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Muchenje Safari Lodge
Muchenje Safari Lodge
Muchenje Safari Lodge
Muchenje Safari Lodge
Muchenje Safari Lodge
Muchenje Safari Lodge
Muchenje Safari Lodge

Reviews of Muchenje Safari Lodge

Wildlife sightings and reviews

171 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Muchenje Safari Lodge and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa

Wildlife sightings by our travellers
Starting in Jun-2018, 37 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Muchenje Safari Lodge.
Lion

89% success

Leopard

50% success

Cheetah

0% success

Wild dog

25% success

Elephant

100% success

Giraffe

100% success

Zebra

100% success

Buffalo

97% success

Hippo

94% success

Sable antelope

53% success

Spotted Hyena

47% success

Wildebeest

44% success

Roan antelope

35% success

Eland

23% success

Brown Hyena

15% success

Sitatunga

9% success

Aardvark

3% success

Pangolin

3% success

Showing 41-50 of 171
Duration
Arrival date
Mr J
Coventry

"Our latest African adventure !st leg"

2 nights Arrived 22 Jan 2018
"My wife and I only stayed 2 nights at this lodge, wish we had stayed another night. The staff were so friendly and the food was marvellous, it never ceases to amaze me hoe the chefs manage to produce such wonderful food with limited equipment in the middle of nowhere. Accommodation was better than expected and the game viewing was superb. I particularly wanted to see Puku antelope which we saw on the second day, along with Leopard, Sable and Honey Badgers. Brilliant game viewing." See all these reviews: 16n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Beeeater
UK

"Wonderful views of plain, great safaris "

3 nights Arrived 5 Nov 2017
"Loved it, loved the people, very knowledge staff and had a wonderful outdoor evening of feasting and dancing, lodges were great and really loved whole experience.

Safari drives were well planned to give diversity - when giraffes stampeded and all animals on the plains also too off - what a view as we partook of our sundowner and the sun going down. We felt really lucky to have such committed guide.

Also visited the school which was a real treat as the children sang for us...thinking back what comes to mind is a rare sighting early morning of an owl just on a branch above us and then watching as it flew away." See all these reviews: 8n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe; 1n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs C
Manchester

"First nights in Botswana"

3 nights Arrived 8 Oct 2017
"Extremely comfortable lodge in a superb location overlooking the Chobe floodplain, Kiddie and Toff attentive hosts made us very welcome who went the extra mile when we left for Zambia and left my binoculars behind.

Fabulous lodge to wind down in over the first few days of our holiday." See all these reviews: 8n in Zambia; 3n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Mr D
Sülzetal

"Super Lodge"

3 nights Arrived 4 Oct 2017
"Great lodge with great views of Africa as you would expect

The food could be more local" See all these reviews: 3n in Botswana; 2n in Namibia; 1n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr H
BloomfieldHills

"Muchenje Safari Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 30 Sep 2017
"Muchenje has a great view.

Compared to our other lodges it was much more businesslike and structured, less personal. We felt 2 nights sufficient as the day long river cruise and land safari were well worth it, but o/w not much freedom in safari routes.

They offer night and early morning safaris, but the guide said we would not see much and actually seemed to discourage them. A/C was a plus." See all these reviews: 7n in Botswana; 6n in Zimbabwe; 1n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Location:
Good
Service:
Average
Activities:
Average
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Mrs R
Lower Hutt

"Splendid Vista, Great Staff at Muchenje"

2 nights Arrived 27 Sep 2017
"We thoroughly enjoyed Muchenje Lodge, it's staff, the rooms, food and guides. Fantastic view from the lodge.

The only downside was the distance to the park - though a few minutes from the gate- the drive down to the river front where the animals generally were was another 30 minutes. This uses an hour of the 3 hour game drive. The ranger was superb- we saw lots- and Chobe is superb. Recommend this time of year as the ranger said a lot more time spent in the forest looking for animals once wet season in force.

The Chobe River Cruise is a must do- and it will be great when this departs from the new jetty rather than driving an hour back to Kasane in the open jeep. The benefit of this jeep drive though means you travel back along the river in the jeep to the lodge which was great game viewing.

Paid for private vehicle for the kids but shared a boat- not sure if this was meant to be the case but it meant kids who wanted front seats had to compete with a 400mm camera and be on their best behaviour- took the edge off versus our private one we did independently." See all these reviews: 5n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Dr M.
Loughborough

"Highlight of the trip"

3 nights Arrived 21 Sep 2017
"The lodge sits on a ridge overlooking the Chobi floodplain and it offers both extensive game drives in Chobe National Park and a cruise and lunch on the Chobi River.

Both are excellent and yield wonderful views of elephant swimming or wading the river, as well as sightings of lions and even more elephant in the park.

We saw 18 lions at one location and 4 more on out twilight journey back to the lodge. Food was terrific." See all these reviews: 9n in Namibia; 6n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
The Leemings
Kent

"Muchenje Safari Lodge review"

2 nights Arrived 18 Sep 2017
"Wonderful location above the river & plain. the room (a small cottage) was fine ,although we feel that tents are more appropriate.The space in the room was rather compromised however as the the bed net was lowered. This made getting around somewhat difficult.

The activities were highly organised to a prearranged schedule but during the time we were there, did not include any guided walking.Our visits to the riverfront were very successful in that we saw a good variety of wildlife & we felt that our guide was enthusiastic & kept us very well informed.

He also took us on a magnificent river trip from Kasane when we were able to see a lot of birds at close quarters & get amazingly close to a group of elephant as they walked onto the island to which we were moored." See all these reviews: 15n in Namibia; 5n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Average
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs B
Ceredigion

"Just amazing, but two nights was not enough!"

2 nights Arrived 16 Sep 2017
"This was our most favourite place on the whole of our trip. We had an amazing chalet with absolutely breathtaking views of the river and plains below. The chalet was clean and very comfortable and every possible requirement had been thought of- good tea and coffee making facilities, bathroom toiletries, patio furniture and service that really was EXCEPTIONAL!

The staff and Managers made this the beautiful place it is and the food served was of the highest quality. We took part in game drives, a river cruise on the Chobe and a visit to a local school to donate our 'Pack for a Purpose' contribution.

Lips collected us from the airport and Rambo was our tour guide for the time we stayed. He was amazing, patient and very informative about the area and it's animals. We had several amazing experiences: whilst sitting on the boat having lunch, a large bull elephant came to drink about only 12 foot away. We then saw very young ellie babies close by having mud baths - a truly emotional experience.

We came across some female lions with cubs and were blessed to see a large male lion who had just made a zebra kill. He walked quite nonchalantly across the front of our jeep. On the second night of our stay, we had an evening meal under the stars with a pit fire and the staff sang and danced; all breathtaking. The food produced was incredible both at the lodge and on trips.

We visited the school which Rambo had attended as a child and were fortunate to meet the Headmaster and spend time in the reception class.

This whole experience was truly the best part of our whole holiday and we feel so fortunate to have experienced it. Toff and Kiddy certainly know how to give excellent customer service and provide a dreamlike experience. The only negative was that we would loved to have stayed longer!! Ironically, we found out that the owners of this lodge only live a few miles from our home in the UK and that we have visited their village on many occasions!" See all these reviews: 10n in South Africa; 3n in Zimbabwe; 2n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr J
Florida, USA

"Outstanding!"

2 nights Arrived 29 Aug 2017
"Staff, food, activities ALL Outstanding!

Thanks Lips and Kiddy!" See all these reviews: 6n in Botswana; 2n in South Africa; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
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96%
171 reviews of Muchenje Safari Lodge by travellers since August 2007
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