A SELECTION OF CLIENT COMMENTS:

This is absolutely a piece of paradise! Thank you both for your kindness and warmth. We had a lovely relaxed time!
- Debbie Brit - Bryanston, Gauteng

Unbelievable start to our SA holiday. The view is unforgettable, the birding was brilliant and the people special.
- Maureen & David Borrowdale, North Yorkshire, UK

Really such a nice place to stay, great views over the bay with whales every day.
Keith & Mel Seaton - Lincolnshire, UK (September)

Great view, apartment and extraordinary hospitality! Thanks for making it a great end of our trip.
- Helena Amandusson & Mathias Theander, Guteborg, Sweden

Avian Leisure is first class - great accommodation with magnificent views and great local birding. The basis for a really memorable holiday and an excellent centre for birding the Cape.
Sue & Ron Johns, Norfolk, UK

If perfection doesn't exist upon Earth, staying a week at Avian Leisure, and birding with Patrick and Marie-Louise in the Western Cape, comes very close to it.
- Josep del Hoyo: Barcelona, Spain

1st class bird tour – it gets a 10.
- Alan McTavish: Ontario, Canada

Wonderful accommodation and perfect birding directions. I will especially remember your detailed maps! Plus a dream come true pelagic seabird trip.
- Richard Hell: MA, USA

Thanks to Pat's directions, we had some of our most memorable sightings on our last full day in South Africa.
- Arnoud van den Berg: Netherlands

Dear Marie-Louise and Patrick, many thanks again for an absolutely fantastic trip. The birding was amazing, the accommodation throughout incredible and the food out of this world. Add the awesome mammals and spectacular scenery and all in all this trip was probably the best either myself or Brian have been involved in. We really can’t thank Patrick enough for sharing his incredible knowledge of all things to do with the natural history of the area, and for being an incredible guide and jolly good company!!! BRILLIANT TRIP!
- Jim France & Brian Clasper, UK

We had a great day with super birds and spectacular scenery and lots of information on SA. Patrick was wonderful! What a marvelous country!
- Susan Wilkinson, USA

Patrick was an exceptional guide, not only on account of his unique knowledge of birds, but especially because of his personality, friendliness and truly indefatigable endeavor to ensure his clients a holistic and optimum experience of the Cape nature and social conditions. In addition to pleasant and considerate driving, he provided us with the best accommodation, meals and wine! To the last minute we were taken care of including arrangement with shuttle to the Airport Terminal. Thus I give Avian Leisure my warmest recommendations!
- Dr Kim Frost, Denmark.

The Cardwell's have two smashing self-catering apartments under their Simon's Town home, but what we really liked on our pincer-movement, was that they offer so very much more than that. Patrick is a naturalist and there is nothing he doesn't know about his surroundings – and that's the whole of South Africa, not just Simons' Town, Whether it's a bird-watching tour from the Zimbabwe border to the Garden Route coastline or a detailed search for Northern Cape lizards, he's your man.
- Greenwood Guide Handpicked Accommodation