Safari Holidays to South Africa and Namibia for independent travellers.

Below are a selection of comments from guests of Travel Butlers who specifically mentioned Riverdene Lodge 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!

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Guest Comments for Riverdene Lodge

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"Thanks for the email. I was planning on emailing you this week anyway to say thanks for everything that you organised for us. I cannot stress enough how impressed we were with each and every place we stayed and each time we moved on we thought that the next place could not possibly be better, but it always seemed to be!!

In particular, we had an absolutely fantastic time at The Constantia, very luxurious. The weather was awful on the day we arrived but Claire was just so lovely and had a bath running for us at 11.30 am with a bottle of wine at the ready!! We could not have asked for more from her and her staff. She is like a mind reader - she seemed to anticipate everything we needed before we had even thought of it ourselves!!

All of the guest houses were really lovely, and in particular the hosts at each one were so helpful to us, always wanting to suggest great restaurants and things to do in their area. Peter at Bradach Manor was great for a chat and Brenda at Oceansong in Plett was a really nice person. The Aloe Guest House in Hermanus was lovely.

And of course, Shamwari was the highlight of the trip, a really amazing place. Fantastic accommodation and our safari ranger, Vincent, was such a great guy, we had really good fun with him and the other guests we were on our drives with and we saw all of the Big 5 apart from a leopard. I was so sad to leave, really did not want to come home, which has never happened to me before on holiday!

Darren and I will certainly be recommending Travel Butlers to anyone we know who is planning on visiting SA - we cannot speak highly enough of everything you arranged for us."

P DENMEAD, Ireland - September 2008

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"Riverdene Lodge / Shamwari was absolutely brilliant it was just a shame we were only there for 2 days - I could quite happily have stayed a week - it was wonderful and the service was 1st class.

All your arrangements were 'spot on' and we had no problems whatsoever.

If and when we go back to South Africa I would definitely use Travel Butlers again.

Once again thanks for your help in making our trip to South Africa truly memorable for all the right reasons."

H FOSTER, United Kingdom - August 2008

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"Just had to drop you a line to thank you for your help in arranging our holiday. We had a fantastic time and all the hotels/guest houses were fabulous. Riverdene Lodge at Shamwari and the safaris were simply wonderful. Thanks again, we would certainly recommend Travel Butlers to our friends."

L PRETTY, UK - August 2008

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"Thank you for your email. My mother and I had a wonderful holiday in South Africa. Our stay at Shamwari has more than met our expectations and it was simply wonderful. From our first encounter with 4 lions as soon as we entered the game reserve to the welcome we received from Warren the Manager and Fred our game ranger. Our room was magnificent, the food was superb and the staff extremely attentive. The game drives were very exciting but unfortunately I never did get to see the leopard, which was my wish right from the very beginning.

Our 3 night stay at the Radisson Waterfront in Cape Town was also wonderful, the room was lovely and the breakfasts were magnificent. The staff were all very pleasant and very helpful to all our needs.

Thank you very much for helping with organising of our holiday."

C SWANSON, United Kingdom - May 2008

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"We're just back and I can assure you it was the most amazing holiday we've ever been on.

As you know I was a bit apprehensive about the safari but it was fantastic. every aspect of it. I just want all our friends to go and experience what we did.

Riverdene Lodge was perfect in every way. Such attention to detail, I could get used to such pampering, sadly tho the 3 days passed too quickly. But we do have nearly 1000 photos to reminice with' plus video footage, and will email the best to you soon.

Thanks again for all your help and advice. Shamwari was certainly an excellent choice and after we arrived in Cape Town anyone we spoke to told us we were going to the best. We believe it was ...."

I ARMSTRONG, United Kingdom - March 2008

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"Melanie and I have just returned from Shamwari. It was excellent.

Thank you."

G WHITEHAIR, United Kingdom - November 2007

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"Shamwari lived up to our recollections and was thoroughly enjoyed by our friends on their first visit. We had an excellent ranger and the accommodation and food was first class so really I have no comments to offer other than to thank you for making our arrangements which went very smoothly."

S KERLEY, United Kingdom - March 2007

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"We had a wonderful holiday.  Absolutely outstanding was our time at Shamwari.  Riverdene Lodge was superb, everything we’d hoped for.  I would recommend it to anyone and would definitely go again.  We would recommend Travel Butlers and will certainly use your services again."

L CORLEY, UK - November 2005

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"We had a fantastic holiday and we are enchanted with South Africa. The recommendations you made were wonderful. We saw plenty of whales, lots of wild animals and thought the scenery, food, wine and people were great.

Les Cascades, Franschhoek Country House, The Plettenburg and Shamwari were all superb.

All in all a great holiday and thank you for your planning and booking. First class."

A AKERS, UK - October 2005

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