Reviews of Lagoon Camp

"Wonderful game viewing both from the camp as well as within a really short distance from the camp. We saw lions galore - 13 on our last game drive which started in Lagoon and ended at Lebala.

The Family Suite has the best location overlooking the bend of the river while the others are spread out along the river.

The road transfer from Lagoon to Lebala is normally treated as a game drive in the morning, with a set meeting point in the middle and time (8:30-9 am) for guests to transfer from one vehicle to the other. So bascially there is not much time for sightings during the first part of the transfer. We were lucky that our guide took us all the way which gave us the chance to enjoy the best lion viewing we had on our whole trip (2 males roaring around camp, gearing up for a fight; a pride of 9 including cubs crossing the river; 2 younger males roaming).

We were so glad that we had booked private vehicles at both camps which give us flexibility and made this possible!

We did not see Wild Dogs here, but all the guides are working together and dedicate part of the game drives to search for the den. They found lots of tracks going in and out a very dense thicket, so are confident that the den is hidden there. Hopefully they'll locate it!

The rooms are as spacious as the ones at Lagoon, but it felt a lot colder, since the canvas 'blinds' to keep out the breeze were inside (instead of outside) and there were none in the bathroom/toilet area.

The food was as good as at Kwara, with almost the same arrangement of table service and buffet. The only difference being that there was just one appetizer in the evening (at Kwara there were two).

Charging station in the rooms worked great. There is no wifi yet, but it's coming, supposedly later this year." See all these reviews: 10n in Botswana

"Accommodations were comfortable, clean, and spacious. Our guide (K-One) and tracker (Vinny) were knowledgeable and helpful and particularly good at tracking animals. Setting of Lagoon Camp is beautiful, on the river, allowing close-up views of the many animals that regularly come to the river to drink. But water was very low and did not allow for any water activities.

The shop has many useful items such as extra clothing layers, books, and souvenirs." See all these reviews: 11n in Botswana

"Great camp facilities and the staff were excellent." See all these reviews: 11n in Botswana; 4n in Namibia; 3n in Zambia

"In 2016, on our first trip to Africa, we stayed at Little Kwara Camp in the Okavango Delta, and we have been big fans of Kwando Safaris ever since. Back then, Kwando owned just 6 camps in Botswana, and as a result of merging with another company and also opening genuinely new camps of their own there are now 12 camps with No. 13 to be opened this summer.

Anyway, given our affection for Kwando, we decided to visit three of their camps this year, starting with Lagoon. Like Lebala (see next section), this camp is located in the vast Kwando concession just north of the Okavango Delta. Like Lebala, this camp is at or near the Kwando River, which forms the border to Namibia and its Mudumu and Nkasa & Rupara National Parks.

The room they gave us a Lagoon was spectacular, very spacious and furnished in classic safari style, with a nice view overlooking the Kwando River. Around mid day, several elephants would show up to drink. On one afternoon, a lioness visited the camp as well and inspected our tent very carefully. Unfortunately, I was out on a game drive, but my wife who skipped this one, told me all about it.

On the first game drive we only saw two giraffes, and I thought this was probably the most boring game drive we ever had. Anyway, things started to get much better after this initial disappointment. We had several encounters with two resident male lions who roamed the area and occasionally roared during the night. They were named Golden Boy and Rrabelante (Mr. Belt, because at one point he wore a radio collar). On one morning, Golden Boy was lying 3 m from our vehicle and started roaring. My wife made a video of him and then played it back. Rrabelante who was sleeping 15 m away from the car was alerted to the roaring lion, got up, tried to locate the roaring lion and looked at us in the car. But our guide Stan told Ingrid immediately to stop playing back the video. But this enabled me to get some stunning photographs of the irritated lion in a nice perspective.

Other than that, we saw two cheetah brothers, but they were just lazing around, and on the last morning when Stan, our guide, drove us towards Lebala Camp, we met the lioness again who visited our tent, and she was cavorting with Golden Boy, less then a kilometer from the camp. Due to the early morning light I was able to shoot some beautiful pictures.

It should be mentioned that Lagoon Camp has a reputation for reliable wild dog sightings, but on this visit they were nowhere to be seen.

Our guide Stan could give amazing and fascinating lectures about the wildlife as well as trees and plants, and he didn’t appear to be lecturing." See all these reviews: 12n in Zimbabwe; 11n in Botswana

"I have been to Lagoon several times.

The water levels were exceptionally low for this time of year, but game sightings, both predator and general game, were still good.

The team are as friendly and welcoming as ever." See all these reviews: 11n in Botswana

"I do not have time to write an overview. However I was VERY pleased with ALL 3 of Kwando's camps and would recommend them to anyone." See all these reviews: 6n in Botswana

"The staff were excellent, courteous and efficient.

The game team were very knowledgable. There was less water in the lagoon as rains from Angola had been poor. This did reduce the volume and breadth of game we saw despite the best efforts of the team. The night drives revealed some unusual species.

Accommodation and catering was excellent." See all these reviews: 9n in Botswana

"Lagoon has an excellent location on a channel off the Kwando River. There was enough water (in September) to attract hippos, many elephants and other animals that we were able to watch from our very comfortable tent during the midday siesta. The game drives were very eventful with highlights including two cheetah brothers; roan and sable, and rare sightings of an aardwolf and bat eared fox. Our guide, Stan was very informative, especially about the ecology of termite mounds which are a very common and interesting feature of the landscape. Thanks also to Vincent for his excellent tracking.

The staff were all friendly, welcoming and helpful. We enjoyed the well presented meals, especially our anniversary meal after the long journey from the UK." See all these reviews: 10n in Botswana

"Lagoon Camp was the first camp on our visit to Botswana. By the second day we had seen examples of almost all of the wildlife we expected to see on the entire trip! The camp itself is older than some, but the rooms are large and appointed with everything required. The outdoor deck at the entrance to the room overlooked the river and this was a great place to sit in the 'free' afternoons. A variety of animals and birds visited each day, including at one lunch time a lion dragging a kill away from the river in full view of the camp.

We joined our guide on a drive straight off the plane having flown from London overnight so we didn't see the camp until after dark but the welcome was still very special. Service was excellent and we were looked after really well by the staff. The manager realised early on that I have a disability and moved us to a room close to the main area of the camp and also arranged for this to happen at the next camp we visited. Food was good and served with many songs!

The guides and trackers are keen to find what you would like to see and this led to many off track experiences. More than at the other two camps we visited. A highlight was seeing the Sable Antelope, which I requested from our guide on day 1! Almost overtaken by seeing three Civet's during the night drives. Overall a very enjoyable stay" See all these reviews: 9n in Botswana

"Our visit to Lagoon camp had to be re-arranged owing to the loss of power beacause of a generator breakdown. And we only were able to stay 2 days rather than 3 because of a backlog of guests. But the 2 days we had there were excellent.

It was a very pleasant camp, lovely staff a super guide and tracker. The game viewing was terrific. We saw lots of leopards, lion and elephant.

A highlight was seeing a pack of wild dogs for the first time." See all these reviews: 11n in Botswana