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Infinite Journeys & Foliage OutdoorsBest of Kenya - May 2015
Dear Rahul,
Our Kenya tour was a treat to the eyes. Rahul had arranged itinerary in such a way that not only the wildlife but also landscapes of Kenya mesmerized me.
The arrangement in 4 to 5 star luxury tents and hotels with excellent food, and rooms with fantastic view of wildlife was ultimate.
Each and every safari in the Land cruiser with an experienced driver cum guide Joel, under Rahul's leadership of immense knowledge and keen eyesight; was a feast to watch. It was an unending series of wonderful actions and events of animals and birds including big five of Kenya.
And special thanks to Rahul for taking my care as I was the only lady on this tour.
Dealings of Foliage Outdoors and Infinite Journeys team are outstanding.
In all, I really enjoyed my Kenya tour very much and would definitely like to join Foliage in some more tours.
I am thankful to Rahul and Foliage outdoors for such a memorable & enchanting Kenya tour.Regards,
Mrs. Manik Deshmukh.
NagpurMrs. Manik Deshmukh
Best of Kenya - May 2015
Customized Offbeat-Tour to Himachal Pradesh - May 2015
Dear Abhijit / Rahul,I have returned from Himachal Pradesh tour on 20/05/2015. The tour included Chandigarh, Shimla, Thanedhar, Sangla valley, Sohja, Manali and Rohtang pass. We, four members of two families, completed this in 13 days.
This tour was a great experience, as the sites were exclusive, a love paradise to trekkers, rich in eternal beauty and worth visiting. I must thank your team for proposing this venture and preparing the itinerary almost perfect. We all enjoyed our vacation because of the sites suggested with all comfort, great food, courteous warm people and a last but not the least great driver Rameshwar.
As usual, it was the great experience to be associated with you and your group.
Wishing you all success for the future.
Do prosper and make the people come out to enjoy nature as well respect the heritage !!!
Yours truly,
Dr. Chandrashekhar Murumkar
Baramati.Dr. Chandrashekhar Murumkar, Baramati
Customized Offbeat-Tour to Himachal Pradesh - May 2015
Customized Tour to Pench Tiger Reserve
Hello Shruti,We had a lovely holiday... The hotel was fantastic, no complaints whatsoever. Wildlife viewing was somewhat limited due to unseasonal rains.
Thanks for making all the travel arrangements.
Regards,
Madhuri
Madhuri Gokhale
Customized Tour to Pench Tiger Reserve (India) - April 2015
Customized tour to Gir (Gujarat, India)
Dear Prajakta, Sachin, Rahul Rao, Abhay Ghanekar and all,
Sorry to respond late.
We enjoyed our trip to Gir immensly.1. The road journey was comfortable in a well maintained Innova with a polite driver.
2. Punctuality in timing was maintained.
3. The Hotel GIR BIRDING LODGE was awesome with very good hospitality including the food. I think it belongs to the same owner with whom we had experience in Pangot, Sat Tal, Bharatpur etc.
He provided us one guide who was brother of a Nepali guide who had accompanied us in Pangot. He had excellent knowledge about birds and we had some quality time with him along the river when we were not on Safari.
4. Proper season and a separate vehicle for our group resulted in good sighting of animals and birds.
5. Overall we enjoyed a lot.I have posted the photos in my album named GIR forest trip on my Facebook page.
Thanks a lot for the arrangements as usual.Looking forward to many such trips in future.
Regards
Dr Satish ans Dr. Pratibha Phadke
Dr Satish and Dr. Pratibha Phadke
Customized tour to Gir (Gujarat, India) - March 2015
Corbett Camp
Thanks foliage outdoors for an excellent camp at Corbett. My son Ashwin Ranade and his friends had a great outing. Special thanks to Mayuresh Borse and his team and all the foliagersGhanasham Ranade
Corbett - April 2015
Rishikesh rafting.
This camp was just amazing.all together we were 70 n the instructors managed it very easily.It was my first camp but this feeling never came to my mind ,i just thought m wid my family.We enjoyed alot yar n some silly grp games brought lot of fun.bon fire at night really helped to vanish my stage fear.i luv u foliage.but nw i hate u for ending the camp ,i n my friends miss u guyzz...each n every minute m relating wid camp activities. I wanna come again...Siddharth Hande
Rishikesh Rafting 29th March to 3rd April 2015
Dear Sameer,
It took sometime to reply to you. As you knew, I went to Nagpur, a day after our return to Pune & therefore, I was busy in quite a few things.
It was a wonderful trip indeed. I had least anticipated that the dream would be so pleasant.You had organized it in such a comprehensive way that I felt as if you had been there, number of times before. Everything was well thought of, & was executed with same perfection. Dr. Bapat is 80 years & me too 73, but we felt much younger than the actual age group. In a way our physical endurance was well tested & both of us feel quite confident about it!
