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Reviews of Lagoon Camp

Wildlife sightings and reviews

287 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

Wildlife sightings by our travellers
Starting in Jun-2018, 83 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Lagoon Camp.
Lion

93% success

Leopard

72% success

Cheetah

60% success

Wild dog

52% success

Elephant

100% success

Giraffe

100% success

Hippo

100% success

Wildebeest

99% success

Zebra

95% success

Buffalo

85% success

Spotted Hyena

62% success

Sable antelope

52% success

Roan antelope

42% success

Brown Hyena

11% success

Pangolin

4% success

Aardvark

3% success

Showing 1-10 of 287
Duration
Arrival date
Mr & Mrs S
Norfolk

"Lagoon Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 1 Jun 2025
"Nice setting and the frequent calling of the hippos was surprisingly quite relaxing.

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
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

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

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

The HBs
London

"Cats, cats, cats"

3 nights Arrived 26 May 2025
"Similar to Dinaka the staff are exceptionally welcoming and helpful, in a relaxed way. Our guide (Lucas) was engaging and knowledgable without overloading us with information, allowing us to enjoy the sightings and ask questions if need be. He worked well with our tracker (John) to ensure we found a wide variety of game . He also made a point of asking each of us in the jeep what we wanted to see and tried to accommodate us, mostly successfully.

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
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

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

Supriyo
India

"Fantastic Lagoon Camp Safaris and Stay"

2 nights Arrived 19 May 2025
"Lagoon Camp was excellent. The rooms were large and neat. The bathtub and outdoor showers were super.

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
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

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

Mr & Mrs H
UK

"Lagoon Camp review"

5 nights Arrived 10 Mar 2025
"Super location on the banks of the Kwando River. Friendly team always checking whether things were ok.

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
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

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

Mr & Mrs K from
Wales

"Lagoon Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 5 Feb 2025
"We have been several times before, and little has changed.

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
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

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

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

Mrs C
Southampton

"Lagoon Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 10 Nov 2024
"Overall a luxurious traditional camp. The thatched chalet was lovely if slightly underlit. The overhead fan failed for nights 2 & 3. The first time we were rather sarcastically told we’d not listened to the briefing. When the same happened the following evening I had to return to the bar area unaccompanied at 10pm & an external breaker was reset. The camp very much needs WiFi as even if had we had a local SIM card there was no signal." See all these reviews: 9n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

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

Mr & Mrs. E.
Zurich

"Lagoon Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 5 Nov 2024
"The staff was very friendly and enthusiastic (including singing and dancing) and we were gifted with amazing sightings.

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
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

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

J & J
York

"Lagoon Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 29 Oct 2024
"Very good rooms. Friendly staff and good food. Much less water in the lagoon than 2 years ago.

Guide Elvis and tracker John were excellent.

A good start to our trip." See all these reviews: 12n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

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

Mr C
Hindhead

"Lagoon Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 29 Oct 2024
"The flight from Ra Dinare to Lagoon took about 40 Minutes. I arrived for short game drive before going to Lagoon camp in time for brunch. My guide was Elvis and John was my spotter. Both were excellent. During my stay I shared the vehicle with two ladies.

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
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

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

J&B
Wirral

"Lagoon Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 14 Oct 2024
"This was the first of 3 camps we visited in Botswana and what a great introduction it was. Our guide Lucas and tracker Gee met us at the airstrip and on the way to the camp we had a delicious lunch on the river bank,serenaded by a pod of hippos.

Lagoon is a lovely camp overlooking the Kwando river, and in close proximity to Namibia. All rooms overlook the river - with resident hippos and crocodiles - and beyond to grassland with elephant and antelope. We were in tent #5 - a huge room with a covered outdoor space which we enjoyed very much during the afternoon siesta period between game drives. Water levels were too low to make use of the camp's boat and mokoro.

We mostly had 4 of us in our jeep. Everyone was like-minded (this could be an issue if guests have different expectations) and wanted to maximise our experience by letting Lucas and Gee do their excellent work. Tracking and seeing two Cheetah brothers, watching a female leopard lose her kill to hyena and then to win it back, and observening a magnificent male lion at close quarters were just 3 of the highlights.

We were fortunate to see an Aarwolf and a rare Sitatunga. When we were there (mid October) hundreds of Southern Carmine Bee-eaters were nesting in the river bank close by - quite a spectacle.

Peter, John and Inc looked after us very well and we enjoyed the food and hospitality of Lagoon. The lovely singing of the staff - particularly at the dinner our in the bush - was great." See all these reviews: 10n in Botswana; 1n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Cheetah

1 sighting

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Hippo

10 sightings

Leopard

4 sightings

Lion

2 sightings

Roan antelope

3 sightings

Sable antelope

4 sightings

Spotted Hyena

5 sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

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