Photo: Elton John Aids Day climb with David Furnish, Johnny Bergius, and Janet Street Porter, led by Jeremy Gane.

Below you will find feedback from clients of Gane & Marshall Ltd who have travelled with us recently.  Enjoy the reading....

Meru and Kilimanjaro Combo Christmas 2009

Janine and Debs

Jeremy,

Just wanted to drop you a quick note to say Thank you for organising our trip to Mt Meru and Kilimanjaro. The trekking was fantastic; our group of 9 got on amazingly well; and all the people involved (in Tanzania) were amazingly supportive and made the trip very memorable.

One memory that will stick with me (and one I could not capture on camera) is the start of our Kilimanjaro Summit walk on the 25th December. If you can imagine groups infront of us and groups behind, everyone zig zagging up the mountain with only head torches alight. The side of the mountain looked like a Christmas tree all lite up and our group had the added bonus of the guides singing carols . . truly magical & a memory I will have for a life time.

Your suggestion of a one day safari to Tarangire was fantastic and we had a day to remember . . at one point we were surrounded by 50+ Elephants of all ages and sizes and it was 'a pinch yourself' moment.

Thank you

Janine

Namibia Safari with Self Drive September 2009

Ian and Susan Gutsell

Hello Clare

We have returned from our holiday to Namibia - we do not have enough superlatives that we can use to express how wonderful the last three weeks have been. The country, the people, the landscapes, the animals and the accommodation were way beyond our expectations. We have come back with so many happy memories. Please can we thank you for all your help in pulling the holiday together.

If you would like more specific feedback then we would be more than happy to do so.

Many thanks again

Ian and Susan Gutsell

John Foster Kilimanjaro Feedback August 2009

John Foster

Dear Jeremy

THE FOSTERS’ TRIP TO KILIMANJARO – AUGUST 2009

I was extremely glad that I chose Gane and Marshall for my long awaited Kilimanjaro attempt.  Route selection was excellent giving plenty and much needed time to acclimatise.  You dealt extremely promptly and knowledgably with all my questions during the booking and preparation process and your information on training and gear was well informed and invaluable.

Our entire team of porters were friendly and helpful and all the facilities (camping, cooking and hygiene) were as good as could possibly be expected in mountain conditions.

Our guide was well informed and extremely competent; he was as determined as us that we would get to the top and was an enormous help and support.

The arrangements for the whole of our holiday ran smoothly and without worry and at all times we felt that we were in very good hands which made for a truly memorable and enjoyable holiday.  Since returning home I have had no hesitation in recommending you to my friends.
 
Yours sincerely

John M Foster

Kenya Safari Oct 2009

Sandy Campbell

Sandy Campbell and his son visited Tortilis Camp in Amboseli, with its great views of Kilimanjaro, then Lewa Camp in Lewa Downs, and finally Kicheche Camp in the Masai Mara. They also spent a night at Macushla House in Nairobi.  

Best time to visit Kenya is July through to December. Let Gane and Marshall organise your safari to Kenya.

Accommodation and Transfers Tanzania

Mrs. Pauline Bennett

Just want to say  thank you so much for organising our stay at Kia Lodge, your advice, help etc were invaluable to the smooth running of our stay and all the transfers worked perfectly. Our overnight on 27th and the two and half days  just before we returned to UK were most satisfactory. The lodge is perfect and the staff were really kind and helpful. We did actually have  enough energy left  to make a visit to Arusha NP! Wonderful.

Family holiday to south Tanzania & Zanzibar Aug 08

Sharon Hunt

My name is Sharon Hunt and we went to Tanzania on a holiday we had booked through you.  Once we had returned home you very kindly rang us to check all was well with our trip.  I promised to send you some feedback but it completely slipped my mind.  It was only when we were telling some friends over dinner last night about what an excellent trip it has been I suddenly remembered!

So here goes

Neal Hunt - We had a wonderful holiday Gane and Marshall gave us very good advice and all their recommendations proved to be first class.  From the moment of our arrival at Dar Es Salaam everything was like clockwork.  There was always someone to meet us and all the many connections happened without fuss.  I could not recommend them more highly and would certainly use them again.

Sharon Hunt - We went to Tanzania as a family celebration since Neal and I both have significant birthdays in 2008.  We all loved every minute of our holiday which was organised by Gane and Marshall.  The travel and transfer arrangements all went smoothly and the accommodation was excellent.  Everybody we met whether on Safari or in Zanzibar went out of their way to ensure we had a really good time - and we did - it was great, so thanks !

Rosie Hunt - I am fifteen years old and this was my first trip to Africa, the only word that fully describes my trip is magic.  It was the experience of a lifetime and I will definitely be returning.

