Travel reviews by Mr M. O from Horsham

"I was at City Lodge for only two nights as a stop-over to Victoria Falls. For that it was excellent and convenient, clean, good service and nice room.

My only slightly negative feedback would be that I had to pay extra to check in after my early flight arrived as the rooms are not normally free until 10.00. I had hoped they could find one room that was empty and that I could go to with our paying extra, but this is a minor point.

I had only one light meal there so can't comment much on the food. Breakfast was excellent."

"Loved this lodge.

Very helpful friendly staff, quiet, super convenient transport to Victoria Fall for only $5. Bought cards and stamps here to post back home. Did not dine there so can't comment on food.

They organised a sunset-dinner trip which was excellent."

"It took a little rime to adjust to camp life itself. The camp shower was great although not aways filled when I wanted it. It didn't help that my torch did not work and that we arrived there in the dark. I would recommend in future that the vehicle arrives at least an hour before sunset so one has time to get to know the tent and the camp in daylight. The team of "boys" were excellent. And Shadreck our guide was excellent throughout. It was 40 degrees throughout our trip This made the siesta time quite a challenge as there ws nowhere of course to cool down and the ripped up tents were even hotter.

The safari drives were superb, fantastic especially for me as I had never been to Africa before. The wide open skies were as I had dreamt. A wonderful, wonderful experience and it grew on me that the best way to experience it was in a tented camp. We heard elephants, lions and many other animals at night as well as seeing them of course by day.

One serious comment on the safari drives; there is a fridge on the vehicle with a lot of cooled sugar drinks but NO water! We were provided with a water flask every day but this was hot and almost undrinkable but 10.00. We were all dying for simple chilled water from the fridge instead of the sugar drinks. ."

"The accompanying vehicle had two punctures on the drive from Savuti. And our vehicle also needed two replacement tyres while we were there. I would recommend that the vehicles are checked more often to prevent breakdowns.

It has been an extremely dry year so much of the river and pools were dry. However we had a lovely kokomo excursion on the river which was great fun. The wild life in the area was excellent.

The G and T by sunset by the side of pools surrounded by wildlife was unforgettable."

"We got stuck in the sand on the way from Kwai and had to get out gf the vehicle. The standard procedures to get out all failed and we did wonder whether we would perish there in the blazing heat!! However two other vehicles arrived en route from Namibia which had tow ropes and winches. They towed our vehicle about 100 meters through the soft sand to a place where our wheels had traction once more. quite an experience!

The delta had dried up so there was little water to be seen apart from the odd pools which was a pity as I had hoped for a real contrast with e.g. Savuti. That did mean that all the group commented that things were getting repetitive and seeing the same wild life again rather than having new experiences. So things did drag a bit. Given the dry season it is difficult to know what else could have been offered.

Having said that, our guide did his best to find things to show us so the tie was not wasted."

"This was a convenient stop off.

The room was excellent. The dinner was a little disappointing as I ordered fish which had hundreds of bones and the light was very dim so they were difficult to see. The transport to and from the airport was excellent."