Reviews of Sandibe Safari Lodge
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Excellent game drives at this friendly camp
We thoroughly enjoyed our game drives at this camp. Our guide Katambo was excellent, getting us close to lions and leopards as well as the herbivores. He was extremely knowledgeable and gave us lots of information. Also, like all of our guides on this holiday, he allowed us plenty of time to stay near the animals and to take photographs. His tracker K B was veryfriendly and also shared his knowledge with us.
Our room had a wonderful outside decked area overlooking the delta, although the linens/towels etc were a little shabby.The management here were all friendly and helpful.
However, we were disappointed that, as in Nxabega, the motor boat was not available (these were both CC Africa camps).
Sandibe Safari Lodge review
Sandibe was perhaps the most luxurious accommodation, being a lodge with stone huts rather than tents. So we found it made an interesting combination with the tents. We loved dining outdoors by the fire when the weather permitted it. Everyone was very friendly but we would have preferred to eat all together rather than having separate tables for each group. Moreover, although the managers were also available in the dining room, they tended not to sit and eat with the guests and the guides did so only on some occasions. The food here was also good although we found the brunch was rather heavy (more like a full lunch) for that time of day.
The guides were, again, very skilled and knowledgeable and were very keen for us to see some wonderful animals. We saw lions here as well as leopards
Sandibe Safari Lodge review
Very nice staff and excellent guides with a tremendous and detailed knowledge about the wildlife.
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We had the best overall experience of our trip at Sandibe. Our guides Katembo and James just excell at their job, both not only in terms of the quality of their guiding. Katembo and James were very amiable and considerate throughout our stay at Sandibe. The management team was very competent - and the food was very, very good. We can recommend to visit Sandibe during the rainy season, despite the fact that animal densities are fairly low at this time of the year. Katembo worked very hard to track leopards, and finally succeeded to find one with a fresh impalay kill. We saw large herds of Giraffes, and Elephants were still fairly abundant.
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A lovely lodge but more importantly great staff who made our stay a thoroughly enjoyable one. We were given our own valet who saw to our every need - what a luxury to be spoilt in this way.
There's nothing like being thrown in the deep end when out in the bush and this camp had many surprises. We were entertained and surrounded by wildlife: bats, baboons, vervet monkeys!
Game viewing was excellent - we saw 6 leopards in one day, 3 of which were a mother and her 2 cubs. How adorable!
Food was an excellent standard, I'm sure this was where all the pounds stated to pile on!!! Beautiful setting for all our meals too. A great start to our 3-centre stay in Botswana.
Great game viewing at Sandibe
The game was plentiful and our guide, Katembo, was excellent.
The rooms were nice but very dark.
In the dining area in the day time there was a big problem with Vervet monkeys, stealing food and being quite aggressive.
Sandibe Safari Lodge review
Again a really frienly welcome to the drowned rat that arrived. Very heavy rainfall at Sandibe that day!
Food could have been better and was a bit hit and miss. guides were excellent.
Sandibe Safari Lodge review
Lodge itself seemed tired but staff did their best to help
Situation not helped by a south african guide stepping in and literally ruining everyone's day so had to switch guides - his behaviour was completely unacceptable not least to our guide and tracker.
Food was pretty bad but we had been spoilt elsewhere.
Would rather have gone elsewhere.
Sandibe Safari Lodge review
The location and camp itself were marvellous but there wasn't the same personal attention or information given or facilitation of socialising with all the rest of the guests as at other camps which was a pity. It was generally less friendly and relaxed in the camp.
However the wildlife viewing was very good. As the driving generally was less vigorously off-road than at Lagoon the animals seemed a bit less easily scared by the vehicles.
The electric boat trip we went on was very dull and restricted and I would have opted out of it if I had known more in advance. Apparently mokoro trips were in theory available but had been pre-booked by other groups.
Seeing elephants baboons and vervet monkeys in camp was very special.
Wonderful time
Fantastic time, wonderful accomodation and friendly, helpful staff.
Guides were excellent on our game drive and went to considerable lengths to ensure we saw a large amount of wildlife.
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.
