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Travel reviews by Mike & Janette from UK

Review Distribution

Excellent
Good
Average
Poor
Terrible

Total number of trips

2

Countries visited

2

Lodges stayed in

9

Excursions taken

2

My Aug 2022 trip

Tanzania between 20 Aug 2022 and 5 Sep 2022

Trip rating: Excellent
"Fantastic.

The trip was put together over a series of calls and discussions, met all our criteria and was a great success.

We had one slight hitch with charges for a walking and night safari which Lyndsey sorted immediately, the wonders of e mail.

Suggestions to help us improve our trips or our service:

Maybe make it clear that you will be guided through the many flight changes by Coastal, it was a bit daunting but they made it easy"

Arranged By Lyndsey Marris


Rivertrees Country Inn

Rivertrees Country Inn

"Rivertrees Country Inn review"

1 night Arrived 20 Aug 2022
"A really nice place to stay for a night after a long journey and ready for the safari."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Facilities
Good
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Oliver's Camp

Oliver's Camp

"Oliver's Camp review"

3 nights Arrived 21 Aug 2022
"Fantastic camp, staff really good and welcoming.

Amazing concentration of wildlife in the dry season"
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent
Lemala Ngorongoro

Lemala Ngorongoro

"Lemala Ngorongoro review"

2 nights Arrived 24 Aug 2022
"Great location, just 15 minutes to get to the floor. Our guide made sure that we were first in the crater to avoid the crowds.

They need to regulate the safari companies to keep the cowboys out, they are damaging the site and harming the wildlife with very aggressive driving and ignoring the rules for the crater.

It is cold at the camp! We were told but it was colder than we expected.

Loved the hot water bottles and the talking shower."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Good
Facilities
Good
Lake Manyara Safari

Lake Manyara Safari

"Lake Manyara Safari review"

24 Aug 2022 • All-day excursion

Sadly Lake Manyara has been very badly affected by the changing climate, which has resulted in flooding and many dead trees.

It has also been damaged by the actions of the local farmers, leading to agricultural run off silting the lake and polluting nitrates.

It also is much more commercial than Oliver’s Camp, which is where we came from, and was a disappointment.

I wouldn’t recommend it.
Poor
Safari in Ngorongoro Crater

Safari in Ngorongoro Crater

"Safari in Ngorongoro Crater review"

25 Aug 2022 • All-day excursion

Fantastic, a truly amazing experience.

The only adverse comment is that the safari companies are not regulated and there are some cowboys operating in the crater, ignoring the rules for driving, speed and crowding the animals.

Easily solved by licensing knowledgeable guides ( as ours was) and enforcing the rules.
Excellent
Lemala Mara-Ndutu

Lemala Mara-Ndutu

"Lemala Mara-Ndutu review"

4 nights Arrived 26 Aug 2022
"The migration and the crossings are incredible, a very special sight to witness.

The camp is excellent. My only criticism is that it was a long drive down a very bumpy road to get to the game areas, maybe 40 minutes each way. Staff were really friendly and good.

Our van was near end of life and did breakdown on one occasion. Visibility wasn’t as good as we had hoped, it was a pop up van rather than the open sided that we had requested."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Pole Pole

"Pole Pole review"

5 nights Arrived 30 Aug 2022
"Lovely spot to stay, with so few people staying there it felt like we had the place to ourselves. Lovely rooms and views. It was extremely windy for 2 days which was a pity but probably to be expected at this time of year.

Diving was good, our first experience of muck diving and some really weird wildlife. The water was colder than expected.

Food was great, if you ordered all the courses it was way to much, took us a few meals to work out that we should scale back and share some courses.

Whale shark trip was a great success, with an added bonus of humpback whales! Amazing."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

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

Fabulous trip

Tanzania and 1 other country between 18 Jun 2018 and 4 Jul 2018

Trip rating: Excellent
"Great with the disappointment of no diving in Zanzibar"

Feedback response

We are really glad to hear that this traveler had such a good time on safari, and that he enjoyed his time in the Selous, although it is disappointing that the conditions were not good for diving on Zanzibar in June. We understand that diving is possible on Zanzibar in June, however it can be unpredictable and whether you can dive or not depends on the wind conditions and also your specific location on the island. In June the wind blows hard from south to north and so anywhere on Zanzibar that is exposed from that wind direction will struggle to offer predictable diving at that time of the year.

Arranged By Lyndsey Marris


The Slipway

The Slipway

"The Slipway review"

1 night Arrived 19 Jun 2018
"Pleased we stayed to break the trip."
Good
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location
Average
Service
Good
Rooms
Average
Facilities
Average
Impala Camp

Impala Camp

"Fabulous"

5 nights Arrived 20 Jun 2018
"Absolutely brilliant accommodation and safaris.

An amazing experience with lovely staff and great service."
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Activities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent
Unguja Lodge

Unguja Lodge

"Could have been good...with better weather "

5 nights Arrived 25 Jun 2018
"Unfortunately we had lots of wind and rough seas which prevented any diving throughout the trip. I’m not sure if this was a case of bad luck as we’ve checked the weather since we’ve been back and it looks to be similar over the last few weeks. As we went there for the diving this was a major disappointment.

The rooms are spectacular and lovely. We had booked two cottages, one for our children and had specified twin beds. Unfortunately they only had double beds. We managed but not ideal. There is a very rough and basic wooden framed “bedroom” which has been built on the roof of the main bedroom. This was not suitable for habitation.

Restaurant good, staff very nice"
Average
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Location
Good
Service
Excellent
Activities
Average
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Good
Facilities
Average
Emerson on Hurumzi

Emerson on Hurumzi

"Amazing place to stay"

2 nights Arrived 30 Jun 2018
"Fabulous hotel and loved Stone Town"
Excellent
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location
Excellent
Service
Excellent
Facilities
Excellent
Rooms
Excellent
Food
Good

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