Travel reviews by Steve/Val from Los angeles

"Lovely hotel with very friendly staff"

"Simple hotel conveniently located close to the Park Headquarter.

Staff was very friendly and the food was ok overall.

The only main issue was a constant unpleasant smell in the bathroom."

"The location of the camp on the lake is absolutely breathtaking, this is probably the most beautiful camp we ever stayed at across South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe and now Rwanda.

The staff was amazing and the food was the best we ever had in 25 years of safaris, including high-end camps in South Africa and Botswana. Game drives were great and our guide, Innocent, was amazing and we managed to see the Big Five over the three days.

While the game drives were overall a bit quieter compared to Botswana and South Africa, the level of privacy and seclusion is fantastic (we were the only vehicle for 90% of the sightings including the lions, leopard and an elephant swimming in the lake).

Would definitely recommend Magashi even for seasoned safaris travelers."

"Great hotel within easy access from the international arrivals. A short and safe 5 min inside only walk from the terminal. Hotel staff is very friendly and the breakfast buffet was outstanding."

"Great sightings: 2 hyenas taking an impala kill away from a leopard, lots of elephants, two male lions feeding on an baby elephant, herd of 500+ buffalos, hyenas den... and the hippos grazing at night around the tent. Nice camp setting and lovely staff at the camp made a great start to an unforgettable trip in Botswana.

The only remark is that the light breakfast before the morning game drive was really light on food offering, muffins only."

"Wildfife was great with predators sightings being the highlight: leopards, cheetahs, lions and hyenas in 2 days only....plus the resident elephant bull wandering around the camp at any time. But what make Chitabe Lediba unique are the people who work and run this camp. Kay and Mo were great hosts and BB, our guide, was simply outstanding: Spotting a leopard using monkeys alert calls...this is just beyond words...

The famlily tent was fantastic and the roar of a lion as wake-up call was unforgettable."

"The camp setting among the marula trees is wonderful. Family tent, recently added, is outstanding. Although the wildlife was slightly quieter compared to the two other camps, it was totally compensated by the skills and kindness of our guide, Phenyo. Given that it was our third camp and we had been fortunate to see a lot of animals at the first two camps, we agreed with him to focus on quality rather than quantity of sightings. We were not disappointed. Phenyo was able to find a leopard by "collaborating" with a couple of giraffes who seemed to stare at something...well that was a female leopard on a tree.

The only minor improvement would be to be able to get cold water in the shower during the day given that it was very hot. We could only get cold water early morning and in the evening."