Reviews of Kapani Lodge
(95%) From 72 travellersThey do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa.
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Felt like coming home
The highlight of the sightings were the wild dogs , some good leopard. Many thanks to Brian, Patience and Crispin for their spottings throughout our stay.
Message to Christina, Keep up the good work
Another brilliant 3 days
As I said before [Ed: see below], this camp is just perfect. Everyone went out of their way to make our stay just wonderful. Christina, the camp director was such fun and made all of our stay hilarious.
This is the best holiday that the four of us have had and I couldn't recommend Norman Carr Safaris highly enough. Their attention to detail was brilliant.
A few tears were shed in the truck after saying goodbye to Christina, Katie & Mario. Hopefully we will return in the dry season and give Brian & Simon some more incredibly difficult targets to find! They were both so patient with our endless questions on why they couldn't find Aardvarks & Pangolins!!! Brian did find us wild dogs which was a great credit to him.
Norman Carr Safaris is highly recommend by all four of us.
Service at its best
A Camp with a fantastic family feeling. Nothing seemed too much trouble in ensuring that all our expectations were met. The lunchtime buffet was wonderful, just what was needed after the morning game drive.
Our thanks to guide Brian who answered every question with great knowledge and humour.
Absolutely wonderful staff & drives
I can not praise Norman Carr Safaris enough. The staff were absolutely brilliant and could not do enough to make our stay so enjoyable. The new manager, Mario was extremely kind and attentive, and the front of house staff member, Enoch was a joy. The two trackers,, Brian & Simon were great fun and went to enormous lengths to find wildlife. Every day was filled with jokes and laughter. We felt we'd known them for years. Very sad to say goodbye. We might return in the dry season, health permitting.
One thought was that maybe the evening meal could be buffet style, instead of a fixed menu. The lunches were buffet style so we could choose what to eat. They were beautifully prepared and a joy to eat. This is of course, a very personal opinion.
Kapani still of the highest order.
This spell I had the privilege of being guided by the best- Mr Abraham Banda. Thankyou once again and also thanks to Enoch (a wonderful ambassador for NCS), Mario, Ian (Kakuli), Priya, Katie, Judy and Patience (good luck with those guide exams).
Reliving old times, sharing old and new stories/experiences this was a wonderful way to finish in the valley.
David and Christina, what a fantastic team you have. Thankyou.
The butterfly continues...
Once again another delightful base at Kapani to explore the immediate area within the national park.
Friendly faces, old friendships reunited, good organisation, excellent food.
Extra activity- being shown around the developing site at Chimzombo.
Thankyou to all the staff at Kapani lodge, especially Brian, my guide for the first 4 days, exciting times ahead.
Kapani Lodge
Apart from our last evening, we were the only guests at Kapani. This wasn't a problem as we enjoyed having the guide, Charles, to ourselves. Everyone was very attentive and the drives were tailored to our particular interests. Obviously this wouldn't be the case had there been other guests.
As this was our first safari holiday we didn't quite know what to expect. The game drives on the whole were very enjoyable and we saw a lot of birds near Kapani but the animals were mostly inside the national park. At times, particularly on the night drives, there were quite a few other vehicles present around the animals, which wasn't such an enjoyable experience.
Great Wildlife Sitings
Very good place to stay before going to bush camps to allow time to recover after a long journey. We experienced some of the best wildlife viewing on game drives from this lodge.
The transfer from Mfuwe Airport to Kapani Lodge was quite early in the day and we were unprepared for the open vehicle and speed of travel and so we were very cold on the journey.
Kapani Lodge Review
If we had been going on a foodie holiday we wouldn't have been disappointed ! All the staff were excellent , particularly Laurence the guide Mishal the scout.
We had limited expectations because we knew we were in the emarald season, however we saw lots including lions and leopard. 3 days is enough for game drives ,it was great that we could go on the river in the fast boat for a change .We really enjoyed that.
The accommodation was fine and the food was very good especially the lunches , which should be an example to other lodges
We have always believed that acting responsibly is the only way to approach tourism and we're one of
the few companies to hold AITO's original coveted 5-star status for responsible tourism. It's a lead
that others are now following.
