Dear Nicole and Klaus, thank you again for the wonderful and varied New Year's trip, which we were allowed to enjoy as a group of 10 with you for 23 days. From the beginning we felt comfortable and familiar in your care. Through you, Klaus, as a planning and logistics genius, who fulfills every wish, no matter how small, and through you, Nicole, as a doer, for whom nothing is impossible, we got to know Madagascar with all its facets. Of course, we have covered many kilometers with the coach, which sometimes seemed quite exhausting, but even the one long 12-hour bus ride on December 30 was entertaining, because you, as on the whole trip, always had surprises in store for us: the visit of remote villages or small workshops with great ingenuity, hikes in beautiful unusual landscapes and parks, the hustle and bustle on the colorful markets, the nights in special lodges. There are many more incredibly intense experiences that made this trip unforgettably beautiful for us! Thanks also to the great group (Monika, Petzo, Inge, Reini, Margit, Jochen, Melitta, Willi) that came together for the New Year's trip from 27.12.16 to 18.01.17 and developed into a homogeneous and good-humored group. It was wonderful with you! Dear Nicole and Klaus, you are a great team! Best regards Trude & Hansotto... Collapse

From the first moment when we saw Aina beaming with joy waiting for us, it was clear to us: "the bassd subba to us!" So quickly the travel group "Lena & Anja" (two young girls from beautiful Upper Bavaria) became the travel group "Lena & Anja & Aina". It was really nice with which joy and cordiality Aina brought us closer to the country. Patient, patient, most patient, Aina! "Wooooooow - the landscape is so beautiful!!!" - and poof, the brakes were already applied so that we had a beautiful snapshot of every corner of our trip in our bag. It was an unforgettable time in the impressive Madagascar, in which we laughed a lot and above all got to know many lovely people. It's great to see that people have wonderful smiles on their faces despite poverty! "To be content with what you have is true wealth." This sentence probably perfectly describes what we were able to experience during our 16-day trip from Antananarivo to Tulear. Dear Nicole, Dear Klaus, THANK YOU for the unforgettably wonderful time we were able to spend in Madagascar! It was perfect from front to back and we would do everything again exactly as we did. We will never forget this wonderful time. Madagascar is indescribable. Keep up the good work!... Collapse

Almost 4 weeks we traveled from mid-August through the south of Madagascar. On the trip well organized by Klaus we were driven by the Madagascan Aina . From the beginning we understood each other very well, he brought us with his sensitive way the fantastic country with its nature and especially the friendly people closer. Always Aina knew interesting things to tell and could give us a lot of knowledge about the way of life in Madagascar, hardly a question or a wish of us remained unfulfilled. Patiently he strolled with us over the great markets, always trying to show us new and to allow us contact with the locals. He also made sure that our daughter did not eat too much (fish and meat). It was especially nice to stop somewhere with Aina and get in touch with the people and children, here you noticed his great, informal and warm contact with the people in his country and how much he enjoys his work. Aina's sensitive, funny and professional way made the trip very special for us. We were also able to meet -by chance- his lovely family - which made us even more familiar. Thank you again dear Aina and all the best for your work .... Collapse

Dear Nicole, dear Klaus, we would like to thank you again for the great organization and execution of our trip. We have booked the trip not directly through you but through Exotic Travel, but are totally satisfied. We were in wonderful places, had great hotels, very nice experiences and two super nice guides, Hery and Andry. We would like to say a special thank you to Hery, who drove us over 1200 km perfectly through the east and the south. He had the organization firmly under control and through his very good English and immense knowledge brought the culture and way of life of the Malagasy many times closer. Andry was there as our translator for German, but we thought this was superfluous as we were in the best hands with Hery. Again, a big thank you for a wonderful 3 weeks of vacation. The time was over way too fast.... Collapse

Dear Nicole, dear Klaus, already at the first contact with you we had a good gut feeling. We were very impressed by the enthusiasm with which you took up our special request "getting married" and the associated challenge. And what can we say: our gut was right. Not only did you organize a fantastic honeymoon trip through Madagascar for us, you also proved to be the perfect wedding planners who provided us with an unforgettable day far beyond our own imagination. Many, many thanks for that! You can tell you guys love what you do. And you can do it! In Madagascar everything is possible? With you in any case! Best regards... Collapse

I hope you can open the link that leads to the Madagascar photo book and thus experience our journey. Thanks to Klaus, Nicole and Aina! https://as.photoprintit.com/web/85001291/showPublishedPhotoBook.do?ehash=603df862b02d75f035f38e19807e7643&skipSessionTimeout&t=Madagaskar+2016+1.book&d=Here+is+my+verpublished+pixum+ PhotoBook.+A lot+of+fun+when+browsing+and+viewing+the+photos... Collapse

