Travel reviews by Three from Manchester
Planes, treks and Automobiles
On this trip, I visited Rwanda, Tanzania & Zanzibar between 17-Sep-2012 and 30-Sep-2012 and I travelled with 5 other people.
Excellent
The trip was amazing, Rwanda exceed our expectations and I wished we'd stayed longer. Selous is a worthy extension and I couldn't have been happier with all the guides, transfers, flights and all but one of the hotels!
I would like to put in a plea that EA consider booking Rwandair air connections between Kigali-DAR/Kili. They are by far the most efficient and organised airline I've used in Africa and for clients looking to do a similar trip I would opt to book your own internal flights, than go back to Nairobi using EA partner airlines.
Thanks to Ellie and all at EA for organising a fabulous trip for us.
I stayed at and have reviewed:
| Place | Overall rating |
|---|---|
| Gorilla Mountain View Lodge, Rwanda 18-Sep-2012 review: Gorilla Mountain View Lodge review |
Good |
| Hotel des Mille Collines, Rwanda 20-Sep-2012 review: Nice hotel, restaurant service a bit ropey. |
Good |
| Southern Sun Dar, Tanzania 21-Sep-2012 review: Ta Dah! in Dar |
Excellent |
| Lake Manze Adventure Camp, Tanzania 22-Sep-2012 review: Safari as it should be |
Excellent |
| Matemwe Beach Village, Zanzibar 26-Sep-2012 review: ....and relax |
Good |
| Dhow Palace Hotel, Zanzibar 29-Sep-2012 review: Single Rooms shoudl be avoided !!!! |
Poor |
Expert Africa
On this trip, I visited Botswana & South Africa between 21-Apr-2010 and 1-May-2010 and I travelled with 3 other people.
Excellent
We had a real nightmare with the Volcano Ash and had to cancel the first part of our trip to SA. Ann worked tirelessly to sort out options if ourre-scheduled flights to Botswana fell through and I was very impressed tat Kwando agreed to let guests affected by the flight ban to re-book at not extra cost.
Thankfully we made our Botswana leg, but Anna really showed just how good Expert Africa are in a crisis and that is exactly what you want from an agent. Well done EA we will definitely choose you again!
I stayed at and have reviewed:
| Place | Overall rating |
|---|---|
| Lebala Camp, Botswana 23-Apr-2010 review: Lebala Camp review |
Excellent |
| Footsteps Across the Delta, Botswana 26-Apr-2010 review: Footsteps review |
Excellent |
| Little Kwara, Botswana 28-Apr-2010 review: Little Kwara review |
Good |
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