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We provide travel tips for those looking to explore what the world has to offer. See our experiences Cruising and Holidaying all over the world. LIFE IS BETTER OUT THERE …..SOMEWHERE!
Time is precious so we fill it with fun, adventure and exploring. Not much point being called Cook if you dont like exploring!
We like to cruise and post about the ports we visit.. The sights and culture. We go back and holiday in places we like for a deeper experience.
We are keen ramblers too and use our feet to get deep into the countryside. We like to navigate marked long distance paths and trails. Living in middle England we are spoilt for choice on trails to follow.
Owning scooters and a couple of 45 year old mopeds we also like to ride through the winding lanes and beautiful English countryside. The wind in our face and the smells from the fields … life is good when you are OUT THERE…. SOMEWHERE!
We provide travel tips for those looking to explore what the world has to offer. See our experiences Cruising and Holidaying all over the world. LIFE IS BETTER OUT THERE …..SOMEWHERE!
Time is precious so we fill it with fun, adventure and exploring. Not much point being called Cook if you dont like exploring!
We like to cruise and post about the ports we visit.. The sights and culture. We go back and holiday in places we like for a deeper experience.
We are keen ramblers too and use our feet to get deep into the countryside. We like to navigate marked long distance paths and trails. Living in middle England we are spoilt for choice on trails to follow.
Owning scooters and a couple of 45 year old mopeds we also like to ride through the winding lanes and beautiful English countryside. The wind in our face and the smells from the fields … life is good when you are OUT THERE…. SOMEWHERE!
First Flight of the DJI Neo Drone: Testing the "Idiot-Proof" SLF Modes
Join us for the first-ever flight of the **DJI Neo Drone** as we put it to the ultimate test! In this video, we explore the highly anticipated **SLF (Smart Learning Flight) modes** and see if they truly live up to the claim of being **"idiot-proof"**. Watch as we take the drone through its pre-programmed flight modes, testing its ease of use, stability, and whether it really makes flying as simple as it sounds.
🚁 **What we’re testing:**
- DJI Neo's **pre-programmed SLF modes** in action
- Flight performance in various **weather conditions**
- How user-friendly and intuitive the drone is for beginners
- The real-world validity of the claim that it’s **"idiot-proof"**
Will the **DJI Neo Drone** l...
🚁 **What we’re testing:**
- DJI Neo's **pre-programmed SLF modes** in action
- Flight performance in various **weather conditions**
- How user-friendly and intuitive the drone is for beginners
- The real-world validity of the claim that it’s **"idiot-proof"**
Will the **DJI Neo Drone** l...
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Should a Safari Holiday Be on Your Bucket List? | Sebatana Private Reserve Experience 4K
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In this video, we dive into the ultimate safari experience at Sebatana Private Reserve, a stunning wildlife haven in South Africa. From close-up encounters with the Big Five to breathtaking landscapes, we’ll explore why a safari holiday should be on everyone's bucket list. 🦁🐘 Join us as we reflect on our unforgettable safari adventure, offering firsthand insights into the activities, accommodat...
Sebatana Safari Diaries Part 3 - 4K
Просмотров 844 часа назад
Should a safari be on your Bucket List? Its been on our list for many years so we grabbed the opportunity to experience the wonders of Africa and take a safari in Sebatana Private Reserve in South Africa. Hoping to see all sorts of wild life including the Big Five we put our trust in local guides as we set off on a week of Game Drives and Bush Walks. In this fly on the wall video we share our e...
Sebatana Safari Diaries Part 2 - 4K
Просмотров 14719 часов назад
Should a safari be on your Bucket List? Its been on our list for many years so we grabbed the opportunity to experience the wonders of Africa and take a safari in Sebatana Private Reserve in South Africa. Hoping to see all sorts of wild life including the Big Five we put our trust in local guides as we set off on a week of Game Drives and Bush Walks. In this fly on the wall video we share our e...
