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Travel reviews by Mr M from Cambridge

Review Distribution

Excellent
Good
Average
Poor
Terrible

Total number of trips

3

Countries visited

2

Lodges stayed in

15

Excursions taken

0

My Sep 2023 trip

Kenya between 1 Sep 2023 and 10 Sep 2023

Trip rating: Excellent
"We will come back to Expert Africa again for our next trip."

Arranged By Richard Trillo


Four Points Nairobi Airport

Four Points Nairobi Airport

"Four Points Nairobi Airport review"

1 night Arrived 1 Sep 2023
"Comfortable and well organised location for a stop-over in-bound and out-bound."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Good
Kinondo Kwetu

Kinondo Kwetu

"Kinondo Kwetu review"

4 nights Arrived 2 Sep 2023
"A marvellous, welcoming destination.

Beautiful ocean and beach, outstanding staff - marvellous service at all times and with friendliness and attention without being OTT. Nidi and Anna were terrific hosts.

The accomodation, pools etc. very comfortable, convenient. Snorkelling and SCUBA trips went really well. We had a marvellous 4 nights here and would definitely recommend it.

The location gives it a real sense of effortless relaxation."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Kulalu Camp

"Kulalu Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 6 Sep 2023
"A dream location. Very comfortable tents overlooking the perennial Galana River. Game on the opposite bank, birds all over.

Bush was outstanding as our host, and all of the staff went out of their way to make us welcome and to look after us. This small camp gave a beautiful sense of "away from it all" and being in the bush.

Food was very good, wholesome and presented with aplomb. Game drives were thorough - it was super-dry and so animals were dispersed but nevertheless we got to see lions, elephants, buffalo and numerous antelope. - well done Shadrack, our guide.

Galana Conservancy is a big place and I'd love to see it again to get to know it better."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent
Severin Safari Camp

Severin Safari Camp

"Severin Safari Camp review"

1 night Arrived 9 Sep 2023
"An upper market camp that was a marvellous final night for our tour.

Facilities and staff top-notch, super-well organised, but large and a tad impersonal for our taste.

Nevertheless, a marvellous lodge set in a top-rate and remote wildlife area."
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Good

Brilliant Conservancy Experience

Kenya between 18 Oct 2020 and 29 Oct 2020

Trip rating: Excellent
"Why go to the National Reserve when you can do all of this with these terrific people in a spectacular natural setting, with true freedom to roam?"

Arranged By Richard Trillo


Four Points Nairobi Airport

Four Points Nairobi Airport

"Four Points: convenient airport stop-over"

1 night Arrived 18 Oct 2020
"Excellent refuge on late arrival in JKIA. Staff welcoming and breakfast hearty."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Offbeat Mara

Offbeat Mara

"Offbeat Mara totally on the ball"

4 nights Arrived 19 Oct 2020
"We stayed 4 nights at Offbeat and had a thoroughly wonderful experience.

The staff are all enormously welcoming and helpful, relaxed but excellent service. Jennifer the manager is a force of nature and personality: a brilliant hostess and organiser.
Geoffrey kept glasses topped up and plates brimming. The food was simple but varied in style, and excellent in taste and quantity.

Offbeat is a place for safari enthusiasts - everything is laid on for game drives, walks and even Mara-thon jogging. Nothing was too much trouble for our excellent Maasai guide and spotter, Muli and Simo, who were outstanding as both hosts and companions.

Make sure to spend some time at the Mara river - not for migration but just for the magic of the location and to see what appears."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent
Basecamp Leopard Hill

Basecamp Leopard Hill

"Heavenly Leopard Hill"

4 nights Arrived 23 Oct 2020
"William (Manager), Manfred (Head Waiter) and their team looked after us wonderfully at Leopard Hill. We enjoyed a personalised, VIP experience but we also enjoyed chatting to them in more informal settings, learning about Maasai culture and life in and around the conservancies. They were terrific hosts and exuded a real sense of enjoying having us to look after. The sung farewell was a personal highlight.

Food was delicious and chef Robin was always on hand to chat about options and preferences: his various chilled soups were a delight and perfect for lunch.

Guiding was outstanding - we had Nash - a thoroughly engaging, extremely friendly and enthusiastic guide who completely knows her stuff and is fun to explore the bush with. We hit all of the high points, including a spectacular lion kill of a large male impala before our very eyes.

My only grump about Leopard Hill is that drinks are extra. Given the experience it offers, one might expect that local drinks were included in the tariff. Beyond that - it is faultless."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent
Nairobi Serena Hotel

Nairobi Serena Hotel (Not currently featured by Expert Africa)

"Nairobi Serena - a plush oasis"

1 night Arrived 27 Oct 2020
"A very comfortable final stop-over with very welcoming and helpful staff.

Perhaps a bit corporate in atmosphere and one of two dinner meals, a vegetarian dish, was disappointing. Nevertheless, it was a very comfortable bed for the night and excellently placed in the centre of town,"
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Good

August 2016 - excellent trip

Namibia between 19 Aug 2016 and 2 Sep 2016

Trip rating: Excellent
"Expert Africa did a wonderful job in putting this all together.

Many thanks to them. I definitely wish to use them for my next trip to Africa."

Arranged By Tom Morris


Haus Sonneneck

Haus Sonneneck

"Very welcoming, comfortable start to trip"

2 nights Arrived 20 Aug 2016
"Everything provided as described. Drought precluded use pool - but not their fault.

Arranged an excellent city guide for us (Herr Klaus Otto)"
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Good
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Good
Facilities
Good
Namutoni Camp

Namutoni Camp

"Namutoni ok for a single night"

1 night Arrived 22 Aug 2016
"Stayed for one night.

Camp busy and watehole experience not too good with a number of thoughtless trippers."
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location
Excellent
Service
Good
Activities
Average
Rooms
Good
Food
Good
Facilities
Average
Halali Camp

Halali Camp

"Halali camp is fantastic"

2 nights Arrived 23 Aug 2016
"The waterhole provides all that you need.

It is a fantastic arrangement."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Good
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Good
Food
Good
Facilities
Excellent
Okaukuejo Camp

Okaukuejo Camp

"Okaukuejo camp was comfortable"

2 nights Arrived 25 Aug 2016
"Pools and restaurant very good, waterhole spectacular views of game but very busy with visitors.

Okondeka and Newbrownii are fantastic places to view game"
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location
Excellent
Service
Good
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Good
Food
Good
Facilities
Excellent
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Rustig Toko Lodge (Not currently featured by Expert Africa)

"Excellent stop over calm and friendly"

1 night Arrived 27 Aug 2016
"A really comfortable location afte 5 nights of camping.

Spetacular garden and views and very friendly and helpful service."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Good
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent
Palmwag Lodge

Palmwag Lodge

"Palmweg is stunning"

3 nights Arrived 28 Aug 2016
"Real wilderness location but excellent facilities and helpful, welcoming staff

Do the sleep out if you can - we had to drive off a pride of lions before settling down to out tents."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent
Okonjima Plains Camp

Okonjima Plains Camp

"Okonjima delivers what it promises"

2 nights Arrived 31 Aug 2016
"Really luxurous feel to View rooms at Plains Camp.

Guides and staff fantastic- vey professional, helpful and welcoming.

Saw cheetah (am) and leopard (pm). Even though they are collared, it was still a thrill.

Seems very heavily branded as an organisation - hopefully their commercial success does pay off for wildlife & locals."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

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