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Gomoti Plains Camp
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Gomoti Plains Camp
Gomoti Plains Camp

Reviews of Gomoti Plains Camp

Wildlife sightings and reviews

35 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Gomoti Plains 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 Jul-2018, 34 of our travellers have recorded their wildlife sightings at Gomoti Plains Camp.
Lion

94% success

Leopard

53% success

Cheetah

39% success

Wild dog

28% success

Buffalo

100% success

Giraffe

100% success

Hippo

100% success

Zebra

100% success

Elephant

97% success

Wildebeest

94% success

White Rhino

27% success

Spotted Hyena

26% success

Eland

23% success

Roan antelope

23% success

Sable antelope

12% success

Aardvark

7% success

Black Rhino

7% success

Pangolin

4% success

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Duration
Arrival date
Mr & Mrs M
Bucks

"Gomoti Plains Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 12 Nov 2022
"Gomoti is in a lovely setting with the tents well-spaced out to ensure privacy. Watching wildlife from the deck proved a very tempting alternative to an afternoon siesta!

The tents were very spacious, well-equipped and comfortable. This was the first time we had stayed in a camp with the benefits of round-the-clock electricity thanks to solar panels and battery arrays.

The staff were lovely and so helpful." See all these reviews: 10n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Buffalo

1 sighting

Giraffe

1 sighting

Hippo

Multiple sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

2 sightings

Roan antelope

1 sighting

Wild dog

1 sighting

Wildebeest

1 sighting

Mr & Mrs B
Epsom

"Gomoti Plains Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 9 Sep 2022
"An excellent camp to start off our safaris.

We love tented camps and the views were outstanding, as were the wildlife viewings.

A well-run camp with a good feel to it." See all these reviews: 9n in Botswana; 4n in Mozambique
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Buffalo

10 sightings

Cheetah

1 sighting

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Hippo

10 sightings

Leopard

3 sightings

Lion

10 sightings

Wildebeest

10 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

Dr I C
Great Dunmow

"Gomoti Plains Camp review"

4 nights Arrived 4 Jul 2022
"My husband, son and I had the most amazing time, everything was perfect: the camp was luxurious and the food cooked by Ouna and her team was something we looked forward to every day (as well as the glass of wine around the large campfire at night with our fellow guests). The staff were wonderful and we really did feel like a part of the family - nothing was too much trouble. However it was the wildlife itself we could not believe it when we were met on arrival at the airstrip by 3 giraffes, two minutes later we literally bumped into a heard of elephants at the watering hole and had an encounter with a teenage bull (and we had not even reached the camp!). The best was still to come and it is difficult to pick out the highlight - the 3 young male lions we tracked twice on the first morning or the night when two older male lions came roaring their challenge to the younger ones to give up their territory or the two lionesses casually walking past the side of the truck. For me it was our encounter with 3 separate leopards (one we spent almost 30 minutes with) and my first sight of a Jackal. Our guide Carl was knowledgeable, easy going and would go to great lengths to make sure we saw everything we wanted and as close up as possible.
Thanks the Calder family - you created memories that will stay with us for ever." See all these reviews: 4n 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

10 sightings

Eland

10 sightings

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Hippo

10 sightings

Leopard

3 sightings

Lion

7 sightings

Wildebeest

1 sighting

Zebra

10 sightings

Mr & Mrs E
Cornwall

"Gomoti Plains Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 21 May 2022
"We had a hiccup at the start of our visit to Gomoti Plains when we were unable to land at the airstrip. What could have been a disaster became an unexpected highlight of our trip. MackAir were amazing and within an hour we had landed at Maun and were airborne in a private helicopter on our way to camp. This camp is a community run concession and the staff were both professional and friendly. The food was delicious and the staff entertainment was enthusiastic and extremely entertaining. We saw lions, lions and more lions. Three brothers were resident on the concession and one was engaged in a romance during our visit affording us all much entertainment. The other two brothers paid us a visit in camp and ran across our path as we made our way for lunch. Our excellent guide was extremely knowledgeable and always managed to find us an interesting sighting including a female cheetah and her three cubs." See all these reviews: 6n in Botswana; 5n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Cheetah

1 sighting

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Hippo

1 sighting

Lion

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Ms B
Arizona

"Gomoti Plains Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 17 May 2022
"Beautiful location and camp.

Safari drives and boat trip on the river were all exciting and we saw a lot of wildlife and bird species. The staff was exceptional.

Safari tent rooms were huge and fancy. Nice placement of tents and nice family style dinners.

