip."

R STACEY, UK - October 2006

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