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Travel reviews by Mr & Mrs H from Camberley

Review Distribution

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Total number of trips

2

Countries visited

2

Lodges stayed in

5

Excursions taken

0

My Sep 2018 trip

Zambia between 13 Sep 2018 and 22 Sep 2018

Trip rating: Excellent
"Great trip, was wonderful to be back in the African bush, loved every minute!"

Nkwali

Nkwali

"Great guides"

3 nights Arrived 14 Sep 2018
"On the first day we shared a jeep with someone who turned out to be a Birder. This meant we spent the morning focussed on birds and in the afternoon we switched to animals. clearly there had been previous conversations because at the end of the afternoon he was not happy and complained and I made the point that we wanted to see everything. they split us up the next day but in my view given his very clear bird orientation they should never have put us together in the first place. they had available staff."
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Good
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent
Nsefu

Nsefu

"African wild dog"

4 nights Arrived 17 Sep 2018
"A lovely camp professionally run by a great bunch guys. Highlight for me was our sightings of wild dog which I had hoped to see. Lots of game and birds. Lions were particularly active along the river and excellent guiding found several leopards. A wonderful sighting of a buffalo herd about 800 strong. Much quieter from a visitor perspective so you get a greater sense of the vastness of the bush and plains"
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent

the magis that is africa

Botswana and 1 other country between 6 Sep 2007 and 16 Sep 2007

Trip rating: Excellent
"we had a really wonderful time we especially wanted to see the African wild dogs and did so 3 times including just after a kill
everyone at the camps was really good, nothing was too much trouble, sad to leave africa

we love informality but wondered if the staff should wear first name tabs ,staying only 2/3 nightsyou really struggle with names other than your tracker and guide.

you missed out african Odessey transfer which was not good. the guy that met us had no juice on his phone and the minibus was late, when he turned up we were not on his list. then he checked and said our flight was 12.45. he must of then received another call because we went from slow to fast to the airport,we arrived at 5 to 11 for an 11am flight!"

Feedback response

We’re delighted that the trip went so well; good sightings of wild dogs are a rare treat and privilege these days!

We have looked into the “missed african Odessey transfer” in detail. This was a transfer between Siankaba and Kasane. It seems that a vehicle responsible for part of this transfer didn't arrive and needed a mobile phone call to summon it.

Fortunately the delay wasn’t great, and our travellers arrived at Kasane airport in the nick of time to catch their flight to Lagoon. We’re looking carefully at why this happened, and are confident that it was a one-off error - although had they been late, the flight should have waited for them.

Meanwhile – our traveller commented that “ultimately ‘hakuna mutata’ but sitting by the Zambezi waiting for the bus was an interesting moment of reflection but all adds to the African experience and watching the pontoon boats ply their trade across the river kept us occupied.”


Islands of Siankaba

Islands of Siankaba

"great camp in lovely position on zambesi"

2 nights Arrived 7 Sep 2007
"friendly and efficient team , flexible approach to your needs
good food
lovely position and stylish lodges
lovely sundowner and mokoro trips
we didn't do the village ran out of time which was a real pity
why would you want to stay in a hotel in livingstone?"
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent
Lagoon Camp

Lagoon Camp

"excellent trackers and loads of game at lagoo"

3 nights Arrived 9 Sep 2007
"the drives were great, lovely drivers and guides,very knowledgable and willing to find those wild dogs... three times!
the game was prolific and those guys know how to track it but we spotted the honey badger!
we miss the elephant at night!

the airstrip at lagoon is now closed so they are using Lebala which can mean travelling in the midday sun back to lagoon if you land in Labala at midday

we think that a fan in the room would of been a big plus
the pool filtration system had not been used and there were bugs in the water"
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Good
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent
Little Kwara

Little Kwara (Not currently featured by Expert Africa)

"a little gem"

3 nights Arrived 12 Sep 2007
"a lovely little camp with a great team that is run in a relaxed style that alllows everyone to get know each other better.
position and layout of camp is great

best food

rooms are huge ,i think too big and i don't like sliding doors in the middle of africa, also missed the fan

game was much less than lagoon but the drives were still great because of the different types of landscape"
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent

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