Hello Rosie

Well what can we say, it was Paradise, peace and tranquil surroundings unbelievable beaches and absolutely no one around, simply stunning. The flight was a bit long, however the transfer to and from Nosy Iranja was on time, no delays here which provided some sense of comfort knowing that all is going according to plan.

The island is like out of a dream, unbelievable and amazing to say the least. We were the first South African couple to visit the Island of Nosy Iranja, what a choice it proved to be, and there were just two other Italian couples there, so we had the entire island to ourselves.

The colour of the water, the co-co nut trees and the the way the island comes across when we arrived there just, takes your breath away. The service was very good and the locals were very friendly.One must get a look at the Hornbill turtles, they lay their eggs on the beach south of the Island.We had the privilege of seeing a mother laying her eggs, as well as playing with newly hatched babies and releasing them into the ocean - this was absolutely amazing.

At night you find yourself under a star filled sky, when you look up there are no words to describe the feeling you get looking at the Milky Way.

Our stay came to a sad end when we had to leave for home, but we brought back lots of photos and a world of memories.....

Thank you for giving us an unforgettable honeymoon, and a world of memories.

hi mandi

sorry for the late reply last week was so busy!!

we had a great time in zanzibar!! really enjoyed it a lot! we had a very relaxing time in echo beach hotel. food and cocktails where great and also the owner and waiters where very very friendly! food was realy special delicious!!! the only two negative things 1. time went over to fast!!;)) 2. the journey is quiet long and zanzibar airport is not the best place to spend time! a direct flight would be much more comfortable.... but i guess thats not possible. but all in all we had a great time in zanzibar!

thanks a lot for everything

I am sure Charli replied to you, from my side:

Flights were great – they gave us a 4 seater for the 1st flight to Dubai, they did however confiscate all our toiletries in Maldives, apparently you cannot take more than 100ml on the flight. Meet and greet was cool in Maldives, and superb in Dubai, did not even know they were meeting us at the airport in Dubai, made me look fantastic, like I planned it!

Velingandu was fantastic, read some reports on the site you sent us that had me a bit concerned, but in my opinion it could have been 5 star. Royal Ascott was great too

I would however recommend a staying overnight in Dubai on the way to Maldives, we were exhausted

All in all I would rate it as a 12/10 Honeymoon, fantastic!

Regards

Hi Rosie

Hope you are well. Just wanted to let you know that our honeymoon at Anantara in the Maldives was amazing. The resort and the island was so beautiful. The staff was really friendly. We really enjoyed every minute that we were there.

Thanks a lot for everything……especially for helping us find this little paradise.

Next time I need an island get away, I know who to call.

Thank you.

Hi Mandi

The honeymoon was great. Meeru was absolutely awesome!!

I would definitely rate the Maldives as the ultimate honeymoon destination. The flights are long but was a pleasure on Emirates. The destination does make the flights more than worth while. Dubai is an interesting place to see once. It is more like one big building site, but we would not have survived the long flight home if it was not for the stay-over. The hotel in Dubai was nice although most prices are rather expensive for us South Africans.

Thanks you so much for the great service we received from yourself. I have and will keep referring everybody to you.

Regards,

Dear Rosie

Thanks for the email. The wedding was amazing, we had such a lovely day.

So... Zanzibar was so great! We had such an amazing time!

Zanzibar Unique were absolutely excellent (one of the drivers Ali did a few of our transfers and he was so helpful - found us a place to get a sim card when we arrived etc, a really great guy!). Christine had put together an itinerary for us which they gave us on arrival at the airport, with pickup times etc. Also a little gift of massage oil :) We did the Spice Tour between Chumbe and Pongwe (good suggestion!) and as part of the transfer it was much cheaper than if we had done it from Stone Town.

It was really nice having all our transfers organised and not having to try and get taxi's etc / book transfers there - so much less stressful!

Chumbe was incredible, such an amazing place - absolutely and completely perfect. We arrived at lunch time, so our introduction to the place was lunch looking at the beautiful blue sea and watching eels and sand sharks catching small fish just below where we were sitting! The whole place is gorgeous and we absolutely loved our eco-banda - the toilet didn't phase us all and didn't smell!! Main highlights for us were: sleeping on the hammock-bed on the beach on the afternoon we arrived!; the simple but delicious and plentiful food; snorkeling at the beautiful coral reef; and the fact that such amazing conservation efforts seem to be succeeding to protect this incredible reef and island (it is a stark contrast between this reef and the one off Pongwe which has hardly any live coral left anymore due to human impact). Definitely a place I would recommend to anyone going to Zanzibar.

Pongwe was great and we had a lovely time relaxing on the beach, next to the pool, in the hammocks and on our porch (slight pity that the path to all the other bungalows goes straight past it, but still a great place to chill and read a book - which we did a lot of!). We felt very relaxed there and the staff were excellent (so friendly and helpful). The food was also great! Didn't bother to drink wine tho, it was way too expensive (but that was true for everywhere!)!!! On our last night there we had dinner on the beach, which was really lovely and so romantic watching the pretty-much full moon rise over the sea! All-in-all a great place to stay.

We both really enjoyed staying in Stone Town and I am glad we had 2 nights there as it meant we had enough time to explore! Had a lovely dinner at Mtoni Marine (suggested by Heidi at Pongwe) and went to Monsoon the 2nd night, which was fun. We organised a walking tour for the second day, which was a really good thing to do - very interesting and made us feel a lot more comfortable with knowing where things were etc. Also did sundowners at Africa House Hotel - stunning view!

Zanzibar Palace hotel was a lovely hotel and the room we were in was beautiful with an amazing view! Breakfasts were excellent. Lots of stairs!!!! but that was good for us after all the yummy food we were eating!

In total the holiday was amazing, we had such a relaxing and fun time and everywhere we stayed was excellent!

Thank you so very much for organising such a lovely trip for us, you guys were incredible and made the planning process so easy for us (which we needed with the wedding planning being so hectic!!). I have been recommending you to all my friends!

Luv Claire and Dean

PS Thank you for the kikois - we used them a lot when we were there!