Guest Reviews

Thidara at Hayes and Jarvis came up with a great safari and beach itinerary so that my wife could celebrate her 70th birthday with our daughter, husband and grandchildren. She found 2 great safari lodges where we had sightings of the big 5 plus many other animals including cheetah, painted dog and aardvark. Of the 2 Motswiri Lodge deserves special mention for its location, the friendliness of its staff and guides/rangers, Elliot was particularly good and the grandchildren interacted well with him. The lodge also turned my wife’s birthday in a very special event. The Beach part of the holiday also gave us what we needed in that the meals at the hotel were buffet so the grandchildren, 7 and 9, could go off and pick the food they liked to eat, but there were also a range of other restaurants that the adults could book to get a quiet meal. The hotel also offered a range of water activities, within the price of the package, which meant that the family could spend the day snorkelling, paddle boarding, kayaking and sailing, without the thoughts of racking up large bills. The balance of 6 days safari and 5 days at the beach was about right. We were under time constraints anyway, but the grandchildren were about safaried out with two, 3 hour game drives a day starting at 6:00am, and so after 6 days were ready for a change.

We booked our honeymoon using Hayes and Jarvis/Enchanting Travels and cannot recommend them highly enough! When we were initially planning our honeymoon Thidara listened carefully to us to ensure we could make our dream trip a reality. We were particularly impressed by the choice of hotels/accommodation they offered which you could tell had been expertly and carefully chosen. On our trip our travel consultant Ruth was always on hand to offer support and guidance and we felt so well looked after. All the guidance and tips they provided were amazing. We spent 10 on our dream honeymoon doing safari in Kenya and then some beach time in Zanzibar. We were blown away by all our accommodation and all the amazing people we encountered. We would not hesitate to use Hayes and Jarvis in the future.

This was our first time booking through Hayes & Jarvis and we had a fantastic holiday. Thidara was amazing during the booking process, recommending an itinerary and then tweaking it for our requirements (we have since booked another trip and once again she was really helpful). Everything during the holiday was exactly as expected and having a trip coordinator on hand is really helpful. I can’t wait to book more trips with Hayes & Jarvis!