Sebatana Safari Diaries Part 1 - 4K
Просмотров 30214 дней назад
Should a safari be on your Bucket List? Its been on our list for many years so we grabbed the opportunity to experience the wonders of Africa and take a safari in Sebatana Private Reserve in South Africa. Hoping to see all sorts of wild life including the Big Five we put our trust in local guides as we set off on a week of Game Drives and Bush Walks. In this fly on the wall video we share our e...
Oceanview Stateroom Tour & Review on the Norwegian Star Cruise Ship | Complete Guide
Просмотров 15521 день назад
Oceanview Stateroom Tour & Review on the Norwegian Star Cruise Ship | Complete Guide Join us for an exclusive tour and review of our Oceanview Stateroom aboard the Norwegian Star cruise ship! In this video, we take you on a detailed walkthrough of our spacious stateroom with incredible ocean views, showcasing all the amenities, decor, and features that make this cabin a perfect home away from h...
Savoy Hotel Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 | Room Tour & Honest Review 🏨✨
Просмотров 170Месяц назад
Join us as we take you on a room tour and review of the Savoy Hotel Buenos Aires, one of the city's most elegant and historic hotels! 🇦🇷✨ Whether you're planning a trip to Argentina or just curious about this stunning hotel, we’ll show you everything-from the room layout and amenities to our honest thoughts on comfort, service, and overall value. 📍 What to Expect in This Video: ✅ Full room tour...
Sebatana Private Reserve - Safari Holiday VLOG 10 Getting Home and Our Overall Thoughts
Просмотров 237Месяц назад
Join us in this VLOG series as we take the trip of a lifetime to South Africa for our 1st ever safari holiday. Experience the sights and wildlife wonders with us as we spend the week at Sebatana Private Reserve. In this 10th and final VLOG we finally leave for home sayimng goodbye to the amzing team at Sebatana. Our journey to Johannesberg wasnt without incident though. But we did get some time...
Sebatana Private Reserve - Safari Holiday VLOG 9 Our Extra Game Drive
Просмотров 156Месяц назад
Join us in this VLOG series as we take the trip of a lifetime to South Africa for our 1st ever safari holiday. Experience the sights and wildlife wonders with us as we spend the week at Sebatana Private Reserve. In this 9th VLOG we spend our extra unexpected day at Sebatana Private Reserve. Some walking chilling by the pool and a surprise extra game drive laid on by the resort free of charge. H...
Sebatana Private Reserve - Safari Holiday VLOG 8 Flights Home Are Cancelled
Просмотров 352Месяц назад
Join us in this VLOG series as we take the trip of a lifetime to South Africa for our 1st ever safari holiday. Experience the sights and wildlife wonders with us as we spend the week at Sebatana Private Reserve. In this 8th VLOG we are shocked to discover that our flights back to the UK have been cancelled. We are disptached to Johannesberg expecting to fend for ourselves for 2 days whilst flig...
Sebatana Private Reserve - Safari Holiday VLOG 7 Sunset Rock
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Join us in this VLOG series as we take the trip of a lifetime to South Africa for our 1st ever safari holiday. Experience the sights and wildlife wonders with us as we spend the week at Sebatana Private Reserve. Our aim of course was to see the BIG FIVE. But will we get to see them? In this 7th VLOG we spend what we think is our last day of this holiday. Little did we know what lies ahead. But ...
Sebatana Private Reserve - Safari Holiday VLOG 6 Champagne Brunch & Christinas Wallow
Просмотров 230Месяц назад
Join us in this VLOG series as we take the trip of a lifetime to South Africa for our 1st ever safari holiday. Experience the sights and wildlife wonders with us as we spend the week at Sebatana Private Reserve. Our aim of course was to see the BIG FIVE. But will we get to see them? In this 6th VLOG we are up for what we thought would be our final day here at Sebatana Private Reserve. This was ...
Sebatana Private Reserve - Safari Holiday VLOG 5 Pilanesberg National Park
Просмотров 224Месяц назад
Join us in this VLOG series as we take the trip of a lifetime to South Africa for our 1st ever safari holiday. Experience the sights and wildlife wonders with us as we spend the week at Sebatana Private Reserve. Our aim of course was to see the BIG FIVE. But will we get to see them? In this 5th VLOG we are up early to travel the three and a half hour journey to Pilanesberg National Park, the 2n...
