Travel reviews by Mr CB from USA

"The hotel was comfortable. We booked two rooms - a queen and a twin. On check in they gave us two queens. Moved the boys to another room, which also had a queen. Finally moved them to the room next door to us, which was two twins, so all was good.

We had drinks at the bar. the staff were friendly. We had dinner in the restaurant. Had the buffet. Didn't realize there was an a la carte menu.

They had no record of the fact that we had paid through Expert Africa. Insisted on taking our card, and put a hold on the account.

Check out was a pain. One guy on duty, who was dealing with someone else, and showed no urgency, despite a line of four people. We had a flight to catch, so we just left.

Highlight of the hotel - The tub in the bathroom."

"Everything about Mwaleshi was wonderful. We had camp to ourselves, and were made very welcome.

This was definitely the highlight of our trip.

If anything, I wish we'd stayed here at the end, because it was hard to compare everything else to Mwaleshi's remoteness, service and comfort."

"We loved Tafika. The staff were friendly and the accommodation were exceptional. We stayed in the family chalet, right on the river. It is spectacular, and very private. There are two separate showers, and two separate toilets, so our two teen sons were able to share with us, without feeling uncomfortable. Note that you do share twin sinks with one Fawcett.

We felt like we were among family, and were very sad to leave.

The guides were great, and the trip to the village was very enjoyable, with no pressure."

"Our rooms were comfortable, and had everything we needed.

We didn't eat in the hotel restaurant, though we did have drinks in the bar, and the staff were friendly.

I visited the hotel spa, and had my acrylic nails redone. I paid US$35.

Staff at the reception and concierge desks were polite, but busy, and when we asked for directions a couple of time, they pointed us in the general direction.

This was a large hotel, and felt very impersonal. If we visit Victoria Falls again, I wouldn't stay here."

"We stayed in the family cabin. It was big, but we found it awkward because the toilets and showers aren't screened, and there is no privacy between the two rooms. We moved curtains from the windows to provide some screening. It would have been fine if our kids were younger, but with two young adults, it really wasn't okay. The tent was also the furthest away from the dining/central area, along a soft sand path.

The camp staff were very friendly and responsive, and the other guests were raving about it, but coming to it from Mwaleshi and Tafiki, our expectations were high, and we were disappointed.

We'd seen a lot of game in Zambia, including lion and leopard, so we were interested in the lesser animals, like the eland, sable, ostrich etc. At Davisons our family of four had to share a vehicle with two or three other people, and our guide was very focused on finding us the BIG game. We spent a lot of time driving, and not a lot of time 'seeing'.

Having come from Zambia, where game drives/walks are led by a guide, a scout AND a tea bearer, it was a shock to just have a guide driving, spotting and guiding. We felt this was detrimental to the experience and probably wouldn't return for this reason."