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TANZANIA

The perfect safari + beach destination

See our Tanzania Holiday Ideas

ZAMBIA WILDLIFE

Get up close to the big cats.

See our Zambia Holiday Ideas

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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.

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SUNDOWNER FAMILY HOLIDAYS

For the right mix of activities, sights and relaxation

Call 01273 923100 to start designing

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SOUTH AFRICA

What will you combine your safari with?

Take a look at our holiday ideas

We are a well-travelled bunch and we love the idea of others visiting the places we love. So we use our experience to work with you to design the perfect holiday. Our service covers every detail that comes with this. From providing you with a beautifully personalised itinerary to being at the end of a phone or email to answer questions about luggage allowances to requesting specific rooms from our favourite properties to managing FX risk. All you will have to do is arrange any visas or vaccinations. We will do the rest so that you can truly enjoy your time away.

We are lucky enough to have travelled far and wide. It's our job and also our passion ... sourcing brilliant properties, guides, drivers, experiences and chatting to people on the ground. And that makes holiday design much easier. In designing a holiday for you, the main learning for us is about you - what you're looking for, the type of properties you like, the type of holidays you enjoy most and more. We combine that information with our travel knowledge to design your holiday, from recommending the best-suited properties that have a great reputation to ensuring the logistics make the most of your time away. We chat to people on the ground, source availability, hold flights, and pull all the elements and costs together into an exciting personal holiday package.

Once we've nailed the design, we pull together a beautiful looking personalised itinerary to send to you. We'll talk it through with you and then we can tweak and re-tweak but, ideally, if we've been doing our job well, this will be the point at which you book.

It's fantastic when you book - all sorted. We take all the admin on. We take-on the currency risk, make reservations requesting specific rooms or special touches from key partners, book flights, pay suppliers in a multitude of currencies. We know the best rooms to book, even which side of the airplane you should sit on. We're here to answer any questions you may have regarding your holiday from luggage to what to pack. As your holiday draws nearer, we will pull together your final travel documents, country information, phone numbers and tickets. If you're on a self-drive trip we'll provide you with driving directions too.

Away you go! Our partners on the ground will ensure you are very well looked after. Our guides and drivers are brilliant. We use the guides that speak the best English, vehicles that have purring engines and drivers that will get you where you need to be at the right time without crazy driving (even in India!). And in the unlikley event that you need assistance, we also have a 24 hour emergency helpline based in the UK. Rest assured that we have the experience and contacts to be there for you.

Back home after an exciting holiday. We love to hear from you whilst your holdiay is still fresh in your mind. Talk through your highlights, the people you met, the sights and sounds. Your feedback is super important. And if you're feeling a little low to be back in the UK, we can always start planning your next trip. Designing holidays for repeat clients, whom we tend to know very well, is a dream!

We work in travel because we love what we do.

The boutique Guest Houses Sundowners chose were exceptional – fabulous settings, quality and service. The whole trip was excellently planned and organised, no hitches at all.

Lucy BerkhoutSouth 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!!!

Brenda DouglasSouth Africa

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!

Stewart BrookeSouth Africa & Seychelles

We can honestly say it was the best holiday we have ever had. The small boutique guest houses were all amazing and certainly gave us a real flavour of the country. We drove to Cape Town where our lovely hotel was a perfect base to explore this beautiful place and beaches along with all the sights.

Sue JamesSouth Africa

We had 12 nights in Sri Lanka which we organised through Sundowner – it was excellent! Sundowner added real value with their recommendations on the travel and in particular their recommended accommodation. We were nervous about having our own local driver but in fact he was very good and it suited us as independent travellers who like to set our own agenda.

Chris FarranceSri Lanka

FANTASTIC! It was the most incredible experience. We loved the variety that you had planned for us, from the rainforest in Andasibe to Isalo which was stunning (the hotel was really special). Ifaty was also a really interesting place but the piece de resistance was definitely Anjajavy. We thought we had died and gone to heaven! The honeymoon package was wonderful but the best part was Cedric and his passion for the environment. Another aspect which we were thrilled by was the quality of the guides. A special thanks for the guide in Isalo and Ifaty – I think he was called Sedeer. He was so knowledgeable and good company.

Judith LambMadagascar