Sebatana Private Reserve - Safari Holiday VLOG 4 Bush Walk & Tribal Night
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Sebatana Private Reserve - Safari Holiday VLOG 4 Bush Walk & Tribal Night
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Sebatana Private Reserve - Safari Holiday VLOG 3 Welgevonden Game Drive
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Sebatana Private Reserve - Safari Holiday VLOG 1 Our Journey to Sebatana
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Sebatana Private Reserve Elephant Lodge - Room Tour And Review
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🦁 What to Pack for Your First Safari! Essential Safari Packing List & Review 🌍🎒
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Outside Cabin with a Restricted View on P&O Azura - What’s it like?
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Explore Valetta: Your Must-have Port Guide For Malta!
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Explore Valetta: Your Must-have Port Guide For Malta!
Snorkelling in the Phi Phi Islands: Is It Worth the Hype?
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Snorkelling in the Phi Phi Islands: Is It Worth the Hype?
Walk on a Glacier at Skagway - A once in a lifetime experience
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Walk on a Glacier at Skagway - A once in a lifetime experience
Singapore on a Budget: Best Things to Do on a Cruise Stopover!
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Singapore on a Budget: Best Things to Do on a Cruise Stopover!
Four Crazy Days in Malta - Part 4 - Senglea & Sliema
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Four Crazy Days in Malta - Part 4 - Senglea & Sliema
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Four Crazy Days in Malta - Part 3 - Blue Lagoon & Gozo
A very interesting video. If you had left out the annoying music, we could also understand the interesting information.
Thx for watching and your feedback.. Sorry that you found the music intrusive.. We do try to get the balance and volume right, testing it on our phones laptops and TV before posting .But your feedback is appreciated and helpful
If i was a travel agent i would direct potential sebatana customers to this vlog, it is excellent and thank you for posting.
@@michaelthompson6885 - Thank you so much ! Let’s hope Travel Agents also watch.. Really grateful for your support and kind words..
That looks like fun! I'll have to remind Lisa it is my birthday next week! Great demo. I'm sold 😂
@@TravellingLightLisa - you’d love it Giles and a premature Happy Birthday 🎂 for next week !!
And again and you’ve watched the whole series now - Hope these were helpful
Thank you again - appreciate your support
Thank you
Thanks for watching and hopefully you found these helpful
We loved our 3 weeks camping safari in Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa last year. Like you we had very early mornings, up between 5am - 6am every day to take our tent down and load the truck then safaris and walks before putting up our tent in our new camp. We saw every sunrise and sunset for 3 weeks and I'd do it all again in a heartbeat. It's such a privilege to see the animals up close in their natural environment. Well done for staying calm over the flight cancellation, it seems to be becoming a regular occurrence. Sebatana handled the situation extremely well.
That sounds an amazing holiday ! Wow! We can only imagine how you felt facing a new adventure every day … Brilliant.. Sebatana were amazing.. can’t praise them enough. Thx again for all your support
Interesting that you had travel problems as when we went to sebatana our flight was 2 hours late arriving in Johanasburg and when we arrived there was no one to meet us, after 4 hours of trying to contact Newmarket to no avail the lodge management got it sorted. we will certainly be wary of using Newmarket again, they dont even answer their phones!
Wow ! That’s really poor of Newmarket! They offer holidays all around the world and if you send people to far flung places you have got to be able to support them when problems arise ! They seem to have failed in this in both our cases. We found their complaints handling procedures also wanting and they seem to push us to making a complaint to ABTA .. We found this lack of concern for us as customers particularly troubling.. Thank you for watching and sharing your experiences.
@@CooksExplore thanks for the reply but thankfully we booked through a TUI travel agent and they sorted everything in the end. Great safari though.
Aaahhh Thank You 🙏!
Thanks for the heads up! I will be arriving in Southampton after a transatlantic (MSC) from Martinique so my packing will be less formal. I have not booked the Aurora yet, still exploring the itinerary.
