We hope you are well, too.
First we would like to thank you both again for your efforts to make our stay in India pleasant and eventful, and for your kind hospitality. We really appreciated and did enjoy it and the whole trip!

By the way, meanwhile we had a short look - more wasn't possible as there are as always many things to do after returning from holidays - at your site. Congratulations, it looks great and we sure will take closer looks at the informations and your impressive tiger photos.

So for the moment thanks again and kind regards

We hope you both are fine. Since a week we are back in Switzerland and we still are dreaming about the wonderful trip in India.

Everybody who wants to listen (or not) we tell about this amazing land. The colors, the wonderful landscapes, the beautiful hardworking women and, of course, about the parks and there animals! IT WAS GREAT!

We look forward to march 2009, for the trip to North India and Sikkim. We really hope it wil take place and we can meet you both again.
Take care so far. Love Gertrud & Frans

Dear Vivek and Rekha, Just a quick message to say that we arrived home safely and on time yesterday and to thank you both again for everything that you did for us. We had a wonderful trip, as did Steve & Mandy who we saw briefly last night and they told us that they were really impressed with Tiger Expeditions and the services that you provided us.

“The impressions (and many pictures) we have taken with us are so overwhelming and positive that we can only but conclude that our India trip was super.  Thanks to your very kind support we could make the trip of our life. Once again we would also like to thank you for the wonderful dinner we had at your home. It was also nice to meet the father of Vivek.

Enclosed we sent you a New Year Letter which we have sent out to some international friends. All the pictures we used have been taken in India.

Last but not least: we have been very lucky with Rana, our driver.
He was a very kind man, knew exactly his role, and no question was to much for him. Next to this he fitted perfect in our family. The children also liked him very much. It was very impressive to notice that each morning he did his prayers, and also prayed for a save journey not only for himself but also for our family. Next to this : Rana is an excellent driver!!

Regarding the trip itself and the program, I will come back to you in due time. (I'll discuss this with Tamara first.) The overall impression as said has been fantastic.

Kind regards, also from the other family members,
Rudolf Th. Bijleveld“ 

Dear Vivek,
As you know, Susan and I got home safely after what we both agreed was the trip of a life-time.  That it was such a success was, of course, largely due to you, your generosity of spirit and your passion for and knowledge of tigers which you shared so willingly.
For many years I’ve dreamed of seeing a tiger- I never dreamt that the experience would be so emotional, existing, thrilling or such hard work! Thank you, Vivek & Rekha for planning and winging to fulfillment with such ease and care one of the most important experiences of my life.

This was a holiday of a life time- but to be repeated, I hope. We learned to track the tiger and ever spend 2 ½ mir thing hours watching a male tiger sleep, slowly awake and stroke
Out from the undergrowth in front of us. Stunning! Thankyou rekha and vivek for everything.

Ahoj Vivek & Rekha
What a strange feeling to be at home again. It went much too quickly! I am horribly missing you and the ongoing communication with you!
I learned so much from you. About India, about its culture and nature, about your lifes and the views on life. It was a wonderful fascinating, inspiring and moving trip for me.
Thank you so much for your warm attention and the patience with this always curious German city rat!

Rain, Rain go away – it was so wonderful your lovely company, the Fantastic food and the warm atmosphere on your terrace – Arcatour group Enjoyed it a lot

Ysbrand Brouwers.
Dear Rekha,
Hope all is well with you and the family!
Thank you very much for a very nice evening and dinner in the Sharma house
It was simply perfect!!!
The whole trip was a great success, also thank you for that!!!

Harriet Mead
“The EEC is a great base for the trip. With unrestricted access to the surrounding meadows and forest edge, it makes for fantastic birding and mammal experiences. The highlight for me was the bamboo forest, the meadows and the trip to the fort. The cliff at the fort where vultures swirl above, next to and below you was wonderful .My glimpse of a tigress and her almost full grown cub was a thrilling moment, it was just a shame that the majority of the inhabitants of the jeep were looking in the wrong direction……”

Robert Greenhalf
“India was an unforgettable experience. The forest pasture surrounding the ANF Lodge was so rich in bird life that it was difficult to decide what to look at first, and I never did work out what everything was. The park offered masses of deer, monkeys and other mammals, yet more birds including two species of hornbill and eye-level views of dozens of vultures, all in a stunning landscape”

Kim Atkinson
“Missing you all ever so much! Thank you for such a lovely trip, it was beautiful, and you gathered together a very special group of people. So good to spend time in the areas of the park where other jeeps seldom stray. The waterhole is a fantastic source of interest, close enough to watch with tea in hand. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to travel with good friends from the world over, as well as to meet new ones, European and Indian”

Dear Rekha and Vivek,
After our wonderful trip to India we left shortly after to England with BBB for a long weekend, so we didn't have much time to sit down and write to you. But now we sincerely want to thank you both for the unforgettable and amazing experience we had in India.
Thanks to your great efforts, your stunning expertise, humour, liveliness and kindness we had an absolutely brilliant time! Indeed an 'incredible' country, with all its colors, its contradictions, beautiful nature and culture....
We really appreciated your invitation to meet with your family. Please give our love to your brother, Vivek. And thank you for a wonderful dinner, Rekha!

Keith Brockie, Scotland
Many thanks for making the trip such a wonderful experience, a real assault on the sense in so many ways

Darren Woodhead, Scotland
Thank you so much again for an amazing trip with such wonderful comrades. Those ANF trips are a real spice of life, Wonderful!!!

Siegfried Woldhek, The Netherlands
Thank you very much for your company during these remarkable two weeks!
I will cherries the many good moments and valuable advices.

John and Jane Paige, England
We are still unravelling all our thoughts and emotions from our wonderful India experience and are unwilling to think about anything else.
We send you our love and many many thanks for the trip of a lifetime.

John Threllfal, Scotland
It was a fantastic in experience in so many ways, a feast for all of the senses. Nothing has prepared me for how beautiful the landscape was; how richly melodic, how vibrantly percussive the sound scape; how much the tiger transfixes the mindscape.
There was always that deliciously trembling anticipation in the cool of each dawn’s light, wondering what that day will bring.

Stefan Böensch, Germany
It really was an incredible experience for me and somehow the realisation of a dream which I had since I was a young man. I always wanted to go to India and I have not been disappointed! Everything was perfect, our group, the atmosphere, the accommodation and supply, Nature, wildlife, smell and colours, the food and the Indian people. Even this special car and train trip was part of that unforgettable journey.

Dear Vivek and Rekha
Firstly a big thank you for making my May/June visit to Bandhavgarh a success. Although I was greatly saddened by the death of the Jhurjura tigress I was still able to take some lovely pictures of other tigers including my “old friend” B2.  Unfortunately I returned home with a terrible head cold and chest infection and the doctor has put me on some strong antibiotics to clear the problem. Today at last I am starting to feel a little better.
I hope that you and the children are all keeping well and will look forward to seeing you again during the new season.