Our memories have been very pleasant & I am sure they will go along for quite sometime..... till you organize a new trip, sometime after monsoon. May be Northeast or costal Karnataka. Regards to all your teammates who made our trip successful.Regards,
Dr. Phadke.Dr. Arvind Phadke
Andamans Tour Feb 2013
Dear Sameer,
I knew for quite some time that my husband is interested in forests, animals, birds and the like. But the thought of visiting a jungle / forest with 2 kids – the youngest being 6 year old, was daring. Then, my office colleagues advised me to go through FOLIAGE and assured that they were the best and reliable.
Frankly, with great hesitation I had done the booking – not very sure about safety, comfort, whether children would enjoy, etc But now after return, we feel so nice, so different and so soothing. Kanha’s climate, beauty, surrounding, nature, everything is so good but the real charm – CHERRY ON THE CAKE – as we say, comes from FOLIAGE – the way you all organize it.
Sameer and Devendra, both are so knowledgeable, experienced, energetic and informative. Sayali adds the feminine charm with her sweet smile and ready to help approach. We could feel that for these co-ordinators this trip was not a profession but they had put their hearts in everything. The group discussions added value to what our eyes saw throughout the day.
I generally felt that my son was interested only in mobile, computer and PSP games (the rubbish part) but for the first time I saw him taking interest in animals, birds, nature, trees. My daughter even today is so attached with Devendra Bhaiya, everyday she asks me when we will see Devendra Bhaiya again.
Thanks a lot CO-ORDINATORS and FOLIAGE for giving me a good experience on wild life tour and I can comfortably look forward for another such tour.
Thanks a lot and bye,
Sunder Lata Kavitkar
Company SecretarySunder Lata Kavitkar , Company Secretary
Kanha Tour
Hi, Sameer and Mayuresh,
First let me apologise fr the delayed response....
Almost 12 days hv passed, but I am still in the same state of mind. I met u guys today again and all memories rushed in my mind...the trip , the trek is still on fr me..i still dream about the trek and ghangariya especially.
The travel arrangement was great so as the hotels at dehradun, joshimath, badrinath, auli and rudraprayag... The scenic beauty of auli and the location of the hotel made us forget our bodiache. It was really a stress buster..
Sam and Mayo , u wr always on ur toes to help us in every manner. Thanks sam fr the trek sac. It was great on ur part to arrange fr the sac in such a short time.
U both made our trek and stay wonderful by arranging the tasty meal and breakfast every day and hving ur food after we finish... U looked after us so well ...very creditable...
I really appreciate ur leadership qualities and made our group a single unit... Sam u visited valley twice as u accompanied avinash and again next day with us.. Very few must hv done ' hemkunt and valley' on the same day..
U guys rock ...
I just want to add one point, during the pre trek meet, if u can give the clear idea of the climb by showing some actual pictures of the rout, the stay in ghangriya, it will be grateful...
Thankfully we didn't face any natural calamity, so I can say, our batch was the luckiest..
Thank u both and keep up the good work..
Dr Ashwini Dharmadhikari
Dr Ashwini Dharmadhikari
Valley of Flowers 110812
Dear Mayuresh,
The following is the feedback given by the Teachers accompanied for the Panchagani outing conducted on 22nd Nov. with XI & XII Std. Students.
Transport: Buses were in good condition.Drivers did not speed unnecessarily.
Food: Good,Sufficient quantity. No Complaints from students.
Escorts: Responsible and involved.
Activities: Appropriate for the age group. Students enjoyed the activities.
Timings: Departure and Arrival were according to the stated time.
The field trip was well organized and well executed.
Thanks to Foliage team.
Medha Joshi , Indira National School
Panchgani Outing for Class XIth & Class XIIth
Dear Devendra,
The Bhathena Camp organized to Gir Sanctuary by Foliage Outdoors was an awesome experience. The kids enjoyed themselves to the core right from the jungle safari, nature trek, enjoying in the pool, relishing great food, acquiring knowledge on wildlife and birds, fun activities and the group discussion rounds.
All activities right from travel from Pune - Gir - Pune, stay and food arrangements, Safari at Gir was very well arranged & coordinated by the Sanket Deshpande - Foliage coordinator for the camp.
A big Thankyou to the Foliage Volunteers Sameer Joshi, Geet, Anahita, Mitali and Prachi an excellent team.Pravin sir and me as HR coordinators had very less supervision to do, as the kids were very well taken care and kept engaged in activities they enjoyed and learned from.
Ms Chaitanya Shinde, Learning and Development, Thermax Limited, Pune, India
Gir (Gujarat)