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Tau Pan Camp
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Tau Pan Camp
Tau Pan Camp
Tau Pan Camp
Tau Pan Camp

Reviews of Tau Pan Camp

Wildlife sightings and reviews

89 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Tau Pan Camp and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa

Wildlife sightings by our travellers
Starting in Aug-2018, 23 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Tau Pan Camp.
Lion

82% success

Leopard

25% success

Cheetah

30% success

Wild dog

5% success

Oryx

95% success

Wildebeest

95% success

Giraffe

82% success

Zebra

30% success

Elephant

29% success

Eland

25% success

Brown Hyena

15% success

Meerkat

5% success

Pangolin

5% success

Aardvark

0% success

Buffalo

0% success

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Duration
Arrival date
Flying Dutchmen
NL

"Tau Pan Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 10 Feb 2024
"Tau Pan has 1 huge unique selling point: the magnificent view from the main deck. Absolute stunning! The rooms ('tent' > canvas walls) are spacious and have thatched roofs which looks nice but also house a lot of 'life': we had a bat in our room and also very large creatures with 8 legs.... :-/

We missed the fan in our room. The windows and doors have mesh which is perfect against insects.

During the drives we unfortunately did not see many animals. The staff uses abbreviations for their names: OP, PK, MP, etc. Food was good.

This camp has NO Wifi; perfect for a digital detox! The airstrip is close buy." See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia; 5n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Average
Sightings Report

Lion

1 sighting

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

1 sighting

David and Sammy
SF

"Tau Pan Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 11 Apr 2023
"Very different from the Okavongo Delta. Fewer species but larger herds.

We came to see snakes and we had three sightings of very interesting ones. Our tracker and guide were super knowledgable.

We had hoped to stay in the outdoor open-air room but apparently there was a lion incident and it was closed." See all these reviews: 6n in Botswana; 5n in Namibia; 1n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Pangolin

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Mrs P.
United Kingdom

"Tau Pan Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 23 Mar 2023
"Tau Pan is in a lovely setting. The staff were very welcoming. The food was ok but not quite as good as our previous two camps. It rained fairly heavily for the majority of our stay but we still went out on all the game drives wrapped up in the fantastic waterproof ponchos that were provided. Tau Pan itself is a beautiful area which reminded me of East Africa. Oryx and springbok were very plentiful. Also the resident pride of eight lion were very entertaining. Saw bat-eared fox for the first time too. Excellent bird life. Our guide and tracker were both exceptional." See all these reviews: 9n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Average
Sightings Report

Giraffe

1 sighting

Lion

8 sightings

Oryx

10 sightings

Wildebeest

10 sightings

Mr D.
London

"Tau Pan Camp review"

5 nights Arrived 15 Mar 2023
"Great location overlooking fertile plains and a waterhole. It would be much better if the waterhole was closer to camp.

Extensive carpets of silvery grass spread between trees and shrubs.

Plenty of game around Tau Pan. Daily sighting of Gemsbok, Springbok, Giraffe, Wildebeest, Steenbok, Black back Jackal, Ostrich, Kori Bustard, Korhaan, Lilac Breasted Roller, Pale Chanting Goshawk, Hornbill, to name a few.

The camp is situated in thick scrub and often we saw tracks of Leopards and Lions on the same path that we took on our way to breakfast." See all these reviews: 13n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Eland

1 sighting

Giraffe

5 sightings

Lion

3 sightings

Oryx

8 sightings

Wild dog

1 sighting

Wildebeest

8 sightings

B & F
Hexham

"Tau Pan Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 28 Feb 2023
"The guides and trackers were excellent, the camp staff could not not have been kinder or more helpful after I experienced a particularly bad insect bite." See all these reviews: 3n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

Multiple sightings

Mr & Mrs B
Hampshire

"Tau Pan Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 13 Sep 2022
"Disturbed by lions on our decking one night chasing prey across it. Was concerned they could have skidded into the netting of the door which did not appear very strongly fixed - the door mat was askew.

