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Reviews of 4 Rivers

Wildlife sightings and reviews

8 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited 4 Rivers and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa

Wildlife sightings by our travellers
Starting in Sep-2023, 9 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at 4 Rivers.
Lion

100% success

Leopard

78% success

Cheetah

33% success

Wild dog

44% success

Buffalo

100% success

Elephant

100% success

Giraffe

100% success

Hippo

100% success

Zebra

100% success

Wildebeest

89% success

Roan antelope

86% success

Sable antelope

71% success

Spotted Hyena

38% success

Aardvark

13% success

Black Rhino

0% success

Pangolin

0% success

White Rhino

0% success

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Duration
Arrival date
Deb
Florida

"4 Rivers review"

4 nights Arrived 27 Aug 2024
"4 Rivers was a great camp. Excellent guide and tracker (Clifford and Akim), who took very good care of me, especially accommodating my need for oxygen or at least slow walking when walking the ramped paths to my room, as well as my newly developed need for Amarula! We saw so much wildlife! Shout out to Anton at Expert Africa who made sure I had a room close the the main area and outlets in the right places.

Everything was immaculate and the food was amazing. Loved overlooking the hippo pond - could hear them all night! Also the elephants and baboons which were frequent visitors. It was also nice to have wi fi in the rooms. Super comfy beds! My only complaint was the late dinners coupled with the early wake up times (in both Kwando camps I visited), but it makes sense.

As for the game activities … absolutely phenomenal. Loved driving through the water - those Land Cruisers are indestructible! And Clifford and Akim got us so close to the lions, etc. but in a way that I always felt safe." See all these reviews: 7n in Botswana; 3n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Buffalo

10 sightings

Cheetah

2 sightings

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Hippo

10 sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

4 sightings

Wildebeest

1 sighting

Zebra

4 sightings

Mr & Mrs H
London

"4 Rivers review"

3 nights Arrived 12 Aug 2024
"Amazing stay in 4 Rivers, very friendly staff and great base to experience the beauty and widlife of the Okavango Delta" See all these reviews: 22n in Namibia; 3n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Hippo

Multiple sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

Multiple sightings

Roan antelope

Multiple sightings

Sable antelope

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mrs C.
Dubai

"4 Rivers review"

3 nights Arrived 19 Jul 2024
"Well what can I say, we had traveled to the Delta in 2015 and didn't know if we had built it up so we would be disappointed. No, it was amazing! Just the landscape and light, never mind the animals! The lodge was lovely and we could hear, the lions, elephants and hippos at night while feeling 100% safe.

The tents are huge, and beautifully appointed and beautifully done. The food was great/ very fresh and super tasty. They ensured on two occasions that we dined outside at lunch time. We sat with other guests on a large table but that made it pleasant as you chatted to others at dinner. We were sang to by the staff on two occasions which was a really nice touch.

Our guide/ tracker and guide driver were brilliant. Ensuring we always got the camera shot, as this is a private reserve you never saw more that two other cars and they waited to show each other where the game was. We saw literally everything, two female lions hunting wading through water, a leopard and her cub, drinking and sitting up a tree. The most amazing groups of elephants constantly crossed our path and a fantastic male cheetah seen on two separate occasions. Three male lions resting near the airstrip and last but certainly not least, on the last morning we got to spend time with two wild dogs! We stayed three nights and enjoyed every minute.

They don't yet have license to use a boat on the river, however we did wade through in our vehicle, which was cool. We also could see elephants crossing the river from our deck area." See all these reviews: 7n in Namibia; 5n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Buffalo

2 sightings

Cheetah

2 sightings

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Hippo

2 sightings

Leopard

4 sightings

Lion

4 sightings

Roan antelope

1 sighting

Sable antelope

3 sightings

Wild dog

1 sighting

Wildebeest

2 sightings

Zebra

5 sightings

Happy Campers
Perth

"Memorable new riverine camp"

2 nights Arrived 19 Jun 2024
"We only had two nights (one day) at this camp, but we love the camp and saw a lot of wildlife. The staff are all welcoming and really helpful, and the facilities are great "safari glamping". The camp location is inner-Okavango unique. Our guide Mwamo and tracker big King KT (another camp has a KT also) were just absolutely the best - great company, determined and successful in finding wildlife for us!

The flood was arriving before our eyes, such that one access track flooded overnight. The 4WD bogged in deep mud on the next day. Mwamo and King KT did everything imaginable to get it out, and even the rescue vehicle was unable to help. So, despite our offers to remove shoes and walk through the mud to dry land, they wouldn't hear of it - memorably (and embarrassingly) we were carried to the rescue vehicle! A safari experience we'll never forget.

Aside from this, we saw a surprisingly wide range of animals in our short stay: several large herds of Cape buffalo, pods of hippos, several families of elephants, several herds of giraffe, zebra, wildebeest and many types of antelope. We also saw lions and a leopard, but no cheetah (unsurprisingly, with all that water). There were baboons and cute vervet monkeys, a couple of ostriches, and an enormous variety of birds!

It was a memorable short safari experience!" See all these reviews: 12n in Botswana; 4n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Buffalo

10 sightings

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Hippo

10 sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

3 sightings

Roan antelope

1 sighting

Wildebeest

10 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

LetsGoPens
USA

"4 Rivers review"

3 nights Arrived 30 May 2024
"An outstanding facility, isolated in the middle of the Okavango Delta, yet providing top-notch accommodation and incredible wildlife sightings right from the cabin balcony and surrounding area.

