Reviews of San Camp
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Stimulating wilderness experience
Accurately described in brochure.
Plans to update mess-tent, but the current accommodation is true safari experience.
Guides have encyclodaedic knowledge and lead you through a variety of stimulating experiences.
The camp is for desert devotees but we did see game, notably aardvark, brown hyena and aardwolf!
San Camp, remote, surprising and magical
One surprise after another, and we just can't reveal some of them or they won't be surprises for any other travellers to this fantastic area. We have never had such a great start to a holiday - and after plane delays, takiing 30 hours to arrive, minus one lost bag, this is not said lightly.
The remoteness of the location, the stars at night, the sightings of some unusual creatures, very close encounters with meercats and the equally unusual activities meant that we had a wonderful time at San Camp.
We had an excellent guide, aptly named Super, whose depth of knowledge was matched by the care he took in finding what we were interested in and making sure he gave plenty of time to those interests. Brilliant food, the most sophisticated of all bucket showers and walking with a bushman named Cobra...it far exceeded our expectations.
Most amazing place to stay
The most amazing place to stay - we loved it here and have wonderful memories.
Beautiful, relaxing, idyllic and very, very comfortable. Despite being the most basic place we stayed during out entire trip - we felt very pampered indeed!
Best camp staff of our trip - they were all so lovely and went to such efforts to ensure that everything went well. Cook (Sylvia) was amazing, preparing the most wonderful food. Everyone worked so hard to make our stay memorable, and we really appreciated all their efforts.
Wonderful guide (Chaba) ensured that we got the most out of our time there - unexpected sightings of ardwolf and caracal. were a bonus.
You need three nights here (at least!). Would recommend it at the end of a trip to the Delta to unwind.
San Camp review
We really loved San camp, it was as special as we had been told.
I had been concerned it would be extremely hot in October but the breeze made a lot of difference. There weren't any detectable mosquitoes! Obviously the tents are fairly basic but that was fun and we coped OK with the bucket showers.
All the activities were as hoped, well organised and very enjoyable.
A totally different Botwanan experience
We were delighted to be the only guests during our three night stay but with only six tents it would never have been overcrowded. We had the undivided attention of the staff though they prefer things to be a little busier! We could not believe our eyes to see coffee served in silver pots outside our tents at wake up time.
Our guide Kevin was excellent - and he catered for our needs and wishes completely. It was impressive how we never got combined with a group from neighbouring Jack's camp which would have made life easier for the staff but less enjoyable for us.
We saw much more than expected, having been led to believe there was not a lot of game to see. Good birds - and different from elsewhere - too. The bushman walk was also very interesting - we have done something similar before in Namibia but this one was better.
The visit to the pans was very memorable but we can't mention that!
My husband who sometimes suffers from back problems found the vehicles here the least comfortable.
We have always believed that acting responsibly is the only way to approach tourism and we're one of
the few companies to hold AITO's original coveted 5-star status for responsible tourism. It's a lead
that others are now following.
