Travel reviews by Mr & Mrs B from Essex

My Jun 2016 trip

On this trip, I visited Botswana & Zimbabwe between 17-Jun-2016 and 3-Jul-2016 and I travelled with 1 other person.

overall experience was very good. we had a great time and saw all the wildlife we had hoped to see and more.

our only comment is that our original idea of starting at little kwara and finishing at savuti before the river boat would have been better. after nine days of jeep safaris any down time would have been better at savuti as you could watch wildlife at the waterhole. we think this would have worked better for us but may not suit other people.

I stayed at and have reviewed:

Place	Overall rating
Savute Safari Lodge, Botswana 18-Jun-2016 review: Savute Safari Lodge review	Excellent
Lagoon Camp, Botswana 21-Jun-2016 review: Lagoon Camp review	Excellent
Little Kwara, Botswana 24-Jun-2016 review: Little Kwara review	Excellent
Chobe Princesses, Botswana 27-Jun-2016 review: Chobe Princesses review	Excellent
Ilala Lodge, Zimbabwe 30-Jun-2016 review: Ilala Lodge review	Excellent

Excursion	Overall rating
Helicopter Flight - Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe 1-Jul-2016 review: could have been better	Good

My Jun 2013 trip

On this trip, I visited Botswana & Namibia between 1-Jun-2013 and 30-Jun-2013 and I travelled with 1 other person.

fabulous. excellent. we had a brilliant time. everything that was booked worked out well with no hiccups. turnstone tours trip was brilliant. we had a memorable anniversary day complete with a picnic on top of a sand dune. our guide Ernst was very informative and made the day special. also thanks to kerr and downey at okuti for the champagne in our room on arrival.

thanks to maruska for all the help in organising the trip and sorting out the problems caused by the lack of flights between Windhoek and maun.

I stayed at and have reviewed:

Place	Overall rating
Londiningi Guesthouse 2-Jun-2013 review: Londiningi Guesthouse review	Average
Rostock Ritz, Namibia 3-Jun-2013 review: Rostock Ritz review	Excellent
Desert Camp, Namibia 5-Jun-2013 review: Desert Camp review	Good
Cornerstone Guesthouse, Namibia 7-Jun-2013 review: Cornerstone Guesthouse review	Excellent
Twyfelfontein Country Lodge, Namibia 10-Jun-2013 review: Twyfelfontein Country Lodge review	Good
Dolomite Camp, Namibia 12-Jun-2013 review: Dolomite Camp review	Excellent
Okaukuejo Camp, Namibia 14-Jun-2013 review: Okaukuejo Camp review	Excellent
Namutoni Camp, Namibia 17-Jun-2013 review: Namutoni Camp review	Excellent
Okonjima Plains Camp, Namibia 20-Jun-2013 review: Okonjima Main Camp review	Excellent
Kalahari Bush Breaks, Namibia 22-Jun-2013 review: Kalahari Bush Breaks review	Good
Thamalakane River Lodge, Botswana 23-Jun-2013 review: Thamalakane River Lodge review	Good
Okuti, Botswana 24-Jun-2013 review: Okuti review	Excellent
Shinde Camp, Botswana 26-Jun-2013 review: Shinde Camp review	Excellent