Below is a sample of the Testimonials that we at Discover South America have received from satisfield clients. If you would like to add comments about your experiences, please, feel free to send them to us by e-mail.
Amazon & Lençois (Chapada Diamantina)
Michael Hamilton and Family - London, UK
Dear Robert
The Christmas and New Year I spent with my family in Brazil was wonderful. The trips you organized for were great. I never expected to see so much wildlife in the Amazon - hundreds of birds, cayman, pink dolphins, sloths, monkeys including the red face monkey and even a rare leopard. It was truly exciting! Before visiting the Amazon our trip to Lencois for five days around the New Year was a really rewarding experience. The beautiful scenery and great treks along to waterfalls and stunning vistas were breathtaking. The hotel there - Cantos das Aguas I would thoroughly recommend. Everyone was very friendly during our stay in Brazil and our trip was very well organized by you and your colleagues at Discover Brazil. It was a holiday I would love to do again and have no hesitation to recommend Discover Brazil to any one wishing to visit Brazil.
Best regards,
Michael Hamilton Finatia Securities Bank London, UK
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Rio de Janeiro, Praia do Forte & Pantanal
Nicole Wagenberg - CA, USA Discover Brazil was one of the most professional travel agencies I have worked with in Brazil and Latin America. Thanks to them I visited the most beautiful places Brazil has to offer. The accommodations, guides and suggested tours were excellent. I was completely taken care of and was able to enjoy my time 100%. I am dying to go back to each place they took me to... to be again in the rich and fun culture and in beautiful pristine nature - relaxing and having lots of fun.
Your new web site is fantastic! Congratulations...
Nicole Wagenberg San Francisco, CA, USA
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Iguassu Falls, Rio de Janeiro (the City) & Fernando de Noronha
Bobby and Myryam Kurrels - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
This year (July 2003) my wife and I had the fortunate experience of using Discover Brazil services. We were highly impressed with the choices of accommodations offered and the great settings & locations of these accommodations. In addition to this we were super happy with the fact that our itinerary was customized to our needs as unfortunately time is not always in our hands. It was great to be able to find alternative solutions for us – something almost impossible in a conventional classic tourism package deal. Its not the big 5 star hotel type deal, but instead charming & unique, very comfortable accommodations in prime locations, result of thorough research and timely ground investigations (hands on) to find these hidden paradises.
The person in charge of developing this creative project is a good personal friend who was carefully selected for this task due to his large experience as a tourism consultant / advisor and for his very pleasant way of dealing with people. Robert has truly been able to add value to Brazilian Tourism as a result of his vision, sensitivity, good taste and hard work, choosing the best & most unique partners to add value to the Discover Brazil team.
Robert, hope to see you soon somewhere different and unique, please continue to keep me updated with Discover Brazil news as I know of your obsession in constantly searching for special destinations in Brazil. I fully trust your recommendations.
Congratulations Robert !
Bobby Kurrels Quasar Exports Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Salvador & Praia do Forte (Bahia)
Teresa Smart - London, UK Just to say that the arrangements for our trip to Salvador and Praia do Forte went very well.
The hotel Catarina Paraguassu was as wonderful as we remember from 8 years ago. The building is beautiful, the welcome was warm and the breakfasts are superb.
Transfers were good - the driver complemented us on our Portuguese by assuming that we must be from Portugal because we spoke except we must be from Porto because he couldntt follow our accent!!
We enjoyed the trip to Praia do Forte, and agree that the beach up away from the town is truly spectacular - empty, clean and pounded by waves.
We fell in love with a small restaurant in P do F - Bar Leo also known as Katyas bar. It is just outside the main complex of bars and restaurants, No hard sell pleasant atmosphere fresh grilled freshly caught lobster or peixe vermelho WOW
Thanks for your help
Teresa Smart Regional Director, Key Stage 3 Mathematics London North London, UK
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Fernando de Noronha
Laura Pancaldi - Italy “The holiday was PERFECT!!! Thanks to you.
The pousada was certainly not luxurious but it was close to one of the nicest beaches, and to the village. The owner, Mr. Dorivalo and his family are very kind and friendly. The pousada was clean and located in a very silent place with a nice view of the sea and of the Morro do Pico.
The tours we did were very good, we had a guide most of the times for the four of us, he was very punctual and kind, they picked us up at the airport when we arrived as agreed and everything was as planned.
The only problem we had was the 10th when we had to come back!!!
Thanking you again. I take the occasion to wish you an Happy 2004.”
Laura Pancaldi Bologna, Italy
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Salvador & Morro de Sao Paulo (Bahia)
Paula - London, UK
We had a fantastic holiday thank you. I thought that the tour and the accommodation you booked for us was of an excellent standard. The rooms were both very clean, picturesque and they both did particularly good breakfasts in the morning too. Roberto, our tour guide was very good too. He was always on time, he spoke really good English, was helpful, accommodating and made our arrival into the country easy. I would be more than happy to write a testimonial and send a pic , when I have them developed. When we next visit Brazil , we will definitely contact you.
Many thanks
Paula London, UK
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Salvador (Bahia)
Helen
Dear Marcia, I arrived safely in Salvador today and love the hotel. Thank you so much for your note and for helping me schedule the hotel. I love it!!! I will definitely recommend your services to others in the future.
Thanks again.
Helen
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Iguassu Falls & Rio de Janeiro
Jeff and Martha Huey
Cindy, We would like to say thank you very much for the Brazil tour package that you put together for Martha and I.