Glad to be of help .. safe travels and enjoy Norway and hopefully some time here in the UK … 🇬🇧… Always happy to answer questions if you have any
Me too (on the lights). Coming from Florida I would be thrilled with snow.
Pretty sure you’ll get snow especially up on Fjellheisen .. Have an amazing trip
What month did you take this cruise?
Thanks for watching and for your question. We took this trip at the end of October. It was really special. Hope you have some amazing travels planned
You are welcome, I enjoyed it. I am considering the P&O Aurora from Southampton April 24-May 6.
@ - Hopefully enough darkness left to see the lights - We are returning to Tromso at the end of April also and will hopefully do the same ..
@robertvanover8378 - Just an after thought.. as you are from Florida - have you sailed on P&O before ? If not then worth checking out the dress codes ..
I have not…is it different than Holland America?
Can't wait for part 3
Thank you … Really appreciative of all your support
Just returned from this as part of a 2 week cruise. As you found the itinerary and ports of call are amazing. Like you we had a detour but to St Vincent as the sea was too rough for tendering at Bequia. I don't think you missed much by not going to Guadeloupe as Pointe-a-Pitre is probably the least interesting and scenic port in the Caribbean in our experience.
Thanks for this feedback really appreciated! It’s a brilliant itinerary! We had such a great time. Shame you didn’t get to Bequia .. you’ll just have to go back 🤣… But good to know we didn’t miss much in Guadeloupe .. Thank you.. Hope you’ve another exciting trip ahead in your plans? Thx again
You didnt do any!
We did the motorcycle and sidecar excursion on that cruise and have done quite a few of the other trips mentioned on previous trips.. but hey thanks for watching
Were there many biting insects or spiders?
Thanks again for watching - Mosquitoes are an issue but thankfully this is a very low risk malaria area .. There are spiders but we never had any problems at the lodge .. Si did get bitten on the plane home with a spider bite though that needed attention when we got back.. All OK now.
Yes, because I've been there but I won't spoil it.😂
Thank you
It's British!
Never again on the marella Explorer no luxuries we spent £7000 over Christmas and new year after the pandemic ,all we wanted was a holiday the stateroom was supposed to be luxurious but it had that many faults the balcony was covered in paint blobs paint down the glass worn out furniture the bed was uncomfortable we spent the first few days moaning about things then I decided to just get on with it but it was crap cheaper food they even ran out of irish whiskey and beers I wanted, we tried the entertainment we didn't bother again we were on that tub for two weeks ,MSE standard was better in every way
Thanks for the additional context…Explorer is an older ship. Which MSC ship did you sail on ?
I've been on msc in the med quality for the price we paid food was excellent entertainment very good marella Explorer isn't in the same league needs complete refurbishment better entertainment menu sorted tui take the piss what they offer very poor better going to butlins
Thx for watching .. Appreciated .. Glad your experience on MSC was good. We know they can be but we are sure that if you’d had been on this sailing you’d be feeling differently. And that’s the thing with MSC they are inconsistent. Marella are often criticised for their focus on fun. The ships are old and the food never amazing but occasionally better than average. But they are consistent in what they deliver and if you sail with them, you know what you’re getting. Thx again
I wanted to go about 3 years but i just could not afjord it
Thanks for watching and so sorry you were unable to take this cruise ! We really hope you do get to take it in the future and that life is kind to you .. we are sure it will in the end be well worth the wait .. Good luck and best wishes.. Si & Netty
@CooksExplore I never watched
@@CarlosAlberto-ii1li - Well if you do thanks in advance
Thanks for this! I will be there in late Feb 2025.😊
Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment too … Appreciated! We are sure you’ll enjoy it here .. We really liked our time there .. Thx again
What meals and drinks did you get on the plane and did it cost anything
Meals and drinks included in air fare .. they publish menus on the airline website and you can use your booking ref to access these .. hope this helps
Great video! It's always wonderful to see animals in their natural environment. I absolutely loved star gazing in the African night sky.
