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Lake Manze Adventure Camp
Lake Manze Adventure Camp
Lake Manze Adventure Camp
Lake Manze Adventure Camp
Lake Manze Adventure Camp
Lake Manze Adventure Camp
Lake Manze Adventure Camp
Lake Manze Adventure Camp
Lake Manze Adventure Camp
Lake Manze Adventure Camp
Lake Manze Adventure Camp
Lake Manze Adventure Camp
Lake Manze Adventure Camp
Lake Manze Adventure Camp
Lake Manze Adventure Camp
Lake Manze Adventure Camp

Lake Manze Adventure Camp


7°39’53.1"S 38°3’53.3"E

Reviews of Lake Manze Camp

Wildlife sightings and reviews

222 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Lake Manze Camp and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa

Wildlife sightings by our travellers
Starting in Aug-2018, 31 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Lake Manze Camp.
Lion

94% success

Leopard

34% success

Wild dog

50% success

Buffalo

100% success

Giraffe

100% success

Hippo

100% success

Spotted Hyena

100% success

Wildebeest

100% success

Zebra

100% success

Elephant

97% success

Eland

93% success

Striped Hyena

7% success

Aardvark

0% success

Black Rhino

0% success

Pangolin

0% success

Showing 141-150 of 222
Duration
Arrival date
Mrs K & family
London

"Lake Manze Tented Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 12 Aug 2011
"We were overawed by the amount of animals we saw and at such close quarters. The guides were enormously informative and obliging.

The tents were comfortable, the food was excellent and the general organization was very efficient." See all these reviews: 7n in Zanzibar; 5n in Tanzania
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mrs H & Mr S
UK

"Lake Manze Tented Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 10 Aug 2011
"We had a superb time at Lake Manze camp and it was a great place to begin our holiday in the Selous. Our experience begin before even reaching the camp with giraffes on the airstrip! We had a fantastic guide in Giovanni and it certainly helped having a separate driver as we saw the most game here out of the three camps we stayed in. The highlight was seeing a lioness feeding her two tiny cubs.

The facilities at the camp were excellent and the tents very comfortable. We loved having the toilet and shower open to the skies and the lack of electricity gave a wonderful atmosphere at night. Hearing elephants right outside the tent was a fabulous experience as was their company at breakfast!

The food and service was first-rate and the waiters loved our ten-year old. Travelling as a family of five, the only draw-back was the communal dining at lunch and especially at evening when it was a race to sit together." See all these reviews: 11n in Tanzania
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr J & Miss M
UK

"Lake Manze Tented Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 7 Aug 2011
"An excellent camp, relaxed but thoroughly professional. the ability to discuss and select your own programme for the next day with the manager during the pre dinner drinks added a personal touch that enhanced the experience.

The experience of having elephants wandering through the camp and around the tents at night was amazing. Also the quantity and variety of game life we saw was way above expectations - whether this was the time of year or sheer luck doesn't matter, it was excellent." See all these reviews: 3n in Tanzania; 3n in Zanzibar
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Mr & Mrs P
Waterloovi

"Lake Manze Tented Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 6 Aug 2011
"having highlighted the problems (mdonya ) with the manager at this camp we were accomodated with our own land rover
the camp was well positioned & had an abundance of very well conditioned animals with lions prolific - six different sightings with over 70 lions seen.
again no leopard or wild dogs were sighted & cheetah are not seen in Selous. the guide & driver could not be faulted for knowledge & effort
they were very accomodating with full day full on safari
the boat on the lake was also excellent with numerous hippos/crocodile & wading birds" See all these reviews: 7n in Tanzania
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Mrs D
France

"Lake Manze Tented Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 28 Jul 2011
"great atmosphere, love the overall camp, with the elephants around the tents! Like the idea of sharing tables for meals.

Only regret: we had a trainee guide for all our drive safaris, and, having been on safari before, he did not bring much new with his comments. It was more a "chat with him" than real information or anecdotes about the animals...

the drive boat was great, in a quite small boat near quite big animals!" See all these reviews: 6n in Tanzania
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Mr S & Miss P
Avon

"Lake Manze Tented Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 1 Jul 2011
"This was a great introduction to what it means to be on safari. Straight from the plane we went onto a game drive with a really experienced and friendly guide (Victor) and brilliant driver (Salom). Then back for lunch which, like all of the meals, was fantastic with real quality.

Our tent was great too - more of a rustic experience with no electricity but just what we wanted as we wanted to feel like we were on an adventure. There is power available in the bar too so you can charge phones, cameras, etc.

It was an extremely relaxing experience with the day built around what we wanted to do and a variety of activities on offer. Being near the lake the option of a boat safari is excellent with even more animals to see.

To top it all off we were visited daily by elephants right outside our tent which was an experience we will never forget. To be so close to them was amazing.

Finally, it was a great touch for the staff to organise a romantic meal for two outside our tent on our last night. We would heartily recommend Lake Manze Camp to anyone considering a safari." See all these reviews: 7n in Zanzibar; 4n in Tanzania
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
The A Family
Hassocks

"Lake Manze Tented Camp review"

4 nights Arrived 12 Jun 2011
"We had a wonderful time here and were very well looked after.

We loved the 50s style tents, basic but charming and comfortable and the simplicity of the camp coupled with excellent and thoughtful service made for a very memorable stay." See all these reviews: 8n in Tanzania; 2n in Zanzibar
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Excellent
Mrs W & friends
UK

"Lake Manze Tented Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 3 Jun 2011
"Guides not quite as good as Impala i thought. Similar terrain so maybe would have been better to go further afield but did do the day trip to Behp Beho which was good" See all these reviews: 5n in Tanzania; 4n in Zanzibar
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Mr M & Mrs L
Cheshire

"It was the real Africa, a pleasant suprise!"

3 nights Arrived 22 Feb 2011
"I couldn't believe how close we were to the animals and how much we saw so quickly.......the staff in the camp and the guides were friendly, knowledgable and courteous .........always smiling and pleasant.

The food and accommodation were great, and was pleasantly suprised by Sarah......the girl that runs the camp is Italian!
I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to anyone, I had no tummy upset and no insect bites either....
Great result!

Being on the edge of the lake was great as all the animals travelled passed us day and night!" See all these reviews: 3n in Tanzania; 1n in Zanzibar
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Mr & Mrs CL
SW London

"Lake Manze Tented Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 30 Jan 2011
"Marvellous wildlife, and plenty of it in camp!

Our guide Emmauel and driver Bacari were good company and were very keen to find the animals for us , and also gave good info on birdlife and flora. We saw very few other vehicles. A lovely welcome in the camp from Sara and her staff, and we especially liked the tented bar/dining area. We enjoyed the river and lake trips, seeing lots of hippos and crocs. Plenty of good food, just a little heavy sometimes.

Tents were comfortable,spotless and bug free! The actual location of the camp was great, the only minus being a deeply rutted track in some places which made access quite uncomfortable." See all these reviews: 6n in Tanzania; 3n in Zanzibar
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Excellent
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222 reviews of Lake Manze Camp by travellers since August 2007
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