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Reviews of Mombo Camp

Wildlife sightings and reviews

12 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Mombo 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 May-2018, 6 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Mombo Camp.
Lion

100% success

Leopard

67% success

Wild dog

33% success

Buffalo

100% success

Elephant

100% success

Giraffe

100% success

Spotted Hyena

100% success

Zebra

100% success

Wildebeest

83% success

White Rhino

50% success

Black Rhino

17% success

Aardvark

0% success

Pangolin

0% success

Roan antelope

0% success

Sable antelope

0% success

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Mr P
Sussex

"Mombo Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 24 May 2023
"Excellent more traditional camp ." See all these reviews: 9n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Buffalo

4 sightings

Elephant

4 sightings

Giraffe

3 sightings

Leopard

2 sightings

Lion

2 sightings

Spotted Hyena

4 sightings

Wild dog

3 sightings

Wildebeest

1 sighting

Zebra

3 sightings

Pete & Nancy
Stockton

"Mombo Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 27 Oct 2021
"Mombo Camp was our final stop in the Okavango Delta. This Wilderness Safaris camp is the perfect combination of luxury, abundant game viewing, beautiful and varied scenery and outstanding service. The perfect way to end our stay in Botswana.

The weather started off hot, then cooled with rain before warming again. We had many leopard and lion sightings thanks to Ollie’s tracking skills. For the first time we watched them do more than sleep. And we saw so many birds. It was such a pleasure to be guided by someone so skilled who is also a photographer.

Alfred, who a certified sommelier, and chef Tonderai, create fabulous food and wine pairings - requiring long discussions and tastings late into the night. No one in camp has more fun than they do! As wine lovers we appreciated the perfect pairings they created.

Botswana’s Okavango Delta is a paradise. The landscape is varied and beautiful even when the water is not at its highest. And the wildlife viewing is outstanding.

Camp staff have been financially impacted by COVID. Many were at home without income for a year or more. Even now not all camps are open and there are not many guests in some camps. All guests must have a negative COVID PCR test before entering the country. Camp staff are masked and tested before coming to camp. And Wilderness has facilitated COVID vaccinations for staff and their families.

The people need us to visit. And when there are no tourists visiting, animals are at risk through increased poaching pressure. This is an excellent time to visit Botswana." See all these reviews: 12n in Botswana; 7n in Namibia; 3n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Buffalo

2 sightings

Elephant

5 sightings

Giraffe

7 sightings

Leopard

6 sightings

Lion

2 sightings

Spotted Hyena

2 sightings

Wildebeest

2 sightings

Zebra

6 sightings

Texas Don & Cindy
USA

"Mombo Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 1 Jul 2021
"Mombo was our favorite camp from our previous visit to Botswana so we knew what to expect and were not disappointed. They were more relaxed about the alcohol and just minimized gatherings in the bar area. Again only half full or less. They were so happy to have us.

Outstanding guide and game viewing." See all these reviews: 11n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Leopard

Multiple sightings

Lion

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Texas Don & Cindy
USA

"Mombo Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 6 Jul 2019
"The best. But also quite dry. There was no water around the camp as is usual at this time of year.

We were among the first to see new leopard cubs. We saw black and white rhinos and a white rhino calf.

As a photographer it was a special experience for me to be shooting alongside pros working for Nat Geo and getting to chat with them at dinner that night. The working relationship between the Mombo Camp staff and the conservationists and photographers was special." See all these reviews: 8n in Botswana; 3n in South Africa; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Black Rhino

1 sighting

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Leopard

Multiple sightings

Lion

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

Multiple sightings

White Rhino

1 sighting

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Ian & Vivienne
UK

"Mombo Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 21 May 2018
"Newly refurbished and luxurious lodge visited by the rich and famous.

It comes at a high price for the experience which is unforgettable but the food and game drives, though very good indeed, were not significantly better than the other 2 lodges we stayed at if we are honest.

The staff are extremely good and the management are very much in evidence day and night which is refreshing.

when we visited the Delta waters were rising so we saw wildlife in front of the lodge and from our room, splashing through the water. A later visit would have seen higher water levels and game pushed together due to reduced dry land availability making viewing a little easier.

