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Baines' Camp
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Reviews of Baines' Camp

Wildlife sightings and reviews

17 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Baines' 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 Sep-2018, 1 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Baines' Camp.
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Buffalo

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Elephant

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Hippo

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Roan antelope

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Spotted Hyena

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Zebra

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Aardvark

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Black Rhino

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Pangolin

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Sable antelope

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Sitatunga

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White Rhino

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Mr & Mrs G
Finchley

"Baines' Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 15 Mar 2013
"After being at Kalahari Plains camp then Little Vumbura, Baines camp had a lot to live up to. We were not disappointed and although we found the place slightly more staid and traditional than the others it was no less comfortable. the staff once again were impeccable, caring and personable and greatly contributed to our enjoyment.

The highlight was the "walking with Elephants" experience which We would recommend as unmissable if visiting Baines. It is an emotive experience being up so close with such interesting and beautiful animals and one that we will never forget." See all these reviews: 8n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs J
Effingham

"Baines' Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 29 May 2012
"Arrived by water as airstrip being renovated. Very good introduction. Elephant experience worth doing. Wifi at this camp. Very comfortable rooms - slept outside on balcony one night. Good food and great guides. Saw leopard with kill up a tree 10 minutes after arrival.

Slight hiccough on departure as airline hadn't informed camp that our departure time had been delayed so we waited 1.5 hours on airstrip with no information (being about an hour from Baines due to other airstrip being repaired, we had no chance to go back). This was remedied next time we flew with a little gift from airline by way of apology.

Baines was the only camp which gave advice about tipping in their in-room brochure but even this wasn't clear as to whether this was per person or in total." See all these reviews: 11n in Botswana; 3n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs K
Brockley

"Luxury at Baines' Camp"

2 nights Arrived 27 Apr 2012
"We had the vehicle to ourselves at Baines', which was great. Our guide was very good and knowledgeable, though it did seem that our tracker was just there for the ride. Good sightings of lions and wild dogs. Nice pool, away from the main camp.

Star beds are great - sleeping under the stars with hippos grunting all around you is quite an experience!

Food was exceptional, with lots of choice. Staff were very friendly. We also loved the nice touches of drinks on arrival back to camp and the watercolour painting set in the room!" See all these reviews: 10n in Botswana; 5n in Seychelles
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs M
Wiltshire

"Wonderful Camp"

2 nights Arrived 11 Sep 2011
"1 min by jeep from the airstrip (with hyenas and warthogs around) then 30-40 mins by speedboat through narrow channels of reeds to the camp. A delightful location, very comfortable cabin which stayed cool during the day and not too cold overnight, spacious shower room.

Food was good though on the whole the main courses could have been better, and we particularly enjoyed the hot croissants at breakfast.

Justin and Jackie are enthusiastic and sociable managers, we felt very well looked after. Excellent game drives." See all these reviews: 8n in Botswana; 3n in Namibia; 2n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Good
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Mrs B
Leics

"Baines' Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 3 Aug 2010
"Just fabulous! We were tired and dirty when we arrived and it truly was an uplifting moment to be back to a really good shower, a super room to be in and a fabulous soft, duvet! It was certianly more formal than Lebala and Kwara but I think we were ready for that having lived for 8 days in the heat and dust!

Staff, service, food, facilities were all first rate." See all these reviews: 10n in Botswana; 2n in Zambia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr A & Dr A
Delamere

"Baines' Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 23 May 2009
"Rolling your bed outside to sleep outside was a fantastic experince and not to be missed.

Also loved listening to the hippos walking past our room at night!" See all these reviews: 6n in Botswana; 1n in Zambia; 1n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Mr & Mrs K
Ingleton

"Baines' Camp review"

2 nights Arrived 27 Nov 2008
"Baines' has good accommodation but the location seems to be limited every drive went in the same direction and we saw the same animals in the same places every drive. The guiding wasn't as good as any of the Kwando camps and the boat trip wasn't as good as that at Kwara. We didn't do the makaro trip here.

That said, when we left Kwara we had seen everything we wanted to see except a leopard in daylight and cheetah cubs. On the drive from the airstrip to Baines we saw a leopard in a tree! We saw her again in the afternoon initially on the ground then she went into a different tree.

We did the elephant activity the following morning which was a great experience but considering the cost of that activity plus the cost of the stay at Baines it wasn't really worth it. I would have rather had a couple more days at Kwara." See all these reviews: 11n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Location:
Average
Service:
Average
Activities:
Poor
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Average
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