Reviews of Lagoon Camp
Wildlife sightings and reviews
288 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Lagoon Camp and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa
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"Lagoon Camp review"
The room was absurdly large, and I cannot for the life of me understand why it has that “half step” two levels, but it was very comfortable, was cool and airy, and the view from the balcony of the resident hippos and lechwes was great. The staff were all friendly, and I had no problems with anything in the room.
I was initially disappointed that one of my favourite guides, Lucas (who I knew from a visit to Kanana Camp) had just gone on leave, but the guide and tracker (K1 and T4) that I got were absolutely outstanding; exceptionally diligent at tracking predators, communicative without talking too much, and clearly very experienced. (This was in contrast to my previous visit in 2019, when I found the guiding and tracking quite disappointing).
The earlier heavy rains in the Delta did not seem to have been experienced up in Kwando, and the game viewing was terrific. I particularly enjoyed the prolonged leopard sightings of a female leopard with her two sub-adult cubs, a big male leopard hunting, and another sighting of the female hunting before posing perfectly on a termite mound. There were also good sightings of two cheetah brothers, several lion sightings, and one afternoon drive with a pack of dogs. General game was fairly plentiful, although the emphasis was very much on looking for predators.
As with my time at Kwara Camp, I was very pleased that there were no “song and dance” performances or safari surprises, which I really don’t enjoy - instead, the focus at Lagoon is on game viewing and experiencing the wild and very beautiful concession." See all these reviews: 8n in Botswana
Buffalo
Multiple sightings
Cheetah
1 sighting
Elephant
Multiple sightings
Giraffe
Multiple sightings
Hippo
Multiple sightings
Leopard
Multiple sightings
Lion
Multiple sightings
Spotted Hyena
Multiple sightings
Wild dog
1 sighting
Wildebeest
Multiple sightings
Zebra
Multiple sightings
"Lagoon Camp review"
As ExAf suggested, the focus was mostly on the cats and that turned out to be mostly lions. We found the tracking to not be very successful and the sightings of lions (three times) and leopard (once) seemed to come from driving past.
The aardwolf sightings - both late afternoon and on the night drive were very good. The night drives were probably more successful than the day drives.
Overall we were surprised at the low density of animals around the concession.. The camp itself seemed to be well run but the food, with the exception of the local speciality night, was the least inspiring of the trip." See all these reviews: 14n in Botswana
Buffalo
2 sightings
Cheetah
1 sighting
Elephant
3 sightings
Giraffe
4 sightings
Hippo
8 sightings
Leopard
2 sightings
Lion
7 sightings
Wildebeest
10 sightings
Zebra
10 sightings
"Cats, cats, cats"
The only non game drive activity was the walking safari, which was slightly disappointing because we received little information about our surroundings. The low water levels here prevented a boat trip.
Special mention to Bonnie and Pro for arranging a surprise private dinner and champagne for our wedding anniversary." See all these reviews: 9n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Buffalo
2 sightings
Cheetah
1 sighting
Elephant
8 sightings
Giraffe
5 sightings
Hippo
10 sightings
Leopard
3 sightings
Lion
4 sightings
Wildebeest
10 sightings
Zebra
10 sightings
"Fantastic Lagoon Camp Safaris and Stay"
The Safaris - aided by guide Ike and Tracker Vinnie - were very rewarding. We also did a Walking Safari at Lagoon.
Two areas to potentially improve upon:
(1) variety in the food could be a bit more and
(2) family chalet should have at least two toilets (if you have one toilet for 3/4 people, that doesnt help much)." See all these reviews: 5n in Botswana
Brown Hyena
1 sighting
Buffalo
Multiple sightings
Cheetah
2 sightings
Elephant
Multiple sightings
Giraffe
1 sighting
Hippo
Multiple sightings
Leopard
3 sightings
Lion
1 sighting
Wildebeest
2 sightings
Zebra
Multiple sightings
"Lagoon Camp review"
Our guide and tracker were always willing to go above and beyond particularly in our ultimately successful search for Wild Dogs, a couple of morning drives went into the afternoon. We didn't really know what to expect in Emerald season but we did get to see what we had hoped to see it was just much harder work.