Because there was no night driving we enjoyed sitting by boma with a drink in the evening before dinner. There was no big map of Botswana there which we made use of in the other camps during initial briefing.

Scupa the tracker was very good and informative about bush life and tracking - we enjoyed our walk with him." See all these reviews: 9n in Botswana; 3n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Sightings Report

Cheetah

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Lion

Multiple sightings

Oryx

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Ms H
Zurich

"Tau Pan Camp review"

4 nights Arrived 7 Apr 2022
"This was my second visit to Tau Pan Camp, and I liked it as much as the first time.
The location is very beautiful, the staff was attentive and knowledgeable, and there was a lot of wildlife to be seen. I especially appreciated how the tracker, a San who grew up in the area, explained so much of his knowledge to the guests.
We saw a newly born impala with its mother, and it was great to stay with the sighting for as long as we wished. The pace of the game drive was completely unrushed, which I enjoyed a lot." See all these reviews: 6n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Sightings Report

Cheetah

1 sighting

Lion

Multiple sightings

Oryx

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Mr & Ms B
Florida, US

"Tau Pan Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 31 Mar 2022
"This was our fourth trip to Botswana altogether, but our first visit to this area, and we were really surprised by the landscapes and the sightings. One reason to come here was that this camp, as well as the next one on our trip, belongs to Kwando Safaris, a company that we have learned to appreciate through repeated visits to the Kwara Concession in the Okavango Delta. To summarize, this camp really lived up to our expectations. Another pleasant surprise was that we saw AT again, who in 2016 during our first visit worked was our tracker and in the meantime moved up to be camp manager here.

As for the wildlife, this camp did not provide great variety. Other than herds of oryx, wildebeest, and springbok there were no other herbivores to be seen. On the other hand, this camp really excelled in its lion encounters. We ran into the Tau Pan pride (2 adult females and 6 juvenile lions) several times, twice they came drinking at the waterhole right in front of the camp, and this opportunity made a dream of mine come true, which was to photograph several lions, lined up like ducks, drinking a waterhole.

On another occasion, the same pride performed quite a show when they were agitated by a poisonous snake right next to our vehicle. I could not believe that such powerful predators could so easily be scared by an apparently much less potent animal. However, these lions showed the utmost respect for this little reptile and wandered off to “their” waterhole (see above). Other than that, we came across two male lions who were feasting over a buffalo kill, and black-backed jackals fearlessly tried to join the party.

The camp, the service and food quality leave nothing to be desired, as is expected of Kwando Safaris. We are certain to return here again at some point." See all these reviews: 19n in Namibia; 15n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Good
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Sightings Report

Lion

6 sightings

Oryx

3 sightings

Wildebeest

3 sightings

Mr & Mrs SA
Norfolk

"Tau Pan Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 28 Mar 2022
"Tau Pan really is a "find". Located on the top of a vast sand dune the nine[?] wood individual apartments offered a panoramic view of the plains,,,, dreamy! The apartment lacked for nothing, including internal and external showers and charging points for him and her (well almost).

The main area was large as was the bar though we did point out that the chairs on the deck were not being used much since we "could not get down into them or out of them" being north of 70yrs old, though that did not stop us jumping into the Landcruisers.

There was almost too many staff here so service was great. As for the drives, heaven. Just us two and a driver and a spotter. This is what you pay your money for and boy did we get value for money. No point in listing what we saw and followed, it was total.

This Camp is an example of the Botswana wild life policy working in full. Top quality, top people, top wild life and restricted development allowing top prices to be charged to protect the environment and wild life." See all these reviews: 12n in Botswana; 1n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs L
Surrey

"Tau Pan Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 23 Nov 2021
"We especially enjoyed the remoteness of Tau Pan and its position on a small ridge giving wonderful expansive views at sunrise and sunset. The dry heat of the day eased into cooler evenings and nights for sleeping.

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!" See all these reviews: 7n in Botswana; 1n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Sightings Report

Cheetah

3 sightings

Elephant

1 sighting

Giraffe

1 sighting

Lion

2 sightings

Oryx

4 sightings

Wildebeest

3 sightings

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