Travel reviews by Mr & Mrs L from Surrey
Review Distribution
Total number of trips
1
Countries visited
2
Lodges stayed in
4
Excursions taken
0
Nov 2021 trip
Botswana and 1 other country between 22 Nov 2021 and 2 Dec 2021
Our return to 11 nights in a UK quarantine hotel somewhat detracted from the overall experience but this was no reflection on Botswana or ExpertAfrica.
Maruska's knowledge and patience in planning an itinerary that we would enjoy was invaluable. But her assistance in dealing with the difficulties presented by the Omicron variant, reorganising plans for our return and reassuring our family, was truly appreciated and demonstrated her care and concern.
Many thanks!"
Feedback response
We’re delighted that this trip to Botswana was so amazing – but we’re sorry about the subsequent hotel quarantine.
These travellers left the UK on 22 November for Botswana, as news broke about the new ‘Omicron’ variant of Covid. In response, on 26 November the UK imposed hotel quarantine on arrivals from a ‘red list’ of six Southern African countries.
These travellers we unlucky enough to be caught by this: so when they returned to the UK on the 1 December they had to quarantine in a hotel near Heathrow Airport.
The emerged from their quarantine around 12 Dec, and the ‘red list’ quarantine rules were scrapped about three days later, on 15 December – having been in place for less than three weeks.
In total, we have sent about 450 travellers to Africa during the Covid pandemic in 2020-21. As far as we know, to date these are the only Expert Africa travellers to have had to quarantine in a hotel on their return from Africa.
Arranged By Maruska AdyeRowe
Tau Pan Camp
"Tau Pan Camp review"
Cheetah
3 sightings
Elephant
1 sighting
Giraffe
1 sighting
Lion
2 sightings
Oryx
4 sightings
Wildebeest
3 sightings
Lebala Camp
"Lebala Camp review"
Again our guide and tracker were informative and keen to show us all aspects of the diversity of this lush riverine environment.
So many birds and so many antelope!"
Elephant
4 sightings
Giraffe
3 sightings
Hippo
4 sightings
Lion
6 sightings
Wildebeest
3 sightings
Zebra
3 sightings
Kwara Camp
"Kwara Camp review"
Wildlife was all around, with encounters with giraffe, impala and wild dogs on our actual doorstep.
The guide and tracker were very well informed and keen to share their knowledge, enabling us to better understand the environment of The Delta and to see its wildlife. We had some wonderful sightings of five lionesses and their cubs of varying ages, one day squabbling over a small kill, and then an unsuccessful hunt. And the next day, sleeping and satiated having taken down three adult zebra overnight and guarding two of the carcasses for later!
The highlight has to be wild dogs hunting impala through the camp past us on the path, then watching a successful hunt from the breakfast campfire as they stampeded the Lechwe back and forth, into and around the lake!"
Buffalo
4 sightings
Cheetah
1 sighting
Elephant
4 sightings
Giraffe
4 sightings
Hippo
4 sightings
Leopard
1 sighting
Lion
4 sightings
Wild dog
3 sightings
Wildebeest
4 sightings
Zebra
4 sightings
City Lodge OR Tambo
"City Lodge OR Tambo review"
No aircraft noise (as airport not functioning at capacity?)"
Our guide and tracker were well informed and keen to show us what we wanted to see, not just the big 5. There is a lot happening in the desert if you look!
For an adrenalin rush, an adult cheetah and her 2 sub adult young stalking, chasing and killing a baby springbok was an amazing sight!"