One dinner in the open outside of the Camp was a nice touch. As the river was low, the water based activities weren't available.
The rooms had wi-fi and ample charging facilities." See all these reviews: 11n in Botswana
Cheetah
4 sightings
Elephant
9 sightings
Giraffe
9 sightings
Hippo
10 sightings
Leopard
1 sighting
Lion
2 sightings
Sable antelope
2 sightings
Spotted Hyena
3 sightings
Wild dog
1 sighting
Wildebeest
8 sightings
Zebra
7 sightings
"Lagoon Camp review"
Very nice camp, very nice visit for us, good guide (Rico) and tracker (John) and excellent game viewing.
Our first morning safari we met 4 lions, 2 cheetahs and 3 leopards.
The food was average at best, verging on poor" See all these reviews: 12n in Botswana
Buffalo
1 sighting
Cheetah
3 sightings
Elephant
10 sightings
Giraffe
10 sightings
Hippo
10 sightings
Leopard
3 sightings
Lion
5 sightings
Wild dog
6 sightings
Wildebeest
10 sightings
Zebra
10 sightings
"Lagoon Camp review"
Brown Hyena
4 sightings
Buffalo
4 sightings
Cheetah
2 sightings
Elephant
10 sightings
Giraffe
10 sightings
Hippo
10 sightings
Lion
9 sightings
Roan antelope
4 sightings
Wild dog
1 sighting
Wildebeest
10 sightings
Zebra
10 sightings
"Lagoon Camp review"
The room was lovely and very spacious.
To fall asleep to the sound of splashing hippos was just wonderful." See all these reviews: 12n in Botswana
Buffalo
1 sighting
Cheetah
Multiple sightings
Elephant
Multiple sightings
Giraffe
Multiple sightings
Hippo
Multiple sightings
Leopard
Multiple sightings
Lion
Multiple sightings
Sable antelope
1 sighting
Spotted Hyena
1 sighting
Wild dog
1 sighting
Wildebeest
1 sighting
Zebra
1 sighting
"Lagoon Camp review"
Guide Elvis and tracker John were excellent.
A good start to our trip." See all these reviews: 12n in Botswana
Buffalo
10 sightings
Cheetah
1 sighting
Elephant
10 sightings
Giraffe
10 sightings
Hippo
10 sightings
Leopard
3 sightings
Lion
1 sighting
Roan antelope
4 sightings
Sable antelope
2 sightings
Spotted Hyena
3 sightings
Wildebeest
10 sightings
Zebra
10 sightings
"Lagoon Camp review"
My thatched chalet had a lovely view out across the river immediately in front of the camp. The accommodation was good. The water level was way down as there had been little rain last winter so boat activities were not possible. Service by the staff in the camp was excellent.
Although lion sighting were less at this camp there was still lots to see with more sighting of leopard, cheetah, Roan antelope, Water buck and for the first time Sable antelope. There was one particular leopard sighting I will remember. We followed some leopard tracks that led us to a female leopard who we found was with her two cubs. She led the cubs some distance until we found a impala kill she must have made the previous night and she had gone to collect the cubs and bring them to the kill. BUT still no wild dog sighting.
Fortunately it was a bit cooler at the camp, up to around 35C in the day." See all these reviews: 10n in Botswana
Buffalo
10 sightings
Cheetah
Multiple sightings
Elephant
10 sightings
Giraffe
10 sightings
Hippo
10 sightings
Leopard
2 sightings
Lion
2 sightings
Roan antelope
Multiple sightings
Sable antelope
Multiple sightings
Spotted Hyena
3 sightings
Wildebeest
10 sightings
Zebra
10 sightings
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