Thank you Angela - We loved this trip .. And those skies are truly dark .. Just wonderful .. Thanks for watching and all your support
Great vlog guys. Feels like we were with you. Love this format. We've given up with fridge magnets as our dog eats them! Animal footage is great. You got so close to those giraffes. I find crocodiles fascinating though wouldn't want to shake hands with one 😂
Thanks Guys - Glad you like this format - It’s more fun to make too.. Our fridge is now turning into a flux capacitor and Si swore he saw Doc Brown in there the other day 🤣..Looking forward to catching up.. Thx again
Great video! Really enjoyed watching. Must have been a wonderful experience to see such magnificent animals in their natural habitat. Thanks for sharing
Thank you Paul. It really was a wonderful experience and we absolutely loved it. Really appreciate your support and taking time to comment … Thank you
Fantastic looking holiday. I cant wait to go there end of April
Thank you Martin - we loved it and sure you will too
Great guys, love it, Joe :)
@@samuelcornish-evans3837 - Thanks Joe … This really was the start of one the best adventures we’ve ever had.. Thanks for watching and taking the time to feedback
Thanks for these videos, we're staying at Elephant Lodge in April next year so these videos were very interesting. I've got a couple of questions if that's ok, is there vegetarian food available, also, I'm planning on taking my cameras as photography is my main interest, were there any photographers there? Thanks for any help and I'll check out your other videos.
Thank you for watching and for your questions too…Yes there are vegetarian options and the vegetarians in our group were very complimentary about the food choices and quality. You’ll get plenty of good photos if you take your cameras and a good telephoto / zoom is a must …. It’s an amazing place and we are sure you’ll have the best holiday ever… Thank you again
Thanks for the review. I would keep smashing my head into that fold down bed!
Hi guys hope you are well! Great cabin review guys always love the Netty wave in the mirror 😂! X
Thank you Jill and Nick.. Hope we get to wave in person sometime in 2025. Thanks as always for all your support.
I bet you thought, here we go again with the RTA! Wow that museum looks incredible. You've had some flight issues over this trip! What an incredible trip. We've enjoyed seeing it through your eyes. Cheers 🍻
Thank you and yes we did wonder what South Africa would yield next to stop us from leaving …. It is a lovely country and this was an incredible trip .. Thanks again for watching our adventures..
It sounds like an amazing resort. How lovely that they looked after you so well. Giraffe selfie ✅. What a sunset! Safe travels home 🍻
Thank you Guys - It was a great resort and we’d really recommend it… The much coveted Giraffe 🦒 Selfie was a scoop for Si 😵
Awesome video, thank you!
Thank you for watching and sharing this feedback - Really appreciated
Great video! If I’m understanding correctly, the nature reserve is only open weekends Sept through March, but you were able to just walk into sandy point by foot anyway. Is this correct or did you happen to be there when it was “open”?
Thank you for watching and a good question - we were there on a weekend but stayed out of the actual nature reserve and simply stuck to the actual shoreline all the way to Sandy Point .. Hope this helps
Fabulous collection of videos guys, we found these really helpful and now can’t wait until we go to Sebetana in September 👍
Thank you for watching and taking the time to feedback.. Appreciated… We know you’ll have an amazing time at Sebatana.. Such a great holiday !
I've been looking out for your posts. I hope you're having an amazing time.
Thank you - It’s been quite an adventure and we’ve loved it .. Not had much connectivity though - In Puerto Madryn today and 2 more days before we fly home
@CooksExplore I shall look forward to your vlogs. Enjoy your last couple of days and hope you have a good flight home without delays.
Thank you
Thank you for watching and taking time to comment
V helpful❤
Thank you! Really appreciate the feedback
Looking forward to seeing what you get up to in South America guys. Looks like a good room so good start to the holiday. Hope you're having fun!
Thank you Guys for this feedback - It was a great start to our trip - Still a few days left but nice to have connectivity again
This has been a great series of vlogs guys ❤ Loved watching the scenery, wild life and the safari experience. So glad you enjoyed it!!
Thank you Guys - This really was a memorable trip and we loved it … We’d highly recommend it