Reviews of Nkwali
Wildlife sightings and reviews
258 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Nkwali and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa

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"Nkwali Camp"
Staff, food, service - all remain excellent, hence this being our third stay at Nkwali.
An added bonus was seeing a leopard every single evening game drive. Stunning!" See all these reviews: 12n in Zambia
"Excellent location by river"
The start of day with breakfast by camp fire followed by river crossing and foot safaris are a wonderful experience and they are led by friendly and engaging staff.
Food is excellent and we liked having meals with staff and unwinding after a good days gaem spotting and walking." See all these reviews: 17n in Zambia
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However, that part of the park does have other operators in it (we got totally spoiled later at Tena Tena and Nsefu)!" See all these reviews: 8n in Zambia
"Fantastic hospitality at Nkwali"
The food was great and note that there are English sockets in each room for charging etc." See all these reviews: 11n in Zambia
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"Unbelievable Time at Nkwali"
"Our favourite place of the whole trip, Nkwali"
We were privileged to have Kanga as our guide for our whole stay. He is amazingly well informed, friendly, and good with children. He is part of a great team of Guides at Nkwali who make you feel safe yet "out there!" We felt that our stay focused on us and our needs: Our jeep drives were changed to suit our interests and the night drives which proved too scary for the 10 year old were cut out. This involved changing meal times for us which also was done without difficulty.
Melissa the camp manageress was fabulous, we felt well informed and looked after. She handled last minute flight changes without turning a hair!
Jo Pope has great taste and organisational skills and these are reflected in the decor, shop gifts, and meals -no-one has a repeat menu whilst with their safaris!
The abiding memory was the impressively strong role models that the Zambian guides provided and the sense of community within the camp, based on mutual trust. The need for trust cannot be overstated for visitors, completely out of their comfort zones. Robin Pope Safaris understand this and enable you to form good working relationships with their exceptional staff." See all these reviews: 10n in Zambia; 6n in Mozambique; 1n in South Africa
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Melissa and team very friendly and looked after us very well. Good wildlife viewing." See all these reviews: 14n in Zambia
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We might have been especially lucky on previous visits, but we wdidn't feel that we were made to feel as special this time. We were not asked by the camp if we wanted to go walking or on a boat trip although these were arranged when we asked. There was a large South African birding group in camp which seemed to take priority and the best guides. Ours was enthusiastic and helpful, but inexperienced.
Another very good experience, but not sure we'd go back to Nkwali. Even at this time of the year we came across a number of other vehicles (admittedly most from Nkwlai or the Robin Pope houses." See all these reviews: 14n in Zambia
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