Travel reviews by Mr R. from Malmesbury

Great: lovely lodges; perfect arrangements

On this trip, I visited Botswana & Zimbabwe between 1-Nov-2019 and 11-Nov-2019 and I travelled with 1 other person.

The trip as a whole was fantastic - all arrangements worked like clockwork with every single transfer being on time and with friendly smiling staff - our thanks to Expert Africa.

The combination of Victoria Falls, Okavango Delta and Mana Pools was ideal and we saw a huge variety of wildlife and had some amazing experiences. The lodges were great - with Nyamatusi in Mana Pools being the best - so totally luxurious and in a stunning setting.

Thank you all.

Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:

No - it was all great thank you.

I stayed at and have reviewed:

Place	Overall rating
Ilala Lodge, Zimbabwe 1-Nov-2019 review: Ilala Lodge review	Excellent
Splash Camp, Botswana 3-Nov-2019 review: Nice modern camp in a great concession	Good
Muchenje Safari Lodge, Botswana 6-Nov-2019 review: Lovely positioned lodge	Excellent
Nyamatusi Mahogany, Zimbabwe 7-Nov-2019 review: Fantastic luxurious camp: stunning setting	Excellent

My Oct 2018 trip

On this trip, I visited Namibia between 18-Oct-2018 and 27-Oct-2018 and I travelled with 4 other people.

Overall we had a wonderful trip and Josh/Expert Africa were excellent.

Josh strongly suggested Desert Homestead Outpost and it was a real highlight for us - the position and relaxing nature of the lodge were wonderful.

Overall the only negative was Hobatere lodge which was recommended and which was definitely below the standards of any other private lodge we've stayed at on two trips to Namibia.

I stayed at and have reviewed:

Place	Overall rating
Hilltop Guesthouse, Namibia 18-Oct-2018 review: Hilltop Guesthouse review	Good
Desert Homestead Outpost, Namibia 19-Oct-2018 review: Desert Homestead Outpost review	Excellent
Cornerstone Guesthouse, Namibia 21-Oct-2018 review: Cornerstone Guesthouse review	Excellent
Erongo Wilderness Lodge, Namibia 23-Oct-2018 review: Erongo Wilderness Lodge review	Excellent
Hobatere Lodge, Namibia 24-Oct-2018 review: Hobatere Lodge review	Poor
Waterberg Guest Farm 26-Oct-2018 review: Waterberg Guest Farm review	Good

Excursion	Overall rating
Kayaking with seals, Namibia 22-Oct-2018 review: Kayaking with seals review	Excellent

My Oct 2016 trip

On this trip, I visited Namibia between 20-Oct-2016 and 29-Oct-2016 and I travelled with 4 other people.

We had a fantastic trip. Our thanks to Maruska and Expert Africa for putting together the itinerary - we felt we saw so many wonderful things and had a real flavour of the different beauty of Namibian scenery.

We were particularly lucky to see so much game. The area around Nautomi in Etosha is world class for game viewing.

I stayed at and have reviewed:

Place	Overall rating
Waterberg Guest Farm 20-Oct-2016 review: Waterberg Guest Farm review	Excellent
Mushara Bush Camp, Namibia 21-Oct-2016 review: Mushara Bush Camp review	Excellent
Halali Camp, Namibia 23-Oct-2016 review: Halali Camp review	Poor
Okaukuejo Camp, Namibia 24-Oct-2016 review: Okaukuejo Camp review	Excellent
Etendeka Mountain Camp, Namibia 25-Oct-2016 review: Etendeka Mountain Camp review	Excellent
Doro Nawas, Namibia 27-Oct-2016 review: Doro Nawas review	Excellent
Okonjima Plains Camp, Namibia 28-Oct-2016 review: Okonjima Plains Camp review	Excellent