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dolphin manor at bardia nepal/ripoff
By Author: Caryl Sherman
E-mail: shermanc@troycorp.com
Submitted on Thursday 3rd January 2002
Dolphin Manor adjacent to Royal Bardia National Park in Nepal has hired a promoter in Kathmandu. They claim to offer the same amenities as Tiger Tops. They have pegged their rate of 2 for 4 days, the same at Tiger Tops. We paid this expecting to get elephant rides and game drives daily in the park. Instead we got one elephant ride, a leaky raft ride and we walked the remainder of the time. Tiger Tops for the same amount of money and time gave us 6 elephant rides and 2 game drives. Tiger Tops has a staff of 70 people vs. 5 at Dolphin Manor. The food and accomodations were better. We had electricity and hot water, purified ice and credit card acceptance at Tiger Tops. None of the above at Dolphin Manor. Dolphin Manor is deceiving the booking agents in Kathmandu. Please beware!