Animals were close to us throughout the day and nights." See all these reviews: 19n in Namibia; 8n 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

10 sightings

Eland

10 sightings

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Hippo

10 sightings

Lion

10 sightings

Sable antelope

10 sightings

Wildebeest

10 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

Mr R
Florida

"Gomoti Plains Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 23 Jul 2021
"We were in the family tent and that was fabulous. My daughter was quite ecstatic, two really large beds on each end and a small sofa, easy chair and table in the middle.

We were greeted by the manager, Onyx. He was great! If we had a request he would handle it immediately.

We had to have a nurse fly in to give us a Covid test and he made sure that they emailed him the results so that he could print them and give them to us to ensure that we would have the results.

The only negative was our guide. He had some trouble finding the animals. We had three instances which were very disappointing, one of which was a lion kill that he said was only vultures over some old bones and did not try to go see for sure. The other guide found the kill." See all these reviews: 7n in Zimbabwe; 3n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

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

Buffalo

1 sighting

Elephant

3 sightings

Giraffe

4 sightings

Hippo

1 sighting

Lion

3 sightings

Zebra

4 sightings

The Bosun
Falmouth

"Gomoti Plains Camp review"

4 nights Arrived 15 Feb 2020
"Excellent facilities in a wonderful location with outstanding staff made this an unforgettable experience that will long be savoured.

The facilities were pitched perfectly for a visit to the Okavango, anything else would have been 'over the top'. The game viewing was excellent (and we visited out of season).

No hesitation in commending this for anyone that wants an excellent safari experience." See all these reviews: 8n in Botswana
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Black Rhino

1 sighting

Buffalo

9 sightings

Cheetah

1 sighting

Eland

1 sighting

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

8 sightings

Hippo

8 sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

2 sightings

Wild dog

2 sightings

Wildebeest

7 sightings

Zebra

8 sightings

RMN and AT
London

"Gomoti Plains Camp review"

4 nights Arrived 28 Oct 2019
"our first camp, and an excellent guise, Carl. We had only one other person with us on the vehicle for part of our stay, so that was a bonus, and Carl was keen on the birds and very accommodating to us.

The accommodation was good, but in the heat we missed a ceiling fan as opposed to a standing fan. The place was very quiet. The game was excellent and we were very lucky to see cheetah at close range. Also porcupine and honey badger birth by day and by night.

Excellent lion viewings close to the camp, with seven young cubs" See all these reviews: 8n in Zimbabwe; 7n in Botswana; 7n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

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

Buffalo

Multiple sightings

Cheetah

1 sighting

Elephant

Multiple sightings

Giraffe

Multiple sightings

Hippo

Multiple sightings

Leopard

1 sighting

Lion

Multiple sightings

Wildebeest

Multiple sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

Wiljo
Norfolk

"Gomoti Plains Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 13 Oct 2019
"Excellent all round - accommodation, catering (too much food!) and guiding. Staff at Camp were especially hospitable.

Unfortunately, a wildfire which swept through the area earlier in the season has destroyed many of the trees (although regeneration is evident) and the lagoon in front of Camp had long since dried up as a result of the unprecedented dry conditions. This possibly affected the amount of wildlife activity directly around the Camp itself although quiet observation with binoculars revealed a fair bit of game passing through, including a family of kudu coming to the swimming pool to drink! The Gomoti river, although low was still flowing and inevitably, there was much more of interest around the water, both plains game and birds. It was still possible to experience the river by mokoro and we would highly recommend this activity to experience the different perspective offered.

The daily formula consisted of morning and afternoon game drives. The latter merged with a night drive for the last hour or so on the way back to camp after dark. Guides in different vehicles were in constant communication with one another to alert colleagues to interesting sightings. One one occasion, this enabled us to locate a pair of cheetahs and later on, we watched them hunting impala (unsuccessfully)." See all these reviews: 16n in Botswana; 10n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Buffalo

10 sightings

Cheetah

1 sighting

Elephant

10 sightings

Giraffe

10 sightings

Hippo

10 sightings

Lion

4 sightings

Wild dog

1 sighting

Wildebeest

10 sightings

Zebra

10 sightings

Mr & Mrs W
Oxon

"Excellent stay at Gomoti Plains camp"

3 nights Arrived 4 Oct 2019
"We had a brilliant time at Gomoti Plains, seeing plentiful wildlife. We were lucky to have Lister and the safari vehicle to ourselves.

The bush dinner was a lovely surprise. The back of house tour with Natasha was very interesting.

We had many sightings of cheetah, leopard and lion, and also 2 honey badgers early in the morning running across the path on our way to breakfast, and 2 porcupine" 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

2 sightings

Cheetah

4 sightings

Elephant

2 sightings

Giraffe

2 sightings

Hippo

2 sightings

Leopard

4 sightings

Lion

2 sightings

Wildebeest

2 sightings

Zebra

Multiple sightings

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35 reviews of Gomoti Plains Camp by travellers since August 2007
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