Starting with our vague desire to visit Iguassu and Rio you suggested and then arranged an eight day itinerary the exactly fit what we wanted. The three nights in Ouro Preto were really nice. Your suggestion to visit there was perfect considering that we would be traveling through Belo Horizonte after spending two weeks in the state of Mina Gerais, at Governador Valadares, on the way from Governador Valadares anyway. Even though Ouro Preto was not neccesarily a featured destination for Discover Brazil you were able to make some very nice arrangements for us. The Solar Nossa Senhora do Rosario turned out to be a great place to stay and explore Ouro Preto. And you might consider contacting Claudio Neves of Grandtour Ouro Preto http://www.ouropreto.com.br/grandtour/ .
After asking at the hotel for a guide that could take us to the Gold Mine, the front desk suggested we contact Claudio. He put together a tour of the the Minas Passagem gold mine, a local gemstone mine, and several other local sites, along with an english speaking guide. Claudio also provided transportation direct from our hotel to the Confins Airport in Belo Horizontes for $200 R. The airplane tickets that you had arranged were waiting for us at the ticket counter in the BH airport. One small problem that we encounter was that the airlines did not assign us adjacent seats or even window seats as we prefer. It worked out fine though because the ticket agent was able to change our seats for us. And as an added bonus, the Varig upgraded us to business class on the flight from SP to Iquassu.
In Iguassu, we were met at the airport, as planned, by Joao Nunes. Joao and the supplied driver took very good care of us during our three days at Iguassu. The Tropical Cataratas was a wonderful place to stay. It was indeed full so we really appreciate that you were able to book us a room at such a relatively late date. The tour package that you had arranged worked out perfectly and is probably the best way to see and experience the falls. The Brazilian side, the Argentine side and then the Macoco River Adventure allowed us to see the falls from every direction and get a real feel for their size and majesty. Your suggestion to add the white water rafting portion of the river adventure (based upon your own personal experience) was right on. Rafting down the river was really fun and more exciting than I had imagined. Then it was off to Rio where were met by at the airport by Ze. Jose provided a very personal touch to our tour of Rio. With just a small amount of time, Ze provided a real good overview and feel for the beautiful city that Rio is.
Next time we intend to spend more time in Rio and will certainly want to take advantage of Zes services. And, just like at Ouro Preto and Foz do Iguassu, the hotel reservations that you made for us were perfect. Actually, better than perfect, because not only were we at one of the nicest hotels in Rio, Caesers Park, when we checked in, the hotel upgraded our room to a two room executive suite that overlooked the Ipanema beach from the 14th floor.
Thank you,
Jeff and Martha Huey
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Morro de Sao Paulo (Bahia)
Melonie
Hi Cindy, My husband and I absolutely adored Brasil! You were extremely helpful and we loved Morro de Sao Paulo and the Hotel Portalo. You could not have picked a more relaxing spot for us to conclude our vacation. I have attached a couple photos from the island. I will send one of Heath and I tomorrow. Please provide me with your contact information. I would love to see you at some point during your travels to New York!
Thanks for everything! Paz,
Melonie
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Morro de Sao Paulo & Salvador (Bahia)
Chandra Reddy Metzler
Cindy - Jeff and I had an excellent trip. Thanks for organizing everything. In particular, we loved the accomodations in Morro de Sao Paolo and the massages in Salvador. It was very kind of you to check up on Jeff and I while we were on the trip as well. I would highly recommend Discover Brasil, and you as a travel agent in particular, to my friends and assoicates.
I hope there is an opportunity for us to you you again the future.
Best of luck in Brazil, bezos regards,
Chandra Reddy Metzler
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Salvador (Bahia)
Stuart
Hi Francy, Just wanted to thank you for your kind arrangements. Everything went off like clockwork and we had an AWESOME time!!!!
Many many thanks. Best regards,
Stuart
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Amazon
Liliana Rodriguez - Canada Hi Robert! I just wanted to send a quick note to let you know that our trip to the Amazon was fantastic. We really enjoyed staying at the Amazonat Jungle Lodge, and you are right: the guides were absolutely great. Very knowledgeable and nice. I really hope that the Lodge gets a bit more of promotion among eco-tourists. Thanks for all your help in making arrangements for our trip. We really appreciate it!!
Cheers,
Liliana Rodriguez
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Amazon
Jason Blynn - Philadelphia, USA
Dear Lilian, I am just writing to say that my family adored our trip to the Amazonat Jungle Lodge. From the moment we stepped off the plane, we were attended to with care and professionalism. Our first day consisted of a brief tour of Manaus , during which we were able to see the famous Opera House and the incredible meeting of the waters, where the Amazon River meets the Rio Negro . The next few days consisted of a Jungle Trek (one at night too to look for giant spiders), a boat tour on the Amazon, including piranha fishing and alligator spotting, and a bout trip on the Urubu River. Between the three days we saw monkeys, alligators, parrots, parakeets, grey and pink dolphins, piranhas, iguanas, monkey spiders, and many other species of birds. The wildlife was simply amazing. The Lodge provided us with wonderful traditional food as well, including the basic beans and rice, and of course the fantastic local Amazon fish. And when we decided to leave a bit early the morning of departure to visit the Manaus Zoo, the Amazonat was very accommodating in arranging a van for us. DiscoverBrazil was nothing but professional in their dealings with us. It was a well organized and incredible experience. Definitely recommended!