Having said that,we had hippo walking passed our room at night and were woken one night by an elephant drinking from the plunge pool and eating leaves, literally with his tail on our raised verandah. very special and close up indeed." See all these reviews: 9n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

Multiple sightings

White Rhino

1 sighting

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mrs & Mr P
Essex

"What a pity Mombo Trails is temporary"

2 nights Arrived 1 Aug 2017
"What a pity this Trails camp is only temporary. For us this was absolutely perfect. It had all the advantages of Mombo in terms of the location and the quality of the food and service, but still in the style of a 'bush camp, rather than the hotel that Mombo and Little Mombo have become over the years. It is so much nicer to be at ground level and close to the vast herds grazing in front of the camp and to really feel that you are in the bush. Sadly the rebuilt Mombo looks like being an even more extreme version of a luxury hotel. Having been visiting Mombo every 4 years since 1994, when we visited the very basic original Mombo, we are very sad to see this change.
As usual we saw things we hadn't seen elsewhere on this particular trip, including a leopard, spotted hyaena and a white rhino. Unfortunately we didn't manage to get to see the cheetahs, but this was not for want of trying by our guide. We had Sefo again and he was, as before, excellent." See all these reviews: 10n in Botswana; 9n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
GC
Loule

"Mombo Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 4 Nov 2016
"The setting of Mombo is simply fantastic, it was possible to sit for hours and watch the game activity on the plains in front of the camp. The public buildings and guest rooms are stylishly laid out with a sense of quality and care, they are all generously proportioned as are the private decks with each guest room. Maintenance and presentation is excellent.

The food was first class, amazing really considering the challenges associated with catering in the bush.

Game viewing was excellent and varied and the landscape was just beautiful. We were lucky enough to have really good sitings of the Big 5 plus cheetahs and a full range of plains animals.

By and large the staff are well trained, pleasant, happy people who provided high levels of service, however the company standard approach to clients wasn't to our (and other clients) preference - Wilderness seems to want to treat everyone as if they are part of 'the family' and the approach is a Disney level of insincere friendship. The synchronised waving by a group of staff members every time a vehicle entered the camp was nauseating. In my view luxury isn't treating everyone the same its providing what each individual feels most comfortable with and for our part we actually didn't want to meet every member of staff and every other guest we wanted to enjoy a private holiday. The management seemed to want to play host to the guests and be larger than life, front and centre whereas I would have preferred the management to be accessible but low key and discrete." See all these reviews: 6n in Botswana; 2n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs G
Hants

"Just great"

4 nights Arrived 20 Oct 2013
"We were a little concerned about whether Mombo was right for us which I'd discussed with Megan before we booked. We were worried that we wouldn't meet like-minded people who are keen to be out in the bush rather than in camp and that our very casual safari gear and battered bags might be out of place. We needn't have worried - we met some lovely people and only saw one set of Louis Vuitton suitcases in 4 days.

The camp is picturesque, tents beautiful but in keeping with the bush (no glass, no air con, no private plunge pool - a big tick from us), service and food were fantastic. The food was just as good as at a top London restaurant - top marks to all the catering staff - and we enjoyed having a table for 2 for most meals after being used to communal dining.

Our guide was Moss who was very articulate, amusing and knowledgeable. He was so keen to show us all that the concession has to offer. General game was in much higher numbers than at our other camps, we had some good leopard sightings but it was lion that we saw more of. Lions sleeping, mating, prowling, calling and hunting. We were following 5 male lions when they chased and took down a buffalo just outside camp. A bit gruesome but amazing nevertheless. Our other highlight was seeing a rhino. We'd been following tracks and looking for signs when another guide came on the radio very excited to say they had found a rhino. We had a thrilling rollercoaster ride to get there with some awesome driving from Moss and then saw our first rhino. What a sight!

Overall, a wonderful stay and we were sad to leave. There were a lot of repeat guests and we could understand why!" See all these reviews: 11n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs E
Lund

"Mombo Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 28 Jun 2009
"We have travelled a lot before and it has happened that we got sick and it happened again at Mombo. But what a sevice!! The whole team worked for us. In a second I had warm hot-water bottle, vitamin C, hot tea and the asked what medicine I needed. Then they organised for a nice dinner in our tent.

They were very concerned that everything I wished for they tried to get me. I felt so pampered. The next morning we got the breakfast in the tent also. I´m very thankful and feel very warm at my heart for what they did. You don´t meet it everywhere.
The wilderness is superb." See all these reviews: 10n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr P & Mr S
London

"Mombo Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 25 Oct 2008
"As you know there was an issue with missing money but the camp, staff and guides were wonderful. Wildlife amazing" See all these reviews: 5n in Botswana; 2n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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