Our guide, Broks, and tracker, JD, did an amazing job identifying a vast variety of animals. We saw lions, leopards, a huge number of elephants, impalas, hippos, giraffes, zebras, buffalo, wild dogs, kudus, wildebeest, ostriches, warthogs, lechwe, bushbucks, jackals, baboons, crocodiles, mongooses, tsessebes, antelopes, an endless number of birds, and many more. The ability of the guide and tracker to track animals from a distance, using clues from animal behavior, was simply remarkable.

The guide was an endless source of information, and we learned so much from him. They were so comfortable in this remote environment that they could return to a specific tree where, hours earlier, we had spotted a leopard climbing with its prey.

The accommodation was spotless, very comfortable, beautifully decorated, and fully equipped. The balcony overlooks a lagoon where animals come to drink and bathe, right before your eyes. The only downside was the lack of nighttime heating, which made it a bit cold considering the outside temperature of 10°C. The staff was extremely friendly and eager to help in any way they could to enhance the experience.

This was meant to be a once-in-a-lifetime, bucket-list trip, but we all (age range: 25-65 years) enjoyed it so much that we want to do it all over again. We've traveled almost the entire globe, and this trip was one of the best we've ever had—if not *the* best. What an amazing experience!" See all these reviews: 7n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Aardvark

2 sightings

Buffalo

8 sightings

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Hippo

10 sightings

Leopard

8 sightings

Lion

10 sightings

Roan antelope

10 sightings

Sable antelope

10 sightings

Wild dog

5 sightings

Wildebeest

10 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

Mr & Ms B
Florida, US

"4 Rivers review"

3 nights Arrived 19 May 2024
"The camp’s airstrip wasn’t yet functional. Therefore, the plane from Lebala landed at the Kwara airstrip, a 3 h drive away from 4 Rivers. We wouldn’t have minded to do this, because it would have been a game drive, but they transported us there in a small helicopter, which took all of 7 minutes.

On arrival, we were warmly welcomed by ATee, who was our tracker in 2016 at Little Kwara and in 2021 at Splash, and he was camp manager at Tau Pan Camp which we stayed at In 2022. To see people again who have become friends over the years was very nice indeed.

The rooms at 4 Rivers are huge, very comfortable and with a nice veranda and comfortable chairs. The décor of the room was very contemporary and stylish and probably catered more to today’s younger urban crowd. I, for one, prefer the more traditional safari style they still have at Lagoon at Lebala Camps.

That said, this camp just opened less than year a ago, so we imagined to see fewer animals because they may not have enough time to become habituated to human presence. But our worries were unfounded. The camp lived up to the high standards we came to expect from Kwando Safaris.

A final note on this camp: In contrast to other Kwando camps, this one has WiFi in the rooms.

And there’s a final note on all Kwando camps: The communal dinners are being served at 8 or 8:30 pm. Given that on safari, everybody has to get up at 5 am or earlier, this is too late in my opinion.

Also, I don’t really like that they serve dinner at a communal table with up to 18 guests plus the guides of the day. It is completely up to luck whether you will have a decent conversation with fellow travelers. In my experience, most of the time these do not go beyond questions like, where are you from, where have you been before, where are you going next, and how did you get here? We much preferred the way this was handled in Kenya last year: Every party had their own private dinner table. If you happened to meet people on game drives that share your world views, the staff was happy to set up a table for like-minded people.

This isn’t a deal breaker, it’s just a thought." See all these reviews: 12n in Zimbabwe; 11n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Buffalo

5 sightings

Cheetah

1 sighting

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

2 sightings

Hippo

3 sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

7 sightings

Sable antelope

1 sighting

Spotted Hyena

1 sighting

Wildebeest

2 sightings

Zebra

2 sightings

Miss K
Kent

"4 Rivers review"

2 nights Arrived 20 Nov 2023
"This new camp is a delight. The main area, as are the rooms, is raised over the river flood plain.
It is not as large as some of the other camps but it does not feel at all cramped with plenty of space to sit down and enjoy the view.

The rooms are reached by raised boardwalks, with periodic drops to ground level for elephant crossings.
The location gives access for excellent game sightings to both the flood plain and dryer woodland and open areas.

The team contains as many familiar faces from other camps as it does new, and this ensure that the guests receive the full traditional Kwando experience.

The food was of the high standard I have come to expect in the Kwando camps.

Kwando, you have done another superb job with this new location." 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

Hippo

Multiple sightings

Lion

Multiple sightings

Roan antelope

1 sighting

Wild dog

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Mrs C.
London

"4 Rivers review"

3 nights Arrived 15 Sep 2023
"Outstanding. This was an area full of wildlife and extremely well managed.

All the staff including the cooks, the managers, and the guides felt like a great family team.

The rooms were well appointed on the river and although canvas, they felt safe even when the hippos went crashing past in the night.

The food was plentiful and truly delicious with plenty of options. Breakfast by the fire as the sun rose whilst waiting for the safari was really special. Two safari drives a day with expert guides and trackers with coffee stops and sundowners as the sun set were fabulous. The night time safaris yielded so many extra animals to see.

There is no wifi currently at the lodge and it would have been good to know this in advance - my daughter almost sent a search party when none of her messages were getting through! However I loved being disconnected from the world and would definitely recommend this.

The pool and a siesta in the middle of the day was wonderful. I saw all that I had hoped for and more.

A special mention to Meloni and Bonnie as well as our guide Tapps and our tracker G. The breadth of knowledge from Tapps in particular was impressive. I was also so grateful to keep the same team when my friends left a day early.

I felt very welcome and supported as a solo traveller" See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia; 3n 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

Hippo

Multiple sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

Multiple sightings

Roan antelope

Multiple sightings

Sable antelope

Multiple sightings

Spotted Hyena

Multiple sightings

Wild dog

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

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