Charlie Hunt - Aged 12. Africa was a brilliant experience.  I would like to say a big thanks to you for organising such a fabulous holiday.  I saw lots of different animals in the wild and learnt loads of interesting facts about them from our guides, it sometimes felt like I had entered a different world!

Kilimanjaro through 2008

Various

August 2008 from Keely Lawrence who climbed Shira Eight Days route to the Roof of Africa

Hi Jeremy, Just a quick note to say thank you for all your help with organising the Kilimanjaro trek.  Everything went like clockwork and of the group of 8 of us all except one made it to the top.  They were a super group and the guides, porters etc. were all lovely.  I thoroughly enjoyed myself and am looking forward to planning next years' adventure!  With that in mind can you please email me with the address of your other company so that I can have a look to see what else you have available.
Hope you are keeping well.  With best wishes.  Keely
ps.  Caroline asked me to pass on her favourable feedback too!

July 08 from Megan and Jill Bishop who joined a Shira Fixed Departure Climb & Safari 

Dear Jeremy
Apologies for the delay in sending this, it has a busy week catching up with people and fare-welling mum.
I just wanted to reiterate how wonderful our trip to Tanzania was that you organised. It was an absolute travel highlight - this is coming from an experienced backpacker who has spent years living and travelling in different countries. The ultimate highlight was reaching the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro, which could not have been achieved without the strength and skills of our team of porters and guides. We shared many laughs whilst during the trek, including mum's skills at warding off the german tourists who 'illegally' tied to use our portable toilet! The food was amazing...3 courses for every meal including fresh tropical fruit. The guides were intuitive to our needs up the mountain and incredibly supportive throughout. Yes, you really do need 8 layers of clothing for the final summit climb!
The safari was fantastic as well - great to cover 3 different game reserves in a small geographical area, which widens the access to different animals and scenery. The accommodation and our safari driver were first rate - his knowledge of local fauna and flora and enthusiasm was wonderful.

Most of all, it was great to have a company such as yours, so skilled at arranging local services, people and resources to facilitate a wonderful, smooth holiday...we packed so much into a short space of time!

Thank you immensely 
Regards 

Megan Bishop
Above email from Megan who joined her mother to summit Kili - both reaching Uhuru Point, once again showing that the "the girls have got what it takes!" Warm congratulations to Megan and Jill from the Gane and Marshall team.

July 08 from JOanna Sarnecka who made a solo climb of Kilimanjaro via Lemosho Route

Dear Jeremy,
A huge Thank You for organizing a great climb to the top of the Kilimanjaro. This was an amazing experience and from the beginning to the end everything went absolutely perfectly.
I would like to thank you for advising me on choosing the Lemosho Route which was exactly what I was hoping for as far as the difficulty and the length of the climb were concerned. The 8-day trek not only was beneficial to high altitude acclimatisation but also allowed us to stop and admire the scenery. I was blown away by the variety of the landscape and the beauty of it. The view from the peak was spectacular, well worth all the effort and suffering from swelling of my body!
The whole supporting team deserves the highest praise. Our driver Zodiak even managed to avoid the road blocks set on account of president Bush arriving suddenly in Arusha! George the Guide was a most caring person, making sure that Andy and I were eating, drinking, sleeping and feeling comfortable all the way through the trek. George was a great organizer, full of common sense, always thinking ahead and ready to give good advice. His assistant Pablo gave him huge support, and both of them were great company and fun to walk with. I am particularly grateful to both of them for carrying my camera for me (a good instrument but proved to be a little too bulky and too heavy for this sort of adventure) and stopping, without any objections, every time I wanted to take a picture.
I am full of admiration for the Cook, who made culinary wonders out of the simplest ingredients, and whose dishes were, on many occasions, the objects of envy of members of other groups. I never expected such a variety of menus; in fact, I wish I had made a note of a few recipes!
A big Thank You to Ben, our Butler/Waiter, who seemed to be one of the busiest members of the team and yet was always ready to provide us with a bowl of warm washing water or a cup of hot tea and all of this with a beautiful smile on his face. This smile made a real difference to the morning wake up call!
Great thanks to Eriki, our Toilet Attendant, who looked after the sanitary aspect of the camping and who was always very prompt and efficient with setting it up and maintaining it clean.
All the porters deserve the highest commendations for being punctual, organised and always willing to help.
The whole team made the climb not only possible, but turned it into a memorable and very pleasant adventure.
I shall be recommending Gane&Marshall to anybody who would like to visit any part of the world to which you organise the holiday and I sincerely hope that my Kilimanjaro trek and time spent on the beach in Kenya afterwards wasn't my last contact with your Company.

Jo Sarnecka

Namibia Safari

Mrs Stevens

Clare

Belated but nevertheless heartfelt thanks for your part in organising a truly outstanding holiday.  It has been an uplifting experience for all the family. Choosing somewhere that proves captivating for both teenagers and their parents is no simple task!

