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MADAGASCAR
Take in the scenery, relax on a beach,
marvel at the biodiversity &, of course,
spot a lemur.
See our Madagascar Holiday Ideas
SRI LANKA
Ancient history, dazzling beaches, elephant rides, colourful
temples, leopard tracking, rainforest peaks & tea!
Where to start? Call 01273 923100
SUNDOWNER HONEYMOONS
Take in the scenery at your own pace
Ask us to design a honeymoon tailored to you
INDIA
The Golden Triangle, tiger tracking,
Kerala houseboats & so much more
Book with us for fantastic, insightful guides.
Sundowner was set-up by Jo Shuttleworth and James O’Farrell.
“Having been lucky enough to travel far and wide to over 60 different countries for fun and ‘work’, we spent some time thinking about what made our holidays memorable. Often, we would remember specific moments of our holidays where we felt immersed in our surroundings or overawed by a new experience, sight or sound. It was these moments that made our holidays special. But not just these alone. It was also the people that we met. We therefore decided to launch Sundowner to create holidays that focus on creating moments as well as meeting wonderful people.”
Moments can be added into itineraries, a cycling safari in the South Luangwa or walking with lions at Vic Falls. But our holidays are also about giving our clients the right surroundings and people to find their own perfect moments. We will ask you about your favourite holidays and interests before we start designing your Sundowner holiday. Armed with this information, we use our knowledge of different areas, hotels and experiences to pull together something unique to you.
We cannot plan on the people that you meet on your holiday but we can try to ensure that your driver has a warm smile, your guide captures your imagination and the manager of your hotel goes the extra mile. We have fantastic people on the ground. People who we have known for years. We know they make our holidays. And we believe that by focusing on owner-run and independent hotels, our clients will be looked after. Find out more about why we love owner-run hotels.
We cannot plan on the people that you meet on your holiday but we can try to ensure that your driver has a warm smile, your guide captures your imagination and the manager of your hotel goes the extra mile. We have fantastic people on the ground. People who we have known for years. We know they make our holidays. And we believe that by focusing on owner-run and independent hotels, our clients will be looked after. Find out more about why we love owner-run hotels.
In designing holidays, our goal is to use our expertise to emphasise value – knowing where you will get your money’s worth and showing that ‘tailor-made’ doesn’t necessarily mean expensive, it simply means every detail of your trip has been designed with you in mind. Take a look at our Price Promise.
Our Directors
Jo was on the board of Scott Dunn as well as the Managing Director of Imagine Travel (previously Imagine Africa) and has spent over 20 years travelling or working in the travel industry. She cut her teeth in Asia, went it alone for a year in Latin America, led overland trips in Africa and has back-packed around India, Australia & New Zealand, amongst others. She believes that the way to create wonderful holidays is all in the knowledge and detail.
James was the Product Director of Imagine Travel (previously Imagine Africa) and has also has spent over 20 years travelling or working in the travel industry. From working in South Africa, to reaching the limit of his visa in India, from back-packing Asia to travelling overland from the UK to Cape Town, James likes to get into the depth of a country and then some! He believes that a perfect holiday is designed by people with passion, who truly know their destinations.
We work in travel because we love what we do!
Her suggestions were amazing, our expectations were pretty high to begin with, but were massively exceeded in each place without exception. Each transfer went off without a hitch, and she’d primed each hotel that it was an anniversary celebration and we were greeted with champagne at every one of them, one of them even made us a cake!
South Africa & Seychelles
The camps we stayed in were extremely well run and comfortable, and the guides were excellent. They made sure we also got to see many of the rest of the wildlife of the region – everything from amazing numbers of Impala, Giraffe, Elephant, Zebra, lions, Cheetah and Leopard, and even Wild Dog that we had hoped to see but doubted we would be so lucky!
Tanzania
My friend and I have returned from a wonderful trip to Vietnam and Cambodia organised by Liam. The team on the ground, in both countries, were excellent- tour guides, drivers, hotel staff. All in all, a wonderful experience which we would both highly recommended.
Vietnam
Our trips all worked incredibly well – we were the first up Sigiriya in the morning – thus avoiding the heat, something you had recommended. We had a great train journey, saw a bear, leopard and about 20 elephants on the safari (definitely needed a whole day) in addition to visiting a large numbers of stupas, temples, a herbal centre, tea plantation, botanical garden etc.
Sri Lanka
Jo arranged our once in a lifetime trip to South Africa and we could not have had a better time. It has been the best holiday we have ever had and will certainly be using Sundowner again for any other long haul trips. Don’t hesitate to give them a call – you wont regret it
South Africa
The trip itself was very well organised and ran incredibly smoothly, something which is not always achievable in East Africa! The partners they work with in Tanzania are of top quality: the guides, accommodation, connections, transport and itinerary were really well thought through and of good quality.
Tanzania
Our tour of Kerala was perfect in every way, we decided to go with a private driver who stayed with us for the whole trip – we found this a more relaxed way to travel. We were so impressed with Periplus, efficient in every way, our driver, Sunil, was very polite, always on time and in many ways added to our holiday.
Kerala
We have just arrived back after the most incredible road trip around South Africa. Jo organised everything perfectly for us, we didn’t want to come home. We would even go to say it was our best ever holiday and we have been to some lovely destinations. The whole holiday was just perfect in every way.
South Africa
From the minute we checked in at the Emirates desk to the minute we landed back in the UK, everything was perfect. Our accommodation was WOW, our transfer drivers and trips were WOW. I don’t want to share where we stayed because they were so special and if we want to go back, I don’t want to find them unavailable!!!
South Africa
The tour we did was Vietnam and Cambodia and we had excellent guides who made the trip very memorable. Thank you for an amazing holiday.
Vietnam
Holiday destinations: Borneo |
Botswana | Cambodia | Kenya | India | Indonesia | Madagascar| Mozambique | Namibia | South Africa | Sri Lanka | Tanzania | Vietnam | Zambia | Zanzibar | Zimbabwe
Inspiration: Southern Africa Honeymoons | Madagascar Honeymoons | India & Sri Lanka Honeymoons | Southern Africa Family Holidays | Madagascar Family Holidays | Sri Lanka & India Family Holidays
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