Dear visitor of the guestbook! I have already sent my personal greetings including the due thanks together with my travel companion Christian by means of an own mail to Klaus with family and team. I would like to inform the readers of the guestbook that it makes absolutely sense to entrust yourself to a trustworthy and experienced organizer, if you want to experience as much as possible or as intensively as possible of the "sixth continent" in a short time. Because Madagascar is not only geologically, biologically and culturally a separate continent, but also because of its size. In addition, the road conditions and traffic connections do not facilitate an individual progress. If you want to get to know the country and its people more closely and safely, have little time to do so and know neither the Madegassian language nor enough French, and would also like to minimize the actual greatest risk when traveling in this way - I'm not talking about robberies but traffic accidents - then you should definitely contact Klaus and his team in the case of this fascinating island. No matter what you hope to find on Madagascar, Klaus can give you advice and will do his best to find a way. I was particularly impressed on the tour proposed by him, the visit to some villages in the highlands and on the east and west coast with direct contact with the extremely friendly people there. In addition, we visited mines, rovas, small - not overcrowded and financially not overpriced - national parks, a rum distillery and so on. - always rounded off in the evening with perfect hotels and lodges. No matter if the overnight stay was in a rustic jungle camp, in a 5 star lodge in the middle of a canyon or a colonial bungalow on the beach: service and accommodation were always excellent. However, one should never forget that one is in one of the poorest countries in the world and also encounters a different mentality, which leads to differences in the standard of accommodation and services that one may be used to at home. Finally one makes a journey also therefore, in order to experience evenly different? Klaus offers in Antananarivo at the beginning and at the end of a round trip always his private domicile - which is also equipped with comfortable bungalows - as accommodation. You can start and end your trip there in a pleasant atmosphere: together with him and his family (hello Nicole!). Klaus speaks French and Madegassian, has lived on the island for 18 years, and by his own admission has still not seen and experienced everything Madagascar has to offer! We have been able to experience him as a perfect mediator between us as visitors and the locals, who is highly appreciated by the Madegasses themselves and who employs an outstanding team of drivers and guides (I would especially like to highlight Adaffi and Anja - best regards from Austria!!!). Without exaggeration I may claim that we were able to experience Madagascar so intensively only because of the service of Klaus and his team. In this sense, I can only express the unrestricted recommendation for anyone who wants to visit Madagascar: "Klaus is the man with the plan!" Martin Reich, Imst, Tyrol, Austria (on Madagascar in May 2016 together with Don B.- C. Novak)... Collapse

Dear Klaus, dear Nicole, Luckily we came across your website after booking our horseback riding vacation in Madagascar (May 2016) and you provided us with more wonderful days before and after. Without your help we would not have seen so much of the island, let alone had any idea where we could stay and how long we need to get there and how to get away again :-). Your stories, Klaus, about the customs, culture and flora of the island have made the vacation much richer. We will definitely come back and are super curious to see more of the island AND of course meet you and your team again! Thank you, thank you for the great help, bookings and ideas we could just blindly rely on! We will certainly recommend you to others. Very very dear greetings, Susann and Heike... Collapse

Dear Klaus, dear Nicole, our dreamlike and adventurous trip through Madagascar already took place in May 2015 and until today we experience again and again, the many made experiences through stories, new! Through your organization, your experiences and tips, we can count our vacation to the most impressive so far and still live on it today! 🙂 Adafi and Anja welcomed us warmly on our arrival in Tana and gave us a wonderful evening at a reunion in Antsirabe!;-) Through your chosen driver, Aina, we had very enjoyable rides, fun conversations, and a whole lot to better understand and process our experiences and adventures in Madagascar! We know that this will not have been our last trip across the, despite its poor conditions, breathtaking red island. We are already very much looking forward to explore more great corners, maybe this time together with you two ;-)! Take good care of yourselves, little Stephi and all the other dear ones and keep doing your work so warmly and dedicatedly, then many more people will be allowed to experience such a great time, like us and some already before us! 🙂 Best regards, Ludwig and Jeannine... Collapse

Dear Nicole and Klaus It was a great pleasure to meet you and to accompany you on the way south to Toliara. We have seen and experienced a lot, thanks to your insider knowledge and years of Madagascar experience. Isalo Rock Lodge is a true Isalo paradise and the view from the room and from the rock impressed us very much. Very interesting was the sapphire digging town of Ilakaka and the visit to a mine where we could see first hand how muscle power is used to dig and search for sapphires. We have experienced Madagascar up close and wish you continued success and interested tourists who find their way to you. We can only warmly recommend a trip with you: friendly, uncomplicated, knowledge enriching, authentic, safe and up close. Thanks again for everything.... Collapse