The Skeleton Coast is one the planets last regions of true wilderness - a rare and unappreciated commodity. The pilots/guides were a class act, their enthusiasm stimulating and infectious.   Spending a few days in the inspirational Damaraland made us all acutely aware of our senses - of necessity! It is an area of unrivalled pristine beauty.  The colours were rich and the lighting dramatic.  We successfully tracked the rare desert-adapted black rhino - a mother and daughter.  Watching the pair cross the plain was a humbling moment.

We will return to Namibia and to the incomparable Skeleton Coast.  We will book our trip with Gane and Marshall!

With our grateful thanks.

Janie and Alex Stevens

Tanzania Safari

Mrs. Bembridge

Tanzania Safari Spring 2008

My husband and I have just returned from a two week trip to Tanzania which we booked through Gane and Marshall.

I just had to write and compliment your company on arranging the perfect 'holiday of a lifetime' for us.  Everything ran like clockwork and according to plan.

When I initially received an itinerary and quote from Gane and Marshall, I was concerned that as your quote was the lowest, the service would be lacking.  However, I could not have been more wrong.  If I had chosen to travel with any of the other companies who had quoted me more, they wouldn't have been able to do anything better than you did.  The service we received from Gane and Marshall and all the agents you supplied in Tanzania was first class.  Not once were we 'left stranded' or left feeling unsure about any of the arrangements you had put in place.  I would have no hesitation in using your company again or recommending you to anyone who is considering going on safari.

A very big 'Thank You' to everyone involved in arranging our holiday and I hope it won't be too long before I can use the services of your company again.

Many Thanks

Beverley Bembridge

Light Mobile Walking and Driven Safari

Tanya & Kieran

Light Mobile Safari, Masai Lands of Tanzania

Hello Jeremy

My sincere apologies for taking so long to contact you since our return from honeymoon, to write and say a great big thank you for our wonderful honeymoon. What can I say, it exceeded all of our expectations, the itinerary was fantastic, the programme for our 10 day Safari was certainly action packed, looking back I don't know how we managed to do it all, but I am so grateful that we did and that you made it possible. The Serengeti was out of this world, not only the animals that kept us mesmerized for hours upon hours, even after spotting our 200th Zebra, but for the landscape, some times it was hard to take it all in, the vast land that stretches for miles and miles, absolutely wonderful! The Ngorongoro Crater was another of our favorites, on reaching the top of the Crater on our arrival, our first glimpse at the Crater floor below us, was jaw dropping, it felt as if we had been swept back into pre-historic times like a scene out of Jurassic Park as we could see the alkaline lakes and watering holes below twinkling in the sunlight and the hundreds of animals, that appeared as little brown spots scattered across the Crater floor, it is easy to see why it is one of the Seven natural wonders of the world. Every place we visited, from the National Parks, to the Conservation Areas and the wilderness, were amazing and each held there own little adventure for us, there isn't one place I regret visiting each and every place was unique and spectacular and with our guides knowledge of the areas had us captivated until our journey to the next stop.

Im so glad that we followed your guidance in taking the opportunity to see the wilderness of Tanzania and although at times it was bumpy, dusty and long, by god we enjoyed every minute of it, especially the drive from the base of Kilimanjaro across the Rift Valley floor to Lake Natron. Memories of that day will stay very close to Kieran and my heart having met in the complete wilderness a little Maasai girl who was out tending to the cattle all on her own, in the fierce heat of the afternoon sunshine. She came to greet us and we gave her a small bottle of water to quench her thirst, how happy and content with life she was so untouched by the outside Western world, a bottle of water and a friendly smile, meant everything to her, all alone out there such a responsibility for one so young, she placed in my hand three little rocks, that look like granite and beckoned me to kiss them, I did and the smile on her face could have melted your heart. They are wonderful people the Massai, those that reside in the far untouched wilderness of Africa away from the National Parks, that live there nomadic life happy and content as they are, self sufficient and completely independent and such warm friendly people, it is to your credit that you have built such a good relationship with those from the Maasai lands that they allow and welcome those with Gane and Marshall to see their Boma's and way of life.

Our guide Jason was great fun and a pleasure to be around, his enthusiasm was infectious, he always had an added adventure up his sleeve, one of which led us to the Shifting Sand. All the staff at a Gane and Marshall, both in your London Office and Tanzania were wonderful, we couldn't have asked for nicer people, you made the whole experience run like clock work allowing us to fully enjoy our honeymoon with no worries and full confidence that everything would go to plan.

Thank you to you all a job extremely well done, we will definitely be back for round two in another few years.

Take care

Love and Best Wishes

Tanya & Kieran MacKrell