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Travel reviews by Roan antelope from Wirral

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Total number of trips

1

Countries visited

0

Lodges stayed in

4

Excursions taken

0

Kafue/South Luangwa

Trip rating: Good
"On the whole we had an enjoyable trip. Brad our guide in Kafue was very keen and knowledgeable and put himself out to find game for us, even going out while we had lunch to try to track cheetas for us at Musanza. Luckily he was very good at spotting birds too because the game was very sparse. I feel it was probably too early in the year to go up to the plains.

We also had some trouble with the vehicles at Kafue, we had two different ones at Lufupa that we had to push out of holes twice because the four wheel drive was not working. The replacement we were given to drive up to the plains we had to push start every time the engine was turned off and poor Brad had to dive it all the way back to Lufupa between drives to get it checked out.

With the problems with the 'tents' at Lufupa and the vehicles I don't think Wilderness has quite the slick operation for its 'Exploration' trips that its reputation would like it to have . However we still enjoyed the wildness of Kafue and the lack of other visitors and vehicles.The group size of six was just right. Andrew runs a very good camp at Musanza, they are so efficient that two untidy members of our group came back from a drive to find that all of their clothes they had left strewn about the tent had been gathered up and washed.

Our time at Kafunta was as ever a great experience and we very much enjoyed the chance to get to the Nsefu sector of the park as well as the central area."

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Lufupa River Camp, Zambia (this camp has since closed)

"Lufupa River Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 10 Jun 2008
"It was very cold at the camp due to the tents not having windproof sides. We told the management about this and suggested solutions.We hope they act on these.

The game viewing was good but not as plentiful as the last time we visited,but we had three good night drives and saw two leopards and a pride of about twelve lions on these drives.

We were pleased to see Barry the boatman was still at Lufupa and had two pleasant river trips with him, plus a fishing trip where the catch was stolen by a fish eagle.

We were informed that it is their intention to expand the public camp site and allow fishermen to use the river with power boats. The thought of noisy boats operating from the camp site does not bode well for the future."
Average
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Location
Excellent
Service
Poor
Activities
Good
Rooms
Poor
Food
Average
Facilities
Good
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Musanza Bushcamp, Zambia (this camp has since closed)

"Musanza Bushcamp review"

3 nights Arrived 13 Jun 2008
"We enjoyed the camp and the staff were very good and friendly.Having proper tents made it a much warmer experience.

The game viewing from this camp at this time of the year was poor and we spent long fruitless safaris looking for what little there was. Two Wilderbeast and one Roan antelope on one long safari was all we saw even thought Brad our guide tried his hardest to find game for us."
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location
Good
Service
Good
Activities
Average
Rooms
Good
Food
Average
Facilities
Average
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Lunga River Lodge, Zambia (this camp has since closed)

"Lunga River Lodge review"

1 night Arrived 16 Jun 2008
"This is an excellent well run camp, we enjoyed our short stay.The river and game drives were good.

The drive from Musanza was long and an ordeal by tsetse fly."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Good
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent
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Kafunta Lodge (Not currently featured by Expert Africa)

"Kafunta River Lodge"

4 nights Arrived 17 Jun 2008
"We have stayed at Kafunta before and again had a very good time.The chalets are large and comfortable with nice verandas and views of the game on the flood plain. It was nice to end the trip with a bathroom with electricity and a hair dryer.

The guides are very good and the game drives were excellent.The first night we went straight from the plane onto a night drive where we saw four lionesses and four cubs on a kill, with five hyenas lurking in the background and a leopard in the bushes hoping for a share."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Good